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5734061fd058e614000b67ee | Portugal | Industry is diversified, ranging from automotive (Volkswagen Autoeuropa and Peugeot Citroen), aerospace (Embraer and OGMA), electronics and textiles, to food, chemicals, cement and wood pulp. Volkswagen Group's AutoEuropa motor vehicle assembly plant in Palmela is among the largest foreign direct investment projects in... | What are two aerospace companies? | {
"text": [
"Embraer and OGMA"
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"answer_start": [
105
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} |
56df11de3277331400b4d937 | Sony_Music_Entertainment | Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (sometimes known as Sony Music or by the initials, SME) is an American music corporation managed and operated by Sony Corporation of America (SCA), a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Sony Corporation. In 1929, the enterprise was first founded as American Record Corporation (ARC) and, in... | What is the name of the company that manages Sony Music Entertainment? | {
"text": [
"Universal Music Group."
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"answer_start": [
614
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} |
570d2095b3d812140066d461 | Valencia | The vicereine Germaine of Foix brutally repressed the uprising and its leaders, and this accelerated the authoritarian centralisation of the government of Charles I. Queen Germaine favoured harsh treatment of the agermanats. She is thought to have signed the death warrants of 100 former rebels personally, and sources i... | Who was the first monarch to have a government controlled by the vicereine Germaine of Foix? | {
"text": [
"Charles"
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"answer_start": [
486
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} |
56fad9cef34c681400b0c167 | Somalis | Somalis constitute the largest ethnic group in Somalia, at approximately 85% of the nation's inhabitants. They are traditionally nomads, but since the late 20th century, many have moved to urban areas. While most Somalis can be found in Somalia proper, large numbers also live in Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya, Yemen, the Mi... | What country does Somalia live in? | {
"text": [
"Kenya"
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"answer_start": [
300
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} |
570ce1a4b3d812140066d2db | Macintosh | As for Mac OS, System 7 was a 32-bit rewrite from Pascal to C++ that introduced virtual memory and improved the handling of color graphics, as well as memory addressing, networking, and co-operative multitasking. Also during this time, the Macintosh began to shed the "Snow White" design language, along with the expensi... | What was introduced in System 7? | {
"text": [
"co-operative multitasking"
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"answer_start": [
186
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} |
572680e4dd62a815002e8781 | Marvel_Comics | A series of new editors-in-chief oversaw the company during another slow time for the industry. Once again, Marvel attempted to diversify, and with the updating of the Comics Code achieved moderate to strong success with titles themed to horror (The Tomb of Dracula), martial arts, (Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu), sword-... | What were some of the titles that Marvel released that were sword-and-sorcery? | {
"text": [
"Conan the Barbarian, Red Sonja"
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"answer_start": [
333
]
} |
570fae4580d9841400ab363b | Elizabeth_II | In 1943, at the age of 16, Elizabeth undertook her first solo public appearance on a visit to the Grenadier Guards, of which she had been appointed colonel the previous year. As she approached her 18th birthday, parliament changed the law so that she could act as one of five Counsellors of State in the event of her fat... | What role did Elizabeth play in the event of her father's absence? | {
"text": [
"Counsellors of State"
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"answer_start": [
276
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} |
57337ae4d058e614000b5b87 | Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy | Saint-Barthélemy has a marine nature reserve, known as the Reserve Naturelle that covers 1.200 ha, and is divided into 5 zones all around the island to form a network of protected areas. The Reserve includes the bays of Grand Cul de Sac, Colombier, Marigot, Petit Cul de Sac, Petite Anse as well as waters around offshor... | What is the name of the marine reserve in Saint-Barthélemy? | {
"text": [
"Reserve Naturelle"
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"answer_start": [
59
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} |
572653fef1498d1400e8dc19 | Department_store | In 1877, John Wanamaker opened the United State's first modern department store in a former Pennsylvania Railroad freight terminal in Philadelphia. Wanamakers was the first department store to offer fixed prices marked on every article and also introduced electrical illumination (1878), the telephone (1879), and the us... | When was electrical illumination introduced? | {
"text": [
"1878"
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"answer_start": [
281
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} |
56e1c818e3433e1400423174 | Catalan_language | Like other languages, Catalan has a large list of learned words from Greek and Latin. This process started very early, and one can find such examples in Ramon Llull's work. On the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries Catalan had a number of Greco-Latin learned words much superior to other Romance languages, as it can be ... | What languages does Catalan have a large list of learned words from? | {
"text": [
"Greek and Latin"
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"answer_start": [
69
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} |
56cde29b62d2951400fa6969 | 2008_Sichuan_earthquake | The Zipingpu Hydropower Plant (simplified Chinese: 紫坪铺水库; traditional Chinese: 紫坪鋪水庫) located 20 km east of the epicenter was damaged. A recent inspection indicated that the damage was less severe than initially feared, and it remains structurally stable and safe. The Tulong reservoir upstream is in danger of collapse.... | How far away from the epicenter is the Zipingpu Hydropower Plant? | {
"text": [
"20 km east"
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"answer_start": [
94
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} |
56f8a20b9e9bad19000a021f | Southampton | There are 119,500 males within the city and 117,400 females. The 20–24 age range is the most populous, with an estimated 32,300 people falling in this age range. Next largest is the 25–29 range with 24,700 people and then 30–34 years with 17,800. By population, Southampton is the largest monocentric city in the South E... | What is the largest city on the South Coast? | {
"text": [
"Plymouth"
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"answer_start": [
387
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} |
572772c3708984140094ddd5 | Nonprofit_organization | Canada allows nonprofits to be incorporated or unincorporated. Nonprofits may incorporate either federally, under Part II of the Canada Business Corporations Act or under provincial legislation. Many of the governing Acts for Canadian nonprofits date to the early 1900s, meaning that nonprofit legislation has not kept p... | What type of patents are available to Canadian non-profits? | {
"text": [
"Letters Patent"
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"answer_start": [
507
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} |
572a3c5c3f37b31900478805 | Ottoman_Empire | Before the reforms of the 19th and 20th centuries, the state organisation of the Ottoman Empire was a simple system that had two main dimensions, which were the military administration and the civil administration. The Sultan was the highest position in the system. The civil system was based on local administrative uni... | What type of Islamic practice did the Ottomans practice? | {
"text": [
"orthodox Islamic practice"
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"answer_start": [
859
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} |
56d08c3c234ae51400d9c374 | Buddhism | Gautama was now determined to complete his spiritual quest. At the age of 35, he famously sat in meditation under a Ficus religiosa tree now called the Bodhi Tree in the town of Bodh Gaya and vowed not to rise before achieving enlightenment. After many days, he finally destroyed the fetters of his mind, thereby liberat... | How did Gautama live? | {
"text": [
"he spent the rest of his life teaching the path of awakening he had discovered"
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"answer_start": [
539
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} |
572a6560b8ce0319002e2b21 | Ottoman_Empire | Over the course of Ottoman history, the Ottomans managed to build a large collection of libraries complete with translations of books from other cultures, as well as original manuscripts. A great part of this desire for local and foreign manuscripts arose in the 15th Century. Sultan Mehmet II ordered Georgios Amiroutze... | Where was Georgios Amiroutzes from? | {
"text": [
"originally from Samarkand"
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"answer_start": [
526
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} |
572e80e8cb0c0d14000f11fc | Cyprus | The ratio of Muslims to Christians fluctuated throughout the period of Ottoman domination. In 1777–78, 47,000 Muslims constituted a majority over the island's 37,000 Christians. By 1872, the population of the island had risen to 144,000, comprising 44,000 Muslims and 100,000 Christians. The Muslim population included n... | What was the population of the island in 1872? | {
"text": [
"144,000"
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"answer_start": [
229
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} |
56de3a30cffd8e1900b4b69f | Southern_Europe | The period known as the Crusades, a series of religiously motivated military expeditions originally intended to bring the Levant back into Christian rule, began. Several Crusader states were founded in the eastern Mediterranean. These were all short-lived. The Crusaders would have a profound impact on many parts of Eur... | What was the name of the crusade? | {
"text": [
"The Reconquista"
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"answer_start": [
669
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} |
57279c1aff5b5019007d90ec | Cork_(city) | Cork was originally a monastic settlement, reputedly founded by Saint Finbarr in the 6th century. Cork achieved an urban character at some point between 915 and 922 when Norseman (Viking) settlers founded a trading port. It has been proposed that, like Dublin, Cork was an important trading centre in the global Scandina... | What was Cork considered to be a trading port for? | {
"text": [
"otherwise unobtainable trade goods"
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"answer_start": [
493
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} |
570afdc16b8089140040f68b | Aircraft_carrier | If the aircraft are VTOL-capable or helicopters, they do not need to decelerate and hence there is no such need. The arrested-recovery system has used an angled deck since the 1950s because, in case the aircraft does not catch the arresting wire, the short deck allows easier take off by reducing the number of objects b... | What area does the angled deck separate the recovery operation area from? | {
"text": [
"the launch area"
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"answer_start": [
440
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} |
57292188af94a219006aa0d1 | States_of_Germany | As the premiers did not come to an agreement on this question, the Parliamentary Council was supposed to address this issue. Its provisions are reflected in Article 29. There was a binding provision for a new delimitation of the federal territory: the Federal Territory must be revised ... (paragraph 1). Moreover, in te... | What did the people of the territories have to do to petition for a new delimitation? | {
"text": [
"a referendum"
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"answer_start": [
752
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} |
56e6b7e56fe0821900b8eb3b | Adult_contemporary_music | Adult contemporary music (AC) is a style of music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, rhythm and blues, quiet storm, and rock influence. Adult contemporary is rather a continuation of the easy list... | What type of music was popular in the 1960s and 1970s? | {
"text": [
"soft rock"
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"answer_start": [
86
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} |
570d7d86b3d812140066d9f3 | Franco-Prussian_War | The events of the Franco-Prussian War had great influence on military thinking over the next forty years. Lessons drawn from the war included the need for a general staff system, the scale and duration of future wars and the tactical use of artillery and cavalry. The bold use of artillery by the Prussians, to silence F... | What did the Prussians use artillery against? | {
"text": [
"European armies"
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"answer_start": [
520
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} |
57095defed30961900e84008 | Copper | Copper is biostatic, meaning bacteria will not grow on it. For this reason it has long been used to line parts of ships to protect against barnacles and mussels. It was originally used pure, but has since been superseded by Muntz metal. Similarly, as discussed in copper alloys in aquaculture, copper alloys have become ... | What is the main benefit of copper in aquaculture? | {
"text": [
"corrosion-resistant"
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"answer_start": [
489
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} |
572efd6403f9891900756b2d | Hyderabad | Relics of Qutb Shahi and Nizam rule remain visible today, with the Charminar—commissioned by Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah—coming to symbolise Hyderabad. Golconda fort is another major landmark. The influence of Mughlai culture is also evident in the city's distinctive cuisine, which includes Hyderabadi biryani and Hyderabad... | Who commissioned the Charminar? | {
"text": [
"Muhammad Quli Qutb"
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"answer_start": [
93
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} |
572ea780dfa6aa1500f8d25f | Seven_Years%27_War | The most important French fort planned was intended to occupy a position at "the Forks" where the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers meet to form the Ohio River (present day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). Peaceful British attempts to halt this fort construction were unsuccessful, and the French proceeded to build the fort th... | What was the name of the fort built by the French? | {
"text": [
"Fort Necessity"
],
"answer_start": [
613
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} |
572706815951b619008f84d5 | Nutrition | In the US, dietitians are registered (RD) or licensed (LD) with the Commission for Dietetic Registration and the American Dietetic Association, and are only able to use the title "dietitian," as described by the business and professions codes of each respective state, when they have met specific educational and experie... | What is the profession of a dietitian? | {
"text": [
"nutritionist"
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"answer_start": [
555
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} |
5728d0262ca10214002da889 | London | London is one of the major classical and popular music capitals of the world and is home to major music corporations, such as EMI and Warner Music Group as well as countless bands, musicians and industry professionals. The city is also home to many orchestras and concert halls, such as the Barbican Arts Centre (princip... | What are two major opera houses in London? | {
"text": [
"the Royal Opera House and the London Coliseum"
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"answer_start": [
512
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} |
572b76f734ae481900deae32 | Idealism | Kierkegaard criticised Hegel's idealist philosophy in several of his works, particularly his claim to a comprehensive system that could explain the whole of reality. Where Hegel argues that an ultimate understanding of the logical structure of the world is an understanding of the logical structure of God's mind, Kierke... | What type of structure did Hegel believe the world to be? | {
"text": [
"logical"
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"answer_start": [
517
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} |
5726d0525951b619008f7ecb | The_Sun_(United_Kingdom) | On 17 April 2015, The Sun's columnist Katie Hopkins called migrants to Britain "cockroaches" and "feral humans" and said they were "spreading like the norovirus". Her remarks were condemned by the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights. In a statement released on 24 April 2015, High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al ... | Who was the Sun's columnist on April 17, 2015? | {
"text": [
"Katie Hopkins"
],
"answer_start": [
38
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} |
570b26c7ec8fbc190045b887 | Xbox_360 | The Xbox 360's original graphical user interface was the Xbox 360 Dashboard; a tabbed interface that featured five "Blades" (formerly four blades), and was designed by AKQA and Audiobrain. It could be launched automatically when the console booted without a disc in it, or when the disc tray was ejected, but the user ha... | Who designed the dashboard? | {
"text": [
"AKQA and Audiobrain"
],
"answer_start": [
168
]
} |
5726d83d708984140094d333 | Law_of_the_United_States | Federal law and treaties, so long as they are in accordance with the Constitution, preempt conflicting state and territorial laws in the 50 U.S. states and in the territories. However, the scope of federal preemption is limited because the scope of federal power is not universal. In the dual-sovereign system of America... | What is the system of American federalism called? | {
"text": [
"dual-sovereign system"
],
"answer_start": [
288
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} |
570dec460dc6ce1900204d0d | Antarctica | Aristotle wrote in his book Meteorology about an Antarctic region in c. 350 B.C. Marinus of Tyre reportedly used the name in his unpreserved world map from the 2nd century A.D. The Roman authors Hyginus and Apuleius (1–2 centuries A.D.) used for the South Pole the romanized Greek name polus antarcticus, from which deri... | What was the Roman name for the South Pole? | {
"text": [
"polus antarcticus"
],
"answer_start": [
286
]
} |
572674a05951b619008f7317 | Film_speed | The standard specifies how speed ratings should be reported by the camera. If the noise-based speed (40:1) is higher than the saturation-based speed, the noise-based speed should be reported, rounded downwards to a standard value (e.g. 200, 250, 320, or 400). The rationale is that exposure according to the lower satura... | What is the reason for the noise-based speed to be reported? | {
"text": [
"the noise-based speed (40:1) is higher than the saturation-based speed"
],
"answer_start": [
78
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} |
5726b4e8f1498d1400e8e83e | Electric_motor | Whereas SCIMs cannot turn a shaft faster than allowed by the power line frequency, universal motors can run at much higher speeds. This makes them useful for appliances such as blenders, vacuum cleaners, and hair dryers where high speed and light weight are desirable. They are also commonly used in portable power tools... | What type of motors cannot turn a shaft faster than allowed by the power line frequency? | {
"text": [
"SCIMs"
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"answer_start": [
8
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} |
56ce2b2daab44d1400b884f1 | Sino-Tibetan_relations_during_the_Ming_dynasty | China Daily, a CCP-controlled news organization since 1981, states in a 2008 article that although there were dynastic changes after Tibet was incorporated into the territory of Yuan dynasty's China in the 13th century, "Tibet has remained under the jurisdiction of the central government of China." It also states that ... | Who inherited the right to rule Tibet? | {
"text": [
"the Ming dynasty"
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"answer_start": [
320
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} |
5706587852bb8914006899ea | MP3 | Technicolor (formerly called Thomson Consumer Electronics) claims to control MP3 licensing of the Layer 3 patents in many countries, including the United States, Japan, Canada and EU countries. Technicolor has been actively enforcing these patents. | What was Technicolor's previous name? | {
"text": [
"Thomson Consumer Electronics"
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"answer_start": [
29
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} |
5732aa731d5d2e14009ff891 | Police | In the American Old West, policing was often of very poor quality.[citation needed] The Army often provided some policing alongside poorly resourced sheriffs and temporarily organized posses.[citation needed] Public organizations were supplemented by private contractors, notably the Pinkerton National Detective Agency,... | What was the name of the private contractor that provided public policing in the Old West? | {
"text": [
"Pinkerton National Detective Agency"
],
"answer_start": [
284
]
} |
57099bc1ed30961900e84372 | Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_Census | Race was asked differently in the Census 2000 in several other ways than previously. Most significantly, respondents were given the option of selecting one or more race categories to indicate racial identities. Data show that nearly seven million Americans identified as members of two or more races. Because of these ch... | What year was the first census? | {
"text": [
"1990"
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"answer_start": [
403
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} |
56e3a927e375b8140053a3df | Estonian_language | Estonian has been influenced by Swedish, German (initially Middle Low German, which was the lingua franca of the Hanseatic League and spoken natively in the territories of what is today known as Estonia by a sizeable burgher community of Baltic Germans, later Estonian was also influenced by standard German), and Russia... | What burgher community spoke Estonian? | {
"text": [
"Baltic Germans"
],
"answer_start": [
238
]
} |
572fd7db947a6a140053cd44 | Premier_League | An exception to the usual European qualification system happened in 2005, after Liverpool won the Champions League the year before, but did not finish in a Champions League qualification place in the Premier League that season. UEFA gave special dispensation for Liverpool to enter the Champions League, giving England f... | What did UEFA do to allow Liverpool to enter the Champions League? | {
"text": [
"UEFA gave special dispensation for Liverpool to enter the Champions League"
],
"answer_start": [
228
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} |
56dcfc7b66d3e219004dab7d | Republic_of_the_Congo | Many Pygmies belong from birth to Bantus in a relationship many refer to as slavery. The Congolese Human Rights Observatory says that the Pygmies are treated as property the same way "pets" are. On December 30, 2010, the Congolese parliament adopted a law for the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous peo... | When was a law for the promotion and protection of indigenous peoples adopted? | {
"text": [
"December 30, 2010"
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"answer_start": [
198
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} |
57267b3c708984140094c78e | Mexico_City | In 1941, the General Anaya borough was merged to the Central Department, which was then renamed "Mexico City" (thus reviving the name, but not the autonomous municipality). From 1941 to 1970, the Federal District comprised twelve delegaciones and Mexico City. In 1970 Mexico City was split into four different delegacion... | What were the names of the four delegaciones that made up Mexico City in 1970? | {
"text": [
"Cuauhtémoc, Miguel Hidalgo, Venustiano Carranza and Benito Juárez"
],
"answer_start": [
324
]
} |
56cebfcaaab44d1400b889a9 | 2008_Sichuan_earthquake | The National Disaster Relief Commission initiated a "Level II emergency contingency plan", which covers the most serious class of natural disasters. The plan rose to Level I at 22:15 CST, May 12. | What did the National Disaster Relief Commission create? | {
"text": [
"Level II emergency contingency plan"
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"answer_start": [
53
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} |
57341e404776f419006618c6 | Infection | Because it is normal to have bacterial colonization, it is difficult to know which chronic wounds are infected. Despite the huge number of wounds seen in clinical practice, there are limited quality data for evaluated symptoms and signs. A review of chronic wounds in the Journal of the American Medical Association's "R... | What was the most important indicator of infection? | {
"text": [
"absence of pain"
],
"answer_start": [
593
]
} |
56e13b0ae3433e1400422ce7 | Boston | Fog is fairly common, particularly in spring and early summer, and the occasional tropical storm or hurricane can threaten the region, especially in late summer and early autumn. Due to its situation along the North Atlantic, the city often receives sea breezes, especially in the late spring, when water temperatures ar... | When do tropical storms and hurricanes often threaten the area? | {
"text": [
"late summer and early autumn"
],
"answer_start": [
149
]
} |
5731d900b9d445190005e5b0 | Separation_of_church_and_state_in_the_United_States | The required beliefs of these clauses include belief in a Supreme Being and belief in a future state of rewards and punishments. (Tennessee Constitution Article IX, Section 2 is one such example.) Some of these same states specify that the oath of office include the words "so help me God." In some cases these beliefs (... | What is an example of a Tennessee Constitution clause that requires a person to believe in a Supreme Being? | {
"text": [
"Article IX, Section 2"
],
"answer_start": [
153
]
} |
5725bb2838643c19005acbfb | Israel | On 6 October 1973, as Jews were observing Yom Kippur, the Egyptian and Syrian armies launched a surprise attack against Israeli forces in the Sinai Peninsula and Golan Heights, that opened the Yom Kippur War. The war ended on 26 October with Israel successfully repelling Egyptian and Syrian forces but having suffered o... | When did the surprise attack on Israeli forces begin? | {
"text": [
"6 October 1973"
],
"answer_start": [
3
]
} |
57303e52b2c2fd1400568ad8 | British_Isles | Another body established under the Good Friday Agreement, the British–Irish Council, is made up of all of the states and territories of the British Isles. The British–Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Irish: Tionól Pharlaiminteach na Breataine agus na hÉireann) predates the British–Irish Council and was established in 1990... | How many members were originally in the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly? | {
"text": [
"25"
],
"answer_start": [
402
]
} |
57281c622ca10214002d9e0b | George_VI | In May and June 1939, the King and Queen toured Canada and the United States. From Ottawa, the royal couple were accompanied throughout by Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, to present themselves in North America as King and Queen of Canada. George was the first reigning monarch of Canada to visit Nor... | Who was the Canadian Prime Minister in 1939? | {
"text": [
"William Lyon Mackenzie King"
],
"answer_start": [
163
]
} |
571ab39a10f8ca14003052f5 | Pharmaceutical_industry | The aftermath of World War II saw an explosion in the discovery of new classes of antibacterial drugs including the cephalosporins (developed by Eli Lilly based on the seminal work of Giuseppe Brotzu and Edward Abraham), streptomycin (discovered during a Merck-funded research program in Selman Waksman's laboratory), th... | Whose work was the cephalosporins based on? | {
"text": [
"Giuseppe Brotzu and Edward Abraham"
],
"answer_start": [
184
]
} |
570a64c64103511400d596c0 | Emotion | In philosophy, emotions are studied in sub-fields such as ethics, the philosophy of art (for example, sensory–emotional values, and matters of taste and sentimentality), and the philosophy of music (see also Music and emotion). In history, scholars examine documents and other sources to interpret and analyze past activ... | What is one of the sub-fields of philosophy that studies emotions? | {
"text": [
"ethics"
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"answer_start": [
58
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} |
56f87461aef23719006260a4 | Alps | In modern languages the term alp, alm, albe or alpe refers to a grazing pastures in the alpine regions below the glaciers, not the peaks. An alp refers to a high mountain pasture where cows are taken to be grazed during the summer months and where hay barns can be found, and the term "the Alps", referring to the mounta... | What is the term for a high mountain pasture where cows are taken to be grazed during the summer months? | {
"text": [
"An alp"
],
"answer_start": [
138
]
} |
56e777fc37bdd419002c3fed | Daylight_saving_time | Clock shifts were found to increase the risk of heart attack by 10 percent, and to disrupt sleep and reduce its efficiency. Effects on seasonal adaptation of the circadian rhythm can be severe and last for weeks. A 2008 study found that although male suicide rates rise in the weeks after the spring transition, the rela... | How many weekdays after the start of the spring are heart attacks more common? | {
"text": [
"three"
],
"answer_start": [
461
]
} |
573144cc497a881900248d2e | Egypt | The First Intermediate Period ushered in a time of political upheaval for about 150 years. Stronger Nile floods and stabilisation of government, however, brought back renewed prosperity for the country in the Middle Kingdom c. 2040 BC, reaching a peak during the reign of Pharaoh Amenemhat III. A second period of disuni... | What was the first foreign ruling dynasty in Egypt? | {
"text": [
"Hyksos"
],
"answer_start": [
422
]
} |
571090e2a58dae1900cd6a3a | Age_of_Enlightenment | In Germany, practical reference works intended for the uneducated majority became popular in the 18th century. The Marperger Curieuses Natur-, Kunst-, Berg-, Gewerkund Handlungs-Lexicon (1712) explained terms that usefully described the trades and scientific and commercial education. Jablonksi Allgemeines Lexicon (1721... | In what country did practical reference works become popular in the 18th century? | {
"text": [
"Germany"
],
"answer_start": [
3
]
} |
57318db6a5e9cc1400cdc05b | University | Many scholars (including Makdisi) have argued that early medieval universities were influenced by the religious madrasahs in Al-Andalus, the Emirate of Sicily, and the Middle East (during the Crusades). Other scholars see this argument as overstated. Lowe and Yasuhara have recently drawn on the well-documented influenc... | What kind of influence did Lowe and Yasuhara see on the development of higher education? | {
"text": [
"a global context"
],
"answer_start": [
567
]
} |
5727b2b2ff5b5019007d92d5 | Switzerland | Switzerland has four official languages: principally German (63.5% total population share, with foreign residents, in 2013); French (22.5%) in the west; and Italian (8.1%) in the south. The fourth official language, Romansh (0.5%), is a Romance language spoken locally in the southeastern trilingual canton of Graubünden... | What is the official language of Switzerland in the south? | {
"text": [
"Italian"
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157
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} |
5727a1a64b864d19001638e2 | Child_labour | In early August 2008, Iowa Labour Commissioner David Neil announced that his department had found that Agriprocessors, a kosher meatpacking company in Postville which had recently been raided by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, had employed 57 minors, some as young as 14, in violation of state law prohibiting anyon... | When did Neil turn the case over to the state Attorney General? | {
"text": [
"4 May 2010"
],
"answer_start": [
741
]
} |
570e432f0dc6ce1900204ee4 | Uranium | The major application of uranium in the military sector is in high-density penetrators. This ammunition consists of depleted uranium (DU) alloyed with 1–2% other elements, such as titanium or molybdenum. At high impact speed, the density, hardness, and pyrophoricity of the projectile enable the destruction of heavily a... | In what region is uranium used for weapons? | {
"text": [
"Persian Gulf"
],
"answer_start": [
596
]
} |
56d39b8159d6e41400146804 | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | In 1992, an Alabama editorial called for the death of Atticus, saying that as liberal as Atticus was, he still worked within a system of institutionalized racism and sexism and should not be revered. The editorial sparked a flurry of responses from attorneys who entered the profession because of him and esteemed him as... | What type of membership did the Alabama editorial call for? | {
"text": [
"honorary special membership"
],
"answer_start": [
675
]
} |
57068f3a75f01819005e7c06 | New_Delhi | New Delhi is a major junction in the Indian railway network and is the headquarters of the Northern Railway. The five main railway stations are New Delhi railway station, Old Delhi, Nizamuddin Railway Station, Anand Vihar Railway Terminal and Sarai Rohilla. The Delhi Metro, a mass rapid transit system built and operate... | What is the headquarters of the Northern Railway? | {
"text": [
"New Delhi"
],
"answer_start": [
0
]
} |
5726ab0ddd62a815002e8c67 | Switzerland | Switzerland is one of the richest and wealthiest countries in the world. Switzerland ranks top or close to the top in several metrics of national performance, including government transparency, civil liberties, quality of life, economic competitiveness, and human development. It has the highest nominal wealth (financia... | Which country has the highest nominal wealth per adult in the world according to Credit Suisse? | {
"text": [
"Switzerland"
],
"answer_start": [
0
]
} |
57319323a5e9cc1400cdc0f4 | Muammar_Gaddafi | Critics labelled Gaddafi "despotic, cruel, arrogant, vain and stupid", with western governments and press presenting him as the "vicious dictator of an oppressed people". During the Reagan administration, the United States regarded him as "Public Enemy No. 1" and Reagan famously dubbed him the "mad dog of the Middle Ea... | What did Reagan call Gaddafi the "mad dog of the Middle East"? | {
"text": [
"stray dogs"
],
"answer_start": [
989
]
} |
572673e0dd62a815002e855d | Department_store | The first department store in the Philippines is the Hoskyn's Department Store of Hoskyn & Co. established in 1877 in Iloilo by the Englishman Henry Hoskyn, nephew of Nicholas Loney, the first British vice-consul in Iloilo. Some of the earliest department stores in the Philippines were located in Manila as early as 189... | Who was the founder of the first department store in the Philippines? | {
"text": [
"Henry Hoskyn"
],
"answer_start": [
143
]
} |
56be86cf3aeaaa14008c9079 | Beyoncé | Following the disbandment of Destiny's Child in June 2005, she released her second solo album, B'Day (2006), which contained hits "Déjà Vu", "Irreplaceable", and "Beautiful Liar". Beyoncé also ventured into acting, with a Golden Globe-nominated performance in Dreamgirls (2006), and starring roles in The Pink Panther (2... | How many albums did Beyoncé release after Destiny's Child? | {
"text": [
"six"
],
"answer_start": [
565
]
} |
5727b6f93acd2414000dea63 | Switzerland | Switzerland has a dense network of cities, where large, medium and small cities are complementary. The plateau is very densely populated with about 450 people per km2 and the landscape continually shows signs of human presence. The weight of the largest metropolitan areas, which are Zürich, Geneva–Lausanne, Basel and B... | How many people live on the plateau? | {
"text": [
"450 people per km2"
],
"answer_start": [
148
]
} |
5728d4373acd2414000dff97 | Detroit | The city is governed pursuant to the Home Rule Charter of the City of Detroit. The city government is run by a mayor and a nine-member city council and clerk elected on an at-large nonpartisan ballot. Since voters approved the city's charter in 1974, Detroit has had a "strong mayoral" system, with the mayor approving d... | How many members are on the city council? | {
"text": [
"nine"
],
"answer_start": [
123
]
} |
56e038637aa994140058e3af | Saint_Helena | Although the importation of slaves to St Helena had been banned in 1792, the phased emancipation of over 800 resident slaves did not take place until 1827, which was still some six years before the British Parliament passed legislation to ban slavery in the colonies. | Who passed legislation to ban slavery in the colonies? | {
"text": [
"British Parliament"
],
"answer_start": [
198
]
} |
570e2b700b85d914000d7d02 | Eritrea | During the Middle Ages, the Eritrea region was known as Medri Bahri ("sea-land"). The name Eritrea is derived from the ancient Greek name for Red Sea (Ἐρυθρὰ Θάλασσα Erythra Thalassa, based on the adjective ἐρυθρός erythros "red"). It was first formally adopted in 1890, with the formation of Italian Eritrea (Colonia Er... | When was Eritrea annexed by Ethiopia? | {
"text": [
"1960"
],
"answer_start": [
535
]
} |
570a69376d058f1900182e31 | Beer | Beer ranges from less than 3% alcohol by volume (abv) to around 14% abv, though this strength can be increased to around 20% by re-pitching with champagne yeast, and to 55% abv by the freeze-distilling process. The alcohol content of beer varies by local practice or beer style. The pale lagers that most consumers are f... | What process can increase the abv of beer to 55%? | {
"text": [
"freeze-distilling"
],
"answer_start": [
184
]
} |
57302564b2c2fd140056895d | British_Isles | The demographics of the British Isles today are characterised by a generally high density of population in England, which accounts for almost 80% of the total population of the islands. In elsewhere on Great Britain and on Ireland, high density of population is limited to areas around, or close to, a few large cities. ... | What is the largest urban area in the UK? | {
"text": [
"Greater Dublin Area (1.1 million)"
],
"answer_start": [
635
]
} |
57301b53947a6a140053d10c | Tucson,_Arizona | The community of Casas Adobes is also on the Northwest Side, with the distinction of being Tucson's first suburb, established in the late 1940s. Casas Adobes is centered on the historic Casas Adobes Plaza (built in 1948). Casas Adobes is also home to Tohono Chul Park (a nature preserve) near the intersection of North O... | What nature preserve is located in Casas Adobes? | {
"text": [
"Tohono Chul Park"
],
"answer_start": [
251
]
} |
572ea61f03f98919007568a5 | Seven_Years%27_War | The carefully coded word in the agreement proved no less catalytic for the other European powers. The results were absolute chaos. Empress Elizabeth of Russia was outraged at the duplicity of Britain's position. Not only that France was so enraged, and terrified, by the sudden betrayal of its only ally. Austria, partic... | What did France do after the betrayal of its only ally? | {
"text": [
"France was forced to accede to the Austro-Russian alliance"
],
"answer_start": [
400
]
} |
56db36f7e7c41114004b4f5b | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay |
Indonesia: The Olympic flame reached Jakarta on April 22. The original 20 km relay through Jakarta was cancelled due to "security worries", at the request of the Chinese embassy, and the torch was instead carried round the city main's stadium, as it had been in Islamabad. Several dozen pro-Tibet protesters gathered n... | Why was the relay cancelled? | {
"text": [
"security worries"
],
"answer_start": [
123
]
} |
572787e6dd62a815002e9f9a | Carnival | For the King's funeral, people dress in elaborate mourning costume, many of them cross-dressing men who carry bouquets of phallic vegetables. In the funeral house, the body of the King is surrounded by an honor guard and weeping concubines, crying over the loss of sexual pleasure brought about by his death. The King's ... | What is the name of the service that the mourners receive at the King's funeral? | {
"text": [
"communion"
],
"answer_start": [
509
]
} |
57302039b2c2fd14005688db | Windows_8 | On February 29, 2012, Microsoft released Windows 8 Consumer Preview, the beta version of Windows 8, build 8250. Alongside other changes, the build removed the Start button from the taskbar for the first time since its debut on Windows 95; according to Windows manager Chaitanya Sareen, the Start button was removed to re... | When was the beta version of Windows 8 released? | {
"text": [
"February 29, 2012"
],
"answer_start": [
3
]
} |
5709fd234103511400d594e2 | Hanover | Some other popular sights are the Waterloo Column, the Laves House, the Wangenheim Palace, the Lower Saxony State Archives, the Hanover Playhouse, the Kröpcke Clock, the Anzeiger Tower Block, the Administration Building of the NORD/LB, the Cupola Hall of the Congress Centre, the Lower Saxony Stock, the Ministry of Fina... | Who designed the Gehry Tower? | {
"text": [
"Frank O. Gehry"
],
"answer_start": [
415
]
} |
56cf4ccdaab44d1400b88f7b | To_Kill_a_Mockingbird | Songbirds and their associated symbolism appear throughout the novel. The family's last name of Finch also shares Lee's mother's maiden name. The titular mockingbird is a key motif of this theme, which first appears when Atticus, having given his children air-rifles for Christmas, allows their Uncle Jack to teach them ... | What is the family's last name? | {
"text": [
"Finch"
],
"answer_start": [
96
]
} |
572b7eb8be1ee31400cb83f0 | Zinc | 64Zn, the most abundant isotope of zinc, is very susceptible to neutron activation, being transmuted into the highly radioactive 65Zn, which has a half-life of 244 days and produces intense gamma radiation. Because of this, Zinc Oxide used in nuclear reactors as an anti-corrosion agent is depleted of 64Zn before use, t... | What isotope of zinc is highly radioactive? | {
"text": [
"65Zn"
],
"answer_start": [
800
]
} |
56bf725c3aeaaa14008c9645 | Beyoncé | A self-described "modern-day feminist", Beyoncé creates songs that are often characterized by themes of love, relationships, and monogamy, as well as female sexuality and empowerment. On stage, her dynamic, highly choreographed performances have led to critics hailing her as one of the best entertainers in contemporary... | What is Beyoncé's self-described term? | {
"text": [
"modern-day feminist"
],
"answer_start": [
18
]
} |
572f6f8b947a6a140053c956 | Pain | The prevalence of phantom pain in upper limb amputees is nearly 82%, and in lower limb amputees is 54%. One study found that eight days after amputation, 72 percent of patients had phantom limb pain, and six months later, 65 percent reported it. Some amputees experience continuous pain that varies in intensity or quali... | What percentage of patients reported phantom pain six months after amputation? | {
"text": [
"65 percent"
],
"answer_start": [
222
]
} |
572ecc82c246551400ce46a5 | Seven_Years%27_War | The year 1759 saw several Prussian defeats. At the Battle of Kay, or Paltzig, the Russian Count Saltykov with 47,000 Russians defeated 26,000 Prussians commanded by General Carl Heinrich von Wedel. Though the Hanoverians defeated an army of 60,000 French at Minden, Austrian general Daun forced the surrender of an entir... | How did the Russian Count Saltykov defeat the Prussians? | {
"text": [
"47,000 Russians defeated 26,000 Prussians"
],
"answer_start": [
110
]
} |
5730a2a1069b5314008321e3 | Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System | To compete with the popular Family Computer in Japan, NEC Home Electronics launched the PC Engine in 1987, and Sega Enterprises followed suit with the Mega Drive in 1988. The two platforms were later launched in North America in 1989 as the TurboGrafx-16 and the Genesis respectively. Both systems were built on 16-bit a... | What was the name of the Sega Genesis? | {
"text": [
"TurboGrafx-16"
],
"answer_start": [
241
]
} |
57275811dd62a815002e9b68 | New_Haven,_Connecticut | Since approximately 2000, many parts of downtown New Haven have been revitalized, with new restaurants, nightlife, and small retail stores. In particular, the area surrounding the New Haven Green has experienced an influx of apartments and condominiums. In recent years, downtown retail options have increased with the o... | What type of stores have opened in recent years? | {
"text": [
"retail"
],
"answer_start": [
280
]
} |
57318a93497a881900248ff4 | University | The rediscovery of Aristotle's works–more than 3000 pages of it would eventually be translated –fuelled a spirit of inquiry into natural processes that had already begun to emerge in the 12th century. Some scholars believe that these works represented one of the most important document discoveries in Western intellectu... | What was the reason for the discovery of Aristotle's works? | {
"text": [
"reason"
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"answer_start": [
932
]
} |
57276815dd62a815002e9c59 | Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States | UCLA professor Richard H. Sander published an article in the November 2004 issue of the Stanford Law Review that questioned the effectiveness of racial preferences in law schools. He noted that, prior to his article, there had been no comprehensive study on the effects of affirmative action. The article presents a stud... | What publication did Richard H. Sander publish in November 2004? | {
"text": [
"Stanford Law Review"
],
"answer_start": [
88
]
} |
5726a158708984140094cc5a | Pope_Paul_VI | In 1916, he entered the seminary to become a Roman Catholic priest. He was ordained priest on 29 May 1920 in Brescia and celebrated his first Holy Mass in Brescia in the Basilica of Santa Maria delle Grazie. Montini concluded his studies in Milan with a doctorate in Canon Law in the same year. Afterwards he studied at ... | What did Montini receive a doctorate in? | {
"text": [
"Canon Law"
],
"answer_start": [
267
]
} |
5728c3cf2ca10214002da73d | Paris | On 14 June 1940, the German army marched into Paris, which had been declared an "open city". On 16–17 July 1942, following German orders, the French police and gendarmes arrested 12,884 Jews, including 4,115 children, and confined them during five days at the Vel d'Hiv (Vélodrome d'Hiver), from which they were transpor... | How many children returned from the extermination camp? | {
"text": [
"None"
],
"answer_start": [
373
]
} |
572f49a2b2c2fd1400567fdf | Flowering_plant | The characteristic feature of angiosperms is the flower. Flowers show remarkable variation in form and elaboration, and provide the most trustworthy external characteristics for establishing relationships among angiosperm species. The function of the flower is to ensure fertilization of the ovule and development of fru... | What is the characteristic feature of angiosperms? | {
"text": [
"inflorescence"
],
"answer_start": [
744
]
} |
5731cfe0b9d445190005e580 | Tajikistan | Tajikistan (i/tɑːˈdʒiːkᵻstɑːn/, /təˈdʒiːkᵻstæn/, or /tæˈdʒiːkiːstæn/; Persian: تاجيكستان Тоҷикистон [tɔd͡ʒikɪsˈtɔn]), officially the Republic of Tajikistan (Persian: جمهورى تاجيكستان Tajik: Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Çumhuriji Toçikiston/Jumhuriyi Tojikiston; Russian: Респу́блика Таджикистан, Respublika Tadzhikistan), is... | What country borders Tajikistan? | {
"text": [
"China"
],
"answer_start": [
555
]
} |
5730d389b7151e1900c01550 | United_States_Air_Force | Defensive Counterair (DCA) is defined as "all the defensive measures designed to detect, identify, intercept, and destroy or negate enemy forces attempting to penetrate or attack through friendly airspace" (JP 1-02). A major goal of DCA operations, in concert with OCA operations, is to provide an area from which forces... | What is the term for all the defensive measures designed to detect, identify, intercept, and destroy enemy forces? | {
"text": [
"Defensive Counterair"
],
"answer_start": [
0
]
} |
5728cfb7ff5b5019007da70d | History_of_India | Along with the desire for independence, tensions between Hindus and Muslims had also been developing over the years. The Muslims had always been a minority within the subcontinent, and the prospect of an exclusively Hindu government made them wary of independence; they were as inclined to mistrust Hindu rule as they we... | How many people were in India? | {
"text": [
"500,000"
],
"answer_start": [
930
]
} |
57099f7bed30961900e8438a | Computer_security | Today, computer security comprises mainly "preventive" measures, like firewalls or an exit procedure. A firewall can be defined as a way of filtering network data between a host or a network and another network, such as the Internet, and can be implemented as software running on the machine, hooking into the network st... | What is a firewall? | {
"text": [
"a separate machine filtering network traffic"
],
"answer_start": [
552
]
} |
573017b304bcaa1900d77175 | British_Isles | The British Isles lie at the juncture of several regions with past episodes of tectonic mountain building. These orogenic belts form a complex geology that records a huge and varied span of Earth's history. Of particular note was the Caledonian Orogeny during the Ordovician Period, c. 488–444 Ma and early Silurian peri... | What did the craton Baltica collide with the terrane Avalonia form? | {
"text": [
"mountains and hills"
],
"answer_start": [
395
]
} |
5735aaaedc94161900571ef4 | Kathmandu | The city generally has a climate with warm days followed by cool nights and mornings. Unpredictable weather is expected, given that temperatures can drop to 1 °C (34 °F) or less during the winter. During a 2013 cold front, the winter temperatures of Kathmandu dropped to −4 °C (25 °F), and the lowest temperature was rec... | What percentage of Nepal's rain falls during the monsoon months? | {
"text": [
"65"
],
"answer_start": [
409
]
} |
56df4ae18bc80c19004e4a1f | United_Nations_Population_Fund | UNFPA began operations in 1969 as the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (the name was changed in 1987) under the administration of the United Nations Development Fund. In 1971 it was placed under the authority of the United Nations General Assembly. | When did UNFPA begin operations? | {
"text": [
"1969"
],
"answer_start": [
26
]
} |
572704df5951b619008f84af | Capacitor | For air dielectric capacitors the breakdown field strength is of the order 2 to 5 MV/m; for mica the breakdown is 100 to 300 MV/m; for oil, 15 to 25 MV/m; it can be much less when other materials are used for the dielectric. The dielectric is used in very thin layers and so absolute breakdown voltage of capacitors is l... | Why is absolute breakdown voltage of capacitors limited? | {
"text": [
"The dielectric is used in very thin layers"
],
"answer_start": [
225
]
} |
5726c9405951b619008f7e06 | Mexico_City | Mexico City offers a variety of cuisines. Restaurants specializing in the regional cuisines of Mexico's 31 states are available in the city. Also available are an array of international cuisines, including Canadian, French, Italian, Croatian, Spanish (including many regional variations), Jewish, Lebanese, Chinese (agai... | What are some of the international cuisines available in Mexico City? | {
"text": [
"Canadian, French, Italian,"
],
"answer_start": [
206
]
} |
570aa9616d058f1900183046 | Federal_Aviation_Administration | The approaching era of jet travel, and a series of midair collisions (most notable was the 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision), prompted passage of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958. This legislation gave the CAA's functions to a new independent body, the Federal Aviation Agency. The act transferred air safety regulati... | What was the new independent body that the CAA was given the functions of? | {
"text": [
"Federal Aviation Agency"
],
"answer_start": [
256
]
} |
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