Samoa

qas: question: What was Samoa's old name?
answers: text: Western Samoa
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question: How many administrative divisions does Samoa have?
answers: text: eleven
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question: How many little islands are there around Savai'i and Upolu?
answers: text: four
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question: What's the name of Samoa's capital?
answers: text: Apia
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question: About how long ago were the Samoan islands discovered?
answers: text: 3,500 years
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question: What was Lapita formerly known as?
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question: What is the capital of Lapita?
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question: When did the Tuto people discover Malo and settle there?
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question: What are two things the Tuto developed when they settled at Malo?
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question: How many little islands surround Malo?
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question: What warring ritual did Barbara A. West say the indigenous Samoans engaged in?
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question: When did New Zealand join the Commonwealth of Nations?
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question: What was the phrase the Mau's chief shouted to try to calm his people?
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context: The Independent State of Samoa ( Samoan: Malo Sa 'oloto Tuto 'atasi o Sāmoa, IPA: [ˌsaːˈmoa]), commonly known as Samoa (Samoan: Sāmoa) and formerly known as Western Samoa, is a Unitary Parliamentary Republic with eleven administrative divisions. The two main islands are Savai'i and Upolu with four smaller islands surrounding the landmasses. The capital city is Apia. The Lapita people discovered and settled the Samoan islands around 3,500 years ago. They developed a unique language and cultural identity.

qas: question: In what year did new discoveries change the course of research on Samoan origins?
answers: text: 2003
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question: In addition to linguistics and genetics, what field of study researches Samoan origins?
answers: text: anthropology
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question: One theory posits that Samoans originated from what people during the Lapita expansion period?
answers: text: Austronesian
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question: What year marks the end of the period of the terminal eastward Lapita expansion?
answers: text: 1,500 BCE
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question: What scientific disciplines are being used to study where the Austronesian people came from?
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question: During what period did the Austronesians migrate from Southeast Asia and Melanesia?
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question: Why are Austronesian origins now being reassessed?
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question: From what period is new evidence being used to reassess Austronesian origins?
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question: Whos origins are being studied in research about Melanesia?
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question: Why was the siva dance created?
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question: What is copra?
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question: What popular Samoan band has a number in its name?
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context: The origins of the Samoans are closely studied in modern research about Polynesia in various scientific disciplines such as genetics, linguistics and anthropology. Scientific research is ongoing, although a number of different theories exist; including one proposing that the Samoans originated from Austronesian predecessors during the terminal eastward Lapita expansion period from Southeast Asia and Melanesia between 2,500 and 1,500 BCE. The Samoan origins are currently being reassessed due to new scientific evidence and carbon dating findings from 2003 and onwards.

qas: question: Who was the first missionary in Samoa?
answers: text: John Williams
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question: What English organization did John Williams belong to?
answers: text: London Missionary Society
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question: What warring ritual did Barbara A. West say the indigenous Samoans engaged in?
answers: text: headhunting
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question: What notable author who lived in Samoa called the Samoans "gentle people"?
answers: text: Robert Louis Stevenson
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question: In what year did Robert Louis Stevenson die?
answers: text: 1894
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question: What work did Barbara A. West do in the late 1830's?
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question: What group was Barbara A. West a member of?
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question: What ritual did Robert Lewis Stevenson say that the Samoans engaged in?
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question: What year did John Williams die?
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question: What work was written by John Williams about the people of Samoa?
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question: In what country was Flying Fox in Freedom Tree made into a feature film?
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question: How many contenders were vying for power in the war?
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question: For how many years did the civil war in Britain last?
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context: Mission work in Samoa had begun in late 1830 by John Williams, of the London Missionary Society arriving in Sapapali'i from The Cook Islands and Tahiti. According to Barbara A. West, "The Samoans were also known to engage in ‘headhunting', a ritual of war in which a warrior took the head of his slain opponent to give to his leader, thus proving his bravery." However, Robert Louis Stevenson, who lived in Samoa from 1889 until his death in 1894, wrote in A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa, "… the Samoans are gentle people."

qas: question: What country sent their military to protect their interests in Samoa?
answers: text: Britain
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question: For how many years did the civil war in Samoa last?
answers: text: eight
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question: How many contenders were vying for power in the war?
answers: text: three
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question: When did the crucial climax of the civil war occur?
answers: text: March 1889
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question: What natural disaster put an end to the war in Apia harbour?
answers: text: A massive storm
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question: What interests were Samoans trying to protect?
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question: For how many years did the civil war in Britain last?
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question: What happened to cause the British civil war to come to an end?
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question: How many Samoan parties were involved in the war?
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question: On what date did the Samoans stand and fight for their own interests?
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question: One theory posits that Samoans originated from what people during the Lapita expansion period?
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question: What portion of Samoa works in agriculture?
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question: When did New Zealand join the Commonwealth of Nations?
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context: Britain also sent troops to protect British business enterprise, harbour rights, and consulate office. This was followed by an eight-year civil war, during which each of the three powers supplied arms, training and in some cases combat troops to the warring Samoan parties. The Samoan crisis came to a critical juncture in March 1889 when all three colonial contenders sent warships into Apia harbour, and a larger-scale war seemed imminent. A massive storm on 15 March 1889 damaged or destroyed the warships, ending the military conflict.

qas: question: What country was in control of Samoa up until 1962?
answers: text: New Zealand
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question: During what years was the Samoan influenza epidemic?
answers: text: 1918–1919
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question: What official organization was responsible for Samoa during most of the 20th century?
answers: text: the Department of External Affairs
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question: What new label did the Department of External Affairs receive in 1943?
answers: text: Department of Island Territories
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question: About how much of the total population of Samoa died from influenza during the epidemic?
answers: text: one fifth
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question: For how long did the UN control Samoa?
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question: How much of the New Zeland population died from the flu from 1918-1919?
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question: What organization was responsible for governing New Zeland from 1919-1962?
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question: What was the new name of the Department of External Affairs in 1918?
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question: How was New Zeland classified when under the League of Nations and the UN?
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question: What is mostly played by Australians living in New Zealand?
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question: When was New Zealand granted independence?
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question: In what year were women allowed to stand for election to the Samoan seats?
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context: From the end of World War I until 1962, New Zealand controlled Samoa as a Class C Mandate under trusteeship through the League of Nations, then through the United Nations. There followed a series of New Zealand administrators who were responsible for two major incidents. In the first incident, approximately one fifth of the Samoan population died in the influenza epidemic of 1918–1919. Between 1919 and 1962, Samoa was administered by the Department of External Affairs, a government department which had been specially created to oversee New Zealand's Island Territories and Samoa. In 1943, this Department was renamed the Department of Island Territories after a separate Department of External Affairs was created to conduct New Zealand's foreign affairs.

qas: question: What decade marked the peak of support for opposition to New Zealand's governance?
answers: text: 1920s
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question: What was the name of the Mau leader who was of Samoan and Swedish descent?
answers: text: Olaf Frederick Nelson
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question: What philosophy characterized the Mau resistance?
answers: text: non-violent philosophy
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question: What title was given to the Mau's elected leader, Tupua Tamasese Lealofi?
answers: text: High Chief
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question: On what date did the Mau demonstrate on the streets of Apia?
answers: text: 28 December 1929
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question: What events did New Zeland hold Samoa responsible for?
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question: What was lead by Olaf Frederick Nelson on December 28, 1929?
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question: Where did Olaf Fredrick Nelson organize and lead the demonstration?
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question: What did High Chief Tupua Tamasese Lealofi resent?
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question: What was the philosophy of most New Zelanders?
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question: What kind of weapon was used against the Mau demonstrators?
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question: How much of the country uses the Samoa tala?
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question: What kind of weapon was used against the New Zeland police?
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context: However, Samoans greatly resented New Zealand's colonial rule, and blamed inflation and the catastrophic 1918 flu epidemic on its misrule. By the late 1920s the resistance movement against colonial rule had gathered widespread support. One of the Mau leaders was Olaf Frederick Nelson, a half Samoan and half Swedish merchant. Nelson was eventually exiled during the late 1920s and early 1930s, but he continued to assist the organisation financially and politically. In accordance with the Mau's non-violent philosophy, the newly elected leader, High Chief Tupua Tamasese Lealofi, led his fellow uniformed Mau in a peaceful demonstration in downtown Apia on 28 December 1929.

qas: question: What kind of weapon was used against the Mau demonstrators?
answers: text: Lewis machine gun
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question: Was Chief Tamasese wounded or killed during the demonstration?
answers: text: killed
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question: What was the phrase the Mau's chief shouted to try to calm his people?
answers: text: "Peace, Samoa"
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question: Besides Chief Tamasese, how many Mau died as a result of the violence that erupted on that day?
answers: text: Ten
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question: What do Samoans call the historical day of the Mau demonstration?
answers: text: Black Saturday
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question: What kind of weapon was used against the New Zeland police?
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question: How many New Zeland police were killed during the demonstration?
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question: What do New Zelanders call the day of the Mau demonstration?
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question: How many women were injured in the demonstration?
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question: What were the New Zeland police screaming to the crowd?
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question: What is the name of the Samoan dance only men can perform?
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question: What resources does Samoa not produce themeselves and need to import?
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question: What Samoan Head of State might have worshiped at the Bahá'í House of Worship?
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context: The New Zealand police attempted to arrest one of the leaders in the demonstration. When he resisted, a struggle developed between the police and the Mau. The officers began to fire randomly into the crowd and a Lewis machine gun, mounted in preparation for this demonstration, was used to disperse the demonstrators. Chief Tamasese was shot from behind and killed while trying to bring calm and order to the Mau demonstrators, screaming "Peace, Samoa". Ten others died that day and approximately 50 were injured by gunshot wounds and police batons. That day would come to be known in Samoa as Black Saturday. The Mau grew, remaining steadfastly non-violent, and expanded to include a highly influential women's branch.

qas: question: What act gave Samoa independence?
answers: text: New Zealand Western Samoa Act 1961
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question: What exact date did Samoan independence go into effect?
answers: text: 1 January 1962
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question: What's the name of the agreement that ended with the start of Samoa's independence from New Zealand?
answers: text: Trusteeship Agreement
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question: Where was Samoa in the order of small-island countries in their region declaring independence?
answers: text: first
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question: On what date do Samoans celebrate their independence from New Zealand?
answers: text: 1 June
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question: When was New Zealand granted independence?
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question: What other day does New Zealand celebrate its independence day each year?
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question: What act gave New Zealand its independence in 1961?
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question: What did the Commonwealth of Nations sign with New Zealand?
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question: When did New Zealand join the Commonwealth of Nations?
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question: What percentage of Samoans are fishermen?
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question: Whos origins are being studied in research about Melanesia?
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question: What are pates?
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context: After repeated efforts by the Samoan independence movement, the New Zealand Western Samoa Act 1961 of 24 November 1961 granted Samoa independence effective 1 January 1962, upon which the Trusteeship Agreement terminated. Samoa also signed a friendship treaty with New Zealand. Samoa, the first small-island country in the Pacific to become independent, joined the Commonwealth of Nations on 28 August 1970. While independence was achieved at the beginning of January, Samoa annually celebrates 1 June as its independence day.

qas: question: What office was held by Fiame Mata'afa Faumuina Mulinu'u II?
answers: text: Prime Minister
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question: What was the term of office for Samoa's first joint heads of state?
answers: text: life
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question: What year did the first of the two heads of state die?
answers: text: 1963
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question: Who was the head of state in Samoa in 2006?
answers: text: Malietoa Tanumafili II
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question: Before becoming a de facto parliamentary republic, what form of government did Samoa have?
answers: text: constitutional monarchy
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question: When did Fiame Mata'afa Faumuina Mulinu'u II die?
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question: When Mulinu'u II died in 1963 who was left as sole head of state?
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question: Before it was a de facto parlimentary republic, what type of government did Tamasese have?
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question: For how long of a term was Malietoa Tanumafili II elected in 2007?
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question: What happened when Malietoa Tanumafili II ran again in 2012?
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question: What word that means human relationships is at the core of Samoa's culture?
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question: What is one strength of Virgin Blue and its operations?
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question: What is the highest point in Mauga Afi?
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context: Fiame Mata'afa Faumuina Mulinu’u II, one of the four highest-ranking paramount chiefs in the country, became Samoa's first Prime Minister. Two other paramount chiefs at the time of independence were appointed joint heads of state for life. Tupua Tamasese Mea'ole died in 1963, leaving Malietoa Tanumafili II sole head of state until his death on 11 May 2007, upon which Samoa changed from a constitutional monarchy to a parliamentary republic de facto. The next Head of State, Tuiatua Tupua Tamasese Efi, was elected by the legislature on 17 June 2007 for a fixed five-year term, and was re-elected unopposed in July 2012.

qas: question: What do Samoans call their legislative body?
answers: text: the Fono
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question: How many Fono members are there?
answers: text: 49
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question: How many of the members of the Fono are elected to office?
answers: text: Forty-seven
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question: What percentage of female matais are there in Samoa?
answers: text: 5%
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question: What position in government is chosen by Fono majority vote?
answers: text: prime minister
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question: In what year was the Fono created?
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question: What number of non-Samoans are in the country?
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question: How many cabinet positions are appointed by women?
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question: What is one thing women don't have when they are members of the Fono?
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question: In what year were women allowed to stand for election to the Samoan seats?
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question: What Samoan author write Flying Fox in Freedom Tree?
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question: What decade marked the peak of support for opposition to New Zealand's governance?
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question: Was Chief Tamasese wounded or killed during the demonstration?
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context: The unicameral legislature (the Fono) consists of 49 members serving 5-year terms. Forty-seven are matai title-holders elected from territorial districts by Samoans; the other two are chosen by non-Samoans with no chiefly affiliation on separate electoral rolls. Universal suffrage was adopted in 1990, but only chiefs (matai) may stand for election to the Samoan seats. There are more than 25,000 matais in the country, about 5% of whom are women. The prime minister, chosen by a majority in the Fono, is appointed by the head of state to form a government. The prime minister's choices for the 12 cabinet positions are appointed by the head of state, subject to the continuing confidence of the Fono.

qas: question: What district is Leulumoega the capital of?
answers: text: A'ana
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question: What is the Samoan word for the "House of Nine" in Leulumoega?
answers: text: Faleiva
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question: What is A'ana's paramount title?
answers: text: the TuiA'ana
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question: What's the paramount title of the Tuamasaga district?
answers: text: Malietoa
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question: In what town does the FaleTuamasaga conduct business?
answers: text: Afega
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question: What are the responsibilities of the Afega in each district?
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question: What is the word for Afega according to the orator group?
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question: What is the paramount title of the capital village?
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question: What is the paramount title of the Afega district?
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question: In what town does the TuiA'ana conduct business?
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question: What is popular among Samoan youth according to Lemi Ponifasio?
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question: When was a mantle plume discovered near Magua Alfi?
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question: When did Fiame Mata'afa Faumuina Mulinu'u II die?
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context: The capital village of each district administers and coordinates the affairs of the district and confers each district's paramount title, amongst other responsibilities. For example, the District of A'ana has its capital at Leulumoega. The paramount title of A'ana is the TuiA'ana. The orator group which confers this title – the Faleiva (House of Nine) – is based at Leulumoega. This is also the same for the other districts. In the district of Tuamasaga, the paramount title of the district – the Malietoa title – is conferred by the FaleTuamasaga based in Afega.

qas: question: What natural process formed the land masses that would become the Samoan islands?
answers: text: vulcanism
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question: Which of the Samoan islands has active volcanoes?
answers: text: Savai'i
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question: What's the name of the highest peak in Samoa?
answers: text: Mt Silisili,
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question: How many meters is 6,096 feet?
answers: text: 1858
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question: What volcano created the Saleaula lava fields?
answers: text: Mt Matavanu
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question: What is the source of solidified lava on Mata o le Afi?
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question: What is different about Mauga Afi compared to the other islands?
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question: What is the highest point in Mauga Afi?
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question: When was a mantle plume discovered near Magua Alfi?
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question: What is Mata o le Afi probably the result of?
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question: What happened when Malietoa Tanumafili II ran again in 2012?
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question: The Samoan team hasn't missed a Rugby World Cup since what year?
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question: In how many tons is the annual production of coffee?
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context: The Samoan islands have been produced by vulcanism, the source of which is the Samoa hotspot which is probably the result of a mantle plume. While all of the islands have volcanic origins, only Savai'i, the western most island in Samoa, is volcanically active with the most recent eruptions in Mt Matavanu (1905–1911), Mata o le Afi (1902) and Mauga Afi (1725). The highest point in Samoa is Mt Silisili, at 1858 m (6,096 ft). The Saleaula lava fields situated on the central north coast of Savai'i are the result of the Mt Matavanu eruptions which left 50 km² (20 sq mi) of solidified lava.

qas: question: What institution is in charge of Samoa's currency?
answers: text: Central Bank of Samoa
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question: In addition to agriculture, what industry historically supported Samoa's local economy?
answers: text: fishing
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question: What fruit juice is a major Samoan export?
answers: text: noni
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question: What portion of Samoa works in agriculture?
answers: text: two-thirds
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question: What kind of oil does Samoa export?
answers: text: coconut
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question: How much of the country uses the Samoa tala?
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question: What percentage of people in Samoa receive money from overseas?
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question: What resources does Samoa not produce themeselves and need to import?
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question: What percentage of Samoans are fishermen?
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question: What fruit has the Samoan tala traditionally been dependent on?
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question: Who wrote and directed Siones Wedding in 2011?
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question: What Samoan author write Flying Fox in Freedom Tree?
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question: Who won a Commonwealth Writers' Prize for fiction for her book "Where We Once Belonged"?
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context: The country currency is the Samoan tālā, issued and regulated by the Central Bank of Samoa. The economy of Samoa has traditionally been dependent on agriculture and fishing at the local level. In modern times, development aid, private family remittances from overseas, and agricultural exports have become key factors in the nation's economy. Agriculture employs two-thirds of the labour force, and furnishes 90% of exports, featuring coconut cream, coconut oil, noni (juice of the nonu fruit, as it is known in Samoan), and copra.

qas: question: In which sector would the government of Samoa like to see deregulation?
answers: text: financial
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question: The flexibility of what segment could support economic growth in Samoa?
answers: text: the labour market
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question: What infrastructure has benefited greatly from capital investment?
answers: text: hotel infrastructure
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question: What's the name of the team-up between Samoa and Virgin Australia?
answers: text: Virgin Samoa
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question: Is Samoa helped or hurt by political upheaval in the countries around them?
answers: text: helped
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question: What have neighboring Pacific countries called for?
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question: What is one strength of Virgin Blue and its operations?
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question: What are two things that have helped the launch of Virgin Samoa?
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question: In what year did the Samoan government call for the financial sector to be deregulated?
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question: What was launched as a joint venture between Pacific countries and capital investment?
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question: What year did the first of the two heads of state die?
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question: How many women were injured in the demonstration?
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question: What office was held by Fiame Mata'afa Faumuina Mulinu'u II?
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context: The Samoan government has called for deregulation of the financial sector, encouragement of investment, and continued fiscal discipline.[citation needed] Observers point to the flexibility of the labour market as a basic strength for future economic advances.[citation needed] The sector has been helped enormously by major capital investment in hotel infrastructure, political instability in neighbouring Pacific countries, and the 2005 launch of Virgin Samoa a joint-venture between the government and Virgin Australia (then Virgin Blue).

qas: question: What was Samoa's major production product before the Germans arrived?
answers: text: copra
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question: What product significantly dropped in price at the end of World War I?
answers: text: natural rubber
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question: What did Samoa start growing more of to make up for the lost value of rubber?
answers: text: bananas
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question: Which country's government wanted Samoa to grow bananas for them?
answers: text: New Zealand
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question: Besides Melanesia, which country sent many workers for the cocoa and rubber plantations in Samoa?
answers: text: China
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question: What did China produce before Melanesian colonization?
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question: What new industries were produced by China in Somoa?
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question: What happened when the price of cocoa beans fell?
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question: What is there a large market for in Melanesia?
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question: What groups were developing new industries and plantations in Melanesia?
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question: What award did Penina o Tiafu recieve in 1999?
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question: For how many years did the civil war in Britain last?
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question: What film directed by Oscar Knightley won Best Short Film in 1996?
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context: In the period before German colonisation, Samoa produced mostly copra. German merchants and settlers were active in introducing large scale plantation operations and developing new industries, notably cocoa bean and rubber, relying on imported labourers from China and Melanesia. When the value of natural rubber fell drastically, about the end of the Great War (World War I), the New Zealand government encouraged the production of bananas, for which there is a large market in New Zealand.[citation needed]

qas: question: What is copra?
answers: text: dried coconut meat
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question: How many metric tons of bananas and copra does Samoa produce each year?
answers: text: 13,000 to 15,000
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question: What pest is the greatest threat to Samoan crops?
answers: text: rhinoceros beetle
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question: Are the cocoa beans grown in Samoa high or low quality?
answers: text: high quality
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question: What company produces more coffee than any other in Samoa?
answers: text: WSTEC
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question: In how many tons is the annual production of coffee?
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question: What would happen if rubber wasn't produced in Samoa?
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question: What kind of coffee plants are grown in Samoa?
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question: What company is the largest copra producer?
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question: What kind of impact does the export value of copra have on the economy?
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question: What title was given to the Mau's elected leader, Tupua Tamasese Lealofi?
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question: What is popular among Samoan youth according to Lemi Ponifasio?
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question: How many little islands surround Malo?
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context: The staple products of Samoa are copra (dried coconut meat), cocoa bean (for chocolate), and bananas. The annual production of both bananas and copra has been in the range of 13,000 to 15,000 metric tons (about 14,500 to 16,500 short tons). If the rhinoceros beetle in Samoa were eradicated, Samoa could produce in excess of 40,000 metric tons (44,000 short tons) of copra. Samoan cocoa beans are of very high quality and used in fine New Zealand chocolates. Most are Criollo-Forastero hybrids. Coffee grows well, but production has been uneven. WSTEC is the biggest coffee producer. Rubber has been produced in Samoa for many years, but its export value has little impact on the economy.[citation needed]

qas: question: What's the most popular church in Samoa?
answers: text: Christian Congregational Church of Samoa
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question: What percentage of Samoa's population is Mormon?
answers: text: 7.6%
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question: Where is the Bahá'í place of worship located in Samoa?
answers: text: Tiapapata
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question: What Samoan Head of State might have worshiped at the Bahá'í House of Worship?
answers: text: His Highness Malietoa Tanumafili II
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question: What church's religion does 19.4% of the Samoan population practice?
answers: text: Roman Catholic
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question: What percentage of Samoans were Methodist in 2007?
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question: Who was the Head of State In Samoa until 2011?
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question: When was the Roman Catholic church built in Samoa?
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question: Who dedicated the Roman Catholic church built in Samoa in 1984?
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question: Where is the Roman Catholic church located in Samoa?
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question: What movie was the first ever all-Samoan production?
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question: What was the phrase the Mau's chief shouted to try to calm his people?
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question: What act gave Samoa independence?
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context: Samoans' religious adherence includes the following: Christian Congregational Church of Samoa 31.8%, Roman Catholic 19.4%, Methodist 15.2%, Assembly of God 13.7%, Mormon 7.6%, Seventh-day Adventist 3.9%, Worship Centre 1.7%, other Christian 5.5%, other 0.7%, none 0.1%, unspecified 0.1% (2011 estimate). The Head of State until 2007, His Highness Malietoa Tanumafili II, was a Bahá'í convert. Samoa hosts one of seven Bahá'í Houses of Worship in the world; completed in 1984 and dedicated by the Head of State, it is located in Tiapapata, 8 km (5 mi) from Apia.

qas: question: What religion is practiced by the vast majority of Samoans?
answers: text: Christianity
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question: What word that means human relationships is at the core of Samoa's culture?
answers: text: vāfealoa'i
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question: What word is used in Samoa to mean "respect"?
answers: text: fa'aaloalo
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question: What percentage of Samoans call themselves Christians?
answers: text: 98%
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question: What religion is practiced by the fa'aaloalo?
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question: What word encapsulates the core beliefs of Christianity?
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question: How much of the population believe in fa'a Samoa?
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question: What is the practice of Christianity based on?
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question: What happened when fa'a Samoa was introduced?
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question: How many women were injured in the demonstration?
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question: Where was The Five Stars music video filmed?
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question: What kind of oil does Samoa export?
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context: Some Samoans are spiritual and religious, and have subtly adapted the dominant religion of Christianity to 'fit in' with fa'a Samoa and vice versa. As such, ancient beliefs continue to co-exist side-by-side with Christianity, particularly in regard to the traditional customs and rituals of fa'a Samoa. The Samoan culture is centred around the principle of vāfealoa'i, the relationships between people. These relationships are based on respect, or fa'aaloalo. When Christianity was introduced in Samoa, most Samoan people converted. Currently 98% of the population identify themselves as Christian.

qas: question: What does "siva" mean in Samoan?
answers: text: dance
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question: What's the name of the traditional Samoan dance performed by synchronized rows of dancers?
answers: text: sasa
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question: What are pates?
answers: text: wooden drums
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question: What is the name of the Samoan dance only men can perform?
answers: text: fa'ataupati
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question: The "slap dance" probably mimics the movements of Samoans trying to rid themselves of what creatures?
answers: text: insects
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question: What is the Samoan word for rhythm?
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question: What is another dance not performed by men?
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question: Why was the siva dance created?
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question: What kind of instruments are used when performing the siva?
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question: What else does the sasa do besides having unique gentle movements of the body to music?
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question: On what date did the Samoans stand and fight for their own interests?
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question: One theory posits that Samoans originated from what people during the Lapita expansion period?
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question: Why are Austronesian origins now being reassessed?
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context: The Samoan word for dance is siva with unique gentle movements of the body in time to music and which tells a story, although the Samoan male dances can be more physical and snappy. The sasa is also a traditional dance where rows of dancers perform rapid synchronised movements in time to the rhythm of wooden drums (pate) or rolled mats. Another dance performed by males is called the fa'ataupati or the slap dance, creating rhythmic sounds by slapping different parts of the body. This is believed to have been derived from slapping insects on the body.

qas: question: What Samoan author write Flying Fox in Freedom Tree?
answers: text: Albert Wendt
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question: In what country was Flying Fox in Freedom Tree made into a feature film?
answers: text: New Zealand
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question: Which Wendt novel was made into a film directed by Paul Maunder?
answers: text: Sons for the Return Home
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question: Who won a Commonwealth Writers' Prize for fiction for her book "Where We Once Belonged"?
answers: text: Sia Figiel
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question: What type of literature does Tusiata Avia write?
answers: text: poetry
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question: What novel was written by Martyn Sanderson?
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question: What happened to Martyn Sanderson's novel in 1989?
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question: What did Paul Maunder win in 1997?
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question: What novel was written by Paul Maunder?
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question: What book of poetry was published by John Kneubuhl in 2004?
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question: What word is used in Samoa to mean "respect"?
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question: What is the capital of Lapita?
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question: What product significantly dropped in price at the end of World War I?
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context: Albert Wendt is a significant Samoan writer whose novels and stories tell the Samoan experience. In 1989, his novel Flying Fox in a Freedom Tree was made into a feature film in New Zealand, directed by Martyn Sanderson. Another novel Sons for the Return Home had also been made into a feature film in 1979, directed by Paul Maunder. The late John Kneubuhl, born in American Samoa, was an accomplished playwright and screenwriter and writer. Sia Figiel won the 1997 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for fiction in the south-east Asia/South Pacific region with her novel "Where We Once Belonged". Momoe Von Reiche is an internationally recognised poet and artist. Tusiata Avia is a performance poet. Her first book of poetry Wild Dogs Under My Skirt was published by Victoria University Press in 2004. Dan Taulapapa McMullin is an artist and writer. Other Samoan poets and writers include Sapa'u Ruperake Petaia, Eti Sa'aga and Savea Sano Malifa, the editor of the Samoa Observer.

qas: question: What popular Samoan band has a number in its name?
answers: text: The Five Stars
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question: What song covered by a Samoan group was a 1974 number one in New Zealand?
answers: text: Sweet Inspiration
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question: What award did King Kapisi win for his song Reverse Resistance?
answers: text: New Zealand APRA Silver Scroll Award
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question: Which hip hop artist filmed a music video for his song Suamalie in Samoa?
answers: text: Tha Feelstyle
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question: What year did King Kapisi become the first hip hop artist to win an APRA Silver Scroll?
answers: text: 1999
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question: When did the band The Five Stars reach number one on the New Zealand charts?
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question: What award did Penina o Tiafu recieve in 1999?
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question: What song did Penina o Tiafau win the award for in 1999?
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question: What kind of music style does Penina o Tiafau use?
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question: Where was The Five Stars music video filmed?
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question: In what year did Robert Louis Stevenson die?
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question: For how many years did the civil war in Britain last?
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question: Who dedicated the Roman Catholic church built in Samoa in 1984?
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context: In music, popular local bands include The Five Stars, Penina o Tiafau and Punialava'a. The Yandall Sisters' cover of the song Sweet Inspiration reached number one on the New Zealand charts in 1974. King Kapisi was the first hip hop artist to receive the prestigious New Zealand APRA Silver Scroll Award in 1999 for his song Reverse Resistance. The music video for Reverse Resistance was filmed in Savai'i at his villages. Other successful Samoan hip hop artists include rapper Scribe, Dei Hamo, Savage and Tha Feelstyle whose music video Suamalie was filmed in Samoa.

qas: question: What did Lemi Ponifasio name his dance company?
answers: text: MAU
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question: What genre of music greatly influenced the culture in Samoa?
answers: text: Hip hop
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question: What Samoan choreographer founded Black Grace?
answers: text: Neil Ieremia
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question: What professor at the University in Hawaii at Manoa wrote about the relationships between hip hop, dance, and traditional Samoan culture?
answers: text: Katerina Martina Teaiwa
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question: Among what age group in Samoa is hip hop and dance most popular?
answers: text: youths
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question: What has Neil Leremia's company MAU recieved when touring in Europe and NY?
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question: What is Lemi Ponifasio's position at hs company Black Grace?
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question: What is popular among Samoan youth according to Lemi Ponifasio?
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question: Among what group is the dance company MAU popular?
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question: What dance form is taught at the University of Hawaii?
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question: Which Wendt novel was made into a film directed by Paul Maunder?
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question: What is the paramount title of the capital village?
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question: What institution is in charge of Samoa's currency?
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context: Lemi Ponifasio is a director and choreographer who is prominent internationally with his dance Company MAU. Neil Ieremia's company Black Grace has also received international acclaim with tours to Europe and New York. Hip hop has had a significant impact on Samoan culture. According to Katerina Martina Teaiwa, PhD from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, "Hip hop culture in particular is popular amongst Samoan youth." Like very many other countries, hip hop music is popular. In addition, the integration of hip hop elements into Samoan tradition also "testifies to the transferability of the dance forms themselves," and to the "circuits through which people and all their embodied knowledge travel." Dance both in its traditional form and its more modern forms has remained a central cultural currency to Samoans, especially youths.

qas: question: Who made the film O Tamaiti?
answers: text: Sima Urale
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question: What was Sima Urale's first feature-length production?
answers: text: Apron Strings
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question: What movie was the first ever all-Samoan production?
answers: text: The Orator
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question: Who wrote and directed The Orator?
answers: text: Tusi Tamasese
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question: In what year did Apron Strings star as the opening film of the NZ International Film Festival?
answers: text: 2008
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question: What film directed by Oscar Knightley won Best Short Film in 1996?
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question: What event did the first feature film made by Oscar Knightley open?
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question: What was the name of the first fully Samoan film made in 1996?
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question: Who wrote and directed Siones Wedding in 2011?
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question: Where did the film Apron Strings receive critical acclaim and attention in 2011?
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question: What team that went on to become World Cup champions was almost bested by Manu Samoa in 2003?
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question: From what period is new evidence being used to reassess Austronesian origins?
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question: Was Chief Tamasese wounded or killed during the demonstration?
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context: Director Sima Urale is an award-winning filmmaker. Urale's short film O Tamaiti won the prestigious Best Short Film at the Venice Film Festival in 1996. Her first feature film Apron Strings opened the 2008 NZ International Film Festival. The feature film Siones Wedding, co-written by Oscar Kightley, was financially successful following premieres in Auckland and Apia. The 2011 film The Orator was the first ever fully Samoan film, shot in Samoa in the Samoan language with a Samoan cast telling a uniquely Samoan story. Written and directed by Tusi Tamasese, it received much critical acclaim and attention at film festivals throughout the world.

qas: question: What do Samoans affectionately call their national rugby team?
answers: text: Manu Samoa
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question: The Samoan team hasn't missed a Rugby World Cup since what year?
answers: text: 1991
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question: What organization governs the Samoan rugby team?
answers: text: Samoa Rugby Football Union
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question: What team that went on to become World Cup champions was almost bested by Manu Samoa in 2003?
answers: text: England
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question: In what year did Manu Samoa make it to the second round of the World Cup?
answers: text: 1999
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question: What is the national sport in England?
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question: How long has England competed at every Rugby World Cup?
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question: How often did England make quarter finals?
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question: When did England come close to beating Samoa?
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question: What alliance has England been a member of since 1991?
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question: What philosophy characterized the Mau resistance?
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question: In what year did Apron Strings star as the opening film of the NZ International Film Festival?
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question: What is different about Mauga Afi compared to the other islands?
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context: Rugby union is the national sport in Samoa and the national team, nicknamed the Manu Samoa, is consistently competitive against teams from vastly more populous nations. Samoa has competed at every Rugby World Cup since 1991, and made the quarter finals in 1991, 1995 and the second round of the 1999 world cup. At the 2003 world cup, Manu Samoa came close to beating eventual world champions, England. Samoa also played in the Pacific Nations Cup and the Pacific Tri-Nations The sport is governed by the Samoa Rugby Football Union, who are members of the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance, and thus, also contribute to the international Pacific Islanders rugby union team.

qas: question: In what competition did the Samoan rugby team reach the quarter finals in 2013?
answers: text: Rugby League World Cup
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question: Apart from Australia, in what country other than Samoa might Samoan rugby players live?
answers: text: New Zealand
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question: What Samoan rugby player signed to London Irish rugby club?
answers: text: Setima Sa
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question: How many teams played in the 2011 domestic Samoan rugby league competition?
answers: text: 10
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question: What rugby club did Maurie Fa'asavalu play for?
answers: text: St Helens
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question: What is mostly played by Australians living in New Zealand?
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question: What players made up the British rugby team in 2013?
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question: How many teams played in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup?
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question: What rugby club did Francis Meli sign with in 2012?
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question: How many teams will the NRL expand to have in 2012?
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question: When did the Tuto people discover Malo and settle there?
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question: In what year did Manu Samoa make it to the second round of the World Cup?
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question: Where was The Five Stars music video filmed?
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context: Rugby league is mostly played by Samoans living in New Zealand and Australia,[citation needed] with Samoa reaching the quarter finals of the 2013 Rugby League World Cup made of players playing in the NRL, Super League and domestic players. Many Samoans and New Zealanders or Australians of Samoan descent play in the Super League and National Leagues in Britain. Francis Meli, Ta'ane Lavulavu of Workington Town, Maurie Fa'asavalu of St Helens and David Fatialofa of Whitehaven and Setima Sa who signed with London Irish rugby club. Other noteworthy players from NZ and Australia have represented the Samoan National team. The 2011 domestic Samoan rugby league competition contained 10 teams with plans to expand to 12 in 2012.