Divyanshu67/squad_v2 huggingface dataset:
Federal_Aviation_Administration

The FAA gradually assumed additional functions. The hijacking epidemic of the 1960s had already brought the agency into the field of civil aviation security. In response to the hijackings on September 11, 2001, this responsibility is now primarily taken by the Department of Homeland Security. The FAA became more involved with the environmental aspects of aviation in 1968 when it received the power to set aircraft noise standards. Legislation in 1970 gave the agency management of a new airport aid program and certain added responsibilities for airport safety. During the 1960s and 1970s, the FAA also started to regulate high altitude (over 500 feet) kite and balloon flying.

Question: What epidemic did the FAA have to handle in the 1960s?
Answer: hijacking

Question: Who now takes responsibility for aviation security?
Answer: Department of Homeland Security

Question: When did the FAA become more involved with the environmental aspects of aviation?
Answer: 1968

Question: When was legislation passed that gave the agency management of a new airport aide program?
Answer: 1970

Question: What is the altitude which the FAA regulates over?
Answer: 500 feet

Question: When did the FAA start to regulate low altitude kite and balloon flying?

Question: What epidemic in the 60's cause aviation security to be taken over by Homeland?

Question: Whne did Homeland become more involved with the environmental aspects of aviation?

Question: When did the Faa receive the power to set watercraft noise standards?
Federal_Aviation_Administration

On the eve of America's entry into World War II, CAA began to extend its ATC responsibilities to takeoff and landing operations at airports. This expanded role eventually became permanent after the war. The application of radar to ATC helped controllers in their drive to keep abreast of the postwar boom in commercial air transportation. In 1946, meanwhile, Congress gave CAA the added task of administering the federal-aid airport program, the first peacetime program of financial assistance aimed exclusively at promoting development of the nation's civil airports.

Question: When did the CAA begin to exptend it's ATC responsibilities?
Answer: World War II

Question: What helped ATC controllers in their drive ot keep ahead of the postwar boom in commercial air transportation?
Answer: radar

Question: When did Congress give the CAA the task of administering the federal-air airport program?
Answer: 1946

Question: What did the federal-aid airport program aim to help develop?
Answer: civil airports

Question: When did America enter World War II?

Question: When did the CAA begin to extend it's ATC responsibilities at military airports?

Question: What was the first wartime program of financial assistance  aimed at promoting the development of civil airports?

Question: When did congress extend it's ATC responsibilities to takeoff and landing operations at airports?

Question: When did radar technology become permanent?
Federal_Aviation_Administration

By the mid-1970s, the agency had achieved a semi-automated air traffic control system using both radar and computer technology. This system required enhancement to keep pace with air traffic growth, however, especially after the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 phased out the CAB's economic regulation of the airlines. A nationwide strike by the air traffic controllers union in 1981 forced temporary flight restrictions but failed to shut down the airspace system. During the following year, the agency unveiled a new plan for further automating its air traffic control facilities, but progress proved disappointing. In 1994, the FAA shifted to a more step-by-step approach that has provided controllers with advanced equipment.

Question: When did the agency acheive a semi-automated air traffic control system?
Answer: mid-1970s

Question: When was the Airline Deregulation act?
Answer: 1978

Question: When did the nationwide strike by air traffic controlers union happen?
Answer: 1981

Question: when did the FAA shift to a more step-by-step approach to providing air traffic controllers with more advanced equipment?
Answer: 1994

Question: What helped operate radar in the new air-traffic control system?
Answer: computer technology

Question: When did the agency achieve fully automated air traffic control systems?

Question: When was airline deregulation phased out?

Question: What was the act that phased out airline deregulation?

Question: When was the nationwide strike that forced flight restrictions but failed to shutdown the aerospace system?

Question: What type of enhancement did the air traffic control system get to keep up with air traffic growth?
Federal_Aviation_Administration

The Air Commerce Act of May 20, 1926, is the cornerstone of the federal government's regulation of civil aviation. This landmark legislation was passed at the urging of the aviation industry, whose leaders believed the airplane could not reach its full commercial potential without federal action to improve and maintain safety standards. The Act charged the Secretary of Commerce with fostering air commerce, issuing and enforcing air traffic rules, licensing pilots, certifying aircraft, establishing airways, and operating and maintaining aids to air navigation. The newly created Aeronautics Branch, operating under the Department of Commerce assumed primary responsibility for aviation oversight.

Question: When was the Air Commerce Act passed?
Answer: May 20, 1926

Question: Who was charged with fostering air commerce?
Answer: Secretary of Commerce

Question: What new branch was created and operates under the Department of Commerce?
Answer: Aeronautics Branch

Question: Who assumed primary responsibility for aviation oversight?
Answer: Aeronautics Branch

Question: Who was responsible for operating and maintaining aids to air navigation?
Answer: Secretary of Commerce

Question: Who passed the Air Commerce Act?

Question: Who was charged with fostering aviation oversight?

Question: Who believed the airplane could not reach its federal potential without legislation?

Question: Who was charged with the fostering of manufacturing planes?

Question: What department did the Aeronautic Branch create?
Federal_Aviation_Administration

The approaching era of jet travel, and a series of midair collisions (most notable was the 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision), prompted passage of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958. This legislation gave the CAA's functions to a new independent body, the Federal Aviation Agency. The act transferred air safety regulation from the CAB to the new FAA, and also gave the FAA sole responsibility for a common civil-military system of air navigation and air traffic control. The FAA's first administrator, Elwood R. Quesada, was a former Air Force general and adviser to President Eisenhower.

Question: When did the Grand-Canyon mid-air collision happen?
Answer: 1956

Question: when was the Federal Aviation Act passed?
Answer: 1958

Question: What agency would now act like the CAA?
Answer: Federal Aviation Agency

Question: Who did the Federal Aviation Act transfer air safety regulation from?
Answer: CAB

Question: Who was the FAA's first administrator?
Answer: Elwood R. Quesada

Question: Who did President Eisenhower appoint as the FAA's first administrator?

Question: What prompted the the legislation act of 1956?

Question: What legislation gave the CAAs function to the government body, the FAA?

Question: Who was the former general to President Eisenhower?

Question: The approaching era of air traffic control prompted passage of what act?
Federal_Aviation_Administration

On October 31, 2013, after outcry from media outlets, including heavy criticism  from Nick Bilton of The New York Times, the FAA announced it will allow airlines to expand the passengers use of portable electronic devices during all phases of flight, but mobile phone calls will still be prohibited. Implementation will vary among airlines. The FAA expects many carriers to show that their planes allow passengers to safely use their devices in airplane mode, gate-to-gate, by the end of 2013. Devices must be held or put in the seat-back pocket during the actual takeoff and landing. Mobile phones must be in airplane mode or with mobile service disabled, with no signal bars displayed, and cannot be used for voice communications due to Federal Communications Commission regulations that prohibit any airborne calls using mobile phones. If an air carrier provides Wi-Fi service during flight, passengers may use it. Short-range Bluetooth accessories, like wireless keyboards, can also be used.

Question: When did the FAA decide to expand passengers use of portable elctronic devices during all phases of flight?
Answer: October 31, 2013

Question: What mode must mobile phones be put into?
Answer: airplane mode

Question: What phases of flight will passengers be able to use electronic devices?
Answer: all phases

Question: Where must devices be put during actual takeoff and landing?
Answer: seat-back pocket

Question: Are short-range bluetooth accessories able to be used?
Answer: can also be used.

Question: When did the FAA begin to allow mobile phone calls during flights?

Question: What paper criticized Nick Bilton?

Question: Who made regulations that phones must not be in airplane mode, with mobile service enabled and bars displayed?

Question: What must be in back pants pocket during takeoff and landing?
Federal_Aviation_Administration

In 1967, a new U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) combined major federal responsibilities for air and surface transport. The Federal Aviation Agency's name changed to the Federal Aviation Administration as it became one of several agencies (e.g., Federal Highway Administration, Federal Railroad Administration, the Coast Guard, and the Saint Lawrence Seaway Commission) within DOT (albeit the largest). The FAA administrator would no longer report directly to the president but would instead report to the Secretary of Transportation. New programs and budget requests would have to be approved by DOT, which would then include these requests in the overall budget and submit it to the president.

Question: When did the US DOT combine major federal responsibilities for air and surface transport?
Answer: 1967

Question: What did the Federal Aviation Agency change it's name to?
Answer: Federal Aviation Administration

Question: Who would the FAA administrator report to?
Answer: Secretary of Transportation

Question: Who approves new programs and budget requests?
Answer: DOT

Question: Who is the final person to approve the budget that is submitted?
Answer: president

Question: What did the Federal Aviation Agency change it's name from?

Question: Who would the secretary of transport report to instead of the FAA?

Question: What agencies combined to make the Federal Aviation Administration?

Question: Who did the secretary of transportation send budget requests to to be approved?
Federal_Aviation_Administration

The Aeronautics Branch was renamed the Bureau of Air Commerce in 1934 to reflect its enhanced status within the Department. As commercial flying increased, the Bureau encouraged a group of airlines to establish the first three centers for providing air traffic control (ATC) along the airways. In 1936, the Bureau itself took over the centers and began to expand the ATC system. The pioneer air traffic controllers used maps, blackboards, and mental calculations to ensure the safe separation of aircraft traveling along designated routes between cities.

Question: What was the Areonautics Branch renamed to?
Answer: Bureau of Air Commerce

Question: When was the Aeronautics Branch renamed?
Answer: 1934

Question: When did the Buerau take over and begin to expant the ATC system?
Answer: 1936

Question: What were the people who used maps, blackboards, and mental calculation to ensure the safe separation of aircraft traveling between cities called?
Answer: air traffic controllers

Question: What was the Bureau of Air Commerce renamed to?

Question: When did the bureau create the first air traffic control centers?

Question: When was the Aeronautics branch renamed to reflect it's decreased status?

Question: What did the bureau used to ensure the safe travels of aircraft?

Question: As personal flying increased, what did the Bureau establish?
Federal_Aviation_Administration

In 2014, the FAA changed a long-standing approach to air traffic control candidates that eliminated preferences based on training and experience at flight schools in favor of a personality test open to anyone irrespective of experience. The move was made to increase flight traffic controller racial diversity. Before the change, candidates who had completed coursework at participating colleges and universities could be "fast-tracked" for consideration. The agency eliminated that program and instead switched to an open system to the general public, with no need for any experience or even a college degree. Instead, applicants could take "a biographical questionnaire" that many applicants found baffling.

Question: When did the FAA change it's long-standing approach to air traffic control candidates?
Answer: 2014

Question: What was now favored instead of training and experince at flight schools?
Answer: personality test

Question: Who could be an air traffic controller irrespective of experience now because of the rule change?
Answer: anyone

Question: What did applicants now take that many of them found baffling?
Answer: biographical questionnaire

Question: What kind of degree do you need to be considered?

Question: When did the agency switch to a system where people could be "fast-tracked" for consideration?

Question: How did applicants find the biological questionnaire?

Question: Who switched to an open system for candidates who completed the coursework at participating colleges?
Federal_Aviation_Administration

The FAA has been cited as an example of regulatory capture, "in which the airline industry openly dictates to its regulators its governing rules, arranging for not only beneficial regulation, but placing key people to head these regulators." Retired NASA Office of Inspector General Senior Special Agent Joseph Gutheinz, who used to be a Special Agent with the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Transportation and with FAA Security, is one of the most outspoken critics of FAA. Rather than commend the agency for proposing a $10.2 million fine against Southwest Airlines for its failure to conduct mandatory inspections in 2008, he was quoted as saying the following in an Associated Press story: "Penalties against airlines that violate FAA directives should be stiffer. At $25,000 per violation, Gutheinz said, airlines can justify rolling the dice and taking the chance on getting caught. He also said the FAA is often too quick to bend to pressure from airlines and pilots." Other experts have been critical of the constraints and expectations under which the FAA is expected to operate. The dual role of encouraging aerospace travel and regulating aerospace travel are contradictory. For example, to levy a heavy penalty upon an airline for violating an FAA regulation which would impact their ability to continue operating would not be considered encouraging aerospace travel.

Question: What retired NASA Office of inspector general is outspoken about the FAA?
Answer: Joseph Gutheinz

Question: How much do penalties against airlines cost per violation?
Answer: $25,000

Question: A heavy penalty for violating FAA reulations could said to be do what?
Answer: impact their ability to continue operating

Question: What did the agency propose to find Southwest Airlines?
Answer: $10.2 million

Question: Who used to be the Inspector General for the Department of Transportation?

Question: When did Joseph Gutheinz commend the agency for proposing a $10.2 million fine against Southwest?

Question: Who said penalties against airlines that violate FAA directives should be $25,000?

Question: What would be considered encouraging aerospace travel?

Question: When did Southwest conduct mandatory inspections.
Lancashire

The boroughs of Liverpool, Knowsley, St Helens and Sefton were included in Merseyside. In Greater Manchester the successor boroughs were Bury, Bolton, Manchester, Oldham (part), Rochdale, Salford, Tameside (part), Trafford (part) and Wigan. Warrington and Widnes, south of the new Merseyside/Greater Manchester border were added to the new non-metropolitan county of Cheshire. The urban districts of Barnoldswick and Earby, Bowland Rural District and the parishes of Bracewell and Brogden and Salterforth from Skipton Rural District in the West Riding of Yorkshire became part of the new Lancashire. One parish, Simonswood, was transferred from the borough of Knowsley in Merseyside to the district of West Lancashire in 1994. In 1998 Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen became independent unitary authorities.

Question: In what year did Blackpool and Blackburn become independent unitary authorities?
Answer: 1998

Question: In what year was Simonswood transferred from Knowsley to West Lancashire
Answer: 1994

Question: Which places were added to the new county of Cheshire?
Answer: Warrington and Widnes

Question: Where were the boroughs of Liverpool, Knowsley, St Helens and Sefton included?
Answer: Merseyside

Question: Which parish was transferred from Knowsley to the district of West Lancashire?
Answer: Simonswood

Question: Besides Greater Manchester, to what other county was a part of Oldham incorporated into?

Question: In what year was Liverpool made a part of Merseyside?

Question: In what year was Skipton Rural District made part of Lancashire?

Question: In addition to Greater Manchester, part of Tameside became a portion of what other county?

Question: When was Sefton included as part of Merseyside?
Lancashire

The Duchy of Lancaster is one of two royal duchies in England. It has landholdings throughout the region and elsewhere, operating as a property company, but also exercising the right of the Crown in the County Palatine of Lancaster. While the administrative boundaries changed in the 1970s, the county palatine boundaries remain the same as the historic boundaries. As a result, the High Sheriffs for Lancashire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside are appointed "within the Duchy and County Palatine of Lancaster".

Question: When did the administrative boundaries for the Duchy of Lancaster change?
Answer: 1970s

Question: What is the Duchy of Lancaster?
Answer: one of two royal duchies in England

Question: What does the Duchy of Lancaster operate as?
Answer: a property company

Question: Who are appointed within the Duchy and County Palatine of Lancater?
Answer: High Sheriffs

Question: Who exercises the right of the Crown in the County Palatine of Lancaster?
Answer: The Duchy of Lancaster

Question: In what decade was the County Palatine of Lancaster established?

Question: What is the other royal duchy of England beyond the Duchy of Lancaster?

Question: When was the Duchy of Lancaster established?

Question: What county lies to the east of Lancashire?
Lancashire

Lancashire has a mostly comprehensive system with four state grammar schools. Not including sixth form colleges, there are 77 state schools (not including Burnley's new schools) and 24 independent schools. The Clitheroe area has secondary modern schools. Sixth form provision is limited at most schools in most districts, with only Fylde and Lancaster districts having mostly sixth forms at schools. The rest depend on FE colleges and sixth form colleges, where they exist. South Ribble has the largest school population and Fylde the smallest (only three schools). Burnley's schools have had a new broom and have essentially been knocked down and started again in 2006. There are many Church of England and Catholic faith schools in Lancashire.

Question: How many state grammar schools are in Lancashire?
Answer: four

Question: How many state schools are in Lancashire?
Answer: 77

Question: How many independant schools are in Lancashire?
Answer: 24

Question: Who has the largest school population?
Answer: South Ribble

Question: Who has the smallest school population?
Answer: Fylde

Question: How many sixth form colleges are there in Lancashire?

Question: How many schools are there in total in the Clitheroe area?

Question: What's the size of the South Ribble school population?

Question: In what year was the Church of England established?

Question: How many Catholic faith schools are there in Lancashire?
Lancashire

Lancashire produced well known teams in super league such as St Helens, Wigan, and Warrington. The county was once the focal point for many of the sport's professional competitions including the Lancashire League competition which ran from 1895 to 1970, and the Lancashire County Cup which was abandoned in 1993. Rugby League has also seen a representative fixture between Lancashire and Yorkshire contested 89 times since its inception in 1895. Currently there are several rugby league teams that are based within the ceremonial county which include Blackpool Panthers, East Lancashire Lions, Blackpool Sea Eagles, Bamber Bridge, Leyland Warriors, Chorley Panthers, Blackpool Stanley, Blackpool Scorpions and Adlington Rangers.

Question: What years did the Lancashire League competition run from?
Answer: 1895 to 1970

Question: Which county was once the focal point for many professional competitions?
Answer: Lancashire

Question: Which year was the Lancashire County Cup abandoned?
Answer: 1993

Question: What year did Rugby League start?
Answer: 1895

Question: when were the first games played in the St Helens super league?

Question: When was the first Lancashire County Cup held?

Question: How many rugby teams are there in Lancashire?

Question: What super league do the Blackpool Panthers play in?

Question: In what super league do the Chorley Panthers play in?
Lancashire

Lancashire had a lively culture of choral and classical music, with very large numbers of local church choirs from the 17th century, leading to the foundation of local choral societies from the mid-18th century, often particularly focused on performances of the music of Handel and his contemporaries. It also played a major part in the development of brass bands which emerged in the county, particularly in the textile and coalfield areas, in the 19th century. The first open competition for brass bands was held at Manchester in 1853, and continued annually until the 1980s. The vibrant brass band culture of the area made an important contribution to the foundation and staffing of the Hallé Orchestra from 1857, the oldest extant professional orchestra in the United Kingdom. The same local musical tradition produced eminent figures such as Sir William Walton (1902–88), son of an Oldham choirmaster and music teacher, Sir Thomas Beecham (1879–1961), born in St. Helens, who began his career by conducting local orchestras and Alan Rawsthorne (1905–71) born in Haslingden. The conductor David Atherton, co-founder of the London Sinfonietta, was born in Blackpool in 1944. Lancashire also produced more populist figures, such as early musical theatre composer Leslie Stuart (1863–1928), born in Southport, who began his musical career as organist of Salford Cathedral.

Question: Where was the first open competition for brass bands held?
Answer: Manchester

Question: What year was the first open competition for brass bands held?
Answer: 1853

Question: Where was David Atherton born?
Answer: Blackpool

Question: What did David Atherton co-found?
Answer: the London Sinfonietta

Question: Who began their musical career as organist of Salford Cathedral?
Answer: Leslie Stuart

Question: How many local church choirs were there in Lancashire in the 17th century?

Question: Where was Sir Thomas Beecham born?

Question: Who founded the London Sinfonietta with David Atherton?

Question: Where is the Salford Cathedral?

Question: In what city did Handel primarily perform?
Lancashire

Lancashire emerged as a major commercial and industrial region during the Industrial Revolution. Manchester and Liverpool grew into its largest cities, dominating global trade and the birth of modern capitalism. The county contained several mill towns and the collieries of the Lancashire Coalfield. By the 1830s, approximately 85% of all cotton manufactured worldwide was processed in Lancashire. Accrington, Blackburn, Bolton, Burnley, Bury, Chorley, Colne, Darwen, Nelson, Oldham, Preston, Rochdale and Wigan were major cotton mill towns during this time. Blackpool was a centre for tourism for the inhabitants of Lancashire's mill towns, particularly during wakes week.

Question: What are the biggest cities in Lancashire?
Answer: Manchester and Liverpool

Question: By the 1830's, how much of all cotton was processed in Lancashire?
Answer: 85%

Question: Where was a center for tourist for the people of Lancashire's mill towns?
Answer: Blackpool

Question: What week was most popular to visit Lancashire's mill towns?
Answer: wakes week

Question: When did Lancashire emerge as a major commercialand industrial region?
Answer: during the Industrial Revolution

Question: In what decade was Liverpool founded?

Question: When did the Industrial Revolution start?

Question: What percentage of all global trade went through Liverpool in the 1830's?

Question: What percentage of the cotton was milled in Oldham?

Question: What was the centre of tourism for those living in Bolton?
Lancashire

The county was subject to significant boundary reform in 1974 that removed Liverpool and Manchester and most of their surrounding conurbations to form the metropolitan counties of Merseyside and Greater Manchester. The detached northern part of Lancashire in the Lake District, including the Furness Peninsula and Cartmel, was merged with Cumberland and Westmorland to form Cumbria. Lancashire lost 709 square miles of land to other counties, about two fifths of its original area, although it did gain some land from the West Riding of Yorkshire. Today the county borders Cumbria to the north, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south and North and West Yorkshire to the east; with a coastline on the Irish Sea to the west. The county palatine boundaries remain the same[clarification needed] with the Duke of Lancaster exercising sovereignty rights, including the appointment of lords lieutenant in Greater Manchester and Merseyside.

Question: When was Liverpool and Manchester removed from Lancashire boundaries?
Answer: 1974

Question: How many miles of land did Lancashire lose to other countries?
Answer: 709

Question: What is to the north of Lancashire today?
Answer: Cumbria

Question: What is to the east of Lancashire today?
Answer: West Yorkshire

Question: Who exercises sovereignty rights for Lancashire?
Answer: Duke of Lancaster

Question: How much land did Lancashire gain from West Riding of Yorkshire?

Question: How large is the metropolitan county of Merseyside?

Question: What county borders Cumbria to the east?

Question: When did the current Duke of Lancaster start his reign?

Question: How big was the West Riding of Yorkshire prior to 1974?
Lancashire

Lancashire is smaller than its historical extent following a major reform of local government. In 1889, the administrative county of Lancashire was created, covering the historical county except for the county boroughs such as Blackburn, Burnley, Barrow-in-Furness, Preston, Wigan, Liverpool and Manchester. The area served by the Lord-Lieutenant (termed now a ceremonial county) covered the entirety of the administrative county and the county boroughs, and was expanded whenever boroughs annexed areas in neighbouring counties such as Wythenshawe in Manchester south of the River Mersey and historically in Cheshire, and southern Warrington. It did not cover the western part of Todmorden, where the ancient border between Lancashire and Yorkshire passes through the middle of the town.

Question: When was the administrative county of Lancashire created?
Answer: 1889

Question: What is the area served by the Lord-Lieutenant called now?
Answer: ceremonial county

Question: Where is the ancient border between Lancashire and Yorkshire located?
Answer: the western part of Todmorden

Question: Why is Lancashire smaller than its historical extent?
Answer: reform of local government

Question: What area is covered by the Lord-Lieutenant?
Answer: the administrative county and the county boroughs

Question: When was the city of Liverpool established?

Question: What county lies north of Lancashire?

Question: What's the main river in Todmorden?

Question: What county lies north of the River Mersey?

Question: In what year was Cheshire made a county?
Lancashire

During the 20th century, the county became increasingly urbanised, particularly the southern part. To the existing county boroughs of Barrow-in-Furness, Blackburn, Bolton, Bootle, Burnley, Bury, Liverpool, Manchester, Oldham, Preston, Rochdale, Salford, St Helens and Wigan were added Blackpool (1904), Southport (1905), and Warrington (1900). The county boroughs also had many boundary extensions. The borders around the Manchester area were particularly complicated, with narrow protrusions of the administrative county between the county boroughs – Lees urban district formed a detached part of the administrative county, between Oldham county borough and the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Question: When did the county become more urbanised?
Answer: 20th century

Question: Which part in particular became urbanised in the 20th century?
Answer: the southern part

Question: When was Warrington added to Lancashire?
Answer: 1900

Question: When was Southport added?
Answer: 1905

Question: When was Blackpool added to the county?
Answer: 1904

Question: When was the county borough of Liverpool created?

Question: What was the county borough of St Helens created?

Question: What a county bureau that lies in the southern part of Lancashire?

Question: Where does Bootle lie in Lancashire?

Question: In what year was Oldham made part of Lancashire?
Lancashire

To the east of the county are upland areas leading to the Pennines. North of the Ribble is Beacon Fell Country Park and the Forest of Bowland, another AONB. Much of the lowland in this area is devoted to dairy farming and cheesemaking, whereas the higher ground is more suitable for sheep, and the highest ground is uncultivated moorland. The valleys of the River Ribble and its tributary the Calder form a large gap to the west of the Pennines, overlooked by Pendle Hill. Most of the larger Lancashire towns are in these valleys South of the Ribble are the West Pennine Moors and the Forest of Rossendale where former cotton mill towns are in deep valleys. The Lancashire Coalfield, largely in modern-day Greater Manchester, extended into Merseyside and to Ormskirk, Chorley, Burnley and Colne in Lancashire.

Question: What is most of the lowland in the county devoted to?
Answer: dairy farming and cheesemaking

Question: What is the higer ground in the county devoted to?
Answer: sheep

Question: What is in the highest ground?
Answer: uncultivated moorland

Question: Where is the Lancashire Coalfield located?
Answer: modern-day Greater Manchester

Question: where is Beacon Fell County Park located?
Answer: North of the Ribble

Question: What does AONB stand for?

Question: What are the valleys of the River Ribble used for?

Question: What is the area around Ormskirk used for?

Question: What's to the west of the county?

Question: What is cultivated in the Forest of Rossendale?
Lancashire

The Duchy administers bona vacantia within the County Palatine, receiving the property of persons who die intestate and where the legal ownership cannot be ascertained. There is no separate Duke of Lancaster, the title merged into the Crown many centuries ago – but the Duchy is administered by the Queen in Right of the Duchy of Lancaster. A separate court system for the county palatine was abolished by Courts Act 1971. A particular form of The Loyal Toast, 'The Queen, Duke of Lancaster' is in regular use in the county palatine. Lancaster serves as the county town of the county palatine.

Question: What does the Duchy administer within the County Palatine?
Answer: bona vacantia

Question: What serves as the county town of the county palatine?
Answer: Lancaster

Question: When did the title of Duke of Lancaster merge into the Crown?
Answer: many centuries ago

Question: Who is the Duchy administered by?
Answer: the Queen

Question: In what year did the title of Duke of Lancaster get merged into the Crown?

Question: When was the Loyal Toast first used?

Question: What's the term for when legal ownership can be ascertained?

Question: Where does the Queen primarily live?

Question: How long has there been a Queen in the UK?
Lancashire

The Lancashire economy relies strongly on the M6 motorway which runs from north to south, past Lancaster and Preston. The M55 connects Preston to Blackpool and is 11.5 miles (18.3 km) long. The M65 motorway from Colne, connects Burnley, Accrington, Blackburn to Preston. The M61 from Preston via Chorley and the M66 starting 500 metres (0.3 mi) inside the county boundary near Edenfield, provide links between Lancashire and Manchester] and the trans-Pennine M62. The M58 crosses the southernmost part of the county from the M6 near Wigan to Liverpool via Skelmersdale.

Question: What does the Lancashire economy rely on?
Answer: the M6 motorway

Question: Which direction does the M6 motorway run?
Answer: north to south

Question: What road connects Preston to Blackpool?
Answer: The M55

Question: Which road crosses the part of the county furthest south?
Answer: M58

Question: How many miles is it from Lancaster to Preston?

Question: How far is it in miles from Blackburn to Preston?

Question: In what geographic region of Lancashire does Blackpool lay?

Question: How far is Chorley away from the nearest county boundary?

Question: What is the length of the M6 motorway?
Lancashire

The major settlements in the ceremonial county are concentrated on the Fylde coast (the Blackpool Urban Area), and a belt of towns running west-east along the M65: Preston, Blackburn, Accrington, Burnley, Nelson and Colne. South of Preston are the towns of Leyland and Chorley; the three formed part of the Central Lancashire New Town designated in 1970. The north of the county is predominantly rural and sparsely populated, except for the towns of Lancaster and Morecambe which form a large conurbation of almost 100,000 people. Lancashire is home to a significant Asian population, numbering over 70,000 and 6% of the county's population, and concentrated largely in the former cotton mill towns in the south east.

Question: Where are the major settlements in the ceremonial county located?
Answer: Fylde coast

Question: Where is the Fylde coast?
Answer: Blackpool Urban Area

Question: Which part of the county is rural and sparsely populated?
Answer: north

Question: How many people live in Lancaster and Morecambe?
Answer: 100,000

Question: What percentage of Lancashire is Asian?
Answer: 6%

Question: In what year was the Blackpool Urban Area established?

Question: How many people lived in Preston as of 1970?

Question: What percentage of the population lives in north Lancashire?

Question: What cities are north of Preston?

Question: In what year did Asians start emigrating to Lancashire?
Lancashire

Liverpool produced a number of nationally and internationally successful popular singers in the 1950s, including traditional pop stars Frankie Vaughan and Lita Roza, and one of the most successful British rock and roll stars in Billy Fury. Many Lancashire towns had vibrant skiffle scenes in the late 1950s, out of which by the early 1960s a flourishing culture of beat groups began to emerge, particularly around Liverpool and Manchester. It has been estimated that there were around 350 bands active in and around Liverpool in this era, often playing ballrooms, concert halls and clubs, among them the Beatles. After their national success from 1962, a number of Liverpool performers were able to follow them into the charts, including Gerry & the Pacemakers, the Searchers and Cilla Black. The first act to break through in the UK who were not from Liverpool, or managed by Brian Epstein, were Freddie and the Dreamers, who were based in Manchester, as were Herman's Hermits and the Hollies. Led by the Beatles, beat groups from the region spearheaded the British Invasion of the US, which made a major contribution to the development of rock music. After the decline of beat groups in the late 1960s the centre of rock culture shifted to London and there were relatively few local bands who achieved national prominence until the growth of a disco funk scene and the punk rock revolution in the mid and late 1970s.

Question: Where was pop star Frankie Vaughan from?
Answer: Liverpool

Question: How many bands were active in the Liverpool area in the 1960s?
Answer: 350

Question: What was the first act to break through in the UK, not from Liverpool or managed by Brian Epstein?
Answer: Freddie and the Dreamers

Question: Where were Freddie and the Dreamers based?
Answer: Manchester

Question: Where were Herman's Hermints and the Hollies from?
Answer: Manchester

Question: When was Billy Furry born?

Question: In what year did Freddie and the Dreamers get their first hit?

Question: How many active bands did Manchester have in the 1960's?

Question: How many local bands were still in Liverpool in the late 1960s?

Question: What was the name of one of the band members in the Beatles?
Lancashire

Lancashire has a long and highly productive tradition of music making. In the early modern era the county shared in the national tradition of balladry, including perhaps the finest border ballad, "The Ballad of Chevy Chase", thought to have been composed by the Lancashire-born minstrel Richard Sheale. The county was also a common location for folk songs, including "The Lancashire Miller", "Warrington Ale" and "The soldier's farewell to Manchester", while Liverpool, as a major seaport, was the subject of many sea shanties, including "The Leaving of Liverpool" and "Maggie May", beside several local Wassailing songs. In the Industrial Revolution changing social and economic patterns helped create new traditions and styles of folk song, often linked to migration and patterns of work. These included processional dances, often associated with rushbearing or the Wakes Week festivities, and types of step dance, most famously clog dancing.

Question: Who was "The Ballad of Chevy Chase" composed by?
Answer: Richard Sheale

Question: Where was Richard Sheale from?
Answer: Lancashire

Question: What is Lancashire's long and productive tradition?
Answer: music making

Question: What did the county share with it's national traditions?
Answer: balladry

Question: What is the finest border ballad?
Answer: The Ballad of Chevy Chase

Question: Besides "The Ballad of Chevy Chase" what was another composition written by Richard Sheale?

Question: Who composed "Warrington Ale"?

Question: What is one of the local Wassailing songs called?

Question: What was "The Ballad of Chevy Chase" about?

Question: What type of dancing is associated with "The Leaving of Liverpool"?
Lancashire

The county was established in 1182, later than many other counties. During Roman times the area was part of the Brigantes tribal area in the military zone of Roman Britain. The towns of Manchester, Lancaster, Ribchester, Burrow, Elslack and Castleshaw grew around Roman forts. In the centuries after the Roman withdrawal in 410AD the northern parts of the county probably formed part of the Brythonic kingdom of Rheged, a successor entity to the Brigantes tribe. During the mid-8th century, the area was incorporated into the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria, which became a part of England in the 10th century.

Question: When was Lancashire established?
Answer: 1182

Question: When was the area part of Brigantes tribal area?
Answer: Roman times

Question: In what year did the northern parts of the country form the Brythonic kingdom of Rheged?
Answer: 410AD

Question: What is the Brythonic kingdom of Rheged?
Answer: a successor entity to the Brigantes tribe

Question: When was the area incorporated into Northumbria?
Answer: mid-8th century

Question: When did the Romans enter the area of Manchester?

Question: When was Lancaster established?

Question: In what year did Brigantes tribe become the Brythonic Kingdom of Rheged?

Question: In what century were Roman forts first established?

Question: When was the town of Castleshaw founded?
Lancashire

By the census of 1971, the population of Lancashire and its county boroughs had reached 5,129,416, making it the most populous geographic county in the UK. The administrative county was also the most populous of its type outside London, with a population of 2,280,359 in 1961. On 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, the administrative county was abolished, as were the county boroughs. The urbanised southern part largely became part of two metropolitan counties, Merseyside and Greater Manchester. The new county of Cumbria incorporates the Furness exclave.

Question: How many people lived in Lancashire in 1971?
Answer: 5,129,416

Question: What is the most populous geographic county in the UK?
Answer: Lancashire

Question: When was the administrative county abolished?
Answer: 1 April 1974

Question: What did the southern part of Lancashire turn into?
Answer: Merseyside and Greater Manchester

Question: What incorporated the Furness exclave?
Answer: Cumbria

Question: How many people like in the UK?

Question: In what geographic region of Lancashire is Cumbria county?

Question: How many people lived in Merseyside according to the 1971 census?

Question: How many people lived in Lancashire in 1961?

Question: How many people lived in Cumbria after it was made into a county in 1974?
Lancashire

A local pioneer of folk song collection in the first half of the 19th century was Shakespearean scholar James Orchard Halliwell, but it was not until the second folk revival in the 20th century that the full range of song from the county, including industrial folk song, began to gain attention. The county produced one of the major figures of the revival in Ewan MacColl, but also a local champion in Harry Boardman, who from 1965 onwards probably did more than anyone to popularise and record the folk song of the county. Perhaps the most influential folk artists to emerge from the region in the late 20th century were Liverpool folk group The Spinners, and from Manchester folk troubadour Roy Harper and musician, comedian and broadcaster Mike Harding. The region is home to numerous folk clubs, many of them catering to Irish and Scottish folk music. Regular folk festivals include the Fylde Folk Festival at Fleetwood.

Question: Who was a local pioneer of folk song collection?
Answer: James Orchard Halliwell

Question: Who did the most to popularize folk songs of the county?
Answer: Harry Boardman

Question: Who were the most influential fold artists from the region in the 20th century?
Answer: The Spinners

Question: Who do the many folk clubs today cater to?
Answer: Irish and Scottish folk music

Question: What is one of the regular folk festivals called?
Answer: Fylde Folk Festival

Question: In what year was James Orchard Halliwell born?

Question: In what year did The Spinners release their first folk music album?

Question: When was the first Fylde Folke Festival at Fleetwood held?

Question: What city was Harry Boardman from?

Question: Where was James Orchard Halliwell from?
Lancashire

The Red Rose of Lancaster is the county flower found on the county's heraldic badge and flag. The rose was a symbol of the House of Lancaster, immortalised in the verse "In the battle for England's head/York was white, Lancaster red" (referring to the 15th-century Wars of the Roses). The traditional Lancashire flag, a red rose on a white field, was not officially registered. When an attempt was made to register it with the Flag Institute it was found that it was officially registered by Montrose in Scotland, several hundred years earlier with the Lyon Office. Lancashire's official flag is registered as a red rose on a gold field.

Question: What is the county flower of Lancaster?
Answer: The Red Rose of Lancaster

Question: Where can the red rose of lancaster be found?
Answer: on the county's heraldic badge and flag

Question: What is on the traditional Lancashire flag?
Answer: a red rose on a white field

Question: What is on the official Lancashire flag?
Answer: red rose on a gold field

Question: Whos flag officially is a red rose on a white field?
Answer: Montrose in Scotland

Question: In what century was the traditional Lancashire Flag established?

Question: In what century was the Flag Institute founded?

Question: In what century did Montrose register the Lancaster Flag?

Question: What was Montrose's heraldic flag?
Lancashire

More recent Lancashire-born composers include Hugh Wood (1932- Parbold), Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-, Salford), Sir Harrison Birtwistle (1934-, Accrington), Gordon Crosse (1937-, Bury),John McCabe (1939-2015, Huyton), Roger Smalley (1943-2015, Swinton), Nigel Osborne (1948-, Manchester), Steve Martland (1954-2013, Liverpool), Simon Holt (1958-, Bolton) and Philip Cashian (1963-, Manchester). The Royal Manchester College of Music was founded in 1893 to provide a northern counterpart to the London musical colleges. It merged with the Northern College of Music (formed in 1920) to form the Royal Northern College of Music in 1972.

Question: In what year was Hugh Wood born?
Answer: 1932

Question: Where was Sir Peter Maxwell Davies born?
Answer: Salford

Question: When was the Royal Manchester College of Music founded?
Answer: 1893

Question: When was the Royal Northern College of Music formed?
Answer: 1972

Question: What did the Royal Manchester College of Music merge with?
Answer: the Northern College of Music

Question: Who founded the Royal Manchester College of Music?

Question: Who founded the Northern College of Music?

Question: Who was the first head of the Royal Northern College of Music?

Question: In what year did Harrison Birtwistle receive the Sir title?

Question: In what year did Peter Maxwell Davies attain the title of Sir?
Mesozoic

The Early Triassic was between 250 million to 247 million years ago and was dominated by deserts as Pangaea had not yet broken up, thus the interior was nothing but arid. The Earth had just witnessed a massive die-off in which 95% of all life went extinct. The most common life on earth were Lystrosaurus, Labyrinthodont, and Euparkeria along with many other creatures that managed to survive the Great Dying. Temnospondyli evolved during this time and would be the dominant predator for much of the Triassic.

Question: What era was 250 million to 247 million years ago?
Answer: Early Triassic

Question: What geologic climate was found in the Early Triassic?
Answer: deserts

Question: What landmass was still unbroken in the Early Triassic?
Answer: Pangaea

Question: What percentage of extinction of species had recently happened??
Answer: 95%

Question: What species had evolved after  the extinction and would become the basic predator in the Triassic?
Answer: Temnospondyli

Question: What geologic climate was not found in the Early Triassic?

Question: What percentage of species growth had recently happened?

Question: What landmass broke in the Earl Triassic?

Question: What species had evolved before the extinction and would become the basic predator in the Triassic?

Question: What was the most rare life on earth?