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Context: The games are in the form of .ipg files, which are actually .zip archives in disguise[citation needed]. When unzipped, they reveal executable files along with common audio and image files, leading to the possibility of third party games. Apple has not publicly released a software development kit (SDK) for iPod-specific development. Apps produced with the iPhone SDK are compatible only with the iOS on the iPod Touch and iPhone, which cannot run clickwheel-based games. Question: What format is used for iPod game files? Answer: .ipg Question: What file format is being covered up by the use of ipg files? Answer: .zip Question: What does SDK stand for? Answer: software development kit Question: What is the only operating system on which iPhone SDK-made games can be played? Answer: iOS Question: What file format are iPod games distributed in? Answer: .ipg Question: An app produced with the iPhone SDK can only run on what devices? Answer: iPod Touch and iPhone Question: Is the Apple SDK available to third-party game publishers? Answer: not
Context: The 2013 Human Development Report by the United Nations Development Program was released on March 14, 2013, and calculates HDI values based on estimates for 2012. Below is the list of the "very high human development" countries: Question: On what date was the 2013 Human Development Report released? Answer: March 14, 2013 Question: Which year was used for estimates in the 2013 report? Answer: 2012 Question: Which year was used for estimates in the 2014 report? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: The origins of the department store lay in the growth of the conspicuous consumer society at the turn of the 19th century. As the Industrial Revolution accelerated economy expansion, the affluent middle-class grew in size and wealth. This urbanized social group, sharing a culture of consumption and changing fashion, was the catalyst for the retail revolution. As rising prosperity and social mobility increased the number of people, especially women (who found they could shop unaccompanied at department stores without damaging their reputation), with disposable income in the late Georgian period, window shopping was transformed into a leisure activity and entrepreneurs, like the potter Josiah Wedgwood, pioneered the use of marketing techniques to influence the prevailing tastes and preferences of society. Question: When did the idea of a "consumer society" begin? Answer: at the turn of the 19th century. Question: What social group grew as a result of the industrial revolution? Answer: the affluent middle-class Question: Who was Josiah Wedgewood? Answer: entrepreneurs Question: What is one explanation for the rise of retail stores in earlier history? Answer: urbanized social group Question: What group of people were suddenly free to go shopping without fears of being judged or reprimanded? Answer: women Question: When didn't the idea of a "consumer society" begin? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What social group shrank as a result of the industrial revolution? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Who was Josh Wedgewood? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What is one explanation for the fall of retail stores in earlier history? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What group of people were suddenly no longer free to go shopping with fears of being judged or reprimanded? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: The three marks of existence may reflect Upanishadic or other influences. K.R. Norman supposes that the these terms were already in use at the Buddha's time, and were familiair to his hearers. Question: How many marks of existence reflect Upanishadic influences? Answer: three
Context: Greece has universal compulsory military service for males, while females are exempted from conscription but may otherwise serve in the military. As of 2009[update], mandatory military service is nine months for male citizens between the ages of 19 and 45. Additionally, Greek males between the age of 18 and 60 who live in strategically sensitive areas may be required to serve part-time in the National Guard. However, as the military has sought to become a completely professional force, the government has promised to reduce mandatory military service or abolish it completely. Question: What type of military service does Greece require? Answer: universal compulsory Question: Can females be drafted into the military? Answer: females are exempted from conscription Question: What is the length of military service required of men? Answer: nine months Question: At what age might men required to serve in the National Guard? Answer: 18 and 60
Context: Stage lifts and orchestra lifts are specialized elevators, typically powered by hydraulics, that are used to raise and lower entire sections of a theater stage. For example, Radio City Music Hall has four such elevators: an orchestra lift that covers a large area of the stage, and three smaller lifts near the rear of the stage. In this case, the orchestra lift is powerful enough to raise an entire orchestra, or an entire cast of performers (including live elephants) up to stage level from below. There's a barrel on the background of the image of the left which can be used as a scale to represent the size of the mechanism Question: How are stage lifts powered? Answer: by hydraulics Question: How many hydraulic elevators are there at Radio City Music Hall? Answer: four Question: What is an orchestra lift used for? Answer: to raise an entire orchestra, or an entire cast of performers (including live elephants) up to stage level from below Question: What is on the background of the image which can be used as a scale to represent the size of the mechanism? Answer: a barrel
Context: Over the years the city has been home to people of various ethnicities, resulting in a range of different traditions and cultural practices. In one decade, the population increased from 427,045 in 1991 to 671,805 in 2001. The population was projected to reach 915,071 in 2011 and 1,319,597 by 2021. To keep up this population growth, the KMC-controlled area of 5,076.6 hectares (12,545 acres) has expanded to 8,214 hectares (20,300 acres) in 2001. With this new area, the population density which was 85 in 1991 is still 85 in 2001; it is likely to jump to 111 in 2011 and 161 in 2021. Question: What was the population of Kathmandu in 1991? Answer: 427,045 Question: About how many people are likely to live in Kathmandu in 2021? Answer: 1,319,597 Question: How dense was the population of Kathmandu in 1991? Answer: 85 Question: How many acres of land did the KMC control in 2001? Answer: 20,300
Context: The Prussian General Staff developed by Moltke proved to be extremely effective, in contrast to the traditional French school. This was in large part due to the fact that the Prussian General Staff was created to study previous Prussian operations and learn to avoid mistakes. The structure also greatly strengthened Moltke's ability to control large formations spread out over significant distances. The Chief of the General Staff, effectively the commander in chief of the Prussian army, was independent of the minister of war and answered only to the monarch. The French General Staff—along with those of every other European military—was little better than a collection of assistants for the line commanders. This disorganization hampered the French commanders' ability to exercise control of their forces. Question: The General Staff developed by Moltke proved to be what? Answer: extremely effective Question: What was key factor did the Prussian General Staff study? Answer: previous Prussian operations Question: What was the goal in the General Staff studying past operations? Answer: learn to avoid mistakes Question: The structure also reinforced Moltke's ability control large formations spread out over what? Answer: significant distances Question: Who is essentially considered the commander in chief of the Prussian army? Answer: The Chief of the General Staff
Context: Critics also note the entertaining methods used to drive the plot. When Atticus is out of town, Jem locks a Sunday school classmate in the church basement with the furnace during a game of Shadrach. This prompts their black housekeeper Calpurnia to escort Scout and Jem to her church, which allows the children a glimpse into her personal life, as well as Tom Robinson's. Scout falls asleep during the Halloween pageant and makes a tardy entrance onstage, causing the audience to laugh uproariously. She is so distracted and embarrassed that she prefers to go home in her ham costume, which saves her life. Question: Where does Jem trap a fellow peer of school in the story? Answer: church basement Question: What is the name of the maid who works in the Finch's household? Answer: Calpurnia Question: How does Scout respond to the audience? Answer: distracted and embarrassed Question: What saves Scout's life? Answer: ham costume
Context: During the Republic, any person who wished to hold public office had to conform to the Reformed Church and take an oath to this effect. The extent to which different religions or denominations were persecuted depended much on the time period and regional or city leaders. In the beginning, this was especially focused on Roman Catholics, being the religion of the enemy. In 17th-century Leiden, for instance, people opening their homes to services could be fined 200 guilders (a year's wage for a skilled tradesman) and banned from the city. Throughout this, however, personal freedom of religion existed and was one factor – along with economic reasons – in causing large immigration of religious refugees from other parts of Europe. Question: What did any person who wanted to hold public office need to conform to during the Republic? Answer: the Reformed Church Question: The degree to which different religions were persecuted depended on what? Answer: the time period and regional or city leaders Question: What was the punishment for people who opened their homes to Catholic services during 17th-century Leiden? Answer: fined 200 guilders (a year's wage for a skilled tradesman) and banned from the city Question: What was one reason for the large amounts of immigration of religious refugees from other parts of Europe? Answer: personal freedom of religion Question: What did religious refugees have to conform to when holding public office? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What were Reformed Church members considered as in the 17th century? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What could religious refugees be fined when opening their homes to services? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What factors led to immigration of religious refugees from Leiden? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Who did most services put the focus on in the beginning? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Many rescue teams, including that of the Taipei Fire Department from Taiwan, were reported ready to join the rescue effort in Sichuan as early as Wednesday. However, the Red Cross Society of China said that (on May 13) "it was inconvenient currently due to the traffic problem to the hardest hit areas closest to the epicenter." The Red Cross Society of China also stated that the disaster areas need tents, medical supplies, drinking water and food; however it recommended donating cash instead of other items, as it had not been possible to reach roads that were completely damaged or places that were blocked off by landslides. Landslides continuously threatened the progress of a search and rescue group of 80 men, each carrying about 40 kg of relief supplies, from a motorized infantry brigade under commander Yang Wenyao, as they tried to reach the ethnically Tibetan village of Sier at a height of 4000 m above sea level in Pingwu county. The extreme terrain conditions precluded the use of helicopter evacuation, and over 300 of the Tibetan villagers were stranded in their demolished village for five days without food and water before the rescue group finally arrived to help the injured and stranded villagers down the mountain. Question: What department was ready to join the rescue effort by Wednesday? Answer: the Taipei Fire Department Question: How many Tibetan villagers were stranded? Answer: over 300 Question: What was the reason that many rescue teams could not join the relief efforts? Answer: the traffic problem Question: What action did the Red Cross recommend ? Answer: donating cash Question: What problem continued to stop rescue teams from reaching affected areas? Answer: landslides Question: Where were the soldiers under commander Yang Wenyao trying to go? Answer: Tibetan village of Sier
Context: On 16 March 2012, 52 Greenpeace activists from five different countries boarded Fennica and Nordica, multipurpose icebreakers chartered to support Shell's drilling rigs near Alaska. Around the same time period, a reporter for Fortune magazine spoke with Edward Itta, an Inupiat Eskimo leader and the former mayor of the North Slope Borough, who expressed that he was conflicted about Shell's plans in the Arctic, as he was very concerned that an oil spill could destroy the Inupiat Eskimo's hunting-and-fishing culture, but his borough also received major tax revenue from oil and gas production; additionally, further revenue from energy activity was considered crucial to the future of the living standard in Itta's community. Question: How many Greenpeace activists boarded Fennica and Nordica in March 2012? Answer: 52 Question: How many countries did the group of Greenpeace activists represent? Answer: five Question: What types of vehicles were the Fennica and Nordica? Answer: multipurpose icebreakers Question: Why were the Fennica and Nordica chartered? Answer: to support Shell's drilling rigs near Alaska Question: What was the main concern of Edward Itta? Answer: an oil spill could destroy the Inupiat Eskimo's hunting-and-fishing culture Question: How many countries did the icebreakers support? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What was the name of the Fortune magazine reporter? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How many activists were on the Fennica alone? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Who was the mayor of North Slope Borough in March 2012? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What borough were the Greenpeace activists from? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: The deliberate or accidental hybridising of two or more species of closely related animals through captive breeding is a human activity which has been in existence for millennia and has grown in recent times for economic purposes. The number of successful interspecific mammalian hybrids is relatively small, although it has come to be known that there is a significant number of naturally occurring hybrids between forms or regional varieties of a single species.[citation needed] These may form zones of gradation known as clines. Indeed, the distinction between some hitherto distinct species can become clouded once it can be shown that they may not only breed but produce fertile offspring. Some hybrid animals exhibit greater strength and resilience than either parent. This is known as hybrid vigor. The existence of the mule (donkey sire; horse dam) being used widely as a hardy draught animal throughout ancient and modern history is testament to this. Other well known examples are the lion/tiger hybrid, the liger, which is by far the largest big cat and sometimes used in circuses; and cattle hybrids such as between European and Indian domestic cattle or between domestic cattle and American bison, which are used in the meat industry and marketed as Beefalo. There is some speculation that the donkey itself may be the result of an ancient hybridisation between two wild ass species or sub-species. Hybrid animals are normally infertile partly because their parents usually have slightly different numbers of chromosomes, resulting in unpaired chromosomes in their cells, which prevents division of sex cells and the gonads from operating correctly, particularly in males. There are exceptions to this rule, especially if the speciation process was relatively recent or incomplete as is the case with many cattle and dog species. Normally behavior traits, natural hostility, natural ranges and breeding cycle differences maintain the separateness of closely related species and prevent natural hybridisation. However, the widespread disturbances to natural animal behaviours and range caused by human activity, cities, dumping grounds with food, agriculture, fencing, roads and so on do force animals together which would not normally breed. Clear examples exist between the various sub-species of grey wolf, coyote and domestic dog in North America. As many birds and mammals imprint on their mother and immediate family from infancy, a practice used by animal hybridizers is to foster a planned parent in a hybridization program with the same species as the one with which they are planned to mate. Question: What is the name given when zones of gradation exits? Answer: clines Question: What is the given name of a lion and tiger hybrid? Answer: liger Question: What is the marketed name given in the meat industry when you involve a european or indian domestic cattle mixed with an American bison? Answer: Beefalo Question: What is the given name of a offspring from two different animals? Answer: hybrid Question: What is a zone of resilience referred to as? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What does it mean when closely related species exhibit greater strength and resilience than their parents? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What are some examples that show how strength and resilience is maintained in related species? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Why are ligers more fertile than donkeys? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Where is an American bison sometimes used to entertain people? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Association football is the country's most popular and most televised franchised sport. Its important venues in Mexico City include the Azteca Stadium, home to the Mexico national football team and giants América, which can seat 91,653 fans, making it the biggest stadium in Latin America. The Olympic Stadium in Ciudad Universitaria is home to the football club giants Universidad Nacional, with a seating capacity of over 52,000. The Estadio Azul, which seats 33,042 fans, is near the World Trade Center Mexico City in the Nochebuena neighborhood, and is home to the giants Cruz Azul. The three teams are based in Mexico City and play in the First Division; they are also part, with Guadalajara-based giants Club Deportivo Guadalajara, of Mexico's traditional "Big Four" (though recent years have tended to erode the teams' leading status at least in standings). The country hosted the FIFA World Cup in 1970 and 1986, and Azteca Stadium is the first stadium in World Cup history to host the final twice. Question: What famous soccer stadium is in Mexico City? Answer: Azteca Stadium Question: How many fans does Azteca Stadium hold? Answer: 91,653 Question: What is the largest stadium in Latin America? Answer: Azteca Stadium Question: What year did Mexico most recently host the World Cup? Answer: 1986 Question: What division are the Mexico City soccer teams in? Answer: First
Context: Technology magazine T3 gave the Super Slim model a positive review, stating the console is almost "nostalgic" in the design similarities to the original "fat" model, "While we don’t know whether it will play PS3 games or Blu-ray discs any differently yet, the look and feel of the new PS3 Slim is an obvious homage to the original PS3, minus the considerable excess weight. Immediately we would be concerned about the durability of the top loading tray that feels like it could be yanked straight out off the console, but ultimately it all feels like Sony's nostalgic way of signing off the current generation console in anticipation for the PS4." Question: What magazine described the Super Slim as "nostalgic"? Answer: T3 Question: What PlayStation 3 model did T3 feel the Super Slim's design was paying homage to? Answer: the original PS3 Question: According to T3, what was the main differentiator between the "fat" PS3 and the Super Slim? Answer: weight Question: What hardware element did T3 feel might have issues with durability? Answer: the top loading tray Question: T3 felt Sony was saying goodbye to past models in preparation for what next-generation console? Answer: the PS4 Question: What magazine described the Super Thick as "nostalgic"? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What PlayStation 2 model did T3 feel the Super Slim's design was paying homage to? Answer: Unanswerable Question: According to T3, what was the main differentiator between the "fat" PS2 and the Super Slim? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What hardware element did T2 feel might have issues with durability? Answer: Unanswerable Question: T4 felt Sony was saying goodbye to past models in preparation for what next-generation console? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Paris and its close suburbs is home to numerous newspapers, magazines and publications including Le Monde, Le Figaro, Libération, Le Nouvel Observateur, Le Canard enchaîné, La Croix, Pariscope, Le Parisien (in Saint-Ouen), Les Échos, Paris Match (Neuilly-sur-Seine), Réseaux & Télécoms, Reuters France, and L'Officiel des Spectacles. France's two most prestigious newspapers, Le Monde and Le Figaro, are the centrepieces of the Parisian publishing industry. Agence France-Presse is France's oldest, and one of the world's oldest, continually operating news agencies. AFP, as it is colloquially abbreviated, maintains its headquarters in Paris, as it has since 1835. France 24 is a television news channel owned and operated by the French government, and is based in Paris. Another news agency is France Diplomatie, owned and operated by the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, and pertains solely to diplomatic news and occurrences. Question: What are France's two most prestigious newspapers? Answer: Le Monde and Le Figaro Question: What is France's oldest operating news agency? Answer: Agence Question: When did Agence open in Paris? Answer: 1835 Question: What television station is operated by the French government? Answer: France 24
Context: Dell has been attempting to offset its declining PC business, which still accounted for half of its revenue and generates steady cash flow, by expanding into the enterprise market with servers, networking, software, and services. It avoided many of the acquisition writedowns and management turnover that plagued its chief rival Hewlett Packard. Dell also managed some success in taking advantage of its high-touch direct sales heritage to establish close relationships and design solutions for clients. Despite spending $13 billion on acquisitions to diversify its portfolio beyond hardware, the company was unable to convince the market that it could thrive or made the transformation in the post-PC world, as it suffered continued declines in revenue and share price. Dell's market share in the corporate segment was previously a "moat" against rivals but this has no longer been the case as sales and profits have fallen precipitously. Question: How much of Dell's revenue was its PC division? Answer: half Question: Who was Dell's main business rival? Answer: Hewlett Packard Question: How much did Dell spend on acquiring different divisions? Answer: $13 billion Question: What happened to Dell's revenue and share price in the post-PC market? Answer: declines Question: How much of Dell's revenue wasn't its PC division? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How much of Dell's revenue was its phone division? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Who was Dell's main business ally? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How much did Dell spend on selling different divisions? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What happened to Dell's expenses and share price in the post-PC market? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Another solution to the problem of causality-based temporal paradoxes is that such paradoxes cannot arise simply because they have not arisen. As illustrated in numerous works of fiction, free will either ceases to exist in the past or the outcomes of such decisions are predetermined. As such, it would not be possible to enact the grandfather paradox because it is a historical fact that your grandfather was not killed before his child (your parent) was conceived. This view doesn't simply hold that history is an unchangeable constant, but that any change made by a hypothetical future time traveler would already have happened in his or her past, resulting in the reality that the traveler moves from. More elaboration on this view can be found in the Novikov self-consistency principle. Question: What is another solution to the problem of temporal paradoxes? Answer: paradoxes cannot arise simply because they have not arisen Question: In several works of fiction, what ceases to exist in the past which causes paradoxes not to arise? Answer: free will Question: What paradox cannot be enacted because it is a fact that your grandfather was not killed before your parent was conceived? Answer: the grandfather paradox Question: What principle elaborates more on the view described? Answer: the Novikov self-consistency principle. Question: What is a solution to the Novikov self-consistency principle? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What can be changed by time travelers according to Novikov? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What principle further elaborates on how fiction can change history? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What is the Novikov self-consistency principle considered to be? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What paradox is formed when a person has free will? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What is another solution to the problem of hypothetical future? Answer: Unanswerable Question: In several works of fiction, what ceases to exist in the past which causes decisions not to arise? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What paradox cannot be enacted because it is a fact that your grandfather was not killed before your grandfather was conceived? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What principle elaborates less on the view described? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Why can paradoxes arise? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: William Pitt, who entered the cabinet in 1756, had a grand vision for the war that made it entirely different from previous wars with France. As prime minister Pitt committed Britain to a grand strategy of seizing the entire French Empire, especially its possessions in North America and India. Britain's main weapon was the Royal Navy, which could control the seas and bring as many invasion troops as were needed. He also planned to use colonial forces from the Thirteen American colonies, working under the command of British regulars, to invade new France. In order to tie the French army down he subsidized his European allies. Pitt Head of the government from 1756 to 1761, and even after that the British continued his strategy. It proved completely successful. Pitt had a clear appreciation of the enormous value of imperial possessions, and realized how vulnerable was the French Empire. Question: What was the grand strategy of prime minister William Pitt? Answer: a grand strategy of seizing the entire French Empire Question: What locations did Pitt want from France? Answer: North America and India Question: What was Pitt's primary military advantage? Answer: Britain's main weapon was the Royal Navy Question: How did Pitt plan to augment the British regular troops? Answer: He also planned to use colonial forces from the Thirteen American colonies Question: How did Pitt's strategy affect Britain's future plans? Answer: even after that the British continued his strategy
Context: One check on a magistrate's power was his collegiality. Each magisterial office would be held concurrently by at least two people. Another such check was provocatio. Provocatio was a primordial form of due process. It was a precursor to habeas corpus. If any magistrate tried to use the powers of the state against a citizen, that citizen could appeal the decision of the magistrate to a tribune. In addition, once a magistrate's one-year term of office expired, he would have to wait ten years before serving in that office again. This created problems for some consuls and praetors, and these magistrates would occasionally have their imperium extended. In effect, they would retain the powers of the office (as a promagistrate), without officially holding that office. Question: How long concurrently could an elected magistrate serve in office? Answer: one-year Question: How many people would serve concurrently in a single magisterial office? Answer: at least two people Question: What form of due process was a harbinger of our vary own habeas corpus? Answer: Provocatio Question: What would you call a magistrate who had his powers of imperium continued? Answer: promagistrate Question: Who would a Roman go see in an attempt to reverse the decision of a magistrate? Answer: a tribune
Context: However a log-periodic dipole array consists of a number of dipole elements of different lengths in order to obtain a somewhat directional antenna having an extremely wide bandwidth: these are frequently used for television reception in fringe areas. The dipole antennas composing it are all considered "active elements" since they are all electrically connected together (and to the transmission line). On the other hand, a superficially similar dipole array, the Yagi-Uda Antenna (or simply "Yagi"), has only one dipole element with an electrical connection; the other so-called parasitic elements interact with the electromagnetic field in order to realize a fairly directional antenna but one which is limited to a rather narrow bandwidth. The Yagi antenna has similar looking parasitic dipole elements but which act differently due to their somewhat different lengths. There may be a number of so-called "directors" in front of the active element in the direction of propagation, and usually a single (but possibly more) "reflector" on the opposite side of the active element. Question: What type of antenna formation is made up of multiple dipole elements of varying lengths? Answer: log-periodic dipole array Question: What is the benefit of this formation type? Answer: extremely wide bandwidth Question: What is the main application of these set ups? Answer: television reception Question: What is a variation of this antenna type? Answer: Yagi-Uda Antenna
Context: A number of parties have collected survey data, from the public and from experts, to try and gauge the level of corruption and bribery, as well as its impact on political and economic outcomes. A second wave of corruption metrics has been created by Global Integrity, the International Budget Partnership, and many lesser known local groups. These metrics include the Global Integrity Index, first published in 2004. These second wave projects aim to create policy change by identifying resources more effectively and creating checklists toward incremental reform. Global Integrity and the International Budget Partnership each dispense with public surveys and instead uses in-country experts to evaluate "the opposite of corruption" – which Global Integrity defines as the public policies that prevent, discourage, or expose corruption. These approaches compliment the first wave, awareness-raising tools by giving governments facing public outcry a checklist which measures concrete steps toward improved governance. Question: A second set of corruption metrics has been compiled by Global Integrity and what other organization? Answer: International Budget Partnership Question: When was the Global Integrity Index first published? Answer: 2004 Question: Both companies no longer use what means of collecting of data? Answer: public surveys Question: Instead of public surveys, the organizations use what to study corruption? Answer: in-country experts
Context: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Greece conducts "bilateral relationships" with the countries of the "Mediterranean – Middle East Region" but has formulated no Near East Region. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey also does not use the term Near East. Its regions include the Middle East, the Balkans and others. Question: What does the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Greece conduct? Answer: "bilateral relationships" Question: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey does not use what term? Answer: Near East Question: The Middle East, the Balkans and others are included in what republic? Answer: Republic of Turkey
Context: The revisionist paleontologist Robert T. Bakker, who published his findings as The Dinosaur Heresies, treated the mainstream view of dinosaurs as dogma. "I have enormous respect for dinosaur paleontologists past and present. But on average, for the last fifty years, the field hasn't tested dinosaur orthodoxy severely enough." page 27 "Most taxonomists, however, have viewed such new terminology as dangerously destabilizing to the traditional and well-known scheme..." page 462. This book apparently influenced Jurassic Park. The illustrations by the author show dinosaurs in very active poses, in contrast to the traditional perception of lethargy. He is an example of a recent scientific endoheretic. Question: What is the title of the book published by Robert T. Bakker regarding mainstream opinion of dinosaurs? Answer: The Dinosaur Heresies Question: What criticism did Robert T. Bakker share about the paleontologist community regarding the last fifty years? Answer: the field hasn't tested dinosaur orthodoxy severely enough Question: What film did Robert T. Bakker's book reportedly influence? Answer: Jurassic Park Question: What type of poses did the book's illustrations portray dinosaurs as? Answer: active poses Question: What label is associated with Robert T. Bakker as a result of his work? Answer: endoheretic Question: Who is a modern example of an exoheretic? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What film did Bakker base his book off of? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What did Bakker criticize the paleontology community for spenting fifty years testing? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What did Bakker see as destabalizing? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Little is known about the bacteria that degrade cellulose. Symbiotic bacteria in Xylophaga may play a role in the degradation of sunken wood; while bacteria such as Alphaproteobacteria, Flavobacteria, Actinobacteria, Clostridia, and Bacteroidetes have been detected in wood submerged over a year. Question: What component of wood is degraded by bacteria that scientists are still trying to learn about? Answer: cellulose Question: What type of bacteria are present in Xylophaga? Answer: Symbiotic Question: What type of wood is it possible the bacteria in Xylophaga help break down? Answer: sunken Question: How long was the wood submerged in water in the study that discovered the types of bacteria in it? Answer: over a year Question: What bacteria starting with the letter "F" were found in wood after it was underwater for more than a year? Answer: Flavobacteria
Context: The Statistics Portugal (Portuguese: INE - Instituto Nacional de Estatística) estimates that, according to the 2011 census, the population was 10,562,178 (of which 52% was female, 48% was male). This population has been relatively homogeneous for most of its history: a single religion (Catholicism) and a single language have contributed to this ethnic and national unity, namely after the expulsion of the Moors and Jews. A considerable number of Moors and Jews, nevertheless, stayed in Portugal, under the condition that they converted to Catholicism, and afterwards they were known as Mouriscos (former Muslims) and Cristãos Novos (New Christians or former Jews) some of whom may have continued to observe rabbinic Judaism in secret, as in the case of the secret Jews of Belmonte, who now observe the Jewish faith openly. After 1772 the distinction between Old and New Christians was abolished by decree. Some famous Portuguese New Christians were the mathematician Pedro Nunes and the physician and naturalist Garcia de Orta. Question: What was the Portuguese population in 2011? Answer: 10,562,178 Question: What percentage of the Portuguese population in 2011 was female? Answer: 52% Question: What percentage of the Portuguese population in 2011 was male? Answer: 48% Question: What is the dominant religion in Portugal? Answer: Catholicism Question: What were the Moors who converted to Catholicism known as? Answer: Mouriscos
Context: The Frankish kingdom in northern Gaul split into kingdoms called Austrasia, Neustria, and Burgundy during the 6th and 7th centuries, all of them ruled by the Merovingian dynasty, who were descended from Clovis. The 7th century was a tumultuous period of wars between Austrasia and Neustria. Such warfare was exploited by Pippin (d. 640), the Mayor of the Palace for Austrasia who became the power behind the Austrasian throne. Later members of his family inherited the office, acting as advisers and regents. One of his descendants, Charles Martel (d. 741), won the Battle of Poitiers in 732, halting the advance of Muslim armies across the Pyrenees.[K] Great Britain was divided into small states dominated by the kingdoms of Northumbria, Mercia, Wessex, and East Anglia, which were descended from the Anglo-Saxon invaders. Smaller kingdoms in present-day Wales and Scotland were still under the control of the native Britons and Picts. Ireland was divided into even smaller political units, usually known as tribal kingdoms, under the control of kings. There were perhaps as many as 150 local kings in Ireland, of varying importance. Question: Along with Austrasia and Neustria, what kingdom was originally part of the Frankish kingdom? Answer: Burgundy Question: What dynasty ruled Neustria? Answer: Merovingian Question: From whom did the rulers of the Merovingian dynasty trace their ancestry? Answer: Clovis Question: What was the title of Pippin? Answer: Mayor of the Palace Question: What leader was victorious at the Battle of Poitiers? Answer: Charles Martel
Context: On 2 March 1977 the General People's Congress adopted the "Declaration of the Establishment of the People's Authority" at Gaddafi's behest. Dissolving the Libyan Arab Republic, it was replaced by the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Arabic: الجماهيرية العربية الليبية الشعبية الاشتراكية‎, al-Jamāhīrīyah al-‘Arabīyah al-Lībīyah ash-Sha‘bīyah al-Ishtirākīyah), a "state of the masses" conceptualized by Gaddafi. Officially, the Jamahiriya was a direct democracy in which the people ruled themselves through the 187 Basic People's Congresses, where all adult Libyans participated and voted on national decisions. These then sent members to the annual General People's Congress, which was broadcast live on television. In principle, the People's Congresses were Libya's highest authority, with major decisions proposed by government officials or with Gaddafi himself requiring the consent of the People's Congresses. Question: What was the name of the state founded in Libya on March 2, 1977? Answer: Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Question: How many Basic People's Congresses existed in the Jamahiriya? Answer: 187 Question: What body did the members elected by the Basic People's Congresses attend? Answer: General People's Congress Question: How often did the General People's Congress occur? Answer: annual Question: What was the official name of Libya prior to the establishment of the Jamahiriya? Answer: Libyan Arab Republic
Context: In 2004, worldwide sales of audio CDs, CD-ROMs and CD-Rs reached about 30 billion discs. By 2007, 200 billion CDs had been sold worldwide. CDs are increasingly being replaced by other forms of digital storage and distribution, with the result that audio CD sales rates in the U.S. have dropped about 50% from their peak; however, they remain one of the primary distribution methods for the music industry. In 2014, revenues from digital music services matched those from physical format sales for the first time. Question: In what year were digital and physical music sales the same? Answer: 2014 Question: How many CDs had been distrubuted worldwide by 2007? Answer: 200 billion Question: What percent decrease did audio CD sales experience? Answer: 50% Question: How many CDs had been distrubuted around the world by 2007? Answer: 200 billion Question: In 2004 how many CDs had been sold around the world? Answer: 30 billion Question: What year did digital media begin to replace CDs? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How many CDs had been sold in the US by 2007? Answer: Unanswerable Question: In what year did CD sales peak? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Why are CD sales doing better than digital storage services? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How have CD sales changed internationally? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: The persecution reached a peak in Nazi Germany's Final Solution, which led to the Holocaust and the slaughter of approximately 6 million Jews. Of the world's 15 million Jews in 1939, more than a third were killed in the Holocaust. The Holocaust—the state-led systematic persecution and genocide of European Jews (and certain communities of North African Jews in European controlled North Africa) and other minority groups of Europe during World War II by Germany and its collaborators remains the most notable modern-day persecution of Jews. The persecution and genocide were accomplished in stages. Legislation to remove the Jews from civil society was enacted years before the outbreak of World War II. Concentration camps were established in which inmates were used as slave labour until they died of exhaustion or disease. Where the Third Reich conquered new territory in Eastern Europe, specialized units called Einsatzgruppen murdered Jews and political opponents in mass shootings. Jews and Roma were crammed into ghettos before being transported hundreds of miles by freight train to extermination camps where, if they survived the journey, the majority of them were killed in gas chambers. Virtually every arm of Germany's bureaucracy was involved in the logistics of the mass murder, turning the country into what one Holocaust scholar has called "a genocidal nation." Question: How many Jews were slaughtered in the Holocaust? Answer: approximately 6 million Question: Worldwide, how many Jews were there in 1939? Answer: 15 million Question: What was the state-led systematic persecution and genocide of European Jews and other minority groups? Answer: The Holocaust Question: In 1939, what fraction of Jews were killed in The Holocaust? Answer: more than a third Question: Where did the persecution reach its lowest amount? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How many Jews were not killed in the Holocaust? Answer: Unanswerable Question: When was legislation to remove the Jews from civil society struck down? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How many Jews were there before 1939? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What happened when the Third Reich conquered territory in Western Europe? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: The U.S. Senate passed a reform bill in May 2010, following the House which passed a bill in December 2009. These bills must now be reconciled. The New York Times provided a comparative summary of the features of the two bills, which address to varying extent the principles enumerated by the Obama administration. For instance, the Volcker Rule against proprietary trading is not part of the legislation, though in the Senate bill regulators have the discretion but not the obligation to prohibit these trades. Question: When did the U.S. Senate first pass a financial reform bill? Answer: May 2010 Question: When did the U.S. House first pass a financial reform bill? Answer: December 2009 Question: What rule against proprietary trading was not part of legislation passed by either the Senate or House? Answer: Volcker Rule Question: Which bill gave regulators the discretion to prohibit proprietary trades? Answer: Senate
Context: The slave trade was engaged in by European state and non-state actors such as Great Britain, the Netherlands, Portugal and private companies, as well as various African states and non-state actors. With rising anti-slavery sentiment at home and changing economic realities, Great Britain outlawed the international slave trade in 1807. Following the Napoleonic Wars, Great Britain established the West Africa Squadron in an attempt to halt the international traffic in slaves. It stopped ships of other nations that were leaving the African coast with slaves; the seized slaves were taken to Freetown, a colony in West Africa originally established for the resettlement of freed slaves from Britain. Britain intervened in the Lagos Kingship power struggle by bombarding Lagos in 1851, deposing the slave trade friendly Oba Kosoko, helping to install the amenable Oba Akitoye, and signing the Treaty between Great Britain and Lagos on 1 January 1852. Britain annexed Lagos as a Crown Colony in August 1861 with the Lagos Treaty of Cession. British missionaries expanded their operations and travelled further inland. In 1864, Samuel Ajayi Crowther became the first African bishop of the Anglican Church. Question: When did Britain outlaw slave trade? Answer: 1807 Question: After which war did Britain establish its West Africa Squadron? Answer: Napoleonic Wars Question: Where did Britain take slaves it seized from traders? Answer: Freetown Question: Where did Britain intervene in a power struggle? Answer: Lagos Question: Which Lagos king had supported the slave trade? Answer: Oba Kosoko
Context: Many hunter-gatherers consciously manipulate the landscape through cutting or burning undesirable plants while encouraging desirable ones, some even going to the extent of slash-and-burn to create habitat for game animals. These activities are on an entirely different scale to those associated with agriculture, but they are nevertheless domestication on some level. Today, almost all hunter-gatherers depend to some extent upon domesticated food sources either produced part-time or traded for products acquired in the wild. Question: What do hunter-gathers intentionally manipulate? Answer: the landscape Question: How do they manage the landscape? Answer: cutting or burning undesirable plants Question: What technique do they use to make animal habitats? Answer: slash-and-burn Question: What is the manipulation of the landscape associated with? Answer: agriculture Question: What do modern hunter-gatherers depend on at least somewhat? Answer: domesticated food Question: Many hunter-gatherers unconsciously manipulate what? Answer: Unanswerable Question: None of the modern hunter-gatherers depend of which kind of food sources? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Which group uses a slash-and-burn technique to create habitats for humans? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Which group burns desirable plants while encouraging undesirable ones? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Very few hunter-gatherers encourage domestication on what level? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: On January 25, 1918 the third meeting of the All-Russian Congress of Soviets renamed the unrecognized state the Soviet Russian Republic. The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed on March 3, 1918, giving away much of the land of the former Russian Empire to Germany in exchange for peace during the rest of World War I. On July 10, 1918, the Russian Constitution of 1918 renamed the country the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic. By 1918, during the Russian Civil War, several states within the former Russian Empire seceded, reducing the size of the country even more. Question: On what date was the state named the Soviet Russian Republic? Answer: January 25, 1918 Question: What body renamed the state the Soviet Russian Republic? Answer: All-Russian Congress of Soviets Question: When was the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed? Answer: March 3, 1918 Question: The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ceded land to what state? Answer: Germany Question: What document renamed the state the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic? Answer: Russian Constitution of 1918 Question: On what date was the state named the Soviet Communist Republic? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What head renamed the state the Soviet Russian Republic? Answer: Unanswerable Question: When was the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk rejected? Answer: Unanswerable Question: The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk took land from what state? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What person renamed the state the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: iPods have also gained popularity for use in education. Apple offers more information on educational uses for iPods on their website, including a collection of lesson plans. There has also been academic research done in this area in nursing education and more general K-16 education. Duke University provided iPods to all incoming freshmen in the fall of 2004, and the iPod program continues today with modifications. Entertainment Weekly put it on its end-of-the-decade, "best-of" list, saying, "Yes, children, there really was a time when we roamed the earth without thousands of our favorite jams tucked comfortably into our hip pockets. Weird." Question: What University gave an iPod to first year students in 2004? Answer: Duke Question: What publication lauded the iPod for enabling people to listen to thousands of songs on a portable player? Answer: Entertainment Weekly Question: Which major university began issuing iPods to all incoming freshmen starting in 2004? Answer: Duke Question: Which magazine placed the iPod on its Best of the Decade list for the 00's? Answer: Entertainment Weekly
Context: Although its PlayStation predecessors had been very dominant against the competition and were hugely profitable for Sony, PlayStation 3 had an inauspicious start, and Sony chairman and CEO Sir Howard Stringer initially could not convince investors of a turnaround in its fortunes. The PS3 lacked the unique gameplay of the more affordable Wii which became that generation's most successful console in terms of units sold. Furthermore, PS3 had to compete directly with Xbox 360 which had a market head start, and as a result the platform no longer had exclusive titles that the PS2 enjoyed such as the Grand Theft Auto and Final Fantasy series (regarding cross-platform games, Xbox 360 versions were generally considered superior in 2006, although by 2008 the PS3 versions had reached parity or surpassed), and it took longer than expected for PS3 to enjoy strong sales and close the gap with Xbox 360. Sony also continued to lose money on each PS3 sold through 2010, although the redesigned "slim" PS3 has cut these losses since then. Question: What was PlayStation 3's toughest competitor in the video game market? Answer: Wii Question: What did Wii offer that PS3 couldn't compete with? Answer: unique gameplay Question: In 2006, did most people prefer the Xbox 360 or PS3 versions of cross-platform games? Answer: Xbox 360 versions Question: Until what year was Sony seeing a loss on each PlayStation 3 console it sold? Answer: 2010 Question: Which cost less in stores: PS3 or Wii? Answer: Wii Question: What was PlayStation 4's toughest competitor in the video game market? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What did Wii offer that PS3 could compete with? Answer: Unanswerable Question: In 2006, did most people prefer the Xbox or PS2 versions of cross-platform games? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Until what year was Sony seeing a profit on each PlayStation 3 console it sold? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Which cost less in stores: PS2 or Wii? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Adams sent condolences to Donda West's family but declined to publicly discuss the procedure, citing confidentiality. West’s family, through celebrity attorney Ed McPherson, filed complaints with the Medical Board against Adams and Aboolian for violating patient confidentiality following her death. Adams had previously been under scrutiny by the medical board. He appeared on Larry King Live on November 20, 2007, but left before speaking. Two days later, he appeared again, with his attorney, stating he was there to "defend himself". He said that the recently released autopsy results "spoke for themselves". The final coroner's report January 10, 2008, concluded that Donda West died of "coronary artery disease and multiple post-operative factors due to or as a consequence of liposuction and mammoplasty". Question: What talk show did the doctor who performed Donda West's plastic surgery appear on? Answer: Larry King Live Question: What was the final cause of Donda's death determined by the coroner? Answer: "coronary artery disease and multiple post-operative factors due to or as a consequence of liposuction and mammoplasty" Question: What was the name of the West's family's attorney during the incident surrounding the death of Donda West? Answer: Ed McPherson Question: What reasons did West's family give for filing complaints against Adams and Aboolian? Answer: violating patient confidentiality Question: On what show did Adams appear to "defend himself"? Answer: Larry King Live Question: On what day did the final coroner's report show that Donda died from heart disease and complications from surgery? Answer: January 10, 2008
Context: Hokkien has one of the most diverse phoneme inventories among Chinese varieties, with more consonants than Standard Mandarin or Cantonese. Vowels are more-or-less similar to that of Standard Mandarin. Hokkien varieties retain many pronunciations that are no longer found in other Chinese varieties. These include the retention of the /t/ initial, which is now /tʂ/ (Pinyin 'zh') in Mandarin (e.g. 'bamboo' 竹 is tik, but zhú in Mandarin), having disappeared before the 6th century in other Chinese varieties. Question: What Chinese dialect has more consonants than standard Mandarin or Cantonese? Answer: Hokkien Question: How do Hokkien vowels compare to Standard Mandarin vowels? Answer: similar Question: What do Hokkein varieties retain that are no longer found in other Chinese varieties? Answer: many pronunciations Question: Hokkien has one of the most diverse what, among Chinese varieties? Answer: phoneme inventories Question: What do Mandarin and Cantonese have more of than Hokkien? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What other vowels are similar to Cantonese vowels? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What do Hokkien varieties nolonger have that are still found in other Chinese varieties? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What is one of the least diverse phoneme among Chinese varieties? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What does Cantonese have more of among Chinese varieties? Answer: Unanswerable Question: In Hokkien how do the type of diverse phoneme compare to Standard Mandarin? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What does Mandarin have that isn't found in other Chinese varieties? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What has the retention of Cantonese become now in Mandarin? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What do Chinese varieties have more of than Standard Mandarin? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: The Hephthalites (or Ephthalites), also known as the White Huns, were a nomadic confederation in Central Asia during the late antiquity period. The White Huns established themselves in modern-day Afghanistan by the first half of the 5th century. Led by the Hun military leader Toramana, they overran the northern region of Pakistan and North India. Toramana's son Mihirakula, a Saivite Hindu, moved up to near Pataliputra to the east and Gwalior to the central India. Hiuen Tsiang narrates Mihirakula's merciless persecution of Buddhists and destruction of monasteries, though the description is disputed as far as the authenticity is concerned. The Huns were defeated by the Indian kings Yasodharman of Malwa and Narasimhagupta in the 6th century. Some of them were driven out of India and others were assimilated in the Indian society. Question: What type of trib were the Hephthalites? Answer: nomadic confederation Question: Where did the White Huns roam? Answer: Central Asia Question: In what country did the White Huns settle? Answer: Afghanistan Question: What lands did the White Huns take in the 5th century? Answer: Pakistan and North India
Context: Persistent infections occur because the body is unable to clear the organism after the initial infection. Persistent infections are characterized by the continual presence of the infectious organism, often as latent infection with occasional recurrent relapses of active infection. There are some viruses that can maintain a persistent infection by infecting different cells of the body. Some viruses once acquired never leave the body. A typical example is the herpes virus, which tends to hide in nerves and become reactivated when specific circumstances arise. Question: Why do persistent infections occur? Answer: body is unable to clear the organism after the initial infection Question: What are persistent infections characterized by the continual presence of? Answer: the infectious organism Question: How can some viruses main a persistent infection? Answer: by infecting different cells of the body Question: What never leave the body when acquired? Answer: Some viruses Question: Where does the herpes virus hide? Answer: in nerves Question: Why do persistent infections never occur? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What are persistent infections characterized by the continual absence of? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How can some viruses cure a persistent infection? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What always leave the body when acquired? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Where does the herpes virus avoid? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: In the early 19th century, the role of Utrecht as a fortified town had become obsolete. The fortifications of the Nieuwe Hollandse Waterlinie were moved east of Utrecht. The town walls could now be demolished to allow for expansion. The moats remained intact and formed an important feature of the Zocher plantsoen, an English style landscape park that remains largely intact today. Growth of the city increased when, in 1843, a railway connecting Utrecht to Amsterdam was opened. After that, Utrecht gradually became the main hub of the Dutch railway network. With the industrial revolution finally gathering speed in the Netherlands and the ramparts taken down, Utrecht began to grow far beyond the medieval centre. In 1853, the Dutch government allowed the bishopric of Utrecht to be reinstated by Rome, and Utrecht became the centre of Dutch Catholicism once more. From the 1880s onward neighbourhoods such as Oudwijk, Wittevrouwen, Vogelenbuurt to the East, and Lombok to the West were developed. New middle class residential areas, such as Tuindorp and Oog in Al, were built in the 1920s and 1930s. During this period, several Jugendstil houses and office buildings were built, followed by Rietveld who built the Rietveld Schröder House (1924), and Dudok's construction of the city theater (1941). Question: What hapend in the early 19th century Answer: the role of Utrecht as a fortified town had become obsolete Question: In 1843 what brought growth to Utrecht Answer: a railway connecting Utrecht to Amsterdam was opened Question: What was reinstated in 1853 Answer: the Dutch government allowed the bishopric of Utrecht to be reinstated by Rome, and Utrecht became the centre of Dutch Catholicism Question: what was built in the 1920's and 1930's Answer: New middle class residential areas, such as Tuindorp and Oog in Al, were built Question: What became obsolete in the 1900's? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What was moved to allow for expansion? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What connected Utrecht to Amsterdam in the 18th century? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What made Amsterdam the main hub of the Dutch railway? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What did Rietveld build in the 19th century? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Perhaps, his most notable letter was his Festal Letter, written to his Church in Alexandria when he was in exile, as he could not be in their presence. This letter shows clearly his stand that accepting Jesus is the Divine Son of God is not optional but necessary; "I know moreover that not only this thing saddens you, but also the fact that while others have obtained the churches by violence, you are meanwhile cast out from your places. For they hold the places, but you the Apostolic Faith. They are, it is true, in the places, but outside of the true Faith; while you are outside the places indeed, but the Faith, within you. Let us consider whether is the greater, the place or the Faith. Clearly the true Faith. Who then has lost more, or who possesses more? He who holds the place, or he who holds the Faith? Question: Did Athanasius feel that it was important to believe that Jesus was the Son of God? Answer: not optional but necessary Question: Did his place more value on his Faith or where he was living? Answer: the true Faith Question: Did he think that the people that had exiled him were true believers? Answer: outside of the true Faith Question: Where did Athanasius think Faith resides? Answer: within you Question: Who was the Festal Letter written for? Answer: his Church in Alexandria Question: What did Athanasius feel was optional? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Where didn't Athanasius think Faith resides? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Who was the Festal book written for? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: The GDP of Thuringia is below the national average, in line with the other former East German Lands. Until 2004, Thuringia was one of the weakest regions within the European Union. The accession of several new countries, the crisis in southern Europe and the sustained economic growth in Germany since 2005 has brought the Thuringian GDP close to the EU average since then. The high economic subsidies granted by the federal government and the EU after 1990 are being reduced gradually and will end around 2020. Question: Where is the GDP of Thuringia? Answer: below the national average Question: For how long was Thuringia one of the weakest regions in the EU? Answer: Until 2004 Question: What has helped to improve Thuringia? Answer: The accession of several new countries, the crisis in southern Europe and the sustained economic growth Question: When will government subsidies to Thuringia end? Answer: around 2020 Question: Where is the GDP of Thuringia never at? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How long was Thuringia one of the strongest regions in the EU? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What has helped to sabotage Thuringia? Answer: Unanswerable Question: When will government subsidies to Thuringia renew? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: A freight elevator, or goods lift, is an elevator designed to carry goods, rather than passengers. Freight elevators are generally required to display a written notice in the car that the use by passengers is prohibited (though not necessarily illegal), though certain freight elevators allow dual use through the use of an inconspicuous riser. In order for an elevator to be legal to carry passengers in some jurisdictions it must have a solid inner door. Freight elevators are typically larger and capable of carrying heavier loads than a passenger elevator, generally from 2,300 to 4,500 kg. Freight elevators may have manually operated doors, and often have rugged interior finishes to prevent damage while loading and unloading. Although hydraulic freight elevators exist, electric elevators are more energy efficient for the work of freight lifting.[citation needed] Question: What is another name for a freight elevator? Answer: goods lift Question: What type of notice is required to be visible in most freight elevators? Answer: a written notice in the car that the use by passengers is prohibited Question: Some freight elevators allow transport of both freight and passengers by using what? Answer: an inconspicuous riser Question: How do freight elevators differ from passenger elevators? Answer: Freight elevators are typically larger and capable of carrying heavier loads than a passenger elevator Question: What type of elevator is better suited for carrying freight? Answer: electric elevators
Context: Turkish authorities deny the genocide took place to this day. The Armenian Genocide is acknowledged to have been one of the first modern genocides. According to the research conducted by Arnold J. Toynbee, an estimated 600,000 Armenians died during deportation from 1915–16). This figure, however, accounts for solely the first year of the Genocide and does not take into account those who died or were killed after the report was compiled on the 24th May 1916. The International Association of Genocide Scholars places the death toll at "more than a million". The total number of people killed has been most widely estimated at between 1 and 1.5 million. Question: How many Armenians died during the second phase of the Armenian Genocide between 1915-1916?? Answer: 600,000 Question: What is the estimated sum of people who died during the Armenian Genocide? Answer: between 1 and 1.5 million Question: Who contests the existence of the Armenian Genocide? Answer: Turkish authorities Question: Who put together a report about the Armenian Genocide? Answer: Arnold J. Toynbee Question: When was Toynbee's report put together? Answer: 24th May 1916
Context: The Church of the Holy Apostles in Thessaloniki was built in 1310–14. Although some vandal systematically removed the gold tesserae of the background it can be seen that the Pantokrator and the prophets in the dome follow the traditional Byzantine pattern. Many details are similar to the Pammakaristos mosaics so it is supposed that the same team of mosaicists worked in both buildings. Another building with a related mosaic decoration is the Theotokos Paregoritissa Church in Arta. The church was established by the Despot of Epirus in 1294–96. In the dome is the traditional stern Pantokrator, with prophets and cherubim below. Question: When was the Church of the Holy Apostles built? Answer: 1310–14 Question: Who removed the gold tesserae in the background of the mosaic at the Church of the Holy Apostles? Answer: some vandal Question: Where is the Theotokos Paregoritissa Church located? Answer: Arta Question: Who established the Theotokos Paregoritissa Church in 1294-96? Answer: the Despot of Epirus Question: The same team of mosaicists worked on the Church of the Holy Apostles in Thessaloniki as which other building? Answer: Pammakaristos
Context: Details of school casualties had been under non-governmental investigation since December 2008 by volunteers including artist and architect Ai Weiwei, who had been constantly posting updates on his blog since March 2009. The official tally of students killed in the earthquake was not released until May 7, 2009, almost a year after the earthquake. According to the state-run Xinhua news agency, the earthquake killed 5,335 students and left another 546 children disabled. In the aftermath of the earthquake, the Chinese government declared that parents who had lost their only children would get free treatment from fertility clinics to reverse vasectomies and tubal ligations conducted by family planning authorities. Question: When did an investigation occur under school casualties? Answer: December 2008 Question: When was the official tally of students killed in the earthquake released? Answer: May 7, 2009 Question: How many students were killed in Xinhua? Answer: 5,335 Question: How many students were disabled in Xinhua? Answer: 546 Question: What date were the official numbers of students killed in the earthquake released? Answer: May 7, 2009 Question: Who kept a blog about the school deaths? Answer: Ai Weiwei Question: What is the total of school children killed? Answer: 5,335 Question: How many children are disabled? Answer: 546 Question: Where did the Chinese government decide that parents who had lost children could go for free treatment? Answer: fertility clinics
Context: Insect respiration is accomplished without lungs. Instead, the insect respiratory system uses a system of internal tubes and sacs through which gases either diffuse or are actively pumped, delivering oxygen directly to tissues that need it via their trachea (element 8 in numbered diagram). Since oxygen is delivered directly, the circulatory system is not used to carry oxygen, and is therefore greatly reduced. The insect circulatory system has no veins or arteries, and instead consists of little more than a single, perforated dorsal tube which pulses peristaltically. Toward the thorax, the dorsal tube (element 14) divides into chambers and acts like the insect's heart. The opposite end of the dorsal tube is like the aorta of the insect circulating the hemolymph, arthropods' fluid analog of blood, inside the body cavity.:61–65 Air is taken in through openings on the sides of the abdomen called spiracles. Question: Respiration for insects happens without what? Answer: lungs Question: Insect's respiratory system contains sacs, and what else? Answer: internal tubes Question: What gets diffused or actively pumped through an insect's respiratory system? Answer: gases Question: What gets delivered to tissues in an insect's respiratory system? Answer: oxygen Question: Which system inside an insect's respiratory system does not carry oxygen? Answer: circulatory system
Context: There are nevertheless a number of contemporary hunter-gatherer peoples who, after contact with other societies, continue their ways of life with very little external influence. One such group is the Pila Nguru (Spinifex people) of Western Australia, whose habitat in the Great Victoria Desert has proved unsuitable for European agriculture (and even pastoralism).[citation needed] Another are the Sentinelese of the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean, who live on North Sentinel Island and to date have maintained their independent existence, repelling attempts to engage with and contact them.[citation needed] Question: What is the name of the Spinifex people? Answer: Pila Nguru Question: Where do the Pila Nguru people live? Answer: Western Australia Question: Who refuses contact with outsiders on Sentinel Island? Answer: Sentinelese Question: Where are the Sentinelese and the Andaman Islands? Answer: Indian Ocean Question: Which group is located in Western Austria? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Which group is located in the Gobi Desert? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Which group lives on the North Sands Island? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Which group has not maintained their independent existence? Answer: Unanswerable Question: The habitat located where has proved suitable for European agriculture? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Nasser had few personal vices other than chain smoking. He maintained 18-hour workdays and rarely took time off for vacations. The combination of smoking and working long hours contributed to his poor health. He was diagnosed with diabetes in the early 1960s and by the time of his death in 1970, he also had arteriosclerosis, heart disease, and high blood pressure. He suffered two major heart attacks (in 1966 and 1969), and was on bed rest for six weeks after the second episode. State media reported that Nasser's absence from the public view at that time was a result of influenza. Question: What was Nasser's principle vice? Answer: chain smoking Question: How long was a typical workday for Nasser? Answer: 18-hour Question: What illness was Nasser diagnosed with in 1960? Answer: diabetes Question: What year did Nasser die? Answer: 1970 Question: What did Egyptian state media claim was the reason for Nasser's absence after his second heart attack? Answer: influenza
Context: The roles and responsibilities of the minority leader are not well-defined. To a large extent, the functions of the minority leader are defined by tradition and custom. A minority leader from 1931 to 1939, Representative Bertrand Snell, R-N.Y., provided this "job description": "He is spokesman for his party and enunciates its policies. He is required to be alert and vigilant in defense of the minority's rights. It is his function and duty to criticize constructively the policies and programs of the majority, and to this end employ parliamentary tactics and give close attention to all proposed legislation." Question: Are minority leadership roles specified closely? Answer: are not well-defined Question: What congressman largely specified the job description of minority leader? Answer: Representative Bertrand Snell Question: What despcription was assigned to minority leader in part? Answer: He is spokesman for his party and enunciates its policies. Question: What defines a large part of minority leader role? Answer: tradition and custom Question: How defined are the roles of majority leader? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What is used to define what the function of majority leader is? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What kind of tactics were usually used by the majority leader from 1931-1939? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What are some of the duties of a majority leader? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What is majority leader supposed to defend for the majority? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: John, the youngest of five sons of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, was at first not expected to inherit significant lands. Following the failed rebellion of his elder brothers between 1173 and 1174, however, John became Henry's favourite child. He was appointed the Lord of Ireland in 1177 and given lands in England and on the continent. John's elder brothers William, Henry and Geoffrey died young; by the time Richard I became king in 1189, John was a potential heir to the throne. John unsuccessfully attempted a rebellion against Richard's royal administrators whilst his brother was participating in the Third Crusade. Despite this, after Richard died in 1199, John was proclaimed King of England, and came to an agreement with Philip II of France to recognise John's possession of the continental Angevin lands at the peace treaty of Le Goulet in 1200. Question: Who was Henry's favorite child? Answer: John Question: When was John appointed the Lord of Ireland? Answer: 1177 Question: When did Richard I become king? Answer: 1189 Question: Who unsuccessfully attempted a rebellion against Richard's royal administrators? Answer: John
Context: The most commonly given starting point for the Middle Ages is 476, first used by Bruni.[A] For Europe as a whole, 1500 is often considered to be the end of the Middle Ages, but there is no universally agreed upon end date. Depending on the context, events such as Christopher Columbus's first voyage to the Americas in 1492, the conquest of Constantinople by the Turks in 1453, or the Protestant Reformation in 1517 are sometimes used. English historians often use the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485 to mark the end of the period. For Spain, dates commonly used are the death of King Ferdinand II in 1516, the death of Queen Isabella I of Castile in 1504, or the conquest of Granada in 1492. Historians from Romance-speaking countries tend to divide the Middle Ages into two parts: an earlier "High" and later "Low" period. English-speaking historians, following their German counterparts, generally subdivide the Middle Ages into three intervals: "Early", "High", and "Late". In the 19th century, the entire Middle Ages were often referred to as the "Dark Ages",[B] but with the adoption of these subdivisions, use of this term was restricted to the Early Middle Ages, at least among historians. Question: What date is usually given as the beginning of the Middle Ages? Answer: 476 Question: Who was the first writer to date the Middle Ages from 476? Answer: Bruni Question: When is the Middle Ages generally considered to have ended? Answer: 1500 Question: In what year did the Turks conquer Constantinople? Answer: 1453 Question: When did Ferdinand II die? Answer: 1516
Context: The closest links of the U.S. IC to other foreign intelligence agencies are to Anglophone countries: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. There is a special communications marking that signals that intelligence-related messages can be shared with these four countries. An indication of the United States' close operational cooperation is the creation of a new message distribution label within the main U.S. military communications network. Previously, the marking of NOFORN (i.e., No Foreign Nationals) required the originator to specify which, if any, non-U.S. countries could receive the information. A new handling caveat, USA/AUS/CAN/GBR/NZL Five Eyes, used primarily on intelligence messages, gives an easier way to indicate that the material can be shared with Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, and New Zealand. Question: Which four countries can share communications with the U.S. IC? Answer: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom Question: What does NOFORN stand for? Answer: No Foreign Nationals Question: What is the special marking that shows messages can be shared with these other five countries? Answer: USA/AUS/CAN/GBR/NZL Five Eyes
Context: Most birds scoop water in their beaks and raise their head to let water run down the throat. Some species, especially of arid zones, belonging to the pigeon, finch, mousebird, button-quail and bustard families are capable of sucking up water without the need to tilt back their heads. Some desert birds depend on water sources and sandgrouse are particularly well known for their daily congregations at waterholes. Nesting sandgrouse and many plovers carry water to their young by wetting their belly feathers. Some birds carry water for chicks at the nest in their crop or regurgitate it along with food. The pigeon family, flamingos and penguins have adaptations to produce a nutritive fluid called crop milk that they provide to their chicks. Question: How do nesting sandgrouse carry water to their young? Answer: wetting their belly feathers Question: What is one family of birds have adaptations to produce a nutritive fluid to their chicks? Answer: The pigeon family Question: What is a nutritive fluid that some birds provide to their chicks? Answer: crop milk Question: What is crop milk? Answer: a nutritive fluid
Context: Von Neumann's hydrogen bomb work was played out in the realm of computing, where he and Stanislaw Ulam developed simulations on von Neumann's digital computers for the hydrodynamic computations. During this time he contributed to the development of the Monte Carlo method, which allowed solutions to complicated problems to be approximated using random numbers. His algorithm for simulating a fair coin with a biased coin is used in the "software whitening" stage of some hardware random number generators. Because using lists of "truly" random numbers was extremely slow, von Neumann developed a form of making pseudorandom numbers, using the middle-square method. Though this method has been criticized as crude, von Neumann was aware of this: he justified it as being faster than any other method at his disposal, and also noted that when it went awry it did so obviously, unlike methods which could be subtly incorrect. "Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin." Question: Where were the computations for hydrogen bomb worked out? Answer: von Neumann's digital computers Question: What was the Monte Carlo method? Answer: allowed solutions to complicated problems to be approximated using random numbers Question: Due to slow use of random numbers what was developed? Answer: pseudorandom numbers
Context: President Juárez once again based his government in the state of Chihuahua and it served as the center for the resistance against the French invasion throughout Mexico. On March 25, 1866, a battle ensued in the Plaza de Armas in the center of Chihuahua City between the French imperial forces that were guarding the plaza and the Republican forces led by General Terrazas. Being completely caught off guard, the French imperial forces sought refuge by bunkering themselves in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Our Lady of Regla, and St Fancis of Assisi and made it almost impossible to penetrate their defenses. General Terrazas then decided to fire a heavy artillery barrage with 8 kg cannonballs. The first cannon fired hit a bell in the tower of the church, instantly breaking it in half; soon after, 200 men of the imperial army forces surrendered. The republican forces had recovered control over the state capital. The bell in the church was declared a historical monument and can be seen today in the Cathedral. By April 1866, the state government had established a vital trading route from Chihuahua City to San Antonio, Texas; the government began to replenish their supplies and reinforce their fight against the Imperial forces. Question: Juarez again based his government in which state? Answer: Chihuahua Question: The base served as the center for the resistance against whose invasion? Answer: the French invasion Question: On March 25, 1866, a battle ensued where in Chihuahua City? Answer: Plaza de Armas Question: Who decided to fire a heavy artillery barrage with 8 kg cannonballs? Answer: General Terrazas Question: Which structure in the church became a historical monument? Answer: The bell
Context: On March 27, 2015 Sassou Nguesso announced that his government would hold a referendum to change the country's 2002 constitution and allow him to run for a third consecutive term in office. On October 25 the government held a referendum to allow Sassou Nguesso to run in the next election. The government claimed that the proposal as approved by 92 percent of voters with 72 percent of eligible voters participating. The opposition, who had boycotted the referendum claimed that the government's statistics were false and that the vote was a sham. Question: When did Sassou reveal that there would be a vote to alter the 2002 constitution? Answer: March 27, 2015 Question: Which term did the new constitution allow Sassou to pursue? Answer: third Question: When did Sassou announce that his government would not change the 2002 constitution? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What changed the 2015 constitution? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What percentage of people did the government claim opposed the proposal? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What percentage of people did the government claim did not vote? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What allowed Sassou to run for a second term? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Dutch is one of the closest relatives of both German and English[n 5] and is said to be roughly in between them.[n 6] Dutch, like English, has not undergone the High German consonant shift, does not use Germanic umlaut as a grammatical marker, has largely abandoned the use of the subjunctive, and has levelled much of its morphology, including the case system.[n 7] Features shared with German include the survival of three grammatical genders—albeit with few grammatical consequences[n 8]—as well as the use of modal particles, final-obstruent devoicing, and a similar word order.[n 9] Dutch vocabulary is mostly Germanic and incorporates more Romance loans than German but fewer than English.[n 10] Question: Which two languages does Dutch most closely resemble? Answer: German and English Question: Which Germanic accent mark do both the English and the Dutch language not use? Answer: umlaut Question: Unlike English, both German and Dutch use how many genders in their grammar? Answer: three Question: Which verb tense have both English and Dutch mostly gotten rid of? Answer: subjunctive Question: Does Dutch borrow more or less from Romance languages for its vocabulary than German? Answer: more
Context: Democrats were elected to the legislature and governor's office, but the Populists attracted voters displeased with them. In 1896 a biracial, Populist-Republican Fusionist coalition gained the governor's office. The Democrats regained control of the legislature in 1896 and passed laws to impose Jim Crow and racial segregation of public facilities. Voters of North Carolina's 2nd congressional district elected a total of four African-American congressmen through these years of the late 19th century. Question: What political party was elected to the legislature and Governors office? Answer: Democrats Question: What political group attracted voters displeased with Democrats? Answer: Populists Question: What year did a biracial Populist fusion gain the Governors office? Answer: 1896 Question: What year did the Democrats regain control of the governors office from the biracial Populists? Answer: 1896 Question: In the 19th century, how many african american congressmen were elected? Answer: four
Context: As mayor, Young sought to revive the city by seeking to increase investment in the city's declining downtown. The Renaissance Center, a mixed-use office and retail complex, opened in 1977. This group of skyscrapers was an attempt to keep businesses in downtown. Young also gave city support to other large developments to attract middle and upper-class residents back to the city. Despite the Renaissance Center and other projects, the downtown area continued to lose businesses to the suburbs. Major stores and hotels closed and many large office buildings went vacant. Young was criticized for being too focused on downtown development and not doing enough to lower the city's high crime rate and improve city services. Question: What group of buildings opened in 1977? Answer: The Renaissance Center Question: What was Mayor Young criticized for not reducing? Answer: high crime rate Question: What area did downtown Detroit continue to lose businesses to? Answer: suburbs
Context: In the same war, the Prussian Edward Schnell served the Aizu domain as a military instructor and procurer of weapons. He was granted the Japanese name Hiramatsu Buhei (平松武兵衛), which inverted the characters of the daimyo's name Matsudaira. Hiramatsu (Schnell) was given the right to wear swords, as well as a residence in the castle town of Wakamatsu, a Japanese wife, and retainers. In many contemporary references, he is portrayed wearing a Japanese kimono, overcoat, and swords, with Western riding trousers and boots. Question: What nationality was Edward Schnell? Answer: Prussian Question: What duties did Edward Schnell have? Answer: military instructor and procurer of weapons Question: Who did Edward Schnell work for? Answer: the Aizu domain Question: What was Edward Schnell's Japanese name? Answer: Hiramatsu Buhei Question: Where did Edward Schnell live? Answer: Wakamatsu
Context: Certain bacteria form close spatial associations that are essential for their survival. One such mutualistic association, called interspecies hydrogen transfer, occurs between clusters of anaerobic bacteria that consume organic acids, such as butyric acid or propionic acid, and produce hydrogen, and methanogenic Archaea that consume hydrogen. The bacteria in this association are unable to consume the organic acids as this reaction produces hydrogen that accumulates in their surroundings. Only the intimate association with the hydrogen-consuming Archaea keeps the hydrogen concentration low enough to allow the bacteria to grow. Question: What helps bacteria to survive? Answer: close spatial associations Question: What kind of bacteria can form interspecies hydrogen transfer? Answer: anaerobic bacteria Question: What do anaerobic bacteria consume? Answer: butyric acid or propionic acid
Context: Perhaps the greatest question regarding the future development of transnational policing is: in whose interest is it? At a more practical level, the question translates into one about how to make transnational policing institutions democratically accountable (Sheptycki, 2004). For example, according to the Global Accountability Report for 2007 (Lloyd, et al. 2007) Interpol had the lowest scores in its category (IGOs), coming in tenth with a score of 22% on overall accountability capabilities (p. 19). As this report points out, and the existing academic literature on transnational policing seems to confirm, this is a secretive area and one not open to civil society involvement. Question: Who wrote the Global Accountability Report for 2007? Answer: Lloyd, et al. Question: What is the least-accountable IGO? Answer: Interpol Question: How accountable is Interpol? Answer: 22% Question: Why is transnational policing so unaccountable? Answer: this is a secretive area and one not open to civil society involvement Question: Who wrote the Local Accountability Report for 2007? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What is the most-accountable IGO? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How unaccountable is Interpol? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Why is transnational policing so accountable? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Why isn't transnational policing so unaccountable? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: To Kill a Mockingbird was Lee's only published book until Go Set a Watchman, an earlier draft of To Kill a Mockingbird, was published on July 14, 2015. Lee continued to respond to her work's impact until her death in February 2016, although she had refused any personal publicity for herself or the novel since 1964. Question: When did Harper Lee pass away? Answer: February 2016 Question: What is the only other work Harper Lee published? Answer: Go Set a Watchman Question: What is the name of Lee's second published work? Answer: Go Set a Watchman Question: When was the second book published? Answer: July 14, 2015 Question: When did Lee die? Answer: February 2016
Context: The book has also been adapted as a play by Christopher Sergel. It debuted in 1990 in Monroeville, a town that labels itself "The Literary Capital of Alabama". The play runs every May on the county courthouse grounds and townspeople make up the cast. White male audience members are chosen at the intermission to make up the jury. During the courtroom scene the production moves into the Monroe County Courthouse and the audience is racially segregated. Author Albert Murray said of the relationship of the town to the novel (and the annual performance): "It becomes part of the town ritual, like the religious underpinning of Mardi Gras. With the whole town crowded around the actual courthouse, it's part of a central, civic education—what Monroeville aspires to be." Question: Who turned the novel into a play? Answer: Christopher Sergel Question: When was the play for To Kill a Mockingbird first performed? Answer: 1990 Question: What town labeled itself "The Literary Capital of Alabama"? Answer: Monroeville Question: Who makes up the cast of the annual play based on the book performed in Monroeville? Answer: townspeople Question: During the courtroom scene, what happens to the audience? Answer: racially segregated
Context: According to a 2007 BSA and International Data Corporation (IDC) study, the five countries with the highest rates of software piracy were: 1. Armenia (93%); 2. Bangladesh (92%); 3. Azerbaijan (92%); 4. Moldova (92%); and 5. Zimbabwe (91%). According to the study's results, the five countries with the lowest piracy rates were: 1. U.S. (20%); 2. Luxembourg (21%); 3. New Zealand (22%); 4. Japan (23%); and 5. Austria (25%). The 2007 report showed that the Asia-Pacific region was associated with the highest amount of loss, in terms of U.S. dollars, with $14,090,000, followed by the European Union, with a loss of $12,383,000; the lowest amount of U.S. dollars was lost in the Middle East/Africa region, where $2,446,000 was documented. Question: Who did a study in 2007 regarding the five countries with the highest rates of software piracy? Answer: BSA and International Data Corporation Question: Which country had the lowest rate of software piracy? Answer: U.S. Question: Which region had the highest loss? Answer: Asia-Pacific Question: How much did the EU lose? Answer: $12,383,000 Question: Where was the lowest amount of U.S. dollars lost? Answer: Middle East/Africa region Question: Who did a study in 2000 regarding the five countries with the highest rates of software piracy? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Who did a study in 2007 regarding the five cities with the highest rates of software piracy? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Which country had the highest rate of hardware piracy? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Which region had the highest gain? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How much did the EU gain? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: A central teaching of Jehovah's Witnesses is that the current world era, or "system of things", entered the "last days" in 1914 and faces imminent destruction through intervention by God and Jesus Christ, leading to deliverance for those who worship God acceptably. They consider all other present-day religions to be false, identifying them with "Babylon the Great", or the "harlot", of Revelation 17, and believe that they will soon be destroyed by the United Nations, which they believe is represented in scripture by the scarlet-colored wild beast of Revelation chapter 17. This development will mark the beginning of the "great tribulation". Satan will subsequently attack Jehovah's Witnesses, an action that will prompt God to begin the war of Armageddon, during which all forms of government and all people not counted as Christ's "sheep", or true followers, will be destroyed. After Armageddon, God will extend his heavenly kingdom to include earth, which will be transformed into a paradise similar to the Garden of Eden. After Armageddon, most of those who had died before God's intervention will gradually be resurrected during "judgment day" lasting for one thousand years. This judgment will be based on their actions after resurrection rather than past deeds. At the end of the thousand years, Christ will hand all authority back to God. Then a final test will take place when Satan is released to mislead perfect mankind. Those who fail will be destroyed, along with Satan and his demons. The end result will be a fully tested, glorified human race. Question: One of Jehovah Witnesses' central teachings is that the world entered into its last days at what year? Answer: 1914 Question: What do Jehovah Witnesses consider all other present day religions to be? Answer: false Question: Who do Jehovah Witnesses think is out to destroy them? Answer: the United Nations Question: Who needs to attack Jehovah Witnesses for God to begin the war of Armageddon? Answer: Satan Question: What will be the end result of God's kingdom? Answer: a fully tested, glorified human race Question: In what year was the United Nations formed? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Where does everyone go who isn't destroyed along with Satan and his demons? Answer: Unanswerable Question: In what year did the Jehovah's Witnesses religion get formed? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How many demons will Satan be leading? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What happens to those who died during God's intervention? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: The task of organizing the U.S. Army commenced in 1775. In the first one hundred years of its existence, the United States Army was maintained as a small peacetime force to man permanent forts and perform other non-wartime duties such as engineering and construction works. During times of war, the U.S. Army was augmented by the much larger United States Volunteers which were raised independently by various state governments. States also maintained full-time militias which could also be called into the service of the army. Question: What year was the U.S. army organized? Answer: 1775 Question: What group combined with the U.S. Army? Answer: United States Volunteers Question: Who raised the United States Volunteers? Answer: various state governments Question: What year was the Canadian army organized? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What group combined with the U.S. Navy? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Who dismantled the United States Volunteers? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What did cities maintain full-time? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What is also called into the service of the Navy? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: In the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible for regulating pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA). Studies must be conducted to establish the conditions in which the material is safe to use and the effectiveness against the intended pest(s). The EPA regulates pesticides to ensure that these products do not pose adverse effects to humans or the environment. Pesticides produced before November 1984 continue to be reassessed in order to meet the current scientific and regulatory standards. All registered pesticides are reviewed every 15 years to ensure they meet the proper standards. During the registration process, a label is created. The label contains directions for proper use of the material in addition to safety restrictions. Based on acute toxicity, pesticides are assigned to a Toxicity Class. Question: What is a measure of pesticides determined in EPA studies? Answer: material is safe to use and the effectiveness Question: Who is protected by EPA regulations? Answer: humans or the environment Question: Pesticides are inspected often to make sure they meet up to date safety regulations from what period of time. Answer: before November 1984 Question: How often are pesticides produced more recently evaluated for safety? Answer: every 15 years Question: How could someone learn more about how to safely use and handle an unknow pesticide? Answer: label Question: In what year was the EPA established? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How many years did it take to pass the FIFRA act? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What are foods assigned to based on the FQPA act passed in 1984? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What happens to foods in a Toxicity Class after 1984? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Why are foods evaluated after 1984 reassessed? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Somerset has a high indigenous British population, with 98.8% registering as white British and 92.4% of these as born in the United Kingdom. Chinese is the largest ethnic group, while the black minority ethnic proportion of the total population is 2.9%. Over 25% of Somerset's population is concentrated in Taunton, Bridgwater and Yeovil. The rest of the county is rural and sparsely populated. Over 9 million tourist nights are spent in Somerset each year, which significantly increases the population at peak times. Question: What percentage of the population is native Answer: Somerset has a high indigenous British population, with 98.8% registering as white British and 92.4% of these as born in the United Kingdom Question: The largest ethnic group in somerset county is Answer: Chinese is the largest ethnic group Question: Tauton Bridgewater and Yeovil has what concentration of the population Answer: Over 25% of Somerset's population is concentrated in Taunton, Bridgwater and Yeovil Question: How many tourist nights are spent in Somerset Answer: Over 9 million tourist nights are spent in Somerset each year Question: What is the percentage of Chinese people in Somerset? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How many people live in Somerset? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What is Somerset's most populous city? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What proportion of Somerset's residents live in Taunton? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What proportion of the Chinese ethnic group live in rural Somerset? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Nintendo was not as restrictive as Sega, which did not permit third-party publishing until Mediagenic in late summer 1988. Nintendo's intention, however, was to reserve a large part of NES game revenue for itself. Nintendo required that they be the sole manufacturer of all cartridges, and that the publisher had to pay in full before the cartridges for that game be produced. Cartridges could not be returned to Nintendo, so publishers assumed all the risk. As a result, some publishers lost more money due to distress sales of remaining inventory at the end of the NES era than they ever earned in profits from sales of the games. Because Nintendo controlled the production of all cartridges, it was able to enforce strict rules on its third-party developers, which were required to sign a contract by Nintendo that would obligate these parties to develop exclusively for the system, order at least 10,000 cartridges, and only make five games per year. A 1988 shortage of DRAM and ROM chips also reportedly caused Nintendo to only permit 25% of publishers' requests for cartridges. This was an average figure, with some publishers receiving much higher amounts and others almost none. GameSpy noted that Nintendo's "iron-clad terms" made the company many enemies during the 1980s. Some developers tried to circumvent the five game limit by creating additional company brands like Konami's Ultra Games label; others tried circumventing the 10NES chip. Question: When did Sega finally permit third-party publishing? Answer: summer 1988 Question: What was the name of the 1st company Sega permitted? Answer: Mediagenic Question: Nintendo was the sole manufacturer of what component for third-party developers? Answer: cartridges Question: As cartridges couldn't be returned to Nintendo, the developers took on the entirety of what? Answer: risk Question: What year was there a shortage of DRAM and ROM chips? Answer: 1988 Question: When did Sega finally permit fourth-party publishing? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What was the name of the 2nd company Sega permitted? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Nintendo wasn't the sole manufacturer of what component for third-party developers? Answer: Unanswerable Question: As cartridges could be returned to Nintendo, the developers took on the entirety of what? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What year wasn't there a shortage of DRAM and ROM chips? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: In July 2012, the USB Promoters Group announced the finalization of the USB Power Delivery ("PD") specification, an extension that specifies using certified "PD aware" USB cables with standard USB Type-A and Type-B connectors to deliver increased power (more than 7.5 W) to devices with larger power demand. Devices can request higher currents and supply voltages from compliant hosts – up to 2 A at 5 V (for a power consumption of up to 10 W), and optionally up to 3 A or 5 A at either 12 V (36 W or 60 W) or 20 V (60 W or 100 W). In all cases, both host-to-device and device-to-host configurations are supported. Question: When did the USB Promoters Group announce the finalization of the USB Power Delivery specification? Answer: In July 2012 Question: What can devices request? Answer: higher currents and supply voltages from compliant hosts Question: In all cases, both host-to-device and device-to-host configurations are what? Answer: supported
Context: This work has been pioneered by John B. Cobb, Jr., whose book Is It Too Late? A Theology of Ecology (1971) was the first single-authored book in environmental ethics. Cobb also co-authored a book with economist Herman Daly entitled For the Common Good: Redirecting the Economy toward Community, the Environment, and a Sustainable Future (1989), which applied Whitehead's thought to economics, and received the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. Cobb followed this with a second book, Sustaining the Common Good: A Christian Perspective on the Global Economy (1994), which aimed to challenge "economists' zealous faith in the great god of growth." Question: What was the first book on environmental ethics by an individual author? Answer: Is It Too Late? A Theology of Ecology Question: On which economics book did Cobb collaborate with Herman Daly? Answer: For the Common Good: Redirecting the Economy toward Community, the Environment, and a Sustainable Future Question: What award did Cobb and Daly receive for the book? Answer: Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order Question: What other economics book did Cobb go on to author? Answer: Sustaining the Common Good: A Christian Perspective on the Global Economy Question: What was the goal of Cobb's second book on economics? Answer: to challenge "economists' zealous faith in the great god of growth." Question: What was the last book on environmental ethics by an individual author? Answer: Unanswerable Question: On which economics book did Cobb kick out Herman Daly? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What award did Cobb and Daly lose for the book? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What other science book did Cobb go on to author? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Bush focused his campaign on national security, presenting himself as a decisive leader and contrasted Kerry as a "flip-flopper." This strategy was designed to convey to American voters the idea that Bush could be trusted to be tough on terrorism while Kerry would be "uncertain in the face of danger." Bush (just as his father did with Dukakis in the 1988 election) also sought to portray Kerry as a "Massachusetts liberal" who was out of touch with mainstream Americans. One of Kerry's slogans was "Stronger at home, respected in the world." This advanced the suggestion that Kerry would pay more attention to domestic concerns; it also encapsulated Kerry's contention that Bush had alienated American allies by his foreign policy. Question: What was the primary focus of Bush's campaign? Answer: national security Question: How did Bush try to convey that he was the stronger, tougher candidate? Answer: presenting himself as a decisive leader and contrasted Kerry as a "flip-flopper." Question: What phrase did Kerry use to try to express that he was more concerned for America? Answer: "Stronger at home, respected in the world." Question: What does Kerry feel Bush aliented the American people with? Answer: his foreign policy Question: The stategy that Bush used against Kerry was compared to what other similar strategy in the past? Answer: just as his father did with Dukakis in the 1988 election Question: What did Dukakis focus his campaign on? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What kind of leader did Dukakis want to be seen as? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How was Bush portrayed as when compared to Dukakis? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What attitude did Dukakis have on terrorism? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What perception made Bush appear weaker than Dukakis? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Indian astronomer and mathematician Aryabhata (476-550), in his Aryabhatiya (499) introduced a number of trigonometric functions (including sine, versine, cosine and inverse sine), trigonometric tables, and techniques and algorithms of algebra. In 628 AD, Brahmagupta suggested that gravity was a force of attraction. He also lucidly explained the use of zero as both a placeholder and a decimal digit, along with the Hindu-Arabic numeral system now used universally throughout the world. Arabic translations of the two astronomers' texts were soon available in the Islamic world, introducing what would become Arabic numerals to the Islamic World by the 9th century. During the 14th–16th centuries, the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics made significant advances in astronomy and especially mathematics, including fields such as trigonometry and analysis. In particular, Madhava of Sangamagrama is considered the "founder of mathematical analysis". Question: When did Aryabhata live? Answer: 476-550 Question: What were the trigonometric functions that Aryabhata discovered? Answer: sine, versine, cosine and inverse sine Question: What theory did Brahmagupta suggest in 628 AD? Answer: gravity was a force of attraction Question: What did Brahmagupta use the number zero for? Answer: a placeholder and a decimal digit Question: What language did the work of Brahmagupta and Aryabhata have to be translated from? Answer: Arabic
Context: In Australia, the Prime Minister is expected to step down if s/he loses the majority support of his/her party under a spill motion as have many such as Tony Abbott, Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd. Question: What process signals the need for the prime minister to resign in Australia? Answer: spill motion Question: What motion requires the head of State to step down in Australia? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Who sucefully stopped a spill motion in Australia? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Ashkenazi Jews have a noted history of achievement in Western societies in the fields of exact and social sciences, literature, finance, politics, media, and others. In those societies where they have been free to enter any profession, they have a record of high occupational achievement, entering professions and fields of commerce where higher education is required. Ashkenazi Jews have won a large number of the Nobel awards. While they make up about 2% of the U.S. population, 27% of United States Nobel prize winners in the 20th century, a quarter of Fields Medal winners, 25% of ACM Turing Award winners, half the world's chess champions, including 8% of the top 100 world chess players, and a quarter of Westinghouse Science Talent Search winners have Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry. Question: What percentage of the US population is comprised of Ashkenazi Jews? Answer: 2% Question: What percentage of Nobel award winners from the United States in the 20th century have been Ashkenazi Jews? Answer: 27% Question: About how many Fields Medal winners have been Ashkenazi Jews? Answer: a quarter Question: About how many of the world's chess champions come from the Ashkenazi Jewish community? Answer: half the world's chess champions Question: What percentage of the top 100 world chess players come from the Ashkenazi Jewish community? Answer: 8%
Context: Before glaciation, mountain valleys have a characteristic "V" shape, produced by eroding water. During glaciation, these valleys are widened, deepened, and smoothed, forming a "U"-shaped glacial valley. The erosion that creates glacial valleys eliminates the spurs of earth that extend across mountain valleys, creating triangular cliffs called truncated spurs. Within glacial valleys, depressions created by plucking and abrasion can be filled by lakes, called paternoster lakes. If a glacial valley runs into a large body of water, it forms a fjord. Question: What shape do mountain valleys have pre-glacation? Answer: characteristic "V" shape Question: What gives mountain vallys their characteristic "V" shape before glacation? Answer: eroding water Question: How is a fjord formed? Answer: a glacial valley runs into a large body of water Question: What shape do glacial valleys have after being widened by glacation? Answer: "U"-shaped Question: What has a V shape after a glacier recedes? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What are U shaped before glaciation? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What fills depressions to form fjord? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What do glacial valleys run into to form paternoster lakes? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Many women played an essential part in the French Enlightenment, due to the role they played as salonnières in Parisian salons, as the contrast to the male philosophes. The salon was the principal social institution of the republic, and "became the civil working spaces of the project of Enlightenment." Women, as salonnières, were "the legitimate governors of [the] potentially unruly discourse" that took place within. While women were marginalized in the public culture of the Ancien Régime, the French Revolution destroyed the old cultural and economic restraints of patronage and corporatism (guilds), opening French society to female participation, particularly in the literary sphere. Question: What was the principal social institution of the republic during the French Enlightenment? Answer: salon Question: Was French society open or fearful of female participation in the literary sphere during the Enlightenment? Answer: open Question: What female occupation allowed women to play an essential part in the French Enlightenment? Answer: salonnières Question: Which event destroyed the former patronage and corporatism of France and allowed women to participate in society? Answer: French Revolution
Context: After the Lisa's announcement, John Dvorak discussed rumors of a mysterious "MacIntosh" project at Apple in February 1983. The company announced the Macintosh 128K—manufactured at an Apple factory in Fremont, California—in October 1983, followed by an 18-page brochure included with various magazines in December. The Macintosh was introduced by a US$1.5 million Ridley Scott television commercial, "1984". It most notably aired during the third quarter of Super Bowl XVIII on January 22, 1984, and is now considered a "watershed event" and a "masterpiece." Regis McKenna called the ad "more successful than the Mac itself." "1984" used an unnamed heroine to represent the coming of the Macintosh (indicated by a Picasso-style picture of the computer on her white tank top) as a means of saving humanity from the "conformity" of IBM's attempts to dominate the computer industry. The ad alludes to George Orwell's novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four, which described a dystopian future ruled by a televised "Big Brother." Question: Who discussed rumors of a mysterious "MacIntosh" project in 1983? Answer: John Dvorak Question: Where was the Macintosh 128K manufactured? Answer: Apple factory in Fremont, California Question: How much did the television commercial "1984" cost? Answer: US$1.5 million Question: What did the television commercial "1984" introduce? Answer: Macintosh 128K Question: What did Regis McKenna call the "1984" ad that was aired during the Super Bowl? Answer: "more successful than the Mac itself." Question: Who discussed rumors of a mysterious "MacIntosh" project in 1938? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Where was the Microsoft 128K manufactured? Answer: Unanswerable Question: How much did the television commercial "1948" cost? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What did the television commercial "1948" introduce? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What did Regis McKenna call the "1948" ad that was aired during the Super Bowl? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: The Soviet Union created the Eastern Bloc of countries that it occupied, annexing some as Soviet Socialist Republics and maintaining others as satellite states that would later form the Warsaw Pact. The United States and various western European countries began a policy of "containment" of communism and forged myriad alliances to this end, including NATO. Several of these western countries also coordinated efforts regarding the rebuilding of western Europe, including western Germany, which the Soviets opposed. In other regions of the world, such as Latin America and Southeast Asia, the Soviet Union fostered communist revolutionary movements, which the United States and many of its allies opposed and, in some cases, attempted to "roll back". Many countries were prompted to align themselves with the nations that would later form either NATO or the Warsaw Pact, though other movements would also emerge. Question: what did the Soviet Union annex some of it's territory as? Answer: Soviet Socialist Republics Question: What did the territory the Soviet Union maintained as satellite states, later became known as? Answer: the Warsaw Pact Question: The United States and many Western countries began what policy to fight communism? Answer: "containment" Question: What did the soviets opposed rebuilding? Answer: rebuilding of western Europe Question: What actions of the Soviet Union did The United States oppose? Answer: the Soviet Union fostered communist revolutionary movements,
Context: The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi does not release any economic figures specifically for New Delhi but publishes an official economic report on the whole of Delhi annually. According to the Economic Survey of Delhi, the metropolis has a net State Domestic Product (SDP) of Rs. 83,085 crores (for the year 2004–05) and a per capita income of Rs. 53,976($1,200). In the year 2008–09 New Delhi had a Per Capita Income of Rs.1,16,886 ($2,595).It grew by 16.2% to reach Rs.1,35,814 ($3,018) in 2009–10 fiscal. New Delhi's Per Capita GDP (at PPP) was at $6,860 during 2009–10 fiscal, making it one of the richest cities in India. The tertiary sector contributes 78.4% of Delhi's gross SDP followed by secondary and primary sectors with 20.2% and 1.4% contribution respectively. Question: What government body is responsible for releasing the annual official economic report for Delhi? Answer: The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Question: What was the 2004-05 State Domestic Product of Delhi? Answer: 83,085 crores Question: What was the 2008-09 Per Capita income of New Delhi? Answer: Rs.1,16,886 Question: What was New Delhi's Per Capita GDP in dollars for 2009-10? Answer: $6,860 Question: New Delhi's Per Capita income grew by what percentage in 2009-10? Answer: 16.2%
Context: The Party of Reconstruction in Sicily, which claimed 40,000 members in 1944, campaigned for Sicily to be admitted as a U.S. state. This party was one of several Sicilian separatist movements active after the downfall of Italian Fascism. Sicilians felt neglected or underrepresented by the Italian government after the annexation of 1861 that ended the rule of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies based in Naples. The large population of Sicilians in America and the American-led Allied invasion of Sicily in July–August 1943 may have contributed to the sentiment. Question: How many members did the Party of Reconstruction in Sicily have in 1944? Answer: 40,000 members Question: What did the Party of Reconstruction in Sicily campaign for? Answer: for Sicily to be admitted as a U.S. state Question: When did the Allied invasion of Sicily occur? Answer: July–August 1943 Question: When did the annexation of Sicily by Italy happen? Answer: 1861 Question: How many members did the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies have in 1944? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What did the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies campaign for? Answer: Unanswerable Question: When did the Sicilian invasion of the Allies occur? Answer: Unanswerable Question: When did the annexation of Naples by Italy happen? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Who campaigned for Naples to be a U.S. state? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: The game's score was composed by Toru Minegishi and Asuka Ohta, with series regular Koji Kondo serving as the sound supervisor. Minegishi took charge of composition and sound design in Twilight Princess, providing all field and dungeon music under the supervision of Kondo. For the trailers, three pieces were written by different composers, two of which were created by Mahito Yokota and Kondo. Michiru Ōshima created orchestral arrangements for the three compositions, later to be performed by an ensemble conducted by Yasuzo Takemoto. Kondo's piece was later chosen as music for the E3 2005 trailer and for the demo movie after the game's title screen. Question: Who wrote the music for Twilight Princess? Answer: Toru Minegishi and Asuka Ohta Question: Who was in charge of overseeing audio production? Answer: Koji Kondo Question: Who worked adapting the score for performance by an orchestra? Answer: Michiru Ōshima Question: Who wrote the music used in the game's trailer and demo? Answer: Koji Kondo Question: Who created orchestral arrangements for the game? Answer: Michiru Ōshima Question: Who was to conduct the ensemble that would perform the pieces? Answer: Yasuzo Takemoto Question: Who wrote the music for Twilight Kondo? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Who was in charge of overseeing trailer production? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Who worked adapting the score for performance by the game's title screen? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Who wrote the music used in the games trailer and title screen? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Who was to conduct the ensemble that would supervise the title screen? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: In India there are many polytechnic institutes and collages that offer a polytechnic education. In India a Diploma in Engineering is a specific academic award usually awarded in technical or vocational courses e.g. Engineering, Pharmacy, Designing, etc. These Institutions offer three year diploma in engineering post Tenth class. These institutes have affiliation from state bord of technical education of respective state governments. after which one can apply for post of junior engineer or continue higher studies by appearing for exams of AMIE to become an engineering graduate. Question: What's the name of the diploma awarded in India for technical or vocational coursework? Answer: Diploma in Engineering
Context: In the United States, Lindlof and Taylor write, "Cultural studies [were] grounded in a pragmatic, liberal-pluralist tradition". The American version of cultural studies initially concerned itself more with understanding the subjective and appropriative side of audience reactions to, and uses of, mass culture; for example, American cultural-studies advocates wrote about the liberatory aspects of fandom.[citation needed] The distinction between American and British strands, however, has faded.[citation needed] Some researchers, especially in early British cultural studies, apply a Marxist model to the field. This strain of thinking has some influence from the Frankfurt School, but especially from the structuralist Marxism of Louis Althusser and others. The main focus of an orthodox Marxist approach concentrates on the production of meaning. This model assumes a mass production of culture and identifies power as residing with those producing cultural artifacts. In a Marxist view, those who control the means of production (the economic base) essentially control a culture.[citation needed] Other approaches to cultural studies, such as feminist cultural studies and later American developments of the field, distance themselves from this view. They criticize the Marxist assumption of a single, dominant meaning, shared by all, for any cultural product. The non-Marxist approaches suggest that different ways of consuming cultural artifacts affect the meaning of the product. This view comes through in the book Doing Cultural Studies: The Story of the Sony Walkman (by Paul du Gay et al.), which seeks to challenge the notion that those who produce commodities control the meanings that people attribute to them. Feminist cultural analyst, theorist and art historian Griselda Pollock contributed to cultural studies from viewpoints of art history and psychoanalysis. The writer Julia Kristeva is among influential voices at the turn of the century, contributing to cultural studies from the field of art and psychoanalytical French feminism.[citation needed] Question: Which two wrote Cultural studies [were] grounded in a pragmatic, liberal-pluralist tradition? Answer: Lindlof and Taylor Question: From a Marxist view, what did they believe had to be controlled to essentially control a culture? Answer: the economic base Question: Which two wrote Cultural studies are grounded in a rationalist, conservative-pluralist tradition? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What did they believe was unnecessary to control a culture from a Marxist view? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Who contributed to cultural studies from viewpoints of art news and philosophy? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Which writer contributed to cultural studies from the field of science and French modernism? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What never criticized the Marxist assumption of a single, dominant meaning, shared by all, for any cultural product? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Lower Manhattan is the third-largest central business district in the United States and is home to the New York Stock Exchange, on Wall Street, and the NASDAQ, at 165 Broadway, representing the world's largest and second largest stock exchanges, respectively, when measured both by overall average daily trading volume and by total market capitalization of their listed companies in 2013. Investment banking fees on Wall Street totaled approximately $40 billion in 2012, while in 2013, senior New York City bank officers who manage risk and compliance functions earned as much as $324,000 annually. In fiscal year 2013–14, Wall Street's securities industry generated 19% of New York State's tax revenue. New York City remains the largest global center for trading in public equity and debt capital markets, driven in part by the size and financial development of the U.S. economy.:31–32 In July 2013, NYSE Euronext, the operator of the New York Stock Exchange, took over the administration of the London interbank offered rate from the British Bankers Association. New York also leads in hedge fund management; private equity; and the monetary volume of mergers and acquisitions. Several investment banks and investment mangers headquartered in Manhattan are important participants in other global financial centers.:34–35 New York is also the principal commercial banking center of the United States. Question: On what street is the New York Stock Exchange headquartered? Answer: Wall Street Question: What is the street address of NASDAQ? Answer: 165 Broadway Question: In 2012, how many investment banking fees were paid out to Wall Street? Answer: $40 billion Question: In 2013-4, what percentage of New York state tax revenues came from the securities business on Wall Street? Answer: 19% Question: Who was the previous overseer of the London interbank offered rate? Answer: British Bankers Association Question: The New York Stock exchange is located where in NYC? Answer: Wall Street Question: The NASDAQ is located on what street in NYC? Answer: 165 Broadway
Context: Kathmandu valley is described as "an enormous treasure house of art and sculptures", which are made of wood, stone, metal, and terracotta, and found in profusion in temples, shrines, stupas, gompas, chaityasm and palaces. The art objects are also seen in street corners, lanes, private courtyards and in open ground. Most art is in the form of icons of gods and goddesses. Kathmandu valley has had this art treasure for a very long time, but received worldwide recognition only after the country opened to the outside world in 1950. Question: Kathmandu valley contains art made of metal, terracotta, wood and what other substance? Answer: stone Question: What is the most typical type of art in the Kathmandu valley? Answer: icons Question: In what year could Nepal be said to have been discovered by the outside world? Answer: 1950
Context: Following the highly publicized incident, West took a brief break from music and threw himself into fashion, only to hole up in Hawaii for the next few months writing and recording his next album. Importing his favorite producers and artists to work on and inspire his recording, West kept engineers behind the boards 24 hours a day and slept only in increments. Noah Callahan-Bever, a writer for Complex, was present during the sessions and described the "communal" atmosphere as thus: "With the right songs and the right album, he can overcome any and all controversy, and we are here to contribute, challenge, and inspire." A variety of artists contributed to the project, including close friends Jay-Z, Kid Cudi and Pusha T, as well as off-the-wall collaborations, such as with Justin Vernon of Bon Iver. Question: Where did Kanye base himself to create his next album? Answer: Hawaii Question: What industry did Kanye turn to after taking a break from recording music? Answer: fashion Question: What state did Kanye West hide in while writing his next album? Answer: Hawaii
Context: After reconquering Estonia and Latvia in 1944, the Russian SFSR annexed their easternmost territories around Ivangorod and within the modern Pechorsky and Pytalovsky Districts in 1944-1945. Question: Along with Estonia, what country was taken over by the Russian SFSR in 1944? Answer: Latvia Question: What modern districts of Estonia and Latvia were annexed by the RSFSR in 1944? Answer: Pechorsky and Pytalovsky Districts Question: Near what town did the RSFSR annex territory in 1944? Answer: Ivangorod Question: Along with Estonia, what country was left alone by the Russian SFSR in 1944? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What modern districts of Estonia and Latvia were annexed by the RSFSR in 1934? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Near what town did the RSFSR leave territory in 1944? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What happened to Estonia and Latvia in 1494? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Along with Latvia, what country was traded over by the Russian SFSR in 1944? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Independence was unilaterally declared on 24 September 1973. Recognition became universal following the 25 April 1974 socialist-inspired military coup in Portugal, which overthrew Lisbon's Estado Novo regime. Question: When was independence declared? Answer: 24 September 1973 Question: What date was independence considered universal? Answer: 25 April 1974 Question: What event caused the recognition to be universal? Answer: socialist-inspired military coup Question: Where did a coup take place? Answer: Portugal Question: Who was overthrown in the coup? Answer: Lisbon's Estado Novo regime
Context: For the finals, American Idol debuted a new state-of-the-art set and stage on March 11, 2008, along with a new on-air look. David Cook's performance of "Billie Jean" on top-ten night was lauded by the judges, but provoked controversy when they apparently mistook the Chris Cornell arrangement to be David Cook's own even though the performance was introduced as Cornell's version. Cornell himself said he was 'flattered' and praised David Cook's performance. David Cook was taken to the hospital after the top-nine performance show due to heart palpitations and high blood pressure. Question: What song did David Cook sing on American Idol during the week of the top ten? Answer: Billie Jean Question: Which American Idol contestant was hospitalized after singing during the week of the top nine? Answer: David Cook Question: Who arranged the version of "Billie Jean" that David Cook performed on American Idol? Answer: Chris Cornell Question: On what date did the American Idol finals begin? Answer: March 11, 2008 Question: When did American Idol showcase a new set and stage? Answer: March 11, 2008 Question: Which arrangement was used for Cook's version of Billie Jean? Answer: Chris Cornell Question: Who was taken to the hospital after the top nine show? Answer: David Cook
Context: SL Benfica, FC Porto, and Sporting CP are the largest sports clubs by popularity and by number of trophies won, often known as "os três grandes" ("the big three"). They have won eight titles in the European UEFA club competitions, were present in many finals and have been regular contenders in the last stages almost every season. Other than football, many Portuguese sports clubs, including the "big three", compete in several other sports events with a varying level of success and popularity, these may include roller hockey, basketball, futsal, handball, and volleyball. The Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) – Federação Portuguesa de Futebol – annually hosts the Algarve Cup, a prestigious women`s football tournament that has been celebrated in the Algarvian part of Portugal. Question: What are the three largest sports clubs by popularity in Portugal? Answer: SL Benfica, FC Porto, and Sporting CP Question: What are the three largest sports club by popularity in Portugal known as? Answer: "os três grandes" ("the big three") Question: How many titles in the European UEFA club competitions have "the big three" won? Answer: eight Question: Other than football, what other sports are popular in Portugal? Answer: roller hockey, basketball, futsal, handball, and volleyball Question: By what entity is the Algarve Cup hosted? Answer: Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) – Federação Portuguesa de Futebol
Context: In Ancient Greece, green and blue were sometimes considered the same color, and the same word sometimes described the color of the sea and the color of trees. The philosopher Democritus described two different greens; cloron, or pale green, and prasinon, or leek green. Aristotle considered that green was located midway between black, symbolizing the earth, and white, symbolizing water. However, green was not counted among of the four classic colors of Greek painting; red, yellow, black and white, and is rarely found in Greek art. Question: Which ancient greek philosopher considered green to be located midway between black and white? Answer: Aristotle Question: Which ancient greek philosopher describe pale green as cloron and leek green as prasinon? Answer: Democritus Question: Red, yellow, and black are three of the four classis colors of Greek painting. What is the fourth color? Answer: white Question: How many blues did Democritus describe? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What did Democritus say green was located between? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What two greens did Aristotle reference? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Who was a famous Greek painter? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Yellow and what color were considered to be the same? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: In late 2005, Viacom's Paramount Pictures acquired DreamWorks SKG after acquisition talks between GE and DreamWorks stalled. Universal's long time chairperson, Stacey Snider, left the company in early 2006 to head up DreamWorks. Snider was replaced by then-Vice Chairman Marc Shmuger and Focus Features head David Linde. On October 5, 2009, Marc Shmuger and David Linde were ousted and their co-chairperson jobs consolidated under former president of worldwide marketing and distribution Adam Fogelson becoming the single chairperson. Donna Langley was also upped to co-chairperson. In 2009, Stephanie Sperber founded Universal Partnerships & Licensing within Universal to license consumer products for Universal. In September 2013, Adam Fogelson was ousted as co-chairman of Universal Pictures, promoting Donna Langley to sole-chairman. In addition, NBCUniversal International Chairman, Jeff Shell, would be appointed as Chairman of the newly created Filmed Entertainment Group. Longtime studio head Ron Meyer would give up oversight of the film studio and appointed Vice Chairman of NBCUniversal, providing consultation to CEO Steve Burke on all of the company's operations. Meyers still retains oversight of Universal Parks and Resorts. Question: In what year did Paramount Pictures purchase DreamWorks? Answer: 2005 Question: What Universal chairperson headed DreamWorks as of 2006? Answer: Stacey Snider Question: Who became the chairperson in late 2009? Answer: Adam Fogelson Question: Who was the founder of Universal Partnerships & Licensing? Answer: Stephanie Sperber Question: Who became chairperson of Universal Pictures in September 2013? Answer: Donna Langley Question: What company did Viacom acquire in 2005? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What company did Stacey Shmuger leave in 2006? Answer: Unanswerable Question: What position did Donna Sperber hold? Answer: Unanswerable Question: Who was ousted as co-chairman of Universal Pictures in October 2013? Answer: Unanswerable
Context: Multiracial Americans are also a sizable minority in the Bronx. People of multiracial heritage number over 41,800 individuals and represent 3.0% of the population. People of mixed Caucasian and African American heritage number over 6,850 members and form 0.5% of the population. People of mixed Caucasian and Native American heritage number over 2,450 members and form 0.2% of the population. People of mixed Caucasian and Asian heritage number over 880 members and form 0.1% of the population. People of mixed African American and Native American heritage number over 1,220 members and form 0.1% of the population. Question: How many multiracial people live in the Bronx? Answer: over 41,800 Question: What percent of the Bronx is multiracial? Answer: 3.0% Question: What percent of the Bronx has mixed Caucasian and African American heritage? Answer: 0.5% Question: What percent of the Bronx has mixed Caucasian and Native American heritage? Answer: 0.2% Question: What percent of the Bronx has mixed Caucasian and Asian heritage? Answer: 0.1%
Context: Due to its position between two unfriendly neighbours, Armenia has close security ties with Russia. At the request of the Armenian government, Russia maintains a military base in the northwestern Armenian city of Gyumri as a deterrent against Turkey.[citation needed] Despite this, Armenia has also been looking toward Euro-Atlantic structures in recent years. It maintains good relations with the United States especially through its Armenian diaspora. According to the US Census Bureau, there are 427,822 Armenians living in the country. Question: Russia has a military base in which city in Armenia? Answer: Gyumri Question: How many Armenians reside in the United States? Answer: 427,822 Question: Why does Russia have a miltary base In Gyumri? Answer: as a deterrent against Turkey Question: Who gave Russia permission to have a military base in Gyumri? Answer: Armenian government
Context: Richmond is home to several notable instances of various styles of modernism. Minoru Yamasaki designed the Federal Reserve Building which dominates the downtown skyline. The architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has designed two buildings: the Library of Virginia and the General Assembly Offices at the Eighth and Main Building. Philip Johnson designed the WRVA Building. The Richard Neutra-designed Rice House, a residence on a private island on the James River, remains Richmond's only true International Style home. The W.G. Harris residence in Richmond was designed by famed early modern architect and member of the Harvard Five, Landis Gores. Other notable architects to have worked in the city include Rick Mather, I.M. Pei, and Gordon Bunshaft. Question: Who was the designer of the Federal Reserve Building? Answer: Minoru Yamasaki Question: Who designed the General Assembly Offices at the Eighth and Main Building? Answer: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Question: What architectural style was the Rice House designed in? Answer: International Question: What university was Landis Gores associated with? Answer: Harvard Question: Who did Landis Gores design a home for? Answer: W.G. Harris
Context: The anti-clerical feeling was widespread, and Durango supported the initial reaction against the government at Mexico. In May 1832, José Urrea, a rising officer, supported the restoration of President Pedraza. On July 20, Governor Elorriaga was reinstated, and Baca along with the legislative minority were brought back to form a new legislature, which met on September 1. Chihuahua showed no desire to imitate the revolutionary movement and Urrea prepared to invade the state. Comandante-general J.J.Calvo threatened to retaliate, and a conflict seemed imminent. The entry of General Santa Anna into Mexico brought calm, as the leaders waited for clarity. Question: Who supported the reaction against the government? Answer: Durango Question: Who supported the restoration of President Pedraza? Answer: José Urrea Question: Which state did Urrea prepare to invade? Answer: Chihuahua Question: Who threatened to retaliate? Answer: J.J.Calvo