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Financial_crisis_of_2007%E2%80%9308 | It threatened the collapse of large financial institutions, which was prevented by the bailout of banks by national governments, but stock markets still dropped worldwide. In many areas, the housing market also suffered, resulting in evictions, foreclosures and prolonged unemployment. The crisis played a significant ro... | What year did the global recession that followed the financial crisis of 2007 end? | 573257950fdd8d15006c69ee | 2012 | 481 | null | -1 | false |
House_music | But house was also being developed on Ibiza,[citation needed] although no house artists or labels were coming from this tiny island at the time. By the mid-1980s a distinct Balearic mix of house was discernible.[citation needed] Several clubs such as Amnesia with DJ Alfredo were playing a mix of rock, pop, disco and ho... | what was a popular club in ibiza that started playing dance and house music? | 5706b11d0eeca41400aa0d36 | Amnesia | 251 | null | -1 | false |
Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) | Although Calvin and Huldrych Zwingli honored Mary as the Mother of God in the 16th century, they did so less than Martin Luther. Thus the idea of respect and high honor for Mary was not rejected by the first Protestants; but, they came to criticize the Roman Catholics for venerating Mary. Following the Council of Trent... | In what century did Martin Luther honor Mary as the Mother of God? | 5ad17e8d645df0001a2d1e38 | null | -1 | the 16th century | 74 | true |
Himachal_Pradesh | Due to extreme variation in elevation, great variation occurs in the climatic conditions of Himachal . The climate varies from hot and subhumid tropical in the southern tracts to, with more elevation, cold, alpine, and glacial in the northern and eastern mountain ranges. The state has areas like Dharamsala that receive... | What is the climate like? | 5709667eed30961900e840a1 | varies from hot and subhumid tropical | 115 | null | -1 | false |
Elizabeth_II | The Queen addressed the United Nations for a second time in 2010, again in her capacity as Queen of all Commonwealth realms and Head of the Commonwealth. The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, introduced her as "an anchor for our age". During her visit to New York, which followed a tour of Canada, she officially opened... | How many times has the Queen toured Canada? | 5ad378fa604f3c001a3fe3a1 | null | -1 | 11 | 380 | true |
Bermuda | The Constitution of Bermuda came into force on 1 June 1967; it was amended in 1989 and 2003. The head of government is the premier. A cabinet is nominated by the premier and appointed officially by the governor. The legislative branch consists of a bicameral parliament modelled on the Westminster system. The Senate is ... | Has Bermuda's constitution ever been amended? | 57294e7a6aef051400154c93 | it was amended in 1989 and 2003 | 60 | null | -1 | false |
Florida | Florida is served by Amtrak, operating numerous lines throughout, connecting the state's largest cities to points north in the United States and Canada. The busiest Amtrak train stations in Florida in 2011 were: Sanford (259,944), Orlando (179,142), Tampa Union Station (140,785), Miami (94,556), and Jacksonville (74,73... | What train line connects florida to the south? | 5acda5f107355d001abf48c0 | null | -1 | Amtrak | 21 | true |
BBC_Television | Programmes, such as the politically fuelled Give My Head Peace (produced by BBC Northern Ireland) and the soap opera River City (produced by BBC Scotland), have been created specifically to cater for some viewers in their respective nations, who may have found programmes created for English audiences irrelevant. BBC Sc... | What is the name of a show from Northern Ireland broadcast all over the United Kingdom? | 56de818dcffd8e1900b4b99c | Patrick Kielty Almost Live | 852 | null | -1 | false |
Alfred_North_Whitehead | The two volume biography of Whitehead by Victor Lowe is the most definitive presentation of the life of Whitehead. However, many details of Whitehead's life remain obscure because he left no Nachlass; his family carried out his instructions that all of his papers be destroyed after his death. Additionally, Whitehead wa... | Why was every Nachlass left behind after Whitehead's death? | 5ad3c964604f3c001a3ff096 | null | -1 | his family carried out his instructions that all of his papers be destroyed after his death | 201 | true |
Pesticide | Pesticide use raises a number of environmental concerns. Over 98% of sprayed insecticides and 95% of herbicides reach a destination other than their target species, including non-target species, air, water and soil. Pesticide drift occurs when pesticides suspended in the air as particles are carried by wind to other ar... | What concerns are raised when thinking about animals digging in the soil for food? | 5a7112630efcfe001a8afd20 | null | -1 | environmental | 33 | true |
Namibia | Namibia extends from 17°S to 25°S: climatically the range of the sub-Tropical High Pressure Belt, arid is the overall climate description descending from the Sub-Humid (mean rain above 500 mm) through Semi-Arid between 300 and 500 mm (embracing most of the waterless Kalahari) and Arid from 150 to 300 mm (these three re... | What is the climate description for the southern half of Namibia? | 5acfa8be77cf76001a685778 | null | -1 | Semi-Arid | 201 | true |
The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Twilight_Princess | The GameCube and Wii versions feature several minor differences in their controls. The Wii version of the game makes use of the motion sensors and built-in speaker of the Wii Remote. The speaker emits the sounds of a bowstring when shooting an arrow, Midna's laugh when she gives advice to Link, and the series' trademar... | The Wii version makes use of what kind of sensors? | 56d11a1b17492d1400aab95d | motion | 128 | null | -1 | false |
Premier_League | The first Sky television rights agreement was worth £304 million over five seasons. The next contract, negotiated to start from the 1997–98 season, rose to £670 million over four seasons. The third contract was a £1.024 billion deal with BSkyB for the three seasons from 2001–02 to 2003–04. The league brought in £320 mi... | How much many did the Premier League make from selling its internation rights during 2004-07? | 572fe288b2c2fd140056855e | The league brought in £320 million from the sale of its international rights for the three-year period from 2004–05 to 2006–07 | 291 | null | -1 | false |
Treaty | According to the preamble in The Law of Treaties, treaties are a source of international law. If an act or lack thereof is condemned under international law, the act will not assume international legality even if approved by internal law. This means that in case of a conflict with domestic law, international law will a... | What are started to be a source of international law in the preamble in The Law of Treaties? | 56f75e62aef2371900625b69 | treaties | 50 | null | -1 | false |
Montevideo | Tourism accounts for much of Uruguay's economy. Tourism in Montevideo is centered in the Ciudad Vieja area, which includes the city's oldest buildings, several museums, art galleries, and nightclubs, with Sarandí Street and the Mercado del Puerto being the most frequented venues of the old city. On the edge of Ciudad V... | Where is tourism in Montevideo centered in? | 5725c74589a1e219009abe8f | Ciudad Vieja area | 89 | null | -1 | false |
Bacteria | Unlike in multicellular organisms, increases in cell size (cell growth) and reproduction by cell division are tightly linked in unicellular organisms. Bacteria grow to a fixed size and then reproduce through binary fission, a form of asexual reproduction. Under optimal conditions, bacteria can grow and divide extremely... | What are produced in cell division? | 572fc5c004bcaa1900d76cec | two identical clone daughter cells | 418 | null | -1 | false |
Canadian_Armed_Forces | Prior to Confederation in 1867, residents of the colonies in what is now Canada served as regular members of French and British forces and in local militia groups. The latter aided in the defence of their respective territories against attacks by other European powers, Aboriginal peoples, and later American forces duri... | What year wasn't Canada united in a confederation? | 5ad3e456604f3c001a3ff571 | null | -1 | 1867 | 26 | true |
Literature | Roman histories and biographies anticipated the extensive mediaeval literature of lives of saints and miraculous chronicles, but the most characteristic form of the Middle Ages was the romance, an adventurous and sometimes magical narrative with strong popular appeal. Controversial, religious, political and instruction... | What is the Chinese Faust books an example of? | 5a7e48e570df9f001a875683 | null | -1 | the novel | 515 | true |
Pharmaceutical_industry | In March 2001, 40 multi-national pharmaceutical companies brought litigation against South Africa for its Medicines Act, which allowed the generic production of antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) for treating HIV, despite the fact that these drugs were on-patent. HIV was and is an epidemic in South Africa, and ARVs at the tim... | South Africa's Medicines Act allowed for the generic production of what kind of drugs? | 571d3f925efbb31900334eef | antiretroviral | 161 | null | -1 | false |
PlayStation_3 | 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 t... | What was PlayStation 3's toughest competitor in the video game market? | 572838a9ff5b5019007d9f60 | Wii | 339 | null | -1 | false |
Hunting | Shooting as practised in Britain, as opposed to traditional hunting, requires little questing for game—around thirty-five million birds are released onto shooting estates every year, some having been factory farmed. Shoots can be elaborate affairs with guns placed in assigned positions and assistants to help load shotg... | About how many birds are released onto shooting estates every year? | 573605726c16ec1900b92902 | thirty-five million | 110 | null | -1 | false |
Canon_law | The Roman Catholic Church canon law also includes the main five rites (groups) of churches which are in full union with the Roman Catholic Church and the Supreme Pontiff: | What term characterizes the intersection of the rites with the Roman Catholic Church? | 56e0f3907aa994140058e80a | full union | 104 | null | -1 | false |
Dialect | Another occasionally used criterion for discriminating dialects from languages is that of linguistic authority, a more sociolinguistic notion. According to this definition, two varieties are considered dialects of the same language if (under at least some circumstances) they would defer to the same authority regarding ... | Why is Yiddish not a dialect of German? | 56e8239437bdd419002c4461 | a Yiddish speaker would not consult a German dictionary | 717 | null | -1 | false |
New_Haven,_Connecticut | However, an analysis by the Regional Data Cooperative for Greater New Haven, Inc., has shown that due to issues of comparative denominators and other factors, such municipality-based rankings can be considered inaccurate. For example, two cities of identical population can cover widely differing land areas, making such... | According to the institution what leads to inaccurate analysis of the city? | 572a369c3f37b319004787c1 | cities of identical population | 239 | null | -1 | false |
George_VI | Throughout the war, the King and Queen provided morale-boosting visits throughout the United Kingdom, visiting bomb sites, munitions factories, and troops. The King visited military forces abroad in France in December 1939, North Africa and Malta in June 1943, Normandy in June 1944, southern Italy in July 1944, and the... | In what month in 1944 did the King meet Sir Alan Brooke? | 5a36b52b95360f001af1b313 | null | -1 | July | 302 | true |
Szlachta | According to heraldic sources total number of legal ennoblements issued between the 14th century and the mid-18th century, is estimated at approximately 800. This is an average of only about two ennoblements per year or only 0.000 000 14 – 0.000 001 of historical population. Compare: historical demography of Poland. | What type of sources give information regarding total number of enablements? | 56f80258a6d7ea1400e17373 | heraldic sources | 13 | null | -1 | false |
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... | How are NPOs classified in Canada? | 572772c3708984140094ddd1 | incorporated or unincorporated | 31 | null | -1 | false |
Green | Animals typically use the color green as camouflage, blending in with the chlorophyll green of the surrounding environment. Green animals include, especially, amphibians, reptiles, and some fish, birds and insects. Most fish, reptiles, amphibians, and birds appear green because of a reflection of blue light coming thro... | What is a chemical that can cause green hue in birds? | 57296da23f37b31900478393 | Turacoverdin | 539 | null | -1 | false |
Tuberculosis | Tuberculosis is classified as one of the granulomatous inflammatory diseases. Macrophages, T lymphocytes, B lymphocytes, and fibroblasts aggregate to form granulomas, with lymphocytes surrounding the infected macrophages. When other macrophages attack the infected macrophage, they fuse together to form a giant multinuc... | Which cells serve as antigen to lymphocytes? | 5a870cc71d3cee001a6a1097 | null | -1 | Macrophages and dendritic | 620 | true |
Myanmar | Burmese resentment was strong and was vented in violent riots that paralysed Yangon (Rangoon) on occasion all the way until the 1930s. Some of the discontent was caused by a disrespect for Burmese culture and traditions such as the British refusal to remove shoes when they entered pagodas. Buddhist monks became the van... | How long was U Wisara on a strike were he refused subsistence ? | 5726a242dd62a815002e8b8c | 166-day hunger strike | 408 | null | -1 | false |
Dog | In breeding circles, a male canine is referred to as a dog, while a female is called a bitch (Middle English bicche, from Old English bicce, ultimately from Old Norse bikkja). A group of offspring is a litter. The father of a litter is called the sire, and the mother is called the dam. Offspring are, in general, called... | What are the individual litter canines called? | 56d999dcdc89441400fdb5b2 | pups | 321 | null | -1 | false |
Cork_(city) | The climate of Cork, like the rest of Ireland, is mild and changeable with abundant rainfall and a lack of temperature extremes. Cork lies in plant Hardiness zone 9b. Met Éireann maintains a climatological weather station at Cork Airport, a few kilometres south of the city. It should be noted that the airport is at an ... | If you are going to farm in Cork, what should you be aware of? | 5727ab6e2ca10214002d9352 | lies in plant Hardiness zone 9b | 134 | null | -1 | false |
Bras%C3%ADlia | Until the 1980s, the governor of the Federal District was appointed by the Federal Government, and the laws of Brasília were issued by the Brazilian Federal Senate. With the Constitution of 1988 Brasília gained the right to elect its Governor, and a District Assembly (Câmara Legislativa) was elected to exercise legisla... | When did Brazil pass a new Constitution? | 5731db93e99e3014001e6356 | 1988 | 190 | null | -1 | false |
Hydrogen | Although hydrides can be formed with almost all main-group elements, the number and combination of possible compounds varies widely; for example, there are over 100 binary borane hydrides known, but only one binary aluminium hydride. Binary indium hydride has not yet been identified, although larger complexes exist. | How many binary borane hydrides are known? | 56e0914c7aa994140058e5f7 | over 100 | 156 | null | -1 | false |
Hunter-gatherer | According to the endurance running hypothesis, long-distance running as in persistence hunting, a method still practiced by some hunter-gatherer groups in modern times, was likely the driving evolutionary force leading to the evolution of certain human characteristics. This hypothesis does not necessarily contradict th... | Who still practices persistence hunting? | 56df4e1796943c1400a5d35b | some hunter-gatherer groups | 124 | null | -1 | false |
BBC_Television | The two systems were to run on a trial basis for six months; early television sets supported both resolutions. However, the Baird system, which used a mechanical camera for filmed programming and Farnsworth image dissector cameras for live programming, proved too cumbersome and visually inferior, and ended with closedo... | How long did two systems run on a trial basis for? | 5a83202ae60761001a2eb415 | null | -1 | six months | 49 | true |
Kathmandu | The fire service, known as the Barun Yantra Karyalaya, opened its first station in Kathmandu in 1937 with a single vehicle. An iron tower was erected to monitor the city and watch for fire. As a precautionary measure, firemen were sent to the areas which were designated as accident-prone areas. In 1944, the fire servic... | What year saw the founding of Kathmandu's fire department? | 5735b2a8dc94161900571f37 | 1937 | 96 | null | -1 | false |
San_Diego | The members of the city council are each elected from single member districts within the city. The mayor and city attorney are elected directly by the voters of the entire city. The mayor, city attorney, and council members are elected to four-year terms, with a two-term limit. Elections are held on a non-partisan basi... | How long is the term for council members? | 5730267504bcaa1900d77242 | four-year terms, | 239 | null | -1 | false |
Galicia_(Spain) | Galicia is poetically known as the "country of the thousand rivers" ("o país dos mil ríos"). The largest and most important of these rivers is the Minho, known as O Pai Miño (Father Minho), 307.5 km (191.1 mi) long and discharging 419 m3 (548 cu yd) per second, with its affluent the Sil, which has created a spectacular... | What is Galicia is poetically known as? | 5727cf524b864d1900163daa | country of the thousand rivers | 36 | null | -1 | false |
IBM | IBM has constantly evolved since its inception. Over the past decade, it has steadily shifted its business mix by exiting commoditizing markets such as PCs, hard disk drives and DRAMs and focusing on higher-value, more profitable markets such as business intelligence, data analytics, business continuity, security, clou... | What has happened to DRAM's since they were created? | 5a68dee48476ee001a58a806 | null | -1 | constantly evolved | 8 | true |
The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Twilight_Princess | The story focuses on series protagonist Link, who tries to prevent Hyrule from being engulfed by a corrupted parallel dimension known as the Twilight Realm. To do so, he takes the form of both a Hylian and a wolf, and is assisted by a mysterious creature named Midna. The game takes place hundreds of years after Ocarina... | What land does Ocarina serve to protect? | 5a8d800edf8bba001a0f9abb | null | -1 | Hyrule | 67 | true |
Napoleon | Napoleon institutionalised plunder of conquered territories: French museums contain art stolen by Napoleon's forces from across Europe. Artefacts were brought to the Musée du Louvre for a grand central museum; his example would later serve as inspiration for more notorious imitators. He was compared to Adolf Hitler mos... | Where in France were plundered artifacts brought in an effort to create a great central museum? | 5726f0a95951b619008f82ee | the Musée du Louvre | 162 | null | -1 | false |
Lighting | Vehicles typically include headlamps and tail lights. Headlamps are white or selective yellow lights placed in the front of the vehicle, designed to illuminate the upcoming road and to make the vehicle more visible. Many manufactures are turning to LED headlights as an energy-efficient alternative to traditional headla... | When did automakers start using electroluminescent technology to backlight gauges? | 56df82b856340a1900b29ca4 | late 1950s | 775 | null | -1 | false |
Liberal_Party_of_Australia | Menzies ran strongly against Labor's plans to nationalise the Australian banking system and, following victory in the 1949 election, secured a double dissolution election for April 1951, after the Labor-controlled Senate refused to pass his banking legislation. The Liberal-Country Coalition was returned with control of... | Was Evatt for or against nationalizing the banking system in Australia? | 5a6a5dd1a9e0c9001a4e9dac | null | -1 | strongly against | 12 | true |
Namibia | About half of the population depends on agriculture (largely subsistence agriculture) for its livelihood, but Namibia must still import some of its food. Although per capita GDP is five times the per capita GDP of Africa's poorest countries, the majority of Namibia's people live in rural areas and exist on a subsistenc... | What countries have an even higher rate of income disparity than Namibia? | 5acfd42477cf76001a686244 | null | -1 | Africa's poorest countries | 214 | true |
Computer_security | Public Safety Canada’s Canadian Cyber Incident Response Centre (CCIRC) is responsible for mitigating and responding to threats to Canada’s critical infrastructure and cyber systems. The CCIRC provides support to mitigate cyber threats, technical support to respond and recover from targeted cyber attacks, and provides o... | What document contradicts the Cyber Security Strategy? | 5a5cfd075e8782001a9d5e42 | null | -1 | National Strategy and Action Plan for Critical Infrastructure | 749 | true |
Exhibition_game | International friendlies give team managers the opportunity to experiment with team selection and tactics before the tournament proper, and also allow them to assess the abilities of players they may potentially select for the tournament squad. Players can be booked in international friendlies, and can be suspended fro... | What do friendlies allow managers to experiment with? | 5727bdc42ca10214002d9530 | team selection and tactics | 79 | null | -1 | false |
Melbourne | The main passenger airport serving the metropolis and the state is Melbourne Airport (also called Tullamarine Airport), which is the second busiest in Australia, and the Port of Melbourne is Australia's busiest seaport for containerised and general cargo. Melbourne has an extensive transport network. The main metropoli... | What is the name of the coach terminus in Melbourne? | 570d0642fed7b91900d45bd4 | Southern Cross Station | 417 | null | -1 | false |
Philadelphia | Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW), overseen by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, is the nation's largest municipally owned natural gas utility. It serves over 500,000 homes and businesses in the Philadelphia area. Founded in 1836, the company came under city ownership in 1987 and has been providing the majority of... | How many homes does PGW serve? | 572aca7d111d821400f38d77 | 500,000 | 164 | null | -1 | false |
Yale_University | Yale expanded gradually, establishing the Yale School of Medicine (1810), Yale Divinity School (1822), Yale Law School (1843), Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (1847), the Sheffield Scientific School (1847), and the Yale School of Fine Arts (1869). In 1887, as the college continued to grow under the presidency... | When was Yale Law School closed? | 5ad3d4df604f3c001a3ff2bd | null | -1 | 1843 | 120 | true |
Genocide | According to R. J. Rummel, genocide has 3 different meanings. The ordinary meaning is murder by government of people due to their national, ethnic, racial, or religious group membership. The legal meaning of genocide refers to the international treaty, the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Gen... | In the writings of Rummel, what is the first and ordinary meaning of genocide? | 5733fcd5d058e614000b6717 | murder by government | 86 | null | -1 | false |
The_Blitz | Directive 23 was the only concession made by Göring to the Kriegsmarine over the strategic bombing strategy of the Luftwaffe against Britain. Thereafter, he would refuse to make available any air units to destroy British dockyards, ports, port facilities, or shipping in dock or at sea, lest Kriegsmarine gain control of... | How did Goring expect to regain prestige? | 573043c6a23a5019007fd02b | by subduing Britain by air power alone | 854 | null | -1 | false |
New_York_City | Under the Köppen climate classification, using the 0 °C (32 °F) coldest month (January) isotherm, New York City itself experiences a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) and is thus the northernmost major city on the North American continent with this categorization. The suburbs to the immediate north and west lie in the tr... | How many days on average does NYC get sunshine annually? | 56cfe43c234ae51400d9c010 | 234 | 421 | null | -1 | false |
IBM | IBM has 12 research laboratories worldwide, bundled into IBM Research. As of 2013[update] the company held the record for most patents generated by a business for 22 consecutive years. Its employees have garnered five Nobel Prizes, six Turing Awards, ten National Medals of Technology and five National Medals of Science... | How many Nobel Prizes have been won by IBM employees? | 5729b65c6aef05140015508b | five Nobel Prizes | 213 | null | -1 | false |
University_of_Kansas | KU is home to the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, the Beach Center on Disability, Lied Center of Kansas and radio stations KJHK, 90.7 FM, and KANU, 91.5 FM. The university is host to several museums including the University of Kansas Natural History Museum and the Spencer Museum of Art. The libraries of the Unive... | What is the name of a fine art institution on the campus of KU? | 56e7860237bdd419002c4099 | the Spencer Museum of Art | 267 | null | -1 | false |
Late_Middle_Ages | In the late 13th and early 14th centuries, a process took place – primarily in Italy but partly also in the Empire – that historians have termed a 'commercial revolution'. Among the innovations of the period were new forms of partnership and the issuing of insurance, both of which contributed to reducing the risk of co... | What old form of accounting was created during the late 13th and early 14th centuries? | 5ad025ea77cf76001a686baa | null | -1 | double-entry bookkeeping | 542 | true |
Red | Matisse was also one of the first 20th-century artists to make color the central element of the painting, chosen to evoke emotions. "A certain blue penetrates your soul", he wrote. "A certain red affects your blood pressure." He also was familiar with the way that complementary colors, such as red and green, strengthen... | What theory did Matisse say his choice of colors was based on? | 5ad4e0615b96ef001a10a50f | null | -1 | scientific theory | 423 | true |
IBM | The birthplace of IBM, Endicott, suffered pollution for decades, however. IBM used liquid cleaning agents in circuit board assembly operation for more than two decades, and six spills and leaks were recorded, including one leak in 1979 of 4,100 gallons from an underground tank. These left behind volatile organic compou... | What has drinking water been contaminated with for decades, making it unsafe in Endicott? | 5a6936a55ce1a5001a9695ac | null | -1 | volatile organic compounds | 366 | true |
Tucson,_Arizona | East Tucson is relatively new compared to other parts of the city, developed between the 1950s and the 1970s,[citation needed] with developments such as Desert Palms Park. It is generally classified as the area of the city east of Swan Road, with above-average real estate values relative to the rest of the city. The ar... | What shopping center is located along Broadway? | 57301c8ea23a5019007fcd97 | Park Place | 1,079 | null | -1 | false |
Guinea-Bissau | Guinea-Bissau was once part of the kingdom of Gabu, part of the Mali Empire; parts of this kingdom persisted until the 18th century. Other parts of the territory in the current country were considered by the Portuguese as part of their empire. Portuguese Guinea was known as the Slave Coast, as it was a major area for t... | What kingdom was Guinea-Bissau once a part of? | 56f8a8539b226e1400dd0d71 | Gabu | 46 | null | -1 | false |
Cotton | By the 1840s, India was no longer capable of supplying the vast quantities of cotton fibers needed by mechanized British factories, while shipping bulky, low-price cotton from India to Britain was time-consuming and expensive. This, coupled with the emergence of American cotton as a superior type (due to the longer, st... | In the 1840s, what country could no longer adequately supply the British cotton mills? | 57273ec05951b619008f8748 | India | 14 | null | -1 | false |
Clothing | Physically, clothing serves many purposes: it can serve as protection from the elements, and can enhance safety during hazardous activities such as hiking and cooking. It protects the wearer from rough surfaces, rash-causing plants, insect bites, splinters, thorns and prickles by providing a barrier between the skin an... | What type of radiation can clothing provide some protection from? | 5725e47538643c19005ace41 | UV | 544 | null | -1 | false |
Insect | A few insects, such as members of the families Poduridae and Onychiuridae (Collembola), Mycetophilidae (Diptera) and the beetle families Lampyridae, Phengodidae, Elateridae and Staphylinidae are bioluminescent. The most familiar group are the fireflies, beetles of the family Lampyridae. Some species are able to control... | What is another name for Colleobola? | 5729873f3f37b3190047847d | Onychiuridae | 61 | null | -1 | false |
History_of_India | The Śātavāhana Empire was a royal Indian dynasty based from Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh as well as Junnar (Pune) and Prathisthan (Paithan) in Maharashtra. The territory of the empire covered much of India from 230 BCE onward. Sātavāhanas started out as feudatories to the Mauryan dynasty, but declared independence with ... | Of what were the Satavahanas patrons? | 5728651f4b864d1900164981 | Hinduism and Buddhism | 371 | null | -1 | false |
Military_history_of_the_United_States | Ongoing political tensions between Great Britain and the thirteen colonies reached a crisis in 1774 when the British placed the province of Massachusetts under martial law after the Patriots protested taxes they regarded as a violation of their constitutional rights as Englishmen. When shooting began at Lexington and C... | When did the colonies declare dependence? | 5ad16f3d645df0001a2d1b30 | null | -1 | July 4, 1776 | 862 | true |
Gramophone_record | In 2014 artist Jack White sold 40,000 copies of his second solo release, Lazaretto, on vinyl. The sales of the record beat the largest sales in one week on vinyl since 1991. The sales record was previously held by Pearl Jam's, Vitalogy, which sold 34,000 copies in one week in 1994. In 2014, the sale of vinyl records wa... | What was unique to vinyl sales in 2014? | 572803754b864d1900164226 | was the only physical music medium with increasing sales with relation to the previous year | 318 | null | -1 | false |
John,_King_of_England | In late 1203, John attempted to relieve Château Gaillard, which although besieged by Philip was guarding the eastern flank of Normandy. John attempted a synchronised operation involving land-based and water-borne forces, considered by most historians today to have been imaginative in conception, but overly complex for ... | What did John attempt to relieve in late 1203? | 570c60d7fed7b91900d4595f | Château Gaillard | 40 | null | -1 | false |
Glacier | Glacial moraines are formed by the deposition of material from a glacier and are exposed after the glacier has retreated. They usually appear as linear mounds of till, a non-sorted mixture of rock, gravel and boulders within a matrix of a fine powdery material. Terminal or end moraines are formed at the foot or termina... | What mraines are formed when two ice sheets meet? | 5a35d139788daf001a5f868a | null | -1 | Medial moraines | 397 | true |
Genocide | The judges continue in paragraph 12, "The determination of when the targeted part is substantial enough to meet this requirement may involve a number of considerations. The numeric size of the targeted part of the group is the necessary and important starting point, though not in all cases the ending point of the inqui... | What is the key aspect of the targeted part of the group at the starting point of the inquiry? | 5733c3c7d058e614000b61f0 | The numeric size | 169 | null | -1 | false |
Buckingham_Palace | During World War I, the palace, then the home of King George V and Queen Mary, escaped unscathed. Its more valuable contents were evacuated to Windsor but the royal family remained in situ. The King imposed rationing at the palace, much to the dismay of his guests and household. To the King's later regret, David Lloyd ... | Who died at Buckingham Palace during WWI? | 5a7a500217ab25001a8a04cc | null | -1 | King George V and Queen Mary | 49 | true |
Red | Red was also featured in Chinese Imperial architecture. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, gates of palaces were usually painted red, and nobles often painted their entire mansion red. One of the most famous works of Chinese literature, A Dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin (1715–1763), was about the lives of noble women ... | Who painted the walls of the Forbidden city red after the fall of the Ming dynasty? | 573132d505b4da19006bce99 | Qing Dynasty | 514 | null | -1 | false |
Royal_assent | If the Spanish monarch ever refused in conscience to grant royal assent, a procedure similar to the Belgian handling of King Baudouin's objection would not be possible under the current constitution. If the sovereign were ever declared incapable of discharging royal authority, his or her powers would not be transferred... | If the Spanish sovereign was found capable of discharging royal authority, what happens? | 5acfc9c477cf76001a685fbc | null | -1 | his or her powers would not be transferred to the Cabinet | 278 | true |
Muammar_Gaddafi | The era saw Libya's return to the international arena. In 1999, Libya began secret talks with the British government to normalise relations. In 2001, Gaddafi condemned the September 11 attacks on the U.S. by al-Qaeda, expressing sympathy with the victims and calling for Libyan involvement in the War on Terror against m... | What conflict prompted Libya to end its nuclear weapons program? | 5731878b497a881900248fc0 | Iraq War | 624 | null | -1 | false |
Comics | Comics are a medium used to express ideas by images, often combined with text or other visual information. Comics frequently takes the form of juxtaposed sequences of panels of images. Often textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia indicate dialogue, narration, sound effects, or other informa... | What type of comic has taken off in the 20th century? | 5acf6bcf77cf76001a684dd3 | null | -1 | online webcomics | 756 | true |
Somalis | The exact number of speakers of Somali is unknown. One source estimates that there are 7.78 million speakers of Somali in Somalia itself and 12.65 million speakers globally. The Somali language is spoken by ethnic Somalis in Greater Somalia and the Somali diaspora. | About how many people in Somalia speak Somali? | 56fae2a48f12f31900630237 | 7.78 million | 87 | null | -1 | false |
Bill_%26_Melinda_Gates_Foundation | The Reinvent the Toilet Challenge is a long-term research and development effort to develop a hygienic, stand-alone toilet. This challenge is being complemented by another investment program to develop new technologies for improved pit latrine emptying (called by the foundation the "Omni-Ingestor") and fecal sludge pro... | What does the stand alone toilet do to develop local business and revenue? | 5a0cc44cf5590b0018dab54d | null | -1 | convert excreta (for example fecal sludge) into beneficial products such as energy and soil nutrients with the potential to develop local business and revenue. | 393 | true |
British_Isles | The islands are at relatively low altitudes, with central Ireland and southern Great Britain particularly low lying: the lowest point in the islands is Holme, Cambridgeshire at −2.75 m (−9.02 ft). The Scottish Highlands in the northern part of Great Britain are mountainous, with Ben Nevis being the highest point on the... | Where are other mountain areas in the British Isles? | 573019f0b2c2fd1400568865 | Wales and parts of Ireland | 384 | null | -1 | false |
Hunter-gatherer | Some hunter-gatherer cultures, such as the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, lived in particularly rich environments that allowed them to be sedentary or semi-sedentary. | What does a lush environment allow hunter-gatherers to be? | 56df907838dc42170015205c | sedentary or semi-sedentary | 158 | null | -1 | false |
Edmund_Burke | Burke's last publications were the Letters on a Regicide Peace (October 1796), called forth by negotiations for peace with France by the Pitt government. Burke regarded this as appeasement, injurious to national dignity and honour. In his Second Letter, Burke wrote of the French Revolutionary Government: "Individuality... | Who did Burke say had too much individuality? | 5ad0dff2645df0001a2d0769 | null | -1 | the French Revolutionary Government | 269 | true |
Endangered_Species_Act | The "Safe Harbor" agreement is a voluntary agreement between the private landowner and FWS. The landowner agrees to alter the property to benefit or even attract a listed or proposed species in exchange for assurances that the FWS will permit future "takes" above a pre-determined level. The policy relies on the "enhanc... | When did FWS create the Safe Harbor agreement? | 5a8490bd7cf838001a46a959 | null | -1 | 1999 | 527 | true |
Political_party | The first political factions, cohering around a basic, if fluid, set of principles emerged from the Exclusion Crisis and Glorious Revolution in late-17th-century England. The Whigs supported Protestant constitutional monarchy against absolute rule and the Tories, originating in the Royalist (or "Cavalier") faction of t... | In what year did the Exclusion Crisis end? | 5a73877f53a187001ae6322d | null | -1 | 1715 | 592 | true |
The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Twilight_Princess | Prior Zelda games have employed a theme of two separate, yet connected, worlds. In A Link to the Past, Link travels between a "Light World" and a "Dark World"; in Ocarina of Time, as well as in Oracle of Ages, Link travels between two different time periods. The Zelda team sought to reuse this motif in the series' late... | What was the working name for A Link to the Past prior to release? | 5a8da94adf8bba001a0f9b53 | null | -1 | Revolution | 1,219 | true |
Thuringia | Thuringia generally accepted the Protestant Reformation, and Roman Catholicism was suppressed as early as 1520[citation needed]; priests who remained loyal to it were driven away and churches and monasteries were largely destroyed, especially during the German Peasants' War of 1525. In Mühlhausen and elsewhere, the Ana... | When were most churches and monasteries destroyed? | 57265c815951b619008f7099 | during the German Peasants' War of 1525 | 243 | null | -1 | false |
Marshall_Islands | The battle in the Marshall Islands caused irreparable damage, especially on Japanese bases. During the American bombing, the islands' population suffered from lack of food and various injuries. U.S. attacks started in mid-1943, and caused half the Japanese garrison of 5,100 people in the atoll Mili to die from hunger b... | What fraction of the Japanese garrison on Mili died due to hunger? | 56f95ca49e9bad19000a088d | half | 239 | null | -1 | false |
Alfred_North_Whitehead | It should be emphasized, however, that for Whitehead God is not necessarily tied to religion. Rather than springing primarily from religious faith, Whitehead saw God as necessary for his metaphysical system. His system required that an order exist among possibilities, an order that allowed for novelty in the world and ... | Why did Whitehead view the existence of God as a necessity for his mathematical system? | 5ad3d1ff604f3c001a3ff22e | null | -1 | His system required that an order exist among possibilities | 208 | true |
Sahara | The sky is usually clear above the desert and the sunshine duration is extremely high everywhere in the Sahara. Most of the desert enjoys more than 3,600 h of bright sunshine annually or over 82% of the time and a wide area in the eastern part experiences in excess of 4,000 h of bright sunshine a year or over 91% of th... | During daytime how high can the temperatures reach? | 5728c4163acd2414000dfde3 | 80 °C (176 °F) | 2,750 | null | -1 | false |
Uranium | Uranium's average concentration in the Earth's crust is (depending on the reference) 2 to 4 parts per million, or about 40 times as abundant as silver. The Earth's crust from the surface to 25 km (15 mi) down is calculated to contain 1017 kg (2×1017 lb) of uranium while the oceans may contain 1013 kg (2×1013 lb). The c... | What is the concentration of uranium in sea water? | 570e52840b85d914000d7e2e | 3 parts per billion | 513 | null | -1 | false |
Friedrich_Hayek | Also in 1931, Hayek critiqued Keynes's Treatise on Money (1930) in his "Reflections on the pure theory of Mr. J. M. Keynes" and published his lectures at the LSE in book form as Prices and Production. Unemployment and idle resources are, for Keynes, caused by a lack of effective demand; for Hayek, they stem from a prev... | Hayek's critical analysis of Keyne's work was published under what title? | 572a6ceb7a1753140016af34 | Prices and Production | 178 | null | -1 | false |
Adult_contemporary_music | Although dance-oriented, electronic pop and ballad-oriented rock dominated the 1980s, soft rock songs still enjoyed a mild success thanks to artists like Sheena Easton, Amy Grant, Lionel Richie, Christopher Cross, Dan Hill, Leo Sayer, Billy Ocean, Julio Iglesias, Bertie Higgins and Tommy Page. No song spent more than s... | Aside from the adult contemporary chart, on what other chart did Lionel Richie's "Hello" reach the top spot? | 56e6cbe0de9d37140006805c | Hot 100 | 512 | null | -1 | false |
British_Empire | The last decades of the 19th century saw concerted political campaigns for Irish home rule. Ireland had been united with Britain into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland with the Act of Union 1800 after the Irish Rebellion of 1798, and had suffered a severe famine between 1845 and 1852. Home rule was suppor... | When was the Easter Rising? | 57267c12dd62a815002e86c4 | 1916 | 1,011 | null | -1 | false |
Translation | Relying exclusively on unedited machine translation, however, ignores the fact that communication in human language is context-embedded and that it takes a person to comprehend the context of the original text with a reasonable degree of probability. It is certainly true that even purely human-generated translations ar... | What does it take an animal to be able to do? | 5a7e354170df9f001a875564 | null | -1 | comprehend the context of the original text | 166 | true |
Diarrhea | Dietary deficiencies in developing countries can be combated by promoting better eating practices. Supplementation with vitamin A and/or zinc. Zinc supplementation proved successful showing a significant decrease in the incidence of diarrheal disease compared to a control group. The majority of the literature suggests ... | What can be done to combate dietary deficiences? | 572a69cefed8de19000d5bfd | promoting better eating practices | 64 | null | -1 | false |
IPod | Apple announced a battery replacement program on November 14, 2003, a week before a high publicity stunt and website by the Neistat Brothers. The initial cost was US$99, and it was lowered to US$59 in 2005. One week later, Apple offered an extended iPod warranty for US$59. For the iPod Nano, soldering tools are needed ... | Which iPod model has its battery soldered into the unit? | 56d1321f17492d1400aabbf6 | Nano | 287 | null | -1 | false |
Pharmaceutical_industry | By the 1890s the profound effect of adrenal extracts on many different tissue types had been discovered, setting off a search both for the mechanism of chemical signalling and efforts to exploit these observations for the development of new drugs. The blood pressure raising and vasoconstrictive effects of adrenal extra... | As an inhaler, what was Primatene used to treat? | 5ad35451604f3c001a3fdd78 | null | -1 | nasal congestion | 1,168 | true |
Biodiversity | Global agreements such as the Convention on Biological Diversity, give "sovereign national rights over biological resources" (not property). The agreements commit countries to "conserve biodiversity", "develop resources for sustainability" and "share the benefits" resulting from their use. Biodiverse countries that all... | What is the process of collecting national rights? | 5a8cbffbfd22b3001a8d8dfd | null | -1 | Bioprospecting | 519 | true |
Slavs | Menander Protector mentions a Daurentius (577–579) that slew an Avar envoy of Khagan Bayan I. The Avars asked the Slavs to accept the suzerainty of the Avars, he however declined and is reported as saying: "Others do not conquer our land, we conquer theirs – so it shall always be for us". | Whose envoy was slaughtered by Daurentius? | 56f7208f711bf01900a449b2 | Khagan Bayan I | 78 | null | -1 | false |
Charleston,_South_Carolina | Charleston is the primary medical center for the eastern portion of the state. The city has several major hospitals located in the downtown area: Medical University of South Carolina Medical Center (MUSC), Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, and Roper Hospital. MUSC is the state's first school of medicine, the largest ... | What is the state's last school of medicine? | 5ad423d8604f3c001a40085d | null | -1 | Medical University of South Carolina Medical Center | 146 | true |
Near_East | 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 Midd... | The Middle East, the Balkans and others are included in what republic? | 56f903a79e9bad19000a07d3 | Republic of Turkey | 235 | null | -1 | false |
The_Blitz | Although not specifically prepared to conduct independent strategic air operations against an opponent, the Luftwaffe was expected to do so over Britain. From July until September 1940 the Luftwaffe attacked RAF Fighter Command to gain air superiority as a prelude to invasion. This involved the bombing of English Chann... | Which Navy was assumed not to be able to operate under German air superiority? | 572f785e04bcaa1900d769c2 | Royal | 557 | null | -1 | false |
Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation | Carnivore was an electronic eavesdropping software system implemented by the FBI during the Clinton administration; it was designed to monitor email and electronic communications. After prolonged negative coverage in the press, the FBI changed the name of its system from "Carnivore" to "DCS1000." DCS is reported to sta... | In what year did the FBI stop using commercially available software? | 5ad39bb0604f3c001a3fe8b0 | null | -1 | 2005 | 446 | true |
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