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Context: There are several technologies aimed to provide better experience to passengers suffering from claustrophobia, anthropophobia or social anxiety. Israeli startup DigiGage uses motion sensors to scroll the pre-rendered images, building and floor-specific content on a screen embedded into the wall as the cab moves up and down. British company LiftEye provides a virtual window technology to turn common elevator into panoramic. It creates 3d video panorama using live feed from cameras placed vertically along the facade and synchronizes it with cab movement. The video is projected on a wall-sized screens making it look like the walls are made of glass. Question: New technologies aim to provide a better elevator experience to passengers who suffer from what? Answer: claustrophobia, anthropophobia or social anxiety Question: What Israeli company uses motion sensors to display information on a screen embedded in the wall of the cabs? Answer: DigiGage Question: LiftEye uses virtual window technology for what? Answer: to turn common elevator into panoramic Question: How does it produce the panoramic effects? Answer: It creates 3d video panorama using live feed from cameras placed vertically along the facade and synchronizes it with cab movement Question: Where is the video projected? Answer: on a wall-sized screens
Context: Upon exposure, the amount of light energy that reaches the film determines the effect upon the emulsion. If the brightness of the light is multiplied by a factor and the exposure of the film decreased by the same factor by varying the camera's shutter speed and aperture, so that the energy received is the same, the film will be developed to the same density. This rule is called reciprocity. The systems for determining the sensitivity for an emulsion are possible because reciprocity holds. In practice, reciprocity works reasonably well for normal photographic films for the range of exposures between 1/1000 second to 1/2 second. However, this relationship breaks down outside these limits, a phenomenon known as reciprocity failure. Question: What determines the effect on the emulsion after exposure? Answer: the amount of light energy that reaches the film Question: In what range of exposures does reciprocity usually work? Answer: between 1/1000 second to 1/2 second Question: How is the exposure of film changed? Answer: by varying the camera's shutter speed and aperture Question: How are ways of finding an emulsion's sensitivity possible? Answer: because reciprocity holds Question: What happens outside the 1/1000 second to 1/second exposure range? Answer: reciprocity failure Question: What determines the amount of light energy that reaches the film? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Multiplying the brightness of a light by a factor and decreasing the exposure by the same factor causes what to change? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How is the brightness of a light changed? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Reciprocity only works outside of what ranges? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Reciprocity holds because of what system? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Before the early 20th century, treatments for infections were based primarily on medicinal folklore. Mixtures with antimicrobial properties that were used in treatments of infections were described over 2000 years ago. Many ancient cultures, including the ancient Egyptians and ancient Greeks, used specially selected mold and plant materials and extracts to treat infections. More recent observations made in the laboratory of antibiosis between microorganisms led to the discovery of natural antibacterials produced by microorganisms. Louis Pasteur observed, "if we could intervene in the antagonism observed between some bacteria, it would offer perhaps the greatest hopes for therapeutics". The term 'antibiosis', meaning "against life", was introduced by the French bacteriologist Jean Paul Vuillemin as a descriptive name of the phenomenon exhibited by these early antibacterial drugs. Antibiosis was first described in 1877 in bacteria when Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch observed that an airborne bacillus could inhibit the growth of Bacillus anthracis. These drugs were later renamed antibiotics by Selman Waksman, an American microbiologist, in 1942. Synthetic antibiotic chemotherapy as a science and development of antibacterials began in Germany with Paul Ehrlich in the late 1880s. Ehrlich noted certain dyes would color human, animal, or bacterial cells, whereas others did not. He then proposed the idea that it might be possible to create chemicals that would act as a selective drug that would bind to and kill bacteria without harming the human host. After screening hundreds of dyes against various organisms, in 1907, he discovered a medicinally useful drug, the synthetic antibacterial salvarsan now called arsphenamine. Question: What methods did people use before antibiotics to treat infections? Answer: medicinal folklore Question: When were some kinds of antimicrobials first used? Answer: over 2000 years ago Question: What type of things did Egyptians and Greeks use? Answer: mold and plant materials and extracts Question: What does antibiosis mean? Answer: against life Question: Who came up with the term antibiosis? Answer: Jean Paul Vuillemin Question: What methods did people use before Robert Koch to treat infections? Answer: Unanswerable Question: When were some kinds of dyes first used? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What type of things did American microbiologists use? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Who came up with the term salvarsan? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Who renamed drugs therapudics? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: The MC controls the conferencing while it is active on the signaling plane, which is simply where the system manages conferencing creation, endpoint signaling and in-conferencing controls. This component negotiates parameters with every endpoint in the network and controls conferencing resources. While the MC controls resources and signaling negotiations, the MP operates on the media plane and receives media from each endpoint. The MP generates output streams from each endpoint and redirects the information to other endpoints in the conference. Question: What controls the conferencing while its active on the signaling plane? Answer: The MC Question: Where does the videoconferencing system manage conferencing creation? Answer: the signaling plane Question: What is one example of what the signaling plane controls in a videoconferencing system? Answer: endpoint signaling Question: On what plane does the MC operate? Answer: the media plane Question: What generates output streams from each endpoint? Answer: The MP Question: What does the MP control while active on the signaling plane? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Where does the system manage output streams while it is active? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What does the MC receive from in-conferencing controls? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What does the signaling plane do with information in a conference? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What signaling negotiations does the MP operate on? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Although less common than in earlier periods, in modern times, formal charges of heresy within Christian churches still occur. Issues in the Protestant churches have included modern biblical criticism and the nature of God. In the Catholic Church, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith criticizes writings for "ambiguities and errors" without using the word "heresy". Question: Under which religion do charges of heresy still occur in modern times? Answer: Christian Question: Which religion is cited as having problems with modern biblical criticism? Answer: Protestant Question: What belief of the Catholic Church criticizes writings without using the word heresy? Answer: Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Question: What charge is just as common in modern times? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What churches have issues with modern bibles> Answer: Unanswerable Question: Who criticizes writing for being heretical? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Political boundaries drawn by the British did not always reflect homogeneous ethnicities or religions, contributing to conflicts in formerly colonised areas. The British Empire was also responsible for large migrations of peoples. Millions left the British Isles, with the founding settler populations of the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand coming mainly from Britain and Ireland. Tensions remain between the white settler populations of these countries and their indigenous minorities, and between white settler minorities and indigenous majorities in South Africa and Zimbabwe. Settlers in Ireland from Great Britain have left their mark in the form of divided nationalist and unionist communities in Northern Ireland. Millions of people moved to and from British colonies, with large numbers of Indians emigrating to other parts of the empire, such as Malaysia and Fiji, and Chinese people to Malaysia, Singapore and the Caribbean. The demographics of Britain itself was changed after the Second World War owing to immigration to Britain from its former colonies. Question: In which countries did the British Isles provide most of the founding settlers? Answer: the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand Question: Where did many Indians move to? Answer: Malaysia and Fiji Question: Many people of which ethnicity moved to Malaysia, Singapore and the Caribbean? Answer: Chinese Question: When did many former colonies' citizens begin immigrating into Britain? Answer: after the Second World War
Context: The Duke and Duchess of York had two children: Elizabeth (called "Lilibet" by the family), and Margaret. The Duke and Duchess and their two daughters lived a relatively sheltered life at their London residence, 145 Piccadilly. They were a close and loving family. One of the few stirs arose when the Canadian Prime Minister, R. B. Bennett, considered the Duke for Governor General of Canada in 1931—a proposal that King George V rejected on the advice of the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, J. H. Thomas. Question: What was Elizabeth's nickname? Answer: Lilibet Question: Who were the Duke and Duchess of York's children? Answer: Elizabeth (called "Lilibet" by the family), and Margaret Question: What was the name of Duke of York's London residence? Answer: 145 Piccadilly Question: Who advised against the Duke becoming the Governor General of Canada? Answer: J. H. Thomas Question: What position did J. H. Thomas hold? Answer: Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs Question: In what year was Elizabeth born? Answer: Unanswerable Question: In what year was Margaret born? Answer: Unanswerable Question: In what year did R.B. Bennett become the Canadian Prime Minister? Answer: Unanswerable Question: In what year was King George V crowned? Answer: Unanswerable Question: At what address in London did J.H. Thomas live? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Following the 1914–15 edition, the competition was suspended due to the First World War, and didn't resume until 1919–20. The 1922–23 competition saw the first final to be played in the newly opened Wembley Stadium (known at the time as the Empire Stadium). Due to the outbreak of World War II, the competition wasn't played between the 1938–39 and 1945–46 editions. Due to the wartime breaks, the competition didn't celebrate its centenary year until 1980–81; fittingly the final featured a goal by Ricky Villa which was later voted the greatest goal ever scored at Wembley Stadium, but has since been replaced by Steven Gerrard. Question: Was competition suspended due to the first world war? Answer: competition was suspended due to the First World War Question: what year did competition resume after world war 1? Answer: 1919–20. Question: When did Wembly stadium open? Answer: 1922–23 Question: What was Webly stadium called at that time? Answer: Empire Stadium Question: When did the competition celebrate its centennial? Answer: didn't celebrate its centenary year until 1980–81 Question: Who replaced the goal scored by Steven Gerrard? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What season did Steven Gerrard score a goal? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Which season did Wembly stadium close? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What season did the Empire Stadium become Wembly Stadium? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Why was the Empire Stadium renamed to Wembly Stadium? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: In the 1990s, marked by the liberalization of language development and mother tongue movement in Taiwan, Taiwanese Hokkien had undergone a fast pace in its development. In 1993, Taiwan became the first region in the world to implement the teaching of Taiwanese Hokkien in Taiwanese schools. In 2001, the local Taiwanese language program was further extended to all schools in Taiwan, and Taiwanese Hokkien became one of the compulsory local Taiwanese languages to be learned in schools. The mother tongue movement in Taiwan even influenced Xiamen (Amoy) to the point that in 2010, Xiamen also began to implement the teaching of Hokkien dialect in its schools. In 2007, the Ministry of Education in Taiwan also completed the standardization of Chinese characters used for writing Hokkien and developed Tai-lo as the standard Hokkien pronunciation and romanization guide. A number of universities in Taiwan also offer Hokkien degree courses for training Hokkien-fluent talents to work for the Hokkien media industry and education. Taiwan also has its own Hokkien literary and cultural circles whereby Hokkien poets and writers compose poetry or literature in Hokkien on a regular basis. Question: When did Taiwanese Hokkien have a fast change in development? Answer: In the 1990s Question: What year did Taiwan begin teaching Hokkien in schools? Answer: 1993 Question: What year did it become mandatory to teach Hokkien in Taiwan schools? Answer: 2001 Question: What is the name of the standard Hokkien pronunciation and romanization guide? Answer: Tai-lo Question: What year did the Ministry of Education develope tai-lo? Answer: 2007 Question: When did Tai-lo develop at a fast pace? Answer: Unanswerable Question: In what year did Taiwan begin teaching poetry in Taiwanese schools? Answer: Unanswerable Question: When did Xiamen become compulsory in schools? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Who offers poetry or literature courses for training Hokkien-fluent talents? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Where was Tai-lo extended to in 2001? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: In January 2011, just weeks after leaving office in California, Schwarzenegger announced that he was reading several new scripts for future films, one of them being the World War II action drama With Wings as Eagles, written by Randall Wallace, based on a true story. On March 6, 2011, at the Arnold Seminar of the Arnold Classic, Schwarzenegger revealed that he was being considered for several films, including sequels to The Terminator and remakes of Predator and The Running Man, and that he was "packaging" a comic book character. The character was later revealed to be the Governator, star of the comic book and animated series of the same name. Schwarzenegger inspired the character and co-developed it with Stan Lee, who would have produced the series. Schwarzenegger would have voiced the Governator. Question: What's the name of the comic book character modeled on Schwarzenegger? Answer: the Governator Question: What famous comic book writer did Schwarzenegger work with on the Governator? Answer: Stan Lee Question: Schwarzenegger said he was reading scripts that included the one for what WWII film based on a true story? Answer: With Wings as Eagles Question: Who wrote the screenplay for With Wings as Eagles? Answer: Randall Wallace
Context: Dietary deficiencies in developing countries can be combated by promoting better eating practices. Supplementation with vitamin A and/or zinc. Zinc supplementation proved successful showing a significant decrease in the incidence of diarrheal disease compared to a control group. The majority of the literature suggests that vitamin A supplementation is advantageous in reducing disease incidence. Development of a supplementation strategy should take into consideration the fact that vitamin A supplementation was less effective in reducing diarrhea incidence when compared to vitamin A and zinc supplementation, and that the latter strategy was estimated to be significantly more cost effective. Question: What can be done to combate dietary deficiences? Answer: promoting better eating practices Question: What has been used and shown successful in a decrease in incidence of diarrheal disease? Answer: Zinc Question: WHat strategy was found out to be more cost effective? Answer: zinc supplementation Question: How can zinc deficiencies be combated? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What strategy showed a decrease in the incidence of dietary deficiencies? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What dietary deficiency was found to be less effective in reducing diarrhea incidence? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What actions help combat diarrhea? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What control group was found to be more cost effective? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: The 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay was run from March 24 until August 8, 2008, prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics, with the theme of "one world, one dream". Plans for the relay were announced on April 26, 2007, in Beijing, China. The relay, also called by the organizers as the "Journey of Harmony", lasted 129 days and carried the torch 137,000 km (85,000 mi) – the longest distance of any Olympic torch relay since the tradition was started ahead of the 1936 Summer Olympics. Question: When did the tradition of people carrying the Olympic torch before the Olympic games begin? Answer: 1936 Summer Olympics. Question: How many days did people carry the Olympic torch before the 2008 Summer Olympics? Answer: 129 days Question: What was the theme for the torch relay? Answer: one world, one dream Question: What did the organizers of the torch relay call it? Answer: Journey of Harmony Question: What was the 2008 Olympic slogan? Answer: one world, one dream Question: Where were the details of the torch relay made known? Answer: Beijing, China. Question: What was the torch relay referred to as by organizers? Answer: "Journey of Harmony" Question: How many miles was the Olympic torch relayed? Answer: 85,000 mi
Context: The principal fighting occurred between the Bolshevik Red Army and the forces of the White Army. Many foreign armies warred against the Red Army, notably the Allied Forces, yet many volunteer foreigners fought in both sides of the Russian Civil War. Other nationalist and regional political groups also participated in the war, including the Ukrainian nationalist Green Army, the Ukrainian anarchist Black Army and Black Guards, and warlords such as Ungern von Sternberg. The most intense fighting took place from 1918 to 1920. Major military operations ended on 25 October 1922 when the Red Army occupied Vladivostok, previously held by the Provisional Priamur Government. The last enclave of the White Forces was the Ayano-Maysky District on the Pacific coast. The majority of the fighting ended in 1920 with the defeat of General Pyotr Wrangel in the Crimea, but a notable resistance in certain areas continued until 1923 (e.g., Kronstadt Uprising, Tambov Rebellion, Basmachi Revolt, and the final resistance of the White movement in the Far East). Question: Who was the principal fighting between? Answer: Bolshevik Red Army and the forces of the White Army. Question: In what time period did the most brutal battles occur? Answer: 1918 to 1920 Question: When did the major military operation end? Answer: 25 October 1922 Question: What general was defeated in 1920? Answer: General Pyotr Wrangel Question: Where did the last Resistance from the White movement occur? Answer: Far East
Context: The Basilica of Saint Denis is generally cited as the first truly Gothic building, however the distinction is best reserved for the choir, of which the ambulatory remains intact. Noyon Cathedral, also in France, saw the earliest completion of a rebuilding of an entire cathedral in the new style from 1150 to 1231. While using all those features that came to be known as Gothic, including pointed arches, flying buttresses and ribbed vaulting, the builders continued to employ many of the features and much of the character of Romanesque architecture including round-headed arch throughout the building, varying the shape to pointed where it was functionally practical to do so. Question: What is considered the first truly Gothic building? Answer: The Basilica of Saint Denis Question: Which cathedral was first to be rebuilt in the new style from 1150 to 1231? Answer: Noyon Cathedral Question: What is one of the features that have come to be considered as an important part of the Gothic style? Answer: ribbed vaulting Question: What is considered the last true Gothic building? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Which cathedral was first to be rebuilt in the new style from 1140 to 1241? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What is one of the features that is no longer an important part of the Gothic style? Answer: Unanswerable Question: When was the Noyon Cathedral abandoned? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Anthropologists, along with other social scientists, are working with the US military as part of the US Army's strategy in Afghanistan. The Christian Science Monitor reports that "Counterinsurgency efforts focus on better grasping and meeting local needs" in Afghanistan, under the Human Terrain System (HTS) program; in addition, HTS teams are working with the US military in Iraq. In 2009, the American Anthropological Association's Commission on the Engagement of Anthropology with the US Security and Intelligence Communities released its final report concluding, in part, that, "When ethnographic investigation is determined by military missions, not subject to external review, where data collection occurs in the context of war, integrated into the goals of counterinsurgency, and in a potentially coercive environment – all characteristic factors of the HTS concept and its application – it can no longer be considered a legitimate professional exercise of anthropology. In summary, while we stress that constructive engagement between anthropology and the military is possible, CEAUSSIC suggests that the AAA emphasize the incompatibility of HTS with disciplinary ethics and practice for job seekers and that it further recognize the problem of allowing HTS to define the meaning of "anthropology" within DoD." Question: Who are anthropologists working with along with other social scientists? Answer: the US military Question: What are the anthropologists part of? Answer: US Army's strategy in Afghanistan Question: What efforts focus on better understanding and meeting of local needs in Afghanistan? Answer: Counterinsurgency Question: Where are HTS teams working with the military in addition to Afghanistan? Answer: Iraq Question: What does the AAA feel is incompatible with working with the military? Answer: ethics Question: Who is working with the UN militalry in Afghanistan?? Answer: Unanswerable Question: what focuses better focuses on meeting national needs in Afghanistan? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Where are HTS teams considering working beside Afghanistan? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What does the AA believe ethics are compatible with? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Street vendors play their trade from stalls in the tianguis as well as at non-officially controlled concentrations around metro stations and hospitals; at plazas comerciales, where vendors of a certain "theme" (e.g. stationery) are housed; originally these were organized to accommodate vendors formerly selling on the street; or simply from improvised stalls on a city sidewalk. In addition, food and goods are sold from people walking with baskets, pushing carts, from bicycles or the backs of trucks, or simply from a tarp or cloth laid on the ground. Question: Similar tianguis might set up shop where? Answer: plazas comerciales Question: What is the most basic way a street vendor might sell their goods? Answer: tarp or cloth laid on the ground Question: Street vendors might sell their goods in official places as well as where? Answer: non-officially controlled concentrations around metro stations and hospitals
Context: The Caribbean initially provided England's most important and lucrative colonies, but not before several attempts at colonisation failed. An attempt to establish a colony in Guiana in 1604 lasted only two years, and failed in its main objective to find gold deposits. Colonies in St Lucia (1605) and Grenada (1609) also rapidly folded, but settlements were successfully established in St. Kitts (1624), Barbados (1627) and Nevis (1628). The colonies soon adopted the system of sugar plantations successfully used by the Portuguese in Brazil, which depended on slave labour, and—at first—Dutch ships, to sell the slaves and buy the sugar. To ensure that the increasingly healthy profits of this trade remained in English hands, Parliament decreed in 1651 that only English ships would be able to ply their trade in English colonies. This led to hostilities with the United Dutch Provinces—a series of Anglo-Dutch Wars—which would eventually strengthen England's position in the Americas at the expense of the Dutch. In 1655, England annexed the island of Jamaica from the Spanish, and in 1666 succeeded in colonising the Bahamas. Question: When did England first establish a colony in Guiana? Answer: 1604 Question: When did England first establish a colony in St. Lucia? Answer: 1605 Question: When did England annex the island of Jamaica from the Spanish? Answer: 1655 Question: When did England colonize the Bahamas? Answer: 1666 Question: What was the goal of England's colony in Guiana? Answer: to find gold deposits
Context: Until 18 December 2010, Eton College was an exempt charity under English law (Charities Act 1993, Schedule 2). Under the provisions of the Charities Act 2006, it is now an excepted charity, and fully registered with the Charities Commission, and is now one of the 100 largest charities in the UK. As a charity, it benefits from substantial tax breaks. It was calculated by the late David Jewell, former Master of Haileybury, that in 1992 such tax breaks saved the School about £1,945 per pupil per year, although he had no direct connection with the School. This subsidy has declined since the 2001 abolition by the Labour Government of state-funded scholarships (formerly known as "assisted places") to independent schools. However, no child attended Eton on this scheme, meaning that the actual level of state assistance to the School has always been lower. Eton's retiring Head Master, Tony Little, has claimed that the benefits that Eton provides to the local community free of charge (use of its facilities, etc.) have a higher value than the tax breaks it receives as a result of its charitable status. The fee for the academic year 2010–2011 was £29,862 (approximately US$48,600 or €35,100 as of March 2011), although the sum is considerably lower for those pupils on bursaries and scholarships. Question: Why is being a charity beneficial to Eton? Answer: substantial tax breaks Question: What service does Eton provide to the local community free of charge? Answer: use of its facilities Question: What was the full price of Eton per student in 2010-2011? Answer: £29,862 (approximately US$48,600 or €35,100 Question: How much did estimated tax breaks save per student in 1992? Answer: £1,945 per pupil per year Question: What is the largest charity in the UK? Answer: Unanswerable Question: In what year did David Jewell become the Master of Haileybury? Answer: Unanswerable Question: In what year did Tony Little retire as Head Master? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How much did it cost to attend Eton in 2006? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How much was the fee to attend Eton in 2010? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Egypt has one of the oldest civilisations in the world. It has been in contact with many other civilisations and nations and has been through so many eras, starting from prehistoric age to the modern age, passing through so many ages such as; Pharonic, Roman, Greek, Islamic and many other ages. Because of this wide variation of ages, the continuous contact with other nations and the big number of conflicts Egypt had been through, at least 60 museums may be found in Egypt, mainly covering a wide area of these ages and conflicts. Question: What is the oldest era in Egypt? Answer: prehistoric Question: What are some examples of Ages in Egypt? Answer: Pharonic, Roman, Greek, Islamic Question: How many museums are found in Egypt? Answer: at least 60
Context: The territory that now constitutes Tajikistan was previously home to several ancient cultures, including the city of Sarazm of the Neolithic and the Bronze Age, and was later home to kingdoms ruled by people of different faiths and cultures, including the Oxus civilization, Andronovo culture, Buddhism, Nestorian Christianity, Zoroastrianism, and Manichaeism. The area has been ruled by numerous empires and dynasties, including the Achaemenid Empire, Sassanian Empire, Hephthalite Empire, Samanid Empire, Mongol Empire, Timurid dynasty, and the Russian Empire. As a result of the breakup of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan became an independent nation in 1991. A civil war was fought almost immediately after independence, lasting from 1992 to 1997. Since the end of the war, newly established political stability and foreign aid have allowed the country's economy to grow. Question: What was the territory of Tajikistan during the Neolithic and the Bronze Age? Answer: city of Sarazm Question: What other culutres has ruled the area? Answer: Oxus civilization, Andronovo culture, Buddhism, Nestorian Christianity, Zoroastrianism, and Manichaeism Question: What are some of the empires and dynasties that have also ruled over this land? Answer: Achaemenid Empire, Sassanian Empire, Hephthalite Empire, Samanid Empire, Mongol Empire, Timurid dynasty, and the Russian Empire Question: When did Tajikistan become an independent nation? Answer: 1991 Question: What years did the civil war take place? Answer: 1992 to 1997 Question: What were some of the different kindoms and people that called Tajikistan home? Answer: Oxus civilization, Andronovo culture, Buddhism, Nestorian Christianity, Zoroastrianism, and Manichaeism Question: What are some of the empires and dynasties that ruled this lane? Answer: the Achaemenid Empire, Sassanian Empire, Hephthalite Empire, Samanid Empire, Mongol Empire, Timurid dynasty, and the Russian Empire Question: What year did Tajikistan become an independant nation? Answer: 1991 Question: What years did the war last through? Answer: 1992 to 1997 Question: A civil war was fought immediately before what? Answer: Unanswerable Question: The civil war lasted from 1982 to what year? Answer: Unanswerable Question: As a result of the breakup of Japan, Tajikistan became what? Answer: Unanswerable Question: In what year did Tajikistan become a dependent nation? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: During a panel discussion at Harvard University's reunion for African American alumni during the 2003–04 academic year, two prominent black professors at the institution—Lani Guinier and Henry Louis Gates—pointed out an unintended effect of affirmative action policies at Harvard. They stated that only about a third of black Harvard undergraduates were from families in which all four grandparents were born into the African American community. The majority of black students at Harvard were Caribbean and African immigrants or their children, with some others the mixed-race children of biracial couples. One Harvard student, born in the South Bronx to a black family whose ancestors have been in the United States for multiple generations, said that there were so few Harvard students from the historic African American community that they took to calling themselves "the descendants" (i.e., descendants of American slaves). The reasons for this underrepresentation of historic African Americans, and possible remedies, remain a subject of debate. Question: What was going on at Harvard University during the 2003 - 04 academic year? Answer: a panel discussion Question: What did two prominent black professors point out at the panel discussion? Answer: an unintended effect of affirmative action policies at Harvard Question: What portion of black Harvard undergraduates came from families in which all four grandparents were born into the African American community? Answer: a third Question: What did the African American students at Harvard that could trace their lineage back multiple generations begin calling themselves? Answer: the descendants Question: Other than the reasons for the under representation of African Americans, what else is still up for debate? Answer: possible remedies Question: What was going on at Harvard University during the 2007 - 08 academic year? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What did two prominent white professors point out at the panel discussion? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What portion of black Harvard undergraduates came from families in which all four grandparents were born into the Asian American community? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What did the Asian American students at Harvard that could trace their lineage back multiple generations begin calling themselves? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Other than the reasons for the under representation of Asian Americans, what else is still up for debate? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: During colonial times, Edenton served as the state capital beginning in 1722, and New Bern was selected as the capital in 1766. Construction of Tryon Palace, which served as the residence and offices of the provincial governor William Tryon, began in 1767 and was completed in 1771. In 1788 Raleigh was chosen as the site of the new capital, as its central location protected it from attacks from the coast. Officially established in 1792 as both county seat and state capital, the city was named after Sir Walter Raleigh, sponsor of Roanoke, the "lost colony" on Roanoke Island. Question: What was the state capital of North Carolina in 1722? Answer: Edenton Question: What city became the capital of North Carolina in 1766? Answer: New Bern Question: Who was the governor of North carolina in 1767? Answer: William Tryon Question: What was the name of the offices and residence built for William Tryon? Answer: Tryon Palace Question: What central North carolina cuty was chosen for the capital in 1788? Answer: Raleigh
Context: The carefully coded word in the agreement proved no less catalytic for the other European powers. The results were absolute chaos. Empress Elizabeth of Russia was outraged at the duplicity of Britain's position. Not only that France was so enraged, and terrified, by the sudden betrayal of its only ally. Austria, particularly Kaunitz, used this situation to their utmost advantage. The now-isolated France was forced to accede to the Austro-Russian alliance or face ruin. Thereafter, on May 1, 1756, the First Treaty of Versailles was signed, in which both nations pledged 24.000 troops to defend each other in the case of an attack. This diplomatic revolution proved to be an important cause of the war; although both treaties were self-defensive in nature, the actions of both coalitions made the war virtually inevitable. Question: What was the response of Empress Elizabeth of Russia to the English-Prussian agreement? Answer: Empress Elizabeth of Russia was outraged Question: Why was France mad at the British-Prussian agreement? Answer: France was so enraged, and terrified, by the sudden betrayal of its only ally. Austria, Question: France was now in a desperate position, what did they do? Answer: France was forced to accede to the Austro-Russian alliance Question: Who were the parties to the treaty of Versailles? Answer: Austria, particularly Kaunitz, used this situation to their utmost advantage. The now-isolated France Question: How many troops did Austria and France pledge to defend each other? Answer: 24.000 troops
Context: 23rd Street is another main numbered street in Manhattan. It begins at FDR Drive and ends at Eleventh Avenue. Its length is 3.1 km/1.9m. It has two-way travel. On 23rd Street there are five local subway stations: Question: Where does 23rd Street begin? Answer: FDR Drive Question: Where does 23rd Street end? Answer: Eleventh Avenue Question: What is the length of 23rd Street in kilometers? Answer: 3.1 km Question: Does traffic move in one or two ways on 23rd Street? Answer: two-way Question: How many local subway stations are on 23rd Street? Answer: five
Context: Southampton is also home to one of the most successful College American Football teams in the UK, the Southampton Stags, who play at the Wide Lane Sports Facility in Eastleigh. Question: What College American Football team calls Southampton home? Answer: Southampton Stags Question: At what sports venue do the Southampton Stags play? Answer: Wide Lane Sports Facility Question: Where is the Wide Lane Sports Facility located? Answer: Eastleigh
Context: While not in Oklahoma City proper, other large employers within the MSA region include: Tinker Air Force Base (27,000); University of Oklahoma (11,900); University of Central Oklahoma (2,900); and Norman Regional Hospital (2,800). Question: How many universities are within the MSA region? Answer: 2 Question: What hospital is in the MSA region Answer: Norman Regional Hospital Question: How many employees work for Tinker Air Force Base? Answer: 27,000 Question: How many employees work for Norman Regional Hospital? Answer: 2,800 Question: How many people work in University of Oklahoma? Answer: 11,900
Context: The central Sahara is estimated to include five hundred species of plants, which is extremely low considering the huge extent of the area. Plants such as acacia trees, palms, succulents, spiny shrubs, and grasses have adapted to the arid conditions, by growing lower to avoid water loss by strong winds, by storing water in their thick stems to use it in dry periods, by having long roots that travel horizontally to reach the maximum area of water and to find any surface moisture and by having small thick leaves or needles to prevent water loss by evapo-transpiration. Plant leaves may dry out totally and then recover. Question: What is the number of plants in the Central Sahara? Answer: five hundred species Question: What do plants do in order to avoid water loss? Answer: growing lower Question: Where do plants store their water to avoid the conditions? Answer: thick stems Question: What helps plants in order to get as much water as possible? Answer: long roots that travel horizontally Question: what desert area has 500 species of animals? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What type of plants have partially adapted to the arid conditions? Answer: Unanswerable Question: what do plants release through their stem? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What does the central Sahara have an unusually large number of given its area? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How many acacia trees are there in central Sahara? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Why do many plants grow higher than normal in the Sahara? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What in the Sahara grows its roots vertically? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What aspect of the plants' leaves allows them to lose water? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: While the incumbents of some sees are regularly made cardinals, and some countries are entitled to at least one cardinal by concordate (usually earning its primate the cardinal's hat), no see carries an actual right to the cardinalate, not even if its bishop is a Patriarch. Question: Do any sees carry the right to the cardinalate? Answer: no Question: Despite some traditions and rights, no see has the right to what? Answer: the cardinalate Question: Which see carries a right to the cardinalate? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Which bishop carries an actual right to the cardinalate? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Who is not sometimes entitled to at least one cardinal by concordate? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Who are not regularly made cardinals? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Encompassing a wide variety of post-Romantic styles composed through the year 2000, 20th century classical music includes late romantic, modern, high-modern, and postmodern styles of composition. Modernism (1890–1930) marked an era when many composers rejected certain values of the common practice period, such as traditional tonality, melody, instrumentation, and structure. The high-modern era saw the emergence of neo-classical and serial music. A few authorities have claimed high-modernism as the beginning of postmodern music from about 1930. Others have more or less equated postmodern music with the "contemporary music" composed from the late 20th century through to the early 21st century. Question: What style does 20th century classical music encompass? Answer: post-Romantic Question: When did modernism take place? Answer: 1890–1930 Question: Composers rejected the traditions of the common practice period during what era? Answer: Modernism Question: Neo-classical music emerged during what era? Answer: high-modern era Question: Postmodern music is also know as what? Answer: contemporary music
Context: In August, the couple attended the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, at which Beyoncé performed "Love on Top" and started the performance saying "Tonight I want you to stand up on your feet, I want you to feel the love that's growing inside of me". At the end of the performance, she dropped her microphone, unbuttoned her blazer and rubbed her stomach, confirming her pregnancy she had alluded to earlier in the evening. Her appearance helped that year's MTV Video Music Awards become the most-watched broadcast in MTV history, pulling in 12.4 million viewers; the announcement was listed in Guinness World Records for "most tweets per second recorded for a single event" on Twitter, receiving 8,868 tweets per second and "Beyonce pregnant" was the most Googled term the week of August 29, 2011. Question: Jay Z and Beyonce attended which event together in August of 2011? Answer: MTV Video Music Awards Question: Beyonce confirmed what after performing one of her songs? Answer: her pregnancy Question: How many people watched the 2011 MTV Music Awards? Answer: 12.4 million Question: Where did she announce her pregnancy? Answer: 2011 MTV Video Music Awards Question: Why was the broadcast the most-watched in history? Answer: Her appearance Question: What even was recorded in the Guinness World Records? Answer: most tweets per second Question: What was the most searched term in week of Aug 29, 2011? Answer: Beyonce pregnant Question: What song did she perform at the MTV Awards? Answer: Love on Top Question: Where did Beyoncé announce her pregnancy? Answer: 2011 MTV Video Music Awards Question: What song did Beyoncé sing prior to announcing her pregnancy? Answer: Love on Top Question: How many people watched the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards? Answer: 12.4 million Question: What was the most searched term on Google for the week of August 29, 2011? Answer: Beyonce pregnant
Context: Tucson is commonly known as "The Old Pueblo". While the exact origin of this nickname is uncertain, it is commonly traced back to Mayor R. N. "Bob" Leatherwood. When rail service was established to the city on March 20, 1880, Leatherwood celebrated the fact by sending telegrams to various leaders, including the President of the United States and the Pope, announcing that the "ancient and honorable pueblo" of Tucson was now connected by rail to the outside world. The term became popular with newspaper writers who often abbreviated it as "A. and H. Pueblo". This in turn transformed into the current form of "The Old Pueblo". Question: Who is thought to have led to calling Tucson 'The Old Pueblo'? Answer: Mayor R. N. "Bob" Leatherwood Question: When did Tucson get a railroad? Answer: March 20, 1880 Question: What did Leatherwood call Tucson in a telegram? Answer: "ancient and honorable pueblo" Question: How did newspapers abbreviate Leatherwood's phrase? Answer: "A. and H. Pueblo" Question: Who were among the recipients of Leatherwood's telegram? Answer: the President of the United States and the Pope
Context: Bermuda is a group of low-forming volcanoes located in the Atlantic Ocean, near the western edge of the Sargasso Sea, roughly 578 nautical miles (1,070 km (665 mi)) east-southeast of Cape Hatteras on the Outer Banks of North Carolina and about 594 nautical miles (1,100 km (684 mi)) southeast of Martha's Vineyard of Massachusetts. It is 898 nautical miles (1,664 km (1,034 mi)) northeast of Miami, Florida, and 667 nautical miles (1,236 km (768 mi)) from Cape Sable Island, in Nova Scotia, Canada. The islands lie due east of Fripp Island, South Carolina, west of Portugal and north of Puerto Rico. Question: Bermuda is located in what ocean? Answer: Atlantic Ocean Question: Bermuda is on the western fringe of what Sea? Answer: Sargasso Sea Question: Travel from Puerto Rico to Bermuda would be in which direction? Answer: north Question: Travel from Portugal to Bermuda would be in which direction? Answer: west Question: Travel from South Carolina to Bermuda would be in which direction? Answer: due east Question: What natural features compose Bermuda? Answer: low-forming volcanoes Question: In what major ocean is Bermuda located? Answer: Atlantic Ocean Question: Bermuda is located 898 nautical miles from what US city? Answer: Miami Question: Bermuda is closest (in nautical miles) to which US state? Answer: North Carolina Question: What ocean formed Bermuda? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What sea does Bermuda lie in? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How many nautical kilomteters is Bermuda from Cape Hatteras? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How many nautical kilometers is Bermuda from Miami, Florida? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What do the islands lie due west of? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: The quarter-wave elements imitate a series-resonant electrical element due to the standing wave present along the conductor. At the resonant frequency, the standing wave has a current peak and voltage node (minimum) at the feed. In electrical terms, this means the element has minimum reactance, generating the maximum current for minimum voltage. This is the ideal situation, because it produces the maximum output for the minimum input, producing the highest possible efficiency. Contrary to an ideal (lossless) series-resonant circuit, a finite resistance remains (corresponding to the relatively small voltage at the feed-point) due to the antenna's radiation resistance as well as any actual electrical losses. Question: How do quarter wave elements act in relation to a series relevant electrical element? Answer: imitate Question: What frequency develops a current peak? Answer: resonant frequency Question: How would you describe a current that has maximum efficiency? Answer: minimum reactance Question: What could be the best possible output versus input ratio? Answer: lossless
Context: Giovanni Battista Montini was born in the village of Concesio, in the province of Brescia, Lombardy in 1897. His father Giorgio Montini was a lawyer, journalist, director of the Catholic Action and member of the Italian Parliament. His mother was Giudetta Alghisi, from a family of rural nobility. He had two brothers, Francesco Montini, who became a physician, and Lodovico Montini, who became a lawyer and politician. On 30 September 1897, he was baptized in the name of Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini. He attended Cesare Arici, a school run by the Jesuits, and in 1916, he received a diploma from Arnaldo da Brescia, a public school in Brescia. His education was often interrupted by bouts of illness. Question: In what Italian province was Giovanni Battista Montini born? Answer: Brescia, Lombardy Question: In what Italian village was Giovanni Battista Montini born? Answer: Concesio Question: What political organization was Giovanni's father a member of? Answer: Italian Parliament Question: How many brothers did Giovanni have? Answer: two Question: What was Giovanni's mother descended from? Answer: rural nobility
Context: Chasetown, whilst playing at Level 8 of English football during the 2007–08 competition, are the lowest-ranked team to play in the Third Round Proper (final 64, of 731 teams entered that season). Chasetown was then a member of the Southern League Division One Midlands (a lower level within the Southern Football League), when they lost to Football League Championship (Level 2) team Cardiff City, the eventual FA Cup runners-up that year. Their success earned the lowly organisation over £60,000 in prize money. Question: Who is the lowest rank to play in the third round proper? Answer: Chasetown Question: What level where they? Answer: playing at Level 8 of English football Question: How many teams competed that year? Answer: 731 teams entered that season Question: What place did Chasetown come in? Answer: final 64 Question: What FA cup season did this take place in? Answer: 2007–08 competition Question: What is the highest rank to play in the third round proper? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How many teams chose not to compete that season? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What team did Chasetown win against? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Who won the FA Cup that year? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How much prize money did Cardiff City win? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Around the beginning of the 20th century, William James (1842–1910) coined the term "radical empiricism" to describe an offshoot of his form of pragmatism, which he argued could be dealt with separately from his pragmatism – though in fact the two concepts are intertwined in James's published lectures. James maintained that the empirically observed "directly apprehended universe needs ... no extraneous trans-empirical connective support", by which he meant to rule out the perception that there can be any value added by seeking supernatural explanations for natural phenomena. James's "radical empiricism" is thus not radical in the context of the term "empiricism", but is instead fairly consistent with the modern use of the term "empirical". (His method of argument in arriving at this view, however, still readily encounters debate within philosophy even today.) Question: Who came up with 'radical empiricism'? Answer: William James Question: Where were James's pragmatism and radical empiricism intertwined? Answer: in James's published lectures Question: When was William James born? Answer: 1842 Question: When did William James die? Answer: 1910 Question: When did James come up with 'radical empiricism'? Answer: Around the beginning of the 20th century Question: Why is James' method considered radical? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What methodology by James is roundly accepted today? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Where did James prove pragmatism and radical empiricism could be dealt with separately? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How did James argue for the importance of the supernatural? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: IBM acquired Kenexa (2012) and SPSS (2009) and PwC's consulting business (2002), spinning off companies like printer manufacturer Lexmark (1991), and selling off product lines like its personal computer and x86 server businesses to Lenovo (2005, 2014). In 2014, IBM announced that it would go "fabless" by offloading IBM Micro Electronics semiconductor manufacturing to GlobalFoundries, a leader in advanced technology manufacturing, citing that semiconductor manufacturing is a capital-intensive business which is challenging to operate without scale. This transition had progressed as of early 2015[update]. Question: In what year did IBM acquire Kenexa? Answer: 2012 Question: IBM made an acquisition in 2009, name it. Answer: SPSS Question: IBM span off its printer manufacturer in 1991, what was its name? Answer: Lexmark Question: IBM sold two product lines to Lenovo, name them. Answer: personal computer and x86 server Question: What was the name of the company that IBM Micro Electronics was offloaded to? Answer: GlobalFoundries Question: In what year did Lexmark acquire Kenexa? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What company was created by Kenexa in 2012 to manufacture printers? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What product lines were produced by Kenexa in 2012? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What company did Kenexa sell Lexmark to? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What manufacturing area was PwC a leader in? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: The precepts are not formulated as imperatives, but as training rules that laypeople undertake voluntarily to facilitate practice. In Buddhist thought, the cultivation of dana and ethical conduct themselves refine consciousness to such a level that rebirth in one of the lower heavens is likely, even if there is no further Buddhist practice. There is nothing improper or un-Buddhist about limiting one's aims to this level of attainment. Question: Precepts are not created as imperatives, but as what? Answer: training rules Question: The cultivation of dana and what kind of conduct refine consciousness? Answer: ethical Question: Even if there is no further Buddhist practice, what heavens is still likely? Answer: lower
Context: Director Sima Urale is an award-winning filmmaker. Urale's short film O Tamaiti won the prestigious Best Short Film at the Venice Film Festival in 1996. Her first feature film Apron Strings opened the 2008 NZ International Film Festival. The feature film Siones Wedding, co-written by Oscar Kightley, was financially successful following premieres in Auckland and Apia. The 2011 film The Orator was the first ever fully Samoan film, shot in Samoa in the Samoan language with a Samoan cast telling a uniquely Samoan story. Written and directed by Tusi Tamasese, it received much critical acclaim and attention at film festivals throughout the world. Question: Who made the film O Tamaiti? Answer: Sima Urale Question: What was Sima Urale's first feature-length production? Answer: Apron Strings Question: What movie was the first ever all-Samoan production? Answer: The Orator Question: Who wrote and directed The Orator? Answer: Tusi Tamasese Question: In what year did Apron Strings star as the opening film of the NZ International Film Festival? Answer: 2008 Question: What film directed by Oscar Knightley won Best Short Film in 1996? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What event did the first feature film made by Oscar Knightley open? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What was the name of the first fully Samoan film made in 1996? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Who wrote and directed Siones Wedding in 2011? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Where did the film Apron Strings receive critical acclaim and attention in 2011? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: The impact of American Idol is also strongly felt in musical theatre, where many of Idol alumni have forged successful careers. The striking effect of former American Idol contestants on Broadway has been noted and commented on. The casting of a popular Idol contestant can lead to significantly increased ticket sales. Other alumni have gone on to work in television and films, the most notable being Jennifer Hudson who, on the recommendation of the Idol vocal coach Debra Byrd, won a role in Dreamgirls and subsequently received an Academy Award for her performance. Question: Which American Idol contestant won an Oscar for Dreamgirls? Answer: Jennifer Hudson Question: What job does Debra Byrd do on American Idol? Answer: vocal coach Question: In what area of the entertainment industry have some Idol contestants found success? Answer: musical theatre Question: Which Idol won an Academy Award? Answer: Jennifer Hudson Question: What film did Jennifer Hudson win an Academy Award for? Answer: Dreamgirls Question: Who recommended the role for Hudon? Answer: Debra Byrd
Context: With a total area of 42.7 km2 (16.5 sq mi), New Delhi forms a small part of the Delhi metropolitan area. Because the city is located on the Indo-Gangetic Plain, there is little difference in elevation across the city. New Delhi and surrounding areas were once a part of the Aravalli Range; all that is left of those mountains is the Delhi Ridge, which is also called the Lungs of Delhi. While New Delhi lies on the floodplains of the Yamuna River, it is essentially a landlocked city. East of the river is the urban area of Shahdara. New Delhi falls under the seismic zone-IV, making it vulnerable to earthquakes. Question: What is the total area of New Delhi in square miles? Answer: 16.5 sq mi Question: On what plain is New Delhi located? Answer: the Indo-Gangetic Plain Question: The Delhi Ridge is also referred to by what name? Answer: the Lungs of Delhi Question: New Delhi is located on the floodplains of what river? Answer: Yamuna River Question: What seismic zone does New Delhi fall under? Answer: seismic zone-IV
Context: Hindu philosophy also includes several sub-schools of theistic philosophies that integrate ideas from two or more of the six orthodox philosophies, such as the realism of the Nyāya, the naturalism of the Vaiśeṣika, the dualism of the Sāṅkhya, the monism and knowledge of Self as essential to liberation of Advaita, the self-discipline of yoga and the asceticism and elements of theistic ideas. Examples of such schools include Pāśupata Śaiva, Śaiva siddhānta, Pratyabhijña, Raseśvara and Vaiṣṇava. Some sub-schools share Tantric ideas with those found in some Buddhist traditions. The ideas of these sub-schools are found in the Puranas and Āgamas. Question: How many orthodox philosophies are in Hindu? Answer: six Question: Which orthodox Hindu philosophy concerns realism? Answer: Nyāya Question: What Hindu philosophy is about naturalism? Answer: Vaiśeṣika Question: Which Hindu philosophy concerns dualism? Answer: Sāṅkhya Question: What Hindu philosophy stresses self knowledge? Answer: Advaita Question: How many subschools does Hindu philosophy have? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Which school rejects naturalism? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What tradition is Buddhism rooted in? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What are Tantric ideas founded in? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What is a combination of ideas from multiple heterodox philosophies called? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Following the suspension of the AFL's 2009 season, league officials and owners of af2 (which had played its season as scheduled) began discussing the future of arena football and the two leagues. With its 50.1 percent ownership of af2, the AFL's bankruptcy and dissolution prompted the dissolution of af2 as well. That league was formally considered disbanded on September 8, 2009, when no owner committed his or her team to the league's eleventh season by that deadline. For legal reasons, af2 league officials and owners agreed to form a new legal entity, Arena Football 1 (AF1), with former AFL teams the Arizona Rattlers and Orlando Predators joining the former af2. Question: What percent of af2 was owned by the AFL? Answer: 50.1 Question: On what date was af2 regarded as disbanded? Answer: September 8, 2009 Question: What legal entity was created by af2 league owners? Answer: Arena Football 1 Question: Along with the Orlando Predators, what former Arena Football League team joined af2? Answer: Arizona Rattlers Question: What Arena Football League season was suspended? Answer: 2009
Context: In 1634, the Mughal emperor extended his hospitality to the English traders to the region of Bengal, and in 1717 completely waived customs duties for the trade. The company's mainstay businesses were by then cotton, silk, indigo dye, saltpetre, and tea. The Dutch were aggressive competitors and had meanwhile expanded their monopoly of the spice trade in the Malaccan straits by ousting the Portuguese in 1640–41. With reduced Portuguese and Spanish influence in the region, the EIC and Dutch East India Company (VOC) entered a period of intense competition, resulting in the Anglo-Dutch Wars of the 17th and 18th centuries. Question: How important were cotton, silk, indigo dye,saltpetre and tea to the company? Answer: The company's mainstay business Question: Name the wars that was caused by the intense competition between the EIC and Dutch East India Company Answer: Anglo-Dutch Wars of the 17th and 18th centuries Question: what caused the Dutch to expand thier spice trade in the malaccan straits? Answer: ousting the Portuguese in 1640–41 Question: what year did the Mughal emperor completely wave customs duities? Answer: 1717 Question: who did the Mughal emperor extend hospitality to? Answer: English traders Question: what region was made available to english traders by the Mughal emperor? Answer: Bengal Question: in 1717 what made the region of Bengal so appealing to English traders? Answer: waived customs duties Question: why type of dye was one of the East India company's main products? Answer: indigo dye Question: Who were the main competitors that had a monopoly of the spice trade in Malaccan? Answer: The Dutch Question: what wars was a result of the competitive nature of the mulitple trading companies in the 17th and 18th centuries? Answer: Anglo-Dutch Wars Question: What caused the Greeks to expand their spice trade in the Malaccan straits? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What year did the Mughal emperor strictly require customs duties? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What region was made available to black market traders by the Mughal emperor? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Who did the Mughal emperor forbid hospitality to? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What type of dye was one of the North India company's main products? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: The Supervisory Board meets twice a month to discuss, plan and carry out the ECB’s supervisory tasks. It proposes draft decisions to the Governing Council under the non-objection procedure. It is composed of Chair (appointed for a non-renewable term of five years), Vice-Chair (chosen from among the members of the ECB's Executive Board) four ECB representatives and representatives of national supervisors. If the national supervisory authority designated by a Member State is not a national central bank (NCB), the representative of the competent authority can be accompanied by a representative from their NCB. In such cases, the representatives are together considered as one member for the purposes of the voting procedure. Question: What does the Supervisory Board discuss at it's meetings? Answer: discuss, plan and carry out the ECB’s supervisory tasks Question: How long is the term for the Chairman of the Supervisory Board? Answer: appointed for a non-renewable term of five years Question: How long is the term for Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board? Answer: chosen from among the members of the ECB's Executive Board Question: Besides the Chair and Vice-Chair, who else is on the Supervisory Board? Answer: four ECB representatives and representatives of national supervisors Question: What happens if the national supervisory authority designated by a Member State is not a national central bank? Answer: the representative of the competent authority can be accompanied by a representative from their NCB Question: What does the Supervisory Board avoid doing at it's meetings? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How long is the prison term for the Chairman of the Supervisory Board? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How long is the culinary term for Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Who is restricted from being on the supervisory board? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What happens if the national supervisory authority designated by a Member State is not a local bank? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Historically, pubs have been socially and culturally distinct from cafés, bars and German beer halls. Most pubs offer a range of beers, wines, spirits, and soft drinks and snacks. Traditionally the windows of town pubs were of smoked or frosted glass to obscure the clientele from the street but from the 1990s onwards, there has been a move towards clear glass, in keeping with brighter interiors. Question: What are traditional pub windows made out of? Answer: smoked or frosted glass Question: What are the windows of 1990s and later pubs often made of? Answer: clear glass Question: Aside from beverages, what types of food do pubs typically offer? Answer: snacks
Context: Organic cotton is generally understood as cotton from plants not genetically modified and that is certified to be grown without the use of any synthetic agricultural chemicals, such as fertilizers or pesticides. Its production also promotes and enhances biodiversity and biological cycles. In the United States, organic cotton plantations are required to enforce the National Organic Program (NOP). This institution determines the allowed practices for pest control, growing, fertilizing, and handling of organic crops. As of 2007, 265,517 bales of organic cotton were produced in 24 countries, and worldwide production was growing at a rate of more than 50% per year. Question: What are organic plants understood to be? Answer: not genetically modified Question: Without what are organic plants meant to be grown ? Answer: synthetic agricultural chemicals Question: What is meant by synthetic chemicals? Answer: fertilizers or pesticides Question: What group in the US determines the allowed practices in organic agriculture? Answer: National Organic Program Question: How much organic cotton was produced worldwide in 2007? Answer: 265,517 bales Question: What are NOP plants understood to be? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Without what are NOP plants meant to be grown? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What is meant by NOP chemicals? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What group in the US determines the allowed practices in 24 countries? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How much sythetic cotton was produced worldwide in 2007? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: In 1822, the American Colonization Society began sending African-American volunteers to the Pepper Coast to establish a colony for freed African Americans. By 1867, the ACS (and state-related chapters) had assisted in the migration of more than 13,000 African Americans to Liberia. These free African Americans and their descendants married within their community and came to identify as Americo-Liberians. Many were of mixed race and educated in American culture; they did not identify with the indigenous natives of the tribes they encountered. They intermarried largely within the colonial community, developing an ethnic group that had a cultural tradition infused with American notions of political republicanism and Protestant Christianity. Question: African Americans were sent to the pepper coast to do what? Answer: establish a colony for freed African Americans. Question: By 1837 the ACS had assisted in moving how many african americans to liberia? Answer: 13,000 Question: What did African Americans who were moved to Liberia identify as? Answer: Americo-Liberians Question: Who did Americo-Liberians not identify with? Answer: indigenous natives of the tribes they encountered Question: What did African Americans moved to Liberia keep from America? Answer: cultural tradition Question: In what year did volunteers leave the Pepper Coast? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What organization was formed by Americo-Liberians? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How many African Americans migrated to Liberia in 1867? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What did African Americans moved to Liberia keep secret from the ACS? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What were natives of the Pepper Coast called? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Shawn Vancour argues that the commercialization of classical music in the early 20th century served to harm the music industry through inadequate representation. Question: What harmed the music industry in the 20th century according to Shawn Vancour? Answer: the commercialization of classical music Question: Who argued that the commercialization of classical music was harmful to the music industry? Answer: Shawn Vancour Question: Why was the commercialization of classical music harmful to the music industry according the Shawn Vancour? Answer: inadequate representation.
Context: If the Spanish monarch ever refused in conscience to grant royal assent, a procedure similar to the Belgian handling of King Baudouin's objection would not be possible under the current constitution. If the sovereign were ever declared incapable of discharging royal authority, his or her powers would not be transferred to the Cabinet, pending the parliamentary appointment of a regency. Instead, the constitution mandates the next person of age in the line of succession would immediately become regent. Therefore, had Juan Carlos followed the Belgian example in 2005 or 2010, a declaration of incapacity would have transferred power to Felipe, then the heir apparent. Question: If the Spanish monarch is deemed incapable of granting assent, who is the power transferred to? Answer: the next person of age in the line of succession Question: Could a Spanish ruler follow the same action of events as King Baudouin did in Belgium? Answer: not be possible under the current constitution Question: If the Spanish sovereign was found capable of discharging royal authority, what happens? Answer: Unanswerable Question: If Juan Carlos had been declared capable, who would have been given power? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Who is the current heir apparent to Juan Carlos? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Who gets power if the sovereign were declared capable? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: If a capacitor is driven with a time-varying voltage that changes rapidly enough, at some frequency the polarization of the dielectric cannot follow the voltage. As an example of the origin of this mechanism, the internal microscopic dipoles contributing to the dielectric constant cannot move instantly, and so as frequency of an applied alternating voltage increases, the dipole response is limited and the dielectric constant diminishes. A changing dielectric constant with frequency is referred to as dielectric dispersion, and is governed by dielectric relaxation processes, such as Debye relaxation. Under transient conditions, the displacement field can be expressed as (see electric susceptibility): Question: Under what condition might the polarization of the dielectric be unable to follow the voltage? Answer: driven with a time-varying voltage that changes rapidly Question: What type of dipoles which add to the dielectric constant cannot move instantly if a rapidly changing time varying voltage is driving the capacitor? Answer: the internal microscopic dipoles Question: What is it called when a dielectric constant changes with frequency? Answer: dielectric dispersion Question: What regulates dielectric dispersion? Answer: dielectric relaxation processes Question: What is an example of a dielectric relaxation process? Answer: Debye relaxation Question: Under what condition might the polarization of the dielectric be able to follow the voltage? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What type of dipoles which add to the dielectric constant cannot move instantly if a slowly changing time varying voltage is driving the capacitor? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What is it called when a dielectric constant stays the same with frequency? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What deregulates dielectric dispersion? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What is an example of an undielectric relaxation process? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Cyclone Bebe in 1972 caused severe damage to Funafuti. Funafuti's Tepuka Vili Vili islet was devastated by Cyclone Meli in 1979, with all its vegetation and most of its sand swept away during the cyclone. Along with a tropical depression that affected the islands a few days later, Severe Tropical Cyclone Ofa had a major impact on Tuvalu with most islands reporting damage to vegetation and crops. Cyclone Gavin was first identified during 2 March 1997, and was the first of three tropical cyclones to affect Tuvalu during the 1996–97 cyclone season with Cyclones Hina and Keli following later in the season. Question: What cyclone badly damaged Funafuti? Answer: Cyclone Bebe Question: What islet was damaged by Cyclone Meli in 1979? Answer: Funafuti's Tepuka Vili Vili Question: How many cyclones effected Tuvalu during the 1996-97 cyclone season? Answer: three Question: What cyclone caused major damage to vegetation on all islands on Tuvalu? Answer: Cyclone Ofa Question: What was the first cyclone to strike Tuvalu during the 1996-97 season? Answer: Cyclone Gavin
Context: Hunting is the practice of killing or trapping any animal, or pursuing or tracking it with the intent of doing so. Hunting wildlife or feral animals is most commonly done by humans for food, recreation, to remove predators which are dangerous to humans or domestic animals, or for trade. In the 2010s, lawful hunting is distinguished from poaching, which is the illegal killing, trapping or capture of the hunted species. The species that are hunted are referred to as game or prey and are usually mammals and birds. Question: What is the practice of killing or trapping any animal? Answer: Hunting Question: Why do humans most commonly hunt wildlife? Answer: food Question: What is there a distinction between lawful hunting and? Answer: poaching Question: What is poaching? Answer: illegal killing, trapping or capture of the hunted species Question: What is the species which is hunted referred to as? Answer: prey Question: What is the practice of killing or trapping any animal called? Answer: Hunting Question: Illegally killing, capturing or trapping an hunted species is called what? Answer: poaching Question: Hunted species are usually referred to as what? Answer: game or prey Question: What animals are usually hunted? Answer: mammals and birds Question: What is it called to kill or trap an animal? Answer: Hunting Question: What species are usually hunted? Answer: mammals and birds Question: Why do humans hunt? Answer: food, recreation, to remove predators Question: When was lawful hunting distinguished from poaching? Answer: 2010s Question: Species hunted are referred to as what? Answer: game or prey Question: What do feral animals usually eat? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What tactics do feral animals use to find prey? Answer: Unanswerable Question: In what year were feral animals first categorized? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What kinds of animals are usually considered feral? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What does wildlife have to compete with humans to find? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: By about 6000 BC, a Neolithic culture rooted in the Nile Valley. During the Neolithic era, several predynastic cultures developed independently in Upper and Lower Egypt. The Badarian culture and the successor Naqada series are generally regarded as precursors to dynastic Egypt. The earliest known Lower Egyptian site, Merimda, predates the Badarian by about seven hundred years. Contemporaneous Lower Egyptian communities coexisted with their southern counterparts for more than two thousand years, remaining culturally distinct, but maintaining frequent contact through trade. The earliest known evidence of Egyptian hieroglyphic inscriptions appeared during the predynastic period on Naqada III pottery vessels, dated to about 3200 BC. Question: During 6000 BC what area was occupied by a Neolithic culture? Answer: Nile Valley Question: What culture succeeded the Naqada culture? Answer: Badarian culture Question: When is the earliest hieroglyghics date back? Answer: 3200 BC Question: How long did cultures coexist in lower Egypt? Answer: more than two thousand years
Context: Since the program counter is (conceptually) just another set of memory cells, it can be changed by calculations done in the ALU. Adding 100 to the program counter would cause the next instruction to be read from a place 100 locations further down the program. Instructions that modify the program counter are often known as "jumps" and allow for loops (instructions that are repeated by the computer) and often conditional instruction execution (both examples of control flow). Question: In what part can the program counter be changed by calculations? Answer: the ALU Question: Instructions that change the program counter are called what? Answer: "jumps" Question: Loops are defined as what? Answer: instructions that are repeated by the computer)
Context: At the end of the 16th century, the Aussa Sultanate was established in the Denkel lowlands of Eritrea. The polity had come into existence in 1577, when Muhammed Jasa moved his capital from Harar to Aussa (Asaita) with the split of the Adal Sultanate into Aussa and the Sultanate of Harar. At some point after 1672, Aussa declined in conjunction with Imam Umar Din bin Adam's recorded ascension to the throne. In 1734, the Afar leader Kedafu, head of the Mudaito clan, seized power and established the Mudaito Dynasty. This marked the start of a new and more sophisticated polity that would last into the colonial period. Question: When was the Aussa Sultanate established? Answer: end of the 16th century Question: Where was the Aussa Sultanate established? Answer: Denkel lowlands of Eritrea Question: Who was the leader of Afar in 1734? Answer: Kedafu, head of the Mudaito clan Question: What did Kedafu establish in 1734? Answer: Mudaito Dynasty Question: What marked the start of a new and sophisticated polity that would last into the colonial period? Answer: Mudaito Dynasty Question: In what year was Muhammed Jasa born? Answer: Unanswerable Question: In what year was the Afar leader Kedafu born? Answer: Unanswerable Question: In what year did Imam Umar Din bin Adam ascend to the throne? Answer: Unanswerable Question: In what year did Aussa collapse? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What area was the Mudaito Dynasty based in? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: In 2004 and 2007, the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) survey found that Comcast had the worst customer satisfaction rating of any company or government agency in the country, including the Internal Revenue Service. The ACSI indicates that almost half of all cable customers (regardless of company) have registered complaints, and that cable is the only industry to score below 60 in the ACSI. Comcast's Customer Service Rating by the ACSI surveys indicate that the company's customer service has not improved since the surveys began in 2001. Analysis of the surveys states that "Comcast is one of the lowest scoring companies in ACSI. As its customer satisfaction eroded by 7% over the past year, revenue increased by 12%." The ACSI analysis also addresses this contradiction, stating that "Such pricing power usually comes with some level of monopoly protection and most cable companies have little competition at the local level. This also means that a cable company can do well financially even though its customers are not particularly satisfied." Question: What organization rated Comcast's customer service the worst in the country in 2004 and 2007? Answer: American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) Question: Comcast's customer service was rated worse than what government organization? Answer: the Internal Revenue Service Question: When did the ACSI begin doing customer satisfaction surveys? Answer: 2001 Question: When Comcast's customer service rating fell 7%, what happened to its revenues? Answer: increased by 12% Question: What prime factor did the ACSI use to explain this anomaly? Answer: most cable companies have little competition at the local level Question: Who listed the IRS as the company with the worst customer service rating? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What is the only industry to score above a 60? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How much did customer satisfaction increase by? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What company was given the worst customer satisfaction rating in 2001? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What has happened to the revenue of the Internal Revenue Service? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: From 22 March through 26 March 1991, mass pro-democracy rallies and a nationwide strike was held in both urban and rural communities, which became known as les evenements ("the events") or the March Revolution. In Bamako, in response to mass demonstrations organized by university students and later joined by trade unionists and others, soldiers opened fire indiscriminately on the nonviolent demonstrators. Riots broke out briefly following the shootings. Barricades as well as roadblocks were erected and Traoré declared a state of emergency and imposed a nightly curfew. Despite an estimated loss of 300 lives over the course of four days, nonviolent protesters continued to return to Bamako each day demanding the resignation of the dictatorial president and the implementation of democratic policies. Question: What type of rallies were being held in March of 1991? Answer: pro-democracy Question: There was a nationwide strike being held that was called les envenements and also named what? Answer: March Revolution Question: After the president declared a state of emergency, what type of curfew was placed on the country? Answer: nightly Question: How many people died over the course of four days? Answer: 300 lives Question: After all of the governments efforts what types of protests continued? Answer: nonviolent Question: What was held in both urban and rural communities throughout the 1990s? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Who opened fire on violent demonstrators? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What was ended by the shootings? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Who stopped coming to Bamako as a result of the 300 lives lost? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Korea was considered to be part of the Empire of Japan as an industrialized colony along with Taiwan, and both were part of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. In 1937, the colonial Governor-General, General Jirō Minami, commanded the attempted cultural assimilation of Korea's 23.5 million people by banning the use and study of Korean language, literature, and culture, to be replaced with that of mandatory use and study of their Japanese counterparts. Starting in 1939, the populace was required to use Japanese names under the Sōshi-kaimei policy. Conscription of Koreans for labor in war industries began in 1939, with as many as 2 million Koreans conscripted into either the Japanese Army or into the Japanese labor force. Question: Along with Taiwan, what empire was Korea considered to be apart of? Answer: Empire of Japan Question: Who was the colonial Governor-General that mandated cultural assimilation of Korea's people? Answer: General Jirō Minami Question: What language were the Korean people forced to learn? Answer: Japanese Question: What policy forced Koreans to change their names to Japanese names? Answer: Sōshi-kaimei policy Question: In 1939, what caused nearly 2 million Koreans to be forced into the labor force or the army? Answer: Conscription
Context: This unified institution consists of sea, land, and air elements referred to as the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), Canadian Army, and Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). Personnel may belong to either the Regular Force or the Reserve Force, which has four sub-components: the Primary Reserve, Supplementary Reserve, Cadet Organizations Administration and Training Service, and the Canadian Rangers. Under the National Defence Act, the Canadian Armed Forces are an entity separate and distinct from the Department of National Defence (the federal government department responsible for administration and formation of defence policy), which also exists as the civilian support system for the Forces. Question: How many sub components are there? Answer: four Question: What act defines the CAF? Answer: the National Defence Act Question: What does RNC stand for? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What does RACF stand for? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What four components make up the Force Reserve? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What is the Canadian Armed Forces associated with under the National Defence Act? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How many non-sub components are there? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What act does not define the CAF? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Another initiative, presented by the late Mayor Thomas Menino, is the Renew Boston Whole Building Incentive, which reduces the cost of living in buildings that are deemed energy efficient. This, much like the green housing developments, gives people of low socioeconomic status an opportunity to find housing in communities that support the environment. The ultimate goal of this initiative is to enlist 500 Bostonians to participate in a free, in-home energy assessment. Question: Whos is the late Mayor of Boston? Answer: Thomas Menino Question: Who came up with the Renew Boston Whole Building Incentive? Answer: Mayor Thomas Menino Question: The incentive reduced the cost of what in buildings? Answer: cost of living Question: The goal is to get how many residents to sign up? Answer: 500 Question: How much does the program cost? Answer: free
Context: In addition, land availability has a large effect on the available solar energy because solar panels can only be set up on land that is unowned and suitable for solar panels. Roofs have been found to be a suitable place for solar cells, as many people have discovered that they can collect energy directly from their homes this way. Other areas that are suitable for solar cells are lands that are unowned by businesses where solar plants can be established. Question: Why does land availability have an effect on solar energy? Answer: solar panels can only be set up on land that is unowned and suitable for solar panels Question: Why are roofs a good place for solar panels? Answer: many people have discovered that they can collect energy directly from their homes this way
Context: According to the International Energy Agency, cellulosic ethanol biorefineries could allow biofuels to play a much bigger role in the future than organizations such as the IEA previously thought. Cellulosic ethanol can be made from plant matter composed primarily of inedible cellulose fibers that form the stems and branches of most plants. Crop residues (such as corn stalks, wheat straw and rice straw), wood waste, and municipal solid waste are potential sources of cellulosic biomass. Dedicated energy crops, such as switchgrass, are also promising cellulose sources that can be sustainably produced in many regions. Question: What can be made from plant matter composed primarily of inedible celllose fibers thta form the stems and branches of most plants? Answer: Cellulosic ethanol Question: What are potential sources of cellulosic biomass? Answer: Crop residues Question: What is a promising cellulose source that can be sustainably produced in many regions? Answer: Dedicated energy crops Question: What can't be made from plant matter composed primarily of inedible celllose fibers thta form the stems and branches of most plants? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What aren't potential sources of cellulosic biomass? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What is a promising cellulose source that can't be sustainably produced in many regions? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: The Neolithic 2 (PPNB) began around 8,800 BCE according to the ASPRO chronology in the Levant (Jericho, Israel). As with the PPNA dates, there are two versions from the same laboratories noted above. This system of terminology, however, is not convenient for southeast Anatolia and settlements of the middle Anatolia basin. This era was before the Mesolithic era.[citation needed] A settlement of 3,000 inhabitants was found in the outskirts of Amman, Jordan. Considered to be one of the largest prehistoric settlements in the Near East, called 'Ain Ghazal, it was continuously inhabited from approximately 7,250 – 5,000 B. Question: When did the The Neolithic 2 (PPNB) era start? Answer: around 8,800 BCE Question: What era followed the The Neolithic 2 (PPNB) era? Answer: the Mesolithic era Question: How many settlers were found in Jordan? Answer: 3,000 inhabitants Question: What is the name of one of the biggest prehistoric settlements in the Near East? Answer: Ain Ghazal Question: When did the Neolithic 2 (PPNB) era end? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What era preceded the Neolithic 2 (PPNB) era? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How many settlers were founded in the PPNA? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What is the name of one of the biggest prehistoric settlements the PPNA? Answer: Unanswerable Question: When was Amman continuously inhabited? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: The city has a Mayor and is one of the 16 cities and towns in England and Wales to have a ceremonial sheriff who acts as a deputy for the Mayor. The current and 793rd Mayor of Southampton is Linda Norris. Catherine McEwing is the current and 578th sherriff. The town crier from 2004 until his death in 2014 was John Melody, who acted as master of ceremonies in the city and who possessed a cry of 104 decibels. Question: How many cities or towns are there in all of England and Wales with a ceremonial sheriff acting as the Mayor's deputy? Answer: 16 Question: Who's the current Mayor of Southampton? Answer: Linda Norris Question: What's the name of the 578th sheriff of Southampton? Answer: Catherine McEwing Question: When did John Melody, the town crier of Southampton, pass away? Answer: 2014 Question: How many decibels was John Melody able to reach in his cry? Answer: 104
Context: Many bird species migrate to take advantage of global differences of seasonal temperatures, therefore optimising availability of food sources and breeding habitat. These migrations vary among the different groups. Many landbirds, shorebirds, and waterbirds undertake annual long distance migrations, usually triggered by the length of daylight as well as weather conditions. These birds are characterised by a breeding season spent in the temperate or polar regions and a non-breeding season in the tropical regions or opposite hemisphere. Before migration, birds substantially increase body fats and reserves and reduce the size of some of their organs. Migration is highly demanding energetically, particularly as birds need to cross deserts and oceans without refuelling. Landbirds have a flight range of around 2,500 km (1,600 mi) and shorebirds can fly up to 4,000 km (2,500 mi), although the bar-tailed godwit is capable of non-stop flights of up to 10,200 km (6,300 mi). Seabirds also undertake long migrations, the longest annual migration being those of sooty shearwaters, which nest in New Zealand and Chile and spend the northern summer feeding in the North Pacific off Japan, Alaska and California, an annual round trip of 64,000 km (39,800 mi). Other seabirds disperse after breeding, travelling widely but having no set migration route. Albatrosses nesting in the Southern Ocean often undertake circumpolar trips between breeding seasons. Question: When do birds substantially increase body fats and reduce the size of some of their organs? Answer: Before migration Question: What is the flight range of landbirds? Answer: 2,500 km (1,600 mi) Question: What is the flight range of shoebirds? Answer: 4,000 km (2,500 mi) Question: Which bird is capable of non-stop flights of up to 6,300 miles? Answer: bar-tailed godwit Question: Which birds often undertake circumpolar trips between breeding seasons? Answer: Albatrosses nesting in the Southern Ocean
Context: Shortly after the unification of the region, the Western Jin dynasty collapsed. First the rebellions by eight Jin princes for the throne and later rebellions and invasion from Xiongnu and other nomadic peoples that destroyed the rule of the Jin dynasty in the north. In 317, remnants of the Jin court, as well as nobles and wealthy families, fled from the north to the south and reestablished the Jin court in Nanjing, which was then called Jiankang (建康), replacing Luoyang. It's the first time that the capital of the nation moved to southern part. Question: What happened prior to the collapse of the Western Jin dynasty? Answer: the unification of the region Question: When did the Jin court head South? Answer: 317 Question: Where did the Jin court re-establish itself, after fleeing? Answer: Nanjing Question: Who fled with the Jin court to the South? Answer: nobles and wealthy families
Context: The Convention came into force as international law on 12 January 1951 after the minimum 20 countries became parties. At that time however, only two of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council were parties to the treaty: France and the Republic of China. The Soviet Union ratified in 1954, the United Kingdom in 1970, the People's Republic of China in 1983 (having replaced the Taiwan-based Republic of China on the UNSC in 1971), and the United States in 1988. This long delay in support for the Convention by the world's most powerful nations caused the Convention to languish for over four decades. Only in the 1990s did the international law on the crime of genocide begin to be enforced. Question: On which date did the Genocide Convention become effective? Answer: 12 January 1951 Question: What was the minimum number of countries necessary to form parties? Answer: 20 Question: Of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, how many were parties to the treaty? Answer: only two Question: What member ratified in 1970? Answer: the United Kingdom Question: The delay in support by certain powerful members meant the Convention was largely powerless for over how many decades? Answer: four Question: On which date did China become effective? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What was the minimum number of countries necessary to form laws? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How many of the five permanent member s of China were parties to the treaty? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What member enforced in 1970? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What member enforced in 1983? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: At the 29 August Arab League summit in Khartoum, Nasser's usual commanding position had receded as the attending heads of state expected Saudi King Faisal to lead. A ceasefire in the Yemen War was declared and the summit concluded with the Khartoum Resolution. The Soviet Union soon resupplied the Egyptian military with about half of its former arsenals and broke diplomatic relations with Israel. Nasser cut relations with the US following the war, and, according to Aburish, his policy of "playing the superpowers against each other" ended. In November, Nasser accepted UN Resolution 242, which called for Israel's withdrawal from territories acquired in the war. His supporters claimed Nasser's move was meant to buy time to prepare for another confrontation with Israel, while his detractors believed his acceptance of the resolution signaled a waning interest in Palestinian independence. Question: Where was the Arab League summit held? Answer: Khartoum Question: What leader assumed a more prominent position due to Nasser's difficulites? Answer: King Faisal Question: What agreement ended the Yemeni civil war? Answer: Khartoum Resolution Question: What nation granted military aid to Egypt? Answer: Soviet Union Question: What document called for Israel to abandon land it obtained during the war? Answer: UN Resolution 242
Context: The politics of Zhejiang is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in Mainland China. The Governor of Zhejiang is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Zhejiang. However, in the province's dual party-government governing system, the Governor is subordinate to the Zhejiang Communist Party of China (CPC) Provincial Committee Secretary, colloquially termed the "Zhejiang CPC Party Chief". Question: How are the politics of Zhejiang structured? Answer: a dual party-government system Question: Who is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Zhejiang? Answer: The Governor of Zhejiang Question: Who is the Governor subordinate to? Answer: the Zhejiang Communist Party of China (CPC) Provincial Committee Secretary Question: What is the Zhejiang Communist Party of China (CPC) Provincial Committee Secretary provincially known as? Answer: Zhejiang CPC Party Chief Question: What type of party-government system are all governing institutions in Mainland China? Answer: dual Question: How are the politics of Zhejiang not structured? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Who is the lowest-ranking official in the People's Government of Zhejiang? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Who is the Governor not subordinate to? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What is the Zhejiang Communist Party of China (CPC) Provincial Committee Secretary not provincially known as? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What type of party-government system are never governing institutions in Mainland China? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: UNFPA is the world's largest multilateral source of funding for population and reproductive health programs. The Fund works with governments and non-governmental organizations in over 150 countries with the support of the international community, supporting programs that help women, men and young people: Question: UNFPA is the largest worldwide funder of what type of programs? Answer: population and reproductive health programs Question: In how many countries does UNFPA operate? Answer: 150 Question: In addition to working directly with governments, with whom does UNFPA work? Answer: non-governmental organizations Question: What supports UNFPA's work? Answer: the international community Question: The Fund's programs support women, men, and who else? Answer: young people Question: What is one of the world's smallest sources of funding for population and reproductive health programs? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How many countries are not yet in support? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What programs are not focused on by UNFPA? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What fund doesn't work with governments? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: 3 kV DC is used in Belgium, Italy, Spain, Poland, the northern Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Chile, and former Soviet Union countries (also using 25 kV 50 Hz AC). It was formerly used by the Milwaukee Road from Harlowton, Montana to Seattle-Tacoma, across the Continental Divide and including extensive branch and loop lines in Montana, and by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (now New Jersey Transit, converted to 25 kV AC) in the United States, and the Kolkata suburban railway (Bardhaman Main Line) in India, before it was converted to 25 kV 50 Hz AC. Question: What voltage is being used in railway system of South Africa and Chile? Answer: 3 kV DC Question: Besides using 3kV DC what other power type is used in the former Soviet Union countries? Answer: 25 kV 50 Hz AC Question: What was New Jersey Transit called before? Answer: Western Railroad Question: What does the railway system of US use DC or AC? Answer: AC Question: What was formally used by the Mississippi Road? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What is used by the current Soviet Union countries? Answer: Unanswerable Question: New York transit in the United States uses what? Answer: Unanswerable Question: The Kukuburra suburban railway is located where? Answer: Unanswerable Question: The Kolkata suburban railway in India converted from what? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Eisenhower began smoking cigarettes at West Point, often two or three packs a day. Eisenhower stated that he "gave [himself] an order" to stop cold turkey in March 1949 while at Columbia. He was probably the first president to release information about his health and medical records while in office. On September 24, 1955, while vacationing in Colorado, he had a serious heart attack that required six weeks' hospitalization, during which time Nixon, Dulles, and Sherman Adams assumed administrative duties and provided communication with the President. He was treated by Dr. Paul Dudley White, a cardiologist with a national reputation, who regularly informed the press of the President's progress. Instead of eliminating him as a candidate for a second term as President, his physician recommended a second term as essential to his recovery. Question: Where did Eisenhower pick up the habit of smoking? Answer: West Point Question: How many cigarettes did Eisenhower smoke daily at West Point? Answer: two or three packs Question: When did Eisenhower stop smoking completely? Answer: March 1949 Question: Who was Eisenhower's employer when he gave up smoking? Answer: Columbia Question: Who was the cardiologist who treated Eisenhower after his heart attack? Answer: Paul Dudley White
Context: Animal tissue consists of elements and compounds ingested, digested, absorbed, and circulated through the bloodstream to feed the cells of the body. Except in the unborn fetus, the digestive system is the first system involved[vague]. Digestive juices break chemical bonds in ingested molecules, and modify their conformations and energy states. Though some molecules are absorbed into the bloodstream unchanged, digestive processes release them from the matrix of foods. Unabsorbed matter, along with some waste products of metabolism, is eliminated from the body in the feces. Question: Through what part of the body are nutrients transported to feed cells? Answer: bloodstream Question: In which specific circumstance is the digestive system not the first system involved in nutrient processing? Answer: unborn fetus Question: What is able to break bonds in ingested molecules? Answer: Digestive juices Question: Molecules that are released from ingested foods are done so through which process? Answer: digestive processes Question: Through which manner are unabsorbed matter and waste products excreted? Answer: feces
Context: In Southeast Asia, Muslim students have a choice of attending a secular government or an Islamic school. Madaris or Islamic schools are known as Sekolah Agama (Malay: religious school) in Malaysia and Indonesia, โรงเรียนศาสนาอิสลาม (Thai: school of Islam) in Thailand and madaris in the Philippines. In countries where Islam is not the majority or state religion, Islamic schools are found in regions such as southern Thailand (near the Thai-Malaysian border) and the southern Philippines in Mindanao, where a significant Muslim population can be found. Question: Who decides if Muslims attend secular schools or traditional madaris? Answer: students Question: What are madaris referred to as in Indonesia and Malaysia? Answer: Sekolah Agama Question: What region of the Philippines has a large Muslim population? Answer: Mindanao Question: What region of Thailand has madaris? Answer: southern Question: Who decides if non-Muslims attend secular schools or traditional madaris? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What are madaris referred to as outside of Indonesia and Malaysia? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What region of the Philippines has a large non-Muslim population? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What region of Thailand does not have madaris? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: The university's first chancellor was Joseph Gibson Hoyt. Crow secured the university charter from the Missouri General Assembly in 1853, and Eliot was named President of the Board of Trustees. Early on, Eliot solicited support from members of the local business community, including John O'Fallon, but Eliot failed to secure a permanent endowment. Washington University is unusual among major American universities in not having had a prior financial endowment. The institution had no backing of a religious organization, single wealthy patron, or earmarked government support. Question: Who was the first chancellor of Washington University? Answer: Joseph Gibson Hoyt. Question: When did Washington University secure its charter? Answer: 1853 Question: What makes Washington University unique among other American universities? Answer: not having had a prior financial endowment Question: Who was the first president of Washington University? Answer: Eliot Question: What local businessman help provide support for the Washington University? Answer: John O'Fallon Question: In what year was Joseph Gibson Hoyt born? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Who was one of the members of the Missouri General Assembly in 1853? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What did did John O'Fallon do for a living? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What was one of the major American universities that started with a prior financial endowment? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Who named it Washington University? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Development of the methods used in modern printed circuit boards started early in the 20th century. In 1903, a German inventor, Albert Hanson, described flat foil conductors laminated to an insulating board, in multiple layers. Thomas Edison experimented with chemical methods of plating conductors onto linen paper in 1904. Arthur Berry in 1913 patented a print-and-etch method in Britain, and in the United States Max Schoop obtained a patent to flame-spray metal onto a board through a patterned mask. Charles Ducas in 1927 patented a method of electroplating circuit patterns. Question: Who was the German inventor who wrote in 1903 about conductors being laminated in layers to a board? Answer: Albert Hanson Question: What material did Thomas Edison experiment with by trying to chemically attach conductors to it? Answer: linen paper Question: What year did Arthur Berry patent his print-and-etch method? Answer: 1913 Question: In Max Schoop's method, what was used to create the flame-sprayed pattern on the board? Answer: a patterned mask Question: Who obtained a patent in 1927 for his method of electroplating circuit patterns? Answer: Charles Ducas Question: development of the methods used in ancient printed circuit boards started when? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Albert Hanson described what in 1913? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Arthur Berry patented what in 1923? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Thomas Edison patented a print-and-etch method in what year? Answer: Unanswerable Question: In Germany Max Schoop obtained a patent to do what? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Asked about the liberal, non-democratic rule by a Chilean interviewer, Hayek is translated from German to Spanish to English as having said, "As long term institutions, I am totally against dictatorships. But a dictatorship may be a necessary system for a transitional period. [...] Personally I prefer a liberal dictatorship to democratic government devoid of liberalism. My personal impression – and this is valid for South America – is that in Chile, for example, we will witness a transition from a dictatorial government to a liberal government." In a letter to the London Times, he defended the Pinochet regime and said that he had "not been able to find a single person even in much maligned Chile who did not agree that personal freedom was much greater under Pinochet than it had been under Allende." Hayek admitted that "it is not very likely that this will succeed, even if, at a particular point in time, it may be the only hope there is.", he explained, however, "It is not certain hope, because it will always depend on the goodwill of an individual, and there are very few individuals one can trust. But if it is the sole opportunity which exists at a particular moment it may be the best solution despite this. And only if and when the dictatorial government is visibly directing its steps towards limited democracy". Question: At what point did Hayek claim dictatorships may be necessary? Answer: a transitional period Question: What did Hayek claim to prefer over a democratic government in the absence of liberal ideals? Answer: a liberal dictatorship Question: What did Hayek believe the Chilean government would become in the future? Answer: a liberal government Question: As claimed by Hayek, Chilean citizens had more freedom under which ruler? Answer: Pinochet
Context: During the Early Modern period (approximately late 15th century to 1800), the universities of Europe would see a tremendous amount of growth, productivity and innovative research. At the end of the Middle Ages, about 400 years after the first university was founded, there were twenty-nine universities spread throughout Europe. In the 15th century, twenty-eight new ones were created, with another eighteen added between 1500 and 1625. This pace continued until by the end of the 18th century there were approximately 143 universities in Europe and Eastern Europe, with the highest concentrations in the German Empire (34), Italian countries (26), France (25), and Spain (23) – this was close to a 500% increase over the number of universities toward the end of the Middle Ages. This number does not include the numerous universities that disappeared, or institutions that merged with other universities during this time. It should be noted that the identification of a university was not necessarily obvious during the Early Modern period, as the term is applied to a burgeoning number of institutions. In fact, the term "university" was not always used to designate a higher education institution. In Mediterranean countries, the term studium generale was still often used, while "Academy" was common in Northern European countries. Question: What was the time span of the Early Modern period? Answer: late 15th century to 1800 Question: At the completion of the Middle Ages how long had universities existed? Answer: about 400 years Question: How many universities were within Europe at the closure of the middle ages? Answer: twenty-nine Question: How many universities were within Europe by the completion of the 18th century? Answer: 143 Question: The German Empire had how many universities? Answer: 34 Question: what period occured from egan in 1500 and ended in the 18th century? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What began to happen to universities in the 1500's? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How long did it take for the world to establish 29 schools of higher education? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How many new universities were created in the 1500's? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How many universities exicted across Europe by the end of the 1800's? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What was the time span of the German Empire? Answer: Unanswerable Question: At the completion of the Middle Ages how long had countries existed? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How many universities were within Germany at the closure of the middle-ages? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How many universities were within Northern Europe by the completion of the 18th century? Answer: Unanswerable Question: The Mediterranean Empire had how many universities? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: In late 1977, music writers for Sounds first used the terms "New Musick" and "post punk" to describe British acts such as Siouxsie and the Banshees and Wire, who began experimenting with sounds, lyrics and aesthetics that differed significantly from their punk contemporaries. Writer Jon Savage described some of these early developments as exploring "harsh urban scrapings [,] controlled white noise" and "massively accented drumming". In January 1978, singer John Lydon (then known as Johnny Rotten) announced the break-up of his pioneering punk band the Sex Pistols, citing his disillusionment with punk's musical predictability and cooption by commercial interests, as well as his desire to explore more diverse interests. Question: When did writers for Sounds first mention "post punk"? Answer: late 1977 Question: What did Wire do with sounds, lyrics and aesthetics which different a lot from their peers? Answer: experimenting Question: What career path did Jon Savage take in life? Answer: Writer Question: When did the Sex Pistols break up? Answer: January 1978 Question: Who was Siouxsie backed by? Answer: the Banshees Question: What are examples of British bands termed post-punk? Answer: Siouxsie and the Banshees and Wire Question: Who connsidered post-punk "harsh urban scrapings [,] controlled white noise" and "massively accented drumming"? Answer: Jon Savage Question: Which band's lead singer was Johnny Rotten? Answer: Sex Pistols Question: What was Johnny Rotten's real name? Answer: John Lydon Question: When did the Sex Pistols break up? Answer: 1978 Question: What term was first used in 1978 by writers for Sounds? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Who used sounds and lyrics similar to their contemporaries in 1977? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What did Sounds writers describeearly developments in mew wave music? Answer: Unanswerable Question: When did John Lydon anounce the break up of the Wire? Answer: Unanswerable Question: When did music writers for Sounds last mention "post punk"? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What career did Jon Savage avoid? Answer: Unanswerable Question: When did the Sex Pistols form? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Which British acts never experimented with sounds? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What was seen as one of the least successful punk bands? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: The annelids are bilaterally symmetrical, triploblastic, coelomate, invertebrate organisms. They also have parapodia for locomotion. Most textbooks still use the traditional division into polychaetes (almost all marine), oligochaetes (which include earthworms) and leech-like species. Cladistic research since 1997 has radically changed this scheme, viewing leeches as a sub-group of oligochaetes and oligochaetes as a sub-group of polychaetes. In addition, the Pogonophora, Echiura and Sipuncula, previously regarded as separate phyla, are now regarded as sub-groups of polychaetes. Annelids are considered members of the Lophotrochozoa, a "super-phylum" of protostomes that also includes molluscs, brachiopods, flatworms and nemerteans. Question: What kind of symmetry do annelids have? Answer: bilateral Question: What do annelids use to move? Answer: parapodia Question: Which subtype of annelids includes most marine worms? Answer: polychaetes Question: Which subtype of annelids includes earthworms? Answer: oligochaetes Question: Since 1997, what are leeches seen as a subgroup of? Answer: oligochaetes Question: What kind of symmetry do annelids lack? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What do annelids use to fly? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Which subtype of annelids includes most space worms? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Which subtype of annelids includes marsworms? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What are leeches seen as a subgroup of since 1897? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Schwarzenegger, who dreamed of moving to the U.S. since the age of 10, and saw bodybuilding as the avenue through which to do so, realized his dream by moving to the United States in September 1968 at the age of 21, speaking little English. There he trained at Gold's Gym in Venice, Los Angeles, California, under Joe Weider. From 1970 to 1974, one of Schwarzenegger's weight training partners was Ric Drasin, a professional wrestler who designed the original Gold's Gym logo in 1973. Schwarzenegger also became good friends with professional wrestler Superstar Billy Graham. In 1970, at age 23, he captured his first Mr. Olympia title in New York, and would go on to win the title a total of seven times. Question: How old was Schwarzenegger when he started hoping he'd move to America? Answer: 10 Question: How old was Schwarzenegger when he moved to the U.S.? Answer: 21 Question: In what state did Schwarzenegger claim his first Mr. Olympia title? Answer: New York Question: What's the name of the professional wrestler who designed the first logo for Gold's Gym? Answer: Ric Drasin
Context: Netbula objected to the motion on the ground that defendants were asking to alter Netbula's web site and that they should have subpoenaed Internet Archive for the pages directly. An employee of Internet Archive filed a sworn statement supporting Chordiant's motion, however, stating that it could not produce the web pages by any other means "without considerable burden, expense and disruption to its operations." Question: Who did Netbula believe was the entity that should be responsible for the availability of its snapshots? Answer: Internet Archive Question: Which party did Internet Archive side with? Answer: Chordiant Question: Who did Netbula believe was the entity that should be responsible for the availability of its expenses? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Which party did Netbula side with? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Who objected to the motion on the ground that defendants were asking to alter Chordiant's web site? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What would producing web pages have caused Netbula? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Who filed a sworn statement supporting Netubla's motion? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: The Premier League sells its television rights on a collective basis. This is in contrast to some other European Leagues, including La Liga, in which each club sells its rights individually, leading to a much higher share of the total income going to the top few clubs. The money is divided into three parts: half is divided equally between the clubs; one quarter is awarded on a merit basis based on final league position, the top club getting twenty times as much as the bottom club, and equal steps all the way down the table; the final quarter is paid out as facilities fees for games that are shown on television, with the top clubs generally receiving the largest shares of this. The income from overseas rights is divided equally between the twenty clubs. Question: Do European Leagues sell their television rights per a collective level? Answer: other European Leagues, including La Liga, in which each club sells its rights individually Question: What happens when European Leagues sell their televsion rights individually? Answer: a much higher share of the total income going to the top few clubs Question: How is the teleivsion revenue distributed in the Premier League? Answer: The money is divided into three parts: Question: How is half of the money distributed? Answer: half is divided equally between the clubs Question: How is the final quarter of the money distributed? Answer: the final quarter is paid out as facilities fees for games that are shown on television, with the top clubs generally receiving the largest shares of this. Question: On what sort of basis does the Premier League sell its television rights? Answer: collective basis Question: How does La Liga sell its broadcasting rights? Answer: individually Question: Which clubs get the greatest share of broadcasting income when rights are sold individually? Answer: the top few clubs Question: What percentage of broadcasting revenue is divided equally by all La Liga clubs? Answer: half Question: What percentage of broadcasting revenue is awarded on a merit basis according to ranking at the end of the season? Answer: one quarter Question: On what kind of basis do the twenty clubs sell their rights? Answer: Unanswerable Question: La Liga sells its rights collectively while the Premier League sells how? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How is the income from domestic rights divided between the twenty clubs? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How is the revenue from overseas rights divided between the 40 clubs? Answer: Unanswerable Question: The revenue from overseas rights is divided unequally between how many clubs? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: West began an on-and-off relationship with designer Alexis Phifer in 2002, and they became engaged in August 2006. The pair ended their 18-month engagement in 2008. West subsequently dated model Amber Rose from 2008 until the summer of 2010. West began dating reality star and longtime friend Kim Kardashian in April 2012. West and Kardashian became engaged in October 2013, and married on May 24, 2014 at Fort di Belvedere in Florence, Italy. Their private ceremony was subject to widespread mainstream coverage, with West taking issue with the couple's portrayal in the media. They have two children: daughter North "Nori" West (born June 15, 2013) and son Saint West (born December 5, 2015). In April 2015, West and Kardashian traveled to Jerusalem to have North baptized in the Armenian Apostolic Church at the Cathedral of St. James. The couple's high status and respective careers have resulted in their relationship becoming subject to heavy media coverage; The New York Times referred to their marriage as "a historic blizzard of celebrity." Question: Kanye's first engagement was to which well-known designer? Answer: Alexis Phifer Question: What model did Kanye begin to date in 2008? Answer: Amber Rose Question: Who has Kanye finally settled with an married in 2014? Answer: Kim Kardashian Question: How many children does Kanye have with Kim? Answer: 2 Question: What year did Kanye West begin his relationship with Alexis Phifer? Answer: 2002 Question: When did Alexis Phifer and Kanye West get engaged? Answer: August 2006 Question: Who did Kanye date from 2008 to 2010? Answer: Amber Rose Question: When did Kanye West start dating Kim Kardashian? Answer: April 2012 Question: Where in Jerusalem did Kardashian and West have their daughter North baptised? Answer: Armenian Apostolic Church at the Cathedral of St. James
Context: According to this narrative, shortly after the birth of young prince Gautama, an astrologer named Asita visited the young prince's father, Suddhodana, and prophesied that Siddhartha would either become a great king or renounce the material world to become a holy man, depending on whether he saw what life was like outside the palace walls. Question: What was the name of the astrologer who visited Prince Gautama's father? Answer: Asita Question: What was the prediction made by Asita? Answer: Siddhartha would either become a great king or renounce the material world to become a holy man Question: According to Asita, how would Siddhartha decide which path to take in life? Answer: depending on whether he saw what life was like outside the palace walls Question: What was the occupation of the person who visited Gautama? Answer: an astrologer Question: What was the name of his father? Answer: Suddhodana Question: What was Buddha predicted to become contrary with his life as we know it? Answer: a great king Question: What was the name of the astrologer that visited Gautama's father? Answer: Asita Question: What is Gautama's fathers name? Answer: Suddhodana Question: Asita prophesied that Siddhartha would be a kind or a what? Answer: holy man
Context: The exact number of speakers of Somali is unknown. One source estimates that there are 7.78 million speakers of Somali in Somalia itself and 12.65 million speakers globally. The Somali language is spoken by ethnic Somalis in Greater Somalia and the Somali diaspora. Question: About how many people in Somalia speak Somali? Answer: 7.78 million Question: In millions, about how many global Somali speakers are there? Answer: 12.65 Question: Along with Greater Somalia ethnic Somalis, who speaks Somali? Answer: the Somali diaspora
Context: Biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli described her ballad "I'll Remember" (1994) as an attempt to tone down her provocative image. The song was recorded for Alek Keshishian's film With Honors. She made a subdued appearance with Letterman at an awards show and appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno after realizing that she needed to change her musical direction in order to sustain her popularity. With her sixth studio album, Bedtime Stories (1994), Madonna employed a softer image to try to improve the public perception. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 and produced four singles, including "Secret" and "Take a Bow", the latter topping the Hot 100 for seven weeks, the longest period of any Madonna single. At the same time, she became romantically involved with fitness trainer Carlos Leon. Something to Remember, a collection of ballads, was released in November 1995. The album featured three new songs: "You'll See", "One More Chance", and a cover of Marvin Gaye's "I Want You". Question: Which biographer described her song "I'll Remember" as trying to clean up Madonna's image? Answer: J. Randy Taraborrelli Question: The song "I'll Remember" was recorded for which film? Answer: With Honors Question: What was Madonna's sixth album named? Answer: Bedtime Stories Question: The single "Take A Bow" was at the Hot 100 for how many weeks? Answer: seven weeks Question: Who was the fitness trainer that Madonna was involved with? Answer: Carlos Leon
Context: Early civilisations in Myanmar included the Tibeto-Burman-speaking Pyu city-states in Upper Burma and the Mon kingdoms in Lower Burma. In the 9th century, the Bamar people entered the upper Irrawaddy valley and, following the establishment of the Pagan Kingdom in the 1050s, the Burmese language, culture and Theravada Buddhism slowly became dominant in the country. The Pagan Kingdom fell due to the Mongol invasions and several warring states emerged. In the 16th century, reunified by the Taungoo Dynasty, the country was for a brief period the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia. The early 19th century Konbaung Dynasty ruled over an area that included modern Myanmar and briefly controlled Manipur and Assam as well. The British conquered Myanmar after three Anglo-Burmese Wars in the 19th century and the country became a British colony. Myanmar became an independent nation in 1948, initially as a democratic nation and then, following a coup d'état in 1962, a military dictatorship. Question: What were the names of some of the early cultures located in Myanmar? Answer: Tibeto-Burman-speaking Pyu city-states in Upper Burma and the Mon kingdoms in Lower Burma Question: When did the dominant religion of Myanmar become something outside of the mainstream ? Answer: in the 1050s, the Burmese language, culture and Theravada Buddhism slowly became dominant in the country. Question: What caused the downfall of the downfall of the the original kingdom in Myanmar? Answer: The Pagan Kingdom fell due to the Mongol invasions and several warring states emerged Question: Whose rule was Myanmar under when it was one of the most massive kingdoms in Southeast Asia ? Answer: Taungoo Dynasty Question: When did was Myanmar ruled by the Taungoo Dynasty ? Answer: In the 16th century
Context: GE (General Electric) Energy's renewable energy business has expanded greatly, to keep up with growing U.S. and global demand for clean energy. Since entering the renewable energy industry in 2002, GE has invested more than $850 million in renewable energy commercialization. In August 2008 it acquired Kelman Ltd, a Northern Ireland company specializing in advanced monitoring and diagnostics technologies for transformers used in renewable energy generation, and announced an expansion of its business in Northern Ireland in May 2010. In 2009, GE's renewable energy initiatives, which include solar power, wind power and GE Jenbacher gas engines using renewable and non-renewable methane-based gases, employ more than 4,900 people globally and have created more than 10,000 supporting jobs. Question: In what year did GE enter the renewable energy industry? Answer: 2002 Question: How much money has GE invested in renewable energy commercialization? Answer: more than $850 million Question: In what year did GE acquire Kelman Ltd.? Answer: 2008 Question: As of 2009, how many people did GE employ in its renewable energy initiatives? Answer: more than 4,900 Question: When did GE announce an expansion of its business in Northern Ireland? Answer: May 2010 Question: In what year was Kelman Ltd. formed? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How many people did GE employ overall as of 2009? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How many people worked for Kelman Ltd. as of 2008 when it was acquired by GE? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How much was GE worth as of 2002? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How much did GE pay to acquire Kelman Ltd? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: On July 23, 1990, Leonid Kravchuk was elected to replace Ivashko as parliament chairman. On July 30, Parliament adopted a resolution on military service ordering Ukrainian soldiers "in regions of national conflict such as Armenia and Azerbaijan" to return to Ukrainian territory. On August 1, Parliament voted overwhelmingly to shut down the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. On August 3, it adopted a law on the economic sovereignty of the Ukrainian republic. On August 19, the first Ukrainian Catholic liturgy in 44 years was celebrated at St. George Cathedral. On September 5–7, the International Symposium on the Great Famine of 1932–1933 was held in Kiev. On September 8, The first "Youth for Christ" rally since 1933 took place held in Lviv, with 40,000 participants. In September 28–30, the Green Party of Ukraine held its founding congress. On September 30, nearly 100,000 people marched in Kiev to protest against the new union treaty proposed by Gorbachev. Question: Who would succeed Ivashko as the chairman of Parliament? Answer: Leonid Kravchuk Question: What did Parliament vote to shut down in August? Answer: Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Question: Where was the August 9 liturgy held? Answer: St. George Cathedral. Question: Prior to the September 8th rally when was the last Youth for Christ rally held? Answer: 1933 Question: How many people attended the Youth for Christ rally? Answer: 40,000
Context: Bon Jovi's third album, Slippery When Wet (1986), mixed hard rock with a pop sensitivity and spent a total of 8 weeks at the top of the Billboard 200 album chart, selling 12 million copies in the US while becoming the first hard rock album to spawn three top 10 singles — two of which reached number one. The album has been credited with widening the audiences for the genre, particularly by appealing to women as well as the traditional male dominated audience, and opening the door to MTV and commercial success for other bands at the end of the decade. The anthemic The Final Countdown (1986) by Swedish group Europe was an international hit, reaching number eight on the US charts while hitting the top 10 in nine other countries. This era also saw more glam-infused American hard rock bands come to the forefront, with both Poison and Cinderella releasing their multi-platinum début albums in 1986. Van Halen released 5150 (1986), their first album with Sammy Hagar on lead vocals, which was number one in the US for three weeks and sold over 6 million copies. By the second half of the decade, hard rock had become the most reliable form of commercial popular music in the United States. Question: What is the title of Bon Jovi's third lp? Answer: Slippery When Wet Question: How many copies did this record sell? Answer: 12 million Question: What was the band Europe's international hit? Answer: The Final Countdown Question: What was Van Halen's 1986 album called? Answer: 5150 Question: Who was the new lead singer for Van Halen on 5150? Answer: Sammy Hagar Question: What was Bon Jovi's second album? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Which Bon Jovi album spent 10 weeks on top of the Billboard 200 charts? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What group from England released The Final Countdown in 1986? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What album by Europe reached number nine in ten countries besides the US? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Which album did Van Halen release in 1986 which was the second album to feature Sammy Hagar as lead vocal singer? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Detroit's protracted decline has resulted in severe urban decay and thousands of empty buildings around the city. Some parts of Detroit are so sparsely populated that the city has difficulty providing municipal services. The city has considered various solutions, such as demolishing abandoned homes and buildings; removing street lighting from large portions of the city; and encouraging the small population in certain areas to move to more populated locations. While some have estimated 20,000 stray dogs roam the city, studies have shown the true number to be around 1,000-3,000. Roughly half of the owners of Detroit's 305,000 properties failed to pay their 2011 tax bills, resulting in about $246 million in taxes and fees going uncollected, nearly half of which was due to Detroit; the rest of the money would have been earmarked for Wayne County, Detroit Public Schools, and the library system. Question: How many stray dogs do studies suggest are in Detroit? Answer: 1,000-3,000 Question: How much in unpaid taxes did Detroit fail to collect in 2011? Answer: $246 million Question: What is the term for when a city falls into disrepair? Answer: urban decay
Context: The 'OtherOS' functionality was not present in the updated PS Slim models, and the feature was subsequently removed from previous versions of the PS3 as part of the machine's firmware update version 3.21 which was released on April 1, 2010; Sony cited security concerns as the rationale. The firmware update 3.21 was mandatory for access to the PlayStation Network. The removal caused some controversy; as the update removed officially advertised features from already sold products, and gave rise to several class action lawsuits aimed at making Sony return the feature or provide compensation. Question: What functionality did the PlayStation 3 lose in version 3.21 of its firmware update? Answer: 'OtherOS' Question: What reason did Sony give for taking out OtherOS? Answer: security concerns Question: Was firmware update 3.21 optional or mandatory if users wanted to continue accessing the PS Network? Answer: mandatory Question: Which PS3 model never included OtherOS? Answer: PS Slim Question: What legal action did some disgruntled OtherOS users take against Sony? Answer: class action lawsuits Question: What functionality did the PlayStation 3 lose in version 3.12 of its firmware update? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What reason did Sony give for taking out OtterOS? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Was firmware update 3.12 optional or mandatory if users wanted to continue accessing the PS Network? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Which PS3 model always included OtherOS? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What legal action did some happy OtherOS users take against Sony? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Although browsers are primarily intended to use the World Wide Web, they can also be used to access information provided by web servers in private networks or files in file systems. Question: The primary function of a browser is to use what? Answer: the World Wide Web Question: In addition to accessing the Internet, browsers can also access info that is put there by web servers in what? Answer: private networks Question: A browser can also access files where? Answer: file systems Question: What can information access when used? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What are private networks primarily intended to use? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Where are browsers located? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Where is a browser so you are able to find it later? Answer: Unanswerable Question: The primary function of file systems is to use what? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: In the 2010s, American jurisdictions have experienced a shortage of lethal injection drugs, due to anti-death penalty advocacy and low production volume. Hospira, the only U.S. manufacturer of sodium thiopental, stopped making the drug in 2011. The European Union has outlawed the export of any product that could be used in an execution; this has prevented executioners from using EU-manufactured anesthetics like propofol which are needed for general medical purposes. Another alternative, pentobarbital, is also only manufactured in the European Union, which has caused the Danish producer to restrict distribution to U.S. government customers. Question: What death penalty drug ceased to be manufactured in 2011? Answer: sodium thiopental Question: Up until 2011, who manufactured sodium thiopental? Answer: Hospira Question: What is the nationality of the company that makes pentobarbital? Answer: Danish Question: Along with anti-death penalty advocacy, why has there been a shortage in drugs for lethal injections in the United States? Answer: low production volume Question: The EU outlawed the export of products that could be used in what activity? Answer: execution Question: What death penalty drug started to be manufactured in 2011? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Up until 2015, who manufactured sodium thiopental? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What is the mission statement of the company that makes pentobarbital? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Along with anti-death penalty advocacy, why has there been a shortage in drugs for lethal injections outside of the United States? Answer: Unanswerable Question: The EU outlawed the export of products that could never be used in what activity? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: The Council of Trent approved a plan in 1563 for correcting the calendrical errors, requiring that the date of the vernal equinox be restored to that which it held at the time of the First Council of Nicaea in 325 and that an alteration to the calendar be designed to prevent future drift. This would allow for a more consistent and accurate scheduling of the feast of Easter. In 1577, a Compendium was sent to expert mathematicians outside the reform commission for comments. Some of these experts, including Giambattista Benedetti and Giuseppe Moleto, believed Easter should be computed from the true motions of the sun and moon, rather than using a tabular method, but these recommendations were not adopted. The reform adopted was a modification of a proposal made by the Calabrian doctor Aloysius Lilius (or Lilio). Question: When did the Council of Trent agree to the corrected calendar? Answer: 1563 Question: To what time did the Council require the date of the vernal equinox to be set? Answer: 325 Question: What did mathematicians of the time want to use to set the date of Easter? Answer: motions of the sun and moon Question: What method was used instead of computations of the sun and moon? Answer: tabular method Question: Whose modified proposal was adopted? Answer: Aloysius Lilius Question: What plan to the Council of Trent approve in the fifteenth century? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What did the first Council of Nicaea require to be restored to the one set in 325? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What did the first Council of Nicaea require alterations for? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What was sent to mathematicians in the fifteenth century? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What was adopted from the proposal of Moleto Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Instead, the monarch directly grants royal assent by Order in Council. Assent is granted or refused on the advice of the Lord Chancellor. A recent example when assent was refused (or, more correctly, when the Lord Chancellor declined to present the law for assent) was in 2007, concerning reforms to the constitution of the Chief Pleas of Sark. (A revised version of the proposed reforms was subsequently given assent.) In 2011, campaigners against a law that sought to reduce the number of senators in the states of Jersey petitioned the Privy Council to advise the Queen to refuse royal assent. An Order in Council of 13 July 2011 established new rules for the consideration of petitions against granting royal assent. Question: The sovereign grants assent by which order? Answer: Order in Council Question: Who advises the sovereign in this decision? Answer: Lord Chancellor Question: Which recent petition for reforms to the constitution led to assent being refused? Answer: Chief Pleas of Sark Question: Who advises a bill to be granted or refused? Answer: Lord Chancellor Question: When was an Order in Counil passed that laid out new rules for consideration of petitions against the royal assent? Answer: 13 July 2011 Question: In what year did the Lord Chancellor refuse to present a law concerning constituational reform for assent? Answer: 2007 Question: What was the subject of the bill that the Lord Chancellor refused to present for royal assent in 2007? Answer: reforms to the constitution of the Chief Pleas of Sark Question: The monarch indirectly grants royal assent how? Answer: Unanswerable Question: An Order in Council of 13 July 2001 established what? Answer: Unanswerable Question: In 2001, campaigners petitioned whom? Answer: Unanswerable Question: The Queen was advised to grant royal assent by campaigners in what year? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Since the early 1990s, Estonia is involved in active trilateral Baltic states co-operation with Latvia and Lithuania, and Nordic-Baltic co-operation with the Nordic countries. The Baltic Council is the joint forum of the interparliamentary Baltic Assembly (BA) and the intergovernmental Baltic Council of Ministers (BCM). Nordic-Baltic Eight (NB-8) is the joint co-operation of the governments of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden. Nordic-Baltic Six (NB-6), comprising Nordic-Baltic countries that are European Union member states, is a framework for meetings on EU related issues. Parliamentary co-operation between the Baltic Assembly and Nordic Council began in 1989. Annual summits take place, and in addition meetings are organised on all possible levels: speakers, presidiums, commissions, and individual members. The Nordic Council of Ministers has an office in Tallinn with a subsidiary in Tartu and information points in Narva, Valga and Pärnu. Joint Nordic-Baltic projects include the education programme Nordplus and mobility programmes for business and industry and for public administration. Question: Which Baltic countries have cooperated with Estonia since the early 1990s? Answer: Latvia and Lithuania Question: What is the combined group of the interparliamentary Baltic Assembly and the intergovernmental Baltic Council of Ministers? Answer: The Baltic Council Question: What is the name of the joint group that Estonia shares with Denmark and 7 other countries? Answer: Nordic-Baltic Eight Question: What year did Parliamentary co-operation between the Baltic Assembly and Nordic Council start? Answer: 1989
Context: Brooke Foss Westcott (1825–1901) and Fenton J. A. Hort (1828–1892) published an edition of the New Testament in Greek in 1881. They proposed nine critical rules, including a version of Bengel's rule, "The reading is less likely to be original that shows a disposition to smooth away difficulties." They also argued that "Readings are approved or rejected by reason of the quality, and not the number, of their supporting witnesses", and that "The reading is to be preferred that most fitly explains the existence of the others." Question: How many rules were proposed in the 1881 publication of the New Testament in Greek? Answer: They proposed nine critical rules Question: What is Bengel's rule? Answer: The reading is less likely to be original that shows a disposition to smooth away difficulties. Question: Does ease of reading correlate to accuracy in relation to the original text? Answer: "The reading is to be preferred that most fitly explains the existence of the others." Question: What is more important for a textual critic: quality or quantity? Answer: Readings are approved or rejected by reason of the quality, and not the number, of their supporting witnesses Question: What is the criteria needed to include or dismiss a reading when critiquing texts? Answer: The reading is to be preferred that most fitly explains the existence of the others. Question: When did Westcott and Hort meet? Answer: Unanswerable Question: When did Westcott and Hort go into business together? Answer: Unanswerable Question: When did they propose Bengel's rule? Answer: Unanswerable Question: The number of supporting witnesses explains why readings are what? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Which reading is less preferred? Answer: Unanswerable