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Who owned the major corporation that bought The Times in 1981? | In 1981, The Times and The Sunday Times were bought from Thomson by Rupert Murdoch's News International. | 0 | 7,000 | entailment |
Who was Frédéric a guest of during his stay in Berlin in 1829? | In September 1828 Chopin, while still a student, visited Berlin with a family friend, zoologist Feliks Jarocki, enjoying operas directed by Gaspare Spontini and attending concerts by Carl Friedrich Zelter, Felix Mendelssohn and other celebrities. | 1 | 7,001 | not entailment |
Who invented the double indirect method? | This method was created in 1989 by Maurizio Placuzzi and registered for industrial use (patent n. 0000222556) under the name of his company, Sicis International Srl, now Sicis The Art Mosaic Factory Srl. | 0 | 7,002 | entailment |
What order is the breakdown field strength for air dielectric capacitors of? | The dielectric is used in very thin layers and so absolute breakdown voltage of capacitors is limited. | 1 | 7,003 | not entailment |
What type of evidence indicated that the C-Group spoke Afroasiatic languages of the Berber branches? | According to Peter Behrens (1981) and Marianne Bechaus-Gerst (2000), linguistic evidence indicates that the C-Group and Kerma peoples spoke Afroasiatic languages of the Berber and Cushitic branches, respectively. | 0 | 7,004 | entailment |
What does mangnging refer to that directly involves one major human scense? | From sniffing over the hands of the elders (called mangnginge in Chamorro), the passing down of legends, chants, and courtship rituals, to a person asking for permission from spiritual ancestors before entering a jungle or ancient battle grounds. | 0 | 7,005 | entailment |
Where was the first open competition for brass bands held? | The first open competition for brass bands was held at Manchester in 1853, and continued annually until the 1980s. | 0 | 7,006 | entailment |
During was era did Buddhism first appear in the region? | China's first known Buddhist temple, the White Horse Temple, was erected during Ming's reign. | 1 | 7,007 | not entailment |
How many stations are in the Mexico City metro system? | Mexico City is the only city in the world to use the icon reference and has become a popular culture trademark for the city. | 1 | 7,008 | not entailment |
What new idea did Beyonce and her mother launch in 2009? | In July 2009, Beyoncé and her mother launched a new junior apparel label, Sasha Fierce for Deréon, for back-to-school selling. | 0 | 7,009 | entailment |
What scenes were popular in art during the Middle Ages? | Hunting scenes were popular in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. | 0 | 7,010 | entailment |
The song "I'll Remember" was recorded for which film? | The album featured three new songs: "You'll See", "One More Chance", and a cover of Marvin Gaye's "I Want You". | 1 | 7,011 | not entailment |
What year were Durium records no longer released in the US? | Related Durium records continued to be made somewhat later in the UK and elsewhere, and as remarkably late as 1950 in Italy, where the name "Durium" survived far into the LP era as a trademark on ordinary vinyl records. | 1 | 7,012 | not entailment |
What do Solar hot water systems use to heat water? | In low geographical latitudes (below 40 degrees) from 60 to 70% of the domestic hot water use with temperatures up to 60 °C can be provided by solar heating systems. | 1 | 7,013 | not entailment |
How many housing units were there for the 2010 census? | As of the 2010 census, there were 579,999 people, 230,233 households, and 144,120 families residing in the city. | 1 | 7,014 | not entailment |
Where is Royal and Western Infirmaries located? | Besides earning a reputation as a respected entertainment device, the iPod has also been accepted as a business device. | 1 | 7,015 | not entailment |
Who contributes to UNFPA? | Contributions from governments and the private sector to UNFPA in 2014 exceeded $1 billion. | 0 | 7,016 | entailment |
What is one of the primary purposes of the Jantar Mantar observatory? | The primary purpose of the observatory was to compile astronomical tables, and to predict the times and movements of the sun, moon and planets. | 0 | 7,017 | entailment |
Hg I2a2 was believed to have arisen where? | He recalculated the age of I2a2 to be ~ 2550 years and proposed that the current distribution is explained by a Slavic expansion from the area north-east of the Carpathians. | 1 | 7,018 | not entailment |
What is another name to reference the multi-color white LED method? | White light can be formed by mixing differently colored lights; the most common method is to use red, green, and blue (RGB). | 1 | 7,019 | not entailment |
Which regions have the lowest rate of literacy in the Muslim world? | Literacy rate in the Muslim world varies. | 1 | 7,020 | not entailment |
What area of New Haven was Route 34 originally intended to service? | Other parts of the city were affected by the construction of Interstate 95 along the Long Wharf section, Interstate 91, and the Oak Street Connector. | 1 | 7,021 | not entailment |
In March 2007, what percentage of Southampton residents claimed job seeker's allowance? | In March 2007 there were 120,305 jobs in Southampton, and 3,570 people claiming job seeker's allowance, approximately 2.4 per cent of the city's population. | 0 | 7,022 | entailment |
What was McPhee's first single? | was "My Destiny". | 0 | 7,023 | entailment |
Which entity oversees the Judicial Police? | Portugal's main police organizations are the Guarda Nacional Republicana – GNR (National Republican Guard), a gendarmerie; the Polícia de Segurança Pública – PSP (Public Security Police), a civilian police force who work in urban areas; and the Polícia Judiciária – PJ (Judicial Police), a highly specialized criminal investigation police that is overseen by the Public Ministry. | 0 | 7,024 | entailment |
What event does the Chamber of commerce host in the fall? | The swanky Shutters on the Beach Hotel offers a trip to the famous Santa Monica Farmers Market to select and influence the materials that will become that evening's special "Market Dinner." | 1 | 7,025 | not entailment |
What body of water is to the east of St. John? | However, despite this maritime moderation, average January high temperatures are actually slightly colder in St. John's than it is in Kelowna, British Columbia, which is an inland city that is near the more marine air of the Pacific, demonstrating the cold nature of Eastern Canada. | 1 | 7,026 | not entailment |
In a 2006 study, how many autosomal SNPs were used? | Referring to the Jews clustering with southern Europeans, the authors state the results were "consistent with a later Mediterranean origin of these ethnic groups". | 1 | 7,027 | not entailment |
When did protesters run into the outfield and try to set fire to the U.S. flag? | When Cubs outfielder Rick Monday noticed the flag on the ground and the man and boy fumbling with matches and lighter fluid, he dashed over and snatched the flag to thunderous applause. | 1 | 7,028 | not entailment |
What did Elizabeth decline to do in response to the appeal by Scholes? | As Whitlam had a majority in the House of Representatives, Speaker Gordon Scholes appealed to the Queen to reverse Kerr's decision. | 1 | 7,029 | not entailment |
When was the term copy-text introduced? | McKerrow was aware of the limitations of the stemmatic method, and believed it was more prudent to choose one particular text that was thought to be particularly reliable, and then to emend it only where the text was obviously corrupt. | 1 | 7,030 | not entailment |
When were terms such as "Near East", "Far East", and "Middle East" relegated to the experts? | In the 20th century after decades of intense warfare and political turmoil terms such as "Near East", "Far East" and "Middle East" were relegated to the experts, especially in the new field of political science. | 0 | 7,031 | entailment |
What did Nasser eventually do in the Straights of Titan? | Nasser did not feel that the Egyptian Army was ready for a confrontation and did not retaliate militarily. | 1 | 7,032 | not entailment |
What did the growth of national leagues cause a serious decline in? | In the early days of association football, known simply as football or soccer, friendly matches (or "friendlies") were the most common type of match. | 1 | 7,033 | not entailment |
What mountains did the Australian battalions fight a rearguard action over on the Kokoda Track? | From July 1942, a few Australian reserve battalions, many of them very young and untrained, fought a stubborn rearguard action in New Guinea, against a Japanese advance along the Kokoda Track, towards Port Moresby, over the rugged Owen Stanley Ranges. | 0 | 7,034 | entailment |
What are vowel sounds never reduced to when unstressed? | Stress is unrelated to vowel length, and the possibility of stressed short vowels and unstressed long vowels can be confusing to students whose native language combines the features (such as English). | 1 | 7,035 | not entailment |
What was the name of the Tibetologist? | According to Tibetologist John Powers, Tibetan sources counter this narrative of titles granted by the Chinese to Tibetans with various titles which the Tibetans gave to the Chinese emperors and their officials. | 0 | 7,036 | entailment |
What country was afforded access to design of improved nuclear weapon through espionage? | The Fuchs–von Neumann work was passed on, by Fuchs, to the Soviet Union as part of his nuclear espionage, but it was not used in the Soviets' own, independent development of the Teller–Ulam design. | 0 | 7,037 | entailment |
Who was included in the list of people that the Duchess and Sir John Conroy didn't want the Princess Victoria associating with? | Her mother was extremely protective, and Victoria was raised largely isolated from other children under the so-called "Kensington System", an elaborate set of rules and protocols devised by the Duchess and her ambitious and domineering comptroller, Sir John Conroy, who was rumoured to be the Duchess's lover. | 1 | 7,038 | not entailment |
What trades did the Pitcairners establish while on Norfolk Island? | Although some families decided to return to Pitcairn in 1858 and 1863, the island's population continued to grow. | 1 | 7,039 | not entailment |
In what year did the fall of the Agri Decumates territory transform today's Switzerland? | The Empire built another line of defense at the north border (the so-called Donau-Iller-Rhine-Limes), but at the end of the fourth century the increased Germanic pressure forced the Romans to abandon the linear defence concept, and the Swiss plateau was finally open to the settlement of German tribes. | 1 | 7,040 | not entailment |
Who selected Charleston to host an American version of a festival? | The historic city provided a perfect fit: intimate enough that the Festival would captivate the entire city, yet cosmopolitan enough to provide an enthusiastic audience and robust infrastructure." | 1 | 7,041 | not entailment |
Along with The Song of Ronald, what is a notable chanson de geste? | Often the stories were written down in the chansons de geste, or "songs of great deeds", such as The Song of Roland or The Song of Hildebrand. | 0 | 7,042 | entailment |
How much did Napoleon sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States for? | After dissolving the Holy Roman Empire, he reduced the number of German states from 300 to less than 50, paving the way to German Unification. | 1 | 7,043 | not entailment |
What was one of the items important to consumers that was addressed by the new regulatory proposals introduced in June 2009? | The proposals address consumer protection, executive pay, bank financial cushions or capital requirements, expanded regulation of the shadow banking system and derivatives, and enhanced authority for the Federal Reserve to safely wind-down systemically important institutions, among others. | 0 | 7,044 | entailment |
What company now runs Brasilia's airport? | The airport's entrance have a new rooftop cover and a new access road. | 1 | 7,045 | not entailment |
When was the most recent election of a non-cardinal? | "I announce to you a great joy; we have a Pope: The Most Eminent and Most Reverend Lord, Lord (first name) | 1 | 7,046 | not entailment |
Which actor plays the role of Mr. Hinx? | The story sees Bond pitted against the global criminal organisation Spectre, marking the group's first appearance in an Eon Productions film since 1971's Diamonds Are Forever,[N 2] and tying Craig's series of films together with an overarching storyline. | 1 | 7,047 | not entailment |
On what date did the Battle of Borodino take place? | The Russians eventually offered battle outside Moscow on 7 September: the Battle of Borodino resulted in approximately 44,000 Russian and 35,000 French dead, wounded or captured, and may have been the bloodiest day of battle in history up to that point in time. | 0 | 7,048 | entailment |
Around how many soldiers were in each regiment of the Northern Army? | The volunteer army comprised the Southern Army (Nanjun 南軍), while the standing army stationed in and near the capital was the Northern Army (Beijun 北軍). | 1 | 7,049 | not entailment |
Where were the first modern greenhouses built? | Greenhouses remain an important part of horticulture today, and plastic transparent materials have also been used to similar effect in polytunnels and row covers. | 1 | 7,050 | not entailment |
What was imported by the settlers of the island? | Though they formed no permanent settlement, the island was an important rendezvous point and source of food for ships travelling from Asia to Europe, and frequently sick mariners were left on the island to recover, before taking passage on the next ship to call on the island. | 1 | 7,051 | not entailment |
When was Panama colonized by Scotland? | In 1695, the Scottish Parliament granted a charter to the Company of Scotland, which established a settlement in 1698 on the isthmus of Panama. | 0 | 7,052 | entailment |
Of what state was Toney Anaya governor? | In 1991, outgoing Ohio Governor Dick Celeste commuted the sentences of eight prisoners, among them all four women on the state's death row. | 1 | 7,053 | not entailment |
When could white women and black men be in a union? | Because the women were free, their mixed-race children were born free; they and their descendants formed most of the families of free people of color during the colonial period in Virginia. | 1 | 7,054 | not entailment |
On what river is Valencia located? | The city is situated on the banks of the Turia, on the east coast of the Iberian Peninsula, fronting the Gulf of Valencia on the Mediterranean Sea. | 0 | 7,055 | entailment |
What is Jehovah Witnesses' view of divorce? | Extreme physical abuse, willful non-support of one's family, and what the religion terms "absolute endangerment of spirituality" are considered grounds for legal separation. | 1 | 7,056 | not entailment |
In what month of the year does Richmond's chilliest weather typically end? | The coldest weather normally occurs from late December to early February, and the January daily mean temperature is 37.9 °F (3.3 °C), with an average of 6.0 days with highs at or below the freezing mark. | 0 | 7,057 | entailment |
With the passage of time what particular things phonemic in a language are known to change? | The particular contrasts which are phonemic in a language can change over time. | 0 | 7,058 | entailment |
Which explorer sailed his ship into New York harbor in 1609? | In 1609, English explorer Henry Hudson re-discovered the region when he sailed his ship the Halve Maen ("Half Moon" in Dutch) into New York Harbor while searching for the Northwest Passage to the Orient for his employer, the Dutch East India Company. | 0 | 7,059 | entailment |
Who told the story of the Cretan seer Epimenides? | A similar story is mentioned by Plutarch. | 0 | 7,060 | entailment |
What is the name of the football club in Nanjing? | Jiangsu Nangang Basketball Club is a competitive team which has long been one of the major clubs fighting for the title in China top level league, CBA. | 1 | 7,061 | not entailment |
Where did unlicensed games feature a dongle? | In order to combat unlicensed games, Nintendo of America threatened retailers who sold them with losing their supply of licensed titles. | 1 | 7,062 | not entailment |
Who was Gaddafi's first father-in-law? | Gaddafi's second wife was Safia Farkash, née el-Brasai, a former nurse from Obeidat tribe born in Bayda. | 1 | 7,063 | not entailment |
Who started the Manchun dynasty? | By 1636, his son Hong Taiji began driving Ming forces out of Liaodong and declared a new dynasty, the Qing. | 1 | 7,064 | not entailment |
Who estimated the annual potential of solar energy in 2000? | The United Nations Development Programme in its 2000 World Energy Assessment found that the annual potential of solar energy was 1,575–49,837 exajoules (EJ). | 0 | 7,065 | entailment |
What does this type of elevator use to propel the cage? | however, to go down, it opens the valve so that the air can pressurize the top of the "shaft", allowing the cab to go down by its own weight. | 1 | 7,066 | not entailment |
How were taxes charged in the Tokugawa period? | As a result, the tax revenues collected by the samurai landowners were worth less and less over time. | 1 | 7,067 | not entailment |
How many months were in a year in the original Mayan calendars? | These calendars were religiously and astronomically based, with 18 months in a year and 20 days in a month. | 0 | 7,068 | entailment |
Where do the European pied flycatcher breed? | The European pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca also follows this migratory trend, breeding in Asia and Europe and wintering in Africa. | 0 | 7,069 | entailment |
What is the higher end of typical human hearing? | Carrier signals of Quad LPs popular in the 1970s were at 30 kHz to be out of the range of human hearing. | 1 | 7,070 | not entailment |
Was it always held in Millennium Stadium? | Prior to rebuilding, the final was hosted by the original Wembley Stadium since it opened in 1923 (being originally named the Empire Stadium). | 0 | 7,071 | entailment |
What other language has a telicity contrast? | This is a rough equivalent of the perfective vs. imperfective aspect opposition. | 1 | 7,072 | not entailment |
The English occupied New York City beginning on what date? | The city and its surroundings came under English control in 1664. | 0 | 7,073 | entailment |
What was the Lombardi Mandolin tuned to? | The Lombardi was tuned C, D, A, E, B, G. | 0 | 7,074 | entailment |
On 20 May 2009 which Queen members performed We are the Champions on American Idol? | On 20 May 2009, May and Taylor performed "We Are the Champions" live on the season finale of American Idol with winner Kris Allen and runner-up Adam Lambert providing a vocal duet. | 0 | 7,075 | entailment |
Who were Umm Kulthum and Abdel Hafez? | Umm Kulthum and Abdel Halim Hafez, the leading Arab singers of the era, performed songs praising Nasser's nationalism. | 0 | 7,076 | entailment |
From the 1750's to the early 1830's is the era of Mozart and what other composer? | This section is about the more specific meaning. | 1 | 7,077 | not entailment |
What causes symptoms such as lethargy and copper deficiency? | Zinc deficiency affects about two billion people in the developing world and is associated with many diseases. | 1 | 7,078 | not entailment |
What are probably the earliest texts describing meditation techniques? | They describe meditative practices and states that existed before the Buddha as well as those first developed within Buddhism. | 1 | 7,079 | not entailment |
Which brand was the kit provider prior to 1994? | When Nike took over from Adidas as Arsenal's kit provider in 1994, Arsenal's away colours were again changed to two-tone blue shirts and shorts. | 0 | 7,080 | entailment |
What quantifies the relationship between rest-mass and rest-energy within the concept of special relativity? | The formula E = mc², derived by Albert Einstein (1905) quantifies the relationship between rest-mass and rest-energy within the concept of special relativity. | 0 | 7,081 | entailment |
In what city did Montini finish his doctoral studies? | In 1925 he helped found the publishing house Morcelliana in Brescia, focused on promoting a 'Christian inspired culture'. | 1 | 7,082 | not entailment |
What are two main aspects of identity development? | Empirical studies suggest that this process might be more accurately described as identity development, rather than formation, but confirms a normative process of change in both content and structure of one's thoughts about the self. | 1 | 7,083 | not entailment |
How do people vote using the fan save? | The "Fan Save" was introduced in the fourteenth season. | 1 | 7,084 | not entailment |
In what year was Hayy ibn Yaqdha translated to the Latin language? | His philosophical novel, Hayy ibn Yaqdha, translated into Latin as Philosophus Autodidactus in 1671, developed the themes of empiricism, tabula rasa, nature versus nurture, condition of possibility, materialism, and Molyneux's problem. | 0 | 7,085 | entailment |
Outside of oxidized fats, what is another substance that is deemed harmful that can be found in processed foods? | Because of reduced nutritional value, processed foods are often 'enriched' or 'fortified' with some of the most critical nutrients (usually certain vitamins) that were lost during processing. | 1 | 7,086 | not entailment |
Who copied Charles Todd's Monopoly board? | It was not until 1995 that Parker Brothers acknowledged this mistake and formally apologized to the residents of Marven Gardens for the misspelling although the spelling error was not corrected. | 1 | 7,087 | not entailment |
How do wages in Thuringia compare to their neighbors? | The wages in Thuringia are low compared to rich bordering Lands like Hesse and Bavaria. | 0 | 7,088 | entailment |
On what date did the league announce its schedule for 2016? | The league's 2016 schedule, announced on the league's website on December 10, 2015, shows an eight-team league playing a 16-game regular season over 18 weeks, with two bye weeks for each team, one on a rotational basis and the other a "universal bye" for all teams during the Independence Day weekend, the first weekend in July. | 0 | 7,089 | entailment |
What new form of accounting was created during the late 13th and early 14th centuries? | 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 commercial ventures; the bill of exchange and other forms of credit that circumvented the canonical laws for gentiles against usury, and eliminated the dangers of carrying bullion; and new forms of accounting, in particular double-entry bookkeeping, which allowed for better oversight and accuracy. | 0 | 7,090 | entailment |
At what time did Paul VI die? | In his will, he requested to be buried in the "true earth" and therefore, he does not have an ornate sarcophagus but an in-ground grave. | 1 | 7,091 | not entailment |
Which company was the world's largest privately held ink manufacturer till 2005? | Flint Ink Corp., another Ann Arbor-based company, was the world's largest privately held ink manufacturer until it was acquired by Stuttgart-based XSYS Print Solutions in October 2005. | 0 | 7,092 | entailment |
which spring emitted vapors that caused the oracle at Delphi to give her prophecies? | This was the spring which emitted vapors that caused the oracle at Delphi to give her prophecies. | 1 | 7,093 | not entailment |
What kind of art scene was popular in the Middle Ages? | Cultural depictions of dogs in art extend back thousands of years to when dogs were portrayed on the walls of caves. | 1 | 7,094 | not entailment |
Which visual landing aids have provided information on proper glide slope since the late 1950's? | From the late 1950s onward, visual landing aids such as Optical Landing System have provided information on proper glide slope, but LSOs still transmit voice calls to approaching pilots by radio. | 0 | 7,095 | entailment |
Who performed at the New Palace Theatre in the 1930s? | During the 1930s, there were 30 pubs and it attracted such performers as Charlie Chaplin to the New Palace Theatre. | 0 | 7,096 | entailment |
What was the name of the deal in which Arizona was bought? | Arizona, south of the Gila River was legally bought from Mexico in the Gadsden Purchase on June 8, 1854. | 0 | 7,097 | entailment |
What led to the sealing of the Magna Carta? | The baronial revolt at the end of John's reign led to the sealing of the Magna Carta, a document sometimes considered to be an early step in the evolution of the constitution of the United Kingdom. | 0 | 7,098 | entailment |
How much debt did the top five U.S. investment banks report in fiscal year 2007? | These five institutions reported over $4.1 trillion in debt for fiscal year 2007, about 30% of USA nominal GDP for 2007. | 0 | 7,099 | entailment |
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