2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay

context: The 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay was run from March 24 until August 8, 2008, prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics, with the theme of "one world, one dream". Plans for the relay were announced on April 26, 2007, in Beijing, China. The relay, also called by the organizers as the "Journey of Harmony", lasted 129 days and carried the torch 137,000 km (85,000 mi) – the longest distance of any Olympic torch relay since the tradition was started ahead of the 1936 Summer Olympics.
qas: answers: text: 1936 Summer Olympics.
question: When did the tradition of people carrying the Olympic torch before the Olympic games begin?

answers: text: 129 days
question: How many days did people carry the Olympic torch before the 2008 Summer Olympics?

answers: text: one world, one dream
question: What was the theme for the torch relay?

answers: text: Journey of Harmony
question: What did the organizers of the torch relay call it?

answers: text: one world, one dream
question: What was the 2008 Olympic slogan?

answers: text: Beijing, China.
question: Where were the details of the torch relay made known?

answers: text: "Journey of Harmony"
question: What was the torch relay referred to as by organizers?

answers: text: 85,000 mi
question: How many miles was the Olympic torch relayed?

context: After being lit at the birthplace of the Olympic Games in Olympia, Greece on March 24, the torch traveled to the Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens, and then to Beijing, arriving on March 31. From Beijing, the torch was following a route passing through six continents. The torch has visited cities along the Silk Road, symbolizing ancient links between China and the rest of the world. The relay also included an ascent with the flame to the top of Mount Everest on the border of Nepal and Tibet, China from the Chinese side, which was closed specially for the event.
qas: answers: text: March 24
question: What day was the Olympic torch lit for the 2008 games?

answers: text: Olympia, Greece
question: Where did the Olympics originate?

answers: text: March 31
question: When did the Olympic torch reach Beijing?

answers: text: six
question: How many continents did the torch visit after Beijing?

answers: text: Silk Road
question: The torch was on what road to symbolize historic links between China and the world?

answers: text: Olympia, Greece
question: Where was the Olympic torch lit?

answers: text: March 24
question: What date was the Olympic torch lit?

answers: text: Panathinaiko Stadium
question: What is the name of the stadium in Greece were the torch was taken to?

answers: text: March 31.
question: What date did the Olympic torch arrive at its destination in China?

answers: text: Mount Everest
question: What mountain was the torch taken up?

context: In many cities along the North American and European route, the torch relay was protested by advocates of Tibetan independence, animal rights, and legal online gambling, and people protesting against China's human rights record, resulting in confrontations at a few of the relay locations. These protests, which ranged from hundreds of people in San Francisco, to effectively none in Pyongyang, forced the path of the torch relay to be changed or shortened on a number of occasions. The torch was extinguished by Chinese security officials several times during the Paris leg for security reasons, and once in protest in Paris.
qas: answers: text: hundreds
question: How many people protested on the San Francisco torch route?

answers: text: effectively none
question: How many people protested at the Pyongyang torch route?

answers: text: protesting
question: What were some groups doing along the torch route that was not supportive of the Olympics?

answers: text: Chinese security officials
question: Who put out the torch along the route for protection?

context: The attacks on the torch in London and Paris were described as "despicable" by the Chinese government, condemning them as "deliberate disruptions... who gave no thought to the Olympic spirit or the laws of Britain and France" and who "tarnish the lofty Olympic spirit", and vowed they would continue with the relay and not allow the protests to "impede the Olympic spirit". Large-scale counter-protests by overseas Chinese and foreign-based Chinese nationals became prevalent in later segments of the relay. In San Francisco, the number of supporters were much more than the number of protesters, and in Australia, Japan, South Korea, the counter-protesters overwhelmed the protesters. A couple of skirmishes between the protesters and supporters were reported. No major protests were visible in the Latin America, Africa, and Western Asia legs of the torch relay.
qas: answers: text: the Chinese government
question: Who condemned the various attacks on the torch relay route?

answers: text: supporters
question: In San Francisco, who had a larger presence than the protesters? 

answers: text: counter-protesters
question: Who overwhelmed the protesters in Japan?

answers: text: counter-protesters
question: Who amassed in large scale against protesters?

answers: text: skirmishes
question: What was said to have occurred between some supporters and protesters?

answers: text: Latin America, Africa, and Western Asia
question: What three areas of the globe were protests reported as not big?

context: Prompted by the chaotic torch relays in Western Europe and North America, the president of the International Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge described the situation as a "crisis" for the organization and stated that any athletes displaying Tibetan flags at Olympic venues could be expelled from the games. though he stopped short of cancelling the relay altogether despite calls to do so by some IOC members. The outcome of the relay influenced the IOC's decision to scrap global relays in future editions of the games.
qas: answers: text: Jacques Rogge
question: Who is the president of the International Olympic Committee?

answers: text: Tibetan
question: Athletes wearing what kind of flag at any Olympic venue faced the possibility of expulsion from the Olympics?

answers: text: global relays
question: Because of the relay issues, IOC decided to no longer have what in subsequent Olympics?

answers: text: Jacques Rogge
question: What is the name of the man who said the protesting of the torch relay as a "crisis"?

answers: text: could be expelled
question: What could happen to Olympic sports participants who showed a Tibetan flag at events?

answers: text: IOC members.
question: Who asked that the torch relay be ended?

answers: text: global relays
question: What was halted with the torch relay for future Olympics?

context: In June 2008, the Beijing Games' Organizing Committee announced that the planned international torch relay for the Paralympic Games had been cancelled. The Committee stated that the relay was being cancelled to enable the Chinese government to "focus on the rescue and relief work" following the Sichuan earthquake.
qas: answers: text: Paralympic Games
question: The international torch relay was canceled for what event in June 2008?

answers: text: Paralympic Games
question: For what events was the torch relay decided to not be held?

context: The Olympic Torch is based on traditional scrolls and uses a traditional Chinese design known as "Lucky Cloud". It is made from aluminum. It is 72 centimetres high and weighs 985 grams. The torch is designed to remain lit in 65 kilometre per hour (37 mile per hour) winds, and in rain of up to 50 millimetres (2 inches) per hour. An ignition key is used to ignite and extinguish the flame. The torch is fueled by cans of propane. Each can will light the torch for 15 minutes. It is designed by a team from Lenovo Group. The Torch is designed in reference to the traditional Chinese concept of the 5 elements that make up the entire universe.
qas: answers: text: Lucky Cloud
question: What is the Chinese design used on the Olympic Torch?

answers: text: aluminum.
question: What is the Olympic Torch made from?

answers: text: 985 grams
question: How much does the Olympic Torch weigh?

answers: text: An ignition key
question: What is used to light the flame on the Olympic Torch?

answers: text: Lucky Cloud
question: What was the design name of the Chinese Olympic Torch?

answers: text: aluminum.
question: What metal is the torch constructed from?

answers: text: 37
question: What wind speed will the torch flame still stay lit in MPH?

answers: text: 2
question: How much rainfall in inches per hour can the torch stay lit under?

answers: text: propane.
question: What fuel is used for the torch?

context: Internationally, the torch and its accompanying party traveled in a chartered Air China Airbus A330 (registered B-6075), painted in the red and yellow colors of the Olympic Games. Air China was chosen by the Beijing Committees of the Olympic Game as the designated Olympic torch carrier in March 2008 for its long-standing participation in the Olympic cause. The plane traveled a total of 137,000 km (85,000 mi) for a duration of 130 days through 21 countries and regions.
qas: answers: text: a chartered Air China Airbus A330
question: When it was necessary for the Olympic Torch to be on an airplane, which one was used?

answers: text: red and yellow
question: What color was the chartered plane?

answers: text: March 2008
question: When was it decided that Air China would be the official torch carrier?

answers: text: 130 days
question: How many days did the plane travel?

answers: text: Airbus A330
question: What type of aircraft did the Torch team travel in?

answers: text: red and yellow
question: What colors was the aircraft painted?

answers: text: Air China
question: What was the name of the airline that transported the Olympic Torch?

answers: text: 130
question: How many days did the plane travel with the Torch team?

answers: text: 21
question: How many different places were visited by the aircraft taking the Torch team?

context: The route carried the torch through six continents from March 2008 to May 2008 to August 2008. The planned route originally included a stop in Taipei between Ho Chi Minh City and Hong Kong, but there was disagreement in Beijing and Taipei over language used to describe whether it was an international or a domestic part of the route. While the Olympic committees of China and Chinese Taipei reached initial consensus on the approach, the government of the Republic of China in Taiwan intervened, stating that this placement could be interpreted as placing Taiwan on the same level as Hong Kong and Macau, an implication it objected to. The Beijing Organizing Committee attempted to continue negotiation, but further disputes arose over the flag or the anthem of the Republic of China along the 24 km torch route in Taiwan. By the midnight deadline for concluding the negotiation on September 21, 2007, Taiwan and China were unable to come to terms with the issue of the Torch Relay. In the end, both sides of the Taiwan Strait decided to eliminate the Taipei leg.
qas: answers: text: six
question: How many continents did the torch visit?

answers: text: Taipei
question: What was the stop that was to happen between Ho Chi Minh City and Hong Kong?

answers: text: Hong Kong and Macau
question: The Republic of China felt that the wrong decision could place Taiwan on the same level as what two areas?

answers: text: continents
question: The torch route covered six what?

answers: text: Taiwan.
question: What government disagreed on the language used to describe the torch route?

answers: text: Hong Kong and Macau
question: What two places did Taiwan not want to be considered equal with in the language of the torch's route description?

answers: text: 24
question: How many kilometers was the torch supposed to go through Taiwan?

context:  Greece: On March 24, 2008, the Olympic Flame was ignited at Olympia, Greece, site of the ancient Olympic Games. The actress Maria Nafpliotou, in the role of a High Priestess, ignited the torch of the first torchbearer, a silver medalist of the 2004 Summer Olympics in taekwondo Alexandros Nikolaidis from Greece, who handed the flame over to the second torchbearer, Olympic champion in women's breaststroke Luo Xuejuan from China. Following the recent unrest in Tibet, three members of Reporters Without Borders, including Robert Ménard, breached security and attempted to disrupt a speech by Liu Qi, the head of Beijing's Olympic organising committee during the torch lighting ceremony in Olympia, Greece. The People's Republic of China called this a "disgraceful" attempt to sabotage the Olympics. On March 30, 2008 in Athens, during ceremonies marking the handing over of the torch from Greek officials to organizers of the Beijing games, demonstrators shouted 'Free Tibet' and unfurled banners; some 10 of the 15 protesters were taken into police detention. After the hand-off, protests continued internationally, with particularly violent confrontations with police in Nepal.
qas: answers: text: March 24, 2008
question: On what date did the Olympic Flame get lit?

answers: text: Olympia, Greece.
question: Where did the Olympic Flame get lit?

answers: text: Alexandros Nikolaidis
question: Who was the first person to carry the torch?

answers: text: Maria Nafpliotou
question: Who initially lit the Olympic Torch?

answers: text: March 30, 2008
question: When did demonstrators yell for Tibet to be freed?

answers: text: Olympia, Greece.
question: Where is the location of the original Olympic events?

answers: text: Maria Nafpliotou
question: What is the name of the woman who lit the torch for the new games?

answers: text: silver
question: What medal did the first torchbearer have from prior games?

answers: text: Alexandros Nikolaidis
question: What is the name of the first torchbearer for the 2008 Olympics?

answers: text: Nepal.
question: What place had police experience violent problems with protesters?

context: 
 China: In China, the torch was first welcomed by Politburo Standing Committee member Zhou Yongkang and State Councilor Liu Yandong. It was subsequently passed onto CPC General Secretary Hu Jintao. A call to boycott French hypermart Carrefour from May 1 began spreading through mobile text messaging and online chat rooms amongst the Chinese over the weekend from April 12, accusing the company's major shareholder, the LVMH Group, of donating funds to the Dalai Lama. There were also calls to extend the boycott to include French luxury goods and cosmetic products. According to the Washington Times on April 15, however, the Chinese government was attempting to "calm the situation" through censorship: "All comments posted on popular Internet forum Sohu.com relating to a boycott of Carrefour have been deleted." Chinese protesters organized boycotts of the French-owned retail chain Carrefour in major Chinese cities including Kunming, Hefei and Wuhan, accusing the French nation of pro-secessionist conspiracy and anti-Chinese racism. Some burned French flags, some added Nazism's Swastika to the French flag, and spread short online messages calling for large protests in front of French consulates and embassy. The Carrefour boycott was met with anti-boycott demonstrators who insisted on entering one of the Carrefour stores in Kunming, only to be blocked by boycotters wielding large Chinese flags and hit by water bottles. The BBC reported that hundreds of people demonstrated in Beijing, Wuhan, Hefei, Kunming and Qingdao.
qas: answers: text: Carrefour
question: Action was taken to boycott which company?

answers: text: the LVMH Group
question: Who was the biggest shareholder of Carrefour?

answers: text: the French flag
question: What did some protesters burn?

answers: text: Kunming
question: Where were anti-protesters blocked from entering a Carrefour store with Chinese flags?

answers: text: the LVMH Group
question: Who was said to have given money to the Dalai Lama?

answers: text: censorship
question: What method did the Chinese government use to ease the boycott situation?

answers: text: Carrefour
question: What French company was being boycotted?

context: In response to the demonstrations, an editorial in the People's Daily urged Chinese people to "express [their] patriotic enthusiasm calmly and rationally, and express patriotic aspiration in an orderly and legal manner".
qas: answers: text: People's Daily
question: In what publication were Chinese people asked to be orderly and legal because of the protests and demonstrations?

answers: text: People's Daily
question: What is the name of the publication where Chinese people were advised to be calm and rational about patriotism?

answers: text: legal
question: The Chinese people were told to show patriotism in an orderly and what manner?

context: 
 Kazakhstan: The first torchbearer in Almaty, where the Olympic torch arrived for the first time ever on April 2, was the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbaev. The route ran 20 km from Medeo stadium to Astana Square. There were reports that Uighur activists were arrested and some were deported back to China.
qas: answers: text: Almaty
question: What virgin site did the torch visit on April 2?

answers: text: Nursultan Nazarbaev.
question: Who was the first person to be handed the torch in Almaty?

answers: text: the President of Kazakhstan
question: Who is Nursultan Nazarbaev?

answers: text: Astana Square.
question: The route in Almaty went from Medeo Stadium to where?

answers: text: Uighur activists
question: What kind of activists were arrested in Almaty?

answers: text: Kazakhstan
question: What country did the torch get to for the first time?

answers: text: Nursultan Nazarbaev.
question: What is the name of the president who was the first torchbearer in Almaty?

answers: text: 20
question: What was the distance in kilometers for the route in Kazakhstan?

answers: text: Uighur
question: What activists were reported to have been arrested?

context: 
 Turkey: The torch relay leg in Istanbul, held on April 3, started on Sultanahmet Square and finished in Taksim Square. Uyghurs living in Turkey protested at Chinese treatment of their compatriots living in Xinjiang. Several protesters who tried to disrupt the relay were promptly arrested by the police.
qas: answers: text: April 3
question: When was the torch in Istanbul?

answers: text: Taksim Square
question: Where did the torch end up in Istanbul?

answers: text: Sultanahmet Square
question: Where did the torch start in Instanbul?

answers: text: Uyghurs living in Turkey
question: Who protested for their compatriots who were in Xinjiang?

answers: text: Istanbul
question: What city was the Olympic Torch at on April 3rd?

answers: text: Sultanahmet Square
question: What is the name of the place in the city where the torch relay started in Turkey?

answers: text: Taksim Square.
question: Where did the torch relay finish in Turkey?

answers: text: Uyghurs
question: What people in Turkey protested for their people living in China?

answers: text: arrested
question: What happened to protesters who tried to interrupt the carrying of the torch?

context: 
 Russia: On April 5 the Olympic torch arrived at Saint Petersburg, Russia. The length of the torch relay route in the city was 20 km, with the start at the Victory Square and finish at the Palace Square. Mixed martial arts icon and former PRIDE Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko was one the torch bearers. This gives him the distinction of the being the first active MMA fighter to carry the Olympic flame.
qas: answers: text: April 5
question: When did the torch arrive in Saint Petersburg?

answers: text: Victory Square
question: Where was the start of the torch route in Saint Petersburg?

answers: text: Palace Square
question: Where did the torch route end in Saint Petersburg?

answers: text: Fedor Emelianenko
question: Who is the first MMA fighter to participate in carrying the Olympic torch?

answers: text: Saint Petersburg
question: Where in Russia was the first stop for the relay?

answers: text: Victory Square
question: What city location did the torch relay begin in Russia?

answers: text: Palace Square.
question: What was the last location for the relay in Russia?

answers: text: Fedor Emelianenko
question: What is the name of the MMA fighter who carried the torch in Russia?

context: 
 Great Britain: The torch relay leg held in London, the host city of the 2012 Summer Olympics, on April 6 began at Wembley Stadium, passed through the City of London, and eventually ended at O2 Arena in the eastern part of the city. The 48 km (30 mi) leg took a total of seven and a half hours to complete, and attracted protests by pro-Tibetan independence and pro-Human Rights supporters, prompting changes to the planned route and an unscheduled move onto a bus, which was then briefly halted by protestors. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has officially complained to Beijing Organising Committee about the conduct of the tracksuit-clad Chinese security guards. The Chinese officials, seen manhandling protesters, were described by both the London Mayor Ken Livingstone and Lord Coe, chairman of the London Olympic Committee as "thugs". A Metropolitan police briefing paper revealed that security for the torch relay cost £750,000 and the participation of the Chinese security team had been agreed in advance, despite the Mayor stating, "We did not know beforehand these thugs were from the security services. Had I known so, we would have said no."
qas: answers: text: London
question: Which city hosted the 2012 Summer Olympics?

answers: text: April 6
question: When did the torch route begin in London?

answers: text: £750,000
question: How much did security cost for the torch relay in London?

answers: text: London
question: What city held the Olympics in 2012?

answers: text: Wembley Stadium
question: Where did the torch relay begin in London for the 2008 Olympics?

answers: text: O2 Arena
question: Where did the relay end in London?

answers: text: 30 mi
question: How many miles was the relay in England?

answers: text: thugs
question: What word was used by London officials to describe Chinese security guards for their treatment of protesters?

context: Of the 80 torch-bearers in London, Sir Steve Redgrave, who started the relay, mentioned to the media that he had received e-mailed pleas to boycott the event and could "see why they would like to make an issue" of it. Francesca Martinez and Richard Vaughan refused to carry the torch, while Konnie Huq decided to carry it and also speak out against China. The pro-Tibetan Member of Parliament Norman Baker asked all bearers to reconsider. Amid pressure from both directions, Prime Minister Gordon Brown welcomed the torch outside 10 Downing Street without holding or touching it. The London relay saw the torch surrounded by what the BBC described as "a mobile protective ring." Protests began as soon as Redgrave started the event, leading to at least thirty-five arrests. In Ladbroke Grove a demonstrator attempted to snatch the torch from Konnie Huq in a momentary struggle, and in a separate incident, a fire extinguisher was set off near the torch. The Chinese ambassador carried the torch through Chinatown after an unpublicized change to the route amid security concerns. The torch made an unscheduled move onto a bus along Fleet Street amid security concerns and efforts to evade the protesters. In an effort to counter the pro-Tibet protesters and show their support for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, more than 2,000 Chinese also gathered on the torch route and demonstrated with signs, banners and Chinese flags. A large number of supporters were concentrated in Trafalgar Square, displaying the Olympic slogan "One World, One Dream".
qas: answers: text: 80
question: How many torchbearers took part in the London route?

answers: text: Sir Steve Redgrave
question: Who was the first person to hold the torch for the London route?

answers: text: Richard Vaughan
question: Along with Francesca Martinez, who decided to not carry the torch?

answers: text: Prime Minister Gordon Brown
question: Who was outside at 10 Downing Street to welcome the torch without actually touching it?

answers: text: Sir Steve Redgrave
question: Who got emails asking him to boycott the torch relay?

answers: text: 80
question: How many people carried the torch in England for the 2008 Olympics?

answers: text: Francesca Martinez and Richard Vaughan
question: What two people in England declined to bear the torch?

answers: text: 10 Downing Street
question: Where did Gordon Brown welcome the torch?

answers: text: Ladbroke Grove
question: Where was an attempt made to take the torch?

context: 
 France: The torch relay leg in Paris, held on April 7, began on the first level of the Eiffel Tower and finished at the Stade Charléty. The relay was initially supposed to cover 28 km, but it was shortened at the demand of Chinese officials following widespread protests by pro-Tibet and human rights activists, who repeatedly attempted to disrupt, hinder or halt the procession. A scheduled ceremony at the town hall was cancelled at the request of the Chinese authorities, and, also at the request of Chinese authorities, the torch finished the relay by bus instead of being carried by athletes. Paris City officials had announced plans to greet the Olympic flame with peaceful protest when the torch was to reach the French capital. The city government attached a banner reading "Paris defends human rights throughout the world" to the City Hall, in an attempt to promote values "of all humanity and of human rights." Members from Reporters Without Borders turned out in large numbers to protest. An estimated 3,000 French police protected the Olympic torch relay as it departed from the Eiffel Tower and criss-crossed Paris amid threat of protests. Widespread pro-Tibet protests, including an attempt by more than one demonstrator to extinguish the flame with water or fire extinguishers, prompted relay authorities to put out the flame five times (according to the police authorities in Paris) and load the torch onto a bus, at the demand of Chinese officials. This was later denied by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, despite video footage broadcast by French television network France 2 which showed Chinese flame attendants extinguishing the torch. Backup flames are with the relay at all times to relight the torch. French judoka and torchbearer David Douillet expressed his annoyance at the Chinese flame attendants who extinguished the torch which he was about to hand over to Teddy Riner: "I understand they're afraid of everything, but this is just annoying. They extinguished the flame despite the fact that there was no risk, and they could see it and they knew it. I don't know why they did it."
qas: answers: text: April 7
question: When did the torch relay in Paris occur?

answers: text: the Eiffel Tower
question: Where did the Paris route start for the torch relay?

answers: text: by bus
question: Rather than being carried by an athlete, how did the torch end its route in Paris?

answers: text: Teddy Riner
question: The flame of the torch was put out when David Douillet was ready to hand it to who?

answers: text: April 7
question: What date did the torch relay begin in France?

answers: text: Paris
question: What city in France did the torch relay start at?

answers: text: Eiffel Tower
question: Where location was the torch relay started in the city in Paris?

answers: text: 3,000
question: About how many police were said to have protected the torch in France?

answers: text: five
question: How many times was the torch put out in France die to security concerns?

context: Chinese officials canceled the torch relay ceremony amidst disruptions, including a Tibetan flag flown from a window in the City Hall by Green Party officials. The third torchbearer in the Paris leg, Jin Jing, who was disabled and carried the torch on a wheelchair, was assaulted several times by unidentified protestors seemingly from the pro-Tibet independent camp. In interviews, Jin Jing said that she was "tugged at, scratched" and "kicked", but that she "did not feel the pain at the time." She received praise from ethnic Chinese worldwide as "Angel in Wheelchair". The Chinese government gave the comment that "the Chinese respect France a lot" but "Paris [has slapped] its own face."
qas: answers: text: Green Party officials.
question: Who threw a a Tibetan flag from a City Hall window?

answers: text: Jin Jing
question: Which torchbearer was in a wheelchair?

answers: text: Angel in Wheelchair
question: What was Jin Jing called by ethnic Chinese?

answers: text: torch relay ceremony
question: What was stopped due to protest interruptions?

answers: text: Jin Jing
question: What is the name of the handicapped bearer of the torch?

answers: text: Angel in Wheelchair
question: What did the ethnic Chinese call the disabled torch bearer?

answers: text: Green Party officials.
question: Who put a flag of Tibet out of the window at City Hall?

context: Reporters Without Borders organised several symbolic protests, including scaling the Eiffel Tower to hang a protest banner from it, and hanging an identical banner from the Notre Dame cathedral.
qas: answers: text: Reporters Without Borders
question: Which organization planned several protests?

answers: text: the Eiffel Tower
question: What did Reporters Without Borders scale in order to put a protest banner on it?

answers: text: Notre Dame cathedral
question: Which cathedral did Reporters Without Borders hang another protest banner?

answers: text: banner
question: What was hung from the Eiffel Tower?

answers: text: Reporters Without Borders
question: Who climbed the Eiffel Tower to hang a protest banner?

answers: text: Notre Dame cathedral.
question: Where else was a copy of the banner at Eiffel Tower hung?

context: Several hundred pro-Tibet protesters gathered at the Trocadéro with banners and Tibetan flags, and remained there for a peaceful protest, never approaching the torch relay itself. Among them was Jane Birkin, who spoke to the media about the "lack of freedom of speech" in China. Also present was Thupten Gyatso, President of the French Tibetan community, who called upon pro-Tibet demonstrators to "remain calm, non-violent, peaceful".
qas: answers: text: the Trocadéro
question: Where did hundreds of pro-Tibet protesters meet?

answers: text: Jane Birkin
question: Who spoke to the media about China's lack of freedom of speech?

answers: text: Thupten Gyatso
question: Who is the President of the French Tibetan community that urged protesters to remain peaceful?

answers: text: Trocadéro
question: Where did pro-Tibetan protesters get together?

answers: text: peaceful
question: The Trocadéro was not disruptive of the relay and said to have been what?

answers: text: Jane Birkin
question: Who, of the Trocadéro protest, spoke to the media?

answers: text: freedom of speech
question: What did the person who spoke to the media at Trocadéro say China lacked?

context: French members of Parliament and other French politicians also organised a protest. All political parties in Parliament—UMP, Socialists, New Centre, Communists, Democratic Movement (centre) and Greens—jointly requested a pause in the National Assembly's session, which was granted, so that MPs could step outside and unfurl a banner which read "Respect for Human Rights in China". The coach containing the torch drove past the National Assembly and the assembled protesting MPs, who shouted "Freedom for Tibet!" several times as it passed.
qas: answers: text: the National Assembly's session
question: What did the political parties request a brief stop in?

answers: text: Respect for Human Rights in China
question: What text was on the banner that the politicians unrolled outside?

answers: text: Freedom for Tibet!
question: What did MPs yell when the torch passed them?

answers: text: Parliament
question: Various French politicians started protests including members of what?

answers: text: National Assembly's session
question: All the French political factions requested a temporary halt to what?

answers: text: Respect for Human Rights in China
question: Why did the banner say that was unveiled during the temporary halt?

answers: text: Freedom for Tibet!
question: What did the Parliamentary members yell as the relay passed?

context: French police were criticised for their handling of the events, and notably for confiscating Tibetan flags from demonstrators. The newspaper Libération commented: "The police did so much that only the Chinese were given freedom of expression. The Tibetan flag was forbidden everywhere except on the Trocadéro." Minister of the Interior Michèle Alliot-Marie later stated that the police had not been ordered to do so, and that they had acted on their own initiative. A cameraman for France 2 was struck in the face by a police officer, knocked unconscious, and had to be sent to hospital.
qas: answers: text: Tibetan flags
question: What did French police take from demonstrators?

answers: text: Libération
question: Which newspaper reported that only the Chinese could express themselves?

answers: text: the Trocadéro
question: Where was the only place the Tibetan flag could be held?

answers: text: Michèle Alliot-Marie
question: Who was the Minister of the Interior?

answers: text: Tibetan flags
question: What did French law enforcement take from protesters?

answers: text: the Trocadéro.
question: Where was the only place Tibetan flags were permitted?

answers: text: Michèle Alliot-Marie
question: Who said the police acted on their own in taking the flags?

answers: text: a police officer
question: Who rendered a France 2 camera person unconscious?

context:  United States of America: The torch relay's North American leg occurred in San Francisco, California on April 9. On the day of the relay officials diverted the torch run to an unannounced route. The start was at McCovey Cove, where Norman Bellingham of the U.S. Olympic Committee gave the torch to the first torchbearer, Chinese 1992 Olympic champion swimmer Lin Li. The planned closing ceremony at Justin Herman Plaza was cancelled and instead, a ceremony was held at San Francisco International Airport, where the torch was to leave for Buenos Aires. The route changes allowed the run to avoid large numbers of China supporters and protesters against China. As people found out there would be no closing ceremony at Justin Herman Plaza, there were angry reactions. One demonstrator was quoted as saying that the route changes were an effort to "thwart any organized protest that had been planned." San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, a critic of Mayor Gavin Newsom, said that it was a "cynical plan to please the Bush State Department and the Chinese government because of the incredible influence of money." Newsom, on the other hand, said he felt it was in "everyone's best interest" and that he believed people had been "afforded the right to protest and support the torch" despite the route changes. Peter Ueberroth, head of the U.S. Olympic Committee, praised the route changes, saying, "The city of San Francisco, from a global perspective, will be applauded." People who saw the torch were surprised and cheered as shown from live video of CBS and NBC. The cost to the city for hosting the event was reported to be USD $726,400, nearly half of which has been recovered by private fundraising. Mayor Gavin Newsom said that "exponential" costs associated with mass arrests were avoided by his decision to change the route in consultation with police chief Heather Fong.
qas: answers: text: San Francisco
question: Where did the torch start it's North American route?

answers: text: April 9
question: What day did the torch arrive in San Francisco?

answers: text: Lin Li
question: What is the name of the first North American torchbearer?

answers: text: San Francisco International Airport
question: The route end was changed from Justin Herman plaza to what?

answers: text: Peter Ueberroth
question: Who was the head of the U.S. Olympic Committee?

answers: text: San Francisco
question: What city in the United States held the 2008 Olympic Torch relay?

answers: text: April 9.
question: What was the date of the relay in the United States?

answers: text: Norman Bellingham
question: What is the name of the person who handed off the torch to the torchbearer in the United States 2008 Olympic relay?

answers: text: Justin Herman Plaza
question: What is the name of the location where the relay ending event was canceled?

context: On April 1, 2008, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a resolution addressing human rights concerns when the Beijing Olympic torch arrives in San Francisco on April 9. The resolution would welcome the torch with "alarm and protest at the failure of China to meet its past solemn promises to the international community, including the citizens of San Francisco, to cease the egregious and ongoing human rights abuses in China and occupied Tibet." On April 8, numerous protests were planned including one at the city's United Nations Plaza led by actor Richard Gere and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
qas: answers: text: San Francisco Board of Supervisors
question: Who approved a resolution concerning human rights on April 1, 2008?

answers: text: human rights abuses
question: The concern was over what in China and Tibet?

answers: text: April 8
question: What date was the protest which was led by Gere and Tutu?

answers: text: April 1, 2008
question: When was a resolution agreed to about Chinese human rights issues in San Francisco?

answers: text: San Francisco Board of Supervisors
question: Who approved the resolution?

answers: text: United Nations Plaza
question: Where was a protest planned in San Francisco?

answers: text: Richard Gere
question: What actor was scheduled to attend a San Francisco Olympic protest?

context: Some advocates for Tibet, Darfur, and the spiritual practice Falun Gong, planned to protest the April 9 arrival of the torch in San Francisco. China had already requested the torch route in San Francisco be shortened. On April 7, 2008, two days prior to the actual torch relay, three activists carrying Tibetan flags scaled the suspension cables of the Golden Gate Bridge to unfurl two banners, one saying "One World, One Dream. Free Tibet", and the other, "Free Tibet '08". Among them was San Francisco resident Laurel Sutherlin, who spoke to the local TV station KPIX-CBS5 live from a cellphone, urging the International Olympic Committee to ask China not to allow the torch to go through Tibet. "Sutherlin said he was worried that the torch's planned route through Tibet would lead to more arrests and Chinese officials would use force to stifle dissent." The three activists and five supporters face charges related to trespassing, conspiracy and causing a public nuisance.
qas: answers: text: Golden Gate Bridge
question: Three protester climbed what to hang two banners on April 7, 2008?

answers: text: KPIX-CBS5
question: Laurel Sutherlin spoke to which TV station about his concerns?

answers: text: China
question: Who asked that the San Francisco relay route be shortened?

answers: text: Golden Gate Bridge
question: What famous bridge had two banners hung from it by protesters?

answers: text: Laurel Sutherlin
question: Who spoke to station KPIX-CBS5 about the bridge banner protests?

answers: text: five
question: How many supporters face charges for the bridge stunt?

answers: text: three
question: How many activists may be charged with crimes for the bridge stunt?

context: The torch was lit at a park outside at AT&T Park at about 1:17 pm PDT (20:17 UTC), briefly held aloft by American and Chinese Olympic officials. The relay descended into confusion as the first runner in the elaborately planned relay disappeared into a warehouse on a waterfront pier where it stayed for a half-an-hour. There were clashes between thousands of pro-China demonstrators, many of whom said they were bused in by the Chinese Consulate and other pro-China groups, and both pro-Tibet and Darfur protesters. The non-Chinese demonstrators were reported to have been swamped and trailed by angry crowds. Around 2 pm PDT (21:00 UTC), the torch resurfaced about 3 km (1.9 mi) away from the stadium along Van Ness Avenue, a heavily trafficked thoroughfare that was not on official route plans. Television reports showed the flame flanked by motorcycles and uniformed police officers. Two torchbearers carried the flame running slowly behind a truck and surrounded by Olympic security guards. During the torch relay, two torchbearers, Andrew Michael who uses a wheelchair and is the Vice President for Sustainable Development for the Bay Area Council and Director of Partnerships For Change, and an environmental advocate, Majora Carter, managed to display Tibetan flags in protest, resulting in their ejection from the relay. The closing ceremony at Justin Herman Plaza was canceled due to the presence of large numbers of protesters at the site. The torch run ended with a final stretch through San Francisco's Marina district and was then moved by bus to San Francisco International Airport for a makeshift closing ceremony at the terminal, from which the free media was excluded. San Jose Mercury News described the "deceiving" event as "a game of Where's Waldo, played against the landscape of a lovely city." International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge said the San Francisco relay had "fortunately" avoided much of the disruptions that marred the legs in London and Paris, but "was, however, not the joyous party that we had wished it to be."
qas: answers: text: a warehouse
question: Where did the first relay runner disappear to with the torch??

answers: text: Andrew Michael
question: Which wheelchair-bound torchbearer was ejected from the relay for showing a Tibetan flag?

answers: text: Andrew Michael
question: What wheelchair-bound bearer of the Olympic torch displayed a Tibetan flag?

answers: text: Marina district
question: Where was the last part of the San Francisco torch relay carried through before getting on a bus?

answers: text: San Francisco International Airport
question: Where was a makeshift closing ceremony held for the torch relay in San Francisco?

answers: text: Van Ness Avenue
question: After the bearer of the torch disappeared into a warehouse, what road did the relay reappear on?

context:  Argentina: The torch relay leg in Buenos Aires, Argentina, held on April 11, began with an artistic show at the Lola Mora amphitheatre in Costanera Sur. In the end of the show the mayor of Buenos Aires Mauricio Macri gave the torch to the first torchbearer, Carlos Espínola. The leg finished at the Buenos Aires Riding Club in the Palermo district, the last torchbearer being Gabriela Sabatini. The 13.8 km route included landmarks like the obelisk and Plaza de Mayo. The day was marked by several pro-Tibet protests, which included a giant banner reading "Free Tibet", and an alternative "human rights torch" that was lit by protesters and paraded along the route the flame was to take. Most of these protests were peaceful in nature, and the torch was not impeded. Chinese immigrants also turned out in support of the Games, but only minor scuffles were reported between both groups. Runners surrounded by rows of security carried the Olympic flame past thousands of jubilant Argentines in the most trouble-free torch relay in nearly a week. People showered the parade route with confetti as banks, government offices and businesses took an impromptu half-day holiday for the only Latin American stop on the flame's five-continent journey.
qas: answers: text: April 11
question: When did the Olympic torch relay begin in Buenos Aires?

answers: text: the Lola Mora amphitheatre
question: Where did the torch route start in Buenos Aires?

answers: text: Mauricio Macri
question: Who was the mayor of Buenos Aires?

answers: text: Buenos Aires
question: Where did the Olympic torch relay begin in Argentina?

answers: text: Lola Mora amphitheatre
question: What place held an opening show for the relay?

answers: text: Mauricio Macri
question: What is the name of the mayor who passed off the torch to the first bearer in Argentina?

answers: text: Carlos Espínola.
question: Who was the first bearer of the torch in Argentina?

answers: text: confetti
question: What was showered along the route in some places?

context: Argentine activists told a news conference that they would not try to snuff out the torch's flame as demonstrators had in Paris and London. "I want to announce that we will not put out the Olympic torch," said pro-Tibet activist Jorge Carcavallo. "We'll be carrying out surprise actions throughout the city of Buenos Aires, but all of these will be peaceful." Among other activities, protesters organized an alternative march that went from the Obelisk to the city hall, featuring their own "Human Rights Torch." A giant banner reading "Free Tibet" was also displayed on the torch route. According to a representative from the NGO 'Human Rights Torch Relay', their objective was to "show the contradiction between the Olympic Games and the presence of widespread human rights violations in China"
qas: answers: text: Jorge Carcavallo
question: What is the name of the activist who promised peaceful protests?

answers: text: from the Obelisk to the city hall
question: What route was planned for an alternative march?

answers: text: Free Tibet
question: What was on the banner that was displayed where the torchbearers would carry the torch?

answers: text: Jorge Carcavallo.
question: What is the name of the protester who said they would not try to extinguish the torch?

answers: text: Obelisk to the city hall
question: Where did the other march travel form and to?

answers: text: Human Rights Torch.
question: What was the name given to the torch carried on the alternative march?

answers: text: Free Tibet
question: What did the large banner say that was along the alternative march route?

answers: text: Human Rights Torch Relay
question: What was the unsanctioned alternative relay called?

context: The outreach director of HRTR, Susan Prager, is also the communication director of "Friends of Falun Gong", a quasi-government non-profit funded by fmr. Congressman Tom Lanto's wife and Ambassador Mark Palmer of NED. A major setback to the event was caused by footballer Diego Maradona, scheduled to open the relay through Buenos Aires, pulling out in an attempt to avoid the Olympic controversy. Trying to avoid the scenes that marred the relay in the UK, France and the US, the city government designed a complex security operative to protect the torch relay, involving 1200 police officers and 3000 other people, including public employees and volunteers. Overall, the protests were peaceful in nature, although there were a few incidents such as the throwing of several water balloons in an attempt to extinguish the Olympic flame, and minor scuffles between Olympic protesters and supporters from Chinese immigrant communities.
qas: answers: text: Susan Prager
question: Who was the outreach director of HRTR?

answers: text: Friends of Falun Gong
question: What was the non profit that was funded by Mark Palmer?

answers: text: Diego Maradona
question: Which footballer decided to not be a torchbearer because of the controversy?

answers: text: 1200
question: How many police officers were in place to avoid controversy along the torch route?

answers: text: water balloons
question: What was thrown to try and put out the flame?

answers: text: Friends of Falun Gong
question: What is Susan Prager communication director of?

answers: text: Diego Maradona
question: What football star backed out due to relay controversy?

answers: text: 1200
question: How many police officers were part of the security operative?

answers: text: water balloons
question: What was tossed at the torch trying to put it out?

answers: text: peaceful
question: The protests were considered to be overall what in nature?

context:  Tanzania: Dar es Salaam was the torch's only stop in Africa, on April 13. The relay began at the grand terminal of the TAZARA Railway, which was China's largest foreign aid project of the 1970s, and continued for 5 km through the old city to the Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium in Temeke, which was built with Chinese aid in 2005. The torch was lit by Vice-President Ali Mohamed Shein. About a thousand people followed the relay, waving the Olympic flag. The only noted instance of protest was Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai's withdrawal from the list of torchbearers, in protest against human rights abuses in Tibet.
qas: answers: text: Dar es Salaam
question: Where was the only African destination for the torch?

answers: text: April 13
question: When did the torch arrive in Dar es Salaam?

answers: text: the TAZARA Railway
question: Where did the route start for the torch in Dar es Salaam?

answers: text: Dar es Salaam
question: Where was the solitary place the relay was held in Africa?

answers: text: TAZARA
question: What is the name of the railway where the Olympic torch relay began in Africa?

answers: text: Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium
question: Where did the relay terminate in Africa?

answers: text: China
question: What country paid for the stadium through aid money?

answers: text: Vice-President Ali Mohamed Shein.
question: Who it the torch in Africa?

context: 
 Sultanate of Oman: Muscat was the torch's only stop in the Middle East, on April 14. The relay covered 20 km. No protests or incidents were reported. One of the torchbearers was Syrian actress Sulaf Fawakherji.
qas: answers: text: Muscat
question: Which Middle East location was the only area the torch visited?

answers: text: April 14
question: When did the torch arrive in Muscat?

answers: text: Sulaf Fawakherji
question: Which actress carried the torch for part of the route?

answers: text: Muscat
question: Where was the only place the Olympic torch was carried in the Middle East?

answers: text: 20
question: How far was the relay route in kilometers in the Middle East?

answers: text: Sulaf Fawakherji.
question: What is the name of the Syrian actress who was one to bear the torch?

context: 
 Pakistan: The Olympic torch reached Islamabad for the first time ever on April 16. President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani spoke at the opening ceremony of the relay. Security was high, for what one newspaper called the "most sensitive leg" of the torch's Olympic journey. The relay was initially supposed to carry the torch around Islamabad, but the entire relay was cancelled due to security concerns regarding "militant threats or anti-China protests", and replaced by an indoors ceremony with the torch carried around the track of Jinnah Stadium. In fear of violent protests and bomb attacks, the torch relay in Pakistan took place in a stadium behind closed doors. Although the relay was behind closed doors, thousands of policemen and soldiers guarded the flame. As a consequence, no incidents arose.
qas: answers: text: April 16
question: When did the torch arrive in Islamabad?

answers: text: Jinnah Stadium
question: Where was an indoor ceremony held since the outdoor relay was cancelled?

answers: text: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani
question: Who spoke at the opening ceremony in Islamabad in addition to President Musharraf?

answers: text: Islamabad
question: Where did the Olympic torch relay start in Pakistan?

answers: text: Jinnah Stadium.
question: Instead of a traditinal relay, where was the track the torch was carried in Pakistan?

context: 
 India: Due to concerns about pro-Tibet protests, the relay through New Delhi on April 17 was cut to just 2.3 km (less than 1.5 miles), which was shared amongst 70 runners. It concluded at the India Gate. The event was peaceful due to the public not being allowed at the relay. A total of five intended torchbearers -Kiran Bedi, Soha Ali Khan, Sachin Tendulkar, Bhaichung Bhutia and Sunil Gavaskar- withdrew from the event, citing "personal reasons", or, in Bhutia's case, explicitly wishing to "stand by the people of Tibet and their struggle" and protest against the PRC "crackdown" in Tibet. Indian national football captain, Baichung Bhutia refused to take part in the Indian leg of the torch relay, citing concerns over Tibet. Bhutia, who is Sikkimese, is the first athlete to refuse to run with the torch. Indian film star Aamir Khan states on his personal blog that the "Olympic Games do not belong to China" and confirms taking part in the torch relay "with a prayer in his heart for the people of Tibet, and ... for all people across the world who are victims of human rights violations". Rahul Gandhi, son of the Congress President Sonia Gandhi and scion of the Nehru-Gandhi family, also refused to carry the torch.
qas: answers: text: April 17
question: When did the torch visit New Delhi?

answers: text: 70
question: How many runners carried the torch in New Delhi?

answers: text: Baichung Bhutia
question: Which football captain did not participate in the relay to show support for Tibet?

answers: text: five
question: How many torchbearers did not participate because of their concerns with Tibet?

answers: text: New Delhi
question: Where did the torch relay happen in India?

answers: text: 1.5
question: How long was the route in India in miles?

answers: text: 70
question: How many bearers of the torch were used in India?

answers: text: five
question: How many bearers decided not to participate?

answers: text: Baichung Bhutia
question: What is the name of the footballer who refused to be a part of the relay?

context: Wary of protests, the Indian authorities have decided to shorten the route of the relay in New Delhi, and have given it the security normally associated with Republic Day celebrations, which are considered terrorist targets. Chinese intelligence's expectations of points on the relay route that would be particularly 'vulnerable' to protesters were presented to the Indian ambassador to Beijing, Nirupama Sen. The Indian media responded angrily to the news that the ambassador, a distinguished lady diplomat, was summoned to the Foreign Ministry at 2 am local time; the news was later denied by anonymous sources in Delhi. The Indian media reported that India's Commerce Minister, Kamal Nath, cancelled an official trip to Beijing in protest, though both Nath and Chinese sources have denied it.
qas: answers: text: Republic Day celebrations
question: The security given to the torch relay in New Delhi is reminiscent of the security of what?

answers: text: Nirupama Sen.
question: The Chinese presented a list of vulnerable relay locations to who?

answers: text: India's Commerce Minister
question: Who supposedly cancelled a trip to Beijing in protest?

answers: text: Kamal Nath
question: Who was said to have canceled an official trip to China in protest?

answers: text: 2 am
question: At what time in the middle of the night was the diplomat summoned?

answers: text: Republic Day
question: The Olympic relay had the same security precautions taken as what other special day?

answers: text: terrorist targets.
question: What kind of targets do Republic Day events present as?

context: India rejected Chinese demands that the torch route be clear of India's 150,000-strong Tibetan exile community, by which they required a ban on congregation near the curtailed 3 km route. In response Indian officials said India was a democracy, and "a wholesale ban on protests was out of the question". Contradicting some other reports, Indian officials also refused permission to the "Olympic Holy Flame Protection Unit". The combined effect is a "rapid deterioration" of relations between India and China. Meanwhile, the Tibetan government in exile, which is based in India, has stated that it did not support the disruption of the Olympic torch relay.
qas: answers: text: 150,000
question: How many people comprised the Tibetan exile community?

answers: text: a democracy
question: India refused China's request that the Tibetan exile community be avoided because they said India is what?

answers: text: India
question: Where is the exiled Tibetan government?

answers: text: 150,000
question: How many Tibetan exiles are said to be in India?

answers: text: protests
question: A wholesale ban on what was denied?

answers: text: Olympic Holy Flame Protection Unit
question: What Olympic group was denied by India?

answers: text: relations
question: What deteriorated between India and China?

answers: text: the Tibetan government in exile
question: Who said they did not support relay interruptions?

context: The noted Indian social activist and a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Kiran Bedi refused to participate saying "she doesn’t want to run in the event as ‘caged woman’." On April 15, Bollywood actress Soha Ali Khan pulled out of the Olympic torch relay, citing “very strong personal reasons”. On April 16, a protest was organised in Delhi "against Chinese repression in Tibet", and was broken up by the police.
qas: answers: text: Kiran Bedi
question: Who did not want to participate in the relay as 'caged woman'?

answers: text: Indian Police Service
question: Where was Bedi retired from?

answers: text: Soha Ali Khan
question: Which actress decided to not participate on April 15?

answers: text: April 16
question: When did a protest in Delhi occur to protest against Chinese repression in Tibet?

answers: text: Kiran Bedi
question: What retired police officer refused to carry the torch in India?

answers: text: Soha Ali Khan
question: What actress removed herself from participation in the relay?

answers: text: Delhi
question: Where was a protest organized about the Olympic relay in India?

answers: text: police.
question: Who disbanded the protest in Delhi?

answers: text: caged woman
question: The retired police officer said she would not run as what?

context: 
 Thailand: The April 18 relay through Bangkok was the Olympic flame's first visit to Thailand. The relay covered just over 10 km, and included Bangkok's Chinatown. The torch was carried past Democracy Monument, Chitralada Palace and a number of other city landmarks. M.R. Narisa Chakrabongse, Green World Foundation (GWF) chairwoman, withdrew from the torch-running ceremony, protesting against China's actions in Tibet. Several hundred protesters were present, along with Olympic supporters. Thai authorities threatened to arrest foreign protesters and ban them from future entry into Thailand. A coalition of Thai human rights groups announced that it would organise a "small demonstration" during the relay, and several hundred people did indeed take part in protests, facing Beijing supporters. Intended torchbearer Mom Rajawongse Narissara Chakrabongse boycotted the relay, to protest against China's actions in Tibet. In Bangkok, students told the media that the Chinese Embassy provided them with transportation and gave them shirts to wear.
qas: answers: text: April 18
question: When did the Olympic torch reach Bangkok?

answers: text: M.R. Narisa Chakrabongse
question: Who is the Green World Foundation chairwoman who refused to participate in the relay?

answers: text: students
question: The media was told that the Chinese supplied with shirts and transportation?

answers: text: April 18
question: When did the torch go through Bankok?

answers: text: 10
question: The relay route was a little over how many kilometers?

answers: text: foreign protesters
question: Who were told they would be banned from reentering Thailand?

answers: text: Mom Rajawongse Narissara Chakrabongse
question: What scheduled bearer of the torch boycotted?

context: 
 Malaysia: The event was held in the capital city, Kuala Lumpur, on April 21. The 16.5 km long-relay began from the historic Independence Square, passed in front of several city landmarks before coming to an end at the iconic Petronas Twin Towers. Among the landmarks the Olympic flame passed next to were the Parliament House, National Mosque, KL Tower and Merdeka Stadium. A team of 1000 personnel from the Malaysian police Special Action Squad guarded the event and escorted the torchbearers. The last time an Olympic torch relay was held in Malaysia was the 1964 Tokyo edition.
qas: answers: text: April 21
question: When did the torch visit Malaysia?

answers: text: Kuala Lumpur
question: What is the capital city of Malaysia?

answers: text: Independence Square
question: Where did the route begin in Malaysia?

answers: text: 1964
question: Prior to the 2008 games, when did Malaysia last see an Olympic torch relay?

answers: text: Independence Square
question: What is the location of the start of the relay in Malaysia?

answers: text: Petronas Twin Towers.
question: Where did the relay end in Malaysia?

answers: text: 1964
question: What year was the last torch relay event in Malaysia?

answers: text: 1000
question: How many Special Police protected the relay event?

context: Just days before the relay supporters of Falun Gong demonstrated in front of the Chinese embassy in the Malaysian capital. As many as 1,000 personnel from the special police unit were expected to be deployed on the day of the relay. A Japanese family with Malaysian citizenship and their 5-year-old child who unfurled a Tibetan flag were hit by a group of Chinese nationals with plastic air-filled batons and heckled by a crowd of Chinese citizens during the confrontation at Independence Square where the relay began, and the Chinese group shouted: "Taiwan and Tibet belong to China." Later during the day, the Chinese volunteers forcefully took away placards from two other Malaysians protesting at the relay. One of the protesting Malaysian was hit in the head.
qas: answers: text: Falun Gong
question: Which supporters protested near the Chinese embassy in Malaysia?

answers: text: Falun Gong
question: Supporters of what demonstrated at the Chinese embassy in Malaysia?

answers: text: plastic air-filled batons
question: What were a Japanese family who unveiled a Tibetan flag hit with?

answers: text: Taiwan and Tibet belong to China.
question: What did the Chinese group yell?

answers: text: placards
question: What did Chinese volunteers take from two Malaysian demonstrators?

context: 
 Indonesia: The Olympic flame reached Jakarta on April 22. The original 20 km relay through Jakarta was cancelled due to "security worries", at the request of the Chinese embassy, and the torch was instead carried round the city main's stadium, as it had been in Islamabad. Several dozen pro-Tibet protesters gathered near the stadium, and were dispersed by the police. The event was held in the streets around the city main's stadium. The cancelling of the relay through the city itself was decided due to security concerns and at the request of the Chinese embassy. Only invitees and journalists were admitted inside the stadium. Protests took place outside the stadium.
qas: answers: text: April 22
question: When did the Olympic torch visit Jakarta?

answers: text: the Chinese embassy
question: Who requested that the original route be cancelled?

answers: text: journalists
question: Along with invited people, who were the only other people allowed in the stadium?

answers: text: Jakarta
question: Where did the torch relay begin in Indonesia?

answers: text: 20
question: How many kilometers was the planned route that was cancelled?

answers: text: security worries
question: Why was the first route not taken?

answers: text: stadium.
question: What type of facility was the torch carried at instead.

answers: text: outside the stadium.
question: Where did protests occur when non one except invited guests and the press were allowed inside the stadium?

context: 
 Australia: The event was held in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory on April 24, and covered around 16 km of Canberra's central areas, from Reconciliation Place to Commonwealth Park. Upon its arrival in Canberra, the Olympic flame was presented by Chinese officials to local Aboriginal elder Agnes Shea, of the Ngunnawal people. She, in turn, offered them a message stick, as a gift of peace and welcome. Hundreds of pro-Tibet protesters and thousands of Chinese students reportedly attended. Demonstrators and counter-demonstrators were kept apart by the Australian Federal Police. Preparations for the event were marred by a disagreement over the role of the Chinese flame attendants, with Australian and Chinese officials arguing publicly over their function and prerogatives during a press conference.
qas: answers: text: April 24
question: When did the torch arrive in Canberra?

answers: text: Agnes Shea
question: Who received the flame from Chinese officials in Canberra?

answers: text: a message stick
question: What did Agnes Shea give to the Chinese in return?

answers: text: Australian and Chinese officials
question: Who publicly argued at a press conference?

answers: text: Canberra
question: Where was the relay held in Australia?

answers: text: 16
question: How many kilometers was the route in Australia?

answers: text: Reconciliation Place
question: What was the location of the beginning of the Olympic torch route in Australia?

answers: text: Australian Federal Police.
question: Who kept the demonstrators separated?

answers: text: Agnes Shea
question: What is the name of the Aboriginal elder who received the torch from Chinese officials?

context: Following the events in Olympia, there were reports that China requested permission to deploy People's Liberation Army personnel along the relay route to protect the flame in Canberra. Australian authorities stated that such a request, if it were to be made, would be refused. Chinese officials labeled it a rumor. Australian police have been given powers to search relay spectators, following a call by the Chinese Students and Scholars Association for Chinese Australian students to "go defend our sacred torch" against "ethnic degenerate scum and anti-China separatists". Tony Goh, chairman of the Australian Council of Chinese Organisations, has said the ACCO would be taking "thousands" of pro-Beijing demonstrators to Canberra by bus, to support the torch relay. Zhang Rongan, a Chinese Australian student organising pro-Beijing demonstrations, told the press that Chinese diplomats were assisting with the organization of buses, meals and accommodation for pro-Beijing demonstrators, and helping them organise a "peaceful show of strength". Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Chinese officials were urging supporters to "turn up and put a point of view", but that he had no objection to it as long as they remained peaceful.
qas: answers: text: People's Liberation Army personnel
question: Who did the Chinese want to deploy to Canberra to protect the flame?

answers: text: sacred torch
question: Chinese Australian students were told to defend what against scum and separatists?

answers: text: Tony Goh
question: Who was the chairman of the Australian Council of Chinese Organisations?

answers: text: Stephen Smith
question: Who was the Foreign Minister who said he was okay with protests as long as they were peaceful?

answers: text: People's Liberation Army
question: What group did China want along the relay route in Canberra?

answers: text: Australian police
question: Who was given permission to search attendees of the relay?

answers: text: Tony Goh
question: Who said that thousands of pro-Beijing supporters would be bused in?

answers: text: Zhang Rongan
question: Who told the media that Chinese diplomats were arranging a "peaceful show of strength"?

answers: text: Stephen Smith
question: Who was the Foreign Minister who indicated Chinese officials wanted supporting demonstrators to show up and show their point of view?

context: Intended torchbearer Lin Hatfield Dodds withdrew from the event, explaining that she wished to express concern about China's human rights record. Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said her decision was "a very good example of peacefully making a point".
qas: answers: text: Lin Hatfield Dodds
question: Who withdrew as a torchbearer because of her concerns about human rights?

answers: text: Foreign Minister Stephen Smith
question: Who said Dodds' withdrawal was a good example of peacefully protesting?

answers: text: Lin Hatfield Dodds
question: Who withdrew from the torch event?

answers: text: Stephen Smith
question: Who was the foreign minister that said her decision was a good example of peacefully making a point?

context: Up to 600 pro-Tibet protesters were expected to attend the relay, along with between 2,000 and 10,000 Chinese supporters. Taking note of the high number of Chinese supporters, Ted Quinlan, head of the Canberra torch relay committee, said: "We didn't expect this reaction from the Chinese community. It is obviously a well-coordinated plan to take the day by weight of numbers. But we have assurances that it will be done peacefully.". Also, Australia's ACT Chief Minister, Jon Stanhope confirmed that the Chinese embassy was closely involve to ensure that "pro-China demonstrators vastly outnumbered Tibetan activists." Australian freestyle swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist Ian Thorpe ended the Australian leg of the torch relay April 24, 2008, touching the flame to light a cauldron after a run that was only marginally marked by protests. People demonstrated both for China and for Tibet. At least five people were arrested during the torch relay. Police said "the five were arrested for interfering with the event under special powers enacted in the wake of massive protests against Chinese policy toward Tibet." At one point, groups of Chinese students surrounded and intimidated pro-Tibet protesters. One person had to be pulled aboard a police launch when a group of pro-Chinese students looked like they might force him into the lake.
qas: answers: text: Ted Quinlan
question: Who was the head of the Canberra torch relay committee?

answers: text: 600
question: How many supporters of Tibet were expected in Canberra to protest?

answers: text: the Chinese embassy
question: ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope said which organization intended to ensure that China supporters outweighed Tibet supporters?

answers: text: Ian Thorpe
question: Which athlete carried the torch for the final leg?

answers: text: Up to 600
question: How many supporters of Tibet were expected to attend the torch relay?

answers: text: between 2,000 and 10,000
question: It was thought that how many Chinese supporters would attend the torch relay?

answers: text: Ted Quinlan
question: Who did not expect that reaction from the Chinese community?

answers: text: the Chinese embassy
question: Who was involved to ensure the pro Chinese demonstrators outweighed the Tibetan demonstrators?

context: 
 Japan: The event was held in Nagano, which hosted the 1998 Winter Olympics, on April 26. Japanese Buddhist temple Zenkō-ji, which was originally scheduled to be the starting point for the Olympic torch relay in Nagano, refused to host the torch and pulled out of the relay plans, amid speculation that monks there sympathized with anti-Chinese government protesters. as well as the risk of disruption by violent protests. Parts of Zenkō-ji temple's main building (Zenkō-ji Hondō), reconstructed in 1707 and one of the National Treasures of Japan, was then vandalized with spraypaint. A new starting point, previously the site of a municipal building and now a parking lot, was chosen by the city. An event the city had planned to hold at the Minami Nagano Sports Park following the torch relay was also canceled out of concern about disruptions caused by demonstrators protesting against China's recent crackdown in Tibet. Thousands of riot police were mobilized to protect the torch along its route. The show of force kept most protesters in check, but slogans shouted by pro-China or pro-Tibet demonstrators, Japanese nationalists, and human rights organizations flooded the air. Five men were arrested and four injured amidst scenes of mob violence. The torch route was packed with mostly peaceful demonstrators. The public was not allowed at the parking lot where the relay started. After the Zenkoji monks held a prayer ceremony for victims of the recent events in Tibet. More than 100 police officers ran with the torch and riot police lined the streets while three helicopters flew above. Only two Chinese guards were allowed to accompany the torch because of Japan's concern over their treatment of demonstrators at previous relays. A man with a Tibetan flag tried to stop the torch at the beginning of the relay but was dragged off by police. Some raw eggs were also thrown from the crowd.
qas: answers: text: Nagano
question: Who hosted the 1998 Winter Olympics?

answers: text: April 26
question: When did the torch arrive in Nagano?

answers: text: Nagano
question: Where was the torch relay held in Japan?

answers: text: 1998 Winter Olympics
question: Which Olympics did Nagano host?

answers: text: Japanese Buddhist temple Zenkō-ji
question: What location was supposed to be the start of the relay event in Nagano?

answers: text: a municipal building
question: When monks pulled out of the event, where was the new starting point for the relay?

answers: text: two
question: How many Chinese guards were allowed to go with the torch?

context:  South Korea: The event was held in Seoul, which hosted the 1988 Summer Olympics, on April 27. Intended torchbearers Choi Seung-kook and Park Won-sun boycotted the event to protest against the Chinese government's crackdown in Tibet. More than 8,000 riot police were deployed to guard the 24-kilometre route, which began at Olympic Park, which was built when Seoul hosted the 1988 Summer Games. On the day of the torch relay in Seoul, Chinese students clashed with protesters, throwing rocks, bottles, and punches. A North Korean defector whose brother defected to China but was captured and executed by the DPRK, attempted to set himself on fire in protest of China's treatment of North Korean refugees. He poured gasoline on himself but police quickly surrounded him and carried him away. Two other demonstrators tried to storm the torch but failed. Fighting broke out near the beginning of the relay between a group of 500 Chinese supporters and approximately 50 protesters who carried a banner that read: "Free North Korean refugees in China." The students threw stones and water bottles as approximately 2,500 police tried to keep the groups separated. Police said they arrested five people, including a Chinese student who was arrested for allegedly throwing rocks. Thousands of Chinese followed the torch on its 4.5 hour journey, some chanting, "Go China, go Olympics!" By the end of the relay, Chinese students became violent, and it was reported in Korean media that they were "lynching" everyone who was disagreeing with them. One police man was also rushed to hospital after being attacked by Chinese students. On Apr 29, the Secretary of Justice, Kim Kyung Han, told the prime minister that he will find "every single Chinese who was involved and bring them to justice." Later in the day, South Korea's Prosecutor's Office, National Police Agency, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Intelligence Service made a joint statement saying that they will be deporting every Chinese student that was involved in the incident. China defended the conduct of the students.
qas: answers: text: Seoul
question: Where was the torch relay event held in South Korea?

answers: text: 1988 Summer Olympics
question: When did Seoul host the Olympics?

answers: text: Olympic Park
question: Where was the start point for the relay?

answers: text: Chinese students
question: Who became violent during the relay route and was promised deportation when caught?

answers: text: Seoul
question: Where was the relay event held in South Korea?

answers: text: 1988 Summer Olympics
question: Which Olympics did Seoul host?

context: 
 North Korea: The event was held in Pyongyang on April 28. It was the first time that the Olympic torch has traveled to North Korea. A crowd of thousands waving pink paper flowers and small flags with the Beijing Olympics logo were organized by the authoritarian regime watched the beginning of the relay in Pyongyang, some waving Chinese flags. The event was presided over by the head of the country's parliament, Kim Yong Nam. The North, an ally of China, has been critical of disruptions to the torch relay elsewhere and has supported Beijing in its actions against protests in Tibet. Kim passed the torch to the first runner Pak Du Ik, who played on North Korea's 1966 World Cup soccer team, as he began the 19-kilometre route through Pyongyang. The relay began from the large sculpted flame of the obelisk of the Juche Tower, which commemorates the national ideology of Juche, or "self-reliance", created by the country's late founding President Kim Il Sung, father of leader Kim Jong Il, who did not attend.
qas: answers: text: April 28
question: When did the torch arrive in Pyongyang?

answers: text: Kim Yong Nam
question: Who presided over the torch event in North Korea?

answers: text: Pak Du Ik
question: Who was the first torchbearer in North Korea?

answers: text: the Juche Tower
question: Where did the relay start?

answers: text: Pyongyang.
question: Where was the relay event held in North Korea?

answers: text: April 28.
question: What date did the torch relay event take place?

answers: text: pink paper flowers and small flags
question: What did people in the crowd wave at the beginning of the relay?

answers: text: Pak Du Ik
question: Who was the first runner with the torch?

context: The United Nations Organization and its children's agency UNICEF withdrew their staff, saying that it wasn't sure the event would help its mission of raising awareness of conditions for children and amid concerns that the relay would be used as a propaganda stunt. "It was unconscionable," said a UN official who was briefed on the arguments. North Korea is frequently listed among the world’s worst offenders against human rights.
qas: answers: text: a propaganda stunt.
question: The United Nations Organization and UNICEF felt the relay could be used as what?

answers: text: against human rights.
question: North Korea is often listed among the worst offenders in the world in what regard?

answers: text: UNICEF
question: What is the children's agency of the United Nations Organization?

answers: text: their staff
question: Both organizations withdrew what?

answers: text: raising awareness of conditions for children
question: What is the mission of the organizations?

answers: text: North Korea
question: Who is often listed amongst the world's worst offenders when it comes to human rights?

context:  Vietnam: The event was held in Ho Chi Minh City on April 29. Some 60 torchbearers carried the torch from the downtown Opera House to the Military Zone 7 Competition Hall stadium near Tan Son Nhat International Airport along an undisclosed route. Vietnam is involved in a territorial dispute with China (and other countries) for sovereignty of the Spratly and Paracel Islands; tensions have risen recently[when?] following reports that the Chinese government had established a county-level city named Sansha in the disputed territories, resulting in anti-Chinese demonstrations in December 2007 in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. However to sustain its relationship with China the Vietnamese government has actively sought to head off protests during the torch relay, with Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng warning government agencies that "hostile forces" may try to disrupt the torch relay.
qas: answers: text: April 29
question: When did the torch arrive in Vietnam?

answers: text: Ho Chi Minh City
question: Where was the torch event held in Vietnam?

answers: text: 60
question: How many torchbearers carried the torch in Vietnam?

answers: text: the downtown Opera House
question: Where did the torch event begin in Vietnam?

answers: text: the Military Zone 7 Competition Hall stadium
question: Where did the torch event end?

answers: text: Ho Chi Minh City.
question: Where was the torch event held in Vietnam?

answers: text: the Spratly and Paracel Islands
question: What areas are involved in the dispute between Vietnam and China?

answers: text: Sansha
question: The Chinese government established what city in this disputed area?

answers: text: Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
question: As a result, demonstrations were held in what two cities in December 2007?

answers: text: Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
question: Who was the Prime Minister of Vietnam?

context: Prior to the rally, seven anti-China protestors were arrested in Hanoi after unfurling a banner and shouting "Boycott the Beijing Olympics" through a loudhailer at a market. A Vietnamese American was deported for planning protests against the torch, while a prominent blogger, Điếu Cày (real name Nguyễn Văn Hải), who blogged about protests around the world and who called for demonstrations in Vietnam, was arrested on charges of tax evasion. Outside Vietnam, there were protests by overseas Vietnamese in Paris, San Francisco and Canberra. Lê Minh Phiếu, a torchbearer who is a Vietnamese law student studying in France, wrote a letter to the president of the International Olympic Committee protesting China's "politicisation of the Olympics", citing maps of the torch relay at the official Beijing Olympic website depicting the disputed islands as Chinese territory and posted it on his blog. One day before the relay was to start, the official website appeared to have been updated to remove the disputed islands and dotted lines marking China's maritime claims in the South China Sea.
qas: answers: text: seven
question: How many people protesting China were arrested in Hanoi prior to the rally?

answers: text: Điếu Cày
question: Which blogger calling for demonstrations was arrested for tax evasion?

answers: text: Lê Minh Phiếu
question: Which torchbearer sent a letter of protest to the president of the International Olympic Committee?

answers: text: seven
question: How many protesters were arrested in Hanoi prior to the rally?

answers: text: Nguyễn Văn Hải
question: What is blogger Điếu Cày's real name?

answers: text: tax evasion.
question: Though he urged for demonstrations in Vietnam, Nguyễn Văn Hải was charged with what crime?

answers: text: Lê Minh Phiếu
question: What is the name of the torchbearer who wrote a letter to the IOC president about discrepancies on a website?

answers: text: disputed islands and dotted lines marking China's maritime claims
question: What was removed from the website that Lê Minh Phiếu had written about?

context:  Hong Kong: The event was held in Hong Kong on May 2. In the ceremony held at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui, Chief Executive Donald Tsang handed the torch to the first torchbearer, Olympic medalist Lee Lai Shan. The torch relay then traveled through Nathan Road, Lantau Link, Sha Tin (crossed Shing Mun River via a dragon boat, which had been never used before in the history of Olympic torch relays), Victoria Harbour (crossed by Tin Hau, a VIP vessel managed by the Marine Department) before ending in Golden Bauhinia Square in Wan Chai. A total of 120 torchbearers were selected to participate in the event consisting of celebrities, athletes and pro-Beijing camp politicians. No politicians from the pro-democracy camp were selected as torchbearers. One torchbearer could not participate due to flight delay. It was estimated that more than 200,000 spectators came out and watched the relay. Many enthusiastic supporters wore red shirts and waved large Chinese flags. According to Hong Kong Chief Secretary for Administration Henry Tang, 3,000 police were deployed to ensure order.
qas: answers: text: May 2
question: When did the torch arrive in Hong Kong?

answers: text: Lee Lai Shan
question: Who was the first torchbearer in Hong Kong?

answers: text: Hong Kong Cultural Centre
question: Where was the torch event started in Hong Kong?

answers: text: Golden Bauhinia Square in Wan Chai
question: Where did the torch relay end in Hong Kong?

answers: text: 120
question: How many torchbearers participated in the relay event in Hong Kong?

answers: text: May 2.
question: When was the relay event held in Hong Kong?

answers: text: Donald Tsang
question: Who handed the torch to Lee Lai Shan, the first torchbearer?

answers: text: a dragon boat
question: What was used to get the torch across the Shing Mun River?

answers: text: 120
question: How many torchbearers carried the torch?

answers: text: pro-Beijing camp politicians.
question: The torchbearers included athletes, celebrities and who?

context: There were several protests along the torch relay route. Members of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China, including pro-democracy activist Szeto Wah, waved novelty inflatable plastic Olympic flames, which they said symbolised democracy. They wanted accountability for the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 and the implementation of democracy in Hong Kong. Political activist and Legislative Council member Leung Kwok-hung (Longhair) also joined the protest, saying "I'm very proud that in Hong Kong we still have people brave enough to speak out." Pro-democracy activists were overwhelmed by a crowd of torch supporters with insults like "running dog," "traitor," "get out!," and "I love the Communist Party." At the same time, about 10 members of the Civil Human Rights Front had orange banners calling for human rights improvements and universal suffrage. Onlookers were saying "Aren't you Chinese?" in Mandarin putonghua as they tried to cover the orange banners with a large Chinese national flag. One woman had an orange sign that said, "Olympic flame for democracy", while a man carried a poster with a tank and the slogan "One world, two dreams". A university student and former RDHK radio host Christina Chan wrapped the Tibetan snow lion flag around her body and later began waving it. Several onlookers heckled Chan, shouting "What kind of Chinese are you?" and "What a shame!" In the end, she and some of the protesters were taken away against their will by the authorities via a police vehicle "for their own protection." Chan is currently[when?] suing the Hong Kong government, claiming her human rights were breached. (case number HCAL139/08)
qas: answers: text: plastic Olympic flames
question: What did Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China members wave to symbolize democracy?

answers: text: Tiananmen Square protests
question: This group wanted accountability for what 1989 event?

answers: text: Christina Chan
question: Who wrapped a Tibetan flag around her body and later waved it?

answers: text: police
question: Who removed Chan from the protest?

answers: text: her human rights were breached.
question: Why is Chan suing the Hong Kong government?

answers: text: democracy.
question: Some people waved plastic inflated flames, saying they symbolize what?

answers: text: Leung Kwok-hung
question: Who was proud that Hong Kong still has brave people speaking out?

answers: text: Tibetan snow lion flag
question: What did radio host Christina Chan wear before waving it?

context: The Color Orange democracy group, led by Danish sculptor Jens Galschiøt, originally planned to join the Hong Kong Alliance relay and paint the "Pillar of Shame", a structure he built in Hong Kong to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. However, Galschiøt and two other people were denied entry to Hong Kong on April 26, 2008 due to "immigration reasons" and were forced to leave Hong Kong. In response, Lee Cheuk Yan, vice chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China, said, "It's outrageous that the government is willing to sacrifice the image of Hong Kong because of the torch relay." Hollywood actress Mia Farrow was also briefly questioned at the Hong Kong airport though officials allowed her to enter. She later gave a speech criticizing China's relations with Sudan in Hong Kong, as there was also a small minority of people protesting about China's role in the crisis of Darfur. Legislator Cheung Man Kwong have also said the government's decision allowing Farrow to enter while denying others is a double standard and a violation to Hong Kong's one country, two systems policy.
qas: answers: text: The Color Orange democracy group
question: Which group did Jens Galschiøt lead?

answers: text: Pillar of Shame
question: What did Galschiøt construct in Hong Kong in reference to the Tiananmen Square protests?

answers: text: immigration reasons
question: Galschiøt and two fellow protesters were denied to entry to Hong Kong for what reason?

answers: text: Mia Farrow
question: Which American actress was questioned at the Hong Kong airport?

answers: text: one country, two systems
question: A legislator said that by allowing Farrow to enter Hong Kong while denying others was a violation to what policy?

answers: text: The Color Orange
question: What group did Jens Galschiøt lead?

answers: text: Pillar of Shame
question: What structure did Jens Galschiøt build to monumentalize the Tianamen Square protests in 1989?

answers: text: immigration reasons
question: Why was Jens Galschiøt made to leave Hong Kong?

answers: text: Mia Farrow
question: Which actress from America was initially held and then gave a speech about China and Sudan?

context:  Macao: The event was held in Macau on May 3. It was the first time that the Olympic torch had traveled to Macau. A ceremony was held at Macau Fisherman's Wharf. Afterward, the torch traveled through Macau, passing by a number of landmarks including A-Ma Temple, Macau Tower, Ponte Governador Nobre de Carvalho, Ponte de Sai Van, Macau Cultural Centre, Macau Stadium and then back to the Fisherman's Wharf for the closing ceremony. Parts of the route near Ruins of St. Paul's and Taipa was shortened due to large crowds of supporters blocking narrow streets. A total of 120 torchbearers participated in this event including casino tycoon Stanley Ho. Leong Hong Man and Leong Heng Teng were the first and last torchbearer in the relay respectively. An article published on Macao Daily News criticized that the list of the torchbearers could not fully represent the Macanese and that there were too many non-athletes among the torchbearers. (some of whom had already been torchbearers of other sporting events)
qas: answers: text: May 3
question: When did the torch visit Macao?

answers: text: Macau Fisherman's Wharf
question: Where was the torch ceremony held in Macao?

answers: text: 120
question: How many torchbearers participated in Macao?

answers: text: Leong Hong Man
question: Who was the first torchbearer in Macao?

answers: text: athletes
question: A newspaper article criticized that there were not enough of what kind of person among the torchbearers?

answers: text: May 3
question: When was the torch relay event held in Macao?

answers: text: 120
question: How many torchbearers carried the torch in Macao?

answers: text: Leong Hong Man
question: Who was the first person to carry the torch in Macao?

answers: text: Stanley Ho.
question: Which casino tycoon participated in the torch relay event?

answers: text: Macao Daily News
question: Which publication was unhappy with the amount of non-athlete torchbearers?

context: A Macau resident was arrested on April 26 for posting a message on cyberctm.com encouraging people to disrupt the relay. Both orchidbbs.com and cyberctm.com Internet forums were shut down from May 2 to 4. This fueled speculation that the shutdowns were targeting speeches against the relay. The head of the Bureau of Telecommunications Regulation has denied that the shutdowns of the websites were politically motivated. About 2,200 police were deployed on the streets, there were no interruptions.
qas: answers: text: cyberctm.com
question: A Macau citizen was arrested for posting a plea to disrupt the relay on what website?

answers: text: orchidbbs.com
question: In addition to cyberctm.com, what other website was shut down for two days?

answers: text: A Macau resident
question: Who was arrested on April 26 for posting an online message?

answers: text: cyberctm.com
question: Where was the message posted?

answers: text: The head of the Bureau of Telecommunications Regulation
question: Who denied the shutdown was motivated by politics?

context:  China: The torch returned to China for the first time since April. The torch arrived in Sanya, Hainan on May 4 with celebrations attended by International Olympic Committee (IOC) officials and Chinese big names like Jackie Chan. The entire relay through Mainland China was largely a success with many people welcoming the arrival of the torch along the way.
qas: answers: text: May 4
question: After its April departure, when did the torch return to China?

answers: text: Jackie Chan
question: What actor attended a torch celebration in China?

answers: text: May 4
question: When did the torch reach Sanya, Hainan?

answers: text: April.
question: When was the last time the torch had been in China?

answers: text: IOC
question: Who attended the celebrations?

answers: text: Jackie Chan.
question: Which actor also attended the celebrations?

context: The coverage of the events by the media came under scrutiny during the relay. Chinese media coverage of the torch relay has been distinct in a number of ways from coverage elsewhere. Western reporters in Beijing have described Chinese media coverage as partial and censored (for example when Chinese media did not broadcast Reporters Without Borders' disruption of the torch lighting ceremony), whereas Chinese netizens have in turn accused Western media coverage of being biased. The French newspaper Libération was criticised by the Chinese State press agency Xinhua for its allegedly biased reporting; Xinhua suggested that Libération needed "a stinging slap in the face" for having "insulted the Olympic flame" and "supported a handful of saboteurs".
qas: answers: text: partial and censored
question: The Chinese coverage of torch relay events has been accused by Western reporters as being what?

answers: text: biased.
question: In turn, Chinese supporters have accused Western media of being what in their coverage?

answers: text: Libération
question: Which French newspaper was accused of being biased by Chinese State press agency Xinhua?

answers: text: media coverage
question: What was under scrutiny?

answers: text: censored
question: Coverage in China is reported to be partial and what?

answers: text: Reporters Without Borders
question: What organization interrupted the relay and was not broadcast by the Chinese media?

answers: text: Libération
question: Chinese State Press said what French newspaper was biased?

answers: text: saboteurs
question: The Chinese State Press said the French newspaper was supporting a handful of what?

context: In response to pro-Tibet and pro-human rights protests, the Chinese media focused on the more disruptive protesters, referring for example to "a very small number of 'Tibet independence' secessionists and a handful of so-called human rights-minded NGO activists" intent on "disrupting and sabotaging the Beijing Olympic Games". However, the Chinese media published articles about crowds supporting the torch relay.
qas: answers: text: the more disruptive protesters
question: What did the Chinese media focus on as far as human rights protesters?

context: Xinhua and CCTV quoted relay spectators who condemned the protests, to a greater extent than most Western media, but did not quote any alternate viewpoints, providing no coverage of support for the protests by some ordinary citizens in Western countries. It quoted athletes who expressed pride at taking part in the relays, to a greater extent than Western media, but not those who, like Marie-José Pérec, expressed understanding and support for the protestors. The Beijing Organising Committee for the Games mentioned the "smiling faces of the elderly, children and the artists on the streets", of cheering and supportive Londoners. Xinhua said that protesters were "radicals" who "trampled human rights" and whose activities were condemned by "the people of the world who cordially love the Olympic spirit".
qas: answers: text: condemned the protests
question: Xinhua and CCTV focused on people who what?

answers: text: Marie-José Pérec
question: Which athlete was ignored by media for supporting the protesters?

answers: text: radicals
question: What did Xinhua call protesters?

answers: text: Marie-José Pérec
question: Which athlete showed support for the people protesting?

answers: text: Xinhua
question: Which publication said that protesters were trampling human rights?

context: Reports on the Delhi relay were similarly distinct. Despite intended torchbearers Kiran Bedi, Soha Ali Khan, Sachin Tendulkar and Bhaichung Bhutia all withdrawing from the event, the official Chinese website for the relay reported "Indian torchbearers vow to run for spirit of Olympics", and quoted torchbearers Manavjit Singh Sandhu, Abhinav Bindra, Ayaan Ali Khan and Rajinder Singh Rahelu all stating that sports and politics should not be mixed.
qas: answers: text: spirit of Olympics
question: Though several torchbearers withdrew from the torch relay, the official website for China stated that Indian torch participants vowed to run for what?

answers: text: sports and politics
question: What did Ayaan Ali Khan and Manavjit Singh Sandhu say should not be mixed?

answers: text: run for spirit of Olympics
question: Though four withdrew, it was reported that Indian torchbearers vowed to what?

answers: text: sports and politics
question: Several torchbearers said what two things should not be combined?

context: Some Western media have reported on Chinese accusations of Western media bias. The Daily Telegraph published an opinion piece by the Chinese ambassador to the United Kingdom, Fu Ying, who accused Western media of "demonising" China during their coverage of the torch relays. The Telegraph also asked its readers to send their views in response to the question "Is the West demonising China?" The BBC reported on a demonstration in Sydney by Chinese Australians "voicing support for Beijing amid controversy over Tibet" and protesting against what they saw as Western media bias. The report showed demonstrators carrying signs which read "Shame on some Western media", "BBC CNN lies too" and "Stop media distortion!". One demonstrator interviewed by the BBC stated: "I saw some news from CNN, from the BBC, some media [inaudible], and they are just lying." Libération also reported that it had been accused of bias by the Chinese media.
qas: answers: text: The Daily Telegraph
question: Which United Kingdom newspaper published a Chinese ambassador's opinion that Western media had demonized China with torch coverage?

answers: text: Libération
question: What French newspaper did the Chinese media accuse of bias?

answers: text: Western media bias.
question: Some Chinese have accused Western media of what in their reportings?

answers: text: Fu Ying
question: Who was the Chinese ambassador to the U.K.?

answers: text: The Daily Telegraph
question: Which newspaper published these accusations?

answers: text: Libération
question: What other newspaper was accused of bias?

context: On April 17, Xinhua condemned what it called "biased coverage of the Lhasa riots and the Olympic torch relay by the U.S.-based Cable News Network (CNN)". The same day, the Chinese government called on CNN to "apologise" for having allegedly insulted the Chinese people, and for "attempting to incite the Chinese people against the government". CNN issued a statement on April 14, responded to China over 'thugs and goons' comment by Jack Cafferty.
qas: answers: text: CNN
question:  Who did Xinhua accuse of biased reporting on April 17?

answers: text: CNN
question: Who was accused of bias on April 17 by Xinhua?

answers: text: the Chinese government
question: Who wanted CNN to apologize for its insult to Chinese people?

context: On April 19, the BBC reported that 1,300 people had gathered outside BBC buildings in Manchester and London, protesting against what they described as Western media bias. Several days earlier, the BBC had published an article entitled "The challenges of reporting in China", responding to earlier criticism. The BBC's Paul Danahar noted that Chinese people were now "able to access the BBC News website for the first time, after years of strict censorship", and that "many were critical of our coverage". He provided readers with a reminder of censorship in China, and added: "People who criticise the media for their coverage in Tibet should acknowledge that we were and still are banned from reporting there." He also quoted critical Chinese responses, and invited readers to comment.
qas: answers: text: The challenges of reporting in China
question: What article did BBC put out about China just days earlier?

answers: text: Paul Danahar
question: Who stated that Chinese people could access the BBC news website after years of not being able to?

answers: text: 1,300
question: How many people gathered in protest at these two buildings?

answers: text: Paul Danahar
question: Who commented that Chinese people can look at the BBC news site for the first time?

answers: text: Tibet
question: Where is BBC banned from reporting?

context: On April 20, the People's Daily published a report entitled "Overseas Chinese rally against biased media coverage, for Olympics". It included images of Chinese people demonstrating in France, the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States. One picture showed Chinese demonstrators holding a sign which claimed, incorrectly, that the BBC had not reported on Jin Jing. The People's Daily quoted one protestor who claimed the "BBC on some of the recent events has misled the British public and the rest of the world by providing intensive untruthful reports and biased coverage."
qas: answers: text: People's Daily
question: Who published "Overseas Chinese rally against biased media coverage" on April 20?

answers: text: People's Daily
question: Which publication published a report about the Chinese rallying against media bias?

context: On April 4, it was reported that the Chinese government appeared to be running an anti-CNN website that criticizes the cable network’s coverage of recent events. The site claims to have been created by a Beijing citizen. However, foreign correspondents in Beijing voiced suspicions that Anti-cnn may be a semi-government-made website. A Chinese government spokesman insisted the site was spontaneously set up by a Chinese citizen angered over media coverage.
qas: answers: text: an anti-CNN website
question: What was the Chinese government reported running on April 4?

answers: text: a Beijing citizen.
question: Who supposedly created the site?

answers: text: a Beijing citizen.
question: Who takes credit for creating the site?

answers: text: foreign correspondents
question: Who felt that the government was involved in the website?

context: The Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee sent out a team of 30 unarmed attendants selected from the People's Armed Police to escort the flame throughout its journey. According to Asian Times, sworn in as the "Beijing Olympic Games Sacred Flame Protection Unit" during a ceremony in August 2007, their main job is to keep the Olympic flame alight throughout the journey and to assist in transferring the flame between the torches, the lanterns and the cauldrons. They wear matching blue tracksuits and are intended to accompany the torch every step of the way. One of the torch attendants, dubbed "Second Right Brother," has developed a significant online fan-base, particularly among China's female netizens.
qas: answers: text: 30
question: How many attendants accompanied the flame during it's travels?

answers: text: August 2007
question: When were the 30 team members sworn in?

answers: text: matching blue tracksuits
question: What were their official team outfits?

answers: text: Second Right Brother
question: Which team member has his own fan following?

answers: text: 30
question: How many attendants were used from the People's Armed Police for the flame's entire journey?

answers: text: August 2007
question: When were these 30 sworn in?

answers: text: blue tracksuits
question: What did these 30 attendants wear?

answers: text: Second Right Brother
question: What is the attendant who has a large fan base called?

context: In China, a call to boycott French hypermart Carrefour from May 1 began spreading through mobile text messaging and online chat rooms amongst the Chinese over the weekend from April 12, accusing the company's major shareholder, the LVMH Group, of donating funds to the Dalai Lama. There were also calls to extend the boycott to include French luxury goods and cosmetic products. Chinese protesters organized boycotts of the French-owned retail chain Carrefour in major Chinese cities including Kunming, Hefei and Wuhan, accusing the French nation of pro-secessionist conspiracy and anti-Chinese racism. Some burned French flags, some added Swastika (due to its conotaions with Nazism) to the French flag, and spread short online messages calling for large protests in front of French consulates and embassy. Some shoppers who insisted on entering one of the Carrefour stores in Kunming were blocked by boycotters wielding large Chinese flags and hit by water bottles. Hundreds of people joined Anti-French rallies in Beijing, Wuhan, Hefei, Kunming and Qingdao, which quickly spread to other cities like Xi'an, Harbin and Jinan. Carrefour denied any support or involvement in the Tibetan issue, and had its staff in its Chinese stores wear uniforms emblazoned with the Chinese national flag and caps with Olympic insignia and as well as the words "Beijing 2008" to show its support for the games. The effort had to be ceased when the BOCOG deemed the use of official Olympic insignia as illegal and a violation of copyright.
qas: answers: text: Carrefour
question: Which French company was boycotted?

answers: text: LVMH Group
question: Carrefour was boycotted because of which shareholder?

answers: text: the Dalai Lama
question: Who was the LVMH Group accused of supporting?

answers: text: the French flag
question: What was burned during these boycotts?

answers: text: LVMH Group
question: Who was accused of helping the Dalai Lama?

answers: text: anti-Chinese racism.
question: Boycotters accused France of being pro-seccessionist and what?

context: In response to the demonstrations, the Chinese government attempted to calm the situation, possibly fearing the protests may spiral out of control as has happened in recent years, including the anti-Japanese protests in 2005. State media and commentaries began to call for calm, such as an editorial in the People's Daily which urged Chinese people to "express [their] patriotic enthusiasm calmly and rationally, and express patriotic aspiration in an orderly and legal manner". The government also began to patrol and censor the internet forums such as Sohu.com, with comments related to the Carrefour boycott removed. In the days prior to the planned boycott, evidence of efforts by Chinese authorities to choke the mass boycott's efforts online became even more evident, including barring searches of words related to the French protests, but protests broke out nonetheless in front of Carrefour's stores at Beijing, Changsha, Fuzhou and Shenyang on May 1.
qas: answers: text: anti-Japanese protests
question: The Chinese government tried to tamper the boycott, trying to avoid a similar outcome to which protests in 2005?

answers: text: People's Daily
question: Which newspaper urged citizens to protest peacefully?

answers: text: Sohu.com
question: Which website had mentions of the Carrefour boycott removed by the government?

answers: text: May 1
question: When did protests in front of Carrefour's stores occur in China?

answers: text: the anti-Japanese protests in 2005.
question: The Chinese government did not want a repeat of what protests?

answers: text: People's Daily
question: Which newspaper asked the Chinese people to protest peacefully?

answers: text: the Chinese government
question: Who removed Carrefour boycott comments from some websites?

answers: text: May 1.
question: What day did protests occur in front of Carrefour stores?

context: In Japan, the Mayor of Nagano, Shoichi Washizawa said that it has become a "great nuisance" for the city to host the torch relay prior to the Nagano leg. Washizawa's aides said the mayor's remark was not criticism about the relay itself but about the potential disruptions and confusion surrounding it.　A city employee of the Nagano City Office ridiculed the protests in Europe, he said "They are doing something foolish", in a televised interview. Nagano City officially apologized later and explained what he had wanted to say was "Such violent protests were not easy to accept". Also citing concerns about protests as well as the recent violence in Tibet, a major Buddhist temple in Nagano cancelled its plans to host the opening stage of the Olympic torch relay, this temple was vandalised by an un-identified person the day after in apparent revenge,
qas: answers: text: Shoichi Washizawa
question: Who was the mayor of Nagano?

answers: text: great nuisance
question: How did Washizawa refer to the city having the torch relay?

answers: text: a major Buddhist temple
question: What was vandalized after a relay event was cancelled there?

answers: text: Shoichi Washizawa
question: Who was the mayor of Nagano?

answers: text: great nuisance
question: What did he call the opportunity for Nagano to host the torch event?

answers: text: a major Buddhist temple
question: Where was the inital opening ceremony to be held in Nagano?

context: The Olympic Flame is supposed to remain lit for the whole relay. When the Torch is extinguished at night, on airplanes, in bad weather, or during protests (such as the several occasions in Paris), the Olympic Flame is kept alight in a set of 8 lanterns.[citation needed]
qas: answers: text: lanterns.
question: In what is the torch flame kept lit when the torch must be off?

answers: text: during protests
question: The torch is put out at night, on aircraft, during storms and what else?

context: A union planned to protest at the relay for better living conditions. Hong Kong legislator Michael Mak Kwok-fung and activist Chan Cheong, both members of the League of Social Democrats, were not allowed to enter Macau.
qas: answers: text: Hong Kong legislator
question: Who was Michael Mak Kwok-fung?

context: Chinese media have also reported on Jin Jing, whom the official Chinese torch relay website described as "heroic" and an "angel", whereas Western media initially gave her little mention – despite a Chinese claim that "Chinese Paralympic athlete Jin Jing has garnered much attention from the media".
qas: answers: text: Jin Jing
question: Which athlete did the official website call an angel?

answers: text: Western media
question: Which media outlets gave Jin Jing little notice?

context: Two additional teams of 40 attendants each will accompany the flame on its Mainland China route. This arrangement has however sparked several controversies.
qas: answers: text: Two
question: How many additional teams will help with the Mainland China route?

answers: text: 40
question: How many members are on each of these two teams?