jeggers/ifqa huggingface dataset:
to a vote. Statistics. Marriage. 526 same-sex couples got married on 24 May 2019, the first day they were legally permitted to do so. 185 were male couples and 341 were lesbian couples. New Taipei City registered the most marriages, with 117, following by Taipei with 95 and Kaohsiung with 72. By 23 June 2019, 1,173 same-sex couples had married in Taiwan. 383 of them were male couples and 790 female couples. Two divorces took place. New Taipei City registered 242 same-sex marriages, followed by Taipei (198), Kaohsiung (159), Taichung (141), Taoyuan (123), Tainan (89), Hsinchu County (28), Hualien County

Question: If same-sex marriage had not been legalized in Taiwan, how many fewer couples would have been married on May 24, 2019?
Answer: 526
being written, Flint concurrently put together the "Ring of Fire" anthology of short fiction by a wide range of authors. In parallel, the online message board Baen's Bar received a strong response from fans following the release of the digital advance copy of "1632". The forum rapidly evolved into several sub-communities, some act as technical consultant to Flint - for example on how modern technology could be implemented within the series. The high quality of fan fiction submitted to the message board prompted to creation of the official "Grantville Gazette" magazine that publishes short stories and factual articles as part

Question: If the fan fiction submitted for "1632" had been of extremely low quality, which official magazine would not have been created?
Answer: The Grantville Gazette
January 1965. The album began its 46-week run on the UK charts on 12 December, and a week later displaced "A Hard Day's Night" from the top position. After seven weeks at number 1, "Beatles for Sale" was displaced by the Rolling Stones' "The Rolling Stones No. 2" but it returned to the top on 27 February 1965 for a week. After being again displaced by "The Rolling Stones No. 2", "Beatles for Sale" overtook it for a second time on 1 May, remaining there for another three weeks.&lt;ref name="OCC/Albums"&gt;&lt;/ref&gt; It was then displaced by "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan", which

Question: If the Beatles hadn't released the album "Beatles for Sale", which album would have topped the UK charts on December 19, 1964?
Answer: A Hard Day's Night
the Akkadian language and later translated into Greek. Seleucus, however, was unique among them in that he was the only one known to have supported the heliocentric theory of planetary motion proposed by Aristarchus, where the Earth rotated around its own axis which in turn revolved around the Sun. According to Plutarch, Seleucus even proved the heliocentric system through reasoning, though it is not known what arguments he used. According to Lucio Russo, his arguments were probably related to the phenomenon of tides. Seleucus correctly theorized that tides were caused by the Moon, although he believed that the interaction was

Question: If the work of Babylonian astronomy had not been translated into Greek, in which language would it have remained?
Answer: Akkadian language
station's first studio located on Mill Street was too small from the beginning. It originally carried programming from CBS, NBC, ABC, and DuMont. In 1953, KRDO-TV (channel 13) signed on and took the NBC affiliation. DuMont folded in 1956, leaving KKTV as a primary CBS affiliate and secondary ABC affiliate. That same year, the station moved its operations to a new building located on South Tejon Street in Colorado Springs. By 1960, the formerly separate Colorado Springs and Pueblo markets became one single market serving the Pikes Peak region and surrounding areas with each of the area's three TV stations

Question: If KKTV station hadn't relocated to South Tejon Street in Colorado Springs in 1956, where would it have continued its operations?
Answer: Mill Street
Nick Menza and would not hire Vinnie, Darrell decided to stay with Pantera. By 1982, Hart left the band and was replaced by Glaze on vocals, while Rex Brown took Bradford's place as bassist. Abbott originally shared lead guitar with Glaze, but soon took permanent status as lead guitarist. Glaze said: "[Abbott] just morphed over a six-month period. ... When he came out, he could play, like, "Eruption" and "Crazy Train"." Abbott adopted the stage name "Diamond Darrell", in reference to the Kiss song "Black Diamond". Inspired by Kiss, Van Halen and Judas Priest, Pantera originally had a glam metal

Question: If Hart hadn't left Pantera in 1982, who would not have had the opportunity to become the lead vocalist?
Answer: Terry Glaze
Glaze
intent was to reduce future flood damage through community floodplain management ordinances and provide protection for property owners against potential losses through an insurance mechanism that requires a premium to be paid for the protection. In 2003, the GAO found that repetitive-loss properties cost the program about $200 million annually. Congress originally intended that operating expenses and flood insurance claims be paid for through the premiums collected for flood insurance policies. NFIP borrows from the U.S. Treasury for times when losses are heavy, and these loans are paid back with interest. Between 1978 and year-end 2014, the U.S. federal government

Question: If the National Flood Insurance Program had not experienced any losses, from whom would they not have needed to borrow?
Answer: United States Department of the Treasury
U.S. Treasury
"Black or White", and received writing credits for "Dangerous" and production credits for "Who Is It". He had been forced out of the production of "Bad" by Jones, but Jackson brought him back for "Dangerous", for which he was known as the "rock guy". Bottrell introduced Jackson to classically trained keyboardist Brad Buxer, who was originally hired as a technician for his expertise in electronic equipment. Buxer recalled, "Musically speaking, we were on the same wavelength; we spoke the same language." The Jackson-Buxer partnership continued for 20 years. For most of the rhythm tracks, Jackson worked with Loren at Westlake

Question: If Brad Buxer hadn't been a classically trained keyboardist, what would his role have been?
Answer: technician
Portuguese traders, led by Francisco Serrão, sought to monopolise the sources of nutmeg, cloves, and cubeb pepper in the Maluku Islands. Dutch and British traders followed. In 1602, the Dutch established the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and became the dominant European power for almost 200 years. The VOC was dissolved in 1800 following bankruptcy, and the Netherlands established the Dutch East Indies as a nationalised colony. For most of the colonial period, Dutch control over the archipelago was tenuous. Dutch forces were engaged continuously in quelling rebellions both on and off Java. The influence of local leaders such as

Question: If the Dutch East India Company (VOC) hadn't gone bankrupt, which entity wouldn't have had the opportunity to establish the Dutch East Indies as a nationalised colony?
Answer: Netherlands
emphasized sexiness, causing Felicia's character concept to be altered accordingly. The Japanese designers began developing the plot of "Darkstalkers" from the very simple stories of only Morrigan and Demitri, whose names have been suggested by the overseas staff for a properly aristocratic feel; their relationship formed the base that was then fleshed out from there. Morrigan's character was originally envisioned as a female vampire; her design was highly masculine, inspired by Go Nagai's "Devilman Lady". However "Darkstalkers" creator, Capcom USA producer Alex Jimenez, changed her into a succubus because they already had a vampire, Demitri, in the game. Morrigan's role

Question: If Morrigan Aensland's character in "Darkstalkers" had not been altered by Capcom USA producer Alex Jimenez, what type of supernatural creature would she have been?
Answer: vampire
on September 28, 2011 in San Diego, California at the House of Blues. On September 8, 2011, it was announced that Odd Future would be making a television show called "Loiter Squad". The show was announced to be a sketch comedy show featuring various skits and pranks and originally aired on March 25, 2012 on Adult Swim. The show featured Tyler, Jasper, Taco, Earl and Lionel as main cast members, with other members of Odd Future making cameo appearances. The program was produced by Dickhouse Productions, which is also the production company for the TV series "Jackass". On October 3,

Question: If the television show "Loiter Squad" had been named after its creators, what would its title have been?
Answer: Odd Future
talk at the Long Now Foundation entitled "The Singularity: Your Future as a Black Hole". Other prominent AI thinkers and computer scientists such as Daniel Dennett, Rodney Brooks, David Gelernter and Paul Allen have also criticized Kurzweil's projections. In the cover article of the December 2010 issue of "IEEE Spectrum", John Rennie criticizes Kurzweil for several predictions that failed to become manifest by the originally predicted date. "Therein lie the frustrations of Kurzweil's brand of tech punditry. On close examination, his clearest and most successful predictions often lack originality or profundity. And most of his predictions come with so many

Question: If John Rennie had criticized Ray Kurzweil's failed predictions in the "IEEE Spectrum" five months later than he actually did, in which month's issue would his critique have appeared?
Answer: May 2011
Larry Blakeney Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium is nicknamed "The Vet" and has a seating capacity of 30,000. The stadium was originally dedicated to the Troy State Teachers College students and Pike County residents who had died in World War II. The stadium solely consisted of a small, 5,000-seat grandstand on the west side of a running track, and was built into the natural slope of the ground. It was expanded several times, including the addition of upper deck in 1998 that brought capacity up to 17,500, until receiving a large addition of seating in 2003 which expanded the capacity

Question: If the original grandstand capacity of the Veterans Memorial Stadium had been doubled, how many fewer seats would it have compared to its current capacity?
Answer: 20,000
joined Scalia's dissenting opinion arguing that Amendment Two to the Colorado State Constitution did not violate the Equal Protection Clause. The Colorado amendment forbade any judicial, legislative, or executive action designed to protect persons from discrimination based on "homosexual, lesbian, or bisexual orientation, conduct, practices or relationships." In "Lawrence v. Texas" (2003), Thomas issued a one-page dissent in which he called the Texas statute prohibiting sodomy "uncommonly silly", a phrase originally used by Justice Stewart. He then said that if he were a member of the Texas legislature he would vote to repeal the law, as it was not a

Question: If the "Lawrence v. Texas" case had taken place a decade later than it originally did, in what year would it have occurred?
Answer: 2013
had inspired it, "National Barn Dance". The NBC segment, originally known by the name of its sponsor, "The Prince Albert Show", was first hosted by Acuff, who was succeeded by Red Foley from 1946 to 1954. From October 15, 1955 to September 1956, ABC-TV aired a live, hour-long television version once a month on Saturday nights (sponsored by Ralston-Purina) that pre-empted one hour of the then-90-minute "Ozark Jubilee". From 1955 to 1957, Al Gannaway owned and produced both "The Country Show" and "Stars of the Grand Ole Opry," both filmed programs syndicated by Flamingo Films. Gannaway's "Stars of the Grand

Question: If the Grand Ole Opry show had retained its initial name, what would we be referring to it as?
Answer: The Prince Albert Show
as "the wisest and perhaps strongest as well as most popular potential Prime Minister of the independent nation to be". MacDonald sped up plans for Kenyan independence, believing that the longer the wait, the greater the opportunity for radicalisation among African nationalists. An election was scheduled for May, with self-government in June, followed by full independence in December. Leadership. Premiership: 1963–1964. The May 1963 general election pitted Kenyatta's KANU against KADU, the Akamba People's Party, and various independent candidates. KANU was victorious with 83 seats out of 124 in the House of Representatives; a KANU majority government replaced the pre-existing

Question: If the KANU party had not emerged victorious in the May 1963 general election in Kenya, which party would have likely taken the majority in the House of Representatives?
Answer: KADU
Various independent candidates
Akamba People's Party
by Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr that overthrew Abdul Rahman Arif, Salam Arif's brother and successor. While Saddam's role in the coup was not hugely significant (except in the official account), Saddam planned and carried out the subsequent purge of the non-Ba'athist faction led by Prime Minister Abd ar-Razzaq an-Naif, whose support had been essential to the coup's success. According to a semi-official biography, Saddam personally led Naif at gunpoint to the plane that escorted him out of Iraq. Arif was given refuge in London and then Istanbul. Al-Bakr was named president and Saddam was named his deputy, and deputy chairman of

Question: If the bloodless coup in 1968 had not taken place in Iraq, who would have continued to serve as the president?
Answer: Abdul Rahman Arif
the initial 80 pages of the graphic novel material had been printed in the smaller comic book size. Because that art had originally been formatted for a magazine medium with squarer dimensions, these pages now had about 20% white space at the bottom of the more rectangular comics format pages. This evened out in the latter part of the fourth issue, with the reprinting of the first Epic Comics issue, which was originally done in the regular comic size dimensions. Todd Klein returned, supplementing his original lettering of the Graphic Novel era stories by completely re-lettering the reprint of "Epic"

Question: If the fourth issue of the Starstruck comic hadn't been reformatted by Epic Comics, what percentage of white space would have been left at the bottom of the pages?
Answer: 20
20%
The Palace of Ajuda (, ) is a neoclassical monument in the civil parish of Ajuda in the city of Lisbon, central Portugal. Built on the site of a temporary wooden building constructed to house the Royal family after the 1755 earthquake and tsunami, it was originally begun by architect Manuel Caetano de Sousa, who planned a late Baroque-Rococo building. Later, it was entrusted to José da Costa e Silva and Francisco Xavier Fabri, who planned a magnificent building in the modern neoclassical style. Over time, the project underwent several periods when the construction was stopped or slowed due to

Question: If Manuel Caetano de Sousa had not been replaced and continued his work, who would have been the architect at the completion of the Palace of Ajuda in Lisbon, Portugal?
Answer: Manuel Caetano de Sousa
the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources released a video showing animals using the overpass. It is currently the only wildlife overpass in the state, though Utah has more than 50 wildlife underpasses. Robert L.B. Tobin Land Bridge. On December 11, 2020, the Robert L.B. Tobin Land Bridge opened over Wurzbach Parkway in San Antonio, Texas' Phil Hardberger Park. The project cost $23 million and is designed for both wildlife and pedestrians. Construction began on November 26, 2018, originally expected to end in April 2020, and opened in December 2020. At long and wide, it is the largest wildlife bridge in

Question: If the construction of the Robert L.B. Tobin Land Bridge in San Antonio, Texas had finished as per the original schedule, when would it have been inaugurated?
Answer: April 2020
Islamic period used a variety of methods to transcribe Qur’an manuscripts. Arabic calligraphy became one of the most important branches of Islamic Art. Calligraphers came out with the new style of writing called Kufic. Kufic is the oldest calligraphic form of the various Arabic scripts. The name of the script derives from Kufa, a city in southern Iraq which was considered as an intellectual center within the early Islamic period. Kufic is defined as a highly angular form of the Arabic alphabet originally used in early copies of the Qur’an. Sheila S. Blair suggests that "the name Kufic was introduced

Question: If the Qur'an had continued to be transcribed in a plain, straight script, which style of Arabic calligraphy would not have been developed?
Answer: Kufic
K2, at above sea level, is the second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest (at ). It lies in the Karakoram range, partially in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-administered Kashmir and partially in a China-administered territory of the Kashmir region included in the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang. K2 also became popularly known as the "Savage Mountain" after George Bell—a climber on the 1953 American expedition—told reporters, "It's a savage mountain that tries to kill you." Of the five highest mountains in the world, K2 is the deadliest; approximately one person dies on the mountain for every four who

Question: If Mount Everest was 5000ft lower, which mountain would be the highest on Earth?
Answer: K2
The 2020 United States presidential election was the 59th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. The Democratic ticket of former vice president Joe Biden and the junior U.S. senator from California Kamala Harris defeated the incumbent Republican president Donald Trump and incumbent vice president Mike Pence. The election took place against the backdrop of the global COVID-19 pandemic and COVID-19 recession. It was the first election since 1992, and the fifth in the past century, in which the incumbent president failed to win a second term. The election saw the highest voter turnout by percentage since 1900,
to 548:00 to 11:00p.m.EST Cable TV viewers 25 to 546:00p.m. to 3:00a.m.EST The 2020 United States presidential election was the 59th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. The Democratic ticket of former vice president Joe Biden and the junior U.S. senator from California Kamala Harris defeated the incumbent Republican president Donald Trump and incumbent vice president Mike Pence. The election took place against the backdrop of the global COVID-19 pandemic and COVID-19 recession. It was the first election since 1992, and the fifth in the past century, in which the incumbent president failed to win a second

Question: If Joe Biden had lost the 2020 United States presidential election, who would have assumed the presidency?
Answer: Donald Trump
Daleks" (2012), Coleman appears as the character Oswin Oswald, a secret which was kept from the public before transmission. Coleman was originally given the role of a Victorian governess named Jasmine, and then for the second audition she was given both the characters of Oswin and Clara. She originally thought that the producers were looking for the right character, but later realised it was part of Moffat's "soft mystery" plan. Neil Gaiman (writer of "Nightmare in Silver", 2013) revealed that the character was originally intended to stay as a Victorian governess. Coleman stated that Moffat came up with the mystery

Question: If Jenna Coleman hadn't been assigned the roles of both Oswin and Clara, what would have been her original character in "Daleks" (2012)?
Answer: Victorian governess named Jasmine
credited under "Earl Hofert". Production. Development for the film began in 1993 as part of a production deal with MTV, David Geffen, and Warner Bros. Geffen so believed in the potential of the "Beavis and Butt-head" TV series that he suggested creating a movie and record album based on the program. They originally conceived it as a live action movie, with "Saturday Night Live" regulars David Spade and Adam Sandler in mind to play the title characters. After MTV's parent company Viacom purchased Paramount Pictures in 1994, the studio became a partner in the film, replacing Warner's interest in the

Question: If Viacom, MTV's parent company, hadn't purchased Paramount Pictures in 1994, what format was originally planned for the "Beavis and Butt-head" show?
Answer: live action movie
to one of South Africa's top clubs, the Kaizer Chiefs, in 1989. Radebe originally started his career with the Kaizer Chiefs as a goalkeeper, and then switched positions to central midfield and then finally to central defence. Leeds United. In 1994, Radebe and another South African player, Philemon "Chippa" Masinga, moved to Leeds United for a transfer fee of £250,000. Radebe was only included in the deal to keep Masinga happy; as it turned out, he became the more valuable investment. Initially the move was not a success; Radebe did not agree with then Leeds manager Howard Wilkinson, and suffered

Question: If Lucas Radebe hadn't transitioned from central midfield to defence, what would have been his original position in the Kaizer Chiefs?
Answer: Goalkeeper
The 2020 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2019–20 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs. In this best-of-seven playoff series, the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat, 4–2, winning their first NBA championship in ten years. It was the franchise's 17th title, tying the Boston Celtics for the most in league history. The Lakers' LeBron James was named the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) for the fourth time in his career. He became the first player in league history to be named Finals MVP with
October 28, the day after the Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series, that there would be separate public celebrations for both teams, though it was uncertain how mandated social distancing would be addressed. The 2020 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2019–20 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs. In this best-of-seven playoff series, the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat, 4–2, winning their first NBA championship in ten years. It was the franchise's 17th title, tying the Boston Celtics for the most in league history.

Question: If the Los Angeles Lakers had lost in the 2020 NBA Finals, which team would have been the champions?
Answer: Miami Heat
circumvent the nonlinearity of transonic flow models was the hodograph transformation. This concept was originally explored in 1923 by an Italian mathematician named Francesco Tricomi, who used the transformation to simplify the compressible flow equations and prove that they were solvable. The hodograph transformation itself was also explored by both Ludwig Prandtl and O.G. Tietjen's textbooks in 1929 and by Adolf Busemann in 1937, though neither applied this method specifically to transonic flow. Gottfried Guderley, a German mathematician and engineer at Braunschweig, discovered Tricomi's work in the process of applying the hodograph method to transonic flow near the end of

Question: If Francesco Tricomi, the Italian mathematician, had delved into the concept of hodograph transformation a year prior, in which year would this exploration have been initiated?
Answer: 1922
purposes. The date of the employment of arc and incandescent lamps may be set at about 1877. Even in 1880, however, but little headway had been made toward the general use of these illuminants; the rapid subsequent growth of this industry is a matter of general knowledge. The employment of storage batteries, which were originally termed secondary batteries or accumulators, began about 1879. Such batteries are now utilized on a large scale as auxiliaries to the dynamo machine in electric power-houses and substations, in electric automobiles and in immense numbers in automobile ignition and starting systems, also in fire alarm

Question: If storage batteries retained their original terminology, what would we refer to them as?
Answer: accumulators
secondary batteries