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Context: In the 2000 Census Oklahoma City's age composition was 25.5% under the age of 18, 10.7% from 18 to 24, 30.8% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 11.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 95.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.7 males.
Question: What was Oklahoma cities median age in 2000?
Answer: 34
Question: Which gender was prominent in that time?
Answer: females |
Context: After a visit to Brasília, the French writer Simone de Beauvoir complained that all of its superquadras exuded "the same air of elegant monotony," and other observers have equated the city's large open lawns, plazas, and fields to wastelands. As the city has matured, some of these have gained adornments, and many have been improved by landscaping, giving some observers a sense of "humanized" spaciousness. Although not fully accomplished, the "Brasília utopia" has produced a city of relatively high quality of life, in which the citizens live in forested areas with sporting and leisure structure (the superquadras) flanked by small commercial areas, bookstores and cafes; the city is famous for its cuisine and efficiency of transit.
Question: Who complained that Brasilia was monotonous?
Answer: Simone de Beauvoir
Question: What nationality was de Beauvoir?
Answer: French
Question: What was de Beauvoir's career?
Answer: writer
Question: What is Brasilia famous for?
Answer: its cuisine and efficiency of transit
Question: What did the citizens complain after visiting Brasilia?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What are superquadras famous for?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What have other observers compared forested areas to?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is located on either side of the plazas?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How have the bookstores and cafes been improved?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: The migration of birds also aids the movement of other species, including those of ectoparasites such as ticks and lice, which in turn may carry micro-organisms including those of concern to human health. Due to the global spread of avian influenza, bird migration has been studied as a possible mechanism of disease transmission, but it has been found not to present a special risk; import of pet and domestic birds is a greater threat. Some viruses that are maintained in birds without lethal effects, such as the West Nile Virus may however be spread by migrating birds. Birds may also have a role in the dispersal of propagules of plants and plankton.
Question: What other species does migration help?
Answer: ectoparasites such as ticks and lice
Question: What is a greater threat of disease transmission?
Answer: import of pet and domestic birds
Question: What has been studied as a mechanism of disease transmission?
Answer: bird migration
Question: What has a role in the dispersal of propagules of plants and plankton?
Answer: Birds
Question: What virus is maintained in birds without lethal effects?
Answer: West Nile Virus |
Context: A new approach to avoiding overhead wires is taken by the "second generation" tram/streetcar system in Bordeaux, France (entry into service of the first line in December 2003; original system discontinued in 1958) with its APS (alimentation par sol – ground current feed). This involves a third rail which is flush with the surface like the tops of the running rails. The circuit is divided into segments with each segment energized in turn by sensors from the car as it passes over it, the remainder of the third rail remaining "dead". Since each energized segment is completely covered by the lengthy articulated cars, and goes dead before being "uncovered" by the passage of the vehicle, there is no danger to pedestrians. This system has also been adopted in some sections of the new tram systems in Reims, France (opened 2011) and Angers, France (also opened 2011). Proposals are in place for a number of other new services including Dubai, UAE; Barcelona, Spain; Florence, Italy; Marseille, France; Gold Coast, Australia; Washington, D.C., U.S.A.; Brasília, Brazil and Tours, France.
Question: What year the "second generation" of tram system began to operate in France?
Answer: 2003
Question: When was the original system discontinued?
Answer: 1958
Question: How is the circuit of the third rail divided?
Answer: energized segment
Question: Does energized segment of third rail pose the threat to pedestrians if uncovered?
Answer: no danger
Question: An old approach to avoiding overhead wires is taken by what system?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What system has been adopted in all sections of the new tram systems in Reims, France?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: When did the new tram system in Paris, France open?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: When did the new trans system in Achnor, France open?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: The circuit is left undivided in what system?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Support for the LRC was boosted by the 1901 Taff Vale Case, a dispute between strikers and a railway company that ended with the union being ordered to pay £23,000 damages for a strike. The judgement effectively made strikes illegal since employers could recoup the cost of lost business from the unions. The apparent acquiescence of the Conservative Government of Arthur Balfour to industrial and business interests (traditionally the allies of the Liberal Party in opposition to the Conservative's landed interests) intensified support for the LRC against a government that appeared to have little concern for the industrial proletariat and its problems.
Question: What boosted support in 1901?
Answer: Taff Vale Case
Question: What was the Taft Vale Case?
Answer: a dispute between strikers and a railway company
Question: From this case, what happened?
Answer: made strikes illegal
Question: How much were they ordered to pay in damages for the strike?
Answer: £23,000
Question: What hurt support for the LRC?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How much did the railway company have to pay the union?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What made strikes effectively legal?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What appeared to be very concerned with the industrial proletariat?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What refused to listen to industrial and business interests?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: The site of Richmond had been an important village of the Powhatan Confederacy, and was briefly settled by English colonists from Jamestown in 1609, and in 1610–1611. The present city of Richmond was founded in 1737. It became the capital of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia in 1780. During the Revolutionary War period, several notable events occurred in the city, including Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death" speech in 1775 at St. John's Church, and the passage of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom written by Thomas Jefferson. During the American Civil War, Richmond served as the capital of the Confederate States of America. The city entered the 20th century with one of the world's first successful electric streetcar systems, as well as a national hub of African-American commerce and culture, the Jackson Ward neighborhood.
Question: What was the nationality of the people who settled Richmond in 1609?
Answer: English
Question: In what year was the current city of Richmond founded?
Answer: 1737
Question: What famous speech did Patrick Henry give in Richmond?
Answer: Give me liberty or give me death
Question: In what building did Patrick Henry give his famous speech?
Answer: St. John's Church
Question: Who was the author of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?
Answer: Thomas Jefferson |
Context: Emilio Marcos Palma was the first person born south of the 60th parallel south (the continental limit according to the Antarctic Treaty), as well as the first one born on the Antarctic mainland, in 1978 at Base Esperanza, on the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula; his parents were sent there along with seven other families by the Argentine government to determine if the continent was suitable for family life. In 1984, Juan Pablo Camacho was born at the Frei Montalva Station, becoming the first Chilean born in Antarctica. Several bases are now home to families with children attending schools at the station. As of 2009, eleven children were born in Antarctica (south of the 60th parallel south): eight at the Argentine Esperanza Base and three at the Chilean Frei Montalva Station.
Question: Who was the first person born south of the 60th parallel?
Answer: Emilio Marcos Palma
Question: Where is the continental limit of Antarctica?
Answer: 60th parallel south
Question: When was Palma born?
Answer: 1978
Question: What was the Palma family sent to Antarctica to determine?
Answer: suitable for family life
Question: What continental limit is set below the 60th parallel?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who was born in 20009
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Where was Juan Pablo Camacho born in 1978?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was Marcos Emilio Palma the first to do?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What mainland was Marcos Emilio Palma the first to be born on?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who was born in 1987?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who was born in 1948 at the Frei Monalva Station?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How many children were born in Antarctica as of 2011?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: The priesthoods of public religion were held by members of the elite classes. There was no principle analogous to separation of church and state in ancient Rome. During the Roman Republic (509–27 BC), the same men who were elected public officials might also serve as augurs and pontiffs. Priests married, raised families, and led politically active lives. Julius Caesar became pontifex maximus before he was elected consul. The augurs read the will of the gods and supervised the marking of boundaries as a reflection of universal order, thus sanctioning Roman expansionism as a matter of divine destiny. The Roman triumph was at its core a religious procession in which the victorious general displayed his piety and his willingness to serve the public good by dedicating a portion of his spoils to the gods, especially Jupiter, who embodied just rule. As a result of the Punic Wars (264–146 BC), when Rome struggled to establish itself as a dominant power, many new temples were built by magistrates in fulfillment of a vow to a deity for assuring their military success.
Question: The members of what class were priests in ancient Rome?
Answer: elite
Question: What kind of political separation did not exist in Rome?
Answer: church and state
Question: What was the time span of the Roman Republic?
Answer: 509–27 BC
Question: Which God exemplified just rule for the Romans?
Answer: Jupiter
Question: As a result of what war were many new temples built by victorious generals?
Answer: Punic Wars |
Context: Other important Venetian mosaics can be found in the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta in Torcello from the 12th century, and in the Basilical of Santi Maria e Donato in Murano with a restored apse mosaic from the 12th century and a beautiful mosaic pavement (1140). The apse of the San Cipriano Church in Murano was decorated with an impressive golden mosaic from the early 13th century showing Christ enthroned with Mary, St John and the two patron saints, Cipriano and Cipriana. When the church was demolished in the 19th century, the mosaic was bought by Frederick William IV of Prussia. It was reassembled in the Friedenskirche of Potsdam in the 1840s.
Question: Where is the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta?
Answer: Torcello
Question: When were the mosaics in the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta built?
Answer: the 12th century
Question: Where is the Basilica of Santi Maria e Donato located?
Answer: Murano
Question: Who purchased the 13th century mosaic from the the San Cipriano Church?
Answer: Frederick William IV of Prussia
Question: Where did Frederick William IV relocate the mural he purchased?
Answer: the Friedenskirche of Potsdam |
Context: Homo sapiens reached the region by around 45,000 years ago, having moved eastwards from the Indian subcontinent. Homo floresiensis also lived in the area up until 12,000 years ago, when they became extinct. Austronesian people, who form the majority of the modern population in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, East Timor, and the Philippines, may have migrated to Southeast Asia from Taiwan. They arrived in Indonesia around 2000 BC,and as they spread through the archipelago, they often settled along coastal areas and confined indigenous peoples such as Negritos of the Philippines or Papuans of New Guinea to inland regions.
Question: When did the Austronesian people arrive in indonesia?
Answer: 2000 BC
Question: Where did the Austronesian people settle down in Indonesia?
Answer: coastal areas
Question: Which people became extinct after the Homosapiens arrived?
Answer: Homo floresiensis
Question: How long ago did the Homo floresiensis live before they became extinct?
Answer: 12,000 years ago
Question: What reached the region arounf 4500 years ago?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who came from easr of the region?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who moved into the area 12,000 years ago?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Where do "Austrnesian make up a small fraction of the modern population?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who arrived in Indinesia around the 2nd century BC?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Boston has been a noted religious center from its earliest days. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston serves nearly 300 parishes and is based in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross (1875) in the South End, while the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, with the Cathedral Church of St. Paul (1819) as its episcopal seat, serves just under 200 congregations. Unitarian Universalism has its headquarters on Beacon Hill. The Christian Scientists are headquartered in Back Bay at the Mother Church (1894). The oldest church in Boston is First Church in Boston, founded in 1630. King's Chapel, the city's first Anglican church, was founded in 1686 and converted to Unitarianism in 1785. Other churches include Christ Church (better known as Old North Church, 1723), the oldest church building in the city, Trinity Church (1733), Park Street Church (1809), Old South Church (1874), Jubilee Christian Church and Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help on Mission Hill (1878).
Question: How long has Boston been a religious center?
Answer: from its earliest days
Question: How many Roman Catholic parishes are in Boston?
Answer: nearly 300
Question: Where is the Cathedral of the Holy Cross located?
Answer: the South End
Question: Where is the headquarters for the Christial Scientists?
Answer: Back Bay
Question: What was the city's first Anglican church?
Answer: King's Chapel |
Context: Also founded in 1935 and based in Detroit the Michigan Chronicle is one of the oldest and most respected African-American weekly newspapers in America. Covering politics, entertainment, sports and community events. The Detroit television market is the 11th largest in the United States; according to estimates that do not include audiences located in large areas of Ontario, Canada (Windsor and its surrounding area on broadcast and cable TV, as well as several other cable markets in Ontario, such as the city of Ottawa) which receive and watch Detroit television stations.
Question: What newspaper was founded in 1935?
Answer: Michigan Chronicle
Question: How is Detroit's TV market ranked?
Answer: 11th largest
Question: How often does the Michigan Chronicle publish?
Answer: weekly
Question: What province of Canada is a large consumer of Detroit programming?
Answer: Ontario |
Context: Catholic missionary Father A. Erdland, from the Sacred Heart Jesu Society based in Hiltrup, Germany, lived on Jaluit from around 1904 to 1914. He was very interested in the islands and conducted considerable research on the Marshallese culture and language. He published a 376-page monograph on the islands in 1914. Father H. Linckens, another missionary from the Sacred Heart of Jesu Society visited the Marshall Islands in 1904 and 1911 for several weeks. He published a small work in 1912 about the Catholic mission activities and the people of the Marshall Islands.
Question: What Catholic group was Father Erdland a part of?
Answer: the Sacred Heart Jesu Society
Question: In what year did Father Erdland leave the Marshall Islands?
Answer: 1914
Question: In what year was Father Linckens' last visit to the Marshalls?
Answer: 1911
Question: When was Father Linckens' book published?
Answer: 1912
Question: In what year did Father Linckens first travel to the Marshalls?
Answer: 1904 |
Context: The following is a comparison of Chinese characters in the Standard Form of National Characters, a common traditional Chinese standard used in Taiwan, the Table of General Standard Chinese Characters, the standard for Mainland Chinese simplified Chinese characters, and the jōyō kanji, the standard for Japanese kanji. Generally, the jōyō kanji are more similar to traditional Chinese characters than simplified Chinese characters are to traditional Chinese characters. "Simplified" refers to having significant differences from the Taiwan standard, not necessarily being a newly created character or a newly performed substitution. The characters in the Hong Kong standard and the Kangxi Dictionary are also known as "Traditional," but are not shown.
Question: What are also known as "traditional"?
Answer: characters in the Hong Kong standard and the Kangxi Dictionary
Question: What is usually more similar to traditional Chinese characters?
Answer: jōyō kanji
Question: What is commonly used in Taiwan?
Answer: Table of General Standard Chinese Characters |
Context: Paper recycling processes can use either chemically or mechanically produced pulp; by mixing it with water and applying mechanical action the hydrogen bonds in the paper can be broken and fibres separated again. Most recycled paper contains a proportion of virgin fibre for the sake of quality; generally speaking, de-inked pulp is of the same quality or lower than the collected paper it was made from.
Question: What type of processes can only use chemically produced pulp?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What type of processes can only use mechanically produced pulp?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What does most water contain for quality sake?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What quality does inked pulp generally have?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: From what paper does de-inked pulp generally have a higher quality?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What's the third way paper recycling process can use?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What does mixing it with milk do?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How much non-recycled paper contains virgin fibre?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Holy Roman Empire central power had begun to decline following years of imperial adventures in Italian lands, often ceding hegemony in Western Europe to France, which had long since centralized power. France began an aggressive policy of expanding eastward, first to the rivers Rhône and Meuse, and when those borders were reached, aiming for the Rhine. In 1299, the French proposed a marriage alliance between Philip IV of France's sister Blanche and Albert I of Germany's son Rudolf, with Alsace to be the dowry; however, the deal never came off. In 1307, the town of Belfort was first chartered by the Counts of Montbéliard. During the next century, France was to be militarily shattered by the Hundred Years' War, which prevented for a time any further tendencies in this direction. After the conclusion of the war, France was again free to pursue its desire to reach the Rhine and in 1444 a French army appeared in Lorraine and Alsace. It took up winter quarters, demanded the submission of Metz and Strasbourg and launched an attack on Basel.
Question: What were the names of the first two rivers France aggressively went to while expanding eastward?
Answer: Rhône and Meuse
Question: The French proposed a marriage between which two people?
Answer: Blanche and Albert
Question: What was the name of the period when France was crushed military?
Answer: the Hundred Years' War
Question: In what year did the French reach Alsace?
Answer: 1444
Question: Who was Western Europe giving up their land to?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What rivers did Italy reach first?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who was successfully wed in 1299?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: When was Alsace charted by the Counts?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: When did the French reach the Rhine?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Alexandria was the most important trade center in the whole empire during Athanasius's boyhood. Intellectually, morally, and politically—it epitomized the ethnically diverse Graeco-Roman world, even more than Rome or Constantinople, Antioch or Marseilles. Its famous catechetical school, while sacrificing none of its famous passion for orthodoxy since the days of Pantaenus, Clement of Alexandria, Origen of Alexandria, Dionysius and Theognostus, had begun to take on an almost secular character in the comprehensiveness of its interests, and had counted influential pagans among its serious auditors.
Question: What was Alexandria known for?
Answer: important trade center
Question: Was the famous school in Alexandria religious only?
Answer: secular character
Question: Did only Christians attend the school?
Answer: influential pagans
Question: Was Alexandria welcoming to other cultures?
Answer: ethnically diverse
Question: What was Rome known for?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was the name of the city where Athanasius went to catechetical school?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Where did Athanasius meet pagans?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Where were the pagans from?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was Alexandria not known for?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What epitomized the ethnically uniform world?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: As a schoolboy, Gaddafi adopted the ideologies of Arab nationalism and Arab socialism, influenced in particular by Nasserism, the thought of Egyptian revolutionary and president Gamal Abdel Nasser, whom Gaddafi adopted as his hero. During the early 1970s, Gaddafi formulated his own particular approach to Arab nationalism and socialism, known as Third International Theory, which has been described as a combination of "utopian socialism, Arab nationalism, and the Third World revolutionary theory that was in vogue at the time". He laid out the principles of this Theory in the three volumes of The Green Book, in which he sought to "explain the structure of the ideal society." His Arab nationalist views led him to believe that there needed to be unity across the Arab world, combining the Arab nation under a single nation-state. He described his approach to economics as "Islamic socialism", although biographers Blundy and Lycett noted that Gaddafi's socialism had a "curiously Marxist undertone", with political scientist Sami Hajjar arguing that Gaddafi's model of socialism offered a simplification of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels' theories. Gaddafi saw his socialist Jamahiriyah as a model for the Arab, Islamic, and non-aligned worlds to follow.
Question: What philosophy was named for Gamal Abdel Nasser?
Answer: Nasserism
Question: What did Gaddafi call his political philosophy created in the 1970s?
Answer: Third International Theory
Question: What philosophy was combined with socialism and nationalism to form Third International Theory?
Answer: Third World revolutionary theory
Question: The Green Book consisted of how many volumes?
Answer: three
Question: What is the occupation of Sami Hajjar?
Answer: political scientist |
Context: Fetuvalu offers the Cambridge syllabus. Motufoua offers the Fiji Junior Certificate (FJC) at year 10, Tuvaluan Certificate at Year 11 and the Pacific Senior Secondary Certificate (PSSC) at Year 12, set by the Fiji-based exam board SPBEA. Sixth form students who pass their PSSC go on to the Augmented Foundation Programme, funded by the government of Tuvalu. This program is required for tertiary education programmes outside of Tuvalu and is available at the University of the South Pacific (USP) Extension Centre in Funafuti.
Question: What group funds the Augmented Foundation Programme?
Answer: government of Tuvalu
Question: Where is the Augmented Programme required for further education?
Answer: outside of Tuvalu
Question: In what educational institution is the program found?
Answer: University of the South Pacific
Question: Where is the Extension Centre for the USP?
Answer: Funafuti
Question: Which students go into the Augmented Foundation Programme?
Answer: Sixth form |
Context: Palermo is Sicily's cultural, economic and touristic capital. It is a city rich in history, culture, art, music and food. Numerous tourists are attracted to the city for its good Mediterranean weather, its renowned gastronomy and restaurants, its Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque churches, palaces and buildings, and its nightlife and music. Palermo is the main Sicilian industrial and commercial center: the main industrial sectors include tourism, services, commerce and agriculture. Palermo currently has an international airport, and a significant underground economy.[citation needed] In fact, for cultural, artistic and economic reasons, Palermo was one of the largest cities in the Mediterranean and is now among the top tourist destinations in both Italy and Europe. The city is also going through careful redevelopment, preparing to become one of the major cities of the Euro-Mediterranean area.
Question: What types of churches attract tourists to Palermo?
Answer: Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque
Question: Which town is Sicily's primary industrial and commercial center?
Answer: Palermo
Question: What are Palermo's four main industrial sectors?
Answer: tourism, services, commerce and agriculture
Question: What city is Italy's cultural , economic, and tourist capital?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who likes Palermo's sub tropical weather?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What city is main Italian industrial and cultural center?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Why is Palermo one of the largest cities in Europe?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is Sicily going through?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Many sports are associated with New York's immigrant communities. Stickball, a street version of baseball, was popularized by youths in the 1930s, and a street in the Bronx was renamed Stickball Boulevard in the late 2000s to memorialize this.
Question: A version of baseball played in city streets was nicknamed was in the 1930s?
Answer: Stickball
Question: What street was renamed in the late 2000s to commemorate the street version of baseball?
Answer: Stickball Boulevard
Question: In what borough is Stickball Boulevard located?
Answer: the Bronx |
Context: Serotonin is a neuromodulator involved in regulation of mood and behavior. Development in the limbic system plays an important role in determining rewards and punishments and processing emotional experience and social information. Changes in the levels of the neurotransmitters dopamine and serotonin in the limbic system make adolescents more emotional and more responsive to rewards and stress. The corresponding increase in emotional variability also can increase adolescents' vulnerability. The effect of serotonin is not limited to the limbic system: Several serotonin receptors have their gene expression change dramatically during adolescence, particularly in the human frontal and prefrontal cortex .
Question: Which neuromodulator is involved in regulation of mood and behavior?
Answer: Serotonin
Question: Are the effects of serotonin limited to the limbic system?
Answer: not
Question: Serotonin is a neuromodulator that is involved in regulation of what?
Answer: mood and behavior
Question: Which system in the brain determines rewards and punishments, emotional experiences, and social information?
Answer: limbic
Question: Which two neurotransmitters cause adolescents to be more emotional and more responsive to rewards and stresses?
Answer: dopamine and serotonin |
Context: In addition, Mahayana Buddhists believe there are innumerable other Buddhas in other universes. A Theravada commentary says that Buddhas arise one at a time in this world element, and not at all in others. The understandings of this matter reflect widely differing interpretations of basic terms, such as "world realm", between the various schools of Buddhism.
Question: Who believes there are innumerable other Buddhas in other universes?
Answer: Mahayana Buddhists
Question: What buddhist belief says that Buddhas come one at a time and not within other eras?
Answer: Theravada |
Context: During this period, Bengal witnessed an intellectual awakening that is in some way similar to the Renaissance in Europe during the 16th century, although Europeans of that age were not confronted with the challenge and influence of alien colonialism. This movement questioned existing orthodoxies, particularly with respect to women, marriage, the dowry system, the caste system, and religion. One of the earliest social movements that emerged during this time was the Young Bengal movement, which espoused rationalism and atheism as the common denominators of civil conduct among upper caste educated Hindus. It played an important role in reawakening Indian minds and intellect across the sub-continent.
Question: What did the Bengali Renaissance resemble?
Answer: Renaissance in Europe
Question: What did the Movement question?
Answer: existing orthodoxies
Question: What early social movement occurred during this time of awakening?
Answer: Young Bengal
Question: What factors did the Young Bengal movement say were needed for civil conduct?
Answer: rationalism and atheism
Question: What did the movements in Bengal serve to awaken in Indians?
Answer: minds and intellect |
Context: The Governor of Michigan, Rick Snyder, declared a financial emergency for the city in March 2013, appointing an emergency manager. On July 18, 2013, Detroit filed the largest municipal bankruptcy case in U.S. history. It was declared bankrupt by Judge Steven W. Rhodes of the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on December 3, 2013; he cited its $18.5 billion debt and declared that negotiations with its thousands of creditors were unfeasible. On November 7, 2014, Judge Rhodes approved the city's bankruptcy plan, allowing the city to begin the process of exiting bankruptcy. The City of Detroit successfully exited Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy with all finances handed back to the city at midnight on December 11, 2014.
Question: Who is the Governor in Michigan?
Answer: Rick Snyder
Question: On which date did Detroit file bankruptcy?
Answer: July 18, 2013
Question: How much debt did Detroit have when they declared bankruptcy?
Answer: $18.5 billion
Question: On which date was Detroit's bankruptcy plan approved?
Answer: November 7, 2014
Question: What type of bankruptcy did Detroit go through?
Answer: Chapter 9 |
Context: Federalism also finds expression in ecclesiology (the doctrine of the church). For example, presbyterian church governance resembles parliamentary republicanism (a form of political federalism) to a large extent. In Presbyterian denominations, the local church is ruled by elected elders, some of which are ministerial. Each church then sends representatives or commissioners to presbyteries and further to a general assembly. Each greater level of assembly has ruling authority over its constituent members. In this governmental structure, each component has some level of sovereignty over itself. As in political federalism, in presbyterian ecclesiology there is shared sovereignty.
Question: What is ecclesiology?
Answer: the doctrine of the church
Question: What happens in Presbyterian denominations?
Answer: the local church is ruled by elected elders, some of which are ministerial.
Question: In political federalism what does Presbyterian ecclesiology do?
Answer: shared sovereignty
Question: What does each greater level of assembly have?
Answer: authority over its constituent members
Question: What isn't ecclesiology?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What doesn't happen in Presbyterian denominations?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: In political federalism what does Presbyterian ecclesiology not do?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: In political communism what does Presbyterian ecclesiology do?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What does each lesser level of assembly have?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Saturated fats (typically from animal sources) have been a staple in many world cultures for millennia. Unsaturated fats (e. g., vegetable oil) are considered healthier, while trans fats are to be avoided. Saturated and some trans fats are typically solid at room temperature (such as butter or lard), while unsaturated fats are typically liquids (such as olive oil or flaxseed oil). Trans fats are very rare in nature, and have been shown to be highly detrimental to human health, but have properties useful in the food processing industry, such as rancidity resistance.[citation needed]
Question: Where do saturated fats in a diet typically originate from?
Answer: animal sources
Question: Which kind of fat is generally considered to be healthiest?
Answer: Unsaturated fats
Question: Which type of fat should people attempt to avoid?
Answer: trans fats
Question: What kind of state of matter do unsaturated fats typically have at room temperature?
Answer: liquids
Question: Although trans fats are harmful to human health, what property do they have that makes them useful in food processing?
Answer: rancidity resistance |
Context: The Gateway Center at Bronx Terminal Market, in the West Bronx, is a shopping center that encompasses less than one million square feet of retail space, built on a 17 acres (7 ha) site that formerly held the Bronx Terminal Market, a wholesale fruit and vegetable market as well as the former Bronx House of Detention, south of Yankee Stadium. The $500 million shopping center, which was completed in 2009, saw the construction of new buildings and two smaller buildings, one new and the other a renovation of an existing building that was part of the original market. The two main buildings are linked by a six-level garage for 2,600 cars. The center has earned itself a LEED "Silver" designation in its design.
Question: How much land was the Gateway Center at Bronx Terminal Market built on?
Answer: 17 acres
Question: How much did the Gateway Center at Bronx Terminal Market cost?
Answer: $500 million
Question: How many floors does the Gateway Center at Bronx Terminal Market's parking garage have?
Answer: six
Question: How many cars can the Gateway Center at Bronx Terminal Market's parking garage hold?
Answer: 2,600 |
Context: The onset of infrared is defined (according to different standards) at various values typically between 700 nm and 800 nm, but the boundary between visible and infrared light is not precisely defined. The human eye is markedly less sensitive to light above 700 nm wavelength, so longer wavelengths make insignificant contributions to scenes illuminated by common light sources. However, particularly intense near-IR light (e.g., from IR lasers, IR LED sources, or from bright daylight with the visible light removed by colored gels) can be detected up to approximately 780 nm, and will be perceived as red light. Sources providing wavelengths as long as 1050 nm can be seen as a dull red glow in intense sources, causing some difficulty in near-IR illumination of scenes in the dark (usually this practical problem is solved by indirect illumination). Leaves are particularly bright in the near IR, and if all visible light leaks from around an IR-filter are blocked, and the eye is given a moment to adjust to the extremely dim image coming through a visually opaque IR-passing photographic filter, it is possible to see the Wood effect that consists of IR-glowing foliage.
Question: At what wavelength does the human eye become significantly less sensitive to light?
Answer: 700 nm
Question: What sort of light is generated by IR lasers?
Answer: near-IR
Question: Up to what wavelength does the human eye perceive IR LED sources as red?
Answer: 780 nm
Question: Up to what wavelength does the human eye perceive certain intense lights as being dull red in color?
Answer: 1050 nm
Question: What objects are notably bright in near IR?
Answer: Leaves
Question: What is the defined boundary between visible and infrared light?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: At what wavelength does the human eye perceive red light?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What light is generated by an IR-passing photographic filter?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What objects are hard to see if all visible light leaks are blocked?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What value measures wavelengths as long as 1050?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Hospital Maciel is one of the oldest hospitals in Uruguay and stands on the block bounded by the streets Maciel, 25 de Mayo, Guaraní and Washington, with the main entrance at 25 de Mayo, 172. The land was originally donated in Spanish colonial times by philanthropist Francisco Antonio Maciel, who teamed up with Mateo Vidal to establish a hospital and charity. The first building was constructed between 1781 and 1788 and later expanded upon. The present building stems from the 1825 plans of José Toribio (son of Tomás Toribio) and later Bernardo Poncini (wing on the Guaraní street, 1859), Eduardo Canstatt (corner of Guaraní and 25 de Mayo) and Julián Masquelez (1889). The hospital has a chapel built in Greek style by Miguel Estévez in 1798.
Question: What is one of the oldest hospitals in Uruguay?
Answer: Hospital Maciel
Question: Who originally donated the land for Hospital Macie?
Answer: Francisco Antonio Maciel
Question: When was the first building of the Hospital Maciel established?
Answer: between 1781 and 1788 |
Context: The predominant educational psychology from the 1750s onward, especially in northern European countries was associationism, the notion that the mind associates or dissociates ideas through repeated routines. In addition to being conducive to Enlightenment ideologies of liberty, self-determination and personal responsibility, it offered a practical theory of the mind that allowed teachers to transform longstanding forms of print and manuscript culture into effective graphic tools of learning for the lower and middle orders of society. Children were taught to memorize facts through oral and graphic methods that originated during the Renaissance.
Question: How can associationism be defined?
Answer: the notion that the mind associates or dissociates ideas through repeated routines
Question: What was the predominant educational psychology from the 1750s onward?
Answer: associationism,
Question: Children were taught to memorize facts through methods that originated during which time period?
Answer: the Renaissance |
Context: In contrast to the entirely digital DVD, LaserDiscs use only analog video. As the LaserDisc format is not digitally encoded and does not make use of compression techniques, it is immune to video macroblocking (most visible as blockiness during high motion sequences) or contrast banding (subtle visible lines in gradient areas, such as out-of-focus backgrounds, skies, or light casts from spotlights) that can be caused by the MPEG-2 encoding process as video is prepared for DVD. Early DVD releases held the potential to surpass their LaserDisc counterparts, but often managed only to match them for image quality, and in some cases, the LaserDisc version was preferred. However, proprietary human-assisted encoders manually operated by specialists can vastly reduce the incidence of artifacts, depending on playing time and image complexity. By the end of LaserDisc's run, DVDs were living up to their potential as a superior format.
Question: Do LaserDiscs or DVD use analog video?
Answer: LaserDiscs
Question: Are DVDs partially or entirely digital?
Answer: entirely
Question: What is contrast banding?
Answer: subtle visible lines in gradient areas
Question: What step of the DVD production process causes contrast banding?
Answer: MPEG-2 encoding process |
Context: Popper died of "complications of cancer, pneumonia and kidney failure" in Kenley at the age of 92 on 17 September 1994. He had been working continuously on his philosophy until two weeks before, when he suddenly fell terminally ill. After cremation, his ashes were taken to Vienna and buried at Lainzer cemetery adjacent to the ORF Centre, where his wife Josefine Anna Popper (called ‘Hennie’) had already been buried. Popper's estate is managed by his secretary and personal assistant Melitta Mew and her husband Raymond. Popper's manuscripts went to the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, partly during his lifetime and partly as supplementary material after his death. Klagenfurt University possesses Popper's library, including his precious bibliophilia, as well as hard copies of the original Hoover material and microfilms of the supplementary material. The remaining parts of the estate were mostly transferred to The Karl Popper Charitable Trust. In October 2008 Klagenfurt University acquired the copyrights from the estate.
Question: How old was Popper when he died?
Answer: 92
Question: Which cemetery in Vienna received Popper's ashes?
Answer: Lainzer
Question: Where are Popper's manuscripts kept now?
Answer: Hoover Institution at Stanford University
Question: Which university has the contents of Popper's library?
Answer: Klagenfurt University
Question: What was Popper's wife's name?
Answer: Josefine Anna Popper
Question: At what age did Josefine Anna Popper die?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What did Popper's wife die from?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Whose manuscripts were sent to the University of London?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What university possesses Melitta Mew's library?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: When did Klagenfurt University lose its copyrights from the estate?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: The crusades were intended to seize Jerusalem from Muslim control. The First Crusade was proclaimed by Pope Urban II (pope 1088–99) at the Council of Clermont in 1095 in response to a request from the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos (r. 1081–1118) for aid against further Muslim advances. Urban promised indulgence to anyone who took part. Tens of thousands of people from all levels of society mobilised across Europe and captured Jerusalem in 1099. One feature of the crusades was the pogroms against local Jews that often took place as the crusaders left their countries for the East. These were especially brutal during the First Crusade, when the Jewish communities in Cologne, Mainz, and Worms were destroyed, and other communities in cities between the rivers Seine and Rhine suffered destruction. Another outgrowth of the crusades was the foundation of a new type of monastic order, the military orders of the Templars and Hospitallers, which fused monastic life with military service.
Question: What pope launched the First crusade?
Answer: Urban II
Question: At what gathering was the First Crusade preached?
Answer: the Council of Clermont
Question: In what year was the First Crusade proclaimed?
Answer: 1095
Question: What Byzantine Emperor's request for assistance led to the First Crusade?
Answer: Alexios I Komnenos
Question: In what year did the First Crusade take Jerusalem?
Answer: 1099 |
Context: The constitution of the Fifth Republic states that French alone is the official language of the Republic. However, Alsatian, along with other regional languages, are recognized by the French government in the official list of languages of France. A 1999 INSEE survey counted 548,000 adult speakers of Alsatian in France, making it the second most-spoken regional language in the country (after Occitan). Like all regional languages in France, however, the transmission of Alsatian is on the decline. While 39% of the adult population of Alsace speaks Alsatian, only one in four children speaks it, and only one in ten children uses it regularly.
Question: What does the French constitution state for the language in Aslace?
Answer: French alone is the official language
Question: How many adult speakers speak Alsatian according the 1999 INSEE survey?
Answer: 548,000
Question: With Alsatian language on the decline, what is the ration of children using the language regularly today?
Answer: one in ten children
Question: What states that Alsatian is the official language?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How many adult speakers of Occitan are there?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What percentage of adults could not speak Alsatian in 1999?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How many children speak French?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: There are 548,000 child speakers of what language?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: The growth, development, and reproduction of organisms relies on cell division, or the process by which a single cell divides into two usually identical daughter cells. This requires first making a duplicate copy of every gene in the genome in a process called DNA replication.:5.2 The copies are made by specialized enzymes known as DNA polymerases, which "read" one strand of the double-helical DNA, known as the template strand, and synthesize a new complementary strand. Because the DNA double helix is held together by base pairing, the sequence of one strand completely specifies the sequence of its complement; hence only one strand needs to be read by the enzyme to produce a faithful copy. The process of DNA replication is semiconservative; that is, the copy of the genome inherited by each daughter cell contains one original and one newly synthesized strand of DNA.:5.2
Question: What does the growth, development, and reproduction of organisms rely on?
Answer: cell division
Question: In cell division, what two cells are created?
Answer: identical daughter cells
Question: What specialized enzyme is responsible DNA replication?
Answer: DNA polymerases
Question: Why does the sequence of one strand completely specify the sequence of its complement?
Answer: Because the DNA double helix is held together by base pairing
Question: What one word characterizes the process of DNA replication?
Answer: semiconservative |
Context: Several solid dielectrics are available, including paper, plastic, glass, mica and ceramic materials. Paper was used extensively in older devices and offers relatively high voltage performance. However, it is susceptible to water absorption, and has been largely replaced by plastic film capacitors. Plastics offer better stability and ageing performance, which makes them useful in timer circuits, although they may be limited to low operating temperatures and frequencies. Ceramic capacitors are generally small, cheap and useful for high frequency applications, although their capacitance varies strongly with voltage and they age poorly. They are broadly categorized as class 1 dielectrics, which have predictable variation of capacitance with temperature or class 2 dielectrics, which can operate at higher voltage. Glass and mica capacitors are extremely reliable, stable and tolerant to high temperatures and voltages, but are too expensive for most mainstream applications. Electrolytic capacitors and supercapacitors are used to store small and larger amounts of energy, respectively, ceramic capacitors are often used in resonators, and parasitic capacitance occurs in circuits wherever the simple conductor-insulator-conductor structure is formed unintentionally by the configuration of the circuit layout.
Question: What benefit is offered by solid state paper capacitors?
Answer: relatively high voltage performance
Question: What type of capacitor has mostly replaced solid state paper capacitors?
Answer: plastic film capacitors
Question: What sort of circuit are plastic capacitors especially useful for?
Answer: timer circuits
Question: What is one type of reliable capacitor that is resistant to temperature and voltage changes?
Answer: Glass
Question: What is another type of reliable capacitor that is resistant to temperature and voltage changes?
Answer: mica capacitors
Question: What benefit is never offered by solid state paper capacitors?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What type of capacitor has not replaced solid state paper capacitors?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What sort of circuit are plastic capacitors not useful for?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is one type of reliable capacitor that is non-resistant to temperature and voltage changes?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is another type of reliable capacitor that is not resistant to temperature and voltage changes?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Plymouth has about 150 churches and its Roman Catholic cathedral (1858) is in Stonehouse. The city's oldest church is St Andrew's (Anglican) located at the top of Royal Parade—it is the largest parish church in Devon and has been a site of gathering since AD 800. The city also includes five Baptist churches, over twenty Methodist chapels, and thirteen Roman Catholic churches. In 1831 the first Brethren assembly in England, a movement of conservative non-denominational Evangelical Christians, was established in the city, so that Brethren are often called Plymouth Brethren, although the movement did not begin locally.
Question: How many churches are present in Plymouth?
Answer: 150
Question: In what year was Plymouth's Catholic cathedral built?
Answer: 1858
Question: What is the name of the oldest church in Plymouth?
Answer: St Andrew's
Question: What denomination does the oldest church in Plymouth belong to?
Answer: Anglican
Question: How many Methodist houses of worship exist in Plymouth?
Answer: over twenty |
Context: Her debut single, "Crazy in Love" was named VH1's "Greatest Song of the 2000s", NME's "Best Track of the 00s" and "Pop Song of the Century", considered by Rolling Stone to be one of the 500 greatest songs of all time, earned two Grammy Awards and is one of the best-selling singles of all time at around 8 million copies. The music video for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)", which achieved fame for its intricate choreography and its deployment of jazz hands, was credited by the Toronto Star as having started the "first major dance craze of both the new millennium and the Internet", triggering a number of parodies of the dance choreography and a legion of amateur imitators on YouTube. In 2013, Drake released a single titled "Girls Love Beyoncé", which featured an interpolation from Destiny Child's "Say My Name" and discussed his relationship with women. In January 2012, research scientist Bryan Lessard named Scaptia beyonceae, a species of horse fly found in Northern Queensland, Australia after Beyoncé due to the fly's unique golden hairs on its abdomen. In July 2014, a Beyoncé exhibit was introduced into the "Legends of Rock" section of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The black leotard from the "Single Ladies" video and her outfit from the Super Bowl half time performance are among several pieces housed at the museum.
Question: VH1 declared what song the "Greatest song of the 2000s?"
Answer: Crazy in Love
Question: How many Grammy awards did "Crazy in Love" win?
Answer: two
Question: How many did Crazy in Love sell to become one of the greatest selling singles in history?
Answer: 8 million
Question: What type of organism was named after Beyonce in 2012?
Answer: fly
Question: A place for Beyonce in the Rock and Roll Hall of fame was awarded when?
Answer: July 2014
Question: Which of Beyonce's songs was called Greatest Song of the 2000s?
Answer: Crazy in Love
Question: How many Grammy awards did Crazy in Love get?
Answer: earned two Grammy Awards
Question: How many copies did Crazy in Love sell?
Answer: around 8 million copies
Question: Who released the single Girls Love Beyonce?
Answer: Drake
Question: Which publication considers Crazy in Love to be one of the top 500 songs of all time?
Answer: Rolling Stone
Question: Who sang "Girls Love Beyoncé" in 2013?
Answer: Drake
Question: What did Bryan Lessard name after Beyoncé?
Answer: a species of horse fly |
Context: The Unicode Roadmap Committee (Michael Everson, Rick McGowan, and Ken Whistler) maintain the list of scripts that are candidates or potential candidates for encoding and their tentative code block assignments on the Unicode Roadmap page of the Unicode Consortium Web site. For some scripts on the Roadmap, such as Jurchen, Nü Shu, and Tangut, encoding proposals have been made and they are working their way through the approval process. For others scripts, such as Mayan and Rongorongo, no proposal has yet been made, and they await agreement on character repertoire and other details from the user communities involved.
Question: Michael Everson, Rick McGowan, and Ken Whistler make up what group?
Answer: Unicode Roadmap Committee
Question: What does the Unicode Roadmap Commmittee do?
Answer: maintain the list of scripts that are candidates or potential candidates for encoding
Question: What proposal has been made for the Mayan script?
Answer: no proposal has yet been made
Question: Where does the Unicode Roadmap Committee post information on these scripts?
Answer: Unicode Consortium Web site
Question: Who are the potential candidates for encoding?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who made the proposal for the Mayan script?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What needs to be agreed upon before a script for Jurchen is proposed?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Which scripts are user committees no longer proposing?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What committies have to approve proposals?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: In the days following the disaster, an international reconnaissance team of engineers was dispatched to the region to make a detailed preliminary survey of damaged buildings. Their findings show a variety of reasons why many constructions failed to withstand the earthquake.
Question: What happened days following the disaster?
Answer: an international reconnaissance team of engineers was dispatched to the region
Question: What did the team of engineers do?
Answer: make a detailed preliminary survey of damaged buildings
Question: What did their findings show?
Answer: a variety of reasons why many constructions failed to withstand the earthquake.
Question: After the quake what kind of international team was sent to the area?
Answer: team of engineers
Question: What was the team sent to China to make?
Answer: survey of damaged buildings
Question: What kind of reasons do their findings show?
Answer: variety of reasons |
Context: Paul VI was concerned but not surprised by the negative reaction in Western Europe and the United States. He fully anticipated this reaction to be a temporary one: "Don't be afraid", he reportedly told Edouard Gagnon on the eve of the encyclical, "in twenty years time they'll call me a prophet." His biography on the Vatican's website notes of his reaffirmations of priestly celibacy and the traditional teaching on contraception that "[t]he controversies over these two pronouncements tended to overshadow the last years of his pontificate". Pope John Paul II later reaffirmed and expanded upon Humanae vitae with the encyclical Evangelium vitae.
Question: To whom did Paul VI tell "not to be afraid" when the church released its statement on birth control?
Answer: Edouard Gagnon
Question: What did Paul VI declare he would be seen as in 25 years?
Answer: prophet
Question: To which pope can the Evangelium Vitae be attributed to?
Answer: Pope John Paul II
Question: Which pope affirmed Paul VI Humanae Vitae?
Answer: Pope John Paul II
Question: To what did Western Europe and the United States demonstrate a negative response?
Answer: the encyclical |
Context: To the north, the Sahara skirts the Mediterranean Sea in Egypt and portions of Libya, but in Cyrenaica and the Maghreb, the Sahara borders the Mediterranean forest, woodland, and scrub ecoregions of northern Africa, all of which have a Mediterranean climate characterized by hot summers and cool and rainy winters. According to the botanical criteria of Frank White and geographer Robert Capot-Rey, the northern limit of the Sahara corresponds to the northern limit of date palm cultivation and the southern limit of the range of esparto, a grass typical of the Mediterranean climate portion of the Maghreb and Iberia. The northern limit also corresponds to the 100 mm (3.9 in) isohyet of annual precipitation.
Question: What sea is North of the Sahara Desert?
Answer: Mediterranean Sea
Question: What ocean is North of the Sahara?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What forest is to the western Sahara?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What climate has cool and rainy summers?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: who claims the northern Sahara corresponds to the southern limit of date palm cultivation
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What sea is located in Libya?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Where is Frank White from?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How much rain does northern Africa get?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What grass is typically found in Cyrenaica?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who discovered esparato?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: With the forced abdication of Emperor William II in 1918, Germany became a republic. Most of West Prussia and the former Prussian Province of Posen, territories annexed by Prussia in the 18th century Partitions of Poland, were ceded to the Second Polish Republic according to the Treaty of Versailles. East Prussia became an exclave, being separated from mainland Germany. After the Treaty of Versailles, East Prussia was separated from Germany as an exclave; the Memelland was also separated from the province. Because most of West Prussia became part of the Second Polish Republic as the Polish Corridor, the formerly West Prussian Marienwerder region became part of East Prussia (as Regierungsbezirk Westpreußen). Also Soldau district in Allenstein region was part of Second Polish Republic. The Seedienst Ostpreußen was established to provide an independent transport service to East Prussia.
Question: In what year did Germany become a republic?
Answer: 1918
Question: What was implemented that separated East Prussia from Germany?
Answer: Treaty of Versailles
Question: What was implemented to provide transport to East Prussia?
Answer: The Seedienst Ostpreußen
Question: In what year was William II crowned as Emperor?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: In what year was the Second Polish Republic established?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: In what year was the Treaty of Versailles signed?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who was the first leader of the Second Polish Republic?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was one of the countries that forced Emperor William II to abdicate?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: From November 1940 – February 1941, the Luftwaffe shifted its strategy and attacked other industrial cities. In particular, the West Midlands were targeted. On the night of 13/14 November, 77 He 111s of Kampfgeschwader 26 (26th Bomber Wing, or KG 26) bombed London while 63 from KG 55 hit Birmingham. The next night, a large force hit Coventry. "Pathfinders" from 12 Kampfgruppe 100 (Bomb Group 100 or KGr 100) led 437 bombers from KG 1, KG 3, KG 26, KG 27, KG 55 and Lehrgeschwader 1 (1st Training Wing, or LG 1) which dropped 394 short tons (357 t) of high explosive, 56 short tons (51 t) of incendiaries, and 127 parachute mines. Other sources say 449 bombers and a total of 530 short tons (480 t) of bombs were dropped. The raid against Coventry was particularly devastating, and led to widespread use of the phrase "to conventrate". Over 10,000 incendiaries were dropped. Around 21 factories were seriously damaged in Coventry, and loss of public utilities stopped work at nine others, disrupting industrial output for several months. Only one bomber was lost, to anti-aircraft fire, despite the RAF flying 125 night sorties. No follow up raids were made, as OKL underestimated the British power of recovery (as Bomber Command would do over Germany from 1943–1945). The Germans were surprised by the success of the attack. The concentration had been achieved by accident. The strategic effect of the raid was a brief 20 percent dip in aircraft production.
Question: The Luftwaffe's change in strategy targeted what primarily?
Answer: the West Midlands
Question: How many parachute mines were dropped?
Answer: 127
Question: The Coventry raid led to what phrase being in widespread use?
Answer: "to conventrate"
Question: What stopped work in 9 factories in Coventry?
Answer: loss of public utilities
Question: What effect did the raid have strategically?
Answer: a brief 20 percent dip in aircraft production |
Context: There are few accredited diplomats in Bermuda. The United States maintains the largest diplomatic mission in Bermuda, comprising both the United States Consulate and the US Customs and Border Protection Services at the L.F. Wade International Airport. The current US Consul General is Robert Settje, who took office in August 2012. The United States is Bermuda's largest trading partner (providing over 71% of total imports, 85% of tourist visitors, and an estimated $163 billion of US capital in the Bermuda insurance/re-insurance industry), and an estimated 5% of Bermuda residents are US citizens, representing 14% of all foreign-born persons. The American diplomatic presence is an important element in the Bermuda political landscape.
Question: Who has the largest accredited diplomats in Bermuda?
Answer: The United States
Question: Who is the current US Consul General?
Answer: Robert Settje
Question: Why is the US so important to Bermuda?
Answer: The United States is Bermuda's largest trading partner
Question: What percentage of Bermuda's residents are US citizens?
Answer: 5%
Question: What does Bermuda maintain in the United States?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is the Bermuda diplomatic mission comprised of?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who is Robert Wade?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: When did Robert Wade take office?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What percentage do the 14% US citizen residents of Bermuda represent as foreign born persons?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: As with the spoken languages, the ethnic group composition also remains a point of debate, mainly regarding the largest and second largest ethnic groups, the Persians and Azerbaijanis, due to the lack of Iranian state censuses based on ethnicity. The CIA's World Factbook has estimated that around 79% of the population of Iran are a diverse Indo-European ethno-linguistic group that comprise the speakers of Iranian languages, with Persians constituting 53% of the population, Gilaks and Mazanderanis 7%, Kurds 10%, Lurs 6%, and Balochs 2%. Peoples of the other ethnicities in Iran make up the remaining 22%, with Azerbaijanis constituting 16%, Arabs 2%, Turkmens and Turkic tribes 2%, and others 2% (such as Armenians, Talysh, Georgians, Circassians, Assyrians).
Question: What is Iran's presumed largest ethnic group?
Answer: Persians
Question: What is Iran's presumed 2nd largest ethnic group?
Answer: Azerbaijanis
Question: Persians make up what percentage of Iran's population?
Answer: 53%
Question: Ethnic minorities such as Azerbaijanis make up what percentage of Iran's population?
Answer: 22%
Question: What percentage of Iran speaks any type of Iranian language?
Answer: 79% |
Context: High, cold ice clouds such as Cirrus or Cumulonimbus show up bright white, lower warmer clouds such as Stratus or Stratocumulus show up as grey with intermediate clouds shaded accordingly. Hot land surfaces will show up as dark-grey or black. One disadvantage of infrared imagery is that low cloud such as stratus or fog can be a similar temperature to the surrounding land or sea surface and does not show up. However, using the difference in brightness of the IR4 channel (10.3–11.5 µm) and the near-infrared channel (1.58–1.64 µm), low cloud can be distinguished, producing a fog satellite picture. The main advantage of infrared is that images can be produced at night, allowing a continuous sequence of weather to be studied.
Question: Along with Cirrus, what types of clouds are cold and high?
Answer: Cumulonimbus
Question: What color do Cirrus clouds appear in infrared?
Answer: white
Question: Along with Stratus, what clouds are lower and warmer?
Answer: Stratocumulus
Question: What color are Strarus clouds in infrared?
Answer: grey
Question: What is the range of the near-infrared channel in micrometers?
Answer: 1.58–1.64
Question: Besides cumulonimbus, what types of clouds are lower and warmer?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What ice clouds show up grey in infrared?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What land surface can be a similar temperature to the surrounding land?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What color are lower intermediate clouds on infrared?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What difference allows high clouds to be distinguished?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: The Vestals were a public priesthood of six women devoted to the cultivation of Vesta, goddess of the hearth of the Roman state and its vital flame. A girl chosen to be a Vestal achieved unique religious distinction, public status and privileges, and could exercise considerable political influence. Upon entering her office, a Vestal was emancipated from her father's authority. In archaic Roman society, these priestesses were the only women not required to be under the legal guardianship of a man, instead answering directly to the Pontifex Maximus.
Question: How many Vestals were there in Rome?
Answer: six
Question: Of what was Vesta the goddess?
Answer: hearth
Question: Of what were the Vestals protectors?
Answer: vital flame
Question: What was the benefit of being a Vestal?
Answer: political influence
Question: To whom did the Vestal answer?
Answer: Pontifex Maximus |
Context: A number of studies have reported associations between pathogen load in an area and human behavior. Higher pathogen load is associated with decreased size of ethnic and religious groups in an area. This may be due high pathogen load favoring avoidance of other groups, which may reduce pathogen transmission, or a high pathogen load preventing the creation of large settlements and armies that enforce a common culture. Higher pathogen load is also associated with more restricted sexual behavior, which may reduce pathogen transmission. It also associated with higher preferences for health and attractiveness in mates. Higher fertility rates and shorter or less parental care per child is another association that may be a compensation for the higher mortality rate. There is also an association with polygyny which may be due to higher pathogen load, making selecting males with a high genetic resistance increasingly important. Higher pathogen load is also associated with more collectivism and less individualism, which may limit contacts with outside groups and infections. There are alternative explanations for at least some of the associations although some of these explanations may in turn ultimately be due to pathogen load. Thus, polygny may also be due to a lower male:female ratio in these areas but this may ultimately be due to male infants having increased mortality from infectious diseases. Another example is that poor socioeconomic factors may ultimately in part be due to high pathogen load preventing economic development.
Question: What have a number of studies found a correlation between?
Answer: pathogen load in an area and human behavior
Question: What is higher pathogen load associated with?
Answer: decreased size of ethnic and religious groups in an area
Question: What does avoidance of other groups reduce?
Answer: pathogen transmission
Question: What does more restricted sexual behavior result in?
Answer: Higher pathogen load
Question: What may poor socioeconomic factors ultimately in part be due to?
Answer: high pathogen load preventing economic development.
Question: What have a number of studies found no correlation between?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is no pathogen load associated with?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What does avoidance of other groups promote?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What does sexual behavior have no influence on?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is the only cause of poor socioeconomic factors?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: A year later, at the height of the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis, the Australian Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam, was dismissed from his post by Governor-General Sir John Kerr, after the Opposition-controlled Senate rejected Whitlam's budget proposals. As Whitlam had a majority in the House of Representatives, Speaker Gordon Scholes appealed to the Queen to reverse Kerr's decision. She declined, stating that she would not interfere in decisions reserved by the Constitution of Australia for the governor-general. The crisis fuelled Australian republicanism.
Question: During the Australian constitutional crisis, what Prime Minister was dismissed?
Answer: Gough Whitlam
Question: Who dismissed Whilam from the post of Australian Prime Minister?
Answer: Governor-General Sir John Kerr
Question: What did Whitlam have in the House of Representatives?
Answer: a majority
Question: Who appealed to Elizabeth to reverse the dismissal of Whitlam?
Answer: Speaker Gordon Scholes
Question: What did Elizabeth decline to do in response to the appeal by Scholes?
Answer: interfere
Question: In what year did Gough Whitlam become prime minister of Australia?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: In what year did Sir John Kerr become governor-general of Australia?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: In what year did Gordon Scholes become Speaker of the House of Representatives in Australia?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who wanted Queen Elizabeth to approve of Sir John Kerr's decision to dismiss Gough Whitlam?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: The major issue with the term Hellenistic lies in its convenience, as the spread of Greek culture was not the generalized phenomenon that the term implies. Some areas of the conquered world were more affected by Greek influences than others. The term Hellenistic also implies that the Greek populations were of majority in the areas in which they settled, while in many cases, the Greek settlers were actually the minority among the native populations. The Greek population and the native population did not always mix; the Greeks moved and brought their own culture, but interaction did not always occur.
Question: How much of the conquered world was affected by Greek influences?
Answer: Some
Question: How often did Greek population and natives mix?
Answer: not always
Question: What term implies that Greek populations were a majority in the regions they settled?
Answer: Hellenistic |
Context: Lighthouse Point Park, a public beach run by the city, was a popular tourist destination during the Roaring Twenties, attracting luminaries of the period such as Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb. The park remains popular among New Haveners, and is home to the Five Mile Point Lighthouse, constructed in 1847, and the Lighthouse Point Carousel, constructed in 1916. Five Mile Point Light was decommissioned in 1877 following the construction of Southwest Ledge Light at the entrance of the harbor, which remains in service to this day. Both of the lighthouses and the carousel are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Question: Throughout the Roaring Twenties, what public beach in New Haven was a favored destination for tourists?
Answer: Lighthouse Point Park
Question: Which famed professional baseball player is known to have visited at Lighthouse Point Park in New Haven during the 1920's?
Answer: Babe Ruth
Question: What notable New Haven attraction constructed in 1847 was located at Lighthouse Point Park?
Answer: Five Mile Point Lighthouse
Question: In what year was New Haven's Lighthouse Point carousel constructed?
Answer: 1916
Question: In what year was Five Mile Point Lighthouse decommissioned upon construction of Southwest Ledge Lighthouse?
Answer: 1877
Question: What popular tourist site was particularly active during the 20s?
Answer: Lighthouse Point Park
Question: In 1847, a new landmark was constructed at the park, what exactly was it?
Answer: Lighthouse
Question: After 1877 another lighthouse was build to replace File Mile Point, what was its' name?
Answer: Southwest Ledge Light
Question: Is Southwest Ledge Light still active today?
Answer: in service to this day |
Context: It is on Absecon Island, on the Atlantic coast. Atlantic City was incorporated on May 1, 1854, from portions of Egg Harbor Township and Galloway Township. The city borders Absecon, Brigantine, Pleasantville, Ventnor City and West Atlantic City.
Question: What is the name of the island on which Atlantic City is located?
Answer: Absecon Island
Question: In what year was Atlantic City incorporated?
Answer: 1854
Question: What are the names of the two townships that became part of Atlantic City when it was incorporated?
Answer: Egg Harbor Township and Galloway Township
Question: How many other towns share a border with Atlantic City?
Answer: Absecon, Brigantine, Pleasantville, Ventnor City and West Atlantic City
Question: Which coast is Atlantic City located on?
Answer: Atlantic |
Context: Nanjing, one of the nation's most important cities for over a thousand years, is recognized as one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China, and had been the world's largest city aggregately for hundreds of years, enjoyed peace and prosperity and beared wars and disasters. Nanjing served as the capital of Eastern Wu, one of the three major states in the Three Kingdoms period (211-280); the Eastern Jin and each of the Southern Dynasties (Liu Song, Southern Qi, Liang and Chen), which successively ruled southern China from 317-589; the Southern Tang, one of the Ten Kingdoms (937-76); the Ming dynasty when, for the first time, all of China was ruled from the city (1368-1421); and the Republic of China (1927–37, 1945–49) prior to its flight to Taiwan during the Chinese Civil War. The city also served as the seat of the rebel Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851–64) and the Japanese puppet regime of Wang Jingwei (1940–45) during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and suffered appalling atrocities in both conflicts, including the Nanjing Massacre. It has been serving as the capital city of Jiangsu province after the China was established, and is still the nominal capital of Republic of China that accommodates many of its important heritage sites, including the Presidential Palace and Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum. Nanjing is famous for human historical landscapes, mountains and waters such as Fuzimiao, Ming Palace, Chaotian Palace, Porcelain Tower, Drum Tower, Stone City, City Wall, Qinhuai River, Xuanwu Lake and Purple Mountain. Key cultural facilities include Nanjing Library, Nanjing Museum and Art Museum.
Question: How long has Nanjing been important?
Answer: over a thousand years
Question: How many Great Ancient Capitals does China have?
Answer: Four
Question: What city is considered to be the nominal capital of the Republic of China?
Answer: Nanjing
Question: What mausoleum is in Nanjing?
Answer: Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum
Question: What city was the capital of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms era?
Answer: Nanjing |
Context: The Eastern Han, also known as the Later Han, formally began on 5 August 25, when Liu Xiu became Emperor Guangwu of Han. During the widespread rebellion against Wang Mang, the state of Goguryeo was free to raid Han's Korean commanderies; Han did not reaffirm its control over the region until AD 30. The Trưng Sisters of Vietnam rebelled against Han in AD 40. Their rebellion was crushed by Han general Ma Yuan (d. AD 49) in a campaign from AD 42–43. Wang Mang renewed hostilities against the Xiongnu, who were estranged from Han until their leader Bi (比), a rival claimant to the throne against his cousin Punu (蒲奴), submitted to Han as a tributary vassal in AD 50. This created two rival Xiongnu states: the Southern Xiongnu led by Bi, an ally of Han, and the Northern Xiongnu led by Punu, an enemy of Han.
Question: On what date did the Eastern Han dynasty begin?
Answer: 5 August 25
Question: Which state raided Han's Korean commanderies?
Answer: Goguryeo
Question: Who started a rebellion against Han in the year AD 40?
Answer: The Trưng Sisters of Vietnam
Question: In what year did Ma Yuan die?
Answer: AD 49
Question: Who was the leader of the Xiongnu?
Answer: Bi |
Context: The 19th century brought new standards of accuracy and style. In regard to accuracy, observes J.M. Cohen, the policy became "the text, the whole text, and nothing but the text", except for any bawdy passages and the addition of copious explanatory footnotes. In regard to style, the Victorians' aim, achieved through far-reaching metaphrase (literality) or pseudo-metaphrase, was to constantly remind readers that they were reading a foreign classic. An exception was the outstanding translation in this period, Edward FitzGerald's Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (1859), which achieved its Oriental flavor largely by using Persian names and discreet Biblical echoes and actually drew little of its material from the Persian original.
Question: What new standards of translation came with the 19th century?
Answer: accuracy and style
Question: Who observed that the policy became "the text, the whole text, and nothing but the text"?
Answer: J.M. Cohen
Question: What sort of passages were still left out of the supposed "whole" text?
Answer: bawdy
Question: What did the Victorians aim to remind the reader of their translations?
Answer: that they were reading a foreign classic
Question: How did the translation of Rubaiyat achieve an Oriental flavor?
Answer: by using Persian names and discreet Biblical echoes
Question: What banned standards of translation came with the 19th century?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who ignored that the policy became "the text, the whole text, and nothing but the text"?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What sort of passages were left in the supposed "whole" text?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What did the Victorians aim to remind the writer of in their translations?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How did the translation of Rubaiyat disregard an Oriental flavor?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: The 2nd edition (1787) contained a Refutation of Idealism to distinguish his transcendental idealism from Descartes's Sceptical Idealism and Berkeley's anti-realist strain of Subjective Idealism. The section Paralogisms of Pure Reason is an implicit critique of Descartes' idealism. Kant says that it is not possible to infer the 'I' as an object (Descartes' cogito ergo sum) purely from "the spontaneity of thought". Kant focused on ideas drawn from British philosophers such as Locke, Berkeley and Hume but distinguished his transcendental or critical idealism from previous varieties;
Question: What school of thought did Berkeley belong to?
Answer: Subjective Idealism
Question: What sort of idealist was Descartes?
Answer: Sceptical
Question: In what section was Descartes criticized?
Answer: Paralogisms of Pure Reason
Question: In what edition was there a Refutation of Idealism?
Answer: 2nd
Question: When was the second edition published?
Answer: 1787
Question: What does Descartes say is impossible?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What Latin phrase did Kant coin?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: When did Locke publish his ideas?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: The 2nd edition merged its ideas with which two forms of thought?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was Descartes' nationality?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Between the 8th and 18th centuries, the use of glazed ceramics was prevalent in Islamic art, usually assuming the form of elaborate pottery. Tin-opacified glazing was one of the earliest new technologies developed by the Islamic potters. The first Islamic opaque glazes can be found as blue-painted ware in Basra, dating to around the 8th century. Another contribution was the development of stone-paste ceramics, originating from 9th century Iraq. Other centers for innovative ceramic pottery in the Old world included Fustat (from 975 to 1075), Damascus (from 1100 to around 1600) and Tabriz (from 1470 to 1550).
Question: What type of ceramic art was popular from the 8th to the 18th century in the art of Islam?
Answer: glazed ceramics
Question: Which ceramic glazing was developed by those potters which were Islamic?
Answer: Tin-opacified glazing
Question: Where would one find the earliest examples of opaque glazes in the Muslim world?
Answer: Basra
Question: Around when were the first opaque glazes developed?
Answer: 8th century
Question: Where were stone-paste ceramics invented?
Answer: 9th century Iraq
Question: What was used in Islamic art from the 800's to the 1800's?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is often formed into utilitarian pottery?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What ceramic glazing was adopted by islamic potters?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Where can you find the latest examples of opaque glazes in the Muslim world?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was a center for innovative ceramic pottery in the 14th and 15th century?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: The Sultanate of Ifat, led by the Walashma dynasty with its capital at Zeila, ruled over parts of what is now eastern Ethiopia, Djibouti, and northern Somalia. The historian al-Umari records that Ifat was situated near the Red Sea coast, and states its size as 15 days travel by 20 days travel. Its army numbered 15,000 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers. Al-Umari also credits Ifat with seven "mother cities": Belqulzar, Kuljura, Shimi, Shewa, Adal, Jamme and Laboo.
Question: What dynasty ruled the Sultanate of Ifat?
Answer: the Walashma dynasty
Question: What was the capital of the Sultanate of Ifat?
Answer: Zeila
Question: Along with parts of Ethiopia and Somalia, in what modern-day country was the Sultanate of Ifat located?
Answer: Djibouti
Question: According to al-Umari, how many cavalry did the Sultanate of Ifat have?
Answer: 15,000
Question: Near what body of water did al-Umari say Ifat was located?
Answer: the Red Sea |
Context: The Vietnam War is often regarded as a low point for the U.S. Army due to the use of drafted personnel, the unpopularity of the war with the American public, and frustrating restrictions placed on the military by American political leaders. While American forces had been stationed in the Republic of Vietnam since 1959, in intelligence & advising/training roles, they did not deploy in large numbers until 1965, after the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. American forces effectively established and maintained control of the "traditional" battlefield, however they struggled to counter the guerrilla hit and run tactics of the communist Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army. On a tactical level, American soldiers (and the U.S. military as a whole) did not lose a sizable battle.
Question: What year did American forces start being stationed in Vietnam?
Answer: 1959
Question: What caused American forces to deploy in large number in 1965?
Answer: Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Question: What political structure did Vietnam have?
Answer: communist
Question: What year did Soviet forces start being stationed in Vietnam?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What caused Soviet forces to deploy in large number in 1965?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What political structure did America have?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What type of military warfare did Russian forces use?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: About 10,000 years ago, when the ice melted after the last glacial period, late Paleolithic communities were established along the lake shores and in cave systems. Evidence of human habitation has been found in caves near Vercors, close to Grenoble; in Austria the Mondsee culture shows evidence of houses built on piles to keep them dry. Standing stones have been found in Alpine areas of France and Italy. The rock drawings in Valcamonica are more than 5000 years old; more than 200,000 drawings and etchings have been identified at the site.
Question: When were late Paleolithic communities established along the lake shores?
Answer: About 10,000 years ago
Question: What has been found in caves near Vercors?
Answer: Evidence of human habitation
Question: Why were houses built on piles?
Answer: to keep them dry
Question: What have been found in Alpine areas of France and Italy?
Answer: Standing stones
Question: How old are rock drawings in Valcamonica?
Answer: more than 5000 years old |
Context: The important legacy of this period included substantial advances in factual knowledge, especially in anatomy, zoology, botany, mineralogy, geography, mathematics and astronomy; an awareness of the importance of certain scientific problems, especially those related to the problem of change and its causes; and a recognition of the methodological importance of applying mathematics to natural phenomena and of undertaking empirical research. In the Hellenistic age scholars frequently employed the principles developed in earlier Greek thought: the application of mathematics and deliberate empirical research, in their scientific investigations. Thus, clear unbroken lines of influence lead from ancient Greek and Hellenistic philosophers, to medieval Muslim philosophers and scientists, to the European Renaissance and Enlightenment, to the secular sciences of the modern day. Neither reason nor inquiry began with the Ancient Greeks, but the Socratic method did, along with the idea of Forms, great advances in geometry, logic, and the natural sciences. According to Benjamin Farrington, former Professor of Classics at Swansea University:
Question: Anatomy, zoology, geography, and studies like them are considered what?
Answer: factual knowledge
Question: What era utilized Greek theories?
Answer: the Hellenistic age
Question: What scientific theory was created by the Greeks?
Answer: the Socratic method
Question: Who employed logic, geometry, and natural sciences?
Answer: the Ancient Greeks
Question: Greek thought is predominately applying mathematics and what other method?
Answer: deliberate empirical research |
Context: Traditionally Nanjing's nightlife was mostly centered around Nanjing Fuzimiao (Confucius Temple) area along the Qinhuai River, where night markets, restaurants and pubs thrived. Boating at night in the river was a main attraction of the city. Thus, one can see the statues of the famous teachers and educators of the past not too far from those of the courtesans who educated the young men in the other arts.
Question: Where have Nanjing's after-hours activities typically been located?
Answer: around Nanjing Fuzimiao (Confucius Temple) area along the Qinhuai River
Question: What three things were popular in the Nanjing Fuzimiao area?
Answer: night markets, restaurants and pubs
Question: What was a major night attraction for Nanjing?
Answer: Boating at night in the river
Question: What statues are near the ones of teachers and educators?
Answer: courtesans
Question: What is another name for Nanjing Fuzimiao?
Answer: Confucius Temple |
Context: On 23 February, the 28th Marine Regiment reached the summit of Suribachi, prompting the now famous Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima picture. Navy Secretary James Forrestal, upon seeing the flag, remarked "there will be a Marine Corps for the next 500 years." The flag raising is often cited as the most reproduced photograph of all time and became the archetypal representation not only of that battle, but of the entire Pacific War. For the rest of February, the Americans pushed north, and by 1 March, had taken two-thirds of the island. But it was not until 26 March that the island was finally secured. The Japanese fought to the last man, killing 6,800 Marines and wounding nearly 20,000 more. The Japanese losses totaled well over 20,000 men killed, and only 1,083 prisoners were taken. Historians debate whether it was strategically worth the casualties sustained.
Question: What marine regiment reached the summit of Mount Suribachi?
Answer: 28th
Question: When was the summit of Mount Suribachi reached by U.S. marines?
Answer: 23 February
Question: Who said "there will be a Marine Corps for the next 500 years"?
Answer: Navy Secretary James Forrestal
Question: When was the island of Iwo Jima secured by the Americans?
Answer: 26 March
Question: How many Japanese prisoners were taken on Iwo Jima?
Answer: 1,083 |
Context: The multiple churches that form the Anglican Communion and the Continuing Anglican movement have different views on Marian doctrines and venerative practices given that there is no single church with universal authority within the Communion and that the mother church (the Church of England) understands itself to be both "catholic" and "Reformed". Thus unlike the Protestant churches at large, the Anglican Communion (which includes the Episcopal Church in the United States) includes segments which still retain some veneration of Mary.
Question: What is the mother church of the Angican Communion?
Answer: the Church of England
Question: Which church in the United States is associated with the Angican Communion?
Answer: the Episcopal Church
Question: What practice differentiates the Angican Communon from Protestant churches at large?
Answer: veneration of Mary
Question: What branch of Christianity does the Angican Communion fall under?
Answer: Protestant
Question: Who founded the universal authority within the mother church (the Church of England)?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Which church in the United States did Mary give universal authority to?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How many churches formed the Marian doctrines?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Which church is both "catholic" and "Reformed", but also Protestant?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Carthage was a Phoenician colony on the coast of Tunisia. Carthaginian culture came into contact with the Greeks through Punic colonies in Sicily and through their widespread Mediterranean trade network. While the Carthaginians retained their Punic culture and language, they did adopt some Hellenistic ways, one of the most prominent of which was their military practices. In 550 BCE, Mago I of Carthage began a series of military reforms which included copying the army of Timoleon, Tyrant of Syracuse. The core of Carthage's military was the Greek-style phalanx formed by citizen hoplite spearmen who had been conscripted into service, though their armies also included large numbers of mercenaries. After their defeat in the first Punic war, Carthage hired a Spartan mercenary captain, Xanthippus of Carthage to reform their military forces. Xanthippus reformed the Carthaginian military along Macedonian army lines.
Question: Carthage was on the coast of what country?
Answer: Tunisia
Question: What Hellenistic practices heavily influenced Carthaginian culture?
Answer: military
Question: Who reformed the military in Carthage in 550 BCE?
Answer: Mago I of Carthage
Question: What Greek style was the core of Carthage's military?
Answer: phalanx
Question: What Spartan mercenary helped reform Carthage's military?
Answer: Xanthippus of Carthage |
Context: It was announced in summer of 2012 that Tito Vilanova, assistant manager at FC Barcelona, would take over from Pep Guardiola as manager. Following his appointment, Barcelona went on an incredible run that saw them hold the top spot on the league table for the entire season, recording only two losses and amassing 100 points. Their top scorer once again was Lionel Messi, who scored 46 goals in the League, including two hat-tricks. On 11 May 2013 Barcelona were crowned as the Spanish football champions for the 22nd time, still with four games left to play. Ultimately Barcelona ended the season 15 points clear of rivals Real Madrid, despite losing 2–1 to them at the beginning of March. They reached the semifinal stage of both the Copa del Rey and the Champions League, going out to Real Madrid and Bayern Munich respectively. On 19 July, it was announced that Vilanova was resigning as Barcelona manager because his throat cancer had returned, and he would be receiving treatment for the second time after a three-month medical leave in December 2012.
Question: When did Tito Vilanova become manager of FC Barcelona?
Answer: 2012
Question: Who did Vilanova replace as manager?
Answer: Pep Guardiola
Question: How many total points did Barcelona collect during the 20012 season?
Answer: 100
Question: Who was Barcelona's top scorer?
Answer: Lionel Messi
Question: When was the Barcelona team become Spanish football champions for the 22nd time?
Answer: 11 May 2013 |
Context: Special Operations are "operations conducted in hostile, denied, or politically sensitive environments to achieve military, diplomatic, informational, and/or economic objectives employing military capabilities for which there is no broad conventional force requirement. These operations may require covert, clandestine, or low-visibility capabilities. Special operations are applicable across the ROMO. They can be conducted independently or in conjunction with operations of conventional forces or other government agencies and may include operations through, with, or by indigenous or surrogate forces. Special operations differ from conventional operations in degree of physical and political risk, operational techniques, mode of employment, independence from friendly support, and dependence on detailed operational intelligence and indigenous assets" (JP 1-02).
Question: What are Special Operations?
Answer: operations conducted in hostile, denied, or politically sensitive environments
Question: What are the goals of Special Operations?
Answer: achieve military, diplomatic, informational, and/or economic objectives
Question: What kind of forces can Special Operations missions employ?
Answer: indigenous or surrogate
Question: What is one of the ways that Special Operations is different from conventional methods?
Answer: dependence on detailed operational intelligence |
Context: Towards the end of the season, Randy Jackson, the last remaining of the original judges, announced that he would no longer serve as a judge to pursue other business ventures. Both judges Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj also decided to leave after one season to focus on their music careers.
Question: Which long time judge decided to leave his position at the end of the season?
Answer: Randy Jackson
Question: How many seasons was Mariah Carey a judge on American Idol?
Answer: one
Question: Who announced this would be his final year as a judge?
Answer: Randy Jackson
Question: Who were the other judges to leave after this season?
Answer: Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj |
Context: The tradition holds that Virgil was born in the village of Andes, near Mantua in Cisalpine Gaul. Analysis of his name has led to beliefs that he descended from earlier Roman colonists. Modern speculation ultimately is not supported by narrative evidence either from his own writings or his later biographers. Macrobius says that Virgil's father was of a humble background; however, scholars generally believe that Virgil was from an equestrian landowning family which could afford to give him an education. He attended schools in Cremona, Mediolanum, Rome and Naples. After considering briefly a career in rhetoric and law, the young Virgil turned his talents to poetry.
Question: In which village does tradition believe Virgil was born?
Answer: Andes
Question: In which cities did Virgil attend schools?
Answer: Cremona, Mediolanum, Rome and Naples
Question: What other career did Virgil consider?
Answer: rhetoric and law
Question: Which type of family do scholars generally believe Virgil belonged to?
Answer: equestrian landowning
Question: Does Macrobius believe Virgil's father came from a distinguished or humble background?
Answer: humble
Question: Where was Virgil's father born?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What kind of family did Macrobius have?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What city did Virgil live the longest in?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Where was Macrobius born?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What career did Virgil's father have?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Conventionally, a computer consists of at least one processing element, typically a central processing unit (CPU), and some form of memory. The processing element carries out arithmetic and logic operations, and a sequencing and control unit can change the order of operations in response to stored information. Peripheral devices allow information to be retrieved from an external source, and the result of operations saved and retrieved.
Question: In computer terms, what does CPU stand for?
Answer: central processing unit
Question: What are the devices called that are from an external source?
Answer: Peripheral devices
Question: What are two things that a computer always has?
Answer: (CPU), and some form of memory |
Context: The ship RMS Saint Helena runs between St Helena and Cape Town on a 5-day voyage, also visiting Ascension Island and Walvis Bay, and occasionally voyaging north to Tenerife and Portland, UK. It berths in James Bay, St Helena approximately thirty times per year. The RMS Saint Helena was due for decommissioning in 2010. However, its service life has been extended indefinitely until the airport is completed.
Question: What ship runs between Saint Helena and Cape town on 5 day voyages?
Answer: RMS Saint Helena
Question: What year was the RMS Saint Helena supposed to be decommissioned?
Answer: 2010
Question: What needs to be completed before the RMS Saint Helena can be decommissioned?
Answer: the airport |
Context: The chapter house was built concurrently with the east parts of the abbey under Henry III, between about 1245 and 1253. It was restored by Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1872. The entrance is approached from the east cloister walk and includes a double doorway with a large tympanum above.
Question: Under whom was the chapter house built?
Answer: Henry III
Question: Who restored the chapter house in 1872?
Answer: Sir George Gilbert Scott
Question: Under whom wasn't the chapter house built?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Under whom was the chapter house torn down?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who restored the chapter house in 1827?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who destroyed the chapter house in 1872?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who restored the chapel house in 1872?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Tennessee politics, like that of most U.S. states, are dominated by the Republican and the Democratic parties. Historian Dewey W. Grantham traces divisions in the state to the period of the American Civil War: for decades afterward, the eastern third of the state was Republican and the western two thirds voted Democrat. This division was related to the state's pattern of farming, plantations and slaveholding. The eastern section was made up of yeoman farmers, but Middle and West Tennessee cultivated crops, such as tobacco and cotton, that were dependent on the use of slave labor. These areas became defined as Democratic after the war.
Question: Which are the two main parties in Tennessee politics?
Answer: Republican and the Democratic
Question: Which part of Tennessee voted more Republican in the years following the Civil War?
Answer: eastern
Question: What type of farmers inhabited eastern Tennessee in the late 19th century?
Answer: yeoman
Question: Which crops grown in West Tennessee had required a great deal of slave labor?
Answer: tobacco and cotton |
Context: Polytechnics were granted university status under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992. This meant that Polytechnics could confer degrees without the oversight of the national CNAA organization. These institutions are sometimes referred to as post-1992 universities.
Question: What act allowed polytechnic schools to become universities?
Answer: the Further and Higher Education Act 1992
Question: The Further and Higher Education Act 1992 allows polytechnics to award degrees without what organization's approval?
Answer: CNAA |
Context: Procopius wrote in 545 that "the Sclaveni and the Antae actually had a single name in the remote past; for they were both called Spori in olden times." He describes their social structure and beliefs:
Question: Who wrote in 545 that "the Sclaveni and the Antae actually had a single name in the remote past; for they were both called Spori in olden times."?
Answer: Procopius
Question: When did Procopius write that "the Sclaveni and the Antae actually had a single name in the remote past; for they were both called Spori in olden times."?
Answer: 545
Question: Procopius said Sclaveni and Antae were both called what?
Answer: Spori
Question: What does Procopius describe in his writings of the Sclaveni and Antae?
Answer: their social structure and beliefs
Question: Who did Procopius write about in 545?
Answer: the Sclaveni and the Antae
Question: Who called the Sclaveni Spori in olden times?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: In what year were the Sclaveni and Antae called Spori?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What were both Sclaveni and Spori once called?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What did Procopius write about in olden times?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What did the Spori describe in 545?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Various models of climate change have been projected into the 22nd century for the Alps, with an expectation that a trend toward increased temperatures will have an effect on snowfall, snowpack, glaciation, and river runoff.
Question: What has been projected into the 22nd century for the Alps?
Answer: Various models of climate change
Question: What will have an effect on snowfall, snowpack, glaciation, and river runoff?
Answer: increased temperatures
Question: What have the various models been of?
Answer: climate change |
Context: Methodism identifies principally with the theology of John Wesley—an Anglican priest and evangelist. This evangelical movement originated as a revival within the 18th-century Church of England and became a separate Church following Wesley's death. Because of vigorous missionary activity, the movement spread throughout the British Empire, the United States, and beyond, today claiming approximately 80 million adherents worldwide. Originally it appealed especially to workers, agricultural workers, and slaves.
Question: Who was the inspiration for Methodism?
Answer: John Wesley
Question: Who did Methodism originally attract?
Answer: workers, agricultural workers, and slaves
Question: What was John Wesley's occupation?
Answer: Anglican priest
Question: How many Methodists are there in the world today?
Answer: approximately 80 million
Question: How did the Methodist movement spread so far and wide?
Answer: vigorous missionary activity |
Context: Economist Mark Zandi testified to the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission in January 2010: "The securitization markets also remain impaired, as investors anticipate more loan losses. Investors are also uncertain about coming legal and accounting rule changes and regulatory reforms. Private bond issuance of residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, and CDOs peaked in 2006 at close to $2 trillion...In 2009, private issuance was less than $150 billion, and almost all of it was asset-backed issuance supported by the Federal Reserve's TALF program to aid credit card, auto and small-business lenders. Issuance of residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities and CDOs remains dormant."
Question: What economist testified to the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission in January 2010?
Answer: Mark Zandi
Question: In January 2010, what markets did Mark Zandi testify about that remain impaired and investors anticipate more loan losses?
Answer: securitization markets
Question: What was the value of CDOs at their peak in 2006?
Answer: close to $2 trillion
Question: What was the private issuance of CDOs in 2009?
Answer: less than $150 billion
Question: Almost all of the asset-backed issuance in 2009 was supported by what Federal Reserve program?
Answer: TALF |
Context: One philosophical school which has historically had a close relationship with process philosophy is American pragmatism. Whitehead himself thought highly of William James and John Dewey, and acknowledged his indebtedness to them in the preface to Process and Reality. Charles Hartshorne (along with Paul Weiss) edited the collected papers of Charles Sanders Peirce, one of the founders of pragmatism. Noted neopragmatist Richard Rorty was in turn a student of Hartshorne. Today, Nicholas Rescher is one example of a philosopher who advocates both process philosophy and pragmatism.
Question: What philosophy is closely related to process philosophy?
Answer: American pragmatism
Question: What pragmatists did Whitehead acknowledge in the preface to "Process and Reality"?
Answer: William James and John Dewey
Question: What founder of pragmatism's collected papers did Charles Hartshorne ans Paul Weiss edit?
Answer: Charles Sanders Peirce
Question: What important neopragmatist was Harthorne's student?
Answer: Richard Rorty
Question: Who is a philosopher that promotes process philosophy and pragmatism currently?
Answer: Nicholas Rescher
Question: What pragmatists did Whitehead not acknowledge in the preface to "Process and Reality"?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What founder of pragmatism's collected papers did Charles Hartshorne and Paul Weiss not edit?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What unimportant neopragmatist was Harthorne's student?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who is a philosopher that doesn't promote process philosophy and pragmatism currently?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: The first satellite, BeiDou-1A, was launched on October 31, 2000. The second satellite, BeiDou-1B, was successfully launched on December 21, 2000. The last operational satellite of the constellation, BeiDou-1C, was launched on May 25, 2003.
Question: When was the first satellite for the BeiDou-1 system launched?
Answer: October 31, 2000
Question: What was the first satellite for the BeiDou-1 system called?
Answer: BeiDou-1A
Question: When was the second satellite for the BeiDou-1 system launched?
Answer: December 21, 2000
Question: What was the second satellite for the BeiDou-1 system called?
Answer: BeiDou-1B
Question: When was the last satellite for the BeiDou-1 system launched?
Answer: May 25, 2003
Question: In what year was the fifth and final satellite launched?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: In what month was the fourth and final satellite launched?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: In what year was the first satellite, BeiDou-1C, launched?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: In what month was the first satellite, BeiDou-1X, launched?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: The second satellite was named BeiDou-12b and was launched in December of what year?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: During the Pacific War Funafuti was used as a base to prepare for the subsequent seaborn attacks on the Gilbert Islands (Kiribati) that were occupied by Japanese forces. The United States Marine Corps landed on Funafuti on 2 October 1942 and on Nanumea and Nukufetau in August 1943. The Japanese had already occupied Tarawa and other islands in what is now Kiribati, but were delayed by the losses at the Battle of the Coral Sea. The islanders assisted the American forces to build airfields on Funafuti, Nanumea and Nukufetau and to unload supplies from ships. On Funafuti the islanders shifted to the smaller islets so as to allow the American forces to build the airfield and to build naval bases and port facilities on Fongafale. A Naval Construction Battalion (Seabees) built a sea plane ramp on the lagoon side of Fongafale islet for seaplane operations by both short and long range seaplanes and a compacted coral runway was also constructed on Fongafale, with runways also constructed to create Nanumea Airfield and Nukufetau Airfield. USN Patrol Torpedo Boats (PTs) were based at Funafuti from 2 November 1942 to 11 May 1944.
Question: For what purpose was Funafuti used during the Pacific War?
Answer: a base
Question: What group occupied the Gilbert Islands?
Answer: Japanese forces
Question: What action delayed the Japanese occupation of the Gilbert Islands?
Answer: Battle of the Coral Sea
Question: From what time span were USN Torpedo Boats stationed at Funafuti?
Answer: 2 November 1942 to 11 May 1944
Question: On what islet did US forces build a seaplane ramp?
Answer: Fongafale |
Context: Montevideo is situated on the north shore of the Río de la Plata, the arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates the south coast of Uruguay from the north coast of Argentina; Buenos Aires lies 230 kilometres (140 mi) west on the Argentine side. The Santa Lucía River forms a natural border between Montevideo and San José Department to its west. To the city's north and east is Canelones Department, with the stream of Carrasco forming the eastern natural border. The coastline forming the city's southern border is interspersed with rocky protrusions and sandy beaches. The Bay of Montevideo forms a natural harbour, the nation's largest and one of the largest in the Southern Cone, and the finest natural port in the region, functioning as a crucial component of the Uruguayan economy and foreign trade. Various streams criss-cross the town and empty into the Bay of Montevideo. The coastline and rivers are heavily polluted and of high salinity.
Question: Montevideo is situated on the north shore of what?
Answer: the Río de la Plata
Question: What river forms a natural border between Montevideo and San Jose Department?
Answer: Santa Lucía River
Question: What does the Bay of Montevideo form?
Answer: a natural harbour |
Context: Non-English terms for air defence include the German Flak (Fliegerabwehrkanone, "aircraft defence cannon", also cited as Flugabwehrkanone), whence English flak, and the Russian term Protivovozdushnaya oborona (Cyrillic: Противовозду́шная оборо́на), a literal translation of "anti-air defence", abbreviated as PVO. In Russian the AA systems are called zenitnye (i.e. "pointing to zenith") systems (guns, missiles etc.). In French, air defence is called DCA (Défense contre les aéronefs, "aéronef" being the generic term for all kind of airborne device (airplane, airship, balloon, missile, rocket, etc.)).
Question: What is the Russian term for air defence?
Answer: Protivovozdushnaya oborona
Question: How is the Russian term for air defence abbreviated?
Answer: PVO
Question: What are the AA systems called in Russian?
Answer: zenitnye
Question: What is air defence called in French?
Answer: DCA
Question: What is the generic term for an airplane or rocket in French?
Answer: aéronef |
Context: The first major model for communication was introduced by Claude Shannon and Warren Weaver for Bell Laboratories in 1949 The original model was designed to mirror the functioning of radio and telephone technologies. Their initial model consisted of three primary parts: sender, channel, and receiver. The sender was the part of a telephone a person spoke into, the channel was the telephone itself, and the receiver was the part of the phone where one could hear the other person. Shannon and Weaver also recognized that often there is static that interferes with one listening to a telephone conversation, which they deemed noise.
Question: Who introduced the first major model for communication in 1949?
Answer: Claude Shannon and Warren Weaver
Question: What did the first model for communication consist of?
Answer: sender, channel, and receiver
Question: What was the sender in the initial model?
Answer: the part of a telephone a person spoke into
Question: What was the channel in the initial model?
Answer: the telephone itself
Question: What was the receiver in the initial model?
Answer: the part of the phone where one could hear the other person
Question: In 1945 the first communication model was introduced for what company?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What had two primary parts of a sender and a receiver?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: The channel was where one could hear what?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Shannon and Bell recognized that what interfered with listening to a telephone conversation?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Warren Shannon and Claude Weaver worked for whom?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: After the German occupation of France in 1940, Britain and the empire stood alone against Germany, until the entry of the Soviet Union to the war in 1941. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill successfully lobbied President Franklin D. Roosevelt for military aid from the United States, but Roosevelt was not yet ready to ask Congress to commit the country to war. In August 1941, Churchill and Roosevelt met and signed the Atlantic Charter, which included the statement that "the rights of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they live" should be respected. This wording was ambiguous as to whether it referred to European countries invaded by Germany, or the peoples colonised by European nations, and would later be interpreted differently by the British, Americans, and nationalist movements.
Question: When was France occupied by Germany?
Answer: 1940
Question: When was the Atlantic Charter signed?
Answer: August 1941
Question: Which British Prime Minister signed the Atlantic Charter?
Answer: Churchill
Question: Which US President signed the Atlantic Charter?
Answer: Roosevelt
Question: Which country first entered World War 2 after France's defeat?
Answer: Soviet Union |
Context: There are eight Island Courts and Lands Courts; appeals in relation to land disputes are made to the Lands Courts Appeal Panel. Appeals from the Island Courts and the Lands Courts Appeal Panel are made to the Magistrates Court, which has jurisdiction to hear civil cases involving up to $T10,000. The superior court is the High Court of Tuvalu as it has unlimited original jurisdiction to determine the Law of Tuvalu and to hear appeals from the lower courts. Sir Gordon Ward is the current Chief Justice of Tuvalu. Rulings of the High Court can be appealed to the Court of Appeal of Tuvalu. From the Court of Appeal there is a right of appeal to Her Majesty in Council, i.e., the Privy Council in London.
Question: How many courts are there on Tuvalu?
Answer: eight
Question: What is the name of the superior court of Tuvalu?
Answer: High Court of Tuvalu
Question: What is the High Court's right to determine?
Answer: Law of Tuvalu
Question: What judge is the Chief Justice of the Tuvalu High Court?
Answer: Sir Gordon Ward
Question: To where can judgments be appealed?
Answer: Court of Appeal of Tuvalu |
Context: The main representatives of the new style, often referred to as ars nova as opposed to the ars antiqua, were the composers Philippe de Vitry and Guillaume de Machaut. In Italy, where the Provençal troubadours had also found refuge, the corresponding period goes under the name of trecento, and the leading composers were Giovanni da Cascia, Jacopo da Bologna and Francesco Landini. Prominent reformer of Orthodox Church music from the first half of 14th century was John Kukuzelis; he also introduced a system of notation widely used in the Balkans in the following centuries.
Question: Who introduced a system of musical notation used in the Balkans in the 14th century?
Answer: John Kukuzelis
Question: What was the name of the new musical style introduced in the Late Middle Ages?
Answer: ars nova
Question: Which musical style did ars nova replace in the 14th century?
Answer: ars antiqua
Question: Who were the leading composers of the trecento period?
Answer: Giovanni da Cascia, Jacopo da Bologna and Francesco Landini
Question: Kukuzelis reformed the music of which religion?
Answer: Orthodox Church
Question: Who introduced a system of nonmusical notation used in the Balkans in the 14th century?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was the name of the old musical style introduced in the Late Middle Ages?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Which musical style did ars nova replace in the 13th century?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who were the nonleading composers of the trecento period?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Kukuzelis kept the music of which religion?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Ibn Sīnā wrote extensively on early Islamic philosophy, especially the subjects logic, ethics, and metaphysics, including treatises named Logic and Metaphysics. Most of his works were written in Arabic – then the language of science in the Middle East – and some in Persian. Of linguistic significance even to this day are a few books that he wrote in nearly pure Persian language (particularly the Danishnamah-yi 'Ala', Philosophy for Ala' ad-Dawla'). Ibn Sīnā's commentaries on Aristotle often criticized the philosopher,[citation needed] encouraging a lively debate in the spirit of ijtihad.
Question: In what language was most of Ibn Sina's works written in?
Answer: Arabic
Question: What is one subject that Ibn SIna specialized in?
Answer: ethics
Question: Ibn Sina also wrote some of his works in what other language?
Answer: Persian
Question: What famous philosopher did Ibn Sina criticize heavily?
Answer: Aristotle
Question: What is one of the subjects of a treatise by Ibn Sina?
Answer: Metaphysics
Question: Who composed most of their works in Greek?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Where was Greek the language of science?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who did Ibn Sina oftenpraise in his commentaries?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who's wrote many books in pure Persian language?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: In what language was none of Ibn Sina's works written in?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is one subject that Ibn SIna never specialized in?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Ibn Sina also wrote all of his works in what other language?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What famous philosopher did Ibn Sina idolize heavily?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is one of the objects of a treatise by Ibn Sina?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Society throughout Europe was disturbed by the dislocations caused by the Black Death. Lands that had been marginally productive were abandoned, as the survivors were able to acquire more fertile areas. Although serfdom declined in Western Europe it became more common in Eastern Europe, as landlords imposed it on those of their tenants who had previously been free. Most peasants in Western Europe managed to change the work they had previously owed to their landlords into cash rents. The percentage of serfs amongst the peasantry declined from a high of 90 to closer to 50 per cent by the end of the period. Landlords also became more conscious of common interests with other landholders, and they joined together to extort privileges from their governments. Partly at the urging of landlords, governments attempted to legislate a return to the economic conditions that existed before the Black Death. Non-clergy became increasingly literate, and urban populations began to imitate the nobility's interest in chivalry.
Question: By the end of this period, about what percentage of Western Europeans were serfs?
Answer: 50
Question: At serfdom's greatest extent, what percentage of Western Europeans were serfs?
Answer: 90
Question: In what part of Europe did serfdom increase in this period?
Answer: Eastern
Question: Instead of work, how did most Western European peasants pay their landlords in this period?
Answer: cash rents
Question: What noble interest did city-dwellers start to mimic in this period?
Answer: chivalry |
Context: Multiracial Americans are Americans who have mixed ancestry of "two or more races". The term may also include Americans of mixed-race ancestry who self-identify with just one group culturally and socially (cf. the one-drop rule). In the 2010 US census, approximately 9 million individuals, or 2.9% of the population, self-identified as multiracial. There is evidence that an accounting by genetic ancestry would produce a higher number, but people live according to social and cultural identities, not DNA. Historical reasons, including slavery creating a racial caste and the European-American suppression of Native Americans, often led people to identify or be classified by only one ethnicity, generally that of the culture in which they were raised. Prior to the mid-20th century, many people hid their multiracial heritage because of racial discrimination against minorities. While many Americans may be biologically multiracial, they often do not know it or do not identify so culturally, any more than they maintain all the differing traditions of a variety of national ancestries.
Question: Before the mid-20th century were people open about their muticultural heritage and why or why not?
Answer: Prior to the mid-20th century, many people hid their multiracial heritage because of racial discrimination against minorities.
Question: Are all muticultural Americans aware of their cultural heritage?
Answer: While many Americans may be biologically multiracial, they often do not know it
Question: Approximentally how many Americans identified themselves as multiracial in the 2010 US census?
Answer: In the 2010 US census, approximately 9 million individuals, or 2.9% of the population, self-identified as multiracial.
Question: What is the accepted definition of "multicultural" ancestry?
Answer: Multiracial Americans are Americans who have mixed ancestry of "two or more races".
Question: Why did muticultural Americans hid their heritage?
Answer: Prior to the mid-20th century, many people hid their multiracial heritage because of racial discrimination against minorities
Question: Are all multicultural Americans aware of their heritage?
Answer: While many Americans may be biologically multiracial, they often do not know it
Question: Which cultural do multicultural people usually identify with?
Answer: , generally that of the culture in which they were raised.
Question: What are people most likely to identify themselves as?
Answer: the culture in which they were raised
Question: Would DNA show a higher number or lower number of mutliracial people than those reported in the census?
Answer: higher number
Question: What does it mean to be a mutliracial?
Answer: two or more races
Question: How many multiracial people in the US were there in 2010?
Answer: approximately 9 million individuals
Question: When did people stop hiding mutliracial heritage?
Answer: the mid-20th century
Question: How many individuals identified as multiracial in the 2000 US census?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What percentage of the population did not identify as multiracial?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What would most likely produce a lower number of multiracial people?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What often led to people identifying or being classified by multiple ethnicities?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What did many people do with their multiracial identities after the mid-20th century?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Additionally, Richmond is gaining attention from the film and television industry, with several high-profile films shot in the metro region in the past few years, including the major motion picture Lincoln which led to Daniel Day-Lewis's third Oscar, Killing Kennedy with Rob Lowe, airing on the National Geographic Channel and Turn, starring Jamie Bell and airing on AMC. In 2015 Richmond will be the main filming location for the upcoming PBS drama series Mercy Street, which will premiere in Winter 2016. Several organizations, including the Virginia Film Office and the Virginia Production Alliance, along with events like the Richmond International Film Festival and French Film Festival, continue to put draw supporters of film and media to the region.
Question: What movie, which filmed in Richmond, featured Daniel Day-Lewis?
Answer: Lincoln
Question: Who notably appeared in Killing Kennedy?
Answer: Rob Lowe
Question: On what television channel can the show Turn be seen?
Answer: AMC
Question: When will Mercy Street first be shown on television?
Answer: Winter 2016
Question: What channel is Killing Kennedy on?
Answer: National Geographic Channel |
Context: Yugoslavia organized the Yugoslav People's Army (Jugoslavenska narodna armija, or JNA) from the Partisan movement and became the fourth strongest army in Europe at the time. The State Security Administration (Uprava državne bezbednosti/sigurnosti/varnosti, UDBA) was also formed as the new secret police, along with a security agency, the Department of People's Security (Organ Zaštite Naroda (Armije), OZNA). Yugoslav intelligence was charged with imprisoning and bringing to trial large numbers of Nazi collaborators; controversially, this included Catholic clergymen due to the widespread involvement of Croatian Catholic clergy with the Ustaša regime. Draža Mihailović was found guilty of collaboration, high treason and war crimes and was subsequently executed by firing squad in July 1946.
Question: What was formed as the new secret police?
Answer: The State Security Administration
Question: Who was charged with brining to trial large numbers of Nazi collaborators?
Answer: Yugoslav intelligence
Question: Who were controversial among those brought to trial for Nazi collaboration?
Answer: Catholic clergymen
Question: Who was found guilty of collaboration, high treason?
Answer: Draža Mihailović
Question: How was Draza executed?
Answer: firing squad |
Context: In some societies, clothing may be used to indicate rank or status. In ancient Rome, for example, only senators could wear garments dyed with Tyrian purple. In traditional Hawaiian society, only high-ranking chiefs could wear feather cloaks and palaoa, or carved whale teeth. Under the Travancore Kingdom of Kerala, (India), lower caste women had to pay a tax for the right to cover their upper body. In China, before establishment of the republic, only the emperor could wear yellow. History provides many examples of elaborate sumptuary laws that regulated what people could wear. In societies without such laws, which includes most modern societies, social status is instead signaled by the purchase of rare or luxury items that are limited by cost to those with wealth or status. In addition, peer pressure influences clothing choice.
Question: Who was allowed to wear gamrents dyed with Tyrian purple in ancient Rome?
Answer: senators
Question: Who was allowed to wear feather cloaks and palaoa in old school Hawaiian society?
Answer: high-ranking chiefs
Question: What right were lower caste women required to pay a tax to acquire?
Answer: the right to cover their upper body
Question: What country once only allowed their emperor to wear yellow?
Answer: China
Question: What can peer pressure influence?
Answer: clothing choice
Question: Who is not allowed to wear garments dyed purple in ancient Rome
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is not used to indicate rancor status?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: In one country could the Emperor not wear yellow?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: what kind of laws do not regulate what people could wear
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: The city's largest private school by number of students is Temple University, followed by Drexel University. Along with the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University and Drexel University make up the city's major research universities. The city is also home to five schools of medicine: Drexel University College of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, and the Thomas Jefferson University. Hospitals, universities, and higher education research institutions in Philadelphia's four congressional districts received more than $252 million in National Institutes of Health grants in 2015.
Question: What is the largest private institution in the city?
Answer: Temple University
Question: What are the 3 research universities in the city?
Answer: University of Pennsylvania, Temple University and Drexel University
Question: How many med schools are there?
Answer: five |
Context: Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, derived features of and episodes about Bolgia from Arabic works on Islamic eschatology: the Hadith and the Kitab al-Miraj (translated into Latin in 1264 or shortly before as Liber Scale Machometi) concerning the ascension to Heaven of Muhammad, and the spiritual writings of Ibn Arabi. The Moors also had a noticeable influence on the works of George Peele and William Shakespeare. Some of their works featured Moorish characters, such as Peele's The Battle of Alcazar and Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, Titus Andronicus and Othello, which featured a Moorish Othello as its title character. These works are said to have been inspired by several Moorish delegations from Morocco to Elizabethan England at the beginning of the 17th century.
Question: In what year was Kitab al-Miraj likely translated into Latin?
Answer: in 1264 or shortly before
Question: Who wrote the Divine Comedy?
Answer: Dante Alighieri
Question: Which works by Shakespeare is believed to be inspired by The Moors?
Answer: Merchant of Venice, Titus Andronicus and Othello
Question: In what century is it believed that delegations of Moors began to influence western works by the likes of Shakespeare?
Answer: 17th century
Question: What aspects from Islamic works did the Divine Comedy feature?
Answer: episodes about Bolgia from Arabic works on Islamic eschatology
Question: What was translated to Latin in the 12th century?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Whose works influenced the Moors?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who visited Elizabethan England in the 1700's?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Whose works featured Arabian Characters?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Some bacteria produce intracellular nutrient storage granules for later use, such as glycogen, polyphosphate, sulfur or polyhydroxyalkanoates. Certain bacterial species, such as the photosynthetic Cyanobacteria, produce internal gas vesicles, which they use to regulate their buoyancy – allowing them to move up or down into water layers with different light intensities and nutrient levels. Intracellular membranes called chromatophores are also found in membranes of phototrophic bacteria. Used primarily for photosynthesis, they contain bacteriochlorophyll pigments and carotenoids. An early idea was that bacteria might contain membrane folds termed mesosomes, but these were later shown to be artifacts produced by the chemicals used to prepare the cells for electron microscopy. Inclusions are considered to be nonliving components of the cell that do not possess metabolic activity and are not bounded by membranes. The most common inclusions are glycogen, lipid droplets, crystals, and pigments. Volutin granules are cytoplasmic inclusions of complexed inorganic polyphosphate. These granules are called metachromatic granules due to their displaying the metachromatic effect; they appear red or blue when stained with the blue dyes methylene blue or toluidine blue. Gas vacuoles, which are freely permeable to gas, are membrane-bound vesicles present in some species of Cyanobacteria. They allow the bacteria to control their buoyancy. Microcompartments are widespread, membrane-bound organelles that are made of a protein shell that surrounds and encloses various enzymes. Carboxysomes are bacterial microcompartments that contain enzymes involved in carbon fixation. Magnetosomes are bacterial microcompartments, present in magnetotactic bacteria, that contain magnetic crystals.
Question: What types of intracellar nutrient can bacteria produce?
Answer: glycogen, polyphosphate, sulfur or polyhydroxyalkanoates
Question: How does gas vesicles produced by Cyanobacteria help her to move in water?
Answer: move up or down into water layers with different light intensities
Question: What are chromatophores used for?
Answer: photosynthesis
Question: What are the most common nonliving compositions in bacteria?
Answer: glycogen, lipid droplets, crystals, and pigments
Question: What gas vacuoles are respoonsible for in bacteria?
Answer: to control their buoyancy |
Context: A new delimitation of the federal territory has been discussed since the Federal Republic was founded in 1949 and even before. Committees and expert commissions advocated a reduction of the number of states; academics (Rutz, Miegel, Ottnad etc.) and politicians (Döring, Apel, and others) made proposals – some of them far-reaching – for redrawing boundaries but hardly anything came of these public discussions. Territorial reform is sometimes propagated by the richer states as a means to avoid or reduce fiscal transfers.
Question: What has been discussed since the Federal Republic was founded in 1949?
Answer: new delimitation of the federal territory
Question: What have experts advocated in regards to delimitation?
Answer: a reduction of the number of states
Question: What is propagated by the richer states as a means to avoid or reduce fiscal transfers?
Answer: Territorial reform
Question: Since when has the delimitation of state territories been discussed?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who advocated an increase in the number of states?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Which public discussions had far-reaching appeal?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Why do poorer states propagate territorial reform?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What advantage is it for richer states if territorial reform is enacted?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: During the SNES's life, Nintendo contracted with two different companies to develop a CD-ROM-based peripheral for the console to compete with Sega's CD-ROM based addon, Mega-CD. Ultimately, deals with both Sony and Philips fell through, (although a prototype console was produced by Sony) with Philips gaining the right to release a series of titles based on Nintendo franchises for its CD-i multimedia player and Sony going on to develop its own console based on its initial dealings with Nintendo (the PlayStation).
Question: Which companies did Nintendo try to get to make a CD add-on for the SNES?
Answer: Sony and Philips
Question: What was Philips' multimedia system?
Answer: CD-i
Question: What competing console did Sony release after working with Nintendo?
Answer: PlayStation
Question: What was Sega's CD add-on?
Answer: Mega-CD
Question: What did Sony do to develop a CD ROM to compete with Philips?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was the name of Sony's CD ROM?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What happened to the deals made with Sega?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What did Sega develop after its first dealings with Philips?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was Sega's multimedia player?
Answer: Unanswerable |
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