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White is an achromatic color , a color without hue . An incoming light to the human eye that stimulates all its three types of color sensitive cone cells in nearly equal amounts results in white . White is one of the most common colors in nature , the color of sunlight , snow , milk , chalk , limestone and other common... | qz_76--White.txt | {
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Edward `` Kid '' Ory ( December 25 , 1886 – January 23 , 1973 ) was a jazz trombonist and bandleader . He was born in Woodland Plantation near La Place , Louisiana .
Biography
Ory started playing music with home-made instruments in his childhood , and by his teens was leading a well-regarded band in Southeast L... | sfq_22693--Kid_Ory.txt | {
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Prospero ( ) is a fictional character and the protagonist of William Shakespeare 's play The Tempest .
The Tempest
Prospero is the rightful Duke of Milan , whose usurping brother , Antonio , had put him ( with his then three-year old daughter , Miranda ) to sea on `` a rotten carcass of a butt [ boat ] '' to di... | qb_7765--Prospero.txt | {
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Count Duckula is a British animated comedy-drama dark fantasy television series created by British studio Cosgrove Hall as a spin-off from Danger Mouse , a series in which the Count Duckula character was a recurring villain . Count Duckula premiered for four series from 6 September 1988 to 16 February 1993 , and was pr... | sfq_24487--Count_Duckula.txt | {
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Coincident full censuses have taken place in the different jurisdictions of the United Kingdom every ten years since 1801 , with the exceptions of 1941 ( during the Second World War ) and both Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State in 1921 . Simultaneous censuses were taken in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man... | sfq_4400--Census_in_the_United_Kingdom.txt | {
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The Sixth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor , the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who . He is portrayed by Colin Baker . Although his televisual time on the series was comparatively brief and turbulent , Baker has continued as the Sixth Doctor in Big Finish 's range of original Doct... | sfq_7681--Sixth_Doctor.txt | {
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Shakoor Rana ( April 3 , 1936 – April 9 , 2001 ) was a Pakistani cricketer and umpire
Playing career
Shakoor Rana had an undistinguished playing career . He played in 11 first-class matches between 1957 and 1973 , accumulating 226 runs and 12 wickets . He was overshadowed by his brothers Shafqat Rana and Azmat ... | qw_9516--Shakoor_Rana.txt | {
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The Beatles appeared in five motion pictures , most of which were very well received . The exception was the ( mostly unscripted ) television film Magical Mystery Tour which was panned by critics and the public alike . Each of their films had the same name as their associated soundtrack album and a song on that album .... | bt_4229--The_Beatles_in_film.txt | {
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Dada or Dadaism was an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century . Dada in Zürich , Switzerland , began in 1916 at Cabaret Voltaire , spreading to Berlin shortly thereafter , but the height of New York Dada was the year before , in 1915 . The term anti-art , a precursor to Dada , was coined by ... | sfq_24591--Dada.txt | {
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Ronald Gerald Wayne ( born May 17 , 1934 ) is a retired American electronics industry worker . He co-founded Apple Computer ( now Apple Inc. ) with Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs , providing administrative oversight for the new venture . He soon , however , sold his share of the new company for $ 800 US dollars , and lat... | qb_8316--Ronald_Wayne.txt | {
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Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of medieval Europe characterized by semi-circular arches . There is no consensus for the beginning date of the Romanesque style , with proposals ranging from the 6th to the late 10th century , this later date being the most commonly held . It developed in the 12th centu... | qw_2048--Romanesque_architecture.txt | {
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Harold Edward Holt , ( ; 5 August 1908 - 17 December 1967 ) , was an Australian politician and the 17th Prime Minister of Australia . He was born in Stanmore , New South Wales and won a scholarship to study law at the University of Melbourne . Holt went into business as a solicitor , during which time he joined the Uni... | qb_9081--Harold_Holt.txt | {
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St. Augustine ( ) is a city in northeastern Florida . It is the oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement within the borders of the contiguous United States .
The county seat of St. Johns County , it is part of Florida 's First Coast region and the Jacksonville metropolitan area . According to th... | qw_2197--St._Augustine,_Florida.txt | {
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Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a cricket field , at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard-long pitch with a wicket , a set of three wooden stumps sited at each end . One team , designated the batting team , attempts to score as many runs as possible , whilst their op... | qf_1621--Cricket.txt | {
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Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. is an Italian company that designs and manufactures motorcycles . Headquartered in Bologna , Italy , Ducati is owned by German automotive manufacturer Audi through its Italian subsidiary Lamborghini , which is all owned by the Volkswagen Group .
History
In 1926 Antonio Cavalieri Duca... | qz_2053--Ducati.txt | {
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The GBR code ( or Guy–Blandford–Roycroft code ) is a system of representing the position of chess pieces on a chessboard . Publications such as EG use it to classify endgame types and to index endgame studies .
The code is named after Richard Guy , Hugh Blandford and John Roycroft . The first two devised the origin... | sfq_11783--GBR_code.txt | {
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Tikki Tikki Tembo { Full name Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo- chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo } is a 1968 picture book written by Arlene Mosel and illustrated by Blair Lent . The book tells the story of a Chinese boy with a long name who fell into a well . It is a sort of origin myth about why Chinese names are so short... | jp_657--Tikki_Tikki_Tembo.txt | {
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The piano is a musical instrument played using a keyboard , which is a row of keys ( small levers ) that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands . Invented in about 1700 ( the exact date is uncertain ) , the piano is widely employed in classical , jazz , traditional and popular m... | qf_3671--Piano.txt | {
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The Communist Party of Peru ( Spanish : Partido Comunista del Perú ) , more commonly known as the Shining Path ( Sendero Luminoso ) , is a radical organization in Peru . When it first launched the internal conflict in Peru in 1980 , its stated goal was to replace what it saw as bourgeois democracy with `` New Democracy... | tc_635--Shining_Path.txt | {
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The Copa Libertadores de América ( ) is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960 . It is one of the most prestigious tournaments in the world and the most prestigious club competition in Latin American football . The tournament is named in honor of the Libertadores ( Spanish an... | sfq_9248--Copa_Libertadores.txt | {
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Hydrogen peroxide is a chemical compound with the formula . In its pure form , it is a colourless liquid , slightly more viscous than water ; however , for safety reasons it is normally used as a solution . Hydrogen peroxide is the simplest peroxide ( a compound with an oxygen–oxygen single bond ) and finds use as a we... | bb_3702--Hydrogen_peroxide.txt | {
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} | Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) is one of several different forms of what commonly named chemical agent? |
The second city of the United Kingdom is an unofficial claim made at various times by several cities since the establishment of the UK in 1801 . Commonly a country 's second city is the city that is thought to be the second most important , usually after the capital or first city according to criteria such as populatio... | qz_6268--Second_city_of_the_United_Kingdom.txt | {
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Mohamed Muktar Jama `` Mo '' Farah CBE ( born 23 March 1983 ) is a British distance runner . On the track , he mostly competes over 5000 metres and 10,000 metres , but has run competitively from 1500 metres to the marathon . He was a gold medallist in the 5000 m and 10,000 m at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2015 Wor... | odql_15051--Mo_Farah.txt | {
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Whisky or whiskey is a type of distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash . Various grains ( which may be malted ) are used for different varieties , including barley , corn ( maize ) , rye , and wheat . Whisky is typically aged in wooden casks , generally made of charred white oak .
Whisky is a st... | qw_12428--Whisky.txt | {
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Speculation abounded over potential nominations to the Supreme Court of the United States by Ronald Reagan even before his presidency officially began , due to the advanced ages of several justices , and Reagan 's own highlighting of Supreme Court nominations as a campaign issue . Reagan had promised `` to appoint only... | qg_3333--Ronald_Reagan_Supreme_Court_candidates.txt | {
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Henry VIII ( 28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547 ) was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death . He was the first English King of Ireland , and continued the nominal claim by English monarchs to the Kingdom of France . Henry was the second monarch of the Tudor dynasty , succeeding his father , Henry VII .
Hen... | sfq_16104--Henry_VIII_of_England.txt | {
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The English term enlightenment is the western translation of the term bodhi , `` awakening '' , which was popularised in the Western world through the 19th century translations of Max Müller . It has the western connotation of a sudden insight into a transcendental truth .
The term is also being used to translate s... | jp_3850--Enlightenment_in_Buddhism.txt | {
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Brownsville is a city in Haywood County , Tennessee . It is the county seat of Haywood County . Its population as of the 2010 census is 10,292 .
The city is named after General Jacob Jennings Brown , an officer of The War of 1812 . [ http : //www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php ? locIndex
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A sea is a large body of salt water that is surrounded in whole or in part by land . More broadly , `` the sea '' is the interconnected system of Earth 's salty , oceanic waters—considered as one global ocean or as several principal oceanic divisions . The sea moderates Earth 's climate and has important roles in the w... | sfq_9178--Sea.txt | {
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Assassination is the murder of a prominent person , often ( but not always ) a political leader or ruler , usually for political reasons or payment .
An assassination may be prompted by religious , political , or military motives ; it is an act that may be done for financial gain , to avenge a grievance , from a de... | qz_5039--Assassination.txt | {
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Venice ( ; ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region . It is situated across a group of 117 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by bridges . These are located in the marshy Venetian Lagoon which stretches along the shoreline , between the mouths of the Po and the Piave Riv... | sfq_26249--Venice.txt | {
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} | Canaletto is famous for his landscapes of Venice and which other city? |
The Beatles were an English rock band , formed in Liverpool in 1960 . With members John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr , they became widely regarded as the foremost and most influential act of the rock era . Rooted in skiffle , beat , and 1950s rock and roll , the Beatles later experimented w... | dpql_4700--The_Beatles.txt | {
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} | Which Beatles offering was first shown on British TV on Boxing Day 1967? |
The Commonwealth of Nations , or the Commonwealth ( formerly the British Commonwealth ) , is an intergovernmental organisation of 53 member states that were mostly territories of the former British Empire . The Commonwealth operates by intergovernmental consensus of the member states , organised through the Commonwealt... | dpql_6278--Commonwealth_of_Nations.txt | {
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Prague ( ; , , ) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic . It is the 14th largest city in the European Union . It is also the historical capital of Bohemia . Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava River , the city is home to about 1.26 million people , while its larger urban zone is estim... | odql_10056--Prague.txt | {
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Herman Cyril McNeile , MC ( 28 September 1888 – 14 August 1937 ) , commonly known as Cyril McNeile and publishing under the name H. C. McNeile or the pseudonym Sapper , was a British soldier and author . Drawing on his experiences in the trenches during the First World War , he started writing short stories and getting... | wh_1754--H._C._McNeile.txt | {
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} | """The Black Gang"" in 1922 and ""Temple Tower"" in 1929 were books that featured which fictional character created by Cyrile McNeile?" |
A hongi is a traditional Māori greeting in New Zealand . It is done by pressing one 's nose and forehead ( at the same time ) to another person at an encounter .
It is used at traditional meetings among Māori people and on major ceremonies and serves a similar purpose to a formal handshake in modern western culture... | bb_8821--Hongi.txt | {
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Carry On Screaming is the twelfth in the series of Carry On films to be made and was released in 1966 . It was the last of the series to be made by Anglo-Amalgamated before the series moved to The Rank Organisation . Of the regular cast , it features Kenneth Williams , Jim Dale , Charles Hawtrey and Joan Sims . It also... | sfq_24189--Carry_On_Screaming!.txt | {
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The 16th century begins with the Julian year 1501 and ends with either the Julian or the Gregorian year 1600 ( depending on the reckoning used ; the Gregorian calendar introduced a lapse of 10 days in October 1582 ) .
It is regarded by historians as the century in which the rise of the West occurred .
During the ... | qb_5458--16th_century.txt | {
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One Hundred and One Dalmatians , often written 101 Dalmatians , is a 1961 American animated adventure film produced by Walt Disney Productions and adapted from Dodie Smith 's 1956 novel of the same name . It is the 17th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series . It stars Rod Taylor and Cate Bauer as... | qz_2458--One_Hundred_and_One_Dalmatians.txt | {
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} | Who plays Cruella de Vil in the 1996 live action version of 101 Dalmations? |
Steptoe and Son is a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson about a father-and-son rag-and-bone business . They live on Oil Drum Lane , a fictional street in Shepherd 's Bush , London . Four series were broadcast by the BBC from 1962 to 1965 , followed by a second run from 1970 to 1974 . Its theme tune ,... | odql_4450--Steptoe_and_Son.txt | {
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Ashley Michelle Tisdale ( born July 2 , 1985 ) is an American actress , singer , and producer . During her childhood , she appeared in more than 100 TV advertisements and had roles in theatre and television shows . In 2004 , she was cast as Maddie Fitzpatrick in Disney Channel 's The Suite Life of Zack & Cody , and ros... | qw_11025--Ashley_Tisdale.txt | {
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} | "According to a 2009 adventure family film starring Ashley Tisdale, Carter Jenkins, Robert Hoffman, Henri Young, Regan Young and Austin Butler, ""The aliens are"" where?" |
Super Size Me is a 2004 American documentary film directed by and starring Morgan Spurlock , an American independent filmmaker . Spurlock 's film follows a 30-day period from February 1 to March 2 , 2003 , during which he ate only McDonald 's food . The film documents this lifestyle 's drastic effect on Spurlock 's phy... | qg_458--Super_Size_Me.txt | {
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The modern Olympic Games or Olympics ( ) are the leading international sporting event featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions . The Olympic Games are considered to be the world 's foremost sports competition with more ... | qg_527--Olympic_Games.txt | {
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} | Vancouver is not the first Canadian city to host the winter Olympics. What city holds that honor when they hosted the 1988 games? |
Jenny Hanley ( born 15 August 1947 in Gerrards Cross , Buckinghamshire ) is an English actress , the daughter of Dinah Sheridan and Jimmy Hanley .
She remains best known for being one of the presenters of the ITV children 's magazine programme Magpie .
Early life
After education at various schools in Southern... | qz_688--Jenny_Hanley.txt | {
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The Habit of Art is a 2009 play by English playwright Alan Bennett , centred on a fictional meeting between W. H. Auden and Benjamin Britten while Britten is composing the opera Death in Venice . It premiered on 5 November 2009 at the Lyttelton Theatre at the Royal National Theatre , with the central roles filled by Al... | odql_10134--The_Habit_of_Art.txt | {
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} | The Habit of Art is a play by Alan Bennett about a fictional meeting between Benjamin Britten and which poet? |
The Kingdom of England was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from the 10th century—when it emerged from various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms—until 1707 , when it united with Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain .
In the early 11th century the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms , united by Æthelstan ( r. 927–939 )... | sfq_25777--Kingdom_of_England.txt | {
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} | Lady Jane Grey was the great grand-daughter of which English king? |
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties . It borders Greater London to the north west , Surrey to the west , East Sussex to the south west , and across the Thames Estuary is the county of Essex . The county town is Maidstone . With a population of over 1.4 million , Kent is the second most p... | qw_12919--Kent.txt | {
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A hangover is the experience of various unpleasant physiological and psychological effects following the consumption of ethanol , as found in wine , beer and distilled spirits . Hangovers can last for several hours or for more than 24 hours . Typical symptoms of a hangover may include headache , drowsiness , concentrat... | sfq_13642--Hangover.txt | {
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Fashion is a popular style or practice , especially in clothing , footwear , accessories , makeup , body , or furniture . Fashion is a distinctive and often
constant trend in the style in which a person dresses . It is the prevailing styles in behaviour and the newest creations of textile designers . Because the more... | bb_5062--Fashion.txt | {
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The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom . Before 2004 , the chart was only based on the sales of physical singles with airplay figures and digital downloads excluded from the official chart . This... | odql_6024--List_of_UK_top_10_singles_in_1994.txt | {
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} | Which hit for 'Wet Wet Wet' was the biggest-selling single in Britain in 1994? |
An acid is a molecule or ion capable of donating a hydron ( proton or hydrogen ion H+ ) , or , alternatively , capable of forming a covalent bond with an electron pair ( a Lewis acid ) .
The first category of acids is the proton donors or Brønsted acids . In the special case of aqueous solutions , proton donors for... | dpql_2291--Acid.txt | {
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Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid- to late 1960s when African American musicians created a rhythmic , danceable new form of music through a mixture of soul music , jazz , and rhythm and blues ( R & B ) . Funk de-emphasizes melody and chord progressions used in other related genres and brings a strong rhy... | qg_3920--Funk.txt | {
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David Lloyd George , 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor , ( 17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945 ) was a British Liberal politician and statesman .
As Chancellor of the Exchequer ( 1908–1915 ) , Lloyd George was a key figure in the introduction of many reforms which laid the foundations of the modern welfare state . His mo... | qb_6125--David_Lloyd_George.txt | {
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} | David Lloyd George was British Prime Minister during the reign of which monarch? |
The Chablis region is the northernmost wine district of the Burgundy region in France . The cool climate of this region produces wines with more acidity and flavors less fruity than Chardonnay wines grown in warmer climates . These wines often have a `` flinty '' note , sometimes described as `` goût de pierre à fusil ... | odql_13554--Chablis_wine.txt | {
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} | The white wine, Chablis, originates from which wine producing region of France? |
Alfred `` Fred '' Zinnemann ( April 29 , 1907 - March 14 , 1997 ) was an Austrian-born American film director . He won four Academy Awards for directing films in various genres , including thrillers , westerns , film noir and play adaptations . He made 25 feature films during his 50-year career .
He was among the f... | bb_5625--Fred_Zinnemann.txt | {
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} | Sergio Leone, Otto Preminger, Fritz Lang and Fred Zinnemann are famous 20thC? |
Graham McPherson ( born 13 January 1961 ) , better known as Suggs , is an English singer-songwriter , musician , radio personality and actor . In a career spanning more than 30 years , Suggs came to prominence in the late 1970s as the lead singer for the English ska band Madness , which released fifteen singles that en... | qw_11247--Suggs_(singer).txt | {
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} | The lead singer of which band is known as Suggs? |
The radish ( Raphanus sativus ) is an edible root vegetable of the Brassicaceae family that was domesticated in Europe in pre-Roman times . Radishes are grown and consumed throughout the world , being mostly eaten raw as a crunchy salad vegetable . They have numerous varieties , varying in size , flavor , color , and l... | sfq_24693--Radish.txt | {
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} | Raphanus Sativus is the Latin name of what vegetable, which has varieties including Cherry Belle, Sicily Giant and Daikon? |
The Recreation Ground ( commonly the Rec ) is a large open space in the centre of Bath , England , next to the River Avon , which is available to be used by permission from the Recreation Ground Trust for recreational purposes by the public at large but particularly the people of Bath and surrounding areas . [ http : /... | qb_9242--Recreation_Ground_(Bath).txt | {
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} | The Recreation Ground, Kingsholm Stadium and the Memorial Ground are all English venues for which sport? |
Crossbreed dogs or designer dogs are dogs which have been intentionally bred from two or more recognized dog breeds and not from dogs with no purebred ancestors , but have not been artificially bred to each other enough to breed true and be recognized as a breed in their own right .
Designer dogs
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"text": [
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The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951 . Previously , there was a single award for `` Best Actress in a Motion Picture '' but the splitting allowed for recognition of it and the Best Actress – Comedy... | sfq_23272--Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Actress_in_a_Motion_Picture_–_Drama.txt | {
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"text": [
"susan sarandon"
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} | Who won the .1995 Best Actress Oscar for her role as Sister Helen Prejean in the film `Dead Man Walking'? |
The Combination Act 1799 ... ( 39 Geo . III , c. 81 ) titled An Act to prevent Unlawful Combinations of Workmen , prohibited trade unions and collective bargaining by British workers . The Act received royal assent on 12 July 1799 . An additional Act was passed in 1800 ( 39 & 40 Geo III c. 106 ) .
Background
Th... | dpql_580--Combination_Act_1799.txt | {
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125
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The Bionic Woman is an American television science fiction action series starring Lindsay Wagner that aired between 1976 and 1978 . The Bionic Woman series features Jaime Sommers , who takes on special high-risk government missions using her superhuman bionic powers . The Bionic Woman series is a spin-off from the 1970... | qz_3971--The_Bionic_Woman.txt | {
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24595
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"text": [
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} | Which actress left Eastenders for Hollywood only to flop as The Bionic Woman? |
Watergate was a major political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s , following a break-in at the Democratic National Committee ( DNC ) headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington , D.C. and President Richard Nixon 's administration 's attempted cover-up of its involvement . When the ... | sfq_17002--Watergate_scandal.txt | {
"answer_start": [],
"text": []
} | The Washington Post reporters, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, wrote an account of the Watergate scandal, published in 1974. What was the book called? |
Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows , ravens , rooks , jackdaws , jays , magpies , treepies , choughs , and nutcrackers . In common English , they are known as the crow family , or , more technically , corvids . Over 120 species are described . The genus Corvus , includin... | sfq_5282--Corvidae.txt | {
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13308
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"text": [
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The Romani ( also spelled Romany ; , ) , or Roma , are a traditionally nomadic ethnic group , living mostly in Europe and the Americas and originating from the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent , presumably from where the states Rajasthan , Haryana , and Punjab exist today . The Romani are widely known among ... | jp_2035--Romani_people.txt | {
"answer_start": [
184
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"text": [
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} | In what country did the Romani ethnic group originate? |
A cruise ship or cruise liner is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages , where the voyage itself and the ship 's amenities are a part of the experience , as well as the different destinations , i.e. , ports of call , along the way . Transportation is not the only purpose of cruising , particularly on cruises that ... | sfq_19103--Cruise_ship.txt | {
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} | What was the name of the cruise liner that capsized near the rocky island of Giglio off the Tuscan coast in 2012? |
Lewis `` Lew '' Wallace ( April 10 , 1827 - February 15 , 1905 ) was an American lawyer , Union general in the American Civil War , governor of the New Mexico Territory , politician , diplomat , and author from Indiana . Among his novels and biographies , Wallace is best known for his historical adventure story , Ben-H... | qw_5039--Lew_Wallace.txt | {
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Pudding is a kind of food that can be either a dessert or a savory dish . The word pudding is believed to come from the French boudin , originally from the Latin botellus , meaning `` small sausage '' , referring to encased meats used in Medieval European puddings .
In the United Kingdom and some of the Commonwealt... | qb_3129--Pudding.txt | {
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Rhinitis or coryza is irritation and inflammation of the mucous membrane inside the nose . Common symptoms are a stuffy nose , runny nose , sneezing , and post-nasal drip .
In rhinitis , the inflammation of the mucous membrane is caused by viruses , bacteria , irritants or allergens . The most common kind of rhinit... | qw_1930--Rhinitis.txt | {
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84
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British Columbia , ( commonly referred to by its initials BC ) , is the westernmost province of Canada , with a population of more than 4 million people located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains .
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5434
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"text": [
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Keflavík International Airport ( ) , also known as Reykjavík-Keflavík Airport , is the largest airport in Iceland and the country 's main hub for international transportation . The airport is west of Keflavík and 50 km southwest of Reykjavík . The airport has three runways , two of which are in use , and the airport ar... | qb_241--Keflavík_International_Airport.txt | {
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106
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} | Keflavik is the main international airport of which country? |
Edgar Chagwa Lungu ( born 11 November 1956 ) has been the President of Zambia since January 2015 . Under President Michael Sata , Lungu served as Minister of Justice and Minister of Defense . Following Sata 's death in October 2014 , Lungu was adopted as the candidate of Sata 's party , the Patriotic Front , for the Ja... | bb_6324--Edgar_Lungu.txt | {
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Country music is a genre of United States popular music that originated in the Southern United States in the 1920s . It takes its roots from the southeastern genre of United States such as folk music , Blues music , and Western music . Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded history . Country mus... | qw_7381--Country_music.txt | {
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In-N-Out Burger is a regional chain of fast food restaurants with locations primarily in the American Southwest and Pacific coast . Founded in Baldwin Park , California , in 1948 by Harry Snyder and his wife Esther Snyder . The chain is currently headquartered in Irvine , California and has slowly expanded outside Sout... | qg_1362--In-N-Out_Burger.txt | {
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"text": [
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} | May 15, 1940 saw what fast food chain get started in San Bernadino, CA? |
The Roaring Twenties is a term for society and culture in the 1920s in the Western world . It was a period of sustained economic prosperity with a distinctive cultural edge in the United States , Canada and Western Europe , particularly in major cities such as New York , Montreal , Chicago , Detroit , Paris , Berlin , ... | odql_8169--Roaring_Twenties.txt | {
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"text": [
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A Brief History of Time : From the Big Bang to Black Holes is a 1988 popular-science book by British physicist Stephen Hawking . It became a bestseller and sold more than 10 million copies in 20 years . It was also on the London Sunday Times bestseller list for more than four years and was translated into 35 languages ... | bb_1721--A_Brief_History_of_Time.txt | {
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111
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"text": [
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} | Name the British scientist author of the best-selling book A Brief History of Time? |
A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government , often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system . In many systems , the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet , and allocates posts to members within the government . In most systems , the ... | sfq_19073--Prime_minister.txt | {
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7537
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"text": [
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} | Julia Gillard became the first female Prime Minister of which country? |
Labyrinth is a 1986 British-American adventure musical fantasy film directed by Jim Henson , executive produced by George Lucas , and based upon conceptual designs by Brian Froud . The film revolves around 16-year-old Sarah 's ( Jennifer Connelly ) quest to reach the center of an enormous otherworldly maze to rescue he... | qz_5894--Labyrinth_(film).txt | {
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Scrabble is a word game in which two to four players score points by placing tiles , each bearing a single letter , onto a gameboard which is divided into a 15×15 grid of squares . The tiles must form words which , in crossword fashion , flow left to right in rows or downwards in columns . The words must be defined in ... | sfq_4206--Scrabble.txt | {
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157
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"text": [
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} | How many squares are found along one side of a Scrabble board? |
Tenerife South Airport ( ) , previously known as Tenerife South-Reina Sofia Airport , is the larger of the two international airports located on the island of Tenerife ( the other being Tenerife North Airport ) and the second busiest in the Canary Islands . It is located in the municipality of Granadilla de Abona and h... | sfq_893--Tenerife–South_Airport.txt | {
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0
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} | On which island is Reina Sofia Airport? |
The Conservative Party , officially the Conservative and Unionist Party , is a political party in the United Kingdom . It is currently the majority party in the House of Commons , having won 330 of the 650 seats in the 2015 general election . Between 2010 and 2015 it was the largest single party with 306 Members of Par... | bb_1194--Conservative_Party_(UK).txt | {
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"text": [
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} | In November 1935, which British prime minister returned to office after a general election? |
Absolutely Fabulous , also known as Ab Fab , is a BBC television sitcom created by , written by and starring Jennifer Saunders . It is based on a 1990 French & Saunders sketch created by Saunders and Dawn French .
The series features Saunders as Edina Monsoon , a heavy-drinking , drug-abusing PR agent who spends he... | qb_8351--Absolutely_Fabulous.txt | {
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256
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"text": [
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]
} | In the UK television series ‘Absolutely Fabulous’, what is Edina’s surname? |
New Zealand ( ) is an island nation in the southwestern Pacific Ocean . The country geographically comprises two main landmasses – that of the North Island , or Te Ika-a-Māui , and the South Island , or Te Waipounamu – and numerous smaller islands . New Zealand is situated some 1500 km east of Australia across the Tasm... | sfq_14649--New_Zealand.txt | {
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} | The sea between Australia and New Zealand is named after an explorer of what nationality? |
World War II ( often abbreviated to WWII or WW2 ) , also known as the Second World War , was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945 , although related conflicts began earlier . It involved the vast majority of the world 's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances ... | qw_2979--World_War_II.txt | {
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} | During World War II, Japan occupied which part of the USA? |
Alberta is a western province of Canada . With an estimated population of 4,196,457 as of July 1 , 2015 , it is Canada 's fourth-most populous province and the most populous of Canada 's three prairie provinces . Its area is about . Alberta and its neighbour Saskatchewan were districts of the Northwest Territories unti... | qw_8575--Alberta.txt | {
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} | Which event held in Alberta, Canada, which bills itself as The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth, is a large festival, exhibition, and rodeo held for 10 days every summer in July, attracts more than 1.2 million visitors? |
John R. `` Johnny '' Cash ( born J. R. Cash ; February 26 , 1932 – September 12 , 2003 ) was an American singer-songwriter , guitarist , actor , and author , who was widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century and one of the best-selling music artists of all time , having sold more than ... | bt_4255--Johnny_Cash.txt | {
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"text": [
"arkansas"
]
} | What was Johnny Cash's home state |
Michaelmas , the feast of Saint Michael the Archangel ( also the Feast of Saints Michael , Gabriel , Uriel and Raphael , the Feast of the Archangels , or the Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels ) , is a day in the Western Christian liturgical year that occurs on 29 September . In medieval England , Michaelmas marked ... | qb_6309--Michaelmas.txt | {
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268
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"text": [
"september"
]
} | Michaelmas Day is celebrated on the 29th of which month? |
The Hillsborough disaster was a human crush at Hillsborough football stadium in Sheffield , England , on 15 April 1989 ; with 96 dead and 766 injured it is the worst disaster in British sporting history . It remains one of the world 's worst football disasters . It happened during the 1988–89 FA Cup semi-final game bet... | sfq_14081--Hillsborough_disaster.txt | {
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20847
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"text": [
"1993"
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} | Name the year; the Warrington bombings, Grand National cancelled after false starts and Arsenal beat Sheffield Wednesday in the finals of both major cup competitions? |
John Sholto Douglas , 9th Marquess of Queensberry ( 20 July 1844 - 31 January 1900 ) was a Scottish nobleman , remembered for lending his name and patronage to the `` Marquess of Queensberry Rules '' that formed the basis of modern boxing and for his role in the downfall of author and playwright Oscar Wilde .
Biogr... | qw_7843--John_Douglas,_9th_Marquess_of_Queensberry.txt | {
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3158
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"text": [
"boxing match"
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} | John Sholto Douglas sponsored the rules for which sport in the 19th century? |
Fish are consumed as food by many species , including humans . It has been an important source of protein and other nutrients for humans throughout recorded history .
In culinary and fishery contexts , the term fish can also include shellfish , such as molluscs , crustaceans and echinoderms . English does not disti... | sfq_25314--Fish_as_food.txt | {
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1733
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"text": [
"haddock"
]
} | Which type of fish is used to make an Arbroath Smokie? |
A prime number ( or a prime ) is a natural number greater than 1 that has no positive divisors other than 1 and itself . A natural number greater than 1 that is not a prime number is called a composite number . For example , 5 is prime because 1 and 5 are its only positive integer factors , whereas 6 is composite becau... | sfq_6943--Prime_number.txt | {
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5032
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"text": [
"97"
]
} | Which is the highest prime number less than 100? |
Kelly Jones ( born 3 June 1974 ) is a Welsh singer-songwriter , guitarist and director and the lead singer of the band Stereophonics . Influenced by classic rock bands such as Pink Floyd , The Who , Led Zeppelin , AC/DC and Sex Pistols , Jones is noted for his raspy voice , which has been described as `` whiskey '' and... | bt_3225--Kelly_Jones.txt | {
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119
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"text": [
"stereophonics"
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} | Kelly Jones, Richard Jones and Richard Cable founded which group |
A nightclub ( also known as a discothèque , disco , dance club or club ) is an entertainment venue that usually operates late into the night . A nightclub is generally distinguished from bars , pubs or taverns by the inclusion of a dance floor and a DJ booth , where a DJ plays recorded music . The busiest nights for a ... | sfq_11790--Nightclub.txt | {
"answer_start": [],
"text": []
} | Opened in 1963, which London nightclub did Mark Birley name after his then wife? |
In the Battle of Vimeiro ( 21 August 1808 ) the British under General Arthur Wellesley ( later known as the Duke of Wellington ) defeated the French under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro , near Lisbon , Portugal during the Peninsular War . This battle put an end to the first French invasion... | qw_1033--Battle_of_Vimeiro.txt | {
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108
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"text": [
"duke of wellington"
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} | The name of which person born in Dublin is connected in English history with the locations of Vimiero, Talavera, Salamanca, Vittoria, Orthes and Waterloo? |
Margaret Hilda Thatcher , Baroness Thatcher , ( Roberts ; 13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013 ) was a British stateswoman and politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and the Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990 . She was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20... | qz_3736--Margaret_Thatcher.txt | {
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0
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"text": [
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} | Following success at the 1979 election whose party conference speeech included the lines 'you turn if you want to, the lady's not for turning'? |
A torero or toureiro ( both from Latin taurarius , bullfighter ) , is the Spanish word for bullfighter and describes all the performers in the sport of bullfighting as practised in Spain , Portugal , Mexico , Peru , France and other countries influenced by Spanish culture . The performers who participate in the bullfig... | bb_1523--Torero.txt | {
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152
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"text": [
"bullfighting"
]
} | A banderillero is a member of a team called a cuadrilla, in which controversial activity? |
Zumba is a dance fitness program created by Colombian dancer and choreographer Alberto `` Beto '' Perez during the 1990s . [ http : //yourlife.usatoday.com/fitness-food/exercise/story/2011-10-27/Zumba-brings-the-dance-party-into-the-health-club/50940786/1 Zumba brings the dance party into the health club ] , USA Today ... | sfq_18945--Zumba.txt | {
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44
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"text": [
"colombia"
]
} | The dance fitness programme, the Zumba, originated in which country? |
The Who are an English rock band that formed in 1964 . Their classic line-up consisted of lead singer Roger Daltrey , guitarist Pete Townshend , bass guitarist John Entwistle , and drummer Keith Moon . They are considered one of the most influential rock bands of the 20th century , selling over 100 million records worl... | qf_506--The_Who.txt | {
"answer_start": [],
"text": []
} | "Who duetted with Bryan Adams on the 1985 hit ""It's Only Love""?" |
Para Handy , the anglicised Gaelic nickname of the fictional character Peter Macfarlane , is a character created by the journalist and writer Neil Munro in a series of stories published in the Glasgow Evening News between 1905 and 1923 under the pen name of Hugh Foulis .
Para Handy is the crafty Gaelic skipper of t... | sfq_22454--Para_Handy.txt | {
"answer_start": [
0
],
"text": [
"para handy"
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} | Played on TV by Gregor Fisher, whose boat was called The Vital Spark? |
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin is a series of novels that developed into a British sitcom starring Leonard Rossiter in the title role . Both the books and television series were written by David Nobbs , and the screenplay for the first series was adapted by Nobbs from the novel , though subplots in the novel were... | qz_6607--The_Fall_and_Rise_of_Reginald_Perrin.txt | {
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11219
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"text": [
"hippopotamus"
]
} | What animal did Reggie Perrin think of every time his Mother-in-law was mentioned? |
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