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Which American nuclear submarine was the first to sail across the North Pole under the ice cap?
[ "Nautilus", "Nautilid", "Nautili", "Nautilidae", "Eutrephoceratidae", "Nautilus (zoology)" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "2658131", "score": 1.015176, "text": ", commissioned in 1954, was the first nuclear-powered ship of any kind. In August 1958, she steamed under the Arctic ice cap to make the first crossing from the Pacific to the Atlantic via the North Pole. On 3 August 1958 she became ...
What was John Glenn/'s first spacecraft called?
[ "Mercury 6", "Mercury Atlas 6", "Mercury-Atlas 6", "Friendship VII", "Friendship vii", "Mercury-Atlas (MA) 6", "Mercury Friendship 7", "Friendship Seven", "Friendship 7" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "19728260", "score": 1.04196, "text": "in the initial 2016 announcement, and the second stage will now be powered by two upper stage versions of the BE-3 tap-off cycle liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen rocket engine. Blue explained in the 12 September 2016 announcement that t...
Which branch of medicine is concerned with disorders of the blood?
[ "Automated hematology", "Haematological", "Haematology", "Bone Marrow Disease", "Haematologist", "Heamatology", "Blood disorder", "Blood disease", "Hemotoligists", "Hematology", "Hematologic", "Blood disorders", "Heamatologic diseases", "Hematologic agents", "Blood Disease", "Pediatric...
[ { "hasanswer": true, "id": "733907", "score": 1.0180881, "text": "Hematology Hematology, also spelled haematology, is the branch of medicine concerned with the study of the cause, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood. It involves treating diseases that affect the product...
Where was Lee Harvey Oswald shot dead?
[ "Underground car park" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "232749", "score": 0.98489803, "text": "he assassinated Kennedy by firing three shots from the Texas School Book Depository. This conclusion, though controversial, was supported by previous investigations from the FBI, the Secret Service, and the Dallas Police Department....
Where was The Iron Triangle?
[ "Độc lập - tự do - hạnh phúc", "Cộng Hòa Xã Hội Chủ Nghĩa Việt Nam", "越南社會主義共和國", "ISO 3166-1:VN", "SRVN", "VIETNAM", "CHXHCN Vietnam", "Viet Nam Socialist Repub", "SRoV", "S.R. Vietnam", "Languages of Viet Nam", "Communist Vietnam", "Red Vietnam (modern)", "Doc lap, tu do, hanh phuc", "...
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "14246010", "score": 1.1132425, "text": "Iron Triangle (Korea) The Iron Triangle was a key communist Chinese and North Korean concentration area and communications junction during the Korean War, located in the central sector between Cheorwon and Gimhwa-eup in the south a...
What is Reba McEntire's best of album called?
[ "Moments and Memories" ]
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In which decade was Kirstie Alley born?
[ "The Fifties", "1950s", "1950-1959", "50's", "1950’s", "1950–1959", "Nineteen-fifties", "1950s (decade)", "1950ies", "1950's", "'50s", "195%3F", "Fifties" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "2159280", "score": 1.2084115, "text": "Kirstie Alley Kirstie Louise Alley (born January 12, 1951) is an American actress and spokesmodel. She first achieved recognition in 1982, playing Saavik in the science fiction film \"\". Alley is best known for her portrayal of Reb...
What is the distance between bases on a little league baseball field?
[ "60 distance", "60 feet", "sixty distance" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "3721010", "score": 1.0600027, "text": "the bases are 90 feet apart, the physical distance between each successive pair of base markers is closer to . The lines from home plate to first and third bases extend to the nearest fence, stand or other obstruction and are called...
What college once had 22 members of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society on its football team?
[ "Dartmouth, in 1925" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "3624649", "score": 0.94156945, "text": "different fraternities, sought out a former member of the freshman football team. Finding him asleep in his dormitory room, but wearing a letter sweater that the eight men felt he did not deserve to be wearing, they beat him and he...
What was the first sport in which women were invited to compete at the Olympics?
[ "Tennis, at the 1900 games in Paris. Charlotte Cooper of Great Britain was the first gold medalist" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "20035940", "score": 1.1989651, "text": "20% minimum presence of women on their committee. The first Olympic Games to feature female athletes was the 1900 Games in Paris. Hélène de Pourtalès of Switzerland became the first woman to compete at the Olympic Games and became ...
What sport was the first to be filmed---and who filmed it?
[ "The sport was boxing; the man who did the filming, Thomas A. Edison; the year, 1894. Edison filmed a boxing match between Jack Cushing and Mike Leonard in a studio on the grounds of his laboratory complex in West Orange, New Jersey" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "17986420", "score": 1.032342, "text": "Sport Slants The Sport Slants (a.k.a. Sports Slants) and its follow-up “Sports Thrills” were a series of documentary film shorts produced by Warner Brothers and hosted by the top sports caster of the 1930s, Ted Husing. Each black & ...
How many home runs did baseball great Ty Cobb hit in the three world series in which he played?
[ "None", "None (disambiguation)" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "430386", "score": 1.143921, "text": "by Cap Anson of the old Chicago NL team in 1884. Cobb wanted to show that he could hit home runs when he wanted, but simply chose not to do so. At the end of the series, the 38-year-old veteran superstar had gone 12 for 19 with 29 tot...
In cross-country bike racing, what do the initials BMX represent?
[ "Bicycle moto x (cross)" ]
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Under what name did Dr. Joshua Pim of Great Britain enter and win the Wimbledon tennis tournament in 1893?
[ "Mr. X. Because he feared that revealing his true identity would hurt his medical practice, Pim entered under the mystery name" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "6939213", "score": 1.4725437, "text": "Cup squad to face America. Pim was derided for having put on excessive amounts of weight, despite the fact that he shed thirty pounds in six weeks. He lost both his matches and laid down his racket thereafter. Joshua Pim Dr Joshua P...
In 1939, what famous American athlete starred on UCLA's undefeated football team and was the top scorer in the Pacific Coast Conference for Basketball?
[ "Jackie Robinson, who later gained national fame playing professional baseball. At UCLA, he earned letters in baseball, basketball, football and track" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "11148886", "score": 1.2569345, "text": "star (1939–1941) at UCLA just before World War II, who went on to greater fame for breaking Major League Baseball's 20th-century color line. Robinson's honors at UCLA were impressive: for two years highest scorer in basketball comp...
What popular sport did Joe Sobek invent at the Greenwich, Connecticut, MCA in 1950?
[ "Racquetball. Sobek designed a strung paddle racquet and handle, and combined the rules of squash and handball, to create the game he called paddle rackets" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "508472", "score": 1.2746134, "text": "\"paddle rackets\". In February 1952 Sobek founded the National Paddle Rackets Association (NPRA), codified the rules, and had them printed as a booklet. The new sport was rapidly adopted and became popular through Sobek's continual ...
"What sports activity was originally known in England as ""plank-gliding""?"
[ "Waterskiing. The first recorded mention of the sport in England was in 1914" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "4230510", "score": 1.1295904, "text": "declaration has largely the same main text as the 1617 version, but with an additional paragraph at the beginning explaining that the king has decided to make the declaration applicable to the whole of England. The declaration liste...
Which was the first sport to have its top players named to an All-American team?
[ "Football, in 1889. The idea originated with famed football authority Walter Camp, who picked 36 All-American teams until his death in 1925" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "16438552", "score": 1.0369623, "text": "Association was the only All-American selector recognized by the NCAA. 1959 College Baseball All-America Team An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team p...
How many world records did swimmer Mark Spitz set when he won seven gold medals at the 1972 Olympics?
[ "Seven--one in each of the races in which he competed" ]
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After retiring as a player, with what team did baseball great Babe Ruth spend one year as a coach?
[ "The Brooklyn Dodgers in 1938" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "14890081", "score": 1.0185734, "text": "a double in his baseball debut against Dartmouth College, earning him the nickname the “Babe Ruth of the Eastern Intercollegiates.” Simendinger is the only Crusader coach to have served for just one season, as he then became footba...
What is the maximum weight permitted for calves in rodeo calf-roping competition?
[ "350 pounds. The minimum is 200 pounds" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "1528222", "score": 1.3267131, "text": "breakaway roping, where the rider ropes but does not throw the calf; steer wrestling; and team roping, which uses adult cattle. In PRCA events, the calf must weigh between 220 and 280 pounds. Calves must be strong and healthy; sick ...
What Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher hit a home run in his first major league at-bat--and never hit another?
[ "New York Giant knuckleballer Hoyt Wilhelm, in 1952" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "6073649", "score": 0.9119507, "text": "Yankees. 32 of his 39 home runs were hit at home in Sportsman's Park. On August 7, 1922, during a game against the Washington Senators, he became the first player in American League history to hit two home runs in one inning. His 39...
What baseball player hit the only home run of his 212-year major league career off his own brother?
[ "Joe Nickro in 1976. Nickro, a pitcher with the Houston Astros, hit a four-bagger off his brother Phil, who was pitching fro the Atlanta Braves. Houston won the game, 4-3" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "15148852", "score": 0.99400944, "text": "made history by becoming the first pair of brothers in major league history to each hit 25 or more homers in the same season. In 2017, he hit .249 with 27 home runs and 88 RBI in 154 games, his sixth consecutive season with at lea...
What 1921 sporting event took up all of the first 13 pages of The New York Times --except for a little space on the front page devoted to the formal end of World War I?
[ "The July 2nd heavyweight championship bout between Jack Dempsey and George Carpenter, the first fight to gross over $1 million in gate receipts. Dempsey won in a fourth-round knockout" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "2751588", "score": 1.0189153, "text": "on June 26, 1919. The \"Daily News\" was not an immediate success, and by August 1919, the paper's circulation had dropped to 26,625. Still, New York's many subway commuters found the tabloid format easier to handle, and readership ...
In the National Football League, how many footballs is the home team required to provide for each game?
[ "24--although from 8 to 12 are usually used" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "284585", "score": 1.0031704, "text": "host professional football games inside its Home Territory and the exclusive right to advertise, promote, and host events in its Home Marketing Area. There are several exceptions to this rule, mostly relating to teams with close prox...
Brooks Robinson and Carl Yastrzemski hold the major league baseball record for playing the greatest number of seasons with the same team. How many years did they play-- and with what teams?
[ "23 years. Third baseman Robinson played with the Baltimore Orioles from 1955 to 1977; Carl Yastrzemski, outfielder/first baseman, played with the Boston Red Sox from 1961 to 1983" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "893934", "score": 1.1036165, "text": "(81 games) and Baysox (20 games). Through the end of the 2017 season, on the all-time lists for Major League Baseball, Yastrzemski ranks first for games played for one team, second for games played, third for at-bats, sixth for bases...
How long is the average pool cue?
[ "eighty-five thousand distance", "$85,000", "85000 distance" ]
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Under the rules outlined in the charter of the International Olympic Committee, how much pure gold must there be in each gold medal awarded to first-place winners?
[ "At least 6 grams. Silver medals must be at least .925 sterling silver" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "298750", "score": 1.2620898, "text": "late 2003 and did not expect to become an American citizen until after the Athens games. The athletes or teams who place first, second, or third in each event receive medals. The winners receive gold medals, which were solid gold unt...
What professional ice hockey star didn't hang up his skates until he was 52?
[ "Gordie Howe, who played in 1,687 games in the National Hockey League" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "10264214", "score": 1.0625364, "text": "Olympics Dave Silk and Jackie O'Callahan, at numerous hockey schools. And yes, even as he got older, he still kept playing hockey for local teams such as the Moby Dicks, which won the 65-years-and-older Snoopy Tournament in Santa R...
Who was the first athlete to hit a major league home run and make a professional football touchdown in the same week?
[ "Jim Thorpe, in 1917. He did it a second time in 1919. Deion Sanders was the second athlete to accomplish the feat---70 years later in 1989" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "1829723", "score": 0.9639676, "text": "medals in the hurdles at the high school track and field state finals in 1960, and was an NFL Draft pick in 1965. In 1964 he was a High School All-American in track & field, while also being named Southern California High School Ath...
Who was the famous great-great-grandfather of San Francisco 49er quarterback Steve Young?
[ "Mormon leader Brigham Young" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "2025995", "score": 1.0265199, "text": "wrote his autobiography \"QB: My Life Behind the Spiral\", initially as a private memoir for his children. Steve Young Jon Steven Young (born October 11, 1961) is a former professional American football quarterback who played 15 sea...
Who was the first professional athlete to win championship rings in two major sports?
[ "Gene Conley. He pitched for the Milwaukee Braves team that won the 1957 World Series, and was on the Boston Celtic teams that won National Basketball Association championships in 1959,1960 and 1961" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "7461440", "score": 0.906685, "text": "four most-well known championship rings in North American professional sports are the NFL's Super Bowl ring, the NBA Championship ring, MLB's World Series ring, and the NHL's Stanley Cup ring. Similar rings are often presented to ind...
How long and wide is the balance beam used in Olympic gymnastic competition?
[ "Length, 16 feet 3 inches; width, 4 inches" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "862390", "score": 1.0279564, "text": "routine is 1:30 minutes. The routine is timed on the scoreboard timer, which is visible to both the gymnast and judges. In addition, a warning tone or bell is sounded 1:20 into the exercise. If the gymnast has not left the beam by 1:...
How much did a one-minute TV spot cost advertisers on the first Super Bowl broadcast in 1967?
[ "eighty-five thousand distance", "$85,000", "85000 distance" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "7087554", "score": 1.279364, "text": "the television and digital broadcasts, meaning that for the first time, the online stream of Super Bowl 50 provided by CBS included all national commercials from the television broadcast. Owing to the large potential audience, the ne...
How many of the four Grand Slam trophies in tennis are gold; how many are silver?
[ "Only the Wimbledon trophy is gold; the others--for the U.S. Open, the French Open and the Australian Open--are sliver" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "18554479", "score": 1.0221149, "text": "even if not consecutively, is referred to as a \"Career Grand Slam\". Winning the four Majors and a gold medal in tennis at the Summer Olympics has been called a \"Golden Slam\" since 1988. Winning all four plus gold at some point ...
How did pound cake get its name?
[ "From the one-pound quantities of the key ingredients (sugar, butter, eggs, and flour) in the original recipe" ]
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"What breakfast food gets its name from the German word for ""stirrup""?"
[ "New York bagel", "American bagel", "Biegel", "Bagels", "Beygl", "The Bagel", "“everything” bagel", "Bagel", "New York-style bagel", "Water bagel", "%22Everything%22 Bagel", "Everything bagel", "Salt bagel", "BAGELS", "%22everything%22 bagel", "Beigel", "Bagles", "New York style ba...
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "17215617", "score": 1.1683967, "text": "History of breakfast Breakfast is the first meal taken after rising from a night's sleep, most often eaten in the early morning before undertaking the day's work. The Old English word for dinner, \"disner\", means to break a fast, ...
What animal is the source of the milk used in making Roquefort cheese?
[ "The ewe, or female sheep" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "1452183", "score": 1.1301358, "text": "consumed by the mold. The interior of the bread was then dried to produce a powder. In modern times, the mold can be grown in a laboratory, which allows for greater consistency. The mold may either be added to the curd or introduced...
How did the manufacturers of Old Grand-Dad bourbon get away with producing their whisky during Prohibition?
[ "The marked the bottles for medicinal purposes" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "552322", "score": 1.0893093, "text": "distilleries operated there between 1919, when Prohibition began in Kentucky, and late 2014, when a small distillery opened – a period of 95 years. Prohibition was devastating to the bourbon industry. With the ratification of the 18t...
What popular drink did a Dutch medical professor produce in his laboratory while trying to come up with a blood cleanser that could be sold in drugstores?
[ "Mothers ruin", "List of gins", "List of gin brands", "London Dry Gin", "GIN", "Gins", "Gin" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "8089683", "score": 0.9780699, "text": "the effects of drinking alcohol while taking the then experimental drug felodipine. It was usual in this kind of research to mix the alcohol with orange juice but Bailey did not like the taste of this drink so used grapefruit juice ...
In wine making, what is the must?
[ "The juice drawn from the grapes but not yet fermented into wine" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "2640143", "score": 1.1578269, "text": "Must Must (from the Latin \"vinum mustum\", \"young wine\") is freshly crushed fruit juice (usually grape juice) that contains the skins, seeds, and stems of the fruit. The solid portion of the must is called pomace and typically ma...
What elaborate confection was inspired by St. Bride's Church in London?
[ "The tiered wedding cake--which was based on the tiered spire of the church, designed by Sir Christopher Wren" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "2316299", "score": 1.0334821, "text": "In 2009, Sir Clement Freud's funeral was held in the church. St Bride's Church St Bride's Church is a church in the City of London, England. The building's most recent incarnation was designed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1672 in Flee...
On what vegetable did an ancient Egyptian place his right hand when taking an oath?
[ "The onion. Its round shape symbolized eternity" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "20849570", "score": 0.9215097, "text": "raising their arms vertically. Gestures were also used to signify oath-taking. The practise of placing one hand on an object of spiritual significance was common in Ancient Greece and Rome, as well as medieval England. Witnesses in...
How was the dish we know as chicken a la king first listed when it was added to the menu at New York's Delmonico's restaurant in the 1880's?
[ "As chicken a la Keene--it was named in honor of Foxhall Keene, a regular at Delmonico's" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "9673664", "score": 1.2818584, "text": "late 20th century. Chicken à la King Chicken à la King (Franglais; 'King-style chicken') is a dish consisting of diced chicken in a cream sauce, and often with sherry, mushrooms, and vegetables, served over rice, pasta, or bread. Se...
What American city produces most of the egg rolls sold in grocery stores in the United States?
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[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "4175159", "score": 1.199764, "text": "and available in authentic Chinese, Vietnamese, and Thai restaurants in the United States, American egg rolls are distinct. A typical \"New York style\" egg roll measures approximately two inches in diameter by six inches in length, ...
What drink is named for the wormwood plant?
[ "A :Vermouth, which is flavored with wormwood (vermout in French; wermut in German)--so called because the bitter-tasting plant was once used as a cure for intestinal worms. Only the harmless blossoms of the plant, not its toxic leaves, are used in making vermouth" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "3734278", "score": 1.2360293, "text": "derived drink vermouth), which the OED (\"s.v.\") marks as \"of obscure origin\". Nicholas Culpeper insisted that wormwood was the key to understanding his 1651 book \"The English Physitian\". Richard Mabey describes Culpeper's entr...
Italy leads the world in pasta consumption with 61.7 pounds eaten per person per year. What country is second?
[ "Venezuela, where the annual pasta consumption is 27.9 pounds" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "320779", "score": 1.225158, "text": "(3.4 million tonnes), followed by United States (2 million tonnes) and 3 countries in the one million tonnes range: Brazil, Turkey, and Russia. The largest per capita consumers of pasta in 2015 were Italy (23.5 kg/person), Tunisia (16...
When Birdseye introduced the first frozen food in 1930, what did the company call it/
[ "Frosted food" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "4183995", "score": 1.3080146, "text": "was issued US Patent #1,773,079, marking the beginning of today's frozen foods industry. Birdseye patented other machinery which cooled even more quickly. In 1927, he extended the process to quick-freezing meat, poultry, fruit, and ...
What two spices are derived from the fruit of the nutmeg tree?
[ "Nutmeg, which is produced from he kernel; and mace, which is produced from the kernel's lacy covering" ]
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Who was Zambia's first president?
[ "Kenneth Kuanda" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "2589430", "score": 1.1335549, "text": "President of Zambia The President of Zambia is the head of state and the head of government of Zambia. The office was first held by Kenneth Kaunda following independence in 1964. Since 1991, when Kaunda left the Presidency, the offi...
Which 100-mile long waterway links the Mediterranean and the Red Sea?
[ "Suez Canal Zone", "Suez Channel", "Suez canal", "Nile Canal", "Suez Canal", "Suez Canal (Egypt)", "Egypt's Canal Zone", "The suez canal" ]
[ { "hasanswer": true, "id": "120358", "score": 1.088428, "text": "canals (1,600 km.) are important locally for transportation. People still travel via the Nile, mainly between Cairo and Aswan. The Suez Canal is a major waterway for international commerce and navigation, linking the Mediterranean and ...
In which country is the Aswan Dam?
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[ { "hasanswer": true, "id": "1586209", "score": 1.170231, "text": "Aswan Dam The Aswan Dam, or more specifically since the 1960s, the Aswan High Dam, is an embankment dam built across the Nile in Aswan, Egypt, between 1960 and 1970. Its significance largely eclipsed the previous Aswan Low Dam initial...
Where did Idi Amin rule from 1971-1979?
[ "Ugandese", "Ugandans", "Republic of uganda", "Ouganda", "ISO 3166-1:UG", "Republic of Uganda", "People of Uganda", "Ugandan people", "Uganda", "Ugandan", "The Republic of Uganda" ]
[ { "hasanswer": true, "id": "795918", "score": 1.1293213, "text": "poor international standing due to Amin's support for the terrorist hijackers in Operation Entebbe, led to unrest. When Amin attempted to annex Tanzania's Kagera Region in 1978, Tanzanian president Julius Nyerere had his troops invade...
Which country has the rand as its currency?
[ "South africa", "South Africa's", "Southafrica", "Third Republic (South Africa)", "Republiek van Suid-Afrika", "Sou'frica", "Zuid Afrika", "Zuid-Afrika", "ISO 3166-1:ZA", "South-African", "S Africa", "Zuid Africa", "Mzansi", "Afrique du sud", "Zuidafrika", "Ningizimu Afrika", "Capita...
[ { "hasanswer": true, "id": "2035111", "score": 1.2514493, "text": "South African rand The rand (sign: R; code: ZAR) is the currency of South Africa. The Rand is subdivided into 100 cents (sign: \"c\"). The ISO 4217 code is ZAR, from Dutch \"Zuid-Afrikaanse Rand\" (South African Rand). The Rand is le...
What is the former name of the People's Republic of Venin?
[ "Dahomey kingdom", "Dohomey", "Danhome", "Dahomey", "Kingdom of Dahomey", "DHY", "Dahomeyan" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "6776996", "score": 0.9650912, "text": "1, 1930 the okrugs were abolished, and the districts were subordinated directly to the oblast. On January 29, 1935 Kalinin Oblast was established, and Leninsky District was transferred to Kalinin Oblast. In 1938, Andreapol was grant...
In which country are Tangier and Casablanca?
[ "ISO 3166-1:MA", "Al-Mamlakah al-Maġribiyya", "Maroc", "Royaume du Maroc", "Norocco", "Moraco", "Sultanate of Fez", "Etymology of Morocco", "المغرب", "Al-Mamlaka al-Maġribiyya", "Maroc (disambiguation)", "Morroco", "Al-Maġrib", "Lmaġrib", "Sherifian Empire", "Maroco", "Name of Morocc...
[ { "hasanswer": true, "id": "12092256", "score": 0.99906796, "text": "Casablanca and Tangier. Morocco is close to Europe and attracts visitors to its beaches. Because of its proximity to Spain, tourists in southern Spain's coastal areas take one- to three-day trips to Morocco. Air services between Mo...
Who was the Egyptian president who was assassinated in 1981?
[ "Sadat" ]
[ { "hasanswer": true, "id": "15640487", "score": 1.088073, "text": "peace treaty, which was supported by the vast majority of Egyptians, in exchange for the complete Israeli withdrawal from Sinai. Sadat was assassinated in Cairo by members of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad in 1981, and was succeeded by H...
Which country unilaterally declared independence in November 1965?
[ "Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe" ]
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Which country was called Upper Volta until 1984?
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Who was the Egyptian king whose tomb an treasures were discovered in the Valley of the Kings in 1922?
[ "King Tut", "Tutanhamon", "Tutankamun", "Tutankhamen", "Nebkheprure", "Tut-Anj-Amon", "King Tutankhamun", "Tutankhaten", "Tutankamen", "King tut", "Tutankhaumen", "Tutenkhamun", "King Tut's Death", "Tut-ankh-amun", "Tutankhamen's Death Mask", "Tutankamon", "Kingtut", "Tutenkamen", ...
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Name the East African country which lies on the equator.
[ "Kenyan", "Prehistory of Kenya", "Kenya-Africa", "ISO 3166-1:KE", "Jamhuri ya Kenya", "Kenya", "Republic of Kenya", "Kenya (disambiguation)", "Etymology of Kenya" ]
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What are the two main arms of the River Nile called?
[ "Blue Nile and White Nile" ]
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In which country did King Hassan II ascend the throne in 1961?
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Which British general was killed at Khartoum in 1885?
[ "Gordon (disambiguation)", "Gordon", "Gordon (name)", "Gordons" ]
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On the border of which two countries is Victoria Falls?
[ "Zambia and Zimbabwe" ]
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What is the name of the volcanic valley that runs from the Sinai peninsula to central Mozambique?
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Which actor won an Academy Award for his performance in The African Queen?
[ "Humphrey boggart", "Stephen Bogart", "Humphrey bogart", "Humphry Bogart", "Humphrey DeForest Bogart", "Tennis anyone", "Bogart", "Humphrey Bogart", "Humprey Bogart" ]
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Who wrote the novel Cry, the Beloved Country about South Africa?
[ "Alan Paton", "Alan paton", "Alan Stewart Paton" ]
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From which European country did Angola achieve independence in 1975?
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Which country mainly makes up the Horn of Africa?
[ "Somali National Salvation Committee", "Somolia", "Soomaaliya", "Somaila", "Republic of Somalia", "Somalia, Africa", "The Independent Somali State", "ISO 3166-1:SO", "الصومال", "Coast of Somalia", "Somalia", "Somaliya", "Federal Republic of Somalia", "As-Sumal" ]
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What is the capital of Sierra Leone?
[ "Freetown Colony", "Freetown", "History of Freetown, Sierra Leone", "Free Town", "Freetown settlement", "Freetown, Sierra Leone", "Capital of Sierra Leone" ]
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Which country is the island of Zanzibar part of?
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What is Africa's largest country?
[ "Sudan", "Islamic Republic of Sudan", "Sport in Sudan", "Government of the Sudan", "The Sudan", "Republic of Sudan", "Republic of North Sudan", "Northern Sudan", "Environmental issues in Sudan", "Sudan proper", "North Sudan", "Environmental issues in sudan", "As-Sūdān", "Administrative div...
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Who was the woman sentenced to six years in jail after the murder of Stompei Seipi?
[ "Nomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela", "Winnie Madikizela-Mandela", "Winnie Mandela", "Nomzano Zaniewe", "Winnie Nomzamo Mandela", "Nomzamo Winnie Mandela", "Mandela, Winnie", "Winnie Madikizela Mandela", "Winnie Madikizela", "Winnifred Mandela" ]
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In which country are the towns of Gweru and Kwekwe?
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[ { "hasanswer": true, "id": "3292190", "score": 1.0936933, "text": "183 km from Masvingo, 471 km from Beitbridge, and 275 km from Harare. Road names used are by destination only, for example the Harare-Gweru Road. There are only mainroads, no highways or freeways. Brendan Ashby, Olympic swimmer × Max...
Which African country is sandwiched between Ghana and Benin?
[ "Republic of Togo", "BQG", "ISO 3166-1:TG", "Health care in Togo", "Health in Togo", "République Togolaise", "Togo", "Republique Togolaise", "Togolese", "Sport in Togo", "Religion in Togo", "Togolese Republic", "Administrative divisions of Togo" ]
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The Zambesi and which other river define the borders of Matabeleland?
[ "Northern Province, South Africa", "Limpopo Province", "Limpopo (South African province)", "Northern Province (South Africa)", "Limpopo", "Northern Transvaal", "Limpopo province" ]
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In which mountains are Camp David?
[ "Appalachian", "Appalachian (disambiguation)" ]
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"Which song say, ""The words of the prophet are written on the subway walls?"""
[ "The Sounds of Silence (song)", "The Sound Of Silence", "Sound of Silence", "The Sound of Silence", "En ton av tystnad", "The Sounds of Silence", "Hello Darkness My old Friend" ]
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Who sang the title song for the Bond film A View To A Kill?
[ "Duran duran", "Sphere Studios", "Careless Memory", "Duran Duran", "Duranduran", "DUran Duran" ]
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In which country did General Jaruzelski impose marital law in 1981?
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[ { "hasanswer": true, "id": "5275810", "score": 1.0514178, "text": "Pact countries (similar to the earlier interventions in Hungary in 1956 and Czechoslovakia in 1968). Public figures who supported the introduction of martial law (including some of the right-wing figures like Jędrzej Giertych) would ...
Who won the Oscar for directing It Happened One Night?
[ "Frank Capra", "Francesco Rosario Capra", "The American Film Institute Salute to Frank Capra", "The american film institute salute to frank capra", "Capraesque", "Francesco Capra", "Lou Capra", "Frank R. Capra" ]
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If it is 8 a. m. in California, what time is it in Missouri?
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[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "10897552", "score": 0.98292303, "text": "1:30 a.m., even in those in St. Louis and Kansas City specially licensed to serve liquor by the drink until 3:00 a.m. (on-premises sales may continue until 3:00, but off-premises sales must cease by 1:30). Generally, the hours for...
In which decade of the 20th century was Ted Danson born?
[ "The Forties", "1940–1949", "%6040s", "1940s", "Nineteen-forties", "1940s literature", "'40s", "1940-1949", "1940's", "1940s (decade)" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "13279707", "score": 1.0171349, "text": "Edinburgh. He was then elected Bishop of Edinburgh in 1939. Four years later he became Primus of Scotland, a post he held to his death on 9 December 1946. Logie Danson Ernest Denny Logie Danson (14 June 1880 - 9 December 1946) was ...
Hellenikon international airport is in which country?
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[ { "hasanswer": true, "id": "2161929", "score": 1.1301082, "text": "Ellinikon International Airport Ellinikon International Airport, sometimes spelled \"Hellinikon\" () was the international airport of Athens, Greece for sixty years up until 28 March 2001, when it was replaced by the new Athens Inter...
Who had a 60s No 1 with Lightnin' Strikes?
[ "Luigi A.G. Sacco", "Luigi Giovanni Sacco", "Luigi Alfredo Giovanni Sacco", "Luigi Alfredo Sacco", "Luigi A. G. Sacco", "Lou Christie" ]
[ { "hasanswer": true, "id": "10704861", "score": 1.2520788, "text": "Lightnin' Strikes \"Lightnin' Strikes\" is a song written by Lou Christie and Twyla Herbert, and recorded by Christie on the MGM label. It was a hit in 1966, making it first to No. 1 in Canada in January 1966 on the \"RPM\" Top Sing...
In which year was CNN founded?
[ "one thousand, nine hundred and eighty", "1980" ]
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Who was President Reagan's Secretary for Defense from 1987 to 1989?
[ "Frank Charles Carlucci", "Frank Charles Carlucci, III", "Frank Carlucci", "Frank Carlucci III", "Frank C. Carlucci", "Frank C. Carlucci III", "Frank Charles Carlucci III" ]
[ { "hasanswer": false, "id": "14149524", "score": 1.0440339, "text": "J. Daniel Howard J. Daniel Howard (born August 24, 1943) was Special Assistant to President of the United States Ronald Reagan from July 1986 to February 1988, United States Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs from Fe...
In basketball where do the Celtics come from?
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[ { "hasanswer": true, "id": "539391", "score": 1.0530239, "text": "Boston Celtics The Boston Celtics are an American professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Atlantic Di...
Which Disney film had the theme tune A Whole New World?
[ "'Ala' ad Din", "'Ala' ad-Din", "Alad-Din", "Aladdin", "'Ala' addin", "アラジン", "Aladdin's lamp", "Alladdin", "Ali ibn ad-Din", "Ala addin", "Alaad Din", "Alad Din", "علاء الدين", "ʻAlāʼ ad-Dīn", "Ala ad-Din", "Alaaddin", "Aladdin and the magic lamp", "Arajin", "Alaad-Din", "Alad...
[ { "hasanswer": true, "id": "5020256", "score": 1.1130965, "text": "A Whole New World \"A Whole New World\" is a song from Disney's 1992 animated feature film \"Aladdin\", with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Tim Rice. A duet originally recorded by singers Brad Kane and Lea Salonga in their respec...
What does MG sand for in Booker T & The MG's?
[ "Memphis style", "Memphis design", "Memphis Style", "Memphis movement", "Memphis Group", "Memphis (design group)" ]
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Florence Ballard was a member of which girl group?
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Who was born first, Susan Sarandon or Glenn Close?
[ "Susan Abigail Sarandon", "Susan Abigail Tomalin", "Susan Sarandon" ]
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Who wrote the novel The Go Between?
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In which musical do the sweeps sing Chim Chim Cheree?
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[ { "hasanswer": true, "id": "1875121", "score": 1.0730455, "text": "being in the book series \"Mary Poppins\" by P. L. Travers and the Walt Disney film adaptation which has an extended dance sequence in which the jovial workers celebrate the end of the workday with fearless acrobatics. Their leader, ...
Who had a big 60s No 1 with Tossin' and Turnin'?
[ "Bobby Lewis" ]
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Sam Phillips was owner of which legendary recording studio?
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[ { "hasanswer": true, "id": "4145746", "score": 1.3418441, "text": "Knox Phillips has overseen the studio's operations in recent years. Phillips Recording Phillips Recording is the short name widely used to refer to the Sam C. Phillips Recording Studio opened at 639 Madison Avenue in Memphis, Tenness...
Which actor played Maxwell Smart?
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On a computer keyboard which letter on the same line is between C and B?
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Lunar 10's Lunar Excursion Module was named after which famous character?
[ "Snoopie", "Snoopy dog", "Daisy Hill Puppy Farm", "Snoopy" ]
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