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Context: Politics & Policy was founded at Northwestern and is dedicated to the analysis of current events and public policy. Begun in 2010 by students in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, School of Communication, and Medill School of Journalism, the organization reaches students on more than 250 college campuses around the world. Run entirely by undergraduates, Politics & Policy publishes several times a week with material ranging from short summaries of events to extended research pieces. The organization is funded in part by the Buffett Center.
Question: What is the publication that is dedicated to the analysis of current events and public policy?
Answer: Politics & Policy
Question: How many college campuses does Politics & Policy reach worldwide?
Answer: 250
Question: Who completely runs Politics and Policy?
Answer: undergraduates
Question: Who partially funds Politics and Policy?
Answer: the Buffett Center
Question: How often is Politics & Policy published?
Answer: several times a week
Question: What is the publication that is dedicated to the analysis of current events and private policy?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How many college campuses does Politics & Policy reach statewide?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who doesn't run Politics and Policy?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who completely funds Politics and Policy?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How often is Politics & Policy not published?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: The Library of Congress (LoC) is an institution established by Congress to provide a research library for the government of the United States and serve as a national library. It is under the supervision of the United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library and the Librarian of Congress. The Near East is a separate topic and subdivision of the African and Middle Eastern division. The Middle East contains a Hebraic section consisting of only Israel for a country, but including eleven modern and ancient languages relating to Judaism, such as Yiddish, a European pidgin language. The Near East is otherwise nearly identical to the Middle East, except that it extends partly into Central Asia and the Caucasus, regions that the State Department considers to be in Asia.
Question: What does LoC stand for?
Answer: The Library of Congress
Question: What is the Library of Congress?
Answer: an institution established by Congress to provide a research library for the government
Question: The Library of Congress is under whose supervision?
Answer: the United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library
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Context: The outreach director of HRTR, Susan Prager, is also the communication director of "Friends of Falun Gong", a quasi-government non-profit funded by fmr. Congressman Tom Lanto's wife and Ambassador Mark Palmer of NED. A major setback to the event was caused by footballer Diego Maradona, scheduled to open the relay through Buenos Aires, pulling out in an attempt to avoid the Olympic controversy. Trying to avoid the scenes that marred the relay in the UK, France and the US, the city government designed a complex security operative to protect the torch relay, involving 1200 police officers and 3000 other people, including public employees and volunteers. Overall, the protests were peaceful in nature, although there were a few incidents such as the throwing of several water balloons in an attempt to extinguish the Olympic flame, and minor scuffles between Olympic protesters and supporters from Chinese immigrant communities.
Question: Who was the outreach director of HRTR?
Answer: Susan Prager
Question: What was the non profit that was funded by Mark Palmer?
Answer: Friends of Falun Gong
Question: Which footballer decided to not be a torchbearer because of the controversy?
Answer: Diego Maradona
Question: How many police officers were in place to avoid controversy along the torch route?
Answer: 1200
Question: What was thrown to try and put out the flame?
Answer: water balloons
Question: What is Susan Prager communication director of?
Answer: Friends of Falun Gong
Question: What football star backed out due to relay controversy?
Answer: Diego Maradona
Question: How many police officers were part of the security operative?
Answer: 1200
Question: What was tossed at the torch trying to put it out?
Answer: water balloons
Question: The protests were considered to be overall what in nature?
Answer: peaceful
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Context: In 1840, a British naval station established to suppress the African slave trade was based on the island, and between 1840 and 1849 over 15,000 freed slaves, known as "Liberated Africans", were landed there.
Question: Who established a naval station to cut down on African slave trade on the island in 1840?
Answer: British
Question: Between 1840 and 1849 how many freed slaves landed on the island?
Answer: over 15,000
Question: What were the freed slaves known as?
Answer: Liberated Africans
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Context: Buses now provide the majority of local public transport. The main bus operators are First Southampton and Bluestar. Other operators include Brijan Tours, Stagecoach and Xelabus. The other large service provider is the Uni-link bus service (running from early in the morning to midnight), which was commissioned by the University of Southampton to provide transport from the university to the town. Previously run by Enterprise, it is now run by Bluestar. Free buses are provided by City-link'. The City-link runs from the Red Funnel ferry terminal at Town Quay to Central station via WestQuay and is operated by Bluestar. There is also a door-to-door minibus service called Southampton Dial a Ride, for residents who cannot access public transport. This is funded by the council and operated by SCA Support Services.
Question: What form of public transport do most people in Southampton use now?
Answer: Buses
Question: Along with First Southampton, what is the other main bus operator in Southampton?
Answer: Bluestar
Question: What bus service did the University of Southampton commission to carry people between the city and the university?
Answer: Uni-link
Question: What time does Uni-link stop service to the university each night?
Answer: midnight
Question: What operator ran Uni-link before Bluestar?
Answer: Enterprise
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Context: Tibet has various festivals that are commonly performed to worship the Buddha[citation needed] throughout the year. Losar is the Tibetan New Year Festival. Preparations for the festive event are manifested by special offerings to family shrine deities, painted doors with religious symbols, and other painstaking jobs done to prepare for the event. Tibetans eat Guthuk (barley noodle soup with filling) on New Year's Eve with their families. The Monlam Prayer Festival follows it in the first month of the Tibetan calendar, falling between the fourth and the eleventh days of the first Tibetan month. It involves dancing and participating in sports events, as well as sharing picnics. The event was established in 1049 by Tsong Khapa, the founder of the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama's order.
Question: What is worshipped during Tibet's various festibals?
Answer: Buddha
Question: What is the Tibetan New Year Festival called?
Answer: Losar
Question: What do Tibetan's eat on New Year's Eve?
Answer: Guthuk
Question: When is the Monlam Prayer Festival?
Answer: between the fourth and the eleventh days of the first Tibetan month
Question: Who established the Monlam Prayer Festival in 1049?
Answer: Tsong Khapa
Question: What prayer festival precedes Losar?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What event was established in 1094?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What event was established by Khapa Tsong?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What event follows the Monlam Prayer Festival?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: Hellenistic warfare was a continuation of the military developments of Iphicrates and Philip II of Macedon, particularly his use of the Macedonian Phalanx, a dense formation of pikemen, in conjunction with heavy companion cavalry. Armies of the Hellenistic period differed from those of the classical period in being largely made up of professional soldiers and also in their greater specialization and technical proficiency in siege warfare. Hellenistic armies were significantly larger than those of classical Greece relying increasingly on Greek mercenaries (misthophoroi; men-for-pay) and also on non-Greek soldiery such as Thracians, Galatians, Egyptians and Iranians. Some ethnic groups were known for their martial skill in a particular mode of combat and were highly sought after, including Tarantine cavalry, Cretan archers, Rhodian slingers and Thracian peltasts. This period also saw the adoption of new weapons and troop types such as Thureophoroi and the Thorakitai who used the oval Thureos shield and fought with javelins and the machaira sword. The use of heavily armored cataphracts and also horse archers was adopted by the Seleucids, Greco-Bactrians, Armenians and Pontus. The use of war elephants also became common. Seleucus received Indian war elephants from the Mauryan empire, and used them to good effect at the battle of Ipsus. He kept a core of 500 of them at Apameia. The Ptolemies used the smaller African elephant.
Question: Philip II used a dense military formation called what?
Answer: Macedonian Phalanx
Question: Were Hellenistic armies smaller or larger than traditional Greek armies?
Answer: larger
Question: The Thorakitai used what type of oval shield?
Answer: Thureos
Question: From whom did Seleucus receive war elephants?
Answer: Mauryan empire
Question: What kind of elephant did the Ptolemies use?
Answer: African elephant
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Context: Since the university's establishment in the city in 1837, the histories of the University of Michigan and Ann Arbor have been closely linked. The town became a regional transportation hub in 1839 with the arrival of the Michigan Central Railroad, and a north—south railway connecting Ann Arbor to Toledo and other markets to the south was established in 1878. Throughout the 1840s and the 1850s settlers continued to come to Ann Arbor. While the earlier settlers were primarily of British ancestry, the newer settlers also consisted of Germans, Irish, and African-Americans. In 1851, Ann Arbor was chartered as a city, though the city showed a drop in population during the Depression of 1873. It was not until the early 1880s that Ann Arbor again saw robust growth, with new immigrants coming from Greece, Italy, Russia, and Poland. Ann Arbor saw increased growth in manufacturing, particularly in milling. Ann Arbor's Jewish community also grew after the turn of the 20th century, and its first and oldest synagogue, Beth Israel Congregation, was established in 1916.
Question: Ann Arbor has been linked with which university?
Answer: University of Michigan
Question: Which town became the regional transport hub in 1878?
Answer: Ann Arbor
Question: Who were the early settlers of Ann Arbor?
Answer: British
Question: In which year was Ann Arbor chartered as a city?
Answer: 1851
Question: In 1916, what was the name of the Synagogue that was establish?
Answer: Beth Israel Congregation
Question: What railroad arrived in 1893?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: In 1887 a north-south railway connected Ann Arbor to what Ohio city?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: In 1815, what was Ann Arbor chartered as?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was the name of the synagogue founded in 1961?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What city became a regional transport hub in 1878?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: In March 2011, it was said on the Wayback Machine forum that "The Beta of the new Wayback Machine has a more complete and up-to-date index of all crawled materials into 2010, and will continue to be updated regularly. The index driving the classic Wayback Machine only has a little bit of material past 2008, and no further index updates are planned, as it will be phased out this year".
Question: When were details of the test version of the updated Wayback Machine released?
Answer: March 2011
Question: The older version of Wayback Machine did not have much new data past what year?
Answer: 2008
Question: The newer version of the Wayback Machine included date up to and including what year?
Answer: 2010
Question: When were details of the final version of the released?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Past what year did the older version of Wayback Machine had much new data?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: In what year was the oldest version of the Wayback Machine?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: When did the Wayback Forum talk about the predecessor to the Wayback Machine?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What only has a little bit of material past 2007?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: As the 1990s dawned, gamers predicted that competition from technologically superior systems such as the 16-bit Sega Mega Drive/Genesis would mean the immediate end of the NES’s dominance. Instead, during the first year of Nintendo's successor console the Super Famicom (named Super Nintendo Entertainment System outside Japan), the Famicom remained the second highest-selling video game console in Japan, outselling the newer and more powerful NEC PC Engine and Sega Mega Drive by a wide margin. The console remained popular in Japan and North America until late 1993, when the demand for new NES software abruptly plummeted. The final Famicom game released in Japan is Takahashi Meijin no Bōken Jima IV (Adventure Island IV), while in North America, Wario's Woods is the final licensed game. In the wake of ever decreasing sales and the lack of new software titles, Nintendo of America officially discontinued the NES by 1995. However, Nintendo kept producing new Famicom units in Japan until September 25, 2003, and continued to repair Famicom consoles until October 31, 2007, attributing the discontinuation of support to insufficient supplies of parts.
Question: Which example of a system started to mark the end of the NES dominance?
Answer: 16-bit Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Question: When did the demand for new NES software dry up?
Answer: late 1993
Question: What was the final Famicom game released in North America?
Answer: Wario's Woods
Question: What year did Nintendo officially discontinue the NES?
Answer: 1995
Question: How late did Nintendo continue to repair Famicom units?
Answer: October 31, 2007
Question: Which example of a system started to mark the end of the SNES dominance?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: When did the demand for new NES software get boosted?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was the first Famicom game released in North America?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What year did Nintendo officially discontinue the SNES?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How late did Nintendo continue to repair nonFamicom units?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: During the last decade, Philadelphia experienced a large shift in its age profile. In 2000, the city's population pyramid had a largely stationary shape. In 2013, the city took on an expansive pyramid shape, with an increase in the three millennial age groups, 20 to 24, 25 to 29, and 30 to 34. The city's 25- to 29-year-old age group was the city's largest age cohort. According to the 2010 Census, 343,837 (22.5%) were under the age of 18; 203,697 (13.3%) from 18 to 25; 434,385 (28.5%) from 25 to 44; 358,778 (23.5%) from 45 to 64; and 185,309 (12.1%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33.5 years. For every 100 females there were 89.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.7 males. The city had 22,018 births in 2013, down from a peak 23,689 births in 2008. Philadelphia's death rate was at its lowest in at least a half-century, 13,691 deaths in 2013. Another factor attributing to the population increase is Philadelphia's immigration rate. In 2013, 12.7 percent of residents were foreign-born, just shy of the national average, 13.1 percent.
Question: What is the city's largest age group?
Answer: 25- to 29-year-old
Question: How many people at the last census were under 18?
Answer: 343,837
Question: How many baby's were there in 2013?
Answer: 22,018
Question: How many deaths were there in 2013?
Answer: 13,691
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Context: On February 18, 1966, Kerry enlisted in the Naval Reserve. He began his active duty military service on August 19, 1966. After completing 16 weeks of Officer Candidate School at the U.S. Naval Training Center in Newport, Rhode Island, Kerry received his officer's commission on December 16, 1966. During the 2004 election, Kerry posted his military records at his website, and permitted reporters to inspect his medical records. In 2005, Kerry released his military and medical records to the representatives of three news organizations, but has not authorized full public access to those records.
Question: When did Kerry join the Naval Reserve?
Answer: February 18, 1966
Question: When did Kerry become a navy officer?
Answer: December 16, 1966
Question: How long was Officer Candidate School?
Answer: 16 weeks
Question: Where is the Navy training center?
Answer: Newport, Rhode Island
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Context: The exact date of creation of the Kiev Metropolis is uncertain, as well as who was the first leader of the church. Predominantly it is considered that the first head was Michael I of Kiev, however some sources also claim Leontiy who is often placed after Michael or Anastas Chersonesos, became the first bishop of the Church of the Tithes. The first metropolitan to be confirmed by historical sources is Theopemp, who was appointed by Patriarch Alexius of Constantinople in 1038. Before 1015 there were five dioceses: Kiev, Chernihiv, Bilhorod, Volodymyr, Novgorod, and soon thereafter Yuriy-upon-Ros. The Kiev Metropolitan sent his own delegation to the Council of Bari in 1098.
Question: Although uncertian, who is considered to be the first head of Kiev?
Answer: Michael I
Question: Who was considered to be the first bishop of the Church of the Titches?
Answer: Leontiy
Question: What year was the creation of the Kiev Metropolis?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who was the last bishop of the Churchof Tiches?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who was the leader of the church of the Kiev Metropolis?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who was confirmed to be the first metropolitan to be confirmed in the 10th century?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How many dioceses were there in the 10th century?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: In 1961, Nasser sought to firmly establish Egypt as the leader of the Arab world and to promote a second revolution in Egypt with the purpose of merging Islamic and socialist thinking. To achieve this, he initiated several reforms to modernize al-Azhar, which serves as the de facto leading authority in Sunni Islam, and to ensure its prominence over the Muslim Brotherhood and the more conservative Wahhabism promoted by Saudi Arabia. Nasser had used al-Azhar's most willing ulema (scholars) as a counterweight to the Brotherhood's Islamic influence, starting in 1953.
Question: What country did Nasser want to be the leader of the Arab world?
Answer: Egypt
Question: What two disparate ideologies was Nasser trying to unite?
Answer: Islamic and socialist
Question: What religious group did Nasser endeavor to reform?
Answer: al-Azhar
Question: What religious group was Nasser seeking to marginalize?
Answer: Muslim Brotherhood
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Context: Humanism is a philosophical and ethical stance that emphasizes the value and agency of human beings, individually and collectively, and generally prefers critical thinking and evidence (rationalism, empiricism) over acceptance of dogma or superstition. The meaning of the term humanism has fluctuated according to the successive intellectual movements which have identified with it. Generally, however, humanism refers to a perspective that affirms some notion of human freedom and progress. In modern times, humanist movements are typically aligned with secularism, and today humanism typically refers to a non-theistic life stance centred on human agency and looking to science rather than revelation from a supernatural source to understand the world.
Question: What can be seen as of essential importance to a practiced of humanism?
Answer: human beings
Question: What is a common tenant of humanism?
Answer: freedom and progress
Question: These days humanism could be viewed as a form of what?
Answer: secularism
Question: What can be credited for the changes in the definition of humanism?
Answer: intellectual movements
Question: Instead of turning to a spiritual or divine source practicers of humanism turn to what?
Answer: science
Question: What can be seen as no importance to the practice of humanism?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is a fake tenant of humanism?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is humanism no longer viewed as a form of?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What had no influence on the changes in the definition of humanism?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What does humanism condemn instead of turning to a spiritual or divine source?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: A uniquely Creole tradition is the touloulous. These women wear decorative gowns, gloves, masks and headdresses that cover them completely, making them unrecognisable, even to the colour of their skin. On Friday and Saturday nights of Carnival, touloulou balls are held in so-called universities; in reality, large dance halls that open only at Carnival time. Touloulous get in free, and are even given condoms in the interest of the sexual health of the community. Men attend the balls, but they pay admittance and are not disguised. The touloulous pick their dance partners, who may not refuse. The setup is designed to make it easy for a woman to create a temporary liaison with a man in total anonymity. Undisguised women are not welcomed. By tradition, if such a woman gets up to dance, the orchestra stops playing. Alcohol is served at bars – the disguised women whisper to the men "touloulou thirsty", at which a round of drinks is expected, to be drunk through a straw protect their anonymity.
Question: What is a tradition unique to the Creole people?
Answer: touloulous
Question: Why are Touloulous given free condoms?
Answer: in the interest of the sexual health
Question: What do men have to do to be allowed into the balls?
Answer: pay admittance
Question: What are the touloulous' dance partners not allowed to do?
Answer: refuse
Question: Why do the women drink through a straw?
Answer: protect their anonymity
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Context: Cinema first appeared in Greece in 1896 but the first actual cine-theatre was opened in 1907. In 1914 the Asty Films Company was founded and the production of long films began. Golfo (Γκόλφω), a well known traditional love story, is considered the first Greek feature film, although there were several minor productions such as newscasts before this. In 1931 Orestis Laskos directed Daphnis and Chloe (Δάφνις και Χλόη), containing the first nude scene in the history of European cinema; it was also the first Greek movie which was played abroad. In 1944 Katina Paxinou was honoured with the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for For Whom the Bell Tolls.
Question: What year did cinema first appear in Greece?
Answer: 1896
Question: In what year did the first cinema theater open in Greece?
Answer: 1907
Question: In 1914 what was the name of the film company that was founded?
Answer: Asty Films
Question: What was the first Greek feature film?
Answer: Golfo
Question: Who directed the first nude scene in Greek film history?
Answer: Orestis Laskos
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Context: Upon the invitation of Duke Konrad I of Masovia, the Teutonic Knights took possession of Prussia in the 13th century and created a monastic state to administer the conquered Old Prussians. Local Old-Prussian (north) and Polish (south) toponyms were gradually Germanised. The Knights' expansionist policies, including occupation of Polish Pomerania with Gdańsk/Danzig and western Lithuania, brought them into conflict with the Kingdom of Poland and embroiled them in several wars, culminating in the Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War, whereby the united armies of Poland and Lithuania, defeated the Teutonic Order at the Battle of Grunwald (Tannenberg) in 1410. Its defeat was formalised in the Second Treaty of Thorn in 1466 ending the Thirteen Years' War, and leaving the former Polish region Pomerania/Pomerelia under Polish control. Together with Warmia it formed the province of Royal Prussia. Eastern Prussia remained under the Knights, but as a fief of Poland. 1466 and 1525 arrangements by kings of Poland were not verified by the Holy Roman Empire as well as the previous gains of the Teutonic Knights were not verified.
Question: Which group took possession of Prussia in the 13th century?
Answer: Teutonic Knights
Question: Which two areas were slowly Germanized during the 13th century?
Answer: Old-Prussian (north) and Polish (south) toponyms
Question: What did the knights of expansionist polices eventually lead to?
Answer: several wars
Question: What year was the Second Treaty of Thorn enacted?
Answer: 1466
Question: In what year was the Kingdom of Poland founded?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Where did the Teutonic Knights originate?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was the name of the first war between the Teutonic Knights and the Kingdom of Poland?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: In what year was Warmia established?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who led the Kingdom of Poland?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: With respect to these outer regions, the Qing maintained imperial control, with the emperor acting as Mongol khan, patron of Tibetan Buddhism and protector of Muslims. However, Qing policy changed with the establishment of Xinjiang province in 1884. During The Great Game era, taking advantage of the Dungan revolt in northwest China, Yaqub Beg invaded Xinjiang from Central Asia with support from the British Empire, and made himself the ruler of the kingdom of Kashgaria. The Qing court sent forces to defeat Yaqub Beg and Xinjiang was reconquered, and then the political system of China proper was formally applied onto Xinjiang. The Kumul Khanate, which was incorporated into the Qing empire as a vassal after helping Qing defeat the Zunghars in 1757, maintained its status after Xinjiang turned into a province through the end of the dynasty in the Xinhai Revolution up until 1930. In early 20th century, Britain sent an expedition force to Tibet and forced Tibetans to sign a treaty. The Qing court responded by asserting Chinese sovereignty over Tibet, resulting in the 1906 Anglo-Chinese Convention signed between Britain and China. The British agreed not to annex Tibetan territory or to interfere in the administration of Tibet, while China engaged not to permit any other foreign state to interfere with the territory or internal administration of Tibet. Furthermore, similar to Xinjiang which was converted into a province earlier, the Qing government also turned Manchuria into three provinces in the early 20th century, officially known as the "Three Northeast Provinces", and established the post of Viceroy of the Three Northeast Provinces to oversee these provinces, making the total number of regional viceroys to nine.
Question: What title did the emperor hold in Mongolia?
Answer: khan
Question: Who ruled Kashgaria?
Answer: Yaqub Beg
Question: Who supported Beg?
Answer: British
Question: When did the British invade Tibet?
Answer: early 20th century
Question: What was the name of the agreement between Britain and the Chinese that kept the British out of Tibet?
Answer: 1906 Anglo-Chinese Convention
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Context: On 15 September 1940, known as the Battle of Britain Day, an RAF pilot, Ray Holmes of No. 504 Squadron RAF rammed a German bomber he believed was going to bomb the Palace. Holmes had run out of ammunition and made the quick decision to ram it. Holmes bailed out. Both aircraft crashed. In fact the Dornier Do 17 bomber was empty. It had already been damaged, two of its crew had been killed and the remainder bailed out. Its pilot, Feldwebel Robert Zehbe, landed, only to die later of wounds suffered during the attack. During the Dornier's descent, it somehow unloaded its bombs, one of which hit the Palace. It then crashed into the forecourt of London Victoria station. The bomber's engine was later exhibited at the Imperial War Museum in London. The British pilot became a King's Messenger after the war, and died at the age of 90 in 2005.
Question: What is the date of the Battle of Britain Day?
Answer: 15 September 1940
Question: What did Ray Holmes think the German pilot was going to bomb?
Answer: the Palace
Question: What type of airplane was the German craft Holmes rammed into?
Answer: Dornier Do 17 bomber
Question: After the war what did Holmes become?
Answer: King's Messenger
Question: What year did Ray Holmes die?
Answer: 2005
Question: What is September 15, 1940 known as?
Answer: the Battle of Britain Day
Question: What did Ray Holmes believe the German pilot was targeting?
Answer: the Palace
Question: What did Holmes do to stop the German Plane?
Answer: ram it
Question: What type of aircraft was the German Plane?
Answer: Dornier Do 17 bomber
Question: When did Holmes die?
Answer: 2005
Question: What is the date of the celebration of Britain Day?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What did Ray Holmes think the German pilot was going to restore?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What type of airplane was the German craft Holmes avoiding?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What did Holmes become during the war?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What year did Ray Holmes give birth?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: To clean up pollution, the federal and local governments implemented numerous plans including the constant monitoring and reporting of environmental conditions, such as ozone and nitrogen oxides. When the levels of these two pollutants reached critical levels, contingency actions were implemented which included closing factories, changing school hours, and extending the A day without a car program to two days of the week. The government also instituted industrial technology improvements, a strict biannual vehicle emission inspection and the reformulation of gasoline and diesel fuels. The introduction of Metrobús bus rapid transit and the Ecobici bike-sharing were among efforts to encourage alternate, greener forms of transportation.
Question: What is the bus system called in Mexico City?
Answer: Metrobús
Question: What is the bike-sharing program called in Mexico City?
Answer: Ecobici
Question: How many days a week does the city encourage people to go without a car?
Answer: two days
Question: What pollutants does the city closely monitor?
Answer: ozone and nitrogen oxides
Question: How often do citizens need to get their cars examined?
Answer: biannual
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Context: However, Mathews' frustration with Whitehead's books did not negatively affect his interest. In fact, there were numerous philosophers and theologians at Chicago's Divinity School that perceived the importance of what Whitehead was doing without fully grasping all of the details and implications. In 1927 they invited one of America's only Whitehead experts – Henry Nelson Wieman – to Chicago to give a lecture explaining Whitehead's thought. Wieman's lecture was so brilliant that he was promptly hired to the faculty and taught there for twenty years, and for at least thirty years afterward Chicago's Divinity School was closely associated with Whitehead's thought.
Question: Who was frustrated in Whitehead's books but still interested?
Answer: Mathews
Question: What school recognized the importance of Whitehead's work?
Answer: Chicago's Divinity School
Question: Who was invited to the Chicago Divinity school as one of Whitehead's only experts?
Answer: Henry Nelson Wieman
Question: When was Henry Nelson Wieman invited to the Chicago Divinity school?
Answer: 1927
Question: What happened after Henry Nelson Wieman gave a lecture about Whitehead?
Answer: hired
Question: What affect did Matthews' opinion of the difficulty of Whitehead's works have on his interest in them?
Answer: Mathews' frustration with Whitehead's books did not negatively affect his interest
Question: How did many philosophers and theologians at Chicago's Divinity School view Whitehead's work?
Answer: perceived the importance of what Whitehead was doing without fully grasping all of the details and implications
Question: What expert on Whitehead delivered a lecture at the school to explain Whitehead's ideas?
Answer: Henry Nelson Wieman
Question: What was the result of that lecture?
Answer: Wieman's lecture was so brilliant that he was promptly hired to the faculty and taught there for twenty years
Question: What affect did Matthews' opinion of the ease of Whitehead's works have on his interest in them?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How did many philosophers and theologians at Illinois Divinity School view Whitehead's work?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What expert on Whitehead delivered a lecture at the school to reject Whitehead's ideas?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who was amused in Whitehead's books but still interested?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: The current Chief of the Defence Staff, the professional head of the British Armed Forces, is General Sir Nicholas Houghton, late Green Howards. He is supported by the Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, by the professional heads of the three services of HM Armed Forces and by the Commander of Joint Forces Command.
Question: What is the name of the person who is the current Chief of the Defence Staff?
Answer: General Sir Nicholas Houghton
Question: Who is the professional head of the British Armed Forces?
Answer: Chief of the Defence Staff
Question: The professional heads of what three services support the Chief of the Defence Staff?
Answer: HM Armed Forces
Question: Which person in the Joint Forces Command supports the Chief of the Defence Staff?
Answer: the Commander
Question: Who is the current Commander of Joint Forces Command?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is the title of the head of the HM Armed Forces?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: The heads of what three services support the Commander of Joint Forces Command?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is the name of the person who used to be the Commander of Joint Forces Command?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who is the professional head of the British Defense Staff?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: Goodluck Jonathan served as Nigeria's president till 16 April 2011, when a new presidential election in Nigeria was conducted. Jonathan of the PDP was declared the winner on 19 April 2011, having won the election with a total of 22,495,187 of the 39,469,484 votes cast, to stand ahead of Muhammadu Buhari from the main opposition party, the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), which won 12,214,853 of the total votes cast. The international media reported the elections as having run smoothly with relatively little violence or voter fraud, in contrast to previous elections.
Question: Who won the 2011 election?
Answer: Goodluck Jonathan
Question: How many votes did Goodluck get in 2011?
Answer: 22,495,187
Question: What was the main opposition political party in 2011?
Answer: Congress for Progressive Change
Question: Who was the CPC's 2011 candidate?
Answer: Muhammadu Buhari
Question: How many votes did Buhari get?
Answer: 12,214,853
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Context: President Abraham Lincoln visited General Grant at Petersburg on April 3, and took a launch to Richmond the next day, while Jefferson Davis attempted to organize his Confederate government at Danville. Lincoln met Confederate assistant secretary of War John A. Campbell, and handed him a note inviting Virginia's legislature to end their rebellion. After Campbell spun the note to Confederate legislators as a possible end to the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln rescinded his offer and ordered General Weitzel to prevent the Confederate state legislature from meeting. Union forces killed, wounded or captured 8000 Confederate troops at Saylor's Creek southwest of Petersburg on April 6. General Lee continued to reject General Grant's surrender suggestion until Sheridan's infantry and cavalry appeared in front of his retreating army on April 8. He surrendered his remaining approximately 10000 troops at Appomattox Court House the following morning. Jefferson Davis retreated to North Carolina, then further south. when Lincoln rejected the surrender terms negotiated by general Sherman and envoys of North Carolina governor Zebulon Vance, which failed to mention slavery. Davis was captured on May 10 near Irwinville, Georgia and taken back to Virginia, where he was charged with treason and imprisoned for two years at Fort Monroe until freed on bail.
Question: What was the date before the day Lincoln entered Richmond?
Answer: April 3
Question: How many soldiers did Lee have remaining when he surrendered?
Answer: 10000
Question: To what state did Davis travel after Lee surrendered?
Answer: North Carolina
Question: In what structure did Lee surrender to Grant?
Answer: Appomattox Court House
Question: How many years did Davis spend in Fort Monroe?
Answer: two
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Context: In 1756 Austria was making military preparations for war with Prussia and pursuing an alliance with Russia for this purpose. On June 2, 1746, Austria and Russia concluded a defensive alliance that covered their own territory and Poland against attack by Prussia or the Ottoman Empire. They also agreed to a secret clause that promised the restoration of Silesia and the countship of Glatz (now Kłodzko, Poland) to Austria in the event of hostilities with Prussia. Their real desire, however, was to destroy Frederick’s power altogether, reducing his sway to his electorate of Brandenburg and giving East Prussia to Poland, an exchange that would be accompanied by the cession of the Polish Duchy of Courland to Russia. Aleksey Petrovich, Graf (count) Bestuzhev-Ryumin, grand chancellor of Russia under Empress Elizabeth, was hostile to both France and Prussia, but he could not persuade Austrian statesman Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz to commit to offensive designs against Prussia so long as Prussia was able to rely on French support.
Question: What Russian-Austrian agreement preceded the Seven Years War that started in 1755-56?
Answer: June 2, 1746, Austria and Russia concluded a defensive alliance that covered their own territory and Poland against attack by Prussia or the Ottoman Empire
Question: According to the Russian-Austrian pact of 1746, what would happen to Silesia in the event of hostilities with Prussia?
Answer: They also agreed to a secret clause that promised the restoration of Silesia and the countship of Glatz (now Kłodzko, Poland) to Austria
Question: What other area was mentioned regarding Prussian dominion in the Russian-Austrian pact?
Answer: the countship of Glatz (now Kłodzko, Poland) to Austria
Question: What individual was the main target of the pact?
Answer: Their real desire, however, was to destroy Frederick’s power altogether
Question: Why couldn't Petrovich persuade Austria to invade Prussia?
Answer: he could not persuade Austrian statesman Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz to commit to offensive designs against Prussia
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Context: In the United States, Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Columbus, San Diego, Seattle, Washington, D.C., Houston, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Portland, Denver, Nashville, Green Bay, Lewiston, Portland, Maine and Cedar Rapids have the largest Somali populations.
Question: What country is Cedar Rapids located in?
Answer: the United States
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Context: The Samoan word for dance is siva with unique gentle movements of the body in time to music and which tells a story, although the Samoan male dances can be more physical and snappy. The sasa is also a traditional dance where rows of dancers perform rapid synchronised movements in time to the rhythm of wooden drums (pate) or rolled mats. Another dance performed by males is called the fa'ataupati or the slap dance, creating rhythmic sounds by slapping different parts of the body. This is believed to have been derived from slapping insects on the body.
Question: What does "siva" mean in Samoan?
Answer: dance
Question: What's the name of the traditional Samoan dance performed by synchronized rows of dancers?
Answer: sasa
Question: What are pates?
Answer: wooden drums
Question: What is the name of the Samoan dance only men can perform?
Answer: fa'ataupati
Question: The "slap dance" probably mimics the movements of Samoans trying to rid themselves of what creatures?
Answer: insects
Question: What is the Samoan word for rhythm?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is another dance not performed by men?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Why was the siva dance created?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What kind of instruments are used when performing the siva?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What else does the sasa do besides having unique gentle movements of the body to music?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: The most reliable method for assessing pain in most humans is by asking a question: a person may report pain that cannot be detected by any known physiological measure. However, like infants (Latin infans meaning "unable to speak"), animals cannot answer questions about whether they feel pain; thus the defining criterion for pain in humans cannot be applied to them. Philosophers and scientists have responded to this difficulty in a variety of ways. René Descartes for example argued that animals lack consciousness and therefore do not experience pain and suffering in the way that humans do. Bernard Rollin of Colorado State University, the principal author of two U.S. federal laws regulating pain relief for animals, writes that researchers remained unsure into the 1980s as to whether animals experience pain, and that veterinarians trained in the U.S. before 1989 were simply taught to ignore animal pain. In his interactions with scientists and other veterinarians, he was regularly asked to "prove" that animals are conscious, and to provide "scientifically acceptable" grounds for claiming that they feel pain. Carbone writes that the view that animals feel pain differently is now a minority view. Academic reviews of the topic are more equivocal, noting that although the argument that animals have at least simple conscious thoughts and feelings has strong support, some critics continue to question how reliably animal mental states can be determined. The ability of invertebrate species of animals, such as insects, to feel pain and suffering is also unclear.
Question: What is the most reliable method of learning about pain in a human?
Answer: asking a question
Question: What can't animals answer?
Answer: whether they feel pain
Question: What did Descartes argue animals lack?
Answer: consciousness
Question: What university is Bernard Rollin associated with?
Answer: Colorado State University
Question: Can invertebrate species of animals like insects feel pain and suffering?
Answer: unclear
Question: What is the word "infants" mean in Latin?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What did Rene Rollin argue about animals and pain?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was Bernard Descartes' opinion on animals and pain?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What did Rene Carbone write about animals and pain?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How clear is the ability of vertebrae species to feel pain?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: Humbert of Romans, the master general of the order from 1254 to 1263, was a great administrator, as well as preacher and writer. It was under his tenure as master general that the sisters in the order were given official membership. Humbert was a great lover of languages, and encouraged linguistic studies among the Dominicans, primarily Arabic, because of the missionary work friars were pursuing amongst those led astray or forced to convert by Muslims in the Middle East. He also wanted his friars to reach excellence in their preaching, and this was his most lasting contribution to the order. The growth of the spirituality of young preachers was his first priority. He once cried to his students: "... consider how excellent this office [of preaching] is, because it is apostolic; how useful, because it is directly ordained for the salvation of souls; how perilous, because few have in them, or perform, what the office requires, for it is not without great danger ... , vol. xxv. (Lyon, 1677)
Question: Who was the Master general of the Dominican Order during the mid 1200s?
Answer: Humbert of Romans
Question: What years was Humbert of Rome the Master General?
Answer: 1254 to 1263
Question: What did Humbert do that was very significant during his time as Master general?
Answer: the sisters in the order were given official membership
Question: What did subject did Humbert love very much?
Answer: languages
Question: What language did Humbert want the Dominican Order members to learn?
Answer: Arabic
Question: Who was the Master general of the Dominican order during the early 1200s?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: During whose tenure was the sisters of the order not given official membership?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who did not have a great love of languages?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What did Hobart not want the friars to reach?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was not Hobart's first priority?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: In 2005, the constitution was put into effect. There is still much debate in the country about the constitutional reforms. From the early seventies, there was active resistance to the royal hegemony. Despite complaints from progressive formations, support for the monarchy and the current political system remains strong among the majority of the population.[citation needed] Submissions were made by citizens around the country to commissions, including the constitutional draft committee, indicating that they would prefer to maintain the current situation.
Question: When did people begin to disputre royal hegenomy in Swaziland?
Answer: the early seventies
Question: What portion of Swaziland is said to support the monarchy of Swaziland?
Answer: the majority
Question: What entity took submissions about whether or not Swazi citizens wanted to change support of the monarchy?
Answer: the constitutional draft committee
Question: What was reformed in 2005?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What has been debated since the 1970's?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What do progressive formations support besides the current political system?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What do the majority of citizens complain about?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: In a Peabody Award winning program, NPR correspondents argued that a "Giant Pool of Money" (represented by $70 trillion in worldwide fixed income investments) sought higher yields than those offered by U.S. Treasury bonds early in the decade. This pool of money had roughly doubled in size from 2000 to 2007, yet the supply of relatively safe, income generating investments had not grown as fast. Investment banks on Wall Street answered this demand with products such as the mortgage-backed security and the collateralized debt obligation that were assigned safe ratings by the credit rating agencies.
Question: What is one investment assigned safe ratings by the credit rating agencies?
Answer: collateralized debt obligation
Question: How much was invested worldwide in fixed income investments?
Answer: $70 trillion
Question: How much did the pool of money invested worldwide in fixed income investments grow in size from 2000 to 2007?
Answer: roughly doubled in size
Question: What is an example of a product Wall Street invented to answer the demand for income generating investments?
Answer: mortgage-backed security
Question: In the 2000s, investors were seeking higher yields than those offered by this investment?
Answer: U.S. Treasury bonds
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Context: On August 19, 1989, the Russian Orthodox Parish of Saints Peter and Paul announced it would be switching to the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church. On September 2, 1989, tens of thousands across Ukraine protested a draft election law that reserved special seats for the Communist Party and for other official organizations: 50,000 in Lviv, 40,000 in Kiev, 10,000 in Zhytomyr, 5,000 each in Dniprodzerzhynsk and Chervonohrad, and 2,000 in Kharkiv. From September 8–10, 1989, writer Ivan Drach was elected to head Rukh, the People's Movement of Ukraine, at its founding congress in Kiev. On September 17, between 150,000 and 200,000 people marched in Lviv, demanding the legalization of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. On September 21, 1989, exhumation of a mass grave begins in Demianiv Laz, a nature preserve south of Ivano-Frankivsk. On September 28, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Ukraine Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, a holdover from the Brezhnev era, was replaced by Vladimir Ivashko.
Question: What were the protesters on September 2 demonstrating against?
Answer: draft election law
Question: How many protesters were there in Lviv?
Answer: 50,000
Question: Who was put in charge of the People's Movement of Ukraine?
Answer: Ivan Drach
Question: Where did the People's Movement hold its founding congress?
Answer: Kiev
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Context: By the late 80s, House had moved West, particularly to San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, Fresno, San Diego and Seattle. Los Angeles saw a huge explosion of underground raves and DJs, notably DJs Marques Wyatt and Billy Long, who spun at Jewel's Catch One, the oldest dance club in America. In 1989, the L.A. based, former EBN-OZN singer/rapper Robert Ozn started indie house label One Voice Records, releasing the Mike "Hitman" Wilson remix of Dada Nada's "Haunted House," which garnered instant club and mix show radio play in Chicago, Detroit and New York as well as in the U.K. and France. The record shot up to Number Five on the Billboard Club Chart, marking it as the first House record by a white artist to chart in the U.S. Dada Nada, the moniker for Ozn's solo act, released in 1990, what has become a classic example of jazz-based Deep House, the Frankie Knuckles and David Morales remix of Dada Nada's "Deep Love" (One Voice Records/US, Polydor/UK), featuring Ozn's lush, crooning vocals and muted trumpet improvisational solos, underscoring Deep House's progression into a genre that integrated jazz and pop songwriting structures – a feature which continued to set it apart from Acid House and Techno.
Question: where did DJs marques wyatt and billy long become successful?
Answer: Los Angeles
Question: what is the oldest dance club in america?
Answer: Jewel's Catch One
Question: what label did robert ozn start in 1989?
Answer: One Voice Records
Question: one voice records released a remix of what dada nada song in 1989?
Answer: Haunted House
Question: dada nada was the moniker for what artist's solo act?
Answer: Ozn
Question: Where did DJs Marques, Wyatt, and Mike Wilson become successful?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is the oldest dance club in San Deigo?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What label did Mike Wilson start in 1989?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: One Voice Records released a remix of what dada nada song in 1988?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: David Morales was the moniker for what artist's solo act?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: In 2001, Apple introduced Mac OS X, based on Darwin and NEXTSTEP; its new features included the Dock and the Aqua user interface. During the transition, Apple included a virtual machine subsystem known as Classic, allowing users to run Mac OS 9 applications under Mac OS X 10.4 and earlier on PowerPC machines. Apple introduced Mac OS X 10.8 in February, and it was made available in the summer of 2012. Mountain Lion includes many new features, such as Mission Control, the Mac App Store (available to Mac OS X v10.6.6 "Snow Leopard." users by software update), Launchpad, an application viewer and launcher akin to the iOS Home Screen, and Resume, a feature similar to the hibernate function found in Microsoft Windows. The most recent version is OS X El Capitan . In addition to Mavericks, all new Macs are bundled with assorted Apple-produced applications, including iLife, the Safari web browser and the iTunes media player. Apple introduced Mavericks at WWDC 2013 in June, and released it on October 15 of that year. It is free of charge to everyone running Snow Leopard or later and is compatible with most Macs from 2007 and later. Mavericks brought a lot of the iOS apps, functions, and feel to the Mac as well as better multi display support, iBooks, Maps, app nap, and other upgrades to improve performance and battery life.
Question: What was Apple's Mac OS X based on?
Answer: Darwin and NEXTSTEP
Question: Who did Apple make Maverick free to?
Answer: everyone running Snow Leopard or later
Question: What computers is Maverick compatible with?
Answer: most Macs from 2007 and later
Question: What brought better multi display support to Mac?
Answer: Mavericks
Question: When was Mavericks introduced?
Answer: 2013
Question: What was Apple's Mac OS XX based on?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who did Microsoft make Maverick free to?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What computers is Maverick incompatible with?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What brought better single display support to Mac?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: When was Mavericks scrapped?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: The importance of infantry and light cavalry began to decline during the early Carolingian period, with a growing dominance of elite heavy cavalry. The use of militia-type levies of the free population declined over the Carolingian period. Although much of the Carolingian armies were mounted, a large proportion during the early period appear to have been mounted infantry, rather than true cavalry. One exception was Anglo-Saxon England, where the armies were still composed of regional levies, known as the fyrd, which were led by the local elites. In military technology, one of the main changes was the return of the crossbow, which had been known in Roman times and reappeared as a military weapon during the last part of the Early Middle Ages. Another change was the introduction of the stirrup, which increased the effectiveness of cavalry as shock troops. A technological advance that had implications beyond the military was the horseshoe, which allowed horses to be used in rocky terrain.
Question: The importance of what military arm increased during the Carolingian era?
Answer: heavy cavalry
Question: What region raised a militia army called the fyrd?
Answer: Anglo-Saxon England
Question: What Roman weapon began to be used again in the Early Middle Ages?
Answer: the crossbow
Question: Along with the horseshoe, what invention important for cavalry emerged in this period?
Answer: the stirrup
Question: Along with light cavalry, what military arm declined in importance during the Early Middle Ages?
Answer: infantry
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Context: Bern is home to 8 libraries. These libraries include; the Schweiz. Nationalbibliothek/ Bibliothèque nationale suisse, the Universitätsbibliothek Bern, the Kornhausbibliotheken Bern, the BFH Wirtschaft und Verwaltung Bern, the BFH Gesundheit, the BFH Soziale Arbeit, the Hochschule der Künste Bern, Gestaltung und Kunst and the Hochschule der Künste Bern, Musikbibliothek. There was a combined total (as of 2008[update]) of 10,308,336 books or other media in the libraries, and in the same year a total of 2,627,973 items were loaned out.
Question: How many libraries are in Bern?
Answer: 8
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Context: Barbershop music is one of several uniquely American art forms. The earliest reports of this style of a cappella music involved African Americans. The earliest documented quartets all began in barbershops. In 1938, the first formal men's barbershop organization was formed, known as the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America (S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A), and in 2004 rebranded itself and officially changed its public name to the Barbershop Harmony Society (BHS). Today the BHS has over 22,000 members in approximately 800 chapters across the United States, and the barbershop style has spread around the world with organizations in many other countries. The Barbershop Harmony Society provides a highly organized competition structure for a cappella quartets and choruses singing in the barbershop style.
Question: What type of a cappella music is specific to American culture?
Answer: Barbershop music
Question: What did the a cappella organization founded in 1938 change its name to in 2004?
Answer: Barbershop Harmony Society
Question: How many people currently have membership to the BHS?
Answer: over 22,000
Question: What racial group was primarily involved in babershop a cappella in its earliest days?
Answer: African Americans
Question: What were the initials of the BHS before it changes its name in 2004?
Answer: S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A
Question: What is one uniquely African art form?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: In 1938 where did documented quartets begin?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What group was formed in 2004?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is the name of the barbershop group formed in 2004?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What did the barbershop group change its name to officially in 1938?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: In the late 1940s, during the last days of the Dominion of Newfoundland (at the time a dominion-dependency in the Commonwealth and independent of Canada), there was mainstream support, although not majority, for Newfoundland to form an economic union with the United States, thanks to the efforts of the Economic Union Party and significant U.S. investment in Newfoundland stemming from the U.S.-British alliance in World War II. The movement ultimately failed when, in a 1948 referendum, voters narrowly chose to confederate with Canada (the Economic Union Party supported an independent "responsible government" that they would then push toward their goals).
Question: When were the last days of the Dominion of Newfoundland?
Answer: In the late 1940s
Question: What was the result of the 1948 referendum?
Answer: The movement ultimately failed
Question: What did the Economic Union Party support?
Answer: an independent "responsible government"
Question: When were the last days of the U.S.-British alliance?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was the result of the 1940 referendum?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What did the U.S.-British alliance support?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was a dominion-dependency in the U.S.?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was there majority support for?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: Some definitions of southern Europe, also known as Mediterranean Europe, include the countries of the Iberian peninsula (Spain and Portugal), the Italian peninsula, southern France and Greece. Other definitions sometimes include the Balkan countries of southeast Europe, which are geographically in the southern part of Europe, but which have different historical, political, economic, and cultural backgrounds.
Question: What is another term for southern Europe
Answer: Mediterranean Europe
Question: What is the name for the stretch of land on which Spain and Portugal are located?
Answer: Iberian peninsula
Question: What nations are sometimes included in the scope of southern Europe?
Answer: Balkan countries
Question: What area of France is considered a part of Mediterranean Europe?
Answer: southern France
Question: What is the name for the stretch of land on which France and Greece are located
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is another name for northern Europe
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What peninsulas are sometimes included in the scope of southern Europe?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What area of France is considered a part of the Balkan countries?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What countries have the same historical, political, economic, and cultural backgrounds as the rest of southern Europe?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: Intense media interest in the opinions and private lives of the royal family during the 1980s led to a series of sensational stories in the press, not all of which were entirely true. As Kelvin MacKenzie, editor of The Sun, told his staff: "Give me a Sunday for Monday splash on the Royals. Don't worry if it's not true—so long as there's not too much of a fuss about it afterwards." Newspaper editor Donald Trelford wrote in The Observer of 21 September 1986: "The royal soap opera has now reached such a pitch of public interest that the boundary between fact and fiction has been lost sight of ... it is not just that some papers don't check their facts or accept denials: they don't care if the stories are true or not." It was reported, most notably in The Sunday Times of 20 July 1986, that the Queen was worried that Margaret Thatcher's economic policies fostered social divisions and was alarmed by high unemployment, a series of riots, the violence of a miners' strike, and Thatcher's refusal to apply sanctions against the apartheid regime in South Africa. The sources of the rumours included royal aide Michael Shea and Commonwealth Secretary-General Shridath Ramphal, but Shea claimed his remarks were taken out of context and embellished by speculation. Thatcher reputedly said the Queen would vote for the Social Democratic Party—Thatcher's political opponents. Thatcher's biographer John Campbell claimed "the report was a piece of journalistic mischief-making". Belying reports of acrimony between them, Thatcher later conveyed her personal admiration for the Queen, and the Queen gave two honours in her personal gift—membership in the Order of Merit and the Order of the Garter—to Thatcher after her replacement as prime minister by John Major. Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney said Elizabeth was a "behind the scenes force" in ending apartheid.
Question: What did high public interest in the private lives of the royal family cause in the press?
Answer: sensational stories
Question: Who was editor of The Sun in the 1980s?
Answer: Kelvin MacKenzie
Question: What did the editor of The Observer call the sensational stories about the royals?
Answer: royal soap opera
Question: Who, it was rumored, did Margaret Thatcher say the Queen would vote for?
Answer: Thatcher's political opponents
Question: Who said the Elizabeth was a behind the scenes force in ending apartheid?
Answer: Brian Mulroney
Question: In what year did Kelvin MacKenzie become editor of The Sun?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: In what year did Donald Trelford begin to edit The Observer?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What party did Margaret Thatcher lead?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: In what year did Elizabeth give Margaret Thatcher the Order of the Garter?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Besides Margaret Thatcher who is someone else has given the Order of Merit?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: Important fragments survived from the mosaic floor of the Great Palace of Constantinople which was commissioned during Justinian's reign. The figures, animals, plants all are entirely classical but they are scattered before a plain background. The portrait of a moustached man, probably a Gothic chieftain, is considered the most important surviving mosaic of the Justinianian age. The so-called small sekreton of the palace was built during Justin II's reign around 565–577. Some fragments survive from the mosaics of this vaulted room. The vine scroll motifs are very similar to those in the Santa Constanza and they still closely follow the Classical tradition. There are remains of floral decoration in the Church of the Acheiropoietos in Thessaloniki (5th–6th centuries).
Question: When were the mosaics at the Great Palace of Constantinople commissioned?
Answer: during Justinian's reign
Question: What is considered the most important surviving mosaic of the Justinian age?
Answer: The portrait of a moustached man
Question: What was the small vaulted room in the Great Palace of Constantinople called?
Answer: small sekreton
Question: Vine Scroll motifs are classified under what kind of tradition?
Answer: Classical
Question: When were the mosaics at the church in Thessaloniki created?
Answer: 5th–6th centuries
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Context: The world's oldest football competition is the FA Cup, which was founded by C. W. Alcock and has been contested by English teams since 1872. The first official international football match also took place in 1872, between Scotland and England in Glasgow, again at the instigation of C. W. Alcock. England is also home to the world's first football league, which was founded in Birmingham in 1888 by Aston Villa director William McGregor. The original format contained 12 clubs from the Midlands and Northern England.
Question: What is C.W. Alcock responsible for founding?
Answer: FA Cup
Question: How long has the FA Cup been contested?
Answer: 1872
Question: Who founded the worlds first football league?
Answer: William McGregor
Question: How many clubs where in the first football league?
Answer: 12
Question: What country is the home of the first football league?
Answer: England
Question: What is C.W. Alcock responsible for eliminating?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How long has the FA Cup been uncontested?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who founded the worlds smallest football league?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How many clubs were in the last football league?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What country is the first football league forgotten in?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: Early releases of the Washington coin included error coins shipped primarily from the Philadelphia mint to Florida and Tennessee banks. Highly sought after by collectors, and trading for as much as $850 each within a week of discovery, the error coins were identified by the absence of the edge impressions "E PLURIBUS UNUM IN GOD WE TRUST 2007 P". The mint of origin is generally accepted to be mostly Philadelphia, although identifying the source mint is impossible without opening a mint pack also containing marked units. Edge lettering is minted in both orientations with respect to "heads", some amateur collectors were initially duped into buying "upside down lettering error" coins. Some cynics also erroneously point out that the Federal Reserve makes more profit from dollar bills than dollar coins because they wear out in a few years, whereas coins are more permanent. The fallacy of this argument arises because new notes printed to replace worn out notes, which have been withdrawn from circulation, bring in no net revenue to the government to offset the costs of printing new notes and destroying the old ones. As most vending machines are incapable of making change in banknotes, they commonly accept only $1 bills, though a few will give change in dollar coins.
Question: Where did error coins originate?
Answer: Philadelphia mint
Question: Other than Florida, which other state got send error coins?
Answer: Tennessee
Question: How much were error coins initially worth for collectors?
Answer: profit
Question: What were some amateur collectors duped into buying?
Answer: "upside down lettering error" coins
Question: What do vending machines commonly only accept?
Answer: $1 bills
Question: Where did permanent coins originate?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Other than Florida, which other state got sent permanent coins?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How much were permanent coins initially worth for collectors?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What were some cynics duped into buying?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What do collectors commonly only accept?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA), in conjunction with organizations like ANSI and ASHRAE, publishes guidelines, standards, and handbooks that allow categorization of the illumination needs of different built environments. Manufacturers of lighting equipment publish photometric data for their products, which defines the distribution of light released by a specific luminaire. This data is typically expressed in standardized form defined by the IESNA.
Question: What does the IESNA stand for?
Answer: The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America
Question: Who else publishes along with IESNA?
Answer: ANSI and ASHRAE
Question: What defines photo metric data?
Answer: distribution of light released
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Context: Television transmissions resumed from Alexandra Palace in 1946. The BBC Television Service (renamed "BBC tv" in 1960) showed popular programming, including drama, comedies, documentaries, game shows, and soap operas, covering a wide range of genres and regularly competed with ITV to become the channel with the highest ratings for that week. The channel also introduced the science fiction show Doctor Who on 23 November 1963 - at 17:16 - which went on to become one of Britain's most iconic and beloved television programmes.
Question: What was the name of the BBC changed to in 1960?
Answer: BBC tv
Question: What was the BBC's main competitor?
Answer: ITV
Question: What program debuted on November 23, 1963?
Answer: Doctor Who
Question: Where did the BBC broadcast from following World War II?
Answer: Alexandra Palace
Question: What happened with television transmissions in 1964?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was BBC Service Television renamed in 1960?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What show was introduced on 23 November 1973 at 16:16?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What did the BBC do with the network, IVT?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: The first elected head of government was Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas. Cárdenas resigned in 1999 to run in the 2000 presidential elections and designated Rosario Robles to succeed him, who became the first woman (elected or otherwise) to govern Mexico City. In 2000 Andrés Manuel López Obrador was elected, and resigned in 2005 to run in the 2006 presidential elections, Alejandro Encinas being designated by the Legislative Assembly to finish the term. In 2006, Marcelo Ebrard was elected for the 2006–2012 period.
Question: Who was elected to be the head of government in 2006?
Answer: Marcelo Ebrard
Question: Why did the first elected head of government of Mexico City resign?
Answer: to run in the 2000 presidential elections
Question: Who was the second head of government elected?
Answer: Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Question: Who was head of government after the first elected head of government?
Answer: Rosario Robles
Question: Who was the first woman to run Mexico City?
Answer: Rosario Robles
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Context: In 1866, the feud between Austria and Prussia finally came to a head. There were several reasons behind this war. As German nationalism grew strongly inside the German Confederation and neither could decide on how Germany was going to be unified into a nation-state. The Austrians favoured the Greater Germany unification but were not willing to give up any of the non-German-speaking land inside of the Austrian Empire and take second place to Prussia. The Prussians however wanted to unify Germany as Little Germany primarily by the Kingdom of Prussia, whilst excluding Austria. In the final battle of the German war (Battle of Königgrätz) the Prussians successfully defeated the Austrians and succeeded in creating the North German Confederation.
Question: When did the strife between Austria and Prussia erupt?
Answer: 1866
Question: in What conflict of the German war did the Prussians successfully create the North German Confederation?
Answer: (Battle of Königgrätz
Question: What was Germany going to be called if Prussian won?
Answer: Little Germany
Question: What was Austria not willing to give up to settle the conflict?
Answer: non-German-speaking land inside of the Austrian Empire
Question: When did Austria and Prussia go to war?
Answer: 1866
Question: Who won the battle of Koniggratz?
Answer: Prussia
Question: What did the Prussians want Germany to unify under?
Answer: Little Germany
Question: What was created when the Prussians defeated Austria??
Answer: North German Confederation
Question: Who did Austria go to war with in the late 18th century?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who did the Austrians defeat at the Battle of Koniggratz?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What land was Prussia unwilling to give up?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who did Austria want ti unify as little Germany?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: Until the 16th century, the Low Countries – corresponding roughly to the present-day Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg – consisted of a number of duchies, counties, and Prince-bishoprics, almost all of which were under the supremacy of the Holy Roman Empire, with the exception of the county of Flanders, which was under the Kingdom of France.
Question: The Low Countries were made up of which present day countries?
Answer: Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg
Question: Which counties in the Low Countries were not ruled by the Holy Roman Empire?
Answer: Flanders
Question: What countries were considered part of the low countries after the sixteenth century?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What were ruled by the Roman Empire?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Which Empire ruled the county of Flanders?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What kingdom was a holy Roman empire under?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What three countries were under the Kingdom of France?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What did the Low Countries under the Kingdom of France consist of?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What county was under the Holy Roman Empire?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Until what century was the county of Flanders part of the Low Countries?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Name one type of government the county of Flanders had when under the rule of the Holy Roman Empire?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: In Europe, the copyright infringement case Public Relations Consultants Association Ltd v Newspaper Licensing Agency Ltd had two prongs; one concerned whether a news aggregator service infringed the copyright of the news generators; the other concerned whether the temporary web cache created by the web browser of a consumer of the aggregator's service, also infringed the copyright of the news generators. The first prong was decided in favor of the news generators; in June 2014 the second prong was decided by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), which ruled that the temporary web cache of consumers of the aggregator did not infringe the copyright of the news generators.
Question: Where was the Public Relations Consultants Association Ltd v Newspaper Licensing Agency Ltd case contested?
Answer: Europe
Question: Whose copyright were news aggregators infringing on?
Answer: news generators
Question: When was the second part of the case decided?
Answer: June 2014
Question: What did the courts rule was NOT infringement?
Answer: temporary web cache of consumers
Question: Where was the Private Relations Consultants Association Ltd v Newspaper Licensing Agency Ltd case contested?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Where was the Public Relations Consultants Association Ltd v Newspaper Licensing Agency Ltd case not contested?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Whose copyright weren't news aggregators infringing on?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: When was the second part of the case undecided?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What did the courts rule was infringement?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: The major U.S. broadcast television networks have affiliates in the Oklahoma City market (ranked 41st for television by Nielsen and 48th for radio by Arbitron, covering a 34-county area serving the central, northern-central and west-central sections Oklahoma); including NBC affiliate KFOR-TV (channel 4), ABC affiliate KOCO-TV (channel 5), CBS affiliate KWTV-DT (channel 9, the flagship of locally based Griffin Communications), PBS station KETA-TV (channel 13, the flagship of the state-run OETA member network), Fox affiliate KOKH-TV (channel 25), CW affiliate KOCB (channel 34), independent station KAUT-TV (channel 43), MyNetworkTV affiliate KSBI-TV (channel 52), and Ion Television owned-and-operated station KOPX-TV (channel 62). The market is also home to several religious stations including TBN owned-and-operated station KTBO-TV (channel 14) and Norman-based Daystar owned-and-operated station KOCM (channel 46).
Question: What rank is Oklahoma Cities television networks for Nielsen?
Answer: 41st
Question: How many counties does Oklahoma Cities Networks cover?
Answer: 34
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Context: James Rassmann, a Green Beret advisor who was aboard Kerry's PCF-94, was knocked overboard when, according to witnesses and the documentation of the event, a mine or rocket exploded close to the boat. According to the documentation for the event, Kerry's arm was injured when he was thrown against a bulkhead during the explosion. PCF 94 returned to the scene and Kerry rescued Rassmann who was receiving sniper fire from the water. Kerry received the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V" for "heroic achievement", for his actions during this incident; he also received his third Purple Heart.
Question: What boat was Rassmann on?
Answer: PCF-94
Question: Who fell overboard from Kerry's boat?
Answer: James Rassmann
Question: What was Rassmann's job?
Answer: a Green Beret advisor
Question: What medal did Kerry earn for rescuing Rassmann?
Answer: the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V"
Question: What does the Combat V mean?
Answer: heroic achievement
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Context: Sometimes not only church interiors but façades were also decorated with mosaics in Italy like in the case of the St Mark's Basilica in Venice (mainly from the 17th–19th centuries, but the oldest one from 1270–75, "The burial of St Mark in the first basilica"), the Cathedral of Orvieto (golden Gothic mosaics from the 14th century, many times redone) and the Basilica di San Frediano in Lucca (huge, striking golden mosaic representing the Ascension of Christ with the apostles below, designed by Berlinghiero Berlinghieri in the 13th century). The Cathedral of Spoleto is also decorated on the upper façade with a huge mosaic portraying the Blessing Christ (signed by one Solsternus from 1207).
Question: What was special about St Mark's Basilica in Venice?
Answer: façades were also decorated
Question: When was the latest addition to the facade at St Mark's Basilica in Venice?
Answer: from 1270–75
Question: the Cathedral of Orvieto has a mosaic facade, done first in which century?
Answer: the 14th
Question: the Basilica di San Frediano in Lucca has a large golden mosaic facade depicting which figure?
Answer: Christ
Question: The Cathedral of Spoleto is signed by who?
Answer: Solsternus
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Context: South Slavic dialects historically formed a continuum. The turbulent history of the area, particularly due to expansion of the Ottoman Empire, resulted in a patchwork of dialectal and religious differences. Due to population migrations, Shtokavian became the most widespread in the western Balkans, intruding westwards into the area previously occupied by Chakavian and Kajkavian (which further blend into Slovenian in the northwest). Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs differ in religion and were historically often part of different cultural circles, although a large part of the nations have lived side by side under foreign overlords. During that period, the language was referred to under a variety of names, such as "Slavic", "Illyrian", or according to region, "Bosnian", "Serbian" and "Croatian", the latter often in combination with "Slavonian" or "Dalmatian".
Question: What were some of the names given to language during period of foreign control?
Answer: "Slavic", "Illyrian", or according to region, "Bosnian", "Serbian" and "Croatian"
Question: What specific historical event caused a group of religious and verbal differences in South Slavic dialect?
Answer: expansion of the Ottoman Empire
Question: Why was Shtokavian the most widespread culture in the western Balkans?
Answer: population migrations
Question: What was historically formed by the Ottoman Empire?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What happened due to expansion of Shtokavian?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Due to population change, what became widespread in Kajkavian?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What dialect went into the area previously occupied by Bosniaks and Croats?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was the Ottoman Empire often a part of?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: In its turn, under anaerobic conditions, the ferrous hydroxide (Fe(OH)
2 ) can be oxidized by the protons of water to form magnetite and molecular hydrogen. This process is described by the Schikorr reaction:
Question: Under what condition can ferrous hydroxide be oxidized?
Answer: anaerobic
Question: What does this process form?
Answer: magnetite and molecular hydrogen
Question: What reaction describes this process?
Answer: Schikorr reaction
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Context: The Army (21,000 personnel) comprises three brigades and other small units. An infantry brigade (mainly equipped with Pandur II APC), a mechanized brigade (mainly equipped with Leopard 2 A6 tanks and M113 APC) and a Rapid Reaction Brigade (consisting of paratroopers, commandos and rangers). The Navy (10,700 personnel, of which 1,580 are marines) has five frigates, seven corvettes, two submarines, and 28 patrol and auxiliary vessels. The Air Force (7,500 personnel) has the Lockheed F-16 Fighting Falcon and the Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet as the main combat aircraft.
Question: What is the number of personnel in the army?
Answer: 21,000
Question: With what is the infantry brigade mainly equipped with?
Answer: Pandur II APC
Question: What is the mechanized brigade mainly equipped with?
Answer: Leopard 2 A6 tanks and M113 APC
Question: What does the Rapid Reaction Brigade consist of?
Answer: paratroopers, commandos and rangers
Question: How many personnel does the Navy have?
Answer: 10,700
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Context: The new Supreme Court of New Zealand was officially established at the beginning of 2004, although it did not come into operation until July. The High Court of New Zealand was until 1980 known as the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court has a purely appellate jurisdiction and hears appeals from the Court of Appeal of New Zealand. In some cases, an appeal may be removed directly to the Supreme Court from the High Court. For certain cases, particularly cases which commenced in the District Court, a lower court (typically the High Court or the Court of Appeal) may be the court of final jurisdiction.
Question: When did New Zealand's Supreme Court come into being?
Answer: 2004
Question: What is the role of New Zealand's highest court?
Answer: purely appellate
Question: What court's decisions may be appealed to New Zealand's supreme court?
Answer: Court of Appeal of New Zealand
Question: New Zealand's second ranking court is known as what?
Answer: the High Court
Question: Local decisions by what judicial body may remain within the jurisdiction of local courts?
Answer: the District Court
Question: What was officially established at the beginning of 1980?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was the Supreme Court known as until 2004?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Where are appeals always moved to from the High Court?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What are the District Court and Court of Appeal considered to be?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: The northern group consists of the keskmurre or central dialect that is also the basis for the standard language, the läänemurre or western dialect, roughly corresponding to Läänemaa and Pärnumaa, the saarte murre (islands') dialect of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa and the idamurre or eastern dialect on the northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Question: What dialect is also known as the central dialect?
Answer: the keskmurre
Question: What is the dialect from Lake Peipsi?
Answer: the idamurre or eastern dialect
Question: What dialects of the northern group are spoken on the saarte murre?
Answer: Saaremaa and Hiiumaa
Question: What is another name for Estonian's northern group's western dialect?
Answer: the läänemurre
Question: What dialect is also known as the middle dialect?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is the dialect from the city of Peipsi?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What dialects of the southern group are spoken on the saarte murre?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is another name for Estonian's southern dialect?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror is the common name for a series of elevator attractions at the Disney's Hollywood Studios park in Orlando, the Disney California Adventure Park park in Anaheim, the Walt Disney Studios Park in Paris and the Tokyo DisneySea park in Tokyo. The central element of this attraction is a simulated free-fall achieved through the use of a high-speed elevator system. For safety reasons, passengers are seated and secured in their seats rather than standing. Unlike most traction elevators, the elevator car and counterweight are joined using a rail system in a continuous loop running through both the top and the bottom of the drop shaft. This allows the drive motor to pull down on the elevator car from underneath, resulting in downward acceleration greater than that of normal gravity. The high-speed drive motor is used to rapidly lift the elevator as well.
Question: What is the name of the elevator attraction at the Disney World parks across the world?
Answer: The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
Question: What is the main feature of this attraction?
Answer: a simulated free-fall achieved through the use of a high-speed elevator system
Question: Do ride goers stand or sit?
Answer: passengers are seated and secured in their seats rather than standing
Question: What unique feature does this ride provide guests?
Answer: downward acceleration greater than that of normal gravity
Question: What type of motor is used?
Answer: high-speed drive motor
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Context: New York has architecturally noteworthy buildings in a wide range of styles and from distinct time periods, from the saltbox style Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House in Brooklyn, the oldest section of which dates to 1656, to the modern One World Trade Center, the skyscraper at Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan and currently the most expensive new office tower in the world.
Question: What structure is an example of saltbox architecture?
Answer: Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House
Question: In what borough is the Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House located?
Answer: Brooklyn
Question: What building is the priciest office tower in the world?
Answer: One World Trade Center
Question: In what borough is One World Trade Center located?
Answer: Manhattan
Question: In what year did construction on the oldest part of Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House begin?
Answer: 1656
Question: The most expensive office tower built in the world today is what?
Answer: One World Trade Center
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Context: In 1986, the Compact of Free Association with the United States entered into force, granting the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) its sovereignty. The Compact provided for aid and U.S. defense of the islands in exchange for continued U.S. military use of the missile testing range at Kwajalein Atoll. The independence procedure was formally completed under international law in 1990, when the UN officially ended the Trusteeship status pursuant to Security Council Resolution 683.
Question: What document granted sovereignty to the Marshall Islands?
Answer: the Compact of Free Association
Question: In what year did the Marshall Islands receive sovereignty?
Answer: 1986
Question: Where in the Marshall Islands does the United States have a missile testing range?
Answer: Kwajalein Atoll
Question: When did UN Trusteeship over the Marshall Islands end?
Answer: 1990
Question: What Security Council Resolution ended UN Trusteeship over the Marshalls?
Answer: Security Council Resolution 683
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Context: In Paris' Roman era, its main cemetery was located to the outskirts of the Left Bank settlement, but this changed with the rise of Catholicism, where most every inner-city church had adjoining burial grounds for use by their parishes. With Paris' growth many of these, particularly the city's largest cemetery, les Innocents, were filled to overflowing, creating quite unsanitary conditions for the capital. When inner-city burials were condemned from 1786, the contents of all Paris' parish cemeteries were transferred to a renovated section of Paris' stone mines outside the "Porte d'Enfer" city gate, today place Denfert-Rochereau in the 14th arrondissement. The process of moving bones from Cimetière des Innocents to the catacombs took place between 1786 and 1814; part of the network of tunnels and remains can be visited today on the official tour of the catacombs.
Question: What is Paris' largest cemetary?
Answer: les Innocents
Question: When were inner city burials banned?
Answer: 1786
Question: During what years were the bones moved from Cimetiere des Innocents to the catacombs?
Answer: 1786 and 1814
Question: Where can view the network of tunnels to the catacombs?
Answer: the official tour of the catacombs
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Context: The remaining band members recorded "Independent Women Part I", which appeared on the soundtrack to the 2000 film, Charlie's Angels. It became their best-charting single, topping the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart for eleven consecutive weeks. In early 2001, while Destiny's Child was completing their third album, Beyoncé landed a major role in the MTV made-for-television film, Carmen: A Hip Hopera, starring alongside American actor Mekhi Phifer. Set in Philadelphia, the film is a modern interpretation of the 19th century opera Carmen by French composer Georges Bizet. When the third album Survivor was released in May 2001, Luckett and Roberson filed a lawsuit claiming that the songs were aimed at them. The album debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 663,000 copies sold. The album spawned other number-one hits, "Bootylicious" and the title track, "Survivor", the latter of which earned the group a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. After releasing their holiday album 8 Days of Christmas in October 2001, the group announced a hiatus to further pursue solo careers.
Question: "Charlie's Angels" featured which single from the band members?
Answer: Independent Women Part I
Question: How many weeks did their single "Independent Women Part I" stay on top?
Answer: eleven
Question: For what network, did Beyonce land a major movie role in?
Answer: MTV
Question: Their third album, Survivor, sold how many during its first week?
Answer: 663,000 copies
Question: What French composer wrote the original opera ''Carmen'' in the 19th century?
Answer: Georges Bizet
Question: What album caused a lawsuit to be filed in 2001?
Answer: Survivor
Question: Independent Women Part I was on which 2000 film's soundtrack?
Answer: Charlie's Angels.
Question: Which film did Beyoncé star in 2001 with Mekhi Phifer?
Answer: Carmen: A Hip Hopera
Question: What was the name of Destiny Child's third album?
Answer: Survivor
Question: Who filed a lawsuit over Survivor?
Answer: Luckett and Roberson
Question: When did Destiny's Child announce their hiatus?
Answer: October 2001
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Context: The operational framework is provided by the Byelaws, which are more frequently updated than the Charter. Any revisions to the Charter or Byelaws require the Privy Council's approval.
Question: What sets forth the standards by which the Royal Institute functions?
Answer: the Byelaws
Question: What guidelines for the Royal Institute are updated most often?
Answer: the Byelaws
Question: What is necessary to make any changes to either document which governs the operations of the Royal Institute?
Answer: the Privy Council's approval
Question: What removed the standards by which the Royal Institute functions?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What guidelines for the Royal Institute are updated least often?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is never necessary to make any changes to either document which governs the operations of the Royal Institute?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is updated more than the Byelaws?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: France used the right moment and occupied Alger in 1830. In 1831 Muhammad Ali of Egypt, who was the most powerful vassal of the Ottoman Empire, claimed independence. Ottoman forces were defeated in a number of battles, and Egyptians were ready to capture Constantinople, which forced the sultan Mahmud II to seek for Russian military aid. 10 000 Russian army corps landed on the Bosphorus shores in 1833 and helped to prevent the capture of Constantinople, thus the possible disappearance of the Ottoman Empire was prevented.
Question: In what year did France move into Alger?
Answer: 1830
Question: In 1831, who was the strongest vassal of the Ottoman Empire?
Answer: Muhammad Ali of Egypt
Question: Who wanted to take over Constantinople?
Answer: Egyptians
Question: What military force did Mahmud II ask for aid?
Answer: Russian
Question: How many Russians troops were sent to the Bosphorus shores?
Answer: 10 000
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Context: The new Kievan state prospered due to its abundant supply of furs, beeswax, honey, and slaves for export, and because it controlled three main trade routes of Eastern Europe. In the north, Novgorod served as a commercial link between the Baltic Sea and the Volga trade route to the lands of the Volga Bulgars, the Khazars, and across the Caspian Sea as far as Baghdad, providing access to markets and products from Central Asia and the Middle East. Trade from the Baltic also moved south on a network of rivers and short portages along the Dnieper known as the "route from the Varangians to the Greeks," continuing to the Black Sea and on to Constantinople. Kiev was a central outpost along the Dnieper route and a hub with the east-west overland trade route between the Khazars and the Germanic lands of Central Europe. These commercial connections enriched Rus' merchants and princes, funding military forces and the construction of churches, palaces, fortifications, and further towns. Demand for luxury goods fostered production of expensive jewelry and religious wares, allowing their export, and an advanced credit and money-lending system may have also been in place.
Question: Why did the Kievan state prosper?
Answer: abundant supply of furs, beeswax, honey, and slaves for export
Question: How many trade routes did the Kievan state control?
Answer: three
Question: Which route was a central post in Kiev?
Answer: Dnieper route
Question: What other means of pay when purchasing items may have been in place?
Answer: money-lending system
Question: What made the Kievan state deteriorate?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How many minor trade routes did the Kievan state control?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was moved north on a network of rivers and short portages along the Dnieper?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was the hub in the north-south overland trade route?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: Two major extant branches of Buddhism are generally recognized by scholars: Theravada ("The School of the Elders") and Mahayana ("The Great Vehicle"). Vajrayana, a body of teachings attributed to Indian siddhas, may be viewed as a third branch or merely a part of Mahayana. Theravada has a widespread following in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia. Mahayana which includes the traditions of Pure Land, Zen, Nichiren Buddhism, Shingon, and Tiantai (Tendai) is found throughout East Asia. Tibetan Buddhism, which preserves the Vajrayana teachings of eighth century India, is practiced in regions surrounding the Himalayas, Mongolia and Kalmykia. Buddhists number between an estimated 488 million[web 1] and 535 million, making it one of the world's major religions.
Question: What are the two major branches of Buddhism?
Answer: Theravada ("The School of the Elders") and Mahayana ("The Great Vehicle")
Question: What is sometimes viewed as the third branch of Buddhism?
Answer: Vajrayana
Question: Where does Theravada have the largest following?
Answer: Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia
Question: Mahayana includes which practices of Buddhism?
Answer: Pure Land, Zen, Nichiren Buddhism, Shingon, and Tiantai (Tendai)
Question: What is the estimated number of Buddhists in the world?
Answer: 488 million[web 1] and 535 million
Question: Which branch practices the teachings of Zen?
Answer: Mahayana
Question: What minor branch is sometimes attributed to Mahayana?
Answer: Vajrayana
Question: What kind of teachings does Tibetan Buddhism preserve?
Answer: Vajrayana
Question: Vajrayana is attributed to who?
Answer: Indian siddhas
Question: Theravada means what?
Answer: The School of the Elders
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Context: Architecture (Latin architectura, from the Greek ἀρχιτέκτων arkhitekton "architect", from ἀρχι- "chief" and τέκτων "builder") is both the process and the product of planning, designing, and constructing buildings and other physical structures. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural symbols and as works of art. Historical civilizations are often identified with their surviving architectural achievements.
Question: What is the latin word for architecture?
Answer: Architectural
Question: In what language does the word "architecture" have its origins?
Answer: Greek
Question: What two words is "architecture" a combination of?
Answer: ἀρχι- "chief" and τέκτων "builder"
Question: Architecture involves the creation of what?
Answer: buildings and other physical structures
Question: Aside from symbolizing cultures, what else are architectural works thought of as?
Answer: as works of art
Question: What can extant architectural works be used to identify?
Answer: Historical civilizations
Question: What is the french word for architecture?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is the Italian word for architecture?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What do you call the destruction of buildings?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What structures never be viewed as both works of art and symbols of certain cultures?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Civilizations from the past will never be identified by what surviving structures?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: The bombing failed to demoralise the British into surrender or significantly damage the war economy. The eight months of bombing never seriously hampered British production and the war industries continued to operate and expand. The Blitz was only authorised when the Luftwaffe had failed to meet preconditions for a 1940 launch of Operation Sea Lion, the provisionally planned German invasion of Britain. By May 1941 the threat of an invasion of Britain had passed, and Hitler's attention had turned to Operation Barbarossa in the East. In comparison to the later Allied bombing campaign against Germany, the Blitz resulted in relatively few casualties; the British bombing of Hamburg in July 1943 inflicted some 42,000 civilian deaths, about the same as the entire Blitz.
Question: What was the name of the Luftwaffe plan to invade Britain?
Answer: Operation Sea Lion
Question: How many people died in the bombing of Hamburg?
Answer: 42,000
Question: What was the date of the bombing of Hamburg?
Answer: July 1943
Question: Who was the leader of the Luftwaffe?
Answer: Hitler
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Context: Intermittent warfare lasting from July 23, 1670 until July 1695, plus the typhoons of 1671 and 1693, and in particular the smallpox epidemic of 1688, reduced the Chamorro population from 50,000 to 10,000 to less than 5,000.:86 Precipitated by the death of Quipuha, and the murder of Father San Vitores and Pedro Calungsod by local rebel chief Matapang, tensions led to a number of conflicts. Captain Juan de Santiago started a campaign to pacify the island, which was continued by the successive commanders of the Spanish forces.:68–74
Question: When did the Smallpox epidemic take place?
Answer: 1688
Question: In what years was there intermittent war fare?
Answer: July 23, 1670 until July 1695
Question: What did the smallpox epidemic reduce the population down to in Chamorro?
Answer: 50,000 to 10,000
Question: What was the name of the person who started the campaign to pacify the area?
Answer: Juan de Santiago
Question: In what year did Quipua die?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What did Quipuha dies of?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: In what year did Captain Juan de Santiago start to pacify Guam?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: In what year did Father San Vitores arrive in Guam?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How did local rebel chief Matapang eventually die?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: Dell's reputation for poor customer service, since 2002, which was exacerbated as it moved call centres offshore and as its growth outstripped its technical support infrastructure, came under increasing scrutiny on the Web. The original Dell model was known for high customer satisfaction when PCs sold for thousands but by the 2000s, the company could not justify that level of service when computers in the same lineup sold for hundreds. Rollins responded by shifting Dick Hunter from head of manufacturing to head of customer service. Hunter, who noted that Dell's DNA of cost-cutting "got in the way," aimed to reduce call transfer times and have call center representatives resolve inquiries in one call. By 2006, Dell had spent $100 million in just a few months to improve on this, and rolled out DellConnect to answer customer inquiries more quickly. In July 2006, the company started its Direct2Dell blog, and then in February 2007, Michael Dell launched IdeaStorm.com, asking customers for advice including selling Linux computers and reducing the promotional "bloatware" on PCs. These initiatives did manage to cut the negative blog posts from 49% to 22%, as well as reduce the "Dell Hell" prominent on Internet search engines.
Question: What did Dell have a poor reputation for?
Answer: customer service
Question: Where did Dell move its call centers?
Answer: offshore
Question: Which Dell employee was moved from head of manufacturing to head of customer service?
Answer: Dick Hunter
Question: How much had Dell spent by 2006 on improving customer service?
Answer: $100 million
Question: What did Dell have a good reputation for?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What did IBM have a poor reputation for?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Where didn't Dell move its call centers?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Which Dell employee was moved from head of manufacturing to head of sales?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How much had Dell spent by 2005 on improving customer service?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: The Latin word templum originally referred not to the temple building itself, but to a sacred space surveyed and plotted ritually through augury: "The architecture of the ancient Romans was, from first to last, an art of shaping space around ritual." The Roman architect Vitruvius always uses the word templum to refer to this sacred precinct, and the more common Latin words aedes, delubrum, or fanum for a temple or shrine as a building. The ruins of temples are among the most visible monuments of ancient Roman culture.
Question: Around what aspect did the Romans a lot space?
Answer: ritual
Question: What religious practice did Rome use to determine ritual?
Answer: augury
Question: What Roman word was used to refer to the scared precinct?
Answer: templum
Question: What common Latin words were used to mean a shrine or building?
Answer: aedes, delubrum, or fanum
Question: What monuments were the some of most visible of Roman culture?
Answer: temples
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Context: Facial hair in males normally appears in a specific order during puberty: The first facial hair to appear tends to grow at the corners of the upper lip, typically between 14 to 17 years of age. It then spreads to form a moustache over the entire upper lip. This is followed by the appearance of hair on the upper part of the cheeks, and the area under the lower lip. The hair eventually spreads to the sides and lower border of the chin, and the rest of the lower face to form a full beard. As with most human biological processes, this specific order may vary among some individuals. Facial hair is often present in late adolescence, around ages 17 and 18, but may not appear until significantly later. Some men do not develop full facial hair for 10 years after puberty. Facial hair continues to get coarser, darker and thicker for another 2–4 years after puberty.
Question: When do the first facial hairs present in pubescent males?
Answer: between 14 to 17 years of age
Question: For how long does facial hair continue to get darker, coarser, and thicker?
Answer: 2–4 years after puberty
Question: Where does facial hair first present during puberty?
Answer: corners of the upper lip
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Context: The cottonseed which remains after the cotton is ginned is used to produce cottonseed oil, which, after refining, can be consumed by humans like any other vegetable oil. The cottonseed meal that is left generally is fed to ruminant livestock; the gossypol remaining in the meal is toxic to monogastric animals. Cottonseed hulls can be added to dairy cattle rations for roughage. During the American slavery period, cotton root bark was used in folk remedies as an abortifacient, that is, to induce a miscarriage. Gossypol was one of the many substances found in all parts of the cotton plant and it was described by the scientists as 'poisonous pigment'. It also appears to inhibit the development of sperm or even restrict the mobility of the sperm. Also, it is thought to interfere with the menstrual cycle by restricting the release of certain hormones.
Question: For what is cottonseed used after it is separate from the fibers?
Answer: cottonseed oil
Question: What product is processed cottonseed oil?
Answer: vegetable oil.
Question: What is cottonseed meal used for feed?
Answer: ruminant livestock
Question: For what purpose are cottonseed hulls used in feed?
Answer: roughage
Question: As what did early scientists describe gossypol ?
Answer: poisonous pigment
Question: For what is cottonseed used after it is separate from root bark?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What product is processed cottonseed bark?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: For what purpose is root bark used in feed?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: As what did early scientists describe cottonseed oil?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What inhibits the development of root bark?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: The first amniotes apparently arose in the Late Carboniferous. They descended from earlier reptiliomorph amphibious tetrapods, which lived on land that was already inhabited by insects and other invertebrates as well as by ferns, mosses and other plants. Within a few million years, two important amniote lineages became distinct: the synapsids, which would later include the common ancestor of the mammals; and the sauropsids, which would eventually come to include turtles, lizards, snakes, crocodilians, dinosaurs and birds. Synapsids have a single hole (temporal fenestra) low on each side of the skull.
Question: From which period did the first known amniotes arise from?
Answer: Carboniferous
Question: From which group did amniotes descendents of?
Answer: reptiliomorph amphibious tetrapods
Question: Two important Amniotes lineages became distinct, what was the name of that distinction?
Answer: the synapsids
Question: Sauropsids would later include which other animals into its group?
Answer: turtles, lizards, snakes, crocodilians, dinosaurs and birds
Question: What is a distinct trait of Synapsids?
Answer: single hole (temporal fenestra) low on each side of the skull
Question: From what period did the first insects come from?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What already inhabited the synapsids?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: When did amphibious tetrapods become prominent?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What do amniotes have on each side of the skull?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What animals were later included in the carboniferous group?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: The overseas Chinese community has played a large role in the development of the economies in the region. These business communities are connected through the bamboo network, a network of overseas Chinese businesses operating in the markets of Southeast Asia that share common family and cultural ties. The origins of Chinese influence can be traced to the 16th century, when Chinese migrants from southern China settled in Indonesia, Thailand, and other Southeast Asian countries. Chinese populations in the region saw a rapid increase following the Communist Revolution in 1949, which forced many refugees to emigrate outside of China.
Question: The origin of which community can be traced to the 16th century?
Answer: Chinese
Question: The rise of Chinese population saw a rapid increase during which revolution?
Answer: Communist Revolution
Question: When did the Chinese revolution start in Southeast Asia?
Answer: 1949
Question: What is the name of the network through which the Chinese communities were connected with?
Answer: the bamboo network
Question: What has the Japanese community helped develope?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: who's influence started in the 1600's?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What population decreased following the Communist Revolution?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Where did migrants from South China migrate to?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: In June 2008, the Beijing Games' Organizing Committee announced that the planned international torch relay for the Paralympic Games had been cancelled. The Committee stated that the relay was being cancelled to enable the Chinese government to "focus on the rescue and relief work" following the Sichuan earthquake.
Question: The international torch relay was canceled for what event in June 2008?
Answer: Paralympic Games
Question: For what events was the torch relay decided to not be held?
Answer: Paralympic Games
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Context: Nominations take place at the chiefdoms. On the day of nomination, the name of the nominee is raised by a show of hand and the nominee is given an opportunity to indicate whether he or she accepts the nomination. If he or she accepts it, he or she must be supported by at least ten members of that chiefdom. The nominations are for the position of Member of Parliament, Constituency Headman (Indvuna) and the Constituency Executive Committee (Bucopho). The minimum number of nominees is four and the maximum is ten.
Question: How does a nominee for parliament in Swaziland get decided?
Answer: a show of hand
Question: What is the minimum number of members that must support a nominee to parliament in Swaziland?
Answer: at least ten
Question: What is an Indvuna as it relates to the Parliament of Swaziland?
Answer: Constituency Headman
Question: In the Swazi Parliament, what is the Bucopho?
Answer: Constituency Executive Committee
Question: What is the minimum amount of nominees taken on the day of nomination in the Swazi Parliament?
Answer: four
Question: Where are ballots cast members of parliment?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who elects parliment?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What has a minimum of 10?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: The Bourbon Restoration followed the ousting of Napoleon I of France in 1814. The Allies restored the Bourbon Dynasty to the French throne. The ensuing period is called the Restoration, following French usage, and is characterized by a sharp conservative reaction and the re-establishment of the Roman Catholic Church as a power in French politics. The July Monarchy was a period of liberal constitutional monarchy in France under King Louis-Philippe starting with the July Revolution (or Three Glorious Days) of 1830 and ending with the Revolution of 1848. The Second Empire was the Imperial Bonapartist regime of Napoleon III from 1852 to 1870, between the Second Republic and the Third Republic, in France.
Question: The Bourbon Restoration followed what event?
Answer: Napoleon I of France
Question: What is the Bourbon Restoration?
Answer: Allies restored the Bourbon Dynasty to the French throne.
Question: What is the July Monarchy?
Answer: a period of liberal constitutional monarchy in France under King Louis-Philippe
Question: What is the second empires?
Answer: the Imperial Bonapartist regime of Napoleon III
Question: Through what period did the second empire last?
Answer: 1852 to 1870
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Context: Though Brazilians of at least partial African heritage make up a large percentage of the population, few blacks have been elected as politicians. The city of Salvador, Bahia, for instance, is 80% people of color, but voters have not elected a mayor of color. Journalists like to say that US cities with black majorities, such as Detroit and New Orleans, have not elected white mayors since after the civil rights movement, when the Voting Rights Act of 1965 protected the franchise for minorities, and blacks in the South regained the power to vote for the first time since the turn of the 20th century. New Orleans elected its first black mayor in the 1970s. New Orleans elected a white mayor after the widescale disruption and damage of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Question: What race has a very low rate of holding public office in Brazil?
Answer: blacks
Question: How much of the population of Salvador, Bahia is black or mixed race?
Answer: 80%
Question: When did the US institute the Voting Rights Act?
Answer: 1965
Question: When did New Orleans elect it's first black Mayor?
Answer: 1970s
Question: What large hurricane hit New Orleans?
Answer: Hurricane Katrina
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Context: The first modern analog computer was a tide-predicting machine, invented by Sir William Thomson in 1872. The differential analyser, a mechanical analog computer designed to solve differential equations by integration using wheel-and-disc mechanisms, was conceptualized in 1876 by James Thomson, the brother of the more famous Lord Kelvin.
Question: Who invented the first analog computer in the form of a tide-predicting machine?
Answer: Sir William Thomson
Question: When was the first analog computer in the form of a tide-predicting machine created?
Answer: 1872
Question: Who created the idea of the differential analyzer in 1876?
Answer: James Thomson
Question: James Thomson was the brother of what famous figure?
Answer: Lord Kelvin
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Context: Pharmaceutical companies whose products are used in the three-drug cocktails for lethal injections are predominantly European, and they have strenuously objected to the use of their drugs for executions and taken steps to prevent their use. For example, Hospira, the sole American manufacturer of sodium thiopental, the critical anesthetic in the three-drug cocktail, announced in 2011 that it would no longer manufacture the drug for the American market, in part for ethical reasons and in part because its transfer of sodium thiopental manufacturing to Italy would subject it to the European Union's Torture Regulation, which forbids the use of any product manufactured within the Union for torture (as execution by lethal injection is considered by the Regulation). Since the drug manufacturers began taking these steps and the EU regulation ended the importation of drugs produced in Europe, the resulting shortage of execution drugs has led to or influenced decisions to impose moratoria in Arkansas, California, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, North Carolina, and Tennessee.
Question: How many drugs are used to administer lethal injection?
Answer: three
Question: What lethal injection drug is manufactured by Hospira?
Answer: sodium thiopental
Question: When did Hospira cease to manufacture its lethal injection drug for the United States?
Answer: 2011
Question: In what country does Hospira manufacture sodium thiopental today?
Answer: Italy
Question: What EU law forbids products used in torture to be manufactured in the European Union?
Answer: Torture Regulation
Question: How many hours does it take to administer lethal injection?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What lethal injection drug is not manufactured by Hospira?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: When did Hospira begin to manufacture its lethal injection drug for the United States?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: In what state does Hospira manufacture sodium thiopental today?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: In October 2015, TCM announced the launch of the TCM Wineclub, in which they teamed up with Laithwaite to provide a line of mail-order wines from famous vineyards such as famed writer-director-producer Francis Ford Coppola's winery. Wines are available in 3 month subscriptions, and can be selected as reds, whites, or a mixture of both. From the wines chosen, TCM also includes recommended movies to watch with each, such as a "True Grit" wine, to be paired with the John Wayne film of the same name.
Question: What month and year saw the introduction of the TCM Wineclub?
Answer: October 2015
Question: Who was TCM's partner in the TCM Wineclub?
Answer: Laithwaite
Question: The winery of what notable director provided wines for TCM Wineclub?
Answer: Francis Ford Coppola
Question: Who starred in True Grit?
Answer: John Wayne
Question: How long do TCM Wineclub subscriptions last?
Answer: 3 month
Question: What month and year saw the introduction of True Grit?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who was TCM's partner in True Grit?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: The winery of what notable director provided wines for True Grit?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who starred in TCM Wineclub?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How long do True Grit subscriptions last?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: The exact relationship between these eight groups is not yet clear, although there is agreement that the first three groups to diverge from the ancestral angiosperm were Amborellales, Nymphaeales, and Austrobaileyales. The term basal angiosperms refers to these three groups. Among the rest, the relationship between the three broadest of these groups (magnoliids, monocots, and eudicots) remains unclear. Some analyses make the magnoliids the first to diverge, others the monocots. Ceratophyllum seems to group with the eudicots rather than with the monocots.
Question: What three groups were the first to diverge from angiosperm?
Answer: Amborellales, Nymphaeales, and Austrobaileyales
Question: What term refers to the first three groups to diverge from angiosperm?
Answer: basal
Question: How clear is the relationship between the broadest of the three non-basal angiosperm groups?
Answer: unclear
Question: What group do some analyses seem to indicate diverged first?
Answer: magnoliids
Question: What were the first three groups to diverge from magnoliids?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What do Amborellales tend to group with instead of monocots?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is the status of the relationship between Nymphaeales and monocots?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What attitude is there about the first magnoliids diverging from the ancestral angiosperm?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What do some eudicots indicate diverged first?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: Notable Greek scientists of modern times include Dimitrios Galanos, Georgios Papanikolaou (inventor of the Pap test), Nicholas Negroponte, Constantin Carathéodory (known for the Carathéodory theorems and Carathéodory conjecture), Manolis Andronikos (discovered the tomb of Philip II of Macedon in Vergina), Michael Dertouzos, John Argyris, Panagiotis Kondylis, John Iliopoulos (2007 Dirac Prize for his contributions on the physics of the charm quark, a major contribution to the birth of the Standard Model, the modern theory of Elementary Particles), Joseph Sifakis (2007 Turing Award, the "Nobel Prize" of Computer Science), Christos Papadimitriou (2002 Knuth Prize, 2012 Gödel Prize), Mihalis Yannakakis (2005 Knuth Prize), Dimitri Nanopoulos and Helene Ahrweiler.
Question: What Greek scientist invented the Pap test?
Answer: Georgios Papanikolaou
Question: Who found the tomb of Philip II of Macedon?
Answer: Manolis Andronikos
Question: What Greek won the 2007 Turing award?
Answer: Joseph Sifakis
Question: What Greek won the 2002 Knuth prize?
Answer: Christos Papadimitriou
Question: What Greek won the 2005 Knuth prize?
Answer: Mihalis Yannakakis
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Context: After the meeting, Darwin decided to write "an abstract of my whole work". He started work on 20 July 1858, while on holiday at Sandown, and wrote parts of it from memory. Lyell discussed arrangements with publisher John Murray III, of the publishing house John Murray, who responded immediately to Darwin's letter of 31 March 1859 with an agreement to publish the book without even seeing the manuscript, and an offer to Darwin of 2⁄3 of the profits. (eventually Murray paid £180 to Darwin for the 1st edition and by Darwin's death in 1882 the book was in its 6th edition, earning Darwin nearly £3000.)
Question: What did Darwin decide to write in July, 1858?
Answer: "an abstract of my whole work".
Question: Which publisher did Lyell convince to arrange publication of Darwin's work?
Answer: John Murray III
Question: What did the publisher offer Darwin in payment for the book?
Answer: 2⁄3 of the profits
Question: What edition was the book in by the time of Darwin's death?
Answer: 6th edition
Question: How much had the book earned Darwin by the time he died?
Answer: nearly £3000
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Context: In 1970, Kerry had considered running for Congress in the Democratic primary against hawkish Democrat Philip J. Philbin of Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district, but deferred in favour of Robert Drinan, a Jesuit priest and anti-war activist, who went on to defeat Philbin. In February 1972, Kerry's wife bought a house in Worcester, with Kerry intending to run against the 4th district's ageing thirteen-term incumbent Democrat, Harold Donohue. The couple never moved in. After Republican Congressman F. Bradford Morse of the neighbouring 5th district announced his retirement and then resignation to become Under-Secretary-General for Political and General Assembly Affairs at the United Nations. The couple instead rented an apartment in Lowell, so that Kerry could run to succeed him.
Question: Who had Kerry considered running against in 1970?
Answer: Democrat Philip J. Philbin
Question: In which district had Kerry considered running in 1970?
Answer: Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district
Question: Who ran against Philbin instead of Kerry?
Answer: Robert Drinan
Question: Why did Morse retire?
Answer: to become Under-Secretary-General for Political and General Assembly Affairs at the United Nations
Question: What political party was Morse in?
Answer: Republican
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Context: Saint Helena is one of the most remote islands in the world, has one commercial airport under construction, and travel to the island is by ship only. A large military airfield is located on Ascension Island, with two Friday flights to RAF Brize Norton, England (as from September 2010). These RAF flights offer a limited number of seats to civilians.
Question: How many commercial airports are under construction in Saint Helena?
Answer: 1
Question: What is the only method of travel currently available to Saint Helena?
Answer: ship
Question: A large airfield is located on what portion of the island?
Answer: Ascension Island
Question: What kind of flights are offered to limited civilians?
Answer: RAF flights
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Context: Davies' and Gribbin's objections are shared by proponents of digital physics who view information rather than matter to be fundamental. Their objections were also shared by some founders of quantum theory, such as Max Planck, who wrote:
Question: Digital physicists consider what to be more important than matter?
Answer: information
Question: Digital physicists consider what to be less important than matter?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Max Planck disagreed with who?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who founded digital physics?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who disagrees with the quantum theory?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who believes matter is more important than information?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: Plymouth (i/ˈplɪməθ/) is a city on the south coast of Devon, England, about 37 miles (60 km) south-west of Exeter and 190 miles (310 km) west-south-west of London, between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west where they join Plymouth Sound to form the boundary with Cornwall.
Question: In kilometers, what is the distance from Plymouth to Exeter?
Answer: 60
Question: How many miles away from London is Plymouth?
Answer: 190
Question: What river borders Plymouth on the west?
Answer: Tamar
Question: In what county is Plymouth located?
Answer: Devon
Question: In what body of water do the rivers Tamar and Plym converge?
Answer: Plymouth Sound
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Context: A sample rate of 44.1 kHz is almost always used, because this is also used for CD audio, the main source used for creating MP3 files. A greater variety of bit rates are used on the Internet. The rate of 128 kbit/s is commonly used, at a compression ratio of 11:1, offering adequate audio quality in a relatively small space. As Internet bandwidth availability and hard drive sizes have increased, higher bit rates up to 320 kbit/s are widespread.
Question: What sampling rate is used for CD audio?
Answer: 44.1 kHz
Question: What is the main source used for creating MP3 files?
Answer: CD audio
Question: Where can one find a greater variety of bit rates?
Answer: the Internet
Question: The common bit rate on the internet is 128 kbit/s using which compression ratio?
Answer: 11:1
Question: As technology advances, what is another higher bit rate that is beginning to spread?
Answer: 320 kbit/s
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Context: 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 (2008), Cars Race-O-Rama (2009), Grand Theft Auto V (2013) as a fictional district – Del Perro, Call of Duty: Ghosts (2013) as a fictional U.S. military base – Fort Santa Monica, The Crew (2014), Need for Speed (2015)
Question: What type of games is Santa Monica featured in?
Answer: video
Question: In what year did Tony hawk's American Wasteland release?
Answer: 2005
Question: What video game features Santa Monica in 2003?
Answer: True Crime: Streets of LA
Question: Grand theft Auto V was released in what year?
Answer: 2013
Question: What video game featured Santa Monica in 2015?
Answer: Need for Speed
Question: In what year is Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines set?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who was the main character in Grand Theft Auto V?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who was the lead designer of Cars Race-O-Rama?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What city is Tony Hawk from?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: In what year is Destroy All Humans! set?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: Green and the CPI further noted another exploit of the ESA in their discussion of the critically endangered cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus). Not only had they found documentation that 151 of these primates had inadvertently made their way from the Harvard-affiliated New England Regional Primate Research Center into the exotic pet trade through the aforementioned loophole, but in October 1976, over 800 cotton-top tamarins were imported into the United States in order to beat the official listing of the species under the ESA.
Question: The Center for Public Integrity found that 151 of what primate were moved from the New England Primate Research Center into exotic pet trade?
Answer: cotton-top tamarin
Question: What happened in 1976 that impacted this primate's classification as Endanger?
Answer: over 800 cotton-top tamarins were imported into the United States
Question: What school is affiliated with the New England Primate Research Center?
Answer: Harvard
Question: What school was running the pet trade?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How many cotton-top tamarins were traded out of the US in 1976?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who works for the New England Regional Primate Research Center?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was the official number of the cotton-top tamarins species under the ESA?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How many primates did Harvard purchase?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: Luminous efficacy of a light source may be defined in two ways. The radiant luminous efficacy (LER) is the ratio of the visible light flux emitted (the luminous flux) to the total power radiated over all wavelengths. The source luminous efficacy (LES) is the ratio of the visible light flux emitted (the luminous flux) to the total power input to the source, such as a lamp. Visible light is measured in lumens, a unit which is defined in part by the differing sensitivity of the human eye to different wavelengths of light. Not all wavelengths of visible electromagnetic energy are equally effective at stimulating the human eye; the luminous efficacy of radiant energy (LER) is a measure of how well the distribution of energy matches the perception of the eye. The units of luminous efficacy are "lumens per watt" (lpw). The maximum LER possible is 683 lm/W for monochromatic green light at 555 nanometers wavelength, the peak sensitivity of the human eye.
Question: What does the acronym LER refer to?
Answer: radiant luminous efficacy
Question: What is the maximum LER possible?
Answer: 683 lm/W
Question: In how many ways can one define luminous efficacy of a light source?
Answer: two ways
Question: What is the definition of radiant luminous efficacy?
Answer: the ratio of the visible light flux emitted (the luminous flux) to the total power radiated over all wavelengths
Question: What does the acronym LES refer to?
Answer: source luminous efficacy
Question: What may be defined in three ways?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What does the acronym LER not stand for?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What does the acronym LES not stand for?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is not the ratio of the visible light flux emitted to the total power input to the source?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is the minimum LER possible?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: The King presides over a period of misrule in which conventional social rules may be broken and reckless behavior is encouraged. Festivities are held in the open air, beginning with a cercavila, a ritual procession throughout the town to call everyone to attend. Rues of masked revelers dance alongside. On Thursday Dijous Gras (Fat Thursday) is celebrated, also called 'omelette day' (el dia de la truita), coques (de llardons, butifarra d'ou, butifarra) and omelettes are eaten. The festivities end on Ash Wednesday with elaborate funeral rituals marking the death of King Carnival, who is typically burned on a pyre in what is called the burial of the sardine (enterrament de la sardina), or, in Vilanova, as l'enterro.
Question: When may conventional social rules be broken?
Answer: a period of misrule
Question: Who oversees the period of reckless behavior?
Answer: The King
Question: What is the ritual procession through the town to call everyone to attendance called?
Answer: cercavila
Question: Fat Thursday is also known as what day?
Answer: omelette day
Question: Who is typically burned on a pyre?
Answer: King Carnival
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Context: At the end of the third quarter in 2008, Florida had the highest mortgage delinquency rate in the country, with 7.8% of mortgages delinquent at least 60 days. A 2009 list of national housing markets that were hard hit in the real estate crash included a disproportionate number in Florida. The early 21st-century building boom left Florida with 300,000 vacant homes in 2009, according to state figures. In 2009, the US Census Bureau estimated that Floridians spent an average 49.1% of personal income on housing-related costs, the third highest percentage in the country.
Question: What was the mortgage delinquency rate in 2008
Answer: Florida had the highest mortgage delinquency rate in the country, with 7.8% of mortgages delinquent at least 60 days
Question: How many vacant homes in Florida in 2009
Answer: 300,000 vacant homes in 2009
Question: What percentage of personal income was spent of Housing in florida
Answer: Floridians spent an average 49.1% of personal income on housing-related costs
Question: Where did housing spending ranking nationally
Answer: the third highest percentage in the country
Question: What was the mortgage delinquency rate in 2006?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was the rate of delinquency of at least 90 days?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How many vacant homes were there in 2008?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What percentage of personal income was spent on housing costs in 2008?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What state was the fourth highest percentage of housing related costs in the country?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: Some hunter-gatherer cultures, such as the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, lived in particularly rich environments that allowed them to be sedentary or semi-sedentary.
Question: What kind of area allowed a more permanent settlement?
Answer: rich environments
Question: What is the life style of the indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest?
Answer: hunter-gatherer
Question: What does a lush environment allow hunter-gatherers to be?
Answer: sedentary or semi-sedentary
Question: What kind of environment is the Pacific Northwest?
Answer: rich environments
Question: What are the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest?
Answer: hunter-gatherer cultures
Question: What cultures live in barren environments?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Which people lived in environments that allowed them to be nomadic?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What kind of environment allowed for a nomadic existence?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: The peoples of the Pacific West Coast lived in what kind of environment?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: The peoples of the Pacific East Coast lived what kind of lifestyle?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: Detroit is cited as the birthplace of techno music in the early 1980s. The city also lends its name to an early and pioneering genre of electronic dance music, "Detroit techno". Featuring science fiction imagery and robotic themes, its futuristic style was greatly influenced by the geography of Detroit's urban decline and its industrial past. Prominent Detroit techno artists include Juan Atkins, Derrick May, and Kevin Saunderson. The Detroit Electronic Music Festival, now known as "Movement", occurs annually in late May on Memorial Day Weekend, and takes place in Hart Plaza. In the early years (2000-2002), this was a landmark event, boasting over a million estimated attendees annually, coming from all over the world to celebrate Techno music in the city of its birth.
Question: Techno started in which city?
Answer: Detroit
Question: What genre of music featured robotic themes?
Answer: Detroit techno
Question: What is the Detroit Electronic Music Festival known as?
Answer: Movement
Question: When does "Movement" occur?
Answer: Memorial Day Weekend
Question: Where does "Movement" take place?
Answer: Hart Plaza
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Context: Though the state is deficient in food grains, it has gained a lot in other spheres of agricultural production such as seed potato, ginger, vegetables, vegetable seeds, mushrooms, chicory seeds, hops, olives and fig. Seed potato is mostly grown in the Shimla, Kullu and Lahaul areas. Special efforts are being made to promote cultivation of crops like olives, figs, hops, mushrooms, flowers, pistachio nuts, sarda melon and saffron. Solan is the largest vegetable producing district in the state. The district of Sirmaur is also famous for growing flowers, and is the largest producer of flowers in the state.
Question: What type of agriculture is in the state?
Answer: seed potato, ginger, vegetables, vegetable seeds, mushrooms, chicory seeds, hops, olives and fig
Question: Where is seed potato mostly grown?
Answer: Shimla, Kullu and Lahaul areas
Question: Who is the largest vegetable producing district in the state?
Answer: Solan
Question: What is the district of Sirmaur famous for?
Answer: growing flowers, and is the largest producer of flowers in the state
Question: What is the state deficient in?
Answer: food grains
Question: What is Shimla deficient in?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: In what areas is ginger mostly grown?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is the largest fig producing district in the state?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is the Kullu district also famous for producing?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is Solan making a special effort to produce?
Answer: Unanswerable
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Context: Starting in the 1970s, the Bronx often symbolized violence, decay, and urban ruin. The wave of arson in the South Bronx in the 1960s and 1970s inspired the observation that "The Bronx is burning": in 1974 it was the title of both a New York Times editorial and a BBC documentary film. The line entered the pop-consciousness with Game Two of the 1977 World Series, when a fire broke out near Yankee Stadium as the team was playing the Los Angeles Dodgers. Numerous fires had previously broken out in the Bronx prior to this fire. As the fire was captured on live television, announcer Howard Cosell is wrongly remembered to have said something like, "There it is, ladies and gentlemen: the Bronx is burning". Historians of New York City frequently point to Cosell's remark as an acknowledgement of both the city and the borough's decline. A new feature-length documentary film by Edwin Pagan called Bronx Burning is in production in 2006, chronicling what led up to the numerous arson-for-insurance fraud fires of the 1970s in the borough.
Question: Where was arson a big problem in the Bronx?
Answer: the South Bronx
Question: When was the phrase "The Bronx is burning" first widespread?
Answer: 1974
Question: Who made a documentary called "The Bronx is burning"?
Answer: BBC
Question: Who published an editorial called "The Bronx is burning"?
Answer: New York Times
Question: Who made a film called 'Bronx Burning'?
Answer: Edwin Pagan
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