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Context: The River Plym, which flows off Dartmoor to the north-east, forms a smaller estuary to the east of the city called Cattewater. Plymouth Sound is protected from the sea by the Plymouth Breakwater, in use since 1814. In the Sound is Drake's Island which is seen from Plymouth Hoe, a flat public area on top of limestone cliffs. The Unitary Authority of Plymouth is 79.84 square kilometres (30.83 sq mi). The topography rises from sea level to a height, at Roborough, of about 509 feet (155 m) above Ordnance Datum (AOD).
Question: What estuary east of Plymouth is part of the River Plym?
Answer: Cattewater
Question: When did the Plymouth Breakwater open?
Answer: 1814
Question: What island is present in Plymouth Sound?
Answer: Drake's Island
Question: How large is the Unitary Authority of Plymouth in square miles?
Answer: 30.83
Question: In meters, what is the highest point in the Plymouth Unitary Authority?
Answer: 155 |
Context: Examining the influence of humanism on scholars in medicine, mathematics, astronomy and physics may suggest that humanism and universities were a strong impetus for the scientific revolution. Although the connection between humanism and the scientific discovery may very well have begun within the confines of the university, the connection has been commonly perceived as having been severed by the changing nature of science during the scientific revolution. Historians such as Richard S. Westfall have argued that the overt traditionalism of universities inhibited attempts to re-conceptualize nature and knowledge and caused an indelible tension between universities and scientists. This resistance to changes in science may have been a significant factor in driving many scientists away from the university and toward private benefactors, usually in princely courts, and associations with newly forming scientific societies.
Question: The study of humanism among those studying math, astronomy and medicine is said to have caused what?
Answer: the scientific revolution
Question: Resisting what caused many scientists to court private benefactors?
Answer: changes in science
Question: Where might a scientist find a friendly private benefactor?
Answer: princely courts
Question: Which historian argues that traditionalism in a university system hindered attempts to form new views on knowledge and nature?
Answer: Richard S. Westfall
Question: The study of humanism among those studying history is said to have caused what?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Resisting what caused many students to court private benefactors?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Where might a student find a friendly private benefactor?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Which historian argues that traditionalism in a university system hindered attempts to form new views on medicine and mathematics?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What may have been a significant factor in driving students away from the university?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: The Quran assumes familiarity with major narratives recounted in the Biblical scriptures. It summarizes some, dwells at length on others and, in some cases, presents alternative accounts and interpretations of events. The Quran describes itself as a book of guidance. It sometimes offers detailed accounts of specific historical events, and it often emphasizes the moral significance of an event over its narrative sequence. The Quran is used along with the hadith to interpret sharia law. During prayers, the Quran is recited only in Arabic.
Question: In which language is the Quran spoken during prayer?
Answer: Arabic
Question: The Quran is used in the interpretation of which form of law?
Answer: sharia
Question: What accounts are form the basis of much of the accounts in the Quran?
Answer: Biblical scriptures
Question: Which religious text calls itself a book of guidance?
Answer: Quran
Question: In which language is the Quran unspoken during prayer?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: The Quran isn't used in the interpretation of which form of law?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: The Quran is unused in the interpretation of which form of law?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What accounts are form the basis of none of the accounts in the Quran?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Which scientific text calls itself a book of guidance?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: The show itself is popular in the Southern United States, with households in the Southeastern United States 10% more likely to watch American Idol during the eighth season in 2009, and those in the East Central region, such as Kentucky, were 16 percent more likely to tune into the series. Data from Nielsen SoundScan, a music-sales tracking service, showed that of the 47 million CDs sold by Idol contestants through January 2010, 85 percent were by contestants with ties to the American South.
Question: How many CDs from American Idol contestants had been sold at the beginning of 2010?
Answer: 47 million
Question: In the same study, how much more likely was someone from Kentucky to tune into the show?
Answer: 16 percent
Question: How many CDS were sold by Idol contestants up to 2010?
Answer: 47 million
Question: Of the CDs sold, how many were by the contestants with southern ties?
Answer: 85 percent |
Context: The two largest metropolitan areas have subway systems: Lisbon Metro and Metro Sul do Tejo in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area and Porto Metro in the Porto Metropolitan Area, each with more than 35 km (22 mi) of lines. In Portugal, Lisbon tram services have been supplied by the Companhia de Carris de Ferro de Lisboa (Carris), for over a century. In Porto, a tram network, of which only a tourist line on the shores of the Douro remain, began construction on 12 September 1895 (a first for the Iberian Peninsula). All major cities and towns have their own local urban transport network, as well as taxi services.
Question: What are the two subway systems in Portugal?
Answer: Lisbon Metro and Metro Sul do Tejo in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area and Porto Metro in the Porto Metropolitan Area
Question: How long are each of the subway systems?
Answer: more than 35 km (22 mi)
Question: By what company have the Lisbon tram services been supplies by?
Answer: Companhia de Carris de Ferro de Lisboa (Carris)
Question: For how long has the Libon tram service existed?
Answer: over a century |
Context: Paris today has more than 421 municipal parks and gardens, covering more than 3,000 hectares and containing more than 250,000 trees. Two of Paris' oldest and most famous gardens are the Tuileries Garden, created in 1564 for the Tuileries Palace, and redone by André Le Nôtre between 1664 and 1672, and the Luxembourg Garden, for the Luxembourg Palace, built for Marie de' Medici in 1612, which today houses the French Senate. The Jardin des Plantes was the first botanical garden in Paris, created in 1626 by Louis XIII's doctor Guy de La Brosse for the cultivation of medicinal plants.
Question: How many municipal parks and gardens does Paris have?
Answer: 421
Question: When was the Tuileries Garden created?
Answer: 1564
Question: Who redid the Tuileries Garden in 1664?
Answer: André Le Nôtre
Question: Who was the Luxembourg palace built for?
Answer: Marie de' Medici
Question: Who created the Jarden des Plantes?
Answer: Guy de La Brosse |
Context: Notre Dame alumni work in various fields. Alumni working in political fields include state governors, members of the United States Congress, and former United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. A notable alumnus of the College of Science is Medicine Nobel Prize winner Eric F. Wieschaus. A number of university heads are alumni, including Notre Dame's current president, the Rev. John Jenkins. Additionally, many alumni are in the media, including talk show hosts Regis Philbin and Phil Donahue, and television and radio personalities such as Mike Golic and Hannah Storm. With the university having high profile sports teams itself, a number of alumni went on to become involved in athletics outside the university, including professional baseball, basketball, football, and ice hockey players, such as Joe Theismann, Joe Montana, Tim Brown, Ross Browner, Rocket Ismail, Ruth Riley, Jeff Samardzija, Jerome Bettis, Brett Lebda, Olympic gold medalist Mariel Zagunis, professional boxer Mike Lee, former football coaches such as Charlie Weis, Frank Leahy and Knute Rockne, and Basketball Hall of Famers Austin Carr and Adrian Dantley. Other notable alumni include prominent businessman Edward J. DeBartolo, Jr. and astronaut Jim Wetherbee.
Question: Which Secretary of State attended Notre Dame?
Answer: Condoleezza Rice
Question: Which Notre Dame alum from the College of Science won a Nobel Prize?
Answer: Eric F. Wieschaus
Question: Who is the current president of Notre Dame?
Answer: Rev. John Jenkins
Question: Mariel Zagunis is notable for winning what?
Answer: Olympic gold
Question: Which notable astronaut is known to have attended Notre Dame?
Answer: Jim Wetherbee |
Context: A converse popular image arose of British people in the Second World War: a collection of people locked in national solidarity. This image entered the historiography of the Second World War in the 1980s and 1990s, especially after the publication of Angus Calder's book The Myth of the Blitz (1991). It was evoked by both the right and left political factions in Britain during the Falklands War when it was embedded in a nostalgic narrative in which the Second World War represented aggressive British patriotism successfully defending democracy. This imagery of people in the Blitz was and is powerfully portrayed in film, radio, newspapers and magazines. At the time it was a useful propaganda tool for home and foreign consumption. Historians' critical response to this construction focused on what were seen as over-emphasised claims of righteous nationalism and national unity. In the Myth of the Blitz, Calder exposed some of the counter-evidence of anti-social and divisive behaviours. What he saw as the myth—serene national unity—became "historical truth". In particular, class division was most evident.
Question: What view became popular of the British people in WWII?
Answer: people locked in national solidarity.
Question: When did this popular view come to be?
Answer: in the 1980s and 1990s, especially after the publication of Angus Calder's book The Myth of the Blitz (1991).
Question: Political factions in Britain supported what view of Britains in WWII?
Answer: aggressive British patriotism successfully defending democracy.
Question: What was the Historians' critical response to this view?
Answer: over-emphasised claims of righteous nationalism and national unity.
Question: What did Calder try to expose in his book?
Answer: some of the counter-evidence of anti-social and divisive behaviours |
Context: A wrestling match may be declared a no contest if the winning conditions are unable to occur. This can be due to excessive interference, loss of referee's control over the match, one or more participants sustaining debilitating injury not caused by the opponent, or the inability of a scheduled match to even begin. A no contest is a state separate and distinct from a draw — a draw indicates winning conditions were met. Although the terms are sometimes used interchangeably in practice, this usage is technically incorrect.
Question: What kind of injury can cause a no contest ruling?
Answer: debilitating
Question: How is no contest related to a draw, if at all?
Answer: state separate and distinct from a draw
Question: How can a referee's action result in a no contest?
Answer: loss of referee's control over the match |
Context: By 1874, Bell's initial work on the harmonic telegraph had entered a formative stage, with progress made both at his new Boston "laboratory" (a rented facility) and at his family home in Canada a big success.[N 14] While working that summer in Brantford, Bell experimented with a "phonautograph", a pen-like machine that could draw shapes of sound waves on smoked glass by tracing their vibrations. Bell thought it might be possible to generate undulating electrical currents that corresponded to sound waves. Bell also thought that multiple metal reeds tuned to different frequencies like a harp would be able to convert the undulating currents back into sound. But he had no working model to demonstrate the feasibility of these ideas.
Question: On what material did the phonautograph operate?
Answer: smoked glass
Question: What kind of reed did Bell want to play with?
Answer: metal
Question: What did Bell believe the reeds would turn the signal into?
Answer: sound
Question: What instrument is a phonautograph similar to?
Answer: pen
Question: In what year was Bell really working on his telegraph?
Answer: 1874 |
Context: In July 2015, Eton accidentally sent emails to 400 prospective students, offering them conditional entrance to the school in September 2017. The email was intended for nine students, but an IT glitch caused the email to be sent to 400 additional families, who didn't necessarily have a place. In response, the school issued the following statement: "This error was discovered within minutes and each family was immediately contacted to notify them that it should be disregarded and to apologise. We take this type of incident very seriously indeed and so a thorough investigation, overseen by the headmaster Tony Little and led by the tutor for admissions, is being carried out to find out exactly what went wrong and ensure it cannot happen again. Eton College offers its sincere apologies to those boys concerned and their families. We deeply regret the confusion and upset this must have caused."
Question: When was an accidental email sent to potential students of Eton that warranted a personal apology to each family?
Answer: July 2015
Question: How many prospective students received a mistaken email in July 2015?
Answer: 400
Question: For how many students was the email mistake originally intended?
Answer: nine
Question: Who was the tutor for admissions at Eton in 2015?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who at Eton issued the statement about the erroneous emails?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: In what year did Tony Little become the Headmaster of Eton?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How many students does Eton accept each year?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: The secondary and high school education system in Swaziland is a five-year programme divided into three years junior secondary and two years senior secondary. There is an external public examination (Junior Certificate) at the end of the junior secondary that learners have to pass to progress to the senior secondary level. The Examination Council of Swaziland (ECOS) administers this examination. At the end of the senior secondary level, learners sit for a public examination, the Swaziland General Certificate of Secondary Education (SGCSE) and International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) which is accredited by the Cambridge International Examination (CIE). A few schools offer the Advanced Studies (AS) programme in their curriculum.
Question: How many years does a student spend in secondary and high school in Swaziland?
Answer: five
Question: For how many years is a Swazi student in junior secondary school?
Answer: three
Question: What is the ECOS within the Swazi education system?
Answer: Examination Council of Swaziland
Question: What do students finishing senior secondary school get?
Answer: Swaziland General Certificate of Secondary Education
Question: What institution does the accreditation for the IGCSE in Swaziland?
Answer: Cambridge International Examination
Question: What education system is divided into 3 years?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is the name of the private axamination taken at the end of junior secondary?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who determines if students can go to senior secondary?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What private examination do students sit for at the end of senior secondary?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: In 2005, Beyoncé teamed up with House of Brands, a shoe company, to produce a range of footwear for House of Deréon. In January 2008, Starwave Mobile launched Beyoncé Fashion Diva, a "high-style" mobile game with a social networking component, featuring the House of Deréon collection. In July 2009, Beyoncé and her mother launched a new junior apparel label, Sasha Fierce for Deréon, for back-to-school selling. The collection included sportswear, outerwear, handbags, footwear, eyewear, lingerie and jewelry. It was available at department stores including Macy's and Dillard's, and specialty stores Jimmy Jazz and Against All Odds. On May 27, 2010, Beyoncé teamed up with clothing store C&A to launch Deréon by Beyoncé at their stores in Brazil. The collection included tailored blazers with padded shoulders, little black dresses, embroidered tops and shirts and bandage dresses.
Question: What type of accessory company did Beyonce partner with in 2005?
Answer: shoe
Question: In 2010, Beyonce released Dereon to what country?
Answer: Brazil
Question: Back-to-school shopping was introduced in what year of Beyonce's clothing line?
Answer: 2009
Question: What did Beyonce's Fashion Diva feature?
Answer: House of Deréon collection
Question: What new idea did Beyonce and her mother launch in 2009?
Answer: Sasha Fierce for Deréon
Question: When did Beyonce partner with C&A to sell fashion in Brazil?
Answer: May 27, 2010
Question: What company did Beyoncé get together with in 2005 to add shoes to her fashions?
Answer: House of Brands
Question: What was the name of the game put out by Starwave Mobile in 2008 that featured Beyoncé fashions?
Answer: Beyoncé Fashion Diva
Question: What was the name of the junior fashions launched in 2009 by Beyoncé and her mother?
Answer: Sasha Fierce for Deréon
Question: Who did Beyoncé team up with in 2010 to get her fashions into Brazil?
Answer: C&A
Question: Sasha Fierce for Deréon fashions were sold at stores that included Macy's and what other store?
Answer: Dillard's |
Context: The scientific evidence is mixed as to whether companionship of a dog can enhance human physical health and psychological wellbeing. Studies suggesting that there are benefits to physical health and psychological wellbeing have been criticised for being poorly controlled, and finding that "[t]he health of elderly people is related to their health habits and social supports but not to their ownership of, or attachment to, a companion animal." Earlier studies have shown that people who keep pet dogs or cats exhibit better mental and physical health than those who do not, making fewer visits to the doctor and being less likely to be on medication than non-guardians.
Question: Studies that people are better off with dogs have been criticized for being what?
Answer: poorly controlled
Question: People who have cats or dogs make fewer visits where?
Answer: to the doctor |
Context: The Grito de Dolores ("Cry of Dolores") also known as El Grito de la Independencia ("Cry of Independence"), uttered from the small town of Dolores near Guanajuato on September 16, 1810, is the event that marks the beginning of the Mexican War of Independence and is the most important national holiday observed in Mexico. The "Grito" was the battle cry of the Mexican War of Independence by Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Roman Catholic priest. Hidalgo and several criollos were involved in a planned revolt against the Spanish colonial government, and the plotters were betrayed. Fearing his arrest, Hidalgo commanded his brother Mauricio as well as Ignacio Allende and Mariano Abasolo to go with a number of other armed men to make the sheriff release the pro-independence inmates there on the night of September 15. They managed to set eighty free. Around 6:00 am September 16, 1810, Hidalgo ordered the church bells to be rung and gathered his congregation. Flanked by Allende and Juan Aldama, he addressed the people in front of his church, encouraging them to revolt. The Battle of Guanajuato, the first major engagement of the insurgency, occurred four days later. Mexico's independence from Spain was effectively declared in the Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire on September 27, 1821, after a decade of war. Unrest followed for the next several decades, as different factions fought for control of Mexico.
Question: When did Mexico gain independence?
Answer: September 27, 1821
Question: How long was the war?
Answer: a decade
Question: What was the first battle of the Mexican Independence war called?
Answer: The Battle of Guanajuato
Question: What was the battle cry of the war?
Answer: Grito
Question: When did the war begin?
Answer: September 16, 1810 |
Context: Mass incarceration in the United States disproportionately impacts African American and Latino communities. Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (2010), argues that mass incarceration is best understood as not only a system of overcrowded prisons. Mass incarceration is also, "the larger web of laws, rules, policies, and customs that control those labeled criminals both in and out of prison." She defines it further as "a system that locks people not only behind actual bars in actual prisons, but also behind virtual bars and virtual walls", illustrating the second-class citizenship that is imposed on a disproportionate number of people of color, specifically African-Americans. She compares mass incarceration to Jim Crow laws, stating that both work as racial caste systems.
Question: What impacts African American and Latino communities in disproportionate numbers?
Answer: Mass incarceration
Question: Who is the author of "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness"?
Answer: Michelle Alexander
Question: What type of bars and walls beyond physical ones does Alexander think people are behind?
Answer: virtual
Question: Who does Alexander think a second class citizenship is imposed upon disproportionately?
Answer: people of color
Question: What type of caste system is mass incarceration compared to?
Answer: racial |
Context: The ESA requires that critical habitat be designated at the time of or within one year of a species being placed on the endangered list. In practice, most designations occur several years after listing. Between 1978 and 1986 the FWS regularly designated critical habitat. In 1986 the Reagan Administration issued a regulation limiting the protective status of critical habitat. As a result, few critical habitats were designated between 1986 and the late 1990s. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, a series of court orders invalidated the Reagan regulations and forced the FWS and NMFS to designate several hundred critical habitats, especially in Hawaii, California and other western states. Midwest and Eastern states received less critical habitat, primarily on rivers and coastlines. As of December, 2006, the Reagan regulation has not yet been replaced though its use has been suspended. Nonetheless, the agencies have generally changed course and since about 2005 have tried to designate critical habitat at or near the time of listing.
Question: What is the time limit for designating a species critical habitat after the species has been added to the endangered list?
Answer: within one year
Question: Which presidential adminstration limited the protective status of critical habitat in 1986?
Answer: the Reagan Administration
Question: After the limitations placed on critical habitat were lifted by the courts, where were critical habitats established primarily?
Answer: Hawaii, California and other western states
Question: Where have the majority of critical habitats in the Midwest and Eastern states been located geographically?
Answer: primarily on rivers and coastlines
Question: What has to be designated after a waiting period of 1 year?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What entity caused an increase of critical habitats in between 1986 and the 1990s?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What did the Reagan regulations invalidate?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How many critical habitats were built between 1978 and 1986?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Which two states in the Midwest and Eastern states received fewer habitats?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Cubist sculpture developed in parallel to Cubist painting. During the autumn of 1909 Picasso sculpted Head of a Woman (Fernande) with positive features depicted by negative space and vice versa. According to Douglas Cooper: "The first true Cubist sculpture was Picasso's impressive Woman's Head, modeled in 1909–10, a counterpart in three dimensions to many similar analytical and faceted heads in his paintings at the time." These positive/negative reversals were ambitiously exploited by Alexander Archipenko in 1912–13, for example in Woman Walking. Joseph Csaky, after Archipenko, was the first sculptor in Paris to join the Cubists, with whom he exhibited from 1911 onwards. They were followed by Raymond Duchamp-Villon and then in 1914 by Jacques Lipchitz, Henri Laurens and Ossip Zadkine.
Question: What was the name of the 1909 Cubist sculpture Picassos created?
Answer: Head of a Woman
Question: What Douglas Cooper call Picasso's 1909 Cubist sculpture?
Answer: The first true Cubist sculpture
Question: Which Alexander Archipenko piece was similar to other Cubist scupltures of that time?
Answer: Woman Walking
Question: What was the name of the 1907 Cubist sculpture Picassos created?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who sculpted arm of a woman?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: When was Leg of a Woman sculpted?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Which Alexander Archipenko piece was different from other Cubist scupltures of that time?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What did Alexander Archipenko paint in 1915?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Proponents of affirmative action argue that by nature the system is not only race based, but also class and gender based. To eliminate two of its key components would undermine the purpose of the entire system. The African American Policy Forum believes that the class based argument is based on the idea that non-poor minorities do not experience racial and gender based discrimination. The AAPF believes that "Race-conscious affirmative action remains necessary to address race-based obstacles that block the path to success of countless people of color of all classes". The groups goes on to say that affirmative action is responsible for creating the African American middle class, so it does not make sense to say that the system only benefits the middle and upper classes.
Question: Other than being race and gender based, what did believers in affirmative action also feel that the system discriminated against?
Answer: class
Question: Which organization believed in the class based argument?
Answer: African American Policy Forum
Question: What group of people did the AAPF claim affirmative action created?
Answer: African American middle class
Question: What does the AAPF believe the foundation for the class based argument is?
Answer: non-poor minorities do not experience racial and gender based discrimination
Question: What does the AAPF believe the goal of affirmative action should be?
Answer: to address race-based obstacles that block the path to success
Question: Other than being race and gender based, what did believers in affirmative action also feel that the system did not discriminate against
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Which organization believed in the non-class based argument?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What group of people did the AAPF claim affirmative action did not create?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What does the AAPF believe the foundation for the class based agreement is?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What does the AAPF believe the goal of non-affirmative action should be?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: On 19 November 1968, following progressive economic decline, the Keïta regime was overthrown in a bloodless military coup led by Moussa Traoré, a day which is now commemorated as Liberation Day. The subsequent military-led regime, with Traoré as president, attempted to reform the economy. His efforts were frustrated by political turmoil and a devastating drought between 1968 to 1974, in which famine killed thousands of people. The Traoré regime faced student unrest beginning in the late 1970s and three coup attempts. The Traoré regime repressed all dissenters until the late 1980s.
Question: What regime was overthrown in 1968?
Answer: Keïta regime
Question: Who led the military on what is now celebrated Liberation Day?
Answer: Moussa Traoré
Question: What position did Moussa Traoré take on as a result of his success?
Answer: president
Question: Between what years did famine and drought afflict the country?
Answer: 1968 to 1974
Question: In the 1970's how many attempts were there the overthrow the govenment?
Answer: three coup attempts
Question: Who was overthrown in a bloodied military coup?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who overthrew Moussa Traoe?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is November 19, 1974 celebrated as?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What afflicted the country prior to 1968?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How many attempts were there to overthrow the government in the 1980s?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: London has played a significant role in the film industry, and has major studios at Ealing and a special effects and post-production community centred in Soho. Working Title Films has its headquarters in London. London has been the setting for films including Oliver Twist (1948), Scrooge (1951), Peter Pan (1953), The 101 Dalmatians (1961), My Fair Lady (1964), Mary Poppins (1964), Blowup (1966), The Long Good Friday (1980), Notting Hill (1999), Love Actually (2003), V For Vendetta (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street (2008) and The King's Speech (2010). Notable actors and filmmakers from London include; Charlie Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock, Michael Caine, Helen Mirren, Gary Oldman, Christopher Nolan, Jude Law, Tom Hardy, Keira Knightley and Daniel Day-Lewis. As of 2008[update], the British Academy Film Awards have taken place at the Royal Opera House. London is a major centre for television production, with studios including BBC Television Centre, The Fountain Studios and The London Studios. Many television programmes have been set in London, including the popular television soap opera EastEnders, broadcast by the BBC since 1985.
Question: What major film production company calls London home?
Answer: Working Title Films
Question: In what theater are the British Academy film awards presented?
Answer: the Royal Opera House
Question: What popular soap opera has the BBC televised since 1985?
Answer: EastEnders
Question: What silent movie film star who made movies such as The Little Tramp hailed from London?
Answer: Charlie Chaplin
Question: In what year was the stage musical My Fair Lady, set in turn-of-the-century London, made into a major motion picture?
Answer: 1964 |
Context: Before the latter half of the 18th century, grain, timber and then coal were Plymouth's main imports. During this time the real source of wealth was from the neighbouring town of Plymouth Dock (renamed in 1824 to Devonport) and the major employer in the entire region was the dockyard. The Three Towns conurbation of Plymouth, Stonehouse and Devonport enjoyed some prosperity during the late 18th and early 19th century and were enriched by a series of neo-classical urban developments designed by London architect John Foulston. Foulston was important for both Devonport and Plymouth and was responsible for several grand public buildings, many now destroyed, including the Athenaeum, the Theatre Royal and Royal Hotel, and much of Union Street.
Question: Along with coal and grain, what was the most important import in 18th century Plymouth?
Answer: timber
Question: What was the new name given to Plymouth Dock in 1824?
Answer: Devonport
Question: Along with Plymouth and Devonport, what settlement comprised the Three Towns?
Answer: Stonehouse
Question: What architect was noted for his neoclassical designs in Plymouth?
Answer: John Foulston
Question: On what street did many of the buildings designed by John Foulston reside?
Answer: Union Street |
Context: Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW), overseen by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, is the nation's largest municipally owned natural gas utility. It serves over 500,000 homes and businesses in the Philadelphia area. Founded in 1836, the company came under city ownership in 1987 and has been providing the majority of gas distributed within city limits. In 2014, the Philadelphia City Council refused to conduct hearings on a $1.86 billion sale of PGW, part of a two-year effort that was proposed by the mayor. The refusal led to the prospective buyer terminating its offer.
Question: What is the largest city owned gas utility?
Answer: Philadelphia Gas Works
Question: How many homes does PGW serve?
Answer: 500,000
Question: When was PGW founded?
Answer: 1836
Question: When did the city take PGW over?
Answer: 1987 |
Context: Napoleon was born on 15 August 1769, to Carlo Maria di Buonaparte and Maria Letizia Ramolino, in his family's ancestral home Casa Buonaparte in Ajaccio, the capital of the island of Corsica. He was their fourth child and third son. This was a year after the island was transferred to France by the Republic of Genoa. He was christened Napoleone di Buonaparte, probably named after an uncle (an older brother who did not survive infancy was the first of the sons to be called Napoleone). In his 20s, he adopted the more French-sounding Napoléon Bonaparte.[note 2]
Question: Who was Napoleon's father?
Answer: Carlo Maria di Buonaparte
Question: Who was Napoleon's mother?
Answer: Maria Letizia Ramolino
Question: On what island was the Bonaparte ancestral home located?
Answer: Corsica
Question: What was the name of Napoleon's family home?
Answer: Casa Buonaparte
Question: Napoleon was most likely named after what family relation?
Answer: an uncle |
Context: The top 12 finalists originally included Mario Vazquez, but he dropped out citing 'personal reasons' and was replaced by Nikko Smith. Later, an employee of Freemantle Media, which produces the show, sued the company for wrongful termination, claiming that he was dismissed after complaining about lewd behavior by Vazquez toward him during the show.
Question: Who got a spot in the top 12 after Mario Vasquez dropped out?
Answer: Nikko Smith
Question: Who replaced Vasquez as a finalist?
Answer: Nikko Smith
Question: What company produces the show?
Answer: Freemantle Media
Question: A former employee states he was fired after complaining about which finalist?
Answer: Vazquez |
Context: Asthma is characterized by recurrent episodes of wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing. Sputum may be produced from the lung by coughing but is often hard to bring up. During recovery from an attack, it may appear pus-like due to high levels of white blood cells called eosinophils. Symptoms are usually worse at night and in the early morning or in response to exercise or cold air. Some people with asthma rarely experience symptoms, usually in response to triggers, whereas others may have marked and persistent symptoms.
Question: What are the characteristics of asthma?
Answer: recurrent episodes of wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing
Question: When are symptoms of asthma normally worse?
Answer: at night and in the early morning or in response to exercise or cold air
Question: What is produced in the lungs by coughing?
Answer: Sputum
Question: Is asthma worst during the day or at night time?
Answer: worse at night
Question: Does everyone have horrible episodes of asthma?
Answer: Some people with asthma rarely experience symptoms, u
Question: What phisical symptoms does eosinophils cause?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: When do symptoms of eosinophils become worse?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is produced in the lungs by shortness of breath?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: When do people usually experience eosinophils symptoms in response to?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What do some people have due to their eosinophils?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: The Renaissance in Europe ushered in a new age of scientific and intellectual inquiry and appreciation of ancient Greek and Roman civilizations. Around 1450, Johannes Gutenberg developed a printing press, which allowed works of literature to spread more quickly. The European Age of Empires saw European ideas of education in philosophy, religion, arts and sciences spread out across the globe. Missionaries and scholars also brought back new ideas from other civilisations — as with the Jesuit China missions who played a significant role in the transmission of knowledge, science, and culture between China and Europe, translating works from Europe like Euclid's Elements for Chinese scholars and the thoughts of Confucius for European audiences. The Enlightenment saw the emergence of a more secular educational outlook in Europe.
Question: What did the Renaissance in Asia usher in?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What happened in 1460?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who did not develop the printing press?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What education did not spread across the globe?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who delivered new ideas to other civilizations?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: The three brothers—Rurik, Sineus, and Truvor—established themselves in Novgorod, Beloozero, and Izborsk, respectively. Two of the brothers died, and Rurik became the sole ruler of the territory and progenitor of the Rurik Dynasty. A short time later, two of Rurik’s men, Askold and Dir, asked him for permission to go to Tsargrad (Constantinople). On their way south, they discovered "a small city on a hill," Kiev, captured it and the surrounding country from the Khazars, populated the region with more Varangians, and "established their dominion over the country of the Polyanians."
Question: What were the names of the three brothers that rulled Novgotod, Beloozero, and Izborsk?
Answer: Rurik, Sineus, and Truvor
Question: Whoch of the three brothers become the sole ruller over all three of the teritories?
Answer: Rurik
Question: What was the name of the small city on the hill that was discovered by Rurik's men?
Answer: Kiev
Question: What were the names of the three sisters that ruled Novgorod, Beloozero, and Izborsk?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Which of the three sisters became the sole ruler over all three of the territories?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Which two sisters died?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was the name of the large city on the hill that was discovered by Rurik's men?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What two women asked for permission to go to Tsargrad?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Greece's technology parks with incubator facilities include the Science and Technology Park of Crete (Heraklion), the Thessaloniki Technology Park, the Lavrio Technology Park and the Patras Science Park, the Science and Technology Park of Epirus (Ioannina). Greece has been a member of the European Space Agency (ESA) since 2005. Cooperation between ESA and the Hellenic National Space Committee began in the early 1990s. In 1994 Greece and ESA signed their first cooperation agreement. Having formally applied for full membership in 2003, Greece became the ESA's sixteenth member on 16 March 2005. As member of the ESA, Greece participates in the agency's telecommunication and technology activities, and the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security Initiative.
Question: Greece has been a member of what agency since 2005?
Answer: European Space Agency (ESA)
Question: Greece and ESA signed their first agreement in what year?
Answer: 1994
Question: When did /Greece apply for ESA membership?
Answer: 2003
Question: Greece is ranked as what member of ESA?
Answer: sixteenth
Question: Greece became a full ESA member when?
Answer: 16 March 2005 |
Context: In 1570, a full-scale Ottoman assault with 60,000 troops brought the island under Ottoman control, despite stiff resistance by the inhabitants of Nicosia and Famagusta. Ottoman forces capturing Cyprus massacred many Greek and Armenian Christian inhabitants. The previous Latin elite were destroyed and the first significant demographic change since antiquity took place with the formation of a Muslim community. Soldiers who fought in the conquest settled on the island and Turkish peasants and craftsmen were brought to the island from Anatolia. This new community also included banished Anatolian tribes, "undesirable" persons and members of various "troublesome" Muslim sects, as well as a number of new converts on the island.
Question: In what year did Cyprus face a full-scale Ottoman assault?
Answer: 1570
Question: Ottoman forces massacred which types of people?
Answer: Greek and Armenian Christian inhabitants
Question: Turkish peasants and craftsman were brought to the island from where?
Answer: Anatolia |
Context: Throughout the course of its life, a number of peripherals were released which added to the functionality of the SNES. Many of these devices were modeled after earlier add-ons for the NES: the Super Scope is a light gun functionally similar to the NES Zapper (though the Super Scope features wireless capabilities) and the Super Advantage is an arcade-style joystick with adjustable turbo settings akin to the NES Advantage. Nintendo also released the SNES Mouse in conjunction with its Mario Paint title. Hudson Soft, under license from Nintendo, released the Super Multitap, a multiplayer adapter for use with its popular series of Bomberman games. Some of the more unusual controllers include the BatterUP baseball bat, the Life Fitness Entertainment System (an exercise bike controller with built-in monitoring software), and the TeeV Golf golf club.
Question: What game accessory was similar to the NES Zapper?
Answer: Super Scope
Question: What game accessory was similar to the NES Advantage?
Answer: Super Advantage
Question: What game used the SNES Mouse?
Answer: Mario Paint
Question: What type of accessory was the Super Scope?
Answer: light gun
Question: What game came with a baseball bat controller?
Answer: BatterUP
Question: What was released that added to the Hudson Soft functionality?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What adjustable settings did the Super Scope have on its joystick?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What mulit player adapter did Super Scope release under its license from Nintendo?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was the BatterUP baseball bat similar to?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What game was the NES Zapper released in conjunction with?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Many scholars (including Makdisi) have argued that early medieval universities were influenced by the religious madrasahs in Al-Andalus, the Emirate of Sicily, and the Middle East (during the Crusades). Other scholars see this argument as overstated. Lowe and Yasuhara have recently drawn on the well-documented influences of scholarship from the Islamic world on the universities of Western Europe to call for a reconsideration of the development of higher education, turning away from a concern with local institutional structures to a broader consideration within a global context.
Question: Madrasas in which specific location are said to have guided the formation of medieval universities?
Answer: Al-Andalus
Question: Al-Andalus was an Emirate of which entity?
Answer: Sicily
Question: Some scholars think that universities come from what, rather than solely local influences?
Answer: a global context
Question: During what notable Middle East conflict is it believed by some that Universities received influence from madrasas?
Answer: the Crusades
Question: Who argues that many religious madrashas were influenced by medieval universities?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What does Lowe argue was influenced by religious madrasa?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who does Yasuhare say was influenced by Western Universities?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: During what conflict did western universities influence madrasa?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Madrasas in which specific location are said to have guided the formation of the islamic world?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Lowe was an Emirate of which entity?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: During what notable Middle East conflict is it believed by some that Universities received influence from Yasuhara?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who have drawn on the influences of scholarship from the European world?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who argued that early madrasahs were influenced by early midieval universities?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Garry Trudeau, creator of the political Doonesbury comic strip, attended Yale University. There he met fellow student and later Green Party candidate for Congress Charles Pillsbury, a long-time New Haven resident for whom Trudeau's comic strip is named. During his college years, Pillsbury was known by the nickname "The Doones". A theory of international law, which argues for a sociological normative approach in regards to jurisprudence, is named the New Haven Approach, after the city. Connecticut US senator Richard Blumenthal is a Yale graduate, as is former Connecticut US Senator Joe Lieberman who also was a New Haven resident for many years, before moving back to his hometown of Stamford.
Question: Who is the famous comic strip author of Doonesbury that attended Yale University in New Haven?
Answer: Garry Trudeau
Question: For which long-time New Haven resident and former Yale student is Doonesbury named?
Answer: Charles Pillsbury
Question: What was the Charles Pillsbury's nickname during college?
Answer: "The Doones"
Question: What is the name of the international law theory, grounded in jurisprudence framed by a sociological normative approach?
Answer: the New Haven Approach
Question: What sitting Connecticut U.S. senator graduated from Yale University in New Haven?
Answer: Richard Blumenthal
Question: Which past U.S. senator had lived in New Haven and graduated from Yale?
Answer: Joe Lieberman
Question: The term, the New Haven Approach was what exactly?
Answer: A theory of international law,
Question: What is the name of the Green party member that also studied at Yale?
Answer: Charles Pillsbury |
Context: The discipline of ecology typically traces its origin to the synthesis of Darwinian evolution and Humboldtian biogeography, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Equally important in the rise of ecology, however, were microbiology and soil science—particularly the cycle of life concept, prominent in the work Louis Pasteur and Ferdinand Cohn. The word ecology was coined by Ernst Haeckel, whose particularly holistic view of nature in general (and Darwin's theory in particular) was important in the spread of ecological thinking. In the 1930s, Arthur Tansley and others began developing the field of ecosystem ecology, which combined experimental soil science with physiological concepts of energy and the techniques of field biology. The history of ecology in the 20th century is closely tied to that of environmentalism; the Gaia hypothesis, first formulated in the 1960s, and spreading in the 1970s, and more recently the scientific-religious movement of Deep Ecology have brought the two closer together.
Question: The discipline of ecology is a combination of what two subjects?
Answer: Darwinian evolution and Humboldtian biogeography
Question: What did the work of Louis Pasteur and Ferdinand Cohn focus on?
Answer: the cycle of life concept
Question: Who came up with the word "ecology"?
Answer: Ernst Haeckel
Question: When was the Gaia hypothesis discovered?
Answer: in the 1960s
Question: What movement occurred during the 1970s?
Answer: Deep Ecology |
Context: The Thuringian Realm existed until 531 and later, the Landgraviate of Thuringia was the largest state in the region, persisting between 1131 and 1247. Afterwards there was no state named Thuringia, nevertheless the term commonly described the region between the Harz mountains in the north, the Weiße Elster river in the east, the Franconian Forest in the south and the Werra river in the west. After the Treaty of Leipzig, Thuringia had its own dynasty again, the Ernestine Wettins. Their various lands formed the Free State of Thuringia, founded in 1920, together with some other small principalities. The Prussian territories around Erfurt, Mühlhausen and Nordhausen joined Thuringia in 1945.
Question: How long did the Thuringian realm exist?
Answer: until 531 and later
Question: Which state was the largest in the region?
Answer: the Landgraviate of Thuringia
Question: Where is Thuringia located?
Answer: the region between the Harz mountains in the north, the Weiße Elster river in the east, the Franconian Forest in the south and the Werra river in the west.
Question: Which dynasty formed after the Treaty of Leipzig?
Answer: the Ernestine Wettins
Question: Which Prussian territories joined Thuringia in 1945?
Answer: Prussian territories around Erfurt, Mühlhausen and Nordhausen
Question: How long did the Thuringian realm decay?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Which state was the most dangerous in the region?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Which dynasty formed before the Treaty of Leipzig?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Which Prussian territories joined Thuringia in 1942?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Where is Thuringia formerly located?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: On leaving the University of Oxford, in 1676, Edmond Halley visited Saint Helena and set up an astronomical observatory with a 7.3-metre-long (24 ft) aerial telescope with the intention of studying stars from the Southern Hemisphere. The site of this telescope is near Saint Mathew's Church in Hutt's Gate, in the Longwood district. The 680-metre (2,230 ft) high hill there is named for him and is called Halley's Mount.
Question: Who set up an astronomical observatory on Saint Helena?
Answer: Edmond Halley
Question: What university did Edmond Halley attend?
Answer: University of Oxford
Question: How many feet was the telescope that was set up in the observatory?
Answer: 24
Question: What district is the telescope set up in?
Answer: Longwood district
Question: What hemisphere of stars did Edmond Halley want to study with the telescope?
Answer: Southern |
Context: Internet Explorer 10 is included as both a desktop program and a touch-optimized app, and includes increased support for HTML5, CSS3, and hardware acceleration. The Internet Explorer app does not support plugins or ActiveX components, but includes a version of Adobe Flash Player that is optimized for touch and low power usage. Initially, Adobe Flash would only work on sites included on a "Compatibility View" whitelist; however, after feedback from users and additional compatibility tests, an update in March 2013 changed this behavior to use a smaller blacklist of sites with known compatibility issues instead, allowing Flash to be used on most sites by default. The desktop version does not contain these limitations.
Question: What forms is Internet Exploer 10 available as?
Answer: a desktop program and a touch-optimized app
Question: What limitations were put on Adobe flash to begin with?
Answer: a "Compatibility View" whitelist
Question: What improvements were made to Internet Explorer?
Answer: increased support for HTML5, CSS3, and hardware acceleration
Question: Where can Adobe Flash now be used?
Answer: most sites by default
Question: What forms is Internet Explorer 11 available as?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What forms is Internet Explorer 10 unavailable as?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What limitations weren't put on Adobe flash to begin with?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What improvements weren't made to Internet Explorer?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Where can Adobe Flash not be used?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Russell's ministry, though Whig, was not favoured by the Queen. She found particularly offensive the Foreign Secretary, Lord Palmerston, who often acted without consulting the Cabinet, the Prime Minister, or the Queen. Victoria complained to Russell that Palmerston sent official dispatches to foreign leaders without her knowledge, but Palmerston was retained in office and continued to act on his own initiative, despite her repeated remonstrances. It was only in 1851 that Palmerston was removed after he announced the British government's approval of President Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte's coup in France without consulting the Prime Minister. The following year, President Bonaparte was declared Emperor Napoleon III, by which time Russell's administration had been replaced by a short-lived minority government led by Lord Derby.
Question: What political party was Russells ministry?
Answer: Whig
Question: What was the name of the foreign secretary that Victoria found offensive?
Answer: Lord Palmerston
Question: To whom did Victoria complain about Palmerston?
Answer: Russell
Question: What year was Palmerston removed from office?
Answer: 1851
Question: What was president Bonapartes name changed to?
Answer: Emperor Napoleon III
Question: What position did Lord Palmerston hold?
Answer: Foreign Secretary
Question: What scandal prompted Palmerstons removal in 1851?
Answer: he announced the British government's approval of President Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte's coup in France without consulting the Prime Minister
Question: President Bonaparte was declared what in France?
Answer: Emperor Napoleon III
Question: Who briefly replaced Russell as Prime Minister?
Answer: Lord Derby
Question: What did Victoria express her displeasure at to Russell about Palmerton?
Answer: Palmerston sent official dispatches to foreign leaders without her knowledge
Question: Who was the Foreign Secretary of Russell's ministry?
Answer: Lord Palmerston
Question: To what party did Russell and Palmerston belong?
Answer: Whig
Question: What replaced Russell's administration?
Answer: a short-lived minority government led by Lord Derby
Question: What happened to President Bonaparte in 1852?
Answer: declared Emperor Napoleon III
Question: Whom did Palmerston fail to gain approval from befoe announcing the support of the British government of Napoleon's coup?
Answer: Prime Minister
Question: What political party wasn't Russells ministry?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was the name of the foreign secretary that Victoria found ok?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: To whom didn't Victoria complain about Palmerston?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What year was Palmerston upheld in office?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What position didn't Lord Palmerston hold?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: The University of Guam (UOG) and Guam Community College, both fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, offer courses in higher education. UOG is a member of the exclusive group of only 76 U.S. land-grant institutions in the entire United States. Pacific Islands University is a small Christian liberal arts institution nationally accredited by the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools. They offer courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Question: What are the names of the two colleges in Guam?
Answer: The University of Guam (UOG) and Guam Community College
Question: Who are these two schools accredited by?
Answer: Western Association of Schools and Colleges
Question: What is the name of the small Christian college in Guam?
Answer: Pacific Islands University
Question: What type of education does the University of Guam offer?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What type of education is offered at Guam Community College?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What type of institution is the Guam Community College?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Besides Pacific Islands University where else can one earn a graduate degree in Guam?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How many schools are in the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: During weekday lunchtime, over 150 lunch carts and food trucks from neighborhood restaurants cater to different student populations throughout Yale's campus. The carts cluster at three main points: by Yale – New Haven Hospital in the center of the Hospital Green (Cedar and York streets), by Yale's Trumbull College (Elm and York streets), and on the intersection of Prospect and Sachem streets by the Yale School of Management. Popular farmers' markets, managed by the local non-profit CitySeed, set up shop weekly in several neighborhoods, including Westville/Edgewood Park, Fair Haven, Upper State Street, Wooster Square, and Downtown/New Haven Green.
Question: At what cross streets, marking the center of the Hospital Green of Yale - New Haven Hospital, do food carts congregate on weekdays?
Answer: Cedar and York streets
Question: What college of Yale is located at Elm and York Streets in New Haven?
Answer: Trumbull College
Question: What school of Yale is located nearest the intersection of Prospect and Sachem streets?
Answer: Yale School of Management
Question: What New Haven non-profit manages the farmer's markets that service various neighborhoods weekly throughout the area?
Answer: CitySeed
Question: How many lunch carts are there in Yale's Campus during lunchtime?
Answer: over 150
Question: Who manages New Haven's farmers' market?
Answer: Fair Haven,
Question: New Haven Hospital is located at where in Hospital Green?
Answer: Cedar and York streets |
Context: In Russia, the government began to actively encourage the proliferation of arts and sciences in the mid-18th century. This era produced the first Russian university, library, theatre, public museum, and independent press. Like other enlightened despots, Catherine the Great played a key role in fostering the arts, sciences, and education. She used her own interpretation of Enlightenment ideals, assisted by notable international experts such as Voltaire (by correspondence) and, in residence, world class scientists such as Leonhard Euler and Peter Simon Pallas. The national Enlightenment differed from its Western European counterpart in that it promoted further modernization of all aspects of Russian life and was concerned with attacking the institution of serfdom in Russia. The Russian enlightenment centered on the individual instead of societal enlightenment and encouraged the living of an enlightened life.
Question: What century produced the first Russian univeristy, library, theatre, public museum, and independent press?
Answer: 18th century
Question: What did the Russian enlightenment focus on instead of societal enlightenment?
Answer: the individual
Question: From whom did Catherine the Great receive assistance in her Enlightenment ideals via correspondence?
Answer: Voltaire |
Context: The Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly decided to hold a referendum on the proposal. On 8 May 2015, voters were asked if Norfolk Islanders should freely determine their political status and their economic, social and cultural development, and to "be consulted at referendum or plebiscite on the future model of governance for Norfolk Island before such changes are acted upon by the Australian parliament". 68% out of 912 voters voted in favour. The Norfolk Island Chief Minister, Lisle Snell, said that "the referendum results blow a hole in Canberra's assertion that the reforms introduced before the Australian Parliament that propose abolishing the Legislative Assembly and Norfolk Island Parliament were overwhelmingly supported by the people of Norfolk Island".
Question: When did the Legislative Assembly of Norfolk Island vote regarding the proposed Australian reforms?
Answer: 8 May 2015
Question: How many Norfolk Island residents voted on May 8, 2015?
Answer: 912
Question: What percentage of Norfolk Island residents voted in favor of self-governance?
Answer: 68%
Question: Who is Norfolk Island's Chief Minister?
Answer: Lisle Snell
Question: According to Lisle Snell, Australian Parliament thought that abolishing Norfolk Island's self-governance would be what?
Answer: overwhelmingly supported by the people of Norfolk Island
Question: When did the Legislative Assembly of Norfolk Island vote regarding the proposed Chinese reforms?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How many Norfolk Island residents lost their vote on May 8, 2015?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What percentage of Norfolk Island residents voted in favor of worse-governance?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who is Norfolk Island's Chief Wizard?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: French-speaking naturalists in several countries showed appreciation of the much modified French translation by Clémence Royer, but Darwin's ideas had little impact in France, where any scientists supporting evolutionary ideas opted for a form of Lamarckism. The intelligentsia in Russia had accepted the general phenomenon of evolution for several years before Darwin had published his theory, and scientists were quick to take it into account, although the Malthusian aspects were felt to be relatively unimportant. The political economy of struggle was criticised as a British stereotype by Karl Marx and by Leo Tolstoy, who had the character Levin in his novel Anna Karenina voice sharp criticism of the morality of Darwin's views.
Question: What was the general feeling toward Darwin's ideas in France?
Answer: Darwin's ideas had little impact in France, where any scientists supporting evolutionary ideas opted for a form of Lamarckism
Question: What people in what country had embraced the idea of evolution for many years before Darwin published his theory?
Answer: The intelligentsia in Russia
Question: Which aspects of evolution theory were thought to be unimportant by many who read Darwin's work?
Answer: the Malthusian aspects
Question: Which author voiced his displeasure of the morality of Darwin's views in a novel?
Answer: Leo Tolstoy |
Context: The English term comics is used as a singular noun when it refers to the medium and a plural when referring to particular instances, such as individual strips or comic books. Though the term derives from the humorous (or comic) work that predominated in early American newspaper comic strips, it has become standard also for non-humorous works. It is common in English to refer to the comics of different cultures by the terms used in their original languages, such as manga for Japanese comics, or bandes dessinées for French-language comics. There is no consensus amongst theorists and historians on a definition of comics; some emphasize the combination of images and text, some sequentiality or other image relations, and others historical aspects such as mass reproduction or the use of recurring characters. The increasing cross-pollination of concepts from different comics cultures and eras has further made definition difficult.
Question: French comics are also known as what?
Answer: bandes dessinées
Question: When is the term comics considered singular rather than plural?
Answer: when it refers to the medium
Question: The historical aspect of cartooning can be applied to mass reproduction or what?
Answer: recurring characters
Question: Some experts believe comics is a combination of what two things?
Answer: images and text
Question: What are Japanese comics called?
Answer: manga
Question: French comics are not known as what?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: When is the term comics considered multiple rather than plural?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: The non-historical aspect of cartooning can be applied to mass reproduction or what?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: No experts believe comics is a combination of what two things?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What are Japanese comics never called?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Colloquially, the term university may be used to describe a phase in one's life: "When I was at university..." (in the United States and Ireland, college is often used instead: "When I was in college..."). In Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Nigeria, the Netherlands, Spain and the German-speaking countries university is often contracted to uni. In Ghana, New Zealand and in South Africa it is sometimes called "varsity" (although this has become uncommon in New Zealand in recent years). "Varsity" was also common usage in the UK in the 19th century.[citation needed] "Varsity" is still in common usage in Scotland.
Question: In Ireland what word is mainly used instead of university?
Answer: college
Question: Spain refers to a university in what other way?
Answer: uni
Question: The nation of Ghana shortens university to what?
Answer: varsity
Question: Scotland is said to frequently refer to university as what?
Answer: Varsity
Question: In what century was it believed that the UK used the word varsity to refer to a university?
Answer: 19th
Question: In Scotland what word is mainly used instead of university?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Mexico refers to a university in what other way?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: The nation of Congo shortens university to what?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: In what century was it believed that France used the word varsity to refer to a university?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What has become uncommon in Australia?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: The Red Lion in Parliament Square is close to the Palace of Westminster and is consequently used by political journalists and members of parliament. The pub is equipped with a Division bell that summons MPs back to the chamber when they are required to take part in a vote. The Punch Bowl, Mayfair was at one time jointly owned by Madonna and Guy Ritchie. The Coleherne public house in Earls Court was a well-known gay pub from the 1950s. It attracted many well-known patrons, such as Freddie Mercury, Kenny Everett and Rudolph Nureyev. It was used by the serial-killer Colin Ireland to pick up victims.
Question: Where is the Red Lion located?
Answer: Parliament Square
Question: What notable feature of the Red Lion reflects its parliamentary connection?
Answer: a Division bell
Question: Who owned the Punch Bowl with Guy Ritchie?
Answer: Madonna
Question: In what district of London was the Punch Bowl located?
Answer: Mayfair
Question: What pub was visited by Freddie Mercury?
Answer: The Coleherne |
Context: Southampton Water has the benefit of a double high tide, with two high tide peaks, making the movement of large ships easier. This is not caused as popularly supposed by the presence of the Isle of Wight, but is a function of the shape and depth of the English Channel. In this area the general water flow is distorted by more local conditions reaching across to France.
Question: How many high tide peaks does Southampton Water get?
Answer: two
Question: What island do many people think causes the double high tide in Southampton Water?
Answer: Isle of Wight
Question: What body of water is actually responsible for the unusual double high tide?
Answer: English Channel
Question: What size ships can move through Southampton Water more easily because of the double high tide?
Answer: large
Question: In addition to its shape, what property of the English Channel affects water flow in Southampton Water?
Answer: depth |
Context: Managers in the Premier League are involved in the day-to-day running of the team, including the training, team selection, and player acquisition. Their influence varies from club-to-club and is related to the ownership of the club and the relationship of the manager with fans. Managers are required to have a UEFA Pro Licence which is the final coaching qualification available, and follows the completion of the UEFA 'B' and 'A' Licences. The UEFA Pro Licence is required by every person who wishes to manage a club in the Premier League on a permanent basis (i.e. more than 12 weeks – the amount of time an unqualified caretaker manager is allowed to take control). Caretaker appointments are managers that fill the gap between a managerial departure and a new appointment. Several caretaker managers have gone on to secure a permanent managerial post after performing well as a caretaker; examples include Paul Hart at Portsmouth and David Pleat at Tottenham Hotspur.
Question: What are some of the every day tasks that a manager of a team has to deal with?
Answer: Managers in the Premier League are involved in the day-to-day running of the team, including the training, team selection, and player acquisition.
Question: What type of licence does a manager need?
Answer: Managers are required to have a UEFA Pro Licence
Question: Is this licence required on a permanent basis?
Answer: The UEFA Pro Licence is required by every person who wishes to manage a club in the Premier League on a permanent basis
Question: What is a caretaker manager?
Answer: Caretaker appointments are managers that fill the gap between a managerial departure and a new appointment.
Question: Give an example of someone who was a caretaker manager?
Answer: examples include Paul Hart at Portsmouth and David Pleat at Tottenham Hotspur.
Question: What license are managers in the Premier League required to hold?
Answer: UEFA Pro Licence
Question: Which licence follows completion of both the UEFA B and A licences?
Answer: UEFA Pro Licence
Question: For how long at most is an unlicenced caretaker manager allowed to control a Premier League team for?
Answer: 12 weeks
Question: Which caretaker manager was later promoted to permanent manager at Portsmouth?
Answer: Paul Hart
Question: Which caretaker manager was later promoted to permanent manager at Tottenham Hotspur?
Answer: David Pleat
Question: What is a manager appointment?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What have numerous fans gone on to secure after doing well as a caretaker?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who is an example of a fan who went on to secure a permanent managerial post after doing well as a caretaker?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Tucson has a desert climate (Köppen BWh), with two major seasons, summer and winter; plus three minor seasons: fall, spring, and the monsoon. Tucson averages 11.8 inches (299.7 mm) of precipitation per year, more than most other locations with desert climates, but it still qualifies due to its high evapotranspiration; in other words, it experiences a high net loss of water. A similar scenario is seen in Alice Springs, Australia, which averages 11 inches (279.4 mm) a year, but has a desert climate.
Question: What kind of climate is Tuscon?
Answer: desert
Question: What is the average amount of yearly precipitation in Tuscon in inches?
Answer: 11.8
Question: What other city is similar to Tuscon in precipitation and climate?
Answer: Alice Springs
Question: What does Tuscon have more than most desert climates?
Answer: precipitation
Question: What does Tuscon have a high net loss of?
Answer: water
Question: What is Tucson's climate type?
Answer: desert
Question: How much rain does Tucson get each year?
Answer: 11.8 inches (299.7 mm)
Question: What is evapotranspiration?
Answer: net loss of water
Question: Which Australian town has a similar climate as Tucson?
Answer: Alice Springs
Question: What is Alice Springs's average rainfall?
Answer: 11 inches (279.4 mm) |
Context: A related phenomenon called "abmigration" involves birds from one region joining similar birds from a different breeding region in the common winter grounds and then migrating back along with the new population. This is especially common in some waterfowl, which shift from one flyway to another.
Question: What is it called when birds from one region join birds from a different region?
Answer: abmigration
Question: What kind of bird is most likely to abmigrate?
Answer: waterfowl
Question: Who do abmigrating birds return with?
Answer: the new population |
Context: Cordwood construction can save significant space and was often used with wire-ended components in applications where space was at a premium (such as missile guidance and telemetry systems) and in high-speed computers, where short traces were important. In cordwood construction, axial-leaded components were mounted between two parallel planes. The components were either soldered together with jumper wire, or they were connected to other components by thin nickel ribbon welded at right angles onto the component leads. To avoid shorting together different interconnection layers, thin insulating cards were placed between them. Perforations or holes in the cards allowed component leads to project through to the next interconnection layer. One disadvantage of this system was that special nickel-leaded components had to be used to allow the interconnecting welds to be made. Differential thermal expansion of the component could put pressure on the leads of the components and the PCB traces and cause physical damage (as was seen in several modules on the Apollo program). Additionally, components located in the interior are difficult to replace. Some versions of cordwood construction used soldered single-sided PCBs as the interconnection method (as pictured), allowing the use of normal-leaded components.
Question: What type of construction is best for applications that need to portion space carefully?
Answer: Cordwood
Question: What gets mounted in the middle of two parallel planes in a cordwood construction?
Answer: axial-leaded components
Question: What do insulating cards prevent between interconnection layers?
Answer: shorting
Question: What type of component has to be used in cordwood construction to its detriment?
Answer: nickel-leaded
Question: What force caused the physical damage to components that affected the Apollo program?
Answer: Differential thermal expansion
Question: What does not save significant space?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was not soldered together?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was one advantage of this system?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Components located on the exterior are what?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: The domestication of large animals (c. 8000 BC) resulted in a dramatic increase in social inequality in most of the areas where it occurred; New Guinea being a notable exception. Possession of livestock allowed competition between households and resulted in inherited inequalities of wealth. Neolithic pastoralists who controlled large herds gradually acquired more livestock, and this made economic inequalities more pronounced. However, evidence of social inequality is still disputed, as settlements such as Catal Huyuk reveal a striking lack of difference in the size of homes and burial sites, suggesting a more egalitarian society with no evidence of the concept of capital, although some homes do appear slightly larger or more elaborately decorated than others.
Question: What caused a major increase in social inequality?
Answer: domestication of large animals
Question: What started competition between families for wealth?
Answer: Possession of livestock
Question: Who was in possession of large herds that would produce more livestock?
Answer: Neolithic pastoralists
Question: What settlement featured equal sized homes with little evidence of capital?
Answer: Catal Huyuk
Question: What caused a major increase in homes?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What started competition between the Catal Huyuk for wealth?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who was in possession of large herds that would produce more wealth?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What settlement featured equal sized homes with little evidence of animals?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What resulted in inequalities of homes?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: During the Second Punic War in 218 BC, the Carthaginian general Hannibal probably crossed the Alps with an army numbering 38,000 infantry, 8,000 cavalry, and 37 war elephants. This was one of the most celebrated achievements of any military force in ancient warfare, although no evidence exists of the actual crossing or the place of crossing. The Romans, however, had built roads along the mountain passes, which continued to be used through the medieval period to cross the mountains and Roman road markers can still be found on the mountain passes.
Question: When was the Second Punic War?
Answer: 218 BC
Question: Who was the Carthaginian general?
Answer: Hannibal
Question: What did the Romans build along the mountain passes?
Answer: roads
Question: What can still be found on the mountain passes?
Answer: Roman road markers |
Context: To aid customers with defective consoles, Microsoft extended the Xbox 360's manufacturer's warranty to three years for hardware failure problems that generate a "General Hardware Failure" error report. A "General Hardware Failure" is recognized on all models released before the Xbox 360 S by three quadrants of the ring around the power button flashing red. This error is often known as the "Red Ring of Death". In April 2009 the warranty was extended to also cover failures related to the E74 error code. The warranty extension is not granted for any other types of failures that do not generate these specific error codes.
Question: What hardware defect code plagued the 360?
Answer: "General Hardware Failure" error
Question: What is the flashing indicator of a general hardware error known as?
Answer: Red Ring of Death
Question: How did Microsoft react to general hardware error problems?
Answer: Microsoft extended the Xbox 360's manufacturer's warranty to three years
Question: What other error code was eventually covered by this warranty extension?
Answer: E74 error code
Question: Where did users see the flashing light error codes display on their 360s?
Answer: the ring around the power button
Question: How was the E74 error recognized?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How many quadrants lit up with the E74 error?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is another name for the E74 error?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: By how many years was the warranty extended in 2009?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: When was the General Hardware Failure first discovered?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: The professionals soon displaced the amateur ex-Public schoolboys. Bermuda's role as the primary Royal Navy base in the Western Hemisphere, with an army garrison to match, ensured that the naval and military officers quickly introduced the newly formalised sports to Bermuda, including cricket, football, Rugby football, and even tennis and rowing (rowing did not adapt well from British rivers to the stormy Atlantic. The officers soon switched to sail racing, founding the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club). Once these sports reached Bermuda, they were eagerly adopted by Bermudians.
Question: What happened to the Public schoolboys in these sports?
Answer: professionals soon displaced the amateur ex-Public schoolboys
Question: How were sports introduced in Bermuda?
Answer: Bermuda's role as the primary Royal Navy base in the Western Hemisphere,
Question: Which sport did not transfer well to Bermuda?
Answer: rowing
Question: Which sport was quickly adopted?
Answer: sail racing
Question: What sports did schoolboys introduce to Bermuda?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who founded the Bermuda Royal Yacht Club?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What sport adapted well from British Rivers to the Atlantic?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What sport took place at the Bermuda Royal Yacht Club?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who did schoolboys displace?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Israel has a three-tier court system. At the lowest level are magistrate courts, situated in most cities across the country. Above them are district courts, serving as both appellate courts and courts of first instance; they are situated in five of Israel's six districts. The third and highest tier is the Supreme Court, located in Jerusalem; it serves a dual role as the highest court of appeals and the High Court of Justice. In the latter role, the Supreme Court rules as a court of first instance, allowing individuals, both citizens and non-citizens, to petition against the decisions of state authorities. Although Israel supports the goals of the International Criminal Court, it has not ratified the Rome Statute, citing concerns about the ability of the court to remain free from political impartiality.
Question: What kind of court system does Israel have?
Answer: three-tier
Question: Where is the Supreme Court located?
Answer: Jerusalem
Question: What is the highest tier?
Answer: Supreme Court |
Context: The foundation stone of the city was laid by George V, Emperor of India during the Delhi Durbar of 1911. It was designed by British architects, Sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker. The new capital was inaugurated on 13 February 1931, by India's Viceroy Lord Irwin.
Question: In what year was the foundation stone of New Delhi laid?
Answer: 1911
Question: Who designed the foundation stone of the city of New Delhi?
Answer: Sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker
Question: On what date was New Delhi inaugurated?
Answer: 13 February 1931
Question: Who inaugurated the city of New Delhi?
Answer: Viceroy Lord Irwin |
Context: Critics stated that both The Sun and Lord Kilbracken cherry-picked the results from one specific study while ignoring other data reports on HIV infection and not just AIDS infection, which the critics viewed as unethical politicisation of a medical issue. Lord Kilbracken himself criticised The Sun's editorial and the headline of its news story; he stated that while he thought that gay people were more at risk of developing AIDS it was still wrong to imply that no one else could catch the disease. The Press Council condemned The Sun for committing what it called a "gross distortion". The Sun later ran an apology, which they ran on Page 28. Journalist David Randall argued in the textbook The Universal Journalist that The Sun's story was one of the worst cases of journalistic malpractice in recent history, putting its own readers in harm's way.
Question: What did critics believe about The Sun and Lord Kilbracken's ideas on AIDS?
Answer: The Sun and Lord Kilbracken cherry-picked the results from one specific study while ignoring other data reports on HIV infection and not just AIDS infection
Question: What did Lord Kilbracken think of The Sun's editorial?
Answer: Lord Kilbracken himself criticised The Sun's editorial and the headline of its news story
Question: Who criticized The Sun for its reporting on AIDS and HIV?
Answer: The Press Council
Question: What did David Randall say about the Sun's AIDS story?
Answer: The Sun's story was one of the worst cases of journalistic malpractice in recent history
Question: In what textbook did David Randall write his opinion?
Answer: The Universal Journalist |
Context: In 1896, Eugen Baumann observed iodine in thyroid glands. In 1897, Christiaan Eijkman worked with natives of Java, who also suffered from beriberi. Eijkman observed that chickens fed the native diet of white rice developed the symptoms of beriberi but remained healthy when fed unprocessed brown rice with the outer bran intact. Eijkman cured the natives by feeding them brown rice, discovering that food can cure disease. Over two decades later, nutritionists learned that the outer rice bran contains vitamin B1, also known as thiamine.
Question: What element can be found in thyroid glands?
Answer: iodine
Question: What group of natives suffered from beriberi?
Answer: Java
Question: Who worked with the natives to help solve their dietary issues?
Answer: Christiaan Eijkman
Question: What simple alternative food prevented the development of beriberi in chickens?
Answer: unprocessed brown rice with the outer bran intact
Question: How long after the natives were cured did it take for people to figure out the reason that brown rice cured them?
Answer: two decades |
Context: Enlightenment scholars sought to curtail the political power of organized religion and thereby prevent another age of intolerant religious war. Spinoza determined to remove politics from contemporary and historical theology (e.g. disregarding Judaic law). Moses Mendelssohn advised affording no political weight to any organized religion, but instead recommended that each person follow what they found most convincing. A good religion based in instinctive morals and a belief in God should not theoretically need force to maintain order in its believers, and both Mendelssohn and Spinoza judged religion on its moral fruits, not the logic of its theology.
Question: Did Mendelssohn and Spinoza judge religion on its moral fruits or logic of its theology??
Answer: moral fruits
Question: What did Enlightenment scholars seek to curtail and thereby prevent another age of intolerant religious war?
Answer: organized religion
Question: Spinoza was determined to remove what from contemporary and historical theology?
Answer: politics
Question: Did Moses Mendelssohn advise to follow a specific organized religion, or to whatever one found most convincing?
Answer: what they found most convincing |
Context: Armies typically have air defence in depth, from integral MANPADS such as the RBS 70, Stinger and Igla at smaller force levels up to army-level missile defence systems such as Angara and Patriot. Often, the high-altitude long-range missile systems force aircraft to fly at low level, where anti-aircraft guns can bring them down. As well as the small and large systems, for effective air defence there must be intermediate systems. These may be deployed at regiment-level and consist of platoons of self-propelled anti-aircraft platforms, whether they are self-propelled anti-aircraft guns (SPAAGs), integrated air-defence systems like Tunguska or all-in-one surface-to-air missile platforms like Roland or SA-8 Gecko.
Question: What do armies tend to have in depth?
Answer: air defence
Question: Angara and Patriot are two examples of what type of system?
Answer: army-level missile defence systems
Question: Stinger and Igla are two examples of what type of system?
Answer: smaller force levels
Question: What does SPAAG stand for?
Answer: self-propelled anti-aircraft guns
Question: What kind of platform are Roland and SA-8 Gecko?
Answer: all-in-one surface-to-air missile platforms |
Context: Oda Nobunaga made innovations in the fields of organization and war tactics, heavily used arquebuses, developed commerce and industry and treasured innovation. Consecutive victories enabled him to realize the termination of the Ashikaga Bakufu and the disarmament of the military powers of the Buddhist monks, which had inflamed futile struggles among the populace for centuries. Attacking from the "sanctuary" of Buddhist temples, they were constant headaches to any warlord and even the Emperor who tried to control their actions. He died in 1582 when one of his generals, Akechi Mitsuhide, turned upon him with his army.
Question: Who used arquebuses a lot?
Answer: Oda Nobunaga
Question: What did Oda Nobunaga value?
Answer: innovation
Question: Who disarmed Japan's Buddhist monks?
Answer: Oda Nobunaga
Question: When did Oda Nobunaga die?
Answer: 1582
Question: Who caused Oda Nobunaga's death?
Answer: Akechi Mitsuhide |
Context: Though earlier approaches to translation are less commonly used today, they retain importance when dealing with their products, as when historians view ancient or medieval records to piece together events which took place in non-Western or pre-Western environments. Also, though heavily influenced by Western traditions and practiced by translators taught in Western-style educational systems, Chinese and related translation traditions retain some theories and philosophies unique to the Chinese tradition.
Question: When it comes to translation, what is less commonly used today?
Answer: earlier approaches
Question: When do earlier approaches to translation still have relevance for historians?
Answer: when historians view ancient or medieval records
Question: What do historians try to piece together from pre-Western environments?
Answer: events
Question: What do Chinese and related translations retain unique to their tradition?
Answer: theories and philosophies
Question: When it comes to translation what is illegally used today?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: When do earlier approaches to translation lose relevance for historians?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What do historians try to take apart from pre-Western environments?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What do Chinese and related translations have none of for their tradition?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Electrolytic capacitors use an aluminum or tantalum plate with an oxide dielectric layer. The second electrode is a liquid electrolyte, connected to the circuit by another foil plate. Electrolytic capacitors offer very high capacitance but suffer from poor tolerances, high instability, gradual loss of capacitance especially when subjected to heat, and high leakage current. Poor quality capacitors may leak electrolyte, which is harmful to printed circuit boards. The conductivity of the electrolyte drops at low temperatures, which increases equivalent series resistance. While widely used for power-supply conditioning, poor high-frequency characteristics make them unsuitable for many applications. Electrolytic capacitors will self-degrade if unused for a period (around a year), and when full power is applied may short circuit, permanently damaging the capacitor and usually blowing a fuse or causing failure of rectifier diodes (for instance, in older equipment, arcing in rectifier tubes). They can be restored before use (and damage) by gradually applying the operating voltage, often done on antique vacuum tube equipment over a period of 30 minutes by using a variable transformer to supply AC power. Unfortunately, the use of this technique may be less satisfactory for some solid state equipment, which may be damaged by operation below its normal power range, requiring that the power supply first be isolated from the consuming circuits. Such remedies may not be applicable to modern high-frequency power supplies as these produce full output voltage even with reduced input.
Question: What is one type of metal which the conducting plates in electrolytic capacitors are commonly made of?
Answer: aluminum
Question: What type of dielectric layer is used in electrolytic capacitors?
Answer: an oxide dielectric layer
Question: What happens to the conductivity of the electrolyte at low temperatures?
Answer: drops at low temperatures
Question: How can electrolytic capacitors be safely used after having been stored unused for a long time?
Answer: by gradually applying the operating voltage
Question: Why might the method gradually applying the operating voltage not be suitable to protect electrolytic capacitors in modern devices?
Answer: these produce full output voltage even with reduced input
Question: What is one type of metal which the conducting plates in electrolytic capacitors are never made of?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What type of dielectric layer is never used in electrolytic capacitors?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What happens to the conductivity of the electrolyte at high temperatures?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How can electrolytic capacitors be safely used after having been used for a long time?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Why might the method gradually applying the operating voltage not be suitable to protect electrolytic capacitors in ancient devices?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Paris is a major rail, highway, and air transport hub. The Syndicat des transports d'Île-de-France (STIF), formerly Syndicat des transports parisiens (STP), oversees the transit network in the region. The syndicate coordinates public transport and contracts it out to the RATP (operating 347 bus lines, the Métro, eight tramway lines, and sections of the RER), the SNCF (operating suburban rails, one tramway line and the other sections of the RER) and the Optile consortium of private operators managing 1,176 bus lines.
Question: Who oversees the transit network in Paris?
Answer: The Syndicat des transports d'Île-de-France
Question: What was the STIF formerly known as?
Answer: Syndicat des transports parisiens
Question: How many bus lines does the STIF oversee?
Answer: 347
Question: How many bus lines does the Optile Consortium manage?
Answer: 1,176 |
Context: At the age of 19, he wrote a report on his work and sent it to philologist Alexander Ellis, a colleague of his father (who would later be portrayed as Professor Henry Higgins in Pygmalion). Ellis immediately wrote back indicating that the experiments were similar to existing work in Germany, and also lent Bell a copy of Hermann von Helmholtz's work, The Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music.
Question: Who did Bell get to read his work?
Answer: Alexander Ellis
Question: What country was doing work similar to Bell's?
Answer: Germany
Question: Who wrote The Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music?
Answer: Hermann von Helmholtz
Question: How old was Bell when he wrote his paper?
Answer: 19
Question: What fictional character is based on Alexander Ellis?
Answer: Professor Henry Higgins |
Context: Following this battle, Ali fought a battle against Muawiyah, known as the Battle of Siffin. The battle was stopped before either side had achieved victory, and the two parties agreed to arbitrate their dispute. After the battle Amr ibn al-As was appointed by Muawiyah as an arbitrator, and Ali appointed Abu Musa Ashaari. Seven months later, in February 658, the two arbitrators met at Adhruh, about 10 miles north west of Maan in Jordon. Amr ibn al-As convinced Abu Musa Ashaari that both Ali and Muawiyah should step down and a new Caliph be elected. Ali and his supporters were stunned by the decision which had lowered the Caliph to the status of the rebellious Muawiyah I. Ali was therefore outwitted by Muawiyah and Amr. Ali refused to accept the verdict and found himself technically in breach of his pledge to abide by the arbitration. This put Ali in a weak position even amongst his own supporters. The most vociferous opponents in Ali's camp were the very same people who had forced Ali into the ceasefire. They broke away from Ali's force, rallying under the slogan, "arbitration belongs to God alone." This group came to be known as the Kharijites ("those who leave"). In 659 Ali's forces and the Kharijites met in the Battle of Nahrawan. Although Ali won the battle, the constant conflict had begun to affect his standing, and in the following years some Syrians seem to have acclaimed Muawiyah as a rival caliph.
Question: Where did Muawiyah fight Ali?
Answer: Battle of Siffin
Question: Who was appointed arbitrator by Ali?
Answer: Abu Musa Ashaari
Question: In what battle did Ali fight the Kharjites?
Answer: Battle of Nahrawan
Question: What did the term Kharjites mean?
Answer: those who leave
Question: Who did Ali fight against before this battle?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who was appointed as an arbitrator before the battle?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who convinced the others that a new Caliph should not be elected?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What group's name means "those who stay"?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was the slogan of those who stayed with Ali's force?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Raleigh is located in the northeast central region of North Carolina, where the Piedmont and Atlantic Coastal Plain regions meet. This area is known as the "fall line" because it marks the elevation inland at which waterfalls begin to appear in creeks and rivers. As a result, most of Raleigh features gently rolling hills that slope eastward toward the state's flat coastal plain. Its central Piedmont location situates Raleigh about two hours west of Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, by car and four hours east of the Great Smoky Mountains. The city is 155 miles (249 km) south of Richmond, Virginia, 263 miles (423 km) south of Washington, D.C., and 150 miles (240 km) northeast of Charlotte, North Carolina.
Question: Where is Raleigh located?
Answer: northeast central region of North Carolina
Question: What is the area known as?
Answer: "fall line"
Question: What type of geography is in Raleigh?
Answer: gently rolling hills that slope eastward toward the state's flat coastal plain.
Question: How far is Raleigh from Atlantic Beach?
Answer: two hours
Question: How far is Raleigh from Richmond?
Answer: 155
Question: What city is in the southeast region of North Carolina?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What region meets the Pacific Coastal Plain?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is it called when waterfalls aren't in creeks and rivers?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How far south is Richmond?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How far north is Washington DC?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: It took about 20 years to build the city from 1911. Many elements of New Delhi architecture borrow from indigenous sources; however, they fit into a British Classical/Palladian tradition. The fact that there were any indigenous features in the design were due to the persistence and urging of both the Viceroy Lord Hardinge and historians like E.B. Havell.
Question: Approximately how long did it take to build New Delhi?
Answer: 20 years
Question: The architecture of New Delhi borrows from indigenous sources but fits into what tradition?
Answer: British Classical/Palladian
Question: What historian is partially responsible for the use of indigenous features in the architecture of New Delhi?
Answer: E.B. Havell
Question: Which government official urged that indigenous features be used in the design of New Delhi?
Answer: Viceroy Lord Hardinge
Question: Many of the architectural elements of New Delhi borrow from what sources?
Answer: indigenous |
Context: The early Qing military was rooted in the Eight Banners first developed by Nurhaci to organize Jurchen society beyond petty clan affiliations. There were eight banners in all, differentiated by color. The yellow, bordered yellow, and white banners were known as the "Upper Three Banners" and were under the direct command of the emperor. Only Manchus belonging to the Upper Three Banners, and selected Han Chinese who had passed the highest level of martial exams could serve as the emperor's personal bodyguards. The remaining Banners were known as the "Lower Five Banners." They were commanded by hereditary Manchu princes descended from Nurhachi's immediate family, known informally as the "Iron cap princes". Together they formed the ruling council of the Manchu nation as well as high command of the army. Nurhachi's son Hong Taiji expanded the system to include mirrored Mongol and Han Banners. After capturing Beijing in 1644, the relatively small Banner armies were further augmented by the Green Standard Army, made up of those Ming troops who had surrendered to the Qing, which eventually outnumbered Banner troops three to one. They maintained their Ming era organization and were led by a mix of Banner and Green Standard officers.[citation needed]
Question: Who created the Eight Banners?
Answer: Nurhaci
Question: How were the 8 banners recognized?
Answer: color
Question: What were the banners called that were under direct leadership of the emperor?
Answer: Upper Three Banners
Question: What ethnicity made up the Upper Three Banners?
Answer: Manchus
Question: What were the rest of the banners called?
Answer: Lower Five Banners |
Context: Although the city is not particularly noted for theatre and drama, the state government promotes theatre with multiple programmes and festivals in such venues as the Ravindra Bharati, Shilpakala Vedika and Lalithakala Thoranam. Although not a purely music oriented event, Numaish, a popular annual exhibition of local and national consumer products, does feature some musical performances. The city is home to the Telugu film industry, popularly known as Tollywood and as of 2012[update], produces the second largest number of films in India behind Bollywood. Films in the local Hyderabadi dialect are also produced and have been gaining popularity since 2005. The city has also hosted international film festivals such as the International Children's Film Festival and the Hyderabad International Film Festival. In 2005, Guinness World Records declared Ramoji Film City to be the world's largest film studio.
Question: What type of art might one encounter at Lalithakala Thoranam?
Answer: theatre and drama
Question: What is Numaish?
Answer: annual exhibition of local and national consumer products
Question: What is a popular name for the Telugu film industry?
Answer: Tollywood
Question: Where was the Telugu film industry ranked in 2012 in India in comparison to Bollywood?
Answer: second largest
Question: What did Guinness World Records say of Ramoji Film City was in 20015?
Answer: world's largest film studio |
Context: The canal is 193.30 km (120.11 mi) long, 24 m (79 ft) deep and 205 metres (673 ft) wide as of 2010. It consists of the northern access channel of 22 km (14 mi), the canal itself of 162.25 km (100.82 mi) and the southern access channel of 9 km (5.6 mi). The canal is a single lane with passing places in the "Ballah By-Pass" and the Great Bitter Lake. It contains no locks; seawater flows freely through the canal. In general, the canal north of the Bitter Lakes flows north in winter and south in summer. The current south of the lakes changes with the tide at Suez.
Question: How long is Suez canal?
Answer: 193.30 km (120.11 mi)
Question: How deep is Suez canal?
Answer: 24 m (79 ft)
Question: How wide is Suez canal?
Answer: 205 metres (673 ft)
Question: How many locks are contained in Suez Canal?
Answer: no locks
Question: What direction does the canal north of Bitter lakes flow?
Answer: north in winter and south in summer |
Context: The unlicensed clone market has flourished following Nintendo's discontinuation of the NES. Some of the more exotic of these resulting systems have gone beyond the functionality of the original hardware and have included variations such as a portable system with a color LCD (e.g. PocketFami). Others have been produced with certain specialized markets in mind, such as an NES clone that functions as a rather primitive personal computer, which includes a keyboard and basic word processing software. These unauthorized clones have been helped by the invention of the so-called NES-on-a-chip.
Question: What thrived after the NES was discontinued?
Answer: unlicensed clone market
Question: What feature does the PocketFami have?
Answer: color LCD
Question: The NES was duplicated on which medium in order to make clones easy to produce?
Answer: chip
Question: What thrived after the SNES was discontinued?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What feature doesn't the PocketFami have?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: The NES was duplicated on which medium in order to make non-clones easy to produce?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Maharaja Ranjit Singh's death in the summer of 1839 brought political chaos and the subsequent battles of succession and the bloody infighting between the factions at court weakened the state. Relationships with neighbouring British territories then broke down, starting the First Anglo-Sikh War; this led to a British official being resident in Lahore and the annexation in 1849 of territory south of the Satluj to British India. After the Second Anglo-Sikh War in 1849, the Sikh Empire became the last territory to be merged into British India. In Jhelum 35 British soldiers of HM XXIV regiment were killed by the local resistance during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.[citation needed]
Question: When did Ranjit Singh die?
Answer: summer of 1839
Question: What did Ranjit Singh's death cause?
Answer: political chaos
Question: When was part of Punjab annexed into British India?
Answer: 1849
Question: When was the Second Anglo-Sikh War?
Answer: 1849
Question: What was the last territory added to British India?
Answer: the Sikh Empire
Question: When was Maharaja Ranjit Singh born?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: When did the first Anglo-Sikh War end?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was the name of the British official stationed in Lahore?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was the name of the territory annexed in 1849?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How many of the local resistance were killed in the 1857 rebellion?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Bottom Up Testing is an approach to integrated testing where the lowest level components (modules, procedures, and functions) are tested first, then integrated and used to facilitate the testing of higher level components. After the integration testing of lower level integrated modules, the next level of modules will be formed and can be used for integration testing. The process is repeated until the components at the top of the hierarchy are tested. This approach is helpful only when all or most of the modules of the same development level are ready.[citation needed] This method also helps to determine the levels of software developed and makes it easier to report testing progress in the form of a percentage.[citation needed]
Question: What three components make up Bottom Up Testing?
Answer: modules, procedures, and functions
Question: Bottom Up Testing helps facilitate the testing of what?
Answer: the testing of higher level components
Question: What does Bottom Up Testing also help with once the process has been repeated over and over again at all levels?
Answer: makes it easier to report testing progress in the form of a percentage
Question: When the highest level components are tested first, the testing process is called what?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What three components make up Bottom Down Testing?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: This approach only works when half of the modules of the same what are ready?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Bottom Up Testing helps determine levels of software developed and makes it harder to complete what?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Bermuda was colonised by the English as an extension of Virginia and has long had close ties with the US Atlantic Seaboard and Canadian Maritimes as well as the UK. It had a history of African slavery, although Britain abolished it decades before the US. Since the 20th century, there has been considerable immigration to Bermuda from the West Indies, as well as continued immigration from Portuguese Atlantic islands. Unlike immigrants from British colonies in the West Indies, the latter immigrants have had greater difficulty in becoming permanent residents as they lacked British citizenship, mostly spoke no English, and required renewal of work permits to remain beyond an initial period. From the 1950s onwards, Bermuda relaxed its immigration laws, allowing increased immigration from Britain and Canada. Some Black politicians accused the government of using this device to counter the West Indian immigration of previous decades.
Question: Why did the English originally colonize Bermuda?
Answer: an extension of Virginia
Question: What two areas have provided a constant stream of immigration to Bermuda since the 20th century?
Answer: West Indies, as well as continued immigration from Portuguese Atlantic islands
Question: Why have these recent immigrants had trouble becoming permanent residents?
Answer: they lacked British citizenship
Question: When did Bermuda ease up on its immigration laws?
Answer: 1950s
Question: Why were Black politicians upset about the change in immigration laws?
Answer: accused the government of using this device to counter the West Indian immigration of previous decades.
Question: Who were the English colonised by?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What has Virginia long had close ties with?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What did Virginia have a history of?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: During what century was there considerable immigration to Bermuda from the West Indies?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: During what year did Bermuda relax its immigration laws?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: The main island is generally mountainous. The only flat area is on the north-west coast, which is the location of the only settlement, Edinburgh of the Seven Seas. The highest point is a volcano called Queen Mary's Peak 2,062 metres (6,765.1 ft), which is covered by snow in winter. The other islands of the group are uninhabited, except for a weather station with a staff of six on Gough Island, which has been operated by South Africa since 1956 (since 1963 at its present location at Transvaal Bay on the south-east coast).
Question: What is located in the south-west coast?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is the name for the settlement located in the south-west coast?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Where is the lowest point of the island?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What has been operated since 1562 at Transvaal Bay?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Where is the weather station with a staff of 2,062 currently located?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Meanwhile, producer Joe Pasternak, who had been successfully producing light musicals with young sopranos for Universal's German subsidiary, repeated his formula in America. Teenage singer Deanna Durbin starred in Pasternak's first American film, Three Smart Girls (1936). The film was a box-office hit and reputedly restored the studio's solvency. The success of the film led Universal to offer her a contract, which for the first five years of her career produced her most successful pictures.
Question: Who produced the film Three Smart Girls?
Answer: Joe Pasternak
Question: Who starred in the film Three Smart Girls?
Answer: Deanna Durbin
Question: In what year was Three Smart Girls made?
Answer: 1936
Question: Prior to his work in America, where was Joe Pasternak employed?
Answer: Universal's German subsidiary
Question: What type of films did Joe Pasternak produce in Germany?
Answer: light musicals
Question: What film was released in 1963?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who produced the 1963 film Three Smart Girls?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What did Deanna Pasternak star in?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What did the 1963 film to for the studio?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Land Forces during this period also deployed in support of peacekeeping operations within United Nations sanctioned conflicts. The nature of the Canadian Forces has continued to evolve. They have been deployed in Afghanistan until 2011, under the NATO-led United Nations International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), at the request of the Government of Afghanistan.
Question: What forces were sent out in support of peacekeeping?
Answer: Land Forces
Question: Until when were Canadian forces in Afghanistan?
Answer: 2011
Question: What force were the Canadians part of in Afghanistan?
Answer: ISAF
Question: Who requested the aid of the Canadians?
Answer: the Government of Afghanistan
Question: What type of operations were mainly done by Canadian forces?
Answer: peacekeeping
Question: What forces were sent out out of rejection of peacekeeping?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Until when were Canadian forces in Iraq?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What force were the Canadians part of in Iraq?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who requested the aid of the French?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Because the states were preexisting political entities, the U.S. Constitution did not need to define or explain federalism in any one section but it often mentions the rights and responsibilities of state governments and state officials in relation to the federal government. The federal government has certain express powers (also called enumerated powers) which are powers spelled out in the Constitution, including the right to levy taxes, declare war, and regulate interstate and foreign commerce. In addition, the Necessary and Proper Clause gives the federal government the implied power to pass any law "necessary and proper" for the execution of its express powers. Other powers—the reserved powers—are reserved to the people or the states. The power delegated to the federal government was significantly expanded by the Supreme Court decision in McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), amendments to the Constitution following the Civil War, and by some later amendments—as well as the overall claim of the Civil War, that the states were legally subject to the final dictates of the federal government.
Question: Why did the constitution didn't have to explain federalism?
Answer: Because the states were preexisting political entities
Question: What is another word for express powers?
Answer: enumerated powers
Question: Where can we find express powers?
Answer: in the Constitution
Question: What are the expressed powers?
Answer: the right to levy taxes, declare war, and regulate interstate and foreign commerce.
Question: What does the Necessary and Proper Clause do?
Answer: gives the federal government the implied power to pass any law "necessary and proper" for the execution of its express powers
Question: Why did the constitution have to explain federalism?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What is another word for suppress powers?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Where can we find suppress powers?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What are the suppressed powers?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What does the Unnecessary and Proper Clause do?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Software testing is a part of the software quality assurance (SQA) process.:347 In SQA, software process specialists and auditors are concerned for the software development process rather than just the artifacts such as documentation, code and systems. They examine and change the software engineering process itself to reduce the number of faults that end up in the delivered software: the so-called "defect rate". What constitutes an "acceptable defect rate" depends on the nature of the software; A flight simulator video game would have much higher defect tolerance than software for an actual airplane. Although there are close links with SQA, testing departments often exist independently, and there may be no SQA function in some companies.[citation needed]
Question: What makes up part of the SQA?
Answer: Software testing
Question: What is the primary concern for the software specialist and auditors?
Answer: software development process
Question: What type of software would have a better defect tolerance?
Answer: video game |
Context: The defeat and dissolution of the Ottoman Empire (1908–1922) began with the Second Constitutional Era, a moment of hope and promise established with the Young Turk Revolution. It restored the Ottoman constitution of 1876 and brought in multi-party politics with a two-stage electoral system (electoral law) under the Ottoman parliament. The constitution offered hope by freeing the empire’s citizens to modernize the state’s institutions, rejuvenate its strength, and enable it to hold its own against outside powers. Its guarantee of liberties promised to dissolve inter-communal tensions and transform the empire into a more harmonious place. Instead, this period became the story of the twilight struggle of the Empire. Young Turks movement members once underground (named committee, group, etc.) established (declared) their parties. Among them “Committee of Union and Progress,” and “Freedom and Accord Party” were major parties. On the other end of the spectrum were ethnic parties which included; Poale Zion, Al-Fatat, and Armenian national movement organized under Armenian Revolutionary Federation. Profiting from the civil strife, Austria-Hungary officially annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1908. The last of Ottoman censuses was performed with the 1914 census. Ottoman military reforms resulted with the Ottoman Modern Army which engaged with Italo-Turkish War (1911), Balkan Wars (1912–1913), and continuous unrest (Counter coup followed by restoration and Saviors followed by Raid on Porte) in the Empire up to World War I.
Question: What era kicked off the end of the Ottoman empire?
Answer: Second Constitutional Era
Question: What was the revolution that sparked the end of the Ottoman Empire?
Answer: the Young Turk Revolution
Question: The restoration of what happened in 1876?
Answer: the Ottoman constitution
Question: What were two major parties established by Young Turk members?
Answer: Committee of Union and Progress,” and “Freedom and Accord Party”
Question: What territories were annexed by Austria-Hungary in 1908?
Answer: Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Context: Working closely in conjunction with the definition of the Near East provided by the State Department is the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies (NESA), an educational institution of the United States Department of Defense. It teaches courses and holds seminars and workshops for government officials and military officers who will work or are working within its region. As the name indicates, that region is a combination of State Department regions; however, NESA is careful to identify the State Department region. As its Near East is not different from the State Department's it does not appear in the table. Its name, however, is not entirely accurate. For example, its region includes Mauritania, a member of the State Department's Africa (Sub-Sahara).
Question: Who works closely with the definition of the Near East?
Answer: the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies (NESA)
Question: What is NESA?
Answer: an educational institution of the United States Department of Defense
Question: What does NESA Teach?
Answer: It teaches courses and holds seminars and workshops |
Context: Critics noted in 2013 that Tom Wheeler, the head of the FCC, which has to approve the deal, is the former head of both the largest cable lobbying organization, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, and as largest wireless lobby, CTIA – The Wireless Association. According to Politico, Comcast "donated to almost every member of Congress who has a hand in regulating it." The US Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the deal on April 9, 2014. The House Judiciary Committee planned its own hearing. On March 6, 2014 the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division confirmed it was investigating the deal. In March 2014, the division's chairman, William Baer, recused himself because he was involved in a prior Comcast NBCUniversal acquisition. Several states' attorneys general have announced support for the federal investigation. On April 24, 2015, Jonathan Sallet, general counsel of the F.C.C., said that he was going to recommend a hearing before an administrative law judge, equivalent to a collapse of the deal.
Question: Who was the head of the FCC at the time of Comcast's proposed purchase of Time Warner Cable?
Answer: Tom Wheeler
Question: What two organizations had Wheeler headed prior to joining the FCC?
Answer: National Cable & Telecommunications Association, and as largest wireless lobby, CTIA – The Wireless Association
Question: What Senate group held hearings on the purchase?
Answer: US Senate Judiciary Committee
Question: What group sought to investigate the purchase on anti-trust grounds?
Answer: United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division
Question: Who was the general counsel of the FCC in 2015?
Answer: Jonathan Sallet
Question: Who is the current head of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: When was Tom Wheeler the head of the CTIA?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What day did the House Judiciary Committee have its hearing?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who is the head of Politico?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who is the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: There is a sizeable Greek minority of about 105,000 (disputed, sources claim higher) people, in Albania. The Greek minority of Turkey, which numbered upwards of 200,000 people after the 1923 exchange, has now dwindled to a few thousand, after the 1955 Constantinople Pogrom and other state sponsored violence and discrimination. This effectively ended, though not entirely, the three-thousand-year-old presence of Hellenism in Asia Minor. There are smaller Greek minorities in the rest of the Balkan countries, the Levant and the Black Sea states, remnants of the Old Greek Diaspora (pre-19th century).
Question: What other countries boast of a Greek populace ?
Answer: 105,000 (disputed, sources claim higher) people, in Albania. The Greek minority of Turkey
Question: What acts have caused the population of Greeks to be numbered so few in the country who name is reminiscent of a big American holiday?
Answer: 1955 Constantinople Pogrom and other state sponsored violence and discrimination.
Question: How long was there a Greek influence represented in "little" Asia ?
Answer: the three-thousand-year-old presence of Hellenism in Asia Minor
Question: Are there any Greek who still live in the area around the dark sea in any majority of numbers?
Answer: smaller Greek minorities in the rest of the Balkan countries, the Levant and the Black Sea states,
Question: What other countries don't boast of a Greek populace?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What year was the Constantine Progom?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What happened in 1956?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How long was there a Greek influence represented in "little" Africa?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Are there any Greek who still live in the area around the light sea in any majority of numbers?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: The Bronx's highest elevation at 280 feet (85 m) is in the northwest corner, west of Van Cortlandt Park and in the Chapel Farm area near the Riverdale Country School. The opposite (southeastern) side of the Bronx has four large low peninsulas or "necks" of low-lying land that jut into the waters of the East River and were once salt marsh: Hunt's Point, Clason's Point, Screvin's Neck and Throg's Neck. Further up the coastline, Rodman's Neck lies between Pelham Bay Park in the northeast and City Island. The Bronx's irregular shoreline extends for 75 square miles (194 km2).
Question: Where is the Bronx's highest point?
Answer: in the northwest corner, west of Van Cortlandt Park and in the Chapel Farm area near the Riverdale Country School
Question: What part of the Bronx formerly a salt marsh?
Answer: southeastern
Question: What are the Bronx's four low peninsulas?
Answer: Hunt's Point, Clason's Point, Screvin's Neck and Throg's Neck
Question: What is Rodman's Neck between?
Answer: Pelham Bay Park in the northeast and City Island
Question: How long is the Bronx's shoreline?
Answer: 75 square miles |
Context: In the 19th century, the Tsarist Government of the Russian Empire claimed that Ukrainian was merely a dialect of Russian and not a language on its own. The differences were few and caused by the conquest of western Ukraine by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. However, the dialects in Ukraine eventually differed substantially from the dialects in Russia.
Question: During what century did the Russian government claim that Ukrainian was a Russian dialect?
Answer: 19th
Question: What Russian government claimed that Ukrainian was not a distinct language?
Answer: the Tsarist Government
Question: The conquest of western Ukraine by what country altered the language of Ukraine?
Answer: Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Question: When did the Russian Empire claim the Tsarist language was a language on its own?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: During which century did the Ukraine claim that Tsarist was simply a dialect of Russian?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: By who was the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth conquered?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: To which dialects were Ukrainian dialects substantially similar?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: The economy began to recover in the early 1960s, and the city experienced explosive population growth through immigration spurred by the jobs created with the implementation of major urban projects and infrastructure improvements. With the advent of democracy in Spain, the ancient kingdom of Valencia was established as a new autonomous entity, the Valencian Community, the Statute of Autonomy of 1982 designating Valencia as its capital. On the night of 23 February 1981, shortly after Antonio Tejero had stormed Congress, the Captain General of the Third Military Region, Jaime Milans del Bosch, rose up in Valencia, put tanks on the streets, declared a state of emergency and tried to convince other senior military figures to support the coup. After the televised message of King Juan Carlos I, those in the military who had not yet aligned themselves decided to remain loyal to the government, and the coup failed. Despite this lack of support, Milans del Bosch only surrendered at 5 a.m. on the next day, 24 February.
Question: When democracy began in Spain, what did the kingdom of Valencia become?
Answer: the Valencian Community
Question: Who led a coup in Valencia?
Answer: Jaime Milans del Bosch
Question: Whose message convinced much of the military to stay loyal?
Answer: King Juan Carlos I
Question: When did Milans del Bosch surrender?
Answer: 24 February
Question: What law made Valencia the capital of its region?
Answer: Statute of Autonomy |
Context: The timing of migration seems to be controlled primarily by changes in day length. Migrating birds navigate using celestial cues from the sun and stars, the earth's magnetic field, and probably also mental maps.
Question: What causes the timing of migration?
Answer: changes in day length
Question: How do migrating birds navigate?
Answer: celestial cues from the sun and stars
Question: How else to migrating birds navigate?
Answer: the earth's magnetic field
Question: What might help migrating birds navigate?
Answer: mental maps |
Context: The brains of humans and other primates contain the same structures as the brains of other mammals, but are generally larger in proportion to body size. The most widely accepted way of comparing brain sizes across species is the so-called encephalization quotient (EQ), which takes into account the nonlinearity of the brain-to-body relationship. Humans have an average EQ in the 7-to-8 range, while most other primates have an EQ in the 2-to-3 range. Dolphins have values higher than those of primates other than humans, but nearly all other mammals have EQ values that are substantially lower.
Question: Comparing brain sizes among different creatures is used most commonly by what?
Answer: encephalization quotient (EQ)
Question: What is the average EQ of a person?
Answer: 7-to-8 range
Question: Primates have an EQ in what range?
Answer: 2-to-3 |
Context: Four separate and distinct state universities are located in Houston. The University of Houston is a nationally recognized Tier One research university, and is the flagship institution of the University of Houston System. The third-largest university in Texas, the University of Houston has nearly 40,000 students on its 667-acre campus in southeast Houston. The University of Houston–Clear Lake and the University of Houston–Downtown are stand-alone universities; they are not branch campuses of the University of Houston. Located in the historic community of Third Ward is Texas Southern University, one of the largest historically black colleges and universities in the United States.
Question: How many separate universities does Houston have?
Answer: Four
Question: How many students does the University of Houston have?
Answer: 40,000
Question: Where in Houston is the University of Houston campus located?
Answer: southeast
Question: What university is located in Houston'd third ward?
Answer: Texas Southern University
Question: What kind of college is Texas Southern University?
Answer: largest historically black
Question: How many separate universities does Texas have?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How many students does the University of Texas have?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Where in Texas is the University of Houston campus located?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What university is located in Houston'd fourth ward?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What kind of college is Texas Northern University?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: A novelty shop called Au Bon Marché had been founded in Paris in 1838 to sell lace, ribbons, sheets, mattresses, buttons, umbrellas and other assorted goods. It originally had four departments, twelve employees, and a floor space of three hundred meters. The entrepreneur Aristide Boucicaut became a partner in 1852, and changed the marketing plan, instituting fixed prices and guarantees that allowed exchanges and refunds, advertising, and a much wider variety of merchandise. The annual income of the store increased from 500,000 francs in 1852 to five million in 1860. In 1869 he built much larger building at 24 rue de Sèvres on the Left Bank, and enlarged the store again in 1872, with help from the engineering firm of Gustave Eiffel, creator of the Eiffel Tower. The income rose from twenty million francs in 1870 to 72 million at the time of the Boucicaut's death in 1877. The floor space had increased from three hundred square meters in 1838 to fifty thousand, and the number of employees had increased from twelve in 1838 to 1788 in 1879. Boucicaut was famous for his marketing innovations; a reading room for husbands while their wives shopped; extensive newspaper advertising; entertainment for children; and six million catalogs sent out to customers. By 1880 half the employees were women; unmarried women employees lived in dormitories on the upper floors.
Question: What store was founded in Paris, in 1838, which sold a wide variety of products?
Answer: Au Bon Marché
Question: Who became a partner to this store in 1852 and drastically changed operations?
Answer: Aristide Boucicaut
Question: What was the change in profit to Au Bon Marche after these changes?
Answer: increased from 500,000 francs in 1852 to five million in 1860
Question: What engineering company helped the store expand in 1872
Answer: Gustave Eiffel
Question: What was Boucicaut most widely known for?
Answer: marketing innovations
Question: What store was founded in Paris, in 1883, which sold a wide variety of products?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Who became a partner to this store in 1825 and drastically changed operations?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was the change in profit to Au Bon Marche before these changes?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What engineering company helped the store expand in 1782
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What was Boucicaut most widely unknown for?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: On May 1, 1960, a U.S. one-man U-2 spy plane was reportedly shot down at high altitude over Soviet Union airspace. The flight was made to gain photo intelligence before the scheduled opening of an East–West summit conference, which had been scheduled in Paris, 15 days later. Captain Francis Gary Powers had bailed out of his aircraft and was captured after parachuting down onto Russian soil. Four days after Powers disappeared, the Eisenhower Administration had NASA issue a very detailed press release noting that an aircraft had "gone missing" north of Turkey. It speculated that the pilot might have fallen unconscious while the autopilot was still engaged, and falsely claimed that "the pilot reported over the emergency frequency that he was experiencing oxygen difficulties."
Question: When was a U-2 downed over the Soviet Union?
Answer: May 1, 1960
Question: What was the downed U-2 gathering intelligence in advance of?
Answer: East–West summit conference
Question: Where was the East-West summit to have taken place?
Answer: Paris
Question: What was the rank of the pilot of the downed U-2?
Answer: Captain |
Context: Towards the end of the 1990s and into the 2000s, producers such as Daft Punk, Stardust, Cassius, St. Germain and DJ Falcon began producing a new sound out of Paris's house scene. Together, they laid the groundwork for what would be known as the French house movement. By combining the harder-edged-yet-soulful philosophy of Chicago house with the melodies of obscure funk, state-of-the-art production techniques and the sound of analog synthesizers, they began to create the standards that would shape all house music.
Question: Daft Punk began producing a new sound out of what european city?
Answer: Paris
Question: Daft Punk, Stardust, Cassius, St. Germain, and DJ Falcon all came from what scene?
Answer: Paris's house scene
Question: When did Daft Punk begin producing a new sound?
Answer: end of the 1990s and into the 2000s
Question: Daft Chicago began producing a new sound out of what European city?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Daft Stardust and Germain Chicago came from what scene?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: When did Germain Chicago begin producing a new sound?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: When did Daft Punk begin producing the a new sound out of Chicago's house scene?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What did Chicago's house scene lead to?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: On August 9, 2015, ESPN reported that the New Orleans VooDoo and Las Vegas Outlaws had ceased operations, effective immediately, a claim which was subsequently validated on the AFL website. On September 1, 2015, the Spokane Shock officially left the AFL and joined the IFL under the new name Spokane Empire, becoming the fifth active AFL/af2 franchise to leave for the IFL since bankruptcy (Iowa Barnstormers, Tri-Cities Fever, Green Bay Blizzard and Arkansas Twisters—now the Texas Revolution—left previously).
Question: On what date was it reported that the Las Vegas Outlaws were shutting down?
Answer: August 9, 2015
Question: Who first reported the closure of the New Orleans VooDoo?
Answer: ESPN
Question: On what date did the Spokane Shock leave the AFL?
Answer: September 1, 2015
Question: What rival league did the Spokane Shock join?
Answer: IFL
Question: What was the name of the Spokane Shock after they joined the IFL?
Answer: Spokane Empire |
Context: The first such boom, covering the early years of the city, rode on the lumber industry. (During this period the road now known as Yesler Way won the nickname "Skid Road", supposedly after the timber skidding down the hill to Henry Yesler's sawmill. The later dereliction of the area may be a possible origin for the term which later entered the wider American lexicon as Skid Row.) Like much of the American West, Seattle saw numerous conflicts between labor and management, as well as ethnic tensions that culminated in the anti-Chinese riots of 1885–1886. This violence originated with unemployed whites who were determined to drive the Chinese from Seattle (anti-Chinese riots also occurred in Tacoma). In 1900, Asians were 4.2% of the population. Authorities declared martial law and federal troops arrived to put down the disorder.
Question: What was the industry source that produced Seattle's first financial vigor?
Answer: lumber
Question: What name was given to the street Yesler Way?
Answer: Skid Road
Question: After Yesler Way fell into ill refute, what was the term generally used for this type of decline?
Answer: Skid Row
Question: What events occurred in 1885-1886 due to racial disputes?
Answer: anti-Chinese riots
Question: What percentage of the Seattle population was Asian in 1900?
Answer: 4.2% |
Context: Translation of sung texts is generally much more restrictive than translation of poetry, because in the former there is little or no freedom to choose between a versified translation and a translation that dispenses with verse structure. One might modify or omit rhyme in a singing translation, but the assignment of syllables to specific notes in the original musical setting places great challenges on the translator. There is the option in prose sung texts, less so in verse, of adding or deleting a syllable here and there by subdividing or combining notes, respectively, but even with prose the process is almost like strict verse translation because of the need to stick as closely as possible to the original prosody of the sung melodic line.
Question: How is translation of sung texts different than translations of poetry?
Answer: more restrictive
Question: Why is the translation of sung texts more restrictive?
Answer: little or no freedom to choose between a versified translation
Question: What places a great challenge on someone trying to translate music from one language to another?
Answer: assignment of syllables to specific notes in the original musical
Question: How can a syllable be added or deleted in prose sung texts?
Answer: by subdividing or combining notes
Question: How is translation of sung texts the exact same as translations of poetry?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: Why is the translation of sung texts not restrictive?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: What places a great challenge on someone trying to translate writing from one language to another?
Answer: Unanswerable
Question: How can a syllable be forbidden from prose sung texts?
Answer: Unanswerable |
Context: Tibet was once a strong power contemporaneous with Tang China (618–907). Until the Tibetan Empire's collapse in the 9th century, it was the Tang's major rival in dominating Inner Asia. The Yarlung rulers of Tibet also signed various peace treaties with the Tang, culminating in a treaty in 821 that fixed the borders between Tibet and China.
Question: In what century did the Tibetan Empire fall?
Answer: the 9th century
Question: Who signed multiple peace treaties with the Tang?
Answer: The Yarlung rulers of Tibet
Question: What did one of the treaties between the Tang and Tibet help fix?
Answer: the borders between Tibet and China
Question: Who was the Tangs biggest rival?
Answer: Tibet
Question: What year did Tang and Tibet sign a treaty to fix the borders?
Answer: 821 |
Context: Aside from water, wood has three main components. Cellulose, a crystalline polymer derived from glucose, constitutes about 41–43%. Next in abundance is hemicellulose, which is around 20% in deciduous trees but near 30% in conifers. It is mainly five-carbon sugars that are linked in an irregular manner, in contrast to the cellulose. Lignin is the third component at around 27% in coniferous wood vs. 23% in deciduous trees. Lignin confers the hydrophobic properties reflecting the fact that it is based on aromatic rings. These three components are interwoven, and direct covalent linkages exist between the lignin and the hemicellulose. A major focus of the paper industry is the separation of the lignin from the cellulose, from which paper is made.
Question: How many main components make up wood, not counting water?
Answer: three
Question: What's the name for the crystalline polymer derived from glucose?
Answer: Cellulose
Question: After cellulose, what component is most plentiful in wood?
Answer: hemicellulose
Question: What kind of trees have about 30% hemicellulose?
Answer: conifers
Question: Which of the three main components of wood is used to manufacture paper?
Answer: cellulose |
Context: Following the announcement of Nasser's death, Egypt and the Arab world were in a state of shock. Nasser's funeral procession through Cairo on 1 October was attended by at least five million mourners. The 10-kilometer (6.2 mi) procession to his burial site began at the old RCC headquarters with a flyover by MiG-21 jets. His flag-draped coffin was attached to a gun carriage pulled by six horses and led by a column of cavalrymen. All Arab heads of state attended, with the exception of Saudi King Faisal. King Hussein and Arafat cried openly, and Muammar Gaddafi of Libya fainted from emotional distress twice. A few major non-Arab dignitaries were present, including Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin and French Prime Minister Jacques Chaban-Delmas.
Question: How many people attended Nasser's funeral?
Answer: at least five million
Question: At what landmark did the funeral procession begin?
Answer: the old RCC headquarters
Question: Who was the only Arab leader not to attend Nasser's funeral?
Answer: Saudi King Faisal
Question: What leader twice fainted during the funeral?
Answer: Muammar Gaddafi
Question: Who was the Soviet leader who attended Nasser's funeral?
Answer: Alexei Kosygin |
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