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Context: Several Islamic kingdoms (sultanates) under both foreign and, newly converted, Rajput rulers were established across the north western subcontinent (Afghanistan and Pakistan) over a period of a few centuries. From the 10th century, Sindh was ruled by the Rajput Soomra dynasty, and later, in the mid-13th century by the Rajput Samma dynasty. Additionally, Muslim trading communities flourished throughout coastal south India, particularly on the western coast where Muslim traders arrived in small numbers, mainly from the Arabian peninsula. This marked the introduction of a third Abrahamic Middle Eastern religion, following Judaism and Christianity, often in puritanical form. Mahmud of Ghazni in the early 11th century raided mainly the north-western parts of the Indian sub-continent 17 times, but he did not seek to establish "permanent dominion" in those areas.
Question: In what areas of India were Islamic kingdoms formed over a period of centuries?
Answer: Afghanistan and Pakistan
Question: What Muslim endeavors thrived on the coastal areas of south India?
Answer: trading communities
Question: Which south Indian coast was favored by Muslim traders?
Answer: western coast
Question: From where did the Arab traders come in order to trade on the west coast of India?
Answer: Arabian peninsula
Question: Besides the newly introduced Islamic religion, what other Abrahamic religions were practiced in India?
Answer: Judaism and Christianity |
Context: In the years following the mid-1930s, Detroit was referred to as the "City of Champions" after the Tigers, Lions, and Red Wings captured all three major professional sports championships in a seven-month period of time (the Tigers won the World Series in October 1935; the Lions won the NFL championship in December 1935; the Red Wings won the Stanley Cup in April 1936). In 1932, Eddie "The Midnight Express" Tolan from Detroit won the 100- and 200-meter races and two gold medals at the 1932 Summer Olympics. Joe Louis won the heavyweight championship of the world in 1937.
Question: What is Detroit's sports related nickname?
Answer: City of Champions
Question: What is Eddie Tolan's nickname?
Answer: The Midnight Express
Question: Who won the boxing title in 1937?
Answer: Joe Louis
Question: Who won the Stanley Cup in 1936?
Answer: Red Wings
Question: Who won the World Series in 1935?
Answer: Tigers |
Context: In March 2006, a law was introduced to forbid smoking in all enclosed public places in Scotland. Wales followed suit in April 2007, with England introducing the ban in July 2007. Pub landlords had raised concerns prior to the implementation of the law that a smoking ban would have a negative impact on sales. After two years, the impact of the ban was mixed; some pubs suffered declining sales, while others developed their food sales. The Wetherspoon pub chain reported in June 2009 that profits were at the top end of expectations; however, Scottish & Newcastle's takeover by Carlsberg and Heineken was reported in January 2008 as partly the result of its weakness following falling sales due to the ban. Similar bans are applied in Australian pubs with smoking only allowed in designated areas.
Question: In what month and year was smoking banned in public places in Scotland?
Answer: March 2006
Question: When did Wales outlaw smoking in public?
Answer: April 2007
Question: What was the month and year when England banned public smoking?
Answer: July 2007
Question: What company took over Scottish & Newcastle's pubs?
Answer: Carlsberg and Heineken
Question: What chain of pubs reported favorable profits in June 2009?
Answer: Wetherspoon |
Context: The largest cemetery is the Cementerio del Norte, located in the northern-central part of the city. The Central Cemetery (Spanish: Cementerio central), located in Barrio Sur in the southern area of the city, is one of Uruguay's main cemeteries. It was one of the first cemeteries (in contrast to church graveyards) in the country, founded in 1835 in a time where burials were still carried out by the Catholic Church. It is the burial place of many of the most famous Uruguayans, such as Eduardo Acevedo, Delmira Agustini, Luis Batlle Berres, José Batlle y Ordóñez, Juan Manuel Blanes, François Ducasse, father of Comte de Lautréamont (Isidore Ducasse), Luis Alberto de Herrera, Benito Nardone, José Enrique Rodó, and Juan Zorrilla de San Martín.
Question: What is the largest cemetery?
Answer: Cementerio del Norte
Question: Where is the Central Cemetery located?
Answer: Barrio Sur
Question: What year was the Central Cemetery founded?
Answer: 1835 |
Context: Some predators take advantage of the concentration of birds during migration. Greater noctule bats feed on nocturnal migrating passerines. Some birds of prey specialize on migrating waders.
Question: Who takes advantage of migrating birds?
Answer: Greater noctule bats
Question: What do greater noctule bats feed on?
Answer: nocturnal migrating passerines
Question: What do some birds of prey specialize on?
Answer: migrating waders |
Context: On 9 February 2014, Swiss voters narrowly approved by 50.3% a ballot initiative launched by the national conservative Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC) to restrict immigration, and thus reintroducing a quota system on the influx of foreigners. This initiative was mostly backed by rural (57.6% approvals), suburban (51.2% approvals), and isolated cities (51.3% approvals) of Switzerland as well as by a strong majority (69.2% approval) in the canton of Ticino, while metropolitan centres (58.5% rejection) and the French-speaking part (58.5% rejection) of Switzerland rather rejected it. Some news commentators claim that this proposal de facto contradicts the bilateral agreements on the free movement of persons from these respective countries.
Question: In February of 2014, what did Swiss voters narrowly approve to restrict?
Answer: immigration
Question: What was reintroduced on the influx of foreigners in February of 2014?
Answer: a quota system
Question: Which centres of Switzerland mostly rejected the quota system for foreigners?
Answer: metropolitan
Question: What was the rejection rate of the quota system by the French speaking part of Switzerland?
Answer: 58.5%
Question: What do some news commentators claim is violated by the restricted immigration proposal?
Answer: bilateral agreements on the free movement of persons |
Context: Kerry established a separate political action committee, Keeping America's Promise, which declared as its mandate "A Democratic Congress will restore accountability to Washington and help change a disastrous course in Iraq", and raised money and channeled contributions to Democratic candidates in state and federal races. Through Keeping America's Promise in 2005, Kerry raised over $5.5 million for other Democrats up and down the ballot. Through his campaign account and his political action committee, the Kerry campaign operation generated more than $10 million for various party committees and 179 candidates for the U.S. House, Senate, state and local offices in 42 states focusing on the midterm elections during the 2006 election cycle. "Cumulatively, John Kerry has done as much if not more than any other individual senator", Hassan Nemazee, the national finance chairman of the DSCC said.
Question: What was Kerry's PAC?
Answer: Keeping America's Promise
Question: What was the mission of Keeping America's Promise?
Answer: "A Democratic Congress will restore accountability to Washington and help change a disastrous course in Iraq"
Question: How many down-ballot candidates did Kerry help support?
Answer: 179
Question: How many states' down-ballot candidates did Kerry help support?
Answer: 42
Question: Which election did Kerry's PAC focus on?
Answer: the midterm elections during the 2006 election cycle |
Context: The movement to translate English and European texts transformed the Arabic and Ottoman Turkish languages, and new words, simplified syntax, and directness came to be valued over the previous convolutions. Educated Arabs and Turks in the new professions and the modernized civil service expressed skepticism, writes Christopher de Bellaigue, "with a freedom that is rarely witnessed today.... No longer was legitimate knowledge defined by texts in the religious schools, interpreted for the most part with stultifying literalness. It had come to include virtually any intellectual production anywhere in the world." One of the neologisms that, in a way, came to characterize the infusion of new ideas via translation was "darwiniya", or "Darwinism".
Question: What transformed Arabic languages?
Answer: movement to translate English and European texts
Question: What came to be valued over previous convolutions?
Answer: new words, simplified syntax, and directness
Question: Who expressed skepticism regarding the transformation of Arabic?
Answer: Educated Arabs and Turks
Question: What was legitimate knowledge no longer defined by?
Answer: texts in the religious schools
Question: What was a neologism expressing the introduction of new ideas via translation?
Answer: Darwinism
Question: What kept Arabic languages the same?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What came to be hated over previous convolutions?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who expressed hostility regarding the transformation of Arabic?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was fake knowledge no longer defined by?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was not considered a neologism expressing the introduction of new ideas via translation?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Jehovah's Witnesses believe that the Bible condemns the mixing of religions, on the basis that there can only be one truth from God, and therefore reject interfaith and ecumenical movements. They believe that only their religion represents true Christianity, and that other religions fail to meet all the requirements set by God and will soon be destroyed. Jehovah's Witnesses are taught that it is vital to remain "separate from the world." The Witnesses' literature defines the "world" as "the mass of mankind apart from Jehovah's approved servants" and teach that it is morally contaminated and ruled by Satan. Witnesses are taught that association with "worldly" people presents a "danger" to their faith, and are instructed to minimize social contact with non-members to better maintain their own standards of morality.
Question: Why do Jehovah Witnesses believe the Bible condemns mixing of religions?
Answer: can only be one truth from God
Question: What do Jehovah Witnesses believe is true of their religion and their religion alone?
Answer: represents true Christianity
Question: What are Jehovah Witnesses taught it's vital to remain?
Answer: "separate from the world."
Question: What does Jehovah Witnesses define the "world" to mean?
Answer: "the mass of mankind apart from Jehovah's approved servants"
Question: What are Jehovah Witnesses taught association with worldly people presents to their faith?
Answer: danger
Question: What Protestant religion is open to talking with outsiders?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What Protestant religion encourage interacting with the broader world?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What Protestant group is fine with the mixing of religions?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What Protestant group thinks there can be many truths from God?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Early digital computers were electromechanical; electric switches drove mechanical relays to perform the calculation. These devices had a low operating speed and were eventually superseded by much faster all-electric computers, originally using vacuum tubes. The Z2, created by German engineer Konrad Zuse in 1939, was one of the earliest examples of an electromechanical relay computer.
Question: Who created the relay computer, the Z2?
Answer: Konrad Zuse
Question: When did Konrad Zuse invent the Z2?
Answer: 1939
Question: What is one of the first electromechanical relay computers?
Answer: The Z2
Question: Konrad Zuse was an engineer with what nationality?
Answer: German |
Context: Domestic dogs often display the remnants of countershading, a common natural camouflage pattern. A countershaded animal will have dark coloring on its upper surfaces and light coloring below, which reduces its general visibility. Thus, many breeds will have an occasional "blaze", stripe, or "star" of white fur on their chest or underside.
Question: When a dog has a camouflage pattern on its coat, this is called what?
Answer: countershading
Question: A dog with countershading has dark coloring where?
Answer: upper surfaces
Question: A natural camo pattern is known as what?
Answer: countershading
Question: What color is on a dogs upper surfaces if it has countershading?
Answer: dark coloring
Question: What is reduced when a dog has countershading?
Answer: visibility |
Context: Art historian Hravard Hakobyan notes that "Artsakh carpets occupy a special place in the history of Armenian carpet-making." Common themes and patterns found on Armenian carpets were the depiction of dragons and eagles. They were diverse in style, rich in color and ornamental motifs, and were even separated in categories depending on what sort of animals were depicted on them, such as artsvagorgs (eagle-carpets), vishapagorgs (dragon-carpets) and otsagorgs (serpent-carpets). The rug mentioned in the Kaptavan inscriptions is composed of three arches, "covered with vegatative ornaments", and bears an artistic resemblance to the illuminated manuscripts produced in Artsakh.
Question: What is Hakobyan's career?
Answer: Art historian
Question: What creatures are often depicted on Armenian carpets?
Answer: dragons and eagles
Question: What are artsvagorgs?
Answer: eagle-carpets
Question: What are vishapagorgs?
Answer: dragon-carpets
Question: What are otsagorgs?
Answer: serpent-carpets
Question: What is Artsakh's profession?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What two motifs were usually found in Kaptavian inscriptions?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What are the Hravard inscriptions composed of?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What are the Hravard inscriptions similar to?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What are manuscripts separated into depending on the animals on them?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: With regard to a safety net, Hayek advocated "some provision for those threatened by the extremes of indigence or starvation, be if only in the interest of those who require protection against acts of desperation on the part of the needy." As referenced in the section on "The economic calculation problem," Hayek wrote that "there is no reason why... the state should not help to organize a comprehensive system of social insurance." Summarizing on this topic, Wapshott writes "[Hayek] advocated mandatory universal health care and unemployment insurance, enforced, if not directly provided, by the state." Bernard Harcourt says that "Hayek was adamant about this." In the 1973 Law, Legislation, and Liberty, Hayek wrote:
Question: According to Wapshott, who was promoting the implementation of universal health care?
Answer: Hayek
Question: Who did Hayek say should provide a safety net for society?
Answer: the state
Question: In which of Hayek's works did he make his statements regarding social insurance?
Answer: The economic calculation problem
Question: Who made the claim that Hayek was particularly determined regarding his beliefs on social insurance and a safety net?
Answer: Bernard Harcourt |
Context: Beginning with the surge in coal use which accompanied the Industrial Revolution, energy consumption has steadily transitioned from wood and biomass to fossil fuels. The early development of solar technologies starting in the 1860s was driven by an expectation that coal would soon become scarce. However, development of solar technologies stagnated in the early 20th century in the face of the increasing availability, economy, and utility of coal and petroleum.
Question: Why was solar technology developed in the 1860s?
Answer: driven by an expectation that coal would soon become scarce
Question: What slowed the development of solar technologies in the early 20th century?
Answer: increasing availability, economy, and utility of coal and petroleum |
Context: Other mammals found in Greater London are hedgehogs, rats, mice, rabbit, shrew, vole, and squirrels, In wilder areas of Outer London, such as Epping Forest, a wide variety of mammals are found including hare, badger, field, bank and water vole, wood mouse, yellow-necked mouse, mole, shrew, and weasel, in addition to fox, squirrel and hedgehog. A dead otter was found at The Highway, in Wapping, about a mile from the Tower Bridge, which would suggest that they have begun to move back after being absent a hundred years from the city. Ten of England's eighteen species of bats have been recorded in Epping Forest: soprano, nathusius and common pipistrelles, noctule, serotine, barbastelle, daubenton's, brown Long-eared, natterer's and leisler's.
Question: Epping Forest is home for how many species of bats?
Answer: Ten
Question: What animal was found dead at the Highway in Wapping, near the Tower Bridge?
Answer: otter
Question: It appears that otters may be returning to the city of London after how long an absence?
Answer: a hundred years
Question: How many species of bats exist in England?
Answer: eighteen |
Context: General-in-Chief He Jin (d. 189 AD), half-brother to Empress He (d. 189 AD), plotted with Yuan Shao (d. 202 AD) to overthrow the eunuchs by having several generals march to the outskirts of the capital. There, in a written petition to Empress He, they demanded the eunuchs' execution. After a period of hesitation, Empress He consented. When the eunuchs discovered this, however, they had her brother He Miao (何苗) rescind the order. The eunuchs assassinated He Jin on September 22, 189 AD. Yuan Shao then besieged Luoyang's Northern Palace while his brother Yuan Shu (d. 199 AD) besieged the Southern Palace. On September 25 both palaces were breached and approximately two thousand eunuchs were killed. Zhang Rang had previously fled with Emperor Shao (r. 189 AD) and his brother Liu Xie—the future Emperor Xian of Han (r. 189–220 AD). While being pursued by the Yuan brothers, Zhang committed suicide by jumping into the Yellow River.
Question: Who was assassinated on September 22, 189 AD?
Answer: He Jin
Question: Who agreed to the execuation of the eunuchs?
Answer: Empress He
Question: Who negated the execution order on the eunuchs?
Answer: He Miao
Question: Who was the family member that Emperor Shao escaped with?
Answer: Liu Xie
Question: What did General-in-Chief He petition Empress He for?
Answer: the eunuchs' execution |
Context: Due to great differences in terrain, the climate of the province is highly variable. In general it has strong monsoonal influences, with rainfall heavily concentrated in the summer. Under the Köppen climate classification, the Sichuan Basin (including Chengdu) in the eastern half of the province experiences a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa or Cfa), with long, hot, humid summers and short, mild to cool, dry and cloudy winters. Consequently, it has China's lowest sunshine totals. The western region has mountainous areas producing a cooler but sunnier climate. Having cool to very cold winters and mild summers, temperatures generally decrease with greater elevation. However, due to high altitude and its inland location, many areas such as Garze County and Zoige County in Sichuan exhibit a subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc)- featuring extremely cold winters down to -30 °C and even cold summer nights. The region is geologically active with landslides and earthquakes. Average elevation ranges from 2,000 to 3,500 meters; average temperatures range from 0 to 15 °C. The southern part of the province, including Panzhihua and Xichang, has a sunny climate with short, very mild winters and very warm to hot summers.
Question: What climate classification does the Sichuan Basin hold?
Answer: humid subtropical climate
Question: What area of China has the least amount of sunlight?
Answer: the Sichuan Basin
Question: Garze County and Zoige County in Sichuan experience what kind of climate?
Answer: subarctic climate
Question: What is the range of average elevation in the Sichuan Basin?
Answer: 2,000 to 3,500 meters
Question: What is the range of average temperature in the Sichuan Basin?
Answer: 0 to 15 °C
Question: What basin area has a humid tropical climate?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What area of China has the least amount of sunlight?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What two counties have an arctic climate?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Whare is the average elevation 2,000 tp 3.000 miles?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What climate classification does the Garze Basin hold?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What area of China has the least amount of earthquakes?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What kind of climate does Koppen County in Sichuan experience?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is the range of average elevation in the Garze Basin?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is the range of average temperature in the Garze Basin?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: The New York City Fire Department (FDNY), provides fire protection, technical rescue, primary response to biological, chemical, and radioactive hazards, and emergency medical services for the five boroughs of New York City. The New York City Fire Department is the largest municipal fire department in the United States and the second largest in the world after the Tokyo Fire Department. The FDNY employs approximately 11,080 uniformed firefighters and over 3,300 uniformed EMTs and paramedics. The FDNY's motto is New York's Bravest.
Question: What is the largest fire department force in the world?
Answer: Tokyo Fire Department
Question: What is the second largest fire department force in the world?
Answer: The New York City Fire Department
Question: What is the The New York City Fire Department's motto?
Answer: New York's Bravest
Question: What does FDNY stand for?
Answer: New York City Fire Department
Question: What city is home to the largest municipal fire department in the world?
Answer: Tokyo
Question: How many firefighters work for the New York City Fire Department?
Answer: 11,080
Question: The FDNY employs about how many paramedics and EMTs?
Answer: 3,300
Question: What is the motto of the New York City Fire Department?
Answer: New York's Bravest |
Context: Three counties of the Washington District (now part of Tennessee) broke off from North Carolina in 1784 and formed the State of Franklin. Efforts to obtain admission to the Union failed, and the counties (now numbering eight) had re-joined North Carolina by 1789. North Carolina ceded the area to the federal government in 1790, after which it was organized into the Southwest Territory. In an effort to encourage settlers to move west into the new territory, in 1787 the mother state of North Carolina ordered a road to be cut to take settlers into the Cumberland Settlements—from the south end of Clinch Mountain (in East Tennessee) to French Lick (Nashville). The Trace was called the "North Carolina Road" or "Avery's Trace", and sometimes "The Wilderness Road" (although it should not be confused with Daniel Boone's "Wilderness Road" through the Cumberland Gap).
Question: What was the name of the state that three North Carolina counties hoped to form in 1784?
Answer: Franklin
Question: What was the name given to the land that North Carolina transferred to the federal government in 1790?
Answer: Southwest Territory
Question: What town marked the western extent of the Cumberland Settlements?
Answer: French Lick
Question: What other name does the North Carolina Road share with Daniel Boone's passage through the Cumberland Gap?
Answer: Wilderness Road |
Context: Deleuze's and Latour's opinions, however, are minority ones, as Whitehead has not been recognized as particularly influential within the most dominant philosophical schools. It is impossible to say exactly why Whitehead's influence has not been more widespread, but it may be partly due to his metaphysical ideas seeming somewhat counter-intuitive (such as his assertion that matter is an abstraction), or his inclusion of theistic elements in his philosophy, or the perception of metaphysics itself as passé, or simply the sheer difficulty and density of his prose.
Question: What is the general opinion of Whitehead in most philosophical schools?
Answer: Whitehead has not been recognized as particularly influential within the most dominant philosophical schools
Question: what is an example of Whitehead's ideas being counter-intuitive?
Answer: his assertion that matter is an abstraction
Question: What is a common opinion of metaphysics?
Answer: perception of metaphysics itself as passé
Question: Why do some people believe Whitehead's writings may have restricted his influence?
Answer: the sheer difficulty and density of his prose
Question: What is the general opinion of Whitehead in less philosophical schools?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: what is an example of Whitehead's ideas not being counter-intuitive?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is an uncommon opinion of metaphysics?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Why do some people believe Whitehead's writings may have not restricted his influence?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: In response to the publication of the secret protocols and other secret German–Soviet relations documents in the State Department edition Nazi–Soviet Relations (1948), Stalin published Falsifiers of History, which included the claim that, during the Pact's operation, Stalin rejected Hitler's claim to share in a division of the world, without mentioning the Soviet offer to join the Axis. That version persisted, without exception, in historical studies, official accounts, memoirs and textbooks published in the Soviet Union until the Soviet Union's dissolution.
Question: What year was Joseph Stalin’s version of the pact published?
Answer: 1948
Question: What was the Soviet response to the Nazi-Soviet Relations publication
Answer: Falsifiers of History
Question: How long did Stalins version of what happened between the Germans and the Soviets last?
Answer: until the Soviet Union's dissolution
Question: What year wasn't Joseph Stalin’s version of the pact published?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What year was Joseph Stalin’s version of the pact unpublished?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What wasn't the Soviet response to the Nazi-Soviet Relations publication
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How long didn't Stalins version of what happened between the Germans and the Soviets last?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How long did Stalins version of what happened between the British and the Soviets last?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Mach argued that, in effect, the water experiment in an otherwise empty universe would remain flat. But if another object were introduced into this universe, perhaps a distant star, there would now be something relative to which the bucket could be seen as rotating. The water inside the bucket could possibly have a slight curve. To account for the curve that we observe, an increase in the number of objects in the universe also increases the curvature in the water. Mach argued that the momentum of an object, whether angular or linear, exists as a result of the sum of the effects of other objects in the universe (Mach's Principle).
Question: What did Mach argue about the water experiment in an otherwise empty universe?
Answer: would remain flat
Question: What did Mach argue would happen if another object were introduce in the bucket's universe?
Answer: the bucket could be seen as rotating
Question: What does the increase in the number of objects in the universe do to the curvature of the water?
Answer: increases the curvature
Question: The Mach argument is called what?
Answer: Mach's Principle
Question: Mach argued that the momentum of an object exists as a result of the sum of the effects of what?
Answer: effects of other objects in the universe
Question: Who argued that the water experiment in an empty univers would never be flat?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What would need to be removed from the universe to prove that the bucket was moving?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What decreases as objects are added to the universe?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What principle argues that the momentum of an object is independent of other objects in the universe?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: On 29 May 1842, Victoria was riding in a carriage along The Mall, London, when John Francis aimed a pistol at her but the gun did not fire; he escaped. The following day, Victoria drove the same route, though faster and with a greater escort, in a deliberate attempt to provoke Francis to take a second aim and catch him in the act. As expected, Francis shot at her, but he was seized by plain-clothes policemen, and convicted of high treason. On 3 July, two days after Francis's death sentence was commuted to transportation for life, John William Bean also tried to fire a pistol at the Queen, but it was loaded only with paper and tobacco and had too little charge. Edward Oxford felt that the attempts were encouraged by his acquittal in 1840. Bean was sentenced to 18 months in jail. In a similar attack in 1849, unemployed Irishman William Hamilton fired a powder-filled pistol at Victoria's carriage as it passed along Constitution Hill, London. In 1850, the Queen did sustain injury when she was assaulted by a possibly insane ex-army officer, Robert Pate. As Victoria was riding in a carriage, Pate struck her with his cane, crushing her bonnet and bruising her forehead. Both Hamilton and Pate were sentenced to seven years' transportation.
Question: What was the name of the man that tried to shoot Queen Victoria?
Answer: John Francis
Question: On what date did John Francis try to shoot Queen Victoria?
Answer: 29 May 1842
Question: Where was Queen Victoria when Francis tried to shoot her?
Answer: riding in a carriage along The Mall, London
Question: What happened to Francis after his attempt to shoot Victoria?
Answer: he escaped
Question: Why did Francis fail to kill Queen Victoria?
Answer: the gun did not fire
Question: Who made two unsuccessful attempts on Queen Victoria's life in 1842?
Answer: John Francis
Question: What was John Francis's eventual sentence for the attempt on the Queens life?
Answer: transportation for life
Question: Who shot at Queen Victoria on July 3, days after John Francis's sentence was commuted?
Answer: John William Bean
Question: Who fired a shot at Queen Victoria's carriage in 1849?
Answer: William Hamilton
Question: What person recieved a seven year transportation sentence for striking Victoria on the head with his cane?
Answer: Robert Pate
Question: Who escaped Victoria's guards after attempting to fire a shot at her?
Answer: John Francis
Question: What happened to John Francis after his second attempt to fire on the Queen?
Answer: death sentence was commuted to transportation for life
Question: What did John William Bean try to fire at Queen Victoria?
Answer: paper and tobacco
Question: What were the consequences of John William Bean's attempt to fire at the Queen?
Answer: 18 months in jail
Question: When did William Hamilton fire a powder charge at Victoria's carriage?
Answer: 1849
Question: What was the name of the man that tried to save Queen Victoria?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: On what date did John Francis try to help Queen Victoria?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Where wasn't Queen Victoria when Francis tried to shoot her?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What happened to Francis after his attempt not to shoot Victoria?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Why did Francis fail to help Queen Victoria?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Egypt has a wide range of beaches situated on the Mediterranean and the Red Sea that extend to over 3,000 km. The Red Sea has serene waters, coloured coral reefs, rare fish and beautiful mountains. The Akba Gulf beaches also provide facilities for practising sea sports. Safaga tops the Red Sea zone with its beautiful location on the Suez Gulf. Last but not least, Sharm el-Sheikh (or City of Peace), Hurghada, Luxor (known as world's greatest open-air museum/ or City of the ⅓ of world monuments), Dahab, Ras Sidr, Marsa Alam, Safaga and the northern coast of the Mediterranean are major tourist's destinations of the recreational tourism.
Question: Where are Egyptian beaches situated?
Answer: Mediterranean and the Red Sea
Question: How far do Egyptian beaches extend?
Answer: 3,000 km
Question: What locations on Egypt's northern coast are major tourist destinations for recreational tourism?
Answer: Dahab, Ras Sidr, Marsa Alam, Safaga
Question: What Egypt located body of water is known for its serenity?
Answer: Red Sea |
Context: The Vedas, the earliest texts on Indian philosophy and Hindu philosophy dating back to the late 2nd millennium BC, describe ancient Hindu cosmology, in which the universe goes through repeated cycles of creation, destruction and rebirth, with each cycle lasting 4,320 million years. Ancient Greek philosophers, including Parmenides and Heraclitus, wrote essays on the nature of time. Plato, in the Timaeus, identified time with the period of motion of the heavenly bodies. Aristotle, in Book IV of his Physica defined time as 'number of movement in respect of the before and after'.
Question: What are the earliest texts of Indian/Hindu philosophy?
Answer: The Vedas
Question: How long ago are the earliest texts of Indian/Hindu philosophy dated?
Answer: back to the late 2nd millennium BC
Question: How long does each cycle of birth and destruction of the universe last according to Ancient Hindu texts?
Answer: 4,320 million years
Question: Which ancient Greek philosophers wrote essays on the concept of time?
Answer: Parmenides and Heraclitus
Question: Aristotle defined time as "number of movement in respect of the before and after" in which book?
Answer: Book IV of his Physica
Question: For how long has the Timaeus existed?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: In what year did Plato write Book IV of his Physica?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What cycles did Aristotle write about in the Timaeus?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What Greek philosophers wrote the Vedas?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What did Hundu cosmology identify time with?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What are the earliest texts of Heraclitus philosophy?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How long ago are the earliest texts of Heraclitus philosophy dated?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How long does each cycle of birth and destruction of the universe last according to Ancient Indian texts?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Which ancient Indian philosophers wrote essays on the concept of time?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: In which book did Paramenides define time as "number of movement in respect of the before and after?"
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: The early history of Portugal is shared with the rest of the Iberian Peninsula located in South Western Europe. The name of Portugal derives from the joined Romano-Celtic name Portus Cale. The region was settled by Pre-Celts and Celts, giving origin to peoples like the Gallaeci, Lusitanians, Celtici and Cynetes, visited by Phoenicians and Carthaginians, incorporated in the Roman Republic dominions as Lusitania and part of Gallaecia, after 45 BC until 298 AD, settled again by Suebi, Buri, and Visigoths, and conquered by Moors. Other influences include some 5th-century vestiges of Alan settlement, which were found in Alenquer (old Germanic Alankerk, from Alan+kerk; meaning church of the Alan (people), Coimbra and Lisbon.
Question: From what name is Portugal derived?
Answer: Portus Cale
Question: By what group was the Portugal region settled?
Answer: Pre-Celts and Celts
Question: To what four peoples did the settlement of Portugal give rise?
Answer: Gallaeci, Lusitanians, Celtici and Cynetes
Question: During what years was the Portugal region incorporated in the Roman Republic?
Answer: 45 BC until 298 AD
Question: From what old Germanic word is Alenquer originate?
Answer: Alankerk |
Context: In the Yoma tractate of the Babylonian Talmud the name Gomer is rendered as Germania, which elsewhere in rabbinical literature was identified with Germanikia in northwestern Syria, but later became associated with Germania. Ashkenaz is linked to Scandza/Scanzia, viewed as the cradle of Germanic tribes, as early as a 6th-century gloss to the Historia Ecclesiastica of Eusebius. In the 10th-century History of Armenia of Yovhannes Drasxanakertc'i (1.15) Ashkenaz was associated with Armenia, as it was occasionally in Jewish usage, where its denotation extended at times to Adiabene, Khazaria, Crimea and areas to the east. His contemporary Saadia Gaon identified Ashkenaz with the Saquliba or Slavic territories, and such usage covered also the lands of tribes neighboring the Slavs, and Eastern and Central Europe. In modern times, Samuel Krauss identified the Biblical "Ashkenaz" with Khazaria.
Question: In which tractate of the Babylonian Talmud is the name Gomer given as Germania?
Answer: Yoma
Question: Saadia Gaon identified Ashkenaz with the Saquliba or what territories?
Answer: Slavic
Question: Who identified Ashkenaz with the Saquliba or Slavic territories?
Answer: Saadia Gaon
Question: Even though Gomer is rendered as Germania in the Yoma tractate of the Babylonian Talmud, in other rabbinical literature it was identified with what?
Answer: Germanikia in northwestern Syria
Question: Ashkenaz is linked to Scandza/Scanzia, which is viewed as what?
Answer: cradle of Germanic tribes |
Context: This has led to public discussions if Greece, Portugal, and even Italy would be better off leaving the eurozone to regain economical and financial stability if they would not implement reforms to strengthen their competitiveness as part of the eurozone in time. Greece had the greatest need for reforms but also most problems to implement those, so the Greek exit, also called "Grexit", has been widely discussed. Germany, as a large and financially stable state being in the focus to be asked to guarantee or repay other states debt, has never pushed those exits. Their position is to keep Greece within the eurozone, but not at any cost. If the worst comes to the worst, priority should be given to the euro's stability.
Question: What term was coined when Greece left the eurozone?
Answer: Grexit
Question: What is Germany's position on wether or not Greece should be in the eurozone?
Answer: If the worst comes to the worst, priority should be given to the euro's stability.
Question: As one of the financial powers, has Germany ever tried to force the crisis states into leaving the eurozone?
Answer: never pushed those exits
Question: Which eurozone country has the biggest need for financial reform?
Answer: Greece
Question: What term was forbidden when Greece left the eurozone?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is Spain's position on whether or not Greece should be outside the eurozone?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Which eurozone country has the smallest need for financial reform?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What country is least financially stable?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: The most important Galician fishing port is the Port of Vigo; It is one of the world's leading fishing ports, second only to Tokyo, with an annual catch worth 1,500 million euros. In 2007 the port took in 732,951 metric tons (721,375 long tons; 807,940 short tons) of fish and seafood, and about 4,000,000 metric tons (3,900,000 long tons; 4,400,000 short tons) of other cargoes. Other important ports are Ferrol, A Coruña, and the smaller ports of Marín and Vilagarcía de Arousa, as well as important recreational ports in Pontevedra and Burela. Beyond these, Galicia has 120 other organized ports.
Question: Which port is Galicia's most important?
Answer: Vigo
Question: Which Japanese fishing port is Galicia's second to?
Answer: Tokyo
Question: Aside from the larger ports, roughly how many other organized ports are there?
Answer: 120 |
Context: Most of the novice pilots on the early missions would command the later missions. In this way, Project Gemini built up spaceflight experience for the pool of astronauts who would be chosen to fly the Apollo lunar missions.
Question: Project Gemini helped recruit experienced people for which upcoming lunar missions?
Answer: Apollo |
Context: After centuries of Danish, Swedish and German rule the native Estonians started to yearn for independence during the period of national awakening while being governed by the Russian Empire. Established on 24 February 1918, the Republic of Estonia came into existence towards the end of World War I. During World War II, Estonia was then occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940, then Nazi Germany a year later and again in 1944 establishing the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1988, during the Singing Revolution, the Estonian SSR issued the Estonian Sovereignty Declaration to defy against the illegal Soviet rule. Estonia then restored its independence during the 1991 coup by the Soviets on the night of 20 August 1991.
Question: Who was in control of Estonia for most of the country's history?
Answer: Danish, Swedish and German rule
Question: When did Estonia start hoping for freedom?
Answer: the period of national awakening
Question: Who was in control during the national awakening?
Answer: the Russian Empire
Question: What year was the Republic of Estonia established?
Answer: 1918
Question: What war ended as Estonia was born?
Answer: World War I |
Context: In 2010, the literacy rate of Liberia was estimated at 60.8% (64.8% for males and 56.8% for females). In some areas primary and secondary education is free and compulsory from the ages of 6 to 16, though enforcement of attendance is lax. In other areas children are required to pay a tuition fee to attend school. On average, children attain 10 years of education (11 for boys and 8 for girls). The country's education sector is hampered by inadequate schools and supplies, as well as a lack of qualified teachers.
Question: What was the literacy rate in Liberia in 2010?
Answer: 60.8%
Question: How intense is the enforcement of school attendance?
Answer: lax.
Question: On average children attain how many years of education?
Answer: 10 years
Question: What is Liberia's education system hampered by?
Answer: inadequate schools and supplies, as well as a lack of qualified teachers.
Question: What was he literacy rate of Liberia prior to 2010?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is free and compulsory from the ages of 6 to 18?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is the country's environmental sector hampered by?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: For how many years do children play sports on average?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How intense is the enforcement of school dress code?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Greece is home to the first advanced civilizations in Europe and is considered the birthplace of Western civilization,[citation clutter] beginning with the Cycladic civilization on the islands of the Aegean Sea at around 3200 BC, the Minoan civilization in Crete (2700–1500 BC), and then the Mycenaean civilization on the mainland (1900–1100 BC). These civilizations possessed writing, the Minoans writing in an undeciphered script known as Linear A, and the Mycenaeans in Linear B, an early form of Greek. The Mycenaeans gradually absorbed the Minoans, but collapsed violently around 1200 BC, during a time of regional upheaval known as the Bronze Age collapse. This ushered in a period known as the Greek Dark Ages, from which written records are absent.
Question: Ancient Greece is considered to be where what was born?
Answer: Western civilization
Question: What was the last civilization to rule Greece?
Answer: Mycenaean
Question: The Mycenaean civilization deteriorated in what time period?
Answer: 1200 BC
Question: Around 1200 BC, what was the fall of the regional civilizations called?
Answer: Bronze Age collapse
Question: What is the time period called from which no writing can be found.
Answer: Greek Dark Ages |
Context: Reverse migration, where the genetic programming of young birds fails to work properly, can lead to rarities turning up as vagrants thousands of kilometres out of range.
Question: What is it called when the genetic programing of young birds fail?
Answer: Reverse migration
Question: What is reverse migration?
Answer: where the genetic programming of young birds fails to work properly
Question: What does reverse migration lead to?
Answer: rarities turning up as vagrants thousands of kilometres out of range
Question: How far out of range can rarities get?
Answer: thousands of kilometres |
Context: Buddhists believe Gautama Buddha was the first to achieve enlightenment in this Buddha era and is therefore credited with the establishment of Buddhism. A Buddha era is the stretch of history during which people remember and practice the teachings of the earliest known Buddha. This Buddha era will end when all the knowledge, evidence and teachings of Gautama Buddha have vanished. This belief therefore maintains that many Buddha eras have started and ended throughout the course of human existence.[web 15][web 16] The Gautama Buddha, therefore, is the Buddha of this era, who taught directly or indirectly to all other Buddhas in it (see types of Buddhas).
Question: Who is believed to have achieved enlightenment first?
Answer: Gautama Buddha
Question: What is the term for the stretch of history during which people rmember and practice the teachings of the earliest known buddha?
Answer: A Buddha era
Question: Who is the Buddha of this Buddha era?
Answer: Gautama Buddha
Question: Who taught directly or indirectly to all other Buddhas?
Answer: Gautama Buddha |
Context: The military history of the American side of the war involved different strategies over the years. The bombing campaigns of the Air Force were tightly controlled by the White House for political reasons, and until 1972 avoided the main Northern cities of Hanoi and Haiphong and concentrated on bombing jungle supply trails, especially the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The most controversial Army commander was William Westmoreland whose strategy involved systematic defeat of all enemy forces in the field, despite heavy American casualties that alienated public opinion back home.
Question: What two northern Vietnamese cities did the US avoid bombing at the outset of the war?
Answer: Hanoi and Haiphong
Question: What was the major supply trail for the Northern Vietnamese forces?
Answer: the Ho Chi Minh Trail
Question: What US commander's strategy caused a loss of public opinion in the US?
Answer: William Westmoreland
Question: Who helped orchestrate bombing campaigns in the Vietnam War?
Answer: the White House
Question: When did the US start bombing Hanoi?
Answer: 1972
Question: What two northern Chinese cities did the US avoid bombing at the outset of the war?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was the minor supply trail for the Northern Vietnamese forces?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What US commander's strategy caused a loss of public opinion in the UK?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who helped orchestrate bombing campaigns in the Chinese War?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: When did the UK start bombing Hanoi?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Mikhail Gorbachev was elected General Secretary by the Politburo on March 11, 1985, three hours after predecessor Konstantin Chernenko's death at age 73. Gorbachev, aged 54, was the youngest member of the Politburo. His initial goal as general secretary was to revive the Soviet economy, and he realized that doing so would require reforming underlying political and social structures. The reforms began with personnel changes of senior Brezhnev-era officials who would impede political and economic change. On April 23, 1985, Gorbachev brought two protégés, Yegor Ligachev and Nikolai Ryzhkov, into the Politburo as full members. He kept the "power" ministries happy by promoting KGB Head Viktor Chebrikov from candidate to full member and appointing Minister of Defence Marshal Sergei Sokolov as a Politburo candidate.
Question: Who was General Secretary prior to Mikhail Gorbachev?
Answer: Konstantin Chernenko
Question: What caused Chernenko to leave office?
Answer: death
Question: How old was Gorbachev when he was elected as the General Secretary?
Answer: 54
Question: What entity was responsible for Gorbachev's being elected?
Answer: Politburo
Question: To which two people did Gorbachev grant membership into the Politburo for his own reasons?
Answer: Yegor Ligachev and Nikolai Ryzhkov, |
Context: In 1955 American nuclear arms policy became one aimed primarily at arms control as opposed to disarmament. The failure of negotiations over arms until 1955 was due mainly to the refusal of the Russians to permit any sort of inspections. In talks located in London that year, they expressed a willingness to discuss inspections; the tables were then turned on Eisenhower, when he responded with an unwillingness on the part of the U.S. to permit inspections. In May of that year the Russians agreed to sign a treaty giving independence to Austria, and paved the way for a Geneva summit with the U.S., U.K. and France. At the Geneva Conference Eisenhower presented a proposal called "Open Skies" to facilitate disarmament, which included plans for Russia and the U.S. to provide mutual access to each other's skies for open surveillance of military infrastructure. Russian leader Nikita Khrushchev dismissed the proposal out of hand.
Question: Why did nuclear arms negotiations with Russia fail prior to 1955?
Answer: refusal of the Russians to permit any sort of inspections
Question: In what city did the US and Russia conduct nuclear talks in 1955?
Answer: London
Question: Who refused to permit nuclear weapons inspections in the wake of the 1955 talks?
Answer: Eisenhower
Question: In May of 1955, a treaty was signed giving independence to what country?
Answer: Austria
Question: What was the plan Eisenhower presented at the Geneva Conference called?
Answer: Open Skies |
Context: Militarization was another aspect of the Soviet state. Large parts of the country, especially the coastal areas, were closed to all but the Soviet military. Most of the sea shore and all sea islands (including Saaremaa and Hiiumaa) were declared "border zones". People not actually residing there were restricted from travelling to them without a permit. A notable closed military installation was the city of Paldiski, which was entirely closed to all public access. The city had a support base for the Soviet Baltic Fleet's submarines and several large military bases, including a nuclear submarine training centre complete with a full-scale model of a nuclear submarine with working nuclear reactors. The Paldiski reactors building passed into Estonian control in 1994 after the last Russian troops left the country. Immigration was another effect of Soviet occupation. Hundreds of thousands of migrants were relocated to Estonia from other parts of the Soviet Union to assist industrialisation and militarisation, contributing an increase of about half a million people within 45 years.
Question: What political strategy only allowed major parts of of Estonia to be accessed by the Soviets?
Answer: Militarization
Question: What sea islands were declared border zones?
Answer: Saaremaa and Hiiumaa
Question: What document did people need to travel to the border zones?
Answer: permit
Question: What was established in the city of Paldiski?
Answer: A notable closed military installation |
Context: After 1870, the new railroads across the Plains brought hunters who killed off almost all the bison for their hides. The railroads offered attractive packages of land and transportation to European farmers, who rushed to settle the land. They (and Americans as well) also took advantage of the homestead laws to obtain free farms. Land speculators and local boosters identified many potential towns, and those reached by the railroad had a chance, while the others became ghost towns. In Kansas, for example, nearly 5000 towns were mapped out, but by 1970 only 617 were actually operating. In the mid-20th century, closeness to an interstate exchange determined whether a town would flourish or struggle for business.
Question: after about what year did railroads bring hunters to the great plains?
Answer: 1870
Question: what animal did hunters kill off for their hides?
Answer: bison
Question: what farmers rushed in to settle the land with the help of the railroads?
Answer: European farmers
Question: what did the railroads offer the farmers that rushed in to settle the area?
Answer: packages of land and transportation
Question: In what year were the homestead laws passed?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How many towns existed in Kansas in 1950?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How many free farms were doled out overall?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How many cities existed in Kansas as of 2000?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How many bison were killed for their hides?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: To the north-east of the Somerset Levels, the Mendip Hills are moderately high limestone hills. The central and western Mendip Hills was designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in 1972 and covers 198 km2 (76 sq mi). The main habitat on these hills is calcareous grassland, with some arable agriculture. To the south-west of the Somerset Levels are the Quantock Hills which was England's first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty designated in 1956 which is covered in heathland, oak woodlands, ancient parklands with plantations of conifer and covers 99 square kilometres. The Somerset Coalfield is part of a larger coalfield which stretches into Gloucestershire. To the north of the Mendip hills is the Chew Valley and to the south, on the clay substrate, are broad valleys which support dairy farming and drain into the Somerset Levels.
Question: What area lies in the northeastern part of Somerset levels
Answer: the Mendip Hills are moderately high limestone hills
Question: What area was Designated to have outstanding beauty
Answer: Quantock Hills which was England's first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty designated in 1956
Question: What is the name of the coal field
Answer: The Somerset Coalfield is part of a larger coalfield which stretches into Gloucestershire
Question: What area support dairy farming
Answer: on the clay substrate, are broad valleys which support dairy farming and drain into the Somerset Levels.
Question: How much area does the Somerset Coalfield cover?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How much area does the Chew Valley cover?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What lies to the north-west of the Somerset Levels?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What lies to the east of the Mendip Hills?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What type of trees are prevalent in the Chew Valley?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Using androphilia and gynephilia can avoid confusion and offense when describing people in non-western cultures, as well as when describing intersex and transgender people. Psychiatrist Anil Aggrawal explains that androphilia, along with gynephilia, "is needed to overcome immense difficulties in characterizing the sexual orientation of trans men and trans women. For instance, it is difficult to decide whether a trans man erotically attracted to males is a heterosexual female or a homosexual male; or a trans woman erotically attracted to females is a heterosexual male or a lesbian female. Any attempt to classify them may not only cause confusion but arouse offense among the affected subjects. In such cases, while defining sexual attraction, it is best to focus on the object of their attraction rather than on the sex or gender of the subject." Sexologist Milton Diamond writes, "The terms heterosexual, homosexual, and bisexual are better used as adjectives, not nouns, and are better applied to behaviors, not people. This usage is particularly advantageous when discussing the partners of transsexual or intersexed individuals. These newer terms also do not carry the social weight of the former ones."
Question: What do the terms andophilia and gynephilia help prevent?
Answer: confusion and offense when describing people in non-western cultures, as well as when describing intersex and transgender people
Question: Why does psychiatrist Anil Aggrawal say androphilia and gynephilia are needed terms?
Answer: the affected s
Question: What can attempting to label members of the LGBT community cause?
Answer: confusion
Question: What does MIlton Diamond say about the terms heterosexual, homosexual, and bisexual?
Answer: are better used as adjectives, not nouns, and are better applied to behaviors, not people.
Question: What advantages do the terms androphilia and gynephilia have?
Answer: when discussing the partners of transsexual or intersexed individuals |
Context: The immediate cause of the riots is unclear, with many commentators citing the killing of ten Burmese Muslims by ethnic Rakhine after the rape and murder of a Rakhine woman as the main cause. Whole villages have been "decimated". Over 300 houses and a number of public buildings have been razed. According to Tun Khin, the president of the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK), as of 28 June 2012, 650 Rohingyas have been killed, 1,200 are missing, and more than 80,000 have been displaced. According to the Myanmar authorities, the violence, between ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims, left 78 people dead, 87 injured, and thousands of homes destroyed. It displaced more than 52,000 people.
Question: What was believed to be one of the Burma reasons for the unrest in 2012 ?
Answer: many commentators citing the killing of ten Burmese Muslims by ethnic Rakhine
Question: How many are believed to have been uprooted by this unrest ?
Answer: It displaced more than 52,000 people
Question: Who is the president of the BROUK's UK division?
Answer: Tun Khin
Question: How many people where missing after the 2012 Burma civil unrest ?
Answer: 1,200 are missing |
Context: Mexico’s capital is both the oldest capital city in the Americas and one of two founded by Amerindians (Native Americans), the other being Quito. The city was originally built on an island of Lake Texcoco by the Aztecs in 1325 as Tenochtitlan, which was almost completely destroyed in the 1521 siege of Tenochtitlan, and subsequently redesigned and rebuilt in accordance with the Spanish urban standards. In 1524, the municipality of Mexico City was established, known as México Tenochtitlán, and as of 1585 it was officially known as Ciudad de México (Mexico City). Mexico City served as the political, administrative and financial center of a major part of the Spanish colonial empire. After independence from Spain was achieved, the Federal District was created in 1824.
Question: What was the original name of Mexico City?
Answer: Tenochtitlan
Question: Who originally built Mexico City?
Answer: the Aztecs
Question: When was the Federal District formed?
Answer: 1824
Question: Where was the city first built?
Answer: on an island of Lake Texcoco
Question: When was Mexico City officially founded by the Spanish?
Answer: 1585 |
Context: Many instruments originated during the Renaissance; others were variations of, or improvements upon, instruments that had existed previously. Some have survived to the present day; others have disappeared, only to be recreated in order to perform music of the period on authentic instruments. As in the modern day, instruments may be classified as brass, strings, percussion, and woodwind.
Question: Many instruments originated during what era?
Answer: the Renaissance
Question: What has disappeared, then been recreated in order to perform music of the period?
Answer: authentic instruments
Question: Modern day instrument may be classified as brass, string, woodwind and what other classification?
Answer: percussion |
Context: The 1920s, with tourism at its peak, are considered by many historians as Atlantic City's golden age. During Prohibition, which was enacted nationally in 1919 and lasted until 1933, much liquor was consumed and gambling regularly took place in the back rooms of nightclubs and restaurants. It was during Prohibition that racketeer and political boss Enoch L. "Nucky" Johnson rose to power. Prohibition was largely unenforced in Atlantic City, and, because alcohol that had been smuggled into the city with the acquiescence of local officials could be readily obtained at restaurants and other establishments, the resort's popularity grew further. The city then dubbed itself as "The World's Playground". Nucky Johnson's income, which reached as much as $500,000 annually, came from the kickbacks he took on illegal liquor, gambling and prostitution operating in the city, as well as from kickbacks on construction projects.
Question: What years do many historians consider Atlantic City's golden age?
Answer: 1920s
Question: What year was Prohibition enacted nationally?
Answer: 1919
Question: During Prohibition what name was given to Atlantic City?
Answer: The World's Playground
Question: During Prohibition how high was Nucky Johnson's income?
Answer: as much as $500,000 annually
Question: How long did Prohibition last?
Answer: until 1933 |
Context: In the northeast, Slavs from the Kievan region colonized the territory that later would become the Grand Duchy of Moscow by subjugating and merging with the Finnic tribes already occupying the area. The city of Rostov, the oldest centre of the northeast, was supplanted first by Suzdal and then by the city of Vladimir, which become the capital of Vladimir-Suzdal'. The combined principality of Vladimir-Suzdal asserted itself as a major power in Kievan Rus' in the late 12th century. In 1169 Prince Andrey Bogolyubskiy of Vladimir-Suzdal sacked the city of Kiev and took over the title of the (Великий Князь/Velikiy Knyaz/Grand Prince or Grand Duke) to Vladimir, this way claiming the primacy in Rus'. Prince Andrey then installed his younger brother, who ruled briefly in Kiev while Andrey continued to rule his realm from Suzdal. In 1299, in the wake of the Mongol invasion, the metropolitan moved from Kiev to the city of Vladimir and Vladimir-Suzdal.
Question: The Slavs from Kievan would eventually settle in the North East of the region, What would this region later become?
Answer: Grand Duchy of Moscow
Question: What was the name of the oldest city in the north east?
Answer: Rostov
Question: In what year did the mongol invasion begin?
Answer: In 1299
Question: How did the Slavs form the Grand Duchy of Moscow in the southeast?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is the youngest centre in the southeast?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What city did Prince Andrey Bogolyuskiy sack in the 12th century?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who did not take the title of Grand Prince?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: When did Vladimir-Suzdal assert itself as a minor power?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Apple released the Macintosh Plus on January 10, 1986, for a price of US$2,600. It offered one megabyte of RAM, easily expandable to four megabytes by the use of socketed RAM boards. It also featured a SCSI parallel interface, allowing up to seven peripherals—such as hard drives and scanners—to be attached to the machine. Its floppy drive was increased to an 800 kB capacity. The Mac Plus was an immediate success and remained in production, unchanged, until October 15, 1990; on sale for just over four years and ten months, it was the longest-lived Macintosh in Apple's history. In September 1986, Apple introduced the Macintosh Programmer's Workshop, or MPW, an application that allowed software developers to create software for Macintosh on Macintosh, rather than cross compiling from a Lisa. In August 1987, Apple unveiled HyperCard and MultiFinder, which added cooperative multitasking to the Macintosh. Apple began bundling both with every Macintosh.
Question: What was the longest-lived Macintosh in Apple's history while it was in production?
Answer: The Mac Plus
Question: How long did the Mac Plus remain in production, unchanged?
Answer: just over four years and ten months
Question: In 1986, what did Apple introduce to allow developers to create software for Macintosh on Macintosh?
Answer: Macintosh Programmer's Workshop
Question: What did Apple's HyerCard and MultiFinder add to the Macintosh?
Answer: cooperative multitasking
Question: After their unveiling in 1987, what did Apple begin bundling with every Macintosh?
Answer: HyperCard and MultiFinder
Question: What was the shortest-lived Macintosh in Apple's history while it was in production?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How long did the Mac Minus remain in production, unchanged?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: In 1984, what did Apple introduce to allow developers to create software for Macintosh on Macintosh?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What did Microsoft's HyerCard and MultiFinder add to the Macintosh?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: After their unveiling in 1978, what did Apple begin bundling with every Macintosh?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: On Earth, 99% of glacial ice is contained within vast ice sheets in the polar regions, but glaciers may be found in mountain ranges on every continent except Australia, and on a few high-latitude oceanic islands. Between 35°N and 35°S, glaciers occur only in the Himalayas, Andes, Rocky Mountains, a few high mountains in East Africa, Mexico, New Guinea and on Zard Kuh in Iran. Glaciers cover about 10 percent of Earth's land surface. Continental glaciers cover nearly 13,000,000 km2 (5×10^6 sq mi) or about 98 percent of Antarctica's 13,200,000 km2 (5.1×10^6 sq mi), with an average thickness of 2,100 m (7,000 ft). Greenland and Patagonia also have huge expanses of continental glaciers.
Question: How much glacial ice is found surrounding the poles?
Answer: 99%
Question: Glaciers are found in mountain ranges on every continent except for which outlier?
Answer: Australia
Question: How much of Earth's land surface do glaciers cover?
Answer: about 10 percent
Question: What is the average thickness of an Antartican glacier?
Answer: 2,100 m (7,000 ft)
Question: What percent of Antartica's land is covered by glaciers?
Answer: 98 percent
Question: Where is 99% of the world snow contained?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What can be found on every continent of the world?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What percentage of the polar regions land surface is covered with glaciers?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What Connie Is Covered by 13,000,000 mi.² of glaciers?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Between what one want to latitudes or glaciers only found in valleys?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: A number of common human foods and household ingestibles are toxic to dogs, including chocolate solids (theobromine poisoning), onion and garlic (thiosulphate, sulfoxide or disulfide poisoning), grapes and raisins, macadamia nuts, xylitol, as well as various plants and other potentially ingested materials. The nicotine in tobacco can also be dangerous. Dogs can get it by scavenging in garbage or ashtrays; eating cigars and cigarettes. Signs can be vomiting of large amounts (e.g., from eating cigar butts) or diarrhea. Some other signs are abdominal pain, loss of coordination, collapse, or death. Dogs are highly susceptible to theobromine poisoning, typically from ingestion of chocolate. Theobromine is toxic to dogs because, although the dog's metabolism is capable of breaking down the chemical, the process is so slow that even small amounts of chocolate can be fatal, especially dark chocolate.
Question: Some foods that are okay for people to eat are what to dogs?
Answer: toxic
Question: Grapes, raisins, onions, garlic and what common sugar alcohol (sweetener) is toxic to dogs?
Answer: xylitol
Question: What type of nut is poisonous to dogs?
Answer: macadamia
Question: What is the chemical in chocolate that is poisonous to dogs?
Answer: theobromine
Question: Some human foods can be what to dogs?
Answer: toxic
Question: What in tobacco can hurt dogs?
Answer: nicotine
Question: What form of chocolate is especially toxic to dogs?
Answer: dark |
Context: With the end of the war with Japan, the Chinese Civil War resumed between the Chinese Communists and the Chinese Nationalists. While the Communists were struggling for supremacy in Manchuria, they were supported by the North Korean government with matériel and manpower. According to Chinese sources, the North Koreans donated 2,000 railway cars worth of matériel while thousands of Koreans served in the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) during the war. North Korea also provided the Chinese Communists in Manchuria with a safe refuge for non-combatants and communications with the rest of China.
Question: Who supported the Chinese Communists during the civil war in Manchuria?
Answer: North Korean government
Question: What two groups were fighting in the Chinese Civil War?
Answer: Chinese Communists and the Chinese Nationalists
Question: What did the Chinese Communists want?
Answer: supremacy in Manchuria
Question: What army did North Koreans serve in during the civil war?
Answer: Chinese People's Liberation Army
Question: How much material did the North Koreans give to the Chinese communists?
Answer: 2,000 railway cars worth |
Context: Saint-Barthélemy (French: Saint-Barthélemy, French pronunciation: [sɛ̃baʁtelemi]), officially the Territorial collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy (French: Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Barthélemy), is an overseas collectivity of France. Often abbreviated to Saint-Barth in French, or St. Barts or St. Barths in English, the indigenous people called the island Ouanalao. St. Barthélemy lies about 35 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of St. Martin and north of St. Kitts. Puerto Rico is 240 kilometres (150 mi) to the west in the Greater Antilles.
Question: What country is Saint-Barthélemy a collectivity of?
Answer: France
Question: What is the French abbreviation for Saint-Barthélemy?
Answer: Saint-Barth
Question: In what language is Saint-Barthélemy abbreviate St. Barts?
Answer: English
Question: What did the native peoples of Saint-Barthélemy call the island?
Answer: Ouanalao
Question: In which direction is Puerto Rico from the island of Saint-Barthélemy?
Answer: west
Question: How far is St. Kitts from St. Martin?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How far is Puerto Rico from St. Kitts?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How far is Saint-Barthelemy from France?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: In what direction is France from St. Barts?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What did the indigenous people of Puerto Rico call their island?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: During the feudal and colonial times in British India, hunting was regarded as a regal sport in the numerous princely states, as many maharajas and nawabs, as well as British officers, maintained a whole corps of shikaris (big-game hunters), who were native professional hunters. They would be headed by a master of the hunt, who might be styled mir-shikar. Often, they recruited the normally low-ranking local tribes because of their traditional knowledge of the environment and hunting techniques. Big game, such as Bengal tigers, might be hunted from the back of an elephant.
Question: What was hunting regarded as in British India?
Answer: regal sport
Question: What does the Indian word "shikaris" mean in English?
Answer: big-game hunters
Question: What did British officers maintain whole corps of?
Answer: shikaris
Question: Why did the regals recruit low-ranking local tribes when hunting?
Answer: because of their traditional knowledge of the environment and hunting techniques
Question: What could a Bengal tiger be hunted from the back of?
Answer: an elephant
Question: Where was hunting reguarded as a regal sport?
Answer: British India
Question: What is hunted from the back of an elephant?
Answer: Bengal tigers
Question: Who did British officers maintain?
Answer: shikaris
Question: Who were the shikaris headed by?
Answer: master of the hunt
Question: Why were low-ranking local tribes recruited?
Answer: because of their traditional knowledge of the environment and hunting techniques
Question: What was shikari regarded as in British India?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is the definition of maharaja?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What two things were needed to successfully hunt an elephant?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What country had the largest population of elephants in the world?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who did local tribes work with when taking down a Bengal tiger?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: The Ministry of Defence and the Defence Forces have been working on a cyberwarfare and defence formation for some years now. In 2007, a military doctrine of an e-military of Estonia was officially introduced as the country was under massive cyberattacks in 2007. The proposed aim of the e-military is to secure the vital infrastructure and e-infrastructure of Estonia. The main cyber warfare facility is the Computer Emergency Response Team of Estonia (CERT), founded in 2006. The organisation operates on security issues in local networks.
Question: Who have been jointly working on protection against cyberwarfare?
Answer: The Ministry of Defence and the Defence Forces
Question: What year was a declaration of e-military introduced?
Answer: 2007
Question: What event in 2007 led to a need for e-military action?
Answer: massive cyberattacks
Question: When was the Computer Emergency Response Team of Estonia established?
Answer: 2006 |
Context: The Sumerian city-states rose to power during the prehistoric Ubaid and Uruk periods. Sumerian written history reaches back to the 27th century BC and before, but the historical record remains obscure until the Early Dynastic III period, c. the 23rd century BC, when a now deciphered syllabary writing system was developed, which has allowed archaeologists to read contemporary records and inscriptions. Classical Sumer ends with the rise of the Akkadian Empire in the 23rd century BC. Following the Gutian period, there is a brief Sumerian Renaissance in the 21st century BC, cut short in the 20th century BC by Semitic Amorite invasions. The Amorite "dynasty of Isin" persisted until c. 1700 BC, when Mesopotamia was united under Babylonian rule. The Sumerians were eventually absorbed into the Akkadian (Assyro-Babylonian) population.
Question: During what periods did the Sumerican city-states rise to power?
Answer: prehistoric Ubaid and Uruk
Question: What is obscure until the Early Dynastic III period around the 23rd century BC?
Answer: Sumerian written history
Question: What was developed that has allowed archaeologists to read contemporary records and inscriptions?
Answer: syllabary writing system
Question: When does Classical Sumer end?
Answer: rise of the Akkadian Empire
Question: What cut short the Sumerian Renaissance in the 21st century BC?
Answer: Semitic Amorite invasions
Question: What city-states declined during the Ubaid and Uruk periods?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What history goes back to 2700's BC?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was obscure until 2300 BC?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What Empire came to power in 2300 BC?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What dynasty lasted until the 17th century BC?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: In 2007, it was discovered that the upper troposphere of Neptune's south pole was about 10 K warmer than the rest of its atmosphere, which averages approximately 73 K (−200 °C). The temperature differential is enough to let methane, which elsewhere is frozen in the troposphere, escape into the stratosphere near the pole. The relative "hot spot" is due to Neptune's axial tilt, which has exposed the south pole to the Sun for the last quarter of Neptune's year, or roughly 40 Earth years. As Neptune slowly moves towards the opposite side of the Sun, the south pole will be darkened and the north pole illuminated, causing the methane release to shift to the north pole.
Question: How much warmer is Neptune's south pole to the rest of it's atmosphere?
Answer: 10 K
Question: What is the average temperature of Neptune's south pole?
Answer: 73 K (−200 °C).
Question: Where does methane in the south pole escape to on Neptune?
Answer: the stratosphere near the pole.
Question: How many earth years is Neptune's south pole exposed to the sun?
Answer: 40
Question: To which pole will Neptune's methane shift to as it moves to the opposite side of the sun?
Answer: north pole
Question: How much colder is Neptune's south pole to the rest of it's atmosphere?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is the average temperature of Neptune's north pole?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Where does methane in the north pole escape to on Neptune?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How many mars years is Neptune's south pole exposed to the sun?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: To which pole will Neptune's methane shift to as it moves to the same side of the sun?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Firstly, flanking the open reading frame, all genes contain a regulatory sequence that is required for their expression. In order to be expressed, genes require a promoter sequence. The promoter is recognized and bound by transcription factors and RNA polymerase to initiate transcription.:7.1 A gene can have more than one promoter, resulting in messenger RNAs (mRNA) that differ in how far they extend in the 5' end. Promoter regions have a consensus sequence, however highly transcribed genes have "strong" promoter sequences that bind the transcription machinery well, whereas others have "weak" promoters that bind poorly and initiate transcription less frequently.:7.2 Eukaryotic promoter regions are much more complex and difficult to identify than prokaryotic promoters.:7.3
Question: What do all genes contain that is required for their expression?
Answer: a regulatory sequence
Question: How is a promoter sequence recognized?
Answer: by transcription factors and RNA polymerase
Question: What results when genes have more than one promoter?
Answer: messenger RNAs (mRNA) that differ in how far they extend in the 5' end
Question: What does a "strong" promoter sequence do?
Answer: bind the transcription machinery well
Question: What does a "weak" promoter sequence do?
Answer: bind poorly and initiate transcription less frequently |
Context: Tonearm skating forces and other perturbations are also picked up by the stylus. This is a form of frequency multiplexing as the control signal (restoring force) used to keep the stylus in the groove is carried by the same mechanism as the sound itself. Subsonic frequencies below about 20 Hz in the audio signal are dominated by tracking effects, which is one form of unwanted rumble ("tracking noise") and merges with audible frequencies in the deep bass range up to about 100 Hz. High fidelity sound equipment can reproduce tracking noise and rumble. During a quiet passage, woofer speaker cones can sometimes be seen to vibrate with the subsonic tracking of the stylus, at frequencies as low as just above 0.5 Hz (the frequency at which a 33 1⁄3 rpm record turns on the turntable; 5⁄9 Hz exactly on an ideal turntable). Another reason for very low frequency material can be a warped disk: its undulations produce frequencies of only a few hertz and present day amplifiers have large power bandwidths. For this reason, many stereo receivers contained a switchable subsonic filter. Some subsonic content is directly out of phase in each channel. If played back on a mono subwoofer system, the noise will cancel, significantly reducing the amount of rumble that is reproduced.
Question: What would be a cause of low frequency sounds when listening?
Answer: warped disk
Question: What is a feature many stereos contain to fight back against unwanted noises?
Answer: subsonic filter
Question: What is a sounds commonly heard when listening to a vinyl that is unintentional.
Answer: Tonearm skating
Question: Which frequencies are you most likely to hear tonearm skating?
Answer: frequencies below about 20 Hz
Question: Are there any visual signs of tracking when listening to a record?
Answer: cones can sometimes be seen to vibrate with the subsonic tracking |
Context: Later, the 3rd dynasty of Ur under Ur-Nammu and Shulgi, whose power extended as far as southern Assyria, was the last great "Sumerian renaissance", but already the region was becoming more Semitic than Sumerian, with the rise in power of the Akkadian speaking Semites in Assyria and elsewhere, and the influx of waves of Semitic Martu (Amorites) who were to found several competing local powers including Isin, Larsa, Eshnunna and eventually Babylon. The last of these eventually came to dominate the south of Mesopotamia as the Babylonian Empire, just as the Old Assyrian Empire had already done so in the north from the late 21st century BC. The Sumerian language continued as a sacerdotal language taught in schools in Babylonia and Assyria, much as Latin was used in the Medieval period, for as long as cuneiform was utilized.
Question: Which dynasty of Ur was the last great Sumerian renaissance?
Answer: 3rd
Question: Who guided Ur during the last gasp of power?
Answer: Ur-Nammu and Shulgi
Question: Even during the 3rd dynasty, what was happening to the racial makeup of the region?
Answer: more Semitic than Sumerian
Question: What was there an influx of waves of coming into Sumerian lands?
Answer: Amorites
Question: How long did the Babylonians and Assyrians continue to teach the Sumerian language in their schools?
Answer: for as long as cuneiform was utilized.
Question: When was the first Sumerian renaissance?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: During who's reign was the area becoming more Sumerian than Semitic?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Where was the power of Akkadian speaking Semites declining?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What people where leaving the are to form other powers?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who dominated northern Mesopotamia in the 2100's?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Theatre traditionally has occupied a large place in Parisian culture, and many of its most popular actors today are also stars of French television. The oldest and most famous Paris theatre is the Comédie-Française, founded in 1680. Run by the French government, it performs mostly French classics at the Salle Richelieu in the Palais-Royal at 2 rue de Richelieu, next to the Louvre. of Other famous theaters include the Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, next to the Luxembourg Gardens, also a state institution and theatrical landmark; the Théâtre Mogador, and the Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse.
Question: When was the oldest Paris theater founded?
Answer: 1680
Question: What is the name of Paris' oldest theater?
Answer: Comédie-Française
Question: Who runs Paris' oldest theater today?
Answer: French government
Question: What famous museum is Comedie-Francaise located next to?
Answer: the Louvre |
Context: Sometimes security lighting can be used along roadways in urban areas, or behind homes or commercial facilities. These are extremely bright lights used to deter crime. Security lights may include floodlights.
Question: Extremely bright lights used to deter crime are called?
Answer: security lighting |
Context: The Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt considered the most important centre of the maritime transport in the Middle East, connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. Opened in November 1869 after 10 years of construction work, it allows ship transport between Europe and Asia without navigation around Africa. The northern terminus is Port Said and the southern terminus is Port Tawfiq at the city of Suez. Ismailia lies on its west bank, 3 km (1.9 mi) from the half-way point.
Question: What is consideredt the most important part of maritime transport in middle east?
Answer: The Suez Canal
Question: Is the Suez Canal natural?
Answer: artificial sea-level waterway
Question: What 2 bodies of water does Suez connect?
Answer: Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea
Question: When was Suez canal completed?
Answer: November 1869 |
Context: Shortly after his birth, John was passed from Eleanor into the care of a wet nurse, a traditional practice for medieval noble families. Eleanor then left for Poitiers, the capital of Aquitaine, and sent John and his sister Joan north to Fontevrault Abbey. This may have been done with the aim of steering her youngest son, with no obvious inheritance, towards a future ecclesiastical career. Eleanor spent the next few years conspiring against her husband Henry and neither parent played a part in John's very early life. John was probably, like his brothers, assigned a magister whilst he was at Fontevrault, a teacher charged with his early education and with managing the servants of his immediate household; John was later taught by Ranulph Glanville, a leading English administrator. John spent some time as a member of the household of his eldest living brother Henry the Young King, where he probably received instruction in hunting and military skills.
Question: Where did Eleanor leave to?
Answer: Poitiers
Question: John was taught by who?
Answer: Ranulph Glanville
Question: John was assigned what whilst he was at Fontevrault?
Answer: magister |
Context: Starting in 1982, dividends from the fund's annual growth have been paid out each year to eligible Alaskans, ranging from an initial $1,000 in 1982 (equal to three years' payout, as the distribution of payments was held up in a lawsuit over the distribution scheme) to $3,269 in 2008 (which included a one-time $1,200 "Resource Rebate"). Every year, the state legislature takes out 8% from the earnings, puts 3% back into the principal for inflation proofing, and the remaining 5% is distributed to all qualifying Alaskans. To qualify for the Permanent Fund Dividend, one must have lived in the state for a minimum of 12 months, maintain constant residency subject to allowable absences, and not be subject to court judgments or criminal convictions which fall under various disqualifying classifications or may subject the payment amount to civil garnishment.
Question: How long must an Alaskan have lived in the state in order to receive a Permanent Fund Dividend?
Answer: minimum of 12 months
Question: What percentage of the Permanent Fund is divided betwen Alaska's eligible residents?
Answer: 5%
Question: When did disembursements from the Permanent Fund begin?
Answer: 1982
Question: How much was the initial disembursement from the Permanent Fund?
Answer: $1,000
Question: How long must an Canadian have lived in the state in order to receive a Permanent Fund Dividend?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What percentage of the Permanent Fund is divided betwen Alaska's ineligible residents?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: When did disembursements from the Permanent Fund end?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: When didn't disembursements from the Permanent Fund begin?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How much was the final disembursement from the Permanent Fund?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Greek kanon / Ancient Greek: κανών, Arabic Qanun / قانون, Hebrew kaneh / קנה, "straight"; a rule, code, standard, or measure; the root meaning in all these languages is "reed" (cf. the Romance-language ancestors of the English word "cane").
Question: What is the Greek term for canon?
Answer: kanon
Question: What is the Hebrew term for canon?
Answer: kaneh
Question: What is the Arabic term meaning canon?
Answer: Qanun
Question: What is the common definition of the word canon as it appears in Greek, Arabic and Hebrew?
Answer: reed
Question: Which English term is derived from the same root as the Greek, Arabic and Hebrew words for canon?
Answer: cane
Question: What is kanon the Hebrew word for?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is Kaneh the Greek word for?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: An unholy alliance is a coalition among seemingly antagonistic groups for ad hoc or hidden gain, generally some influential non-governmental group forming ties with political parties, supplying funding in exchange for the favorable treatment. Like patronage, unholy alliances are not necessarily illegal, but unlike patronage, by its deceptive nature and often great financial resources, an unholy alliance can be much more dangerous to the public interest. An early use of the term was by former US President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt:
Question: When groups that are antagonistic to each other form a coalition for hidden gain, it is called what?
Answer: unholy alliance
Question: While not illegal, an unholy alliance can be more dangerous to the public than what?
Answer: patronage |
Context: Furthermore, evidence exists that hunting may have been one of the multiple environmental factors leading to extinctions of the holocene megafauna and their replacement by smaller herbivores. North American megafauna extinction was coincidental with the Younger Dryas impact event, possibly making hunting a less critical factor in prehistoric species loss than had been previously thought. However, in other locations such as Australia, humans are thought to have played a very significant role in the extinction of the Australian megafauna that was widespread prior to human occupation.
Question: What does evidence suggest hunting may have been a factor in the extinction of?
Answer: holocene megafauna
Question: What was the North American megafauna extinction coincidental with?
Answer: Younger Dryas impact event
Question: What are humans thought to have played a significant role in, in Australia?
Answer: extinction of the Australian megafauna
Question: When was Australian's megafauna widespread?
Answer: prior to human occupation
Question: What along with multiple environmental factors led to the extinction of the holocene megafauna?
Answer: hunting
Question: What replaced the holocene megafauna?
Answer: smaller herbivores
Question: What event was coincidental with the North American megafauna extinction?
Answer: Younger Dryas impact event
Question: What is thought to have played a significant role in the extinction of the Australian megafauna?
Answer: humans
Question: What event was Australia's megafauna extinction coincidental with?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What did human occupation lead Younger Dryas to be replaced with?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What event was megafauna found to be less involved in than previously thought?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was widespread before prehistoric species existed?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What event was caused by smaller herbivores in the area?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: In early August 2008, Iowa Labour Commissioner David Neil announced that his department had found that Agriprocessors, a kosher meatpacking company in Postville which had recently been raided by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, had employed 57 minors, some as young as 14, in violation of state law prohibiting anyone under 18 from working in a meatpacking plant. Neil announced that he was turning the case over to the state Attorney General for prosecution, claiming that his department's inquiry had discovered "egregious violations of virtually every aspect of Iowa's child labour laws." Agriprocessors claimed that it was at a loss to understand the allegations. Agriprocessors' CEO went to trial on these charges in state court on 4 May 2010. After a five-week trial he was found not guilty of all 57 charges of child labour violations by the Black Hawk County District Court jury in Waterloo, Iowa, on 7 June 2010.
Question: How many minors did Agriprocessors employ?
Answer: 57
Question: What did Agriprocessors say in regards to the allegations?
Answer: claimed that it was at a loss to understand the allegations
Question: When did the CEO go on trial?
Answer: 4 May 2010
Question: What was the verdict?
Answer: not guilty of all 57 charges of child labour violations by the Black Hawk County District Court jury in Waterloo, Iowa, on 7 June 2010. |
Context: In 1955, with both the United States and the Soviet Union building ballistic missiles that could be utilized to launch objects into space, the "starting line" was drawn for the Space Race. In separate announcements, just four days apart, both nations publicly announced that they would launch artificial Earth satellites by 1957 or 1958. On July 29, 1955, James C. Hagerty, president Dwight D. Eisenhower's press secretary, announced that the United States intended to launch "small Earth circling satellites" between July 1, 1957, and December 31, 1958, as part of their contribution to the International Geophysical Year (IGY). Four days later, at the Sixth Congress of International Astronautical Federation in Copenhagen, scientist Leonid I. Sedov spoke to international reporters at the Soviet embassy, and announced his country's intention to launch a satellite as well, in the "near future". On August 30, 1955, Korolev managed to get the Soviet Academy of Sciences to create a commission whose purpose was to beat the Americans into Earth orbit: this was the de facto start date for the Space Race. The Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union began a policy of treating development of its space program as a classified state secret.
Question: Who was president Dwight D. Eisenhower's press secretary?
Answer: James C. Hagerty
Question: The starting date for the Space Race was which date?
Answer: August 30, 1955 |
Context: Bronx gang life was depicted in the 1974 novel The Wanderers by Bronx native Richard Price and the 1979 movie of the same name. They are set in the heart of the Bronx, showing apartment life and the then-landmark Krums ice cream parlor. In the 1979 film The Warriors, the eponymous gang go to a meeting in Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, and have to fight their way out of the borough and get back to Coney Island in Brooklyn. A Bronx Tale (1993) depicts gang activities in the Belmont "Little Italy" section of the Bronx. The 2005 video game adaptation features levels called Pelham, Tremont, and "Gunhill" (a play off the name Gun Hill Road). This theme lends itself to the title of The Bronx Is Burning, an eight-part ESPN TV mini-series (2007) about the New York Yankees' drive to winning baseball's 1977 World Series. The TV series emphasizes the boisterous nature of the team, led by manager Billy Martin, catcher Thurman Munson and outfielder Reggie Jackson, as well as the malaise of the Bronx and New York City in general during that time, such as the blackout, the city's serious financial woes and near bankruptcy, the arson for insurance payments, and the election of Ed Koch as mayor.
Question: When was 'The Wanderers' published?
Answer: 1974
Question: When was 'The Wanderers' movie released?
Answer: 1979
Question: When was 'The Warriors' movie released?
Answer: 1979
Question: When was 'A Bronx Tale' released?
Answer: 1993 |
Context: The D-Day Normandy landings on June 6, 1944, were costly but successful. A month later, the invasion of Southern France took place, and control of forces in the southern invasion passed from the AFHQ to the SHAEF. Many prematurely considered that victory in Europe would come by summer's end—however the Germans did not capitulate for almost a year. From then until the end of the war in Europe on May 8, 1945, Eisenhower, through SHAEF, commanded all Allied forces, and through his command of ETOUSA had administrative command of all U.S. forces on the Western Front north of the Alps. He was ever mindful of the inevitable loss of life and suffering that would be experienced on an individual level by the troops under his command and their families. This prompted him to make a point of visiting every division involved in the invasion. Eisenhower's sense of responsibility was underscored by his draft of a statement to be issued if the invasion failed. It has been called one of the great speeches of history:
Question: When did the Normandy invasion occur?
Answer: June 6, 1944
Question: How long after the Normandy invasion did the landings in Southern France occur?
Answer: month
Question: When did the war in Europe end?
Answer: May 8, 1945
Question: How many divisions involved in the Allied invasion of Europe did Eisenhower visit?
Answer: every
Question: After what possible event would the speech called one of the greatest in history have been delivered?
Answer: if the invasion failed |
Context: Gag and editorial cartoons usually consist of a single panel, often incorporating a caption or speech balloon. Definitions of comics which emphasize sequence usually exclude gag, editorial, and other single-panel cartoons; they can be included in definitions that emphasize the combination of word and image. Gag cartoons first began to proliferate in broadsheets published in Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries, and the term "cartoon"[h] was first used to describe them in 1843 in the British humour magazine Punch.
Question: Where did gag cartoons first make an appearance?
Answer: Europe
Question: When did gag single-panel illustrations become known as cartoons?
Answer: 1843
Question: In which publication was cartoon first used to describe gag single-panel illustrations?
Answer: Punch
Question: Where did gag cartoons last make an appearance?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Where did serious cartoons first make an appearance?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: When did serious single-panel illustrations become known as cartoons?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: When did gag single-panel illustrations become known as comics?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: In which publication was cartoon last used to describe gag single-panel illustrations?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: A 2005 paper states "recent research has failed to support earlier findings that pet ownership is associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease, a reduced use of general practitioner services, or any psychological or physical benefits on health for community dwelling older people. Research has, however, pointed to significantly less absenteeism from school through sickness among children who live with pets." In one study, new guardians reported a highly significant reduction in minor health problems during the first month following pet acquisition, and this effect was sustained in those with dogs through to the end of the study.
Question: What year did a publication come out indicating having a pet does not mean lower risk of heart disease in the elderly?
Answer: 2005
Question: What is lowered in children who have pets?
Answer: absenteeism from school
Question: What year did a report state that research did not support better health for elderly people who own pets?
Answer: 2005 |
Context: Astronomy: Astronomical observations from China constitute the longest continuous sequence from any civilisation and include records of sunspots (112 records from 364 BC), supernovas (1054), lunar and solar eclipses. By the 12th century, they could reasonably accurately make predictions of eclipses, but the knowledge of this was lost during the Ming dynasty, so that the Jesuit Matteo Ricci gained much favour in 1601 by his predictions. By 635 Chinese astronomers had observed that the tails of comets always point away from the sun.
Question: What observations in astronomy did China record?
Answer: sunspots
Question: What kind of predictions were made during the 12th century?
Answer: eclipses
Question: Who made predictions in 1601?
Answer: Jesuit Matteo Ricci
Question: What year did Chinese astronomers start to observe comets?
Answer: 635
Question: How many records of sunspots are there?
Answer: 112 |
Context: Publius Vergilius Maro (Classical Latin: [ˈpuː.blɪ.ʊs wɛrˈɡɪ.lɪ.ʊs ˈma.roː]; October 15, 70 BC – September 21, 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil /ˈvɜːrdʒᵻl/ in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He is known for three major works of Latin literature, the Eclogues (or Bucolics), the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid. A number of minor poems, collected in the Appendix Vergiliana, are sometimes attributed to him.
Question: During which period was Vigil a poet?
Answer: Augustan
Question: How many major works of literature is Virgil known for?
Answer: three
Question: Which major Latin epic is Virgil known for?
Answer: Aeneid
Question: What is Virgil's full name?
Answer: Publius Vergilius Maro
Question: Which collection of minor poems are sometimes attributed to Virgil?
Answer: Appendix Vergiliana
Question: What work did Virgil write first?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What date did Virgil finish the Aeneid?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: When did the Augustan period start?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How many poems by Virgil still exist today?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is Virgil's most famous work?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How many chapters are in the Aeneid?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is Virgil's least famous work?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: When did Virgil publish his last poem?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is Virgil's longest book?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was the first language the Aeneid was translated into?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: From 1820 to 1848 Sicily was shaken by upheavals, which culminated on 12 January 1848, with a popular insurrection, the first one in Europe that year, led by Giuseppe La Masa. A parliament and constitution were proclaimed. The first president was Ruggero Settimo. The Bourbons reconquered Palermo in 1849, and remained under their rule until the time of Giuseppe Garibaldi. The famous general entered Palermo with his troops (the “Thousands”) on 27 May 1860. After the plebiscite later that year Palermo, along with the rest of Sicily, became part of the new Kingdom of Italy (1861).
Question: Who led the first insurrection in Europe in 1848?
Answer: Giuseppe La Masa
Question: Who was the first president of Palermo?
Answer: Ruggero Settimo
Question: Who regained control of Palermo in 1849?
Answer: The Bourbons
Question: Sicily and Palermo became part of what Kingdom in 1861?
Answer: Kingdom of Italy
Question: Who led an insurrection in the 18th century?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who was the first president of Palermo?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who reconqured Palermo in the 18th century?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What general lead the Bourbons?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: The stated clauses of the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact were a guarantee of non-belligerence by each party towards the other, and a written commitment that neither party would ally itself to, or aid, an enemy of the other party. In addition to stipulations of non-aggression, the treaty included a secret protocol that divided territories of Romania, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Finland into German and Soviet "spheres of influence", anticipating potential "territorial and political rearrangements" of these countries. Thereafter, Germany invaded Poland on 1 September 1939. After the Soviet–Japanese ceasefire agreement took effect on 16 September, Stalin ordered his own invasion of Poland on 17 September. Part of southeastern (Karelia) and Salla region in Finland were annexed by the Soviet Union after the Winter War. This was followed by Soviet annexations of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and parts of Romania (Bessarabia, Northern Bukovina, and the Hertza region). Concern about ethnic Ukrainians and Belarusians had been proffered as justification for the Soviet invasion of Poland. Stalin's invasion of Bukovina in 1940 violated the pact, as it went beyond the Soviet sphere of influence agreed with the Axis.
Question: The agreement between the Nazis and the Soviets split what countries up?
Answer: Romania, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Finland
Question: Who invaded Poland after the Nazi’s?
Answer: Soviet
Question: Which countries were taken over by the Soviets?
Answer: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and parts of Romania
Question: Who broke the agreement with the invasion of Bukovina?
Answer: Stalin
Question: Salla is located in what country?
Answer: Finland
Question: he disagreement between the Nazis and the Soviets split what countries up?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: he agreement between the Nazis and the Soviets split what cities up?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who invaded Poland before the Nazi’s?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Which countries weren't taken over by the Soviets?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Salla isn't located in what country?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: On December 19, 2006, ESPN announced the purchase of a minority stake in the AFL. This deal included television rights for the ESPN family of networks. ESPN would televise a minimum of 17 regular season games, most on Monday nights, and nine playoff games, including ArenaBowl XXI on ABC. The deal resulted in added exposure on ESPN's SportsCenter. However, after the original AFL filed for bankruptcy, this arrangement did not carry over to the new AFL, which is a separate legal entity.
Question: On what date did ESPN buy a minority share of the AFL?
Answer: December 19, 2006
Question: At minimum, how many regular season games did the AFL agree to broadcast?
Answer: 17
Question: On what day would most of the games televised on the ESPN networks be played?
Answer: Monday
Question: What network broadcast ArenaBowl XXI?
Answer: ABC
Question: Under the deal, how many AFL playoff games did ESPN broadcast each year?
Answer: nine |
Context: The Ptolemaic Kingdom was a powerful Hellenistic state, extending from southern Syria in the east, to Cyrene to the west, and south to the frontier with Nubia. Alexandria became the capital city and a centre of Greek culture and trade. To gain recognition by the native Egyptian populace, they named themselves as the successors to the Pharaohs. The later Ptolemies took on Egyptian traditions, had themselves portrayed on public monuments in Egyptian style and dress, and participated in Egyptian religious life.
Question: What were the reaches of the Ptolemaic Kingdom?
Answer: Syria in the east, to Cyrene to the west, and south to the frontier with Nubia
Question: What was the capital in the Prolemaic Kingdom?
Answer: Alexandria
Question: What were leaders known as during Ptolemaic Kingdom?
Answer: Pharaohs
Question: What religious life was the Ptolemaic Kingdom?
Answer: Egyptian |
Context: Uranium carbides and uranium nitrides are both relatively inert semimetallic compounds that are minimally soluble in acids, react with water, and can ignite in air to form U
3O
8. Carbides of uranium include uranium monocarbide (UC), uranium dicarbide (UC
2), and diuranium tricarbide (U
2C
3). Both UC and UC
2 are formed by adding carbon to molten uranium or by exposing the metal to carbon monoxide at high temperatures. Stable below 1800 °C, U
2C
3 is prepared by subjecting a heated mixture of UC and UC
2 to mechanical stress. Uranium nitrides obtained by direct exposure of the metal to nitrogen include uranium mononitride (UN), uranium dinitride (UN
2), and diuranium trinitride (U
2N
3).
Question: Along with uranium monocarbide and uranium dicarbide, what is a notable carbide of uranium?
Answer: diuranium tricarbide
Question: Below what temperature is U2C3 stable?
Answer: 1800 °C
Question: Along with uranium monocarbide and uranium dicarbide, what is a unnotable carbide of uranium?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Below what temperature is U2C3 unstable?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: On 1 March 2014, at a special conference the party reformed internal Labour election procedures, including replacing the electoral college system for selecting new leaders with a "one member, one vote" system following the recommendation of a review by former general-secretary Ray Collins. Mass membership would be encouraged by allowing "registered supporters" to join at a low cost, as well as full membership. Members from the trade unions would also have to explicitly "opt in" rather than "opt out" of paying a political levy to Labour.
Question: Where did the party reform Conservative election procedures?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: When were Conservative election procedures reformed?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What replaced the "one member, one vote" system?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who was allowed to join at a high cost?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who had to opt in to paying a political levy to the Conservatives?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Old English contained a certain number of loanwords from Latin, which was the scholarly and diplomatic lingua franca of Western Europe. It is sometimes possible to give approximate dates for the borrowing of individual Latin words based on which patterns of sound change they have undergone. Some Latin words had already been borrowed into the Germanic languages before the ancestral Angles and Saxons left continental Europe for Britain. More entered the language when the Anglo-Saxons were converted to Christianity and Latin-speaking priests became influential. It was also through Irish Christian missionaries that the Latin alphabet was introduced and adapted for the writing of Old English, replacing the earlier runic system. Nonetheless, the largest transfer of Latin-based (mainly Old French) words into English occurred after the Norman Conquest of 1066, and thus in the Middle English rather than the Old English period.
Question: From what language did Old English borrow some words?
Answer: Latin
Question: What individuals introduced the Latin alphabet to the speakers of Old English?
Answer: Irish Christian missionaries
Question: Before the introduction of the Latin alphabet, how was Old English written?
Answer: runic system
Question: After the Norman Conquest, Latin words entered English via what language?
Answer: Old French
Question: In what year did the Norman Conquest occur?
Answer: 1066
Question: What contains loan words from Western Europe?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: When were words borrowed from the Germanic languages?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: When did English influence Latin words?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who introduced the Irish language?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: The massive work was arranged according to a "tree of knowledge." The tree reflected the marked division between the arts and sciences, which was largely a result of the rise of empiricism. Both areas of knowledge were united by philosophy, or the trunk of the tree of knowledge. The Enlightenment's desacrilization of religion was pronounced in the tree's design, particularly where theology accounted for a peripheral branch, with black magic as a close neighbour. As the Encyclopédie gained popularity, it was published in quarto and octavo editions after 1777. The quarto and octavo editions were much less expensive than previous editions, making the Encyclopédie more accessible to the non-elite. Robert Darnton estimates that there were approximately 25 000 copies of the Encyclopédie in circulation throughout France and Europe before the French Revolution. The extensive, yet affordable encyclopedia came to represent the transmission of Enlightenment and scientific education to an expanding audience.
Question: How was the Encyclopedie arranged?
Answer: according to a "tree of knowledge."
Question: The rise of empiricism caused a division between which two subjects?
Answer: the arts and sciences
Question: What was considered the trunk of the tree of knowledge?
Answer: philosophy
Question: Which editions of the Encyclopedie were less expensive and more accessible to the non-elite?
Answer: quarto and octavo
Question: How many copies of the Encyclopedie were estimated to be in circulation throughout France and Europe before the French Revolution?
Answer: 25 000 |
Context: Southampton also has 2 community FM radio stations, the Queens Award winning Unity 101 Community Radio (www.unity101.org) broadcasting full-time on 101.1 FM since 2006 to the Asian and Ethnic communities, and Voice FM (http://www.voicefmradio.co.uk) located in St Mary's, which has been broadcasting full-time on 103.9 FM since September 2011, playing a wide range of music from Rock to Dance music and Top 40. A third station, Awaaz FM (www.awaazfm.co.uk), is an internet only radio stations also catering for Asian and Ethnic community.
Question: How many community FM radio stations are there in Southampton?
Answer: 2
Question: What local FM station won the Queens Award?
Answer: Unity 101 Community Radio |
Context: Both Allen and Lambert released the coronation song, "No Boundaries" which was co-written by DioGuardi. This is the first season in which the winner failed to achieve gold album status, and none from that season achieved platinum album status in the U.S.[citation needed]
Question: What was the name of the song that Kris Allen and Adam Lamber released after American Idol?
Answer: No Boundaries
Question: Who helped write the song "No Boundaries"?
Answer: DioGuardi
Question: What was the coronation song for this season?
Answer: No Boundaries
Question: Who co-wrote the coronation song?
Answer: DioGuardi
Question: Unlike every previous winner, the winner of this season failed to achieve what status?
Answer: gold album status
Question: How many contestants from this season reached platinum album status?
Answer: none |
Context: Before the establishment of the Modern Greek state, the link between ancient and modern Greeks was emphasized by the scholars of Greek Enlightenment especially by Rigas Feraios. In his "Political Constitution", he addresses to the nation as "the people descendant of the Greeks". The modern Greek state was created in 1829, when the Greeks liberated a part of their historic homelands, Peloponnese, from the Ottoman Empire. The large Greek diaspora and merchant class were instrumental in transmitting the ideas of western romantic nationalism and philhellenism, which together with the conception of Hellenism, formulated during the last centuries of the Byzantine Empire, formed the basis of the Diafotismos and the current conception of Hellenism.
Question: From what era is the Rigas Feraios believed to be a part of ?
Answer: Greek Enlightenment
Question: When was the Greek state of modern times birthed into exsistence ?
Answer: The modern Greek state was created in 1829,
Question: What did Greeks do that caused the formation of the new state ?
Answer: the Greeks liberated a part of their historic homelands, Peloponnese, from the Ottoman Empire
Question: What foundation was laid that is the demographics of Modern Greek Enlightenment Era ?
Answer: instrumental in transmitting the ideas of western romantic nationalism and philhellenism, which together with the conception of Hellenism,
Question: From what era is the Rigas Feraios believed to not be a part of?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: When was the Greek state of modern times dead to exsistence?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What did Greeks do that caused the formation of the old state?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What foundation was laid that is the demographics of Modern Irish Enlightenment Era
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Genetic studies on Ashkenazim have been conducted to determine how much of their ancestry comes from the Levant, and how much derives from European populations. These studies—researching both their paternal and maternal lineages—point to a significant prevalence of ancient Levantine origins. But they have arrived at diverging conclusions regarding both the degree and the sources of their European ancestry. These diverging conclusions focus particularly on the extent of the European genetic origin observed in Ashkenazi maternal lineages.
Question: Genetic studies on Ashkenazim have found a significant prevalence of what type of origins?
Answer: ancient Levantine origins
Question: Have studies on the genetics of the Ashkenazim come to similar or divergent conclusions regarding the degree and sources of their European ancestry?
Answer: they have arrived at diverging conclusions
Question: Have these studies on Ashkenazim genetics researched their paternal lineages, maternal lineages, or both?
Answer: researching both their paternal and maternal lineages
Question: Genetic studies on the Ashkenazim have tried to determine how much of their ancestry is derived from European populations and from where?
Answer: the Levant |
Context: The New Haven Division buses follow routes that had originally been covered by trolley service. Horse-drawn steetcars began operating in New Haven in the 1860s, and by the mid-1890s all the lines had become electric. In the 1920s and 1930s, some of the trolley lines began to be replaced by bus lines, with the last trolley route converted to bus in 1948. The City of New Haven is in the very early stages of considering the restoration of streetcar (light-rail) service, which has been absent since the postwar period.
Question: What form of public transportation preceded the current New Haven Division bus routes?
Answer: trolley service
Question: What decade ushered in the operation of horse-drawn carriages in New Haven?
Answer: the 1860s
Question: What advancement was made to New Haven trolley lines in the mid 1890's?
Answer: all the lines had become electric
Question: What mode of public transportation in New Haven phased out the trolley service in the 1920's and 1930's?
Answer: bus lines
Question: In what year was the final trolley route in New Haven converted to a bus line?
Answer: 1948
Question: Buses in New Haven uses what kind of route for their service?
Answer: trolley
Question: Before 20th century, what was the form of public transportation in the city?
Answer: Horse-drawn steetcars
Question: In what year were trolleys finally replaced completely by buses?
Answer: 1948
Question: What further ideas for public transportation is the city currently considering?
Answer: streetcar (light-rail) service |
Context: In March 2013 it was announced that Russian is now the second-most used language on the Internet after English. People use the Russian language on 5.9% of all websites, slightly ahead of German and far behind English (54.7%). Russian is used not only on 89.8% of .ru sites, but also on 88.7% of sites with the former Soviet Union domain .su. The websites of former Soviet Union nations also use high levels of Russian: 79.0% in Ukraine, 86.9% in Belarus, 84.0% in Kazakhstan, 79.6% in Uzbekistan, 75.9% in Kyrgyzstan and 81.8% in Tajikistan. However, Russian is the sixth-most used language on the top 1,000 sites, behind English, Chinese, French, German and Japanese.
Question: What is the second-most-popular language online as of 2013?
Answer: Russian
Question: What percent of all websites are in English?
Answer: 54.7%
Question: What percent of all websites are in Russian?
Answer: 5.9%
Question: What percent of all .ru websites are in Russian?
Answer: 89.8%
Question: What percent of Ukraine's websites are in Russian?
Answer: 79.0%
Question: What is Japanese on the internet after English?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What percentage of sites with the .su domain use English?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How many websites in Ukraine use English?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What percentage of websites in Tajikistan use English?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: In March 2013 how many people used Japanese on all websites?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: The layout of the inner suburbs on a largely one-mile grid pattern, cut through by wide radial boulevards, and string of gardens surrounding the central city was largely established in the 1850s and 1860s. These areas were rapidly filled from the mid 1850s by the ubiquitous terrace house, as well as detached houses and some grand mansions in large grounds, while some of the major roads developed as shopping streets. Melbourne quickly became a major finance centre, home to several banks, the Royal Mint, and Australia's first stock exchange in 1861. In 1855 the Melbourne Cricket Club secured possession of its now famous ground, the MCG. Members of the Melbourne Football Club codified Australian football in 1859, and Yarra rowing clubs and "regattas" became popular about the same time. In 1861 the Melbourne Cup was first run. In 1864 Melbourne acquired its first public monument—the Burke and Wills statue.
Question: In what two decades was the layout of Melbourne's inner suburbs established?
Answer: 1850s and 1860s
Question: In what year did the Melbourne Cricket Club secure possession of its now famous ground, the MCG?
Answer: 1855
Question: Around what year did Yarra rowing clubs and "regattas" become popular?
Answer: 1859
Question: In what year was the Melbourne Cup first run?
Answer: 1861
Question: What was the first public monumnet acquired in Melbourne in 1864?
Answer: the Burke and Wills statue |
Context: The northern supercontinent of Laurasia began to break up, as Europe, Greenland and North America drifted apart. In western North America, mountain building started in the Eocene, and huge lakes formed in the high flat basins among uplifts. In Europe, the Tethys Sea finally vanished, while the uplift of the Alps isolated its final remnant, the Mediterranean, and created another shallow sea with island archipelagos to the north. Though the North Atlantic was opening, a land connection appears to have remained between North America and Europe since the faunas of the two regions are very similar. India continued its journey away from Africa and began its collision with Asia, creating the Himalayan orogeny.
Question: during which period did mountains form in the western part of North America?
Answer: Eocene
Question: What began to form in the flat basins in North America during the Eocene?
Answer: huge lakes
Question: In the Eocene, in Europe, which sea ceased to be?
Answer: Tethys Sea
Question: The Mediterranean sea is a remaining part of which sea from the Eocene?
Answer: Tethys Sea
Question: Which oregeny was created when India collided with Asia?
Answer: the Himalayan orogeny
Question: What three continent drifted together forming Laurasia during then Eocene?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What formed in the low basins of Europe?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What sea opened up?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What sea was created by the Alps?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What two coninents developed vastly differen fauna?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: The Executive Board is responsible for the implementation of monetary policy (defined by the Governing Council) and the day-to-day running of the bank. It can issue decisions to national central banks and may also exercise powers delegated to it by the Governing Council. It is composed of the President of the Bank (currently Mario Draghi), the Vice-President (currently Vitor Constâncio) and four other members. They are all appointed for non-renewable terms of eight years. They are appointed "from among persons of recognised standing and professional experience in monetary or banking matters by common accord of the governments of the Member States at the level of Heads of State or Government, on a recommendation from the Council, after it has consulted the European Parliament and the Governing Council of the ECB". The Executive Board normally meets every Tuesday.
Question: Who is responsible for overseeing all monetary policy?
Answer: The Executive Board
Question: Who is the current president of the ECB?
Answer: Mario Draghi
Question: Who is the Vice-President of The European Central Bank?
Answer: Vitor Constâncio
Question: Along with the President and Vice President, how many other members make up the Executive Board?
Answer: four
Question: For how long are the other members of the Executive Board appointed?
Answer: non-renewable terms of eight years
Question: Who is sabotaging all monetary policy?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who is the current emperor of the ECB?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who is the Russian President of The European Central Bank?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How long are members of the Executive Board imprisoned?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How many other members are banned from the Executive Board along with the President and Vice President?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Slack (2003) compares three groups that conducted biological research at Yale during overlapping periods between 1910 and 1970. Yale proved important as a site for this research. The leaders of these groups were Ross Granville Harrison, Grace E. Pickford, and G. Evelyn Hutchinson, and their members included both graduate students and more experienced scientists. All produced innovative research, including the opening of new subfields in embryology, endocrinology, and ecology, respectively, over a long period of time. Harrison's group is shown to have been a classic research school; Pickford's and Hutchinson's were not. Pickford's group was successful in spite of her lack of departmental or institutional position or power. Hutchinson and his graduate and postgraduate students were extremely productive, but in diverse areas of ecology rather than one focused area of research or the use of one set of research tools. Hutchinson's example shows that new models for research groups are needed, especially for those that include extensive field research.
Question: Which group of researchers provided a standard research school environment?
Answer: Harrison's group
Question: Which groups of researchers provided unorthodox structure for a research group?
Answer: Pickford's and Hutchinson's
Question: What was Pickford's group lacking to make it more like other research schools?
Answer: departmental or institutional position or power
Question: What did Hutchinson's group research?
Answer: diverse areas of ecology
Question: What information did Hutchinson's model provide?
Answer: new models for research groups are needed
Question: Which group of researchers provided a nonstandard research school environment?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Which groups of researchers provided orthodox structure for a research group?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was Pickford's group lacking to make it less like other research schools?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What didn't Hutchinson's group research?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What information didn't Hutchinson's model provide?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: PS3's hardware has also been used to build supercomputers for high-performance computing. Fixstars Solutions sells a version of Yellow Dog Linux for PlayStation 3 (originally sold by Terra Soft Solutions). RapidMind produced a stream programming package for PS3, but were acquired by Intel in 2009. Also, on January 3, 2007, Dr. Frank Mueller, Associate Professor of Computer science at NCSU, clustered 8 PS3s. Mueller commented that the 256 MB of system RAM is a limitation for this particular application and is considering attempting to retrofit more RAM. Software includes: Fedora Core 5 Linux ppc64, MPICH2, OpenMP v 2.5, GNU Compiler Collection and CellSDK 1.1. As a more cost-effective alternative to conventional supercomputers, the U.S. military has purchased clusters of PS3 units for research purposes. Retail PS3 Slim units cannot be used for supercomputing, because PS3 Slim lacks the ability to boot into a third-party OS.
Question: What operating system does Fixstars Solutions offer for the PlayStation 3?
Answer: Yellow Dog Linux
Question: What company sold Yellow Dog Linux before Fixstars Solutions?
Answer: Terra Soft Solutions
Question: What company bought RapidMind in 2009?
Answer: Intel
Question: How many PlayStation 3 consoles was Dr. Frank Mueller able to cluster together?
Answer: 8
Question: Who is buying PS3 clusters instead of supercomputers in order to save some money?
Answer: the U.S. military
Question: Whose hardware was used to build superconductors?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who produced a stream programming package for PS4?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who did RapidMind acquire in 2009?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who clustered 18 PS3s?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What operating system does Fixstars Solutions offer for the PlayStation 2?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What company sold Yellow Dog Linux after Fixstars Solutions?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What company bought RapidMind in 2008?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How many PlayStation 2 consoles was Dr. Frank Mueller able to cluster together?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who is buying PS3 clusters instead of supercomputers in order to lose some money?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Most samurai were bound by a code of honor and were expected to set an example for those below them. A notable part of their code is seppuku (切腹, seppuku?) or hara kiri, which allowed a disgraced samurai to regain his honor by passing into death, where samurai were still beholden to social rules. Whilst there are many romanticized characterizations of samurai behavior such as the writing of Bushido (武士道, Bushidō?) in 1905, studies of Kobudo and traditional Budō indicate that the samurai were as practical on the battlefield as were any other warrior.
Question: What was a synonym for seppuku?
Answer: hara kiri
Question: What was the reason for seppuku?
Answer: allowed a disgraced samurai to regain his honor by passing into death
Question: How idealistic were samurai?
Answer: as practical on the battlefield as were any other warrior
Question: How were samurai unrealistically portrayed?
Answer: romanticized |
Context: Hindu scriptures describe hunting as an acceptable occupation, as well as a sport of the kingly. Even figures considered godly are described to have engaged in hunting. One of the names of the god Shiva is Mrigavyadha, which translates as "the deer hunter" (mriga means deer; vyadha means hunter). The word Mriga, in many Indian languages including Malayalam, not only stands for deer, but for all animals and animal instincts (Mriga Thrishna). Shiva, as Mrigavyadha, is the one who destroys the animal instincts in human beings. In the epic Ramayana, Dasharatha, the father of Rama, is said to have the ability to hunt in the dark. During one of his hunting expeditions, he accidentally killed Shravana, mistaking him for game. During Rama's exile in the forest, Ravana kidnapped his wife, Sita, from their hut, while Rama was asked by Sita to capture a golden deer, and his brother Lakshman went after him. According to the Mahabharat, Pandu, the father of the Pandavas, accidentally killed the sage Kindama and his wife with an arrow, mistaking them for a deer. Krishna is said to have died after being accidentally wounded by an arrow of a hunter.
Question: What kind of occupation do Hindu scriptures describe hunting as being?
Answer: acceptable
Question: What is one of the names of the god Shiva?
Answer: Mrigavyadha
Question: What is the translation of Mrigavyadha?
Answer: "the deer hunter"
Question: What does Shiva destroy in human beings?
Answer: animal instincts
Question: What talent does Dasharatha have?
Answer: hunt in the dark
Question: What scriptures describe hunting as and acceptable occupation?
Answer: Hindu
Question: Godly figures have engaged in what activity?
Answer: hunting
Question: Mrigavyadha means what?
Answer: deer hunter
Question: Mrigavyadha destroys animal instinct in who?
Answer: human beings
Question: What happened after Krishna was accidentally wounded by an arrow of a hunter?
Answer: died
Question: How was Shiva accidentally wounded to later die?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What does Ramayana destroy in animals?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How is Krishna said to be able to hunt?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who did Krishna mistake for game and accidentally kill?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Where was Krishna exiled to?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: The structure of the Swiss militia system stipulates that the soldiers keep their Army issued equipment, including all personal weapons, at home. Some organizations and political parties find this practice controversial but mainstream Swiss opinion is in favour of the system. Compulsory military service concerns all male Swiss citizens; women can serve voluntarily. Men usually receive military conscription orders for training at the age of 18. About two thirds of the young Swiss are found suited for service; for those found unsuited, various forms of alternative service exist. Annually, approximately 20,000 persons are trained in recruit centres for a duration from 18 to 21 weeks. The reform "Army XXI" was adopted by popular vote in 2003, it replaced the previous model "Army 95", reducing the effectives from 400,000 to about 200,000. Of those, 120,000 are active in periodic Army training and 80,000 are non-training reserves.
Question: Where do Swiss militia keep their Army issued equipment?
Answer: at home
Question: Who has compulsory military service in Switzerland?
Answer: all male Swiss citizens
Question: Who can serve in the Swiss military voluntarily?
Answer: women
Question: What replaced Army 95 in 2003?
Answer: Army XXI
Question: In Army XXI, how many are active in periodic army training?
Answer: 120,000 |
Context: W 122nd Street runs six blocks (3,280 feet (1,000 m)) west from the intersection of Mount Morris Park West at Marcus Garvey Memorial Park and terminates at the intersection of Morningside Avenue at Morningside Park. This segment runs in the Mount Morris Historical District and crosses portions of Lenox Avenue (Sixth Avenue), Seventh Avenue, Frederick Douglass Boulevard (Eighth Avenue), and Manhattan Avenue.
Question: At which intersection does W 122nd Street terminate?
Answer: Morningside Avenue
Question: At which park does W 122nd Street end?
Answer: Morningside Park
Question: How many blocks west from the intersection of Mount Morris Park does W 122nd Street run?
Answer: six
Question: Through which historical district does W 122nd Street run?
Answer: Mount Morris
Question: What is an alternative name for Sixth Avenue?
Answer: Lenox Avenue |
Context: Rainfall tends to be associated with Atlantic depressions or with convection. The Atlantic depressions are more vigorous in autumn and winter and most of the rain which falls in those seasons in the south-west is from this source. Average annual rainfall is around 980 millimetres (39 in). November to March have the highest mean wind speeds, with June to August having the lightest winds. The predominant wind direction is from the south-west.
Question: Along with convection, what provokes rain in the Plymouth area?
Answer: Atlantic depressions
Question: Along with winter, in what season are Atlantic depressions most prevalent?
Answer: autumn
Question: About how many inches of rain fall on Plymouth every year?
Answer: 39
Question: Along with March, what month has the fastest winds on average?
Answer: November
Question: From what direction do most of the winds blow on Plymouth?
Answer: south-west |
Context: The X3.2 subcommittee designed ASCII based on the earlier teleprinter encoding systems. Like other character encodings, ASCII specifies a correspondence between digital bit patterns and character symbols (i.e. graphemes and control characters). This allows digital devices to communicate with each other and to process, store, and communicate character-oriented information such as written language. Before ASCII was developed, the encodings in use included 26 alphabetic characters, 10 numerical digits, and from 11 to 25 special graphic symbols. To include all these, and control characters compatible with the Comité Consultatif International Téléphonique et Télégraphique (CCITT) International Telegraph Alphabet No. 2 (ITA2) standard, Fieldata, and early EBCDIC, more than 64 codes were required for ASCII.
Question: What was ASCII based on?
Answer: teleprinter encoding systems
Question: ASCII specifies correspondence between what?
Answer: digital bit patterns and character symbols
Question: What does ASCII correspondence allow digital devices to do?
Answer: communicate with each other and to process, store, and communicate character-oriented information
Question: How many graphic symbols were used before ASCII?
Answer: 11 to 25 special graphic symbols
Question: How many codes were required for ASCII?
Answer: more than 64 codes
Question: What was the X3.2 based on?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: ASCII specifies alphabetic characters by what?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What does ASCII graphic symbols allow digital devices to do?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How many graphic symbols were used before encoding systems were invented?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How many codes were required for the X3.2?
Answer: Unanswerable |
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