Answer: anti-Americanism and radical extremism

Context: Western commentators post-9/11 often perceive madaris as places of radical revivalism with a connotation of anti-Americanism and radical extremism, frequently associated in the Western press with Wahhabi attitudes toward non-Muslims. In Arabic the word madrasa simply means "school" and does not imply a political or religious affiliation, radical or otherwise. Madaris have varied curricula, and are not all religious. Some madaris in India, for example, have a secularised identity. Although early madaris were founded primarily to gain "knowledge of God" they also taught subjects such as mathematics and poetry. For example, in the Ottoman Empire, "Madrasahs had seven categories of sciences that were taught, such as: styles of writing, oral sciences like the Arabic language, grammar, rhetoric, and history and intellectual sciences, such as logic." This is similar to the Western world, in which universities began as institutions of the Catholic church.

Question: What is the common western perception of the teaching received at madaris?


Answer: varied curricula

Question: What type of content is delivered at madaris?


Answer: secularised

Question: What type of teaching is provided at Indian madaris?


Answer: institutions of the Catholic church

Question: What are the origins of western schools?


Answer: seven

Question: How many science disciplines were taught at madaris in the Ottoman Empire?


Answer: William Penn

Context: In 1682, William Penn founded the city to serve as capital of the Pennsylvania Colony. Philadelphia played an instrumental role in the American Revolution as a meeting place for the Founding Fathers of the United States, who signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the Constitution in 1787. Philadelphia was one of the nation's capitals in the Revolutionary War, and served as temporary U.S. capital while Washington, D.C., was under construction. In the 19th century, Philadelphia became a major industrial center and railroad hub that grew from an influx of European immigrants. It became a prime destination for African-Americans in the Great Migration and surpassed two million occupants by 1950.

Question: Who founded Philadelphia?


Answer: a meeting place for the Founding Fathers

Question: What role did Philadelphia play in the American Revolution?


Answer: temporary U.S. capital

Question: What purpose did Philadelphia serve while D.C. was under construction?


Answer: 1950

Question: When did it reach 2 million occupants>


Answer: manufacturing

Context: Based on the similar shifts underway the nation's economy after 1960, Philadelphia experienced a loss of manufacturing companies and jobs to lower taxed regions of the USA and often overseas. As a result, the economic base of Philadelphia, which had historically been manufacturing, declined significantly. In addition, consolidation in several American industries (retailing, financial services and health care in particular) reduced the number of companies headquartered in Philadelphia. The economic impact of these changes would reduce Philadelphia's tax base and the resources of local government. Philadelphia struggled through a long period of adjustment to these economic changes, coupled with significant demographic change as wealthier residents moved into the nearby suburbs and more immigrants moved into the city. The city in fact approached bankruptcy in the late 1980s. Revitalization began in the 1990s, with gentrification turning around many neighborhoods and reversing its decades-long trend of population loss.

Question: What was the historical economic base of Philadelphia?


Answer: late 1980s

Question: When did the city near bankruptcy?


Answer: suburbs

Question: Where did wealthy residents move?


Answer: immigrants

Question: Who replaced the wealthy?


Answer: $388 billion

Context: The area's many universities and colleges make Philadelphia a top international study destination, as the city has evolved into an educational and economic hub. With a gross domestic product of $388 billion, Philadelphia ranks ninth among world cities and fourth in the nation. Philadelphia is the center of economic activity in Pennsylvania and is home to seven Fortune 1000 companies. The Philadelphia skyline is growing, with several nationally prominent skyscrapers. The city is known for its arts, culture, and history, attracting over 39 million domestic tourists in 2013. Philadelphia has more outdoor sculptures and murals than any other American city, and Fairmount Park is the largest landscaped urban park in the world. The 67 National Historic Landmarks in the city helped account for the $10 billion generated by tourism. Philadelphia is the birthplace of the United States Marine Corps, and is also the home of many U.S. firsts, including the first library (1731), first hospital (1751) and medical school (1765), first Capitol (1777), first stock exchange (1790), first zoo (1874), and first business school (1881). Philadelphia is the only World Heritage City in the United States.

Question: What is the GDP of the city?


Answer: fourth

Question: Where does it rank in comparison to other US cities in GDP?


Answer: seven

Question: How many Fortune 500 companies call Philadelpia home?


Answer: 39 million

Question: How many domestic tourists visit annually?


Answer: United States Marine Corps

Question: What branch of the US military was born in Philadelphia?


Answer: Lenape

Context: Before Europeans arrived, the Philadelphia area was home to the Lenape (Delaware) Indians in the village of Shackamaxon. The Lenape are a Native American tribe and First Nations band government. They are also called Delaware Indians and their historical territory was along the Delaware River watershed, western Long Island and the Lower Hudson Valley.[a] Most Lenape were pushed out of their Delaware homeland during the 18th century by expanding European colonies, exacerbated by losses from intertribal conflicts. Lenape communities were weakened by newly introduced diseases, mainly smallpox, and violent conflict with Europeans. Iroquois people occasionally fought the Lenape. Surviving Lenape moved west into the upper Ohio River basin. The American Revolutionary War and United States' independence pushed them further west. In the 1860s, the United States government sent most Lenape remaining in the eastern United States to the Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma and surrounding territory) under the Indian removal policy. In the 21st century, most Lenape now reside in the US state of Oklahoma, with some communities living also in Wisconsin, Ontario (Canada) and in their traditional homelands.

Question: What native American tribe lived in the area before settlement?


Answer: Iroquois

Question: What other tribe occasionally fought against the Lenape?


Answer: smallpox

Question: What disease killed the most Lenape?


Answer: upper Ohio River basin

Question: Where did the Lenape go after being pushed out of the Philidelphia area?


Answer: Oklahoma

Question: Where do the Lenape reside today?


Answer: the Dutch

Context: Europeans came to the Delaware Valley in the early 17th century, with the first settlements founded by the Dutch, who in 1623 built Fort Nassau on the Delaware River opposite the Schuylkill River in what is now Brooklawn, New Jersey. The Dutch considered the entire Delaware River valley to be part of their New Netherland colony. In 1638, Swedish settlers led by renegade Dutch established the colony of New Sweden at Fort Christina (present day Wilmington, Delaware) and quickly spread out in the valley. In 1644, New Sweden supported the Susquehannocks in their military defeat of the English colony of Maryland. In 1648, the Dutch built Fort Beversreede on the west bank of the Delaware, south of the Schuylkill near the present-day Eastwick section of Philadelphia, to reassert their dominion over the area. The Swedes responded by building Fort Nya Korsholm, named New Korsholm after a town that is now in Finland. In 1655, a Dutch military campaign led by New Netherland Director-General Peter Stuyvesant took control of the Swedish colony, ending its claim to independence, although the Swedish and Finnish settlers continued to have their own militia, religion, and court, and to enjoy substantial autonomy under the Dutch. The English conquered the New Netherland colony in 1664, but the situation did not really change until 1682, when the area was included in William Penn's charter for Pennsylvania.

Question: Who were the first settlers to the Delaware Valley?


Answer: Fort Nassau

Question: What was the name of the first settlement in the area?


Answer: The Dutch

Question: Who claimed the entire Delaware River?


Answer: 1664

Question: When did the English conquer the New Netherland colony?


Answer: William Penn

Context: In 1681, in partial repayment of a debt, Charles II of England granted William Penn a charter for what would become the Pennsylvania colony. Despite the royal charter, Penn bought the land from the local Lenape to be on good terms with the Native Americans and ensure peace for his colony. Penn made a treaty of friendship with Lenape chief Tammany under an elm tree at Shackamaxon, in what is now the city's Fishtown section. Penn named the city Philadelphia, which is Greek for brotherly love (from philos, "love" or "friendship", and adelphos, "brother"). As a Quaker, Penn had experienced religious persecution and wanted his colony to be a place where anyone could worship freely. This tolerance, far more than afforded by most other colonies, led to better relations with the local Native tribes and fostered Philadelphia's rapid growth into America's most important city. Penn planned a city on the Delaware River to serve as a port and place for government. Hoping that Philadelphia would become more like an English rural town instead of a city, Penn laid out roads on a grid plan to keep houses and businesses spread far apart, with areas for gardens and orchards. The city's inhabitants did not follow Penn's plans, as they crowded by the Delaware River, the port, and subdivided and resold their lots. Before Penn left Philadelphia for the last time, he issued the Charter of 1701 establishing it as a city. It became an important trading center, poor at first, but with tolerable living conditions by the 1750s. Benjamin Franklin, a leading citizen, helped improve city services and founded new ones, such as fire protection, a library, and one of the American colonies' first hospitals.

Question: Who founded the Pennsylvania colony?


Answer: Lenape

Question: Who did Penn buy the land from?


Answer: Quaker

Question: What religion did William Penn practice?


Answer: 1701

Question: When was Philadelphia established as a city?


Answer: grid plan

Question: What type of street layout did Penn use for Philadelphia?


Answer: Declaration of Independence,

Context: Philadelphia's importance and central location in the colonies made it a natural center for America's revolutionaries. By the 1750s, Philadelphia had surpassed Boston to become the largest city and busiest port in British America, and second in the British Empire, behind London. The city hosted the First Continental Congress before the American Revolutionary War; the Second Continental Congress, which signed the United States Declaration of Independence, during the war; and the Constitutional Convention (1787) after the war. Several battles were fought in and near Philadelphia as well.

Question: What important revolutionary document was signed in Philadelphia?


Answer: 1787

Question: When did Philadelphia host the Constitutional Convention?


Answer: Several

Question: How many Revolutionary War battles were fought around Philadelphia?


Answer: 1799

Context: The state government left Philadelphia in 1799, and the federal government was moved to Washington, DC in 1800 with completion of the White House and Capitol. The city remained the young nation's largest with a population of nearly 50,000 at the turn of the 19th century; it was a financial and cultural center. Before 1800, its free black community founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), the first independent black denomination in the country, and the first black Episcopal Church. The free black community also established many schools for its children, with the help of Quakers. New York City soon surpassed Philadelphia in population, but with the construction of roads, canals, and railroads, Philadelphia became the first major industrial city in the United States.

Question: When did the US government leave Philadelphia for D.C.?


Answer: African Methodist Episcopal Church

Question: What religion did the black community found?


Answer: New York City

Question: Which city surpassed the population of Philadelphia?


Answer: industrial

Question: What type of economy did Philadelphia have?


Answer: textiles

Context: Throughout the 19th century, Philadelphia had a variety of industries and businesses, the largest being textiles. Major corporations in the 19th and early 20th centuries included the Baldwin Locomotive Works, William Cramp and Sons Ship and Engine Building Company, and the Pennsylvania Railroad. Industry, along with the U.S. Centennial, was celebrated in 1876 with the Centennial Exposition, the first official World's Fair in the United States. Immigrants, mostly Irish and German, settled in Philadelphia and the surrounding districts. The rise in population of the surrounding districts helped lead to the Act of Consolidation of 1854, which extended the city limits of Philadelphia from the 2 square miles of present-day Center City to the roughly 130 square miles of Philadelphia County.

Question: What was Philadelphia's biggest industry during the 19th century?


Answer: 1876

Question: When was the first World's Fair?


Answer: Irish and German

Question: Which were the two biggest immigrant groups in Philadelphia?


Answer: 130 square miles

Question: What is the size in square miles today?


Answer: immigrants

Context: These immigrants were largely responsible for the first general strike in North America in 1835, in which workers in the city won the ten-hour workday. The city was a destination for thousands of Irish immigrants fleeing the Great Famine in the 1840s; housing for them was developed south of South Street, and was later occupied by succeeding immigrants. They established a network of Catholic churches and schools, and dominated the Catholic clergy for decades. Anti-Irish, anti-Catholic Nativist riots had erupted in Philadelphia in 1844. In the latter half of the century, immigrants from Russia, Eastern Europe and Italy; and African Americans from the southern U.S. settled in the city. Between 1880 and 1930, the African-American population of Philadelphia increased from 31,699 to 219,559. Twentieth-century black newcomers were part of the Great Migration out of the rural South to northern and midwestern industrial cities.

Question: Who carried out the first strike in North America?


Answer: 1835

Question: When did the strike take place?


Answer: ten-hour workday

Question: What did the strikers achieve?


Answer: the Great Famine

Question: Why did so many Irish immigrants come to Philadelphia?


Answer: Between 1880 and 1930

Question: When did the black population explode?


Answer: Republican

Context: By the 20th century, Philadelphia had become known as "corrupt and contented", with a complacent population and an entrenched Republican political machine. The first major reform came in 1917 when outrage over the election-year murder of a police officer led to the shrinking of the Philadelphia City Council from two houses to just one. In July 1919, Philadelphia was one of more than 36 industrial cities nationally to suffer a race riot of ethnic whites against blacks during Red Summer, in post-World War I unrest, as recent immigrants competed with blacks for jobs. In the 1920s, the public flouting of Prohibition laws, mob violence, and police involvement in illegal activities led to the appointment of Brigadier General Smedley Butler of the U.S. Marine Corps as director of public safety, but political pressure prevented any long-term success in fighting crime and corruption.

Question: Which political party controlled Philadelphia in the early 20th century?


Answer: corrupt and contented

Question: What phrase could describe Philadelphia of the early 20th century?


Answer: 1917

Question: When did the first major political reform occur?


Answer: 1950

Context: In 1940, non-Hispanic whites constituted 86.8% of the city's population. The population peaked at more than two million residents in 1950, then began to decline with the restructuring of industry, which led to the loss of many middle-class union jobs. In addition, suburbanization had been drawing off many of the wealthier residents to outlying railroad commuting towns and newer housing. Revitalization and gentrification of neighborhoods began in the late 1970s and continues into the 21st century, with much of the development in the Center City and University City areas of the city. After many of the old manufacturers and businesses left Philadelphia or shut down, the city started attracting service businesses and began to more aggressively market itself as a tourist destination. Glass-and-granite skyscrapers were built in Center City. Historic areas such as Independence National Historical Park located in Old City and Society Hill were renovated during the reformist mayoral era of the 1950s through the 1980s. They are now among the most desirable living areas of Center City. This has slowed the city's 40-year population decline after it lost nearly one-quarter of its population.

Question: When was the peak of Philadelphia's population?


Answer: the loss of many middle-class union jobs

Question: Why did the population decline after this time?


Answer: service businesses

Question: What is the main driver of the economy now?


Answer: one-quarter

Question: How much of the population left after 1950?


Answer: a tourist destination

Question: What is another large industry?


Answer: Thomas Holme

Context: Philadelphia's central city was created in the 17th century following the plan by William Penn's surveyor Thomas Holme. Center City is structured with long straight streets running east-west and north-south forming a grid pattern. The original city plan was designed to allow for easy travel and to keep residences separated by open space that would help prevent the spread of fire. The Delaware River and Schuylkill Rivers served as early boundaries between which the city's early street plan was kept within. In addition, Penn planned the creation of five public parks in the city which were renamed in 1824 (in parenthesis): Centre Square, North East Publick Square (Franklin Square), Northwest Square (Logan Square), Southwest Square (Rittenhouse Square), and Southeast Square (Washington Square). Center City has grown into the second-most populated downtown area in the United States, after Midtown Manhattan in New York City, with an estimated 183,240 residents in 2015.

Question: Who planned the central city?


Answer: The Delaware River and Schuylkill Rivers

Question: Which rivers run through the city?


Answer: five

Question: How many public parks did Penn plan?


Answer: 183,240

Question: How many live in the central area today?


Answer: 18

Context: The City Planning Commission, tasked with guiding growth and development of the city, has divided the city into 18 planning districts as part of the Philadelphia2035 physical development plan. Much of the city's 1980 zoning code was overhauled from 2007–2012 as part of a joint effort between former mayors John F. Street and Michael Nutter. The zoning changes were intended to rectify incorrect zoning mapping that would streamline future community preferences and development, which the city forecasts an additional 100,000 residents and 40,000 jobs to be added to Philadelphia in 2035.

Question: How many planning districts make up Philadelphia?


Answer: 2007–2012

Question: When was the 1980 zoning code revamped?


Answer: John F. Street and Michael Nutter

Question: Which two mayors accomplished the zoning code revamp?


Answer: Benjamin Latrobe, William Strickland, John Haviland, John Notman, Thomas U. Walter, and Samuel Sloan

Context: In the first decades of the 19th century, Federal architecture and Greek Revival architecture were dominated by Philadelphia architects such as Benjamin Latrobe, William Strickland, John Haviland, John Notman, Thomas U. Walter, and Samuel Sloan. Frank Furness is considered Philadelphia's greatest architect of the second half of the 19th century, but his contemporaries included John McArthur, Jr., Addison Hutton, Wilson Eyre, the Wilson Brothers, and Horace Trumbauer. In 1871, construction began on the Second Empire-style Philadelphia City Hall. The Philadelphia Historical Commission was created in 1955 to preserve the cultural and architectural history of the city. The commission maintains the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places, adding historic buildings, structures, sites, objects and districts as it sees fit.

Question: Name 6 important Philadelphia architects?


Answer: Frank Furness

Question: Who is Philadelphia's greatest architect of the later 19th century?


Answer: 1871

Question: When did building begin on the Philadelphia CIty Hall?


Answer: Philadelphia Historical Commission

Question: What commission was created in 1955?


Answer: Philadelphia Register of Historic Places

Question: What does this commission control?


Answer: 548 ft

Context: The 548 ft (167 m) City Hall remained the tallest building in the city until 1987 when One Liberty Place was constructed. Numerous glass and granite skyscrapers were built in Philadelphia's Center City from the late 1980s onwards. In 2007, the Comcast Center surpassed One Liberty Place to become the city's tallest building. The Comcast Innovation and Technology Center is under construction in Center City and is planned to reach a height of 1,121 feet (342 meters); upon completion, the tower is expected to be the tallest skyscraper in the United States outside of New York City and Chicago.

Question: How tall is the City Hall?


Answer: Comcast Center

Question: What is the tallest building?


Answer: Comcast Innovation and Technology Center

Question: Which building under construction will surpass Comcast Center?


Answer: row house

Context: For much of Philadelphia's history, the typical home has been the row house. The row house was introduced to the United States via Philadelphia in the early 19th century and, for a time, row houses built elsewhere in the United States were known as "Philadelphia rows". A variety of row houses are found throughout the city, from Victorian-style homes in North Philadelphia to twin row houses in West Philadelphia. While newer homes are scattered throughout the city, much of the housing is from the early 20th century or older. The great age of the homes has created numerous problems, including blight and vacant lots in many parts of the city, while other neighborhoods such as Society Hill, which has the largest concentration of 18th-century architecture in the United States, have been rehabilitated and gentrified.

Question: What is the dominant type of house in Philadelphia?


Answer: Philadelphia rows

Question: What are row houses called outside of Philadelphia?


Answer: early 20th century or older

Question: How old is most of the housing in Philadelphia?


Answer: Victorian-style homes in North Philadelphia to twin row houses in West Philadelphia

Question: Name a type of row house in the city?


Answer: Society Hill

Question: Which neighborhood has the oldest housing in America?


Answer: humid subtropical climate zone

Context: Under the Köppen climate classification, Philadelphia falls in the northern periphery of the humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa). Summers are typically hot and muggy, fall and spring are generally mild, and winter is cold. Snowfall is highly variable, with some winters bringing only light snow and others bringing several major snowstorms, with the normal seasonal snowfall standing at 22.4 in (57 cm); snow in November or April is rare, and a sustained snow cover is rare. Precipitation is generally spread throughout the year, with eight to twelve wet days per month, at an average annual rate of 41.5 inches (1,050 mm), but historically ranging from 29.31 in (744 mm) in 1922 to 64.33 in (1,634 mm) in 2011. The most rain recorded in one day occurred on July 28, 2013, when 8.02 in (204 mm) fell at Philadelphia International Airport.

Question: What climate zone does Philadelphia fall under?


Answer: hot and muggy

Question: What is the summer weather like?


Answer: 22.4 in

Question: What is the normal snowfall?


Answer: 41.5 inches

Question: How much rain does Philly get on average?


Answer: 8.02 in

Question: What is the most rain in one day?


Answer: 33.0 °F

Context: The January daily average is 33.0 °F (0.6 °C), though, in a normal winter, the temperature frequently rises to 50 °F (10 °C) during thaws and dips to 10 °F (−12 °C) for 2 or 3 nights. July averages 78.1 °F (25.6 °C), although heat waves accompanied by high humidity and heat indices are frequent; highs reach or exceed 90 °F (32 °C) on 27 days of the year. The average window for freezing temperatures is November 6 thru April 2, allowing a growing season of 217 days. Early fall and late winter are generally dry; February's average of 2.64 inches (67 mm) makes it the area's driest month. The dewpoint in the summer averages between 59.1 °F (15 °C) to 64.5 °F (18 °C).

Question: What is the average January temp?


Answer: 78.1 °F

Question: What is the July average temp?


Answer: November 6 thru April 2

Question: What is the average time for freezing temps?


Answer: 217

Question: How long does the grow season last on average?


Answer: February

Question: Which month is the driest?


Answer: 1,560,297

Context: According to the 2014 United States Census estimates, there were 1,560,297 people residing in the City of Philadelphia, representing a 2.2% increase since 2010. From the 1960s up until 2006, the city's population declined year after year. It eventually reached a low of 1,488,710 residents in 2006 before beginning to rise again. Since 2006, Philadelphia added 71,587 residents in eight years. A study done by the city projected that the population would increase to about 1,630,000 residents by 2035, an increase of about 100,000 from 2010.

Question: What is the 2014 population?


Answer: 2006

Question: When was the low point in Philadelphia's population?


Answer: 100,000

Question: How much is the population predicted to grow by 2035?


Answer: 43.4%

Context: In comparison, the 2010 Census Redistricting Data indicated that the racial makeup of the city was 661,839 (43.4%) African American, 626,221 (41.0%) White, 6,996 (0.5%) Native American, 96,405 (6.3%) Asian (2.0% Chinese, 1.2% Indian, 0.9% Vietnamese, 0.6% Cambodian, 0.4% Korean, 0.3% Filipino, 0.2% Pakistani, 0.1% Indonesian), 744 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 90,731 (5.9%) from other races, and 43,070 (2.8%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 187,611 persons (12.3%); 8.0% of Philadelphia is Puerto Rican, 1.0% Dominican, 1.0% Mexican, 0.3% Cuban, and 0.3% Colombian. The racial breakdown of Philadelphia's Hispanic/Latino population was 63,636 (33.9%) White, 17,552 (9.4%) African American, 3,498 (1.9%) Native American, 884 (0.47%) Asian, 287 (0.15%) Pacific Islander, 86,626 (46.2%) from other races, and 15,128 (8.1%) from two or more races. The five largest European ancestries reported in the 2010 United States Census Census included Irish (12.5%), Italian (8.4%), German (8.1%), Polish (3.6%), and English (3.0%).

Question: What is the percent of blacks?


Answer: 41.0%

Question: What is the percent of whites?


Answer: 12.3%

Question: What is the hispanic make-up of the population?


Answer: Irish (12.5%)

Question: What is the largest European ancestry?


Answer: 11,457 people per square mile

Context: The average population density was 11,457 people per square mile (4,405.4/km²). The Census reported that 1,468,623 people (96.2% of the population) lived in households, 38,007 (2.5%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 19,376 (1.3%) were institutionalized. In 2013, the city reported having 668,247 total housing units, down slightly from 670,171 housing units in 2010. As of 2013[update], 87 percent of housing units were occupied, while 13 percent were vacant, a slight change from 2010 where 89.5 percent of units were occupied, or 599,736 and 10.5 percent were vacant, or 70,435. Of the city's residents, 32 percent reported having no vehicles available while 23 percent had two or more vehicles available, as of 2013[update].

Question: What is the density?


Answer: 670,171

Question: How many houses or apartments were there in 2010?


Answer: 13 percent

Question: What percent are vacant as of 2013?


Answer: 32

Question: What percent don't own cars?


Answer: 23

Question: What percent own 2 or more cars?


Answer: 24.9 percent

Context: In 2010, 24.9 percent of households reported having children under the age of 18 living with them, 28.3 percent were married couples living together and 22.5 percent had a female householder with no husband present, 6.0 percent had a male householder with no wife present, and 43.2 percent were non-families. The city reported 34.1 percent of all households were made up of individuals while 10.5 percent had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.20. In 2013, the percentage of women who gave birth in the previous 12 months who were unmarried was 56 percent. Of Philadelphia's adults, 31 percent were married or lived as a couple, 55 percent were not married, 11 percent were divorced or separated, and 3 percent were widowed.

Question: At the last census how many households had children under 18 in them?


Answer: 43.2

Question: What percent were non-family households?


Answer: 2.45

Question: What is the size of the average household?


Answer: 56

Question: Percentage of unwed births?


Answer: $36,836

Context: According to the Census Bureau, the median household income in 2013 was $36,836, down 7.9 percent from 2008 when the median household income was $40,008 (in 2013 dollars). For comparison, the median household income among metropolitan areas was $60,482, down 8.2 percent in the same period, and the national median household income was $55,250, down 7.0 percent from 2008. The city's wealth disparity is evident when neighborhoods are compared. Residents in Society Hill had a median household income of $93,720 while residents in one of North Philadelphia's districts reported the lowest median household income, $14,185.

Question: What was the median household income in 2013?


Answer: Society Hill

Question: What is the name of a wealthy neighborhood?


Answer: $14,185

Question: What is the lowest median income in Philadelphia?


Answer: 25- to 29-year-old

Context: During the last decade, Philadelphia experienced a large shift in its age profile. In 2000, the city's population pyramid had a largely stationary shape. In 2013, the city took on an expansive pyramid shape, with an increase in the three millennial age groups, 20 to 24, 25 to 29, and 30 to 34. The city's 25- to 29-year-old age group was the city's largest age cohort. According to the 2010 Census, 343,837 (22.5%) were under the age of 18; 203,697 (13.3%) from 18 to 25; 434,385 (28.5%) from 25 to 44; 358,778 (23.5%) from 45 to 64; and 185,309 (12.1%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33.5 years. For every 100 females there were 89.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.7 males. The city had 22,018 births in 2013, down from a peak 23,689 births in 2008. Philadelphia's death rate was at its lowest in at least a half-century, 13,691 deaths in 2013. Another factor attributing to the population increase is Philadelphia's immigration rate. In 2013, 12.7 percent of residents were foreign-born, just shy of the national average, 13.1 percent.

Question: What is the city's largest age group?


Answer: 343,837

Question: How many people at the last census were under 18?


Answer: 22,018

Question: How many baby's were there in 2013?


Answer: 13,691

Question: How many deaths were there in 2013?


Answer: Irish, Italians, Polish, Germans, English, and Greeks

Context: Irish, Italians, Polish, Germans, English, and Greeks are the largest ethnic European groups in the city. Philadelphia has the second-largest Irish and Italian populations in the United States, after New York City. South Philadelphia remains one of the largest Italian neighborhoods in the country and is home to the Italian Market. The Pennsport neighborhood and Gray's Ferry section of South Philadelphia, home to many Mummer clubs, are well known as Irish neighborhoods. The Kensington section, Port Richmond, and Fishtown have historically been heavily Irish and Polish. Port Richmond is well known in particular as the center of the Polish immigrant and Polish-American community in Philadelphia, and it remains a common destination for Polish immigrants. Northeast Philadelphia, although known for its Irish and Irish-American population, is also home to a large Jewish and Russian population. Mount Airy in Northwest Philadelphia also contains a large Jewish community, while nearby Chestnut Hill is historically known as an Anglo-Saxon Protestant stronghold.

Question: Name the six largest European ethnic groups in the city?


Answer: New York City

Question: Which city has the largest Irish and Italian populations?


Answer: South Philadelphia

Question: What area of the city has a large Italian neighborhood?


Answer: Kensington section, Port Richmond, and Fishtown

Question: Which three areas are high in Irish and Polish?


Answer: Mount Airy

Question: Which part of the city has a large Jewish area?


Answer: yuppie, bohemian, and hipster

Context: There has also been an increase of yuppie, bohemian, and hipster types particularly around Center City, the neighborhood of Northern Liberties, and in the neighborhoods around the city's universities, such as near Temple in North Philadelphia and particularly near Drexel and University of Pennsylvania in West Philadelphia. Philadelphia is also home to a significant gay and lesbian population. Philadelphia's Gayborhood, which is located near Washington Square, is home to a large concentration of gay and lesbian friendly businesses, restaurants, and bars.

Question: Name three sub-cultures in the Center City?


Answer: Gayborhood

Question: What is the name of the gay district?


Answer: Drexel and University of Pennsylvania

Question: Name a University located in the city?


Answer: 79.12%

Context: As of 2010[update], 79.12% (1,112,441) of Philadelphia residents age 5 and older spoke English at home as a primary language, while 9.72% (136,688) spoke Spanish, 1.64% (23,075) Chinese, 0.89% (12,499) Vietnamese, 0.77% (10,885) Russian, 0.66% (9,240) French, 0.61% (8,639) other Asian languages, 0.58% (8,217) African languages, 0.56% (7,933) Cambodian (Mon-Khmer), and Italian was spoken as a main language by 0.55% (7,773) of the population over the age of five. In total, 20.88% (293,544) of Philadelphia's population age 5 and older spoke a mother language other than English.

Question: What percent of 5 year olds or older speak English?


Answer: 9.72%

Question: What percent of 5 year olds or older speak Spanish?


Answer: 20.88%

Question: What is the total over 5's that speak another language than English?


Answer: 7.8%

Context: Philadelphia's an annualized unemployment rate was 7.8% in 2014, down from 10.0%the previous year. This is higher than the national average of 6.2%. Similarly, the rate of new jobs added to the city's economy lagged behind the national job growth. In 2014, about 8,800 jobs were added to the city's economy. Sectors with the largest number of jobs added were in education and health services, leisure and hospitality, and professional and business services. Declines were seen in the city's manufacturing and government sectors.

Question: Unemployment rate in 2014?


Answer: 6.2%

Question: What was the average unemployment rate in the U.S. in 2014?


Answer: 8,800

Question: How many jobs were gained in 2014?


Answer: education and health services, leisure and hospitality, and professional and business services

Question: What industries accounted for most of the city's job gains?


Answer: manufacturing and government

Question: What industries suffered declines?


Answer: Independence National Historical Park

Context: Philadelphia is home to many national historical sites that relate to the founding of the United States. Independence National Historical Park is the center of these historical landmarks being one of the country's 22 UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence was signed, and the Liberty Bell are the city's most famous attractions. Other historic sites include homes for Edgar Allan Poe, Betsy Ross, and Thaddeus Kosciuszko, early government buildings like the First and Second Banks of the United States, Fort Mifflin, and the Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church. Philadelphia alone has 67 National Historic Landmarks, the third most of any city in the country.

Question: Which is the biggest historical sites?


Answer: 22 UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Question: How many UNESCO sites does the U.S. have?


Answer: Independence National Historical Park

Question: Where was the Declaration of Independence signed?


Answer: the Liberty Bell

Question: What famous bell is in Philadelphia?


Answer: Edgar Allan Poe

Question: What famous writer has a house in Philadelphia?


Answer: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Context: Philadelphia's major science museums include the Franklin Institute, which contains the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial; the Academy of Natural Sciences; the Mütter Museum; and the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. History museums include the National Constitution Center, the Atwater Kent Museum of Philadelphia History, the National Museum of American Jewish History, the African American Museum in Philadelphia, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons in the state of Pennsylvania and The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania and Eastern State Penitentiary. Philadelphia is home to the United States' first zoo and hospital, as well as Fairmount Park, one of America's oldest and largest urban parks.

Question: Name the archaeology museum?


Answer: Franklin Institute

Question: Name a museum named after a founding father?


Answer: Philadelphia

Question: Which city had the nations first zoo?


Answer: Fairmount Park

Question: Name Philidelphia's largest park?


Answer: The Philadelphia dialect

Context: The Philadelphia dialect, which is spread throughout the Delaware Valley and South Jersey, is part of Mid-Atlantic American English, and as such it is identical in many ways to the Baltimore dialect. Unlike the Baltimore dialect, however, the Philadelphia accent also shares many similarities with the New York accent. Thanks to over a century of linguistics data collected by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia dialect under sociolinguist William Labov has been one of the best-studied forms of American English.[f]

Question: Name the accent spoken in the area?


Answer: Baltimore dialect

Question: Which dialect is it similar to?


Answer: New York

Question: What other city is similar to Philadelphia's accent?


Answer: William Labov

Question: Who studies the accent at the University of Pennsylvania?


Answer: South Street and Old City

Context: Areas such as South Street and Old City have a vibrant night life. The Avenue of the Arts in Center City contains many restaurants and theaters, such as the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, which is home to the Philadelphia Orchestra, generally considered one of the top five orchestras in the United States, and the Academy of Music, the nation's oldest continually operating opera house, home to the Opera Company of Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Ballet. The Wilma Theatre and Philadelphia Theatre Company have new buildings constructed in the last decade on the avenue. They produce a variety of new works. Several blocks to the east are the Walnut Street Theatre, America's oldest theatre and the largest subscription theater in the world; as well as the Lantern Theatre at St. Stephens Church, one of a number of smaller venues.

Question: Name two districts with good night life?


Answer: Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

Question: What is the home of the orchestra?


Answer: Academy of Music

Question: What is the countries oldest opera house?


Answer: Opera Company of Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Ballet

Question: Who uses the opera house?


Answer: Walnut Street Theatre

Question: What is the oldest theater in the U.S.?


Answer: Philadelphia

Context: Philadelphia has more public art than any other American city. In 1872, the Association for Public Art (formerly the Fairmount Park Art Association) was created, the first private association in the United States dedicated to integrating public art and urban planning. In 1959, lobbying by the Artists Equity Association helped create the Percent for Art ordinance, the first for a U.S. city. The program, which has funded more than 200 pieces of public art, is administered by the Philadelphia Office of Arts and Culture, the city's art agency.

Question: Which American city has the most public art?


Answer: Fairmount Park Art Association

Question: What was the Assoc. for Public Art called in the past?


Answer: more than 200

Question: How many pieces of art were funded by the Percent for Art ordinance?


Answer: Philadelphia soul

Context: Philadelphia artists have had a prominent national role in popular music. In the 1970s, Philadelphia soul influenced the music of that and later eras. On July 13, 1985, Philadelphia hosted the American end of the Live Aid concert at John F. Kennedy Stadium. The city reprised this role for the Live 8 concert, bringing some 700,000 people to the Ben Franklin Parkway on July 2, 2005. Philadelphia is home to the world-renowned Philadelphia Boys Choir & Chorale, which has performed its music all over the world. Dr. Robert G. Hamilton, founder of the choir, is a notable native Philadelphian. The Philly Pops is another famous Philadelphia music group. The city has played a major role in the development and support of American rock music and rap music. Hip-hop/Rap artists such as The Roots, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, The Goats, Freeway, Schoolly D, Eve, and Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes hail from the city.

Question: Name a type of music from the 70's that influenced the nation?


Answer: Live Aid

Question: What concert did Philly host on July13th, 1985?


Answer: John F. Kennedy Stadium

Question: What is the name of the stadium that held Live Aid?


Answer: The Roots, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, The Goats, Freeway, Schoolly D, Eve, and Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes

Question: Name a hip/hop artist from the city?


Answer: Rowing

Context: Rowing has been popular in Philadelphia since the 18th century. Boathouse Row is a symbol of Philadelphia's rich rowing history, and each Big Five member has its own boathouse. Philadelphia hosts numerous local and collegiate rowing clubs and competitions, including the annual Dad Vail Regatta, the largest intercollegiate rowing event in the U.S, the Stotesbury Cup Regatta, and the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta, all of which are held on the Schuylkill River. The regattas are hosted and organized by the Schuylkill Navy, an association of area rowing clubs that has produced numerous Olympic rowers.

Question: What water sport is popular in the city?


Answer: Boathouse Row

Question: What is the symbol of rowing in the city?


Answer: Dad Vail Regatta, the largest intercollegiate rowing event in the U.S, the Stotesbury Cup Regatta, and the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta

Question: What is the name of the big rowing races?


Answer: Schuylkill River

Question: Where are these races held?


Answer: strong-mayor version of the mayor-council

Context: The city uses the strong-mayor version of the mayor-council form of government, which is headed by one mayor, in whom executive authority is vested. Elected at-large, the mayor is limited to two consecutive four-year terms under the city's home rule charter, but can run for the position again after an intervening term. The Mayor is Jim Kenney, who replaced Michael Nutter, who served two terms from 2009 to January 2016. Kenney, as all Philadelphia mayors have been since 1952, is a member of the Democratic Party, which tends to dominate local politics so thoroughly that the Democratic Mayoral primary is often more widely covered than the general election. The legislative branch, the Philadelphia City Council, consists of ten council members representing individual districts and seven members elected at large. Democrats currently hold 14 seats, with Republicans representing two allotted at-large seats for the minority party, as well as the Northeast-based Tenth District. The current council president is Darrell Clarke.

Question: What type of government does Philadelphia have?


Answer: two consecutive four-year terms

Question: How many terms can a mayor serve?


Answer: Jim Kenney

Question: Who is the current mayor?


Answer: Democratic Party

Question: What party does the mayor represent?


Answer: Philadelphia City Council

Question: What is the legislative branch called?


Answer: The Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas (First Judicial District)

Context: The Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas (First Judicial District) is the trial court of general jurisdiction for Philadelphia, hearing felony-level criminal cases and civil suits above the minimum jurisdictional limit of $7000 (excepting small claims cases valued between $7000 and $12000 and landlord-tenant issues heard in the Municipal Court) under its original jurisdiction; it also has appellate jurisdiction over rulings from the Municipal and Traffic Courts and over decisions of certain Pennsylvania state agencies (e.g. the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board). It has 90 legally trained judges elected by the voters. It is funded and operated largely by city resources and employees. The current District Attorney is Seth Williams, a Democrat. The last Republican to hold the office is Ron Castille, who left in 1991 and is currently the Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

Question: What is the main trial court called?


Answer: felony-level criminal cases and civil suits above the minimum jurisdictional limit of $7000

Question: What type of cases are heard here?


Answer: elected by the voters

Question: How are judges appointed?


Answer: Ron Castille

Question: Who was the last Republican DA?


Answer: Republican Party

Context: From the American Civil War until the mid-20th century, Philadelphia was a bastion of the Republican Party, which arose from the staunch pro-Northern views of Philadelphia residents during and after the war (Philadelphia was chosen as the host city for the first Republican National Convention in 1856). After the Great Depression, Democratic registrations increased, but the city was not carried by Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt in his landslide victory of 1932 (in which Pennsylvania was one of the few states won by Republican Herbert Hoover). Four years later, however, voter turnout surged and the city finally flipped to the Democrats. Roosevelt carried Philadelphia with over 60% of the vote in 1936. The city has remained loyally Democratic in every presidential election since. It is now one of the most Democratic in the country; in 2008, Democrat Barack Obama drew 83% of the city's vote. Obama's win was even greater in 2012, capturing 85% of the vote.

Question: What party dominated until the mid-20th century


Answer: Philadelphia was chosen as the host city for the first Republican National Convention in 1856

Question: What happened in Philadelphia in 1856?


Answer: 1936

Question: When did the Democrats take the city?


Answer: Barack Obama

Question: Who won the most votes in the city in '08?


Answer: four

Context: Philadelphia once comprised six congressional districts. However, as a result of the city's declining population, it now has only four: the 1st district, represented by Bob Brady; the 2nd, represented by Chaka Fattah; the 8th, represented by Mike Fitzpatrick; and the 13th, represented by Brendan Boyle. All but Fitzpatrick are Democrats. Although they are usually swamped by Democrats in city, state and national elections, Republicans still have some support in the area, primarily in the northeast. A Republican represented a significant portion of Philadelphia in the House as late as 1983, and Sam Katz ran competitive mayoral races as the Republican nominee in both 1999 and 2003.

Question: How many congressional districts are there in the city?


Answer: six

Question: How many congressional districts were there at the peak population?


Answer: Mike Fitzpatrick

Question: Who represents the 8th district?


Answer: 1983

Question: When was the last major Republican representation of a large part of the city?


Answer: Sam Katz

Question: Who was the last Republican to be fairly competitive in the mayoral race?


Answer: pronounced rise in crime in the years following World War II

Context: Like many American cities, Philadelphia saw a gradual yet pronounced rise in crime in the years following World War II. There were 525 murders in 1990, a rate of 31.5 per 100,000. There were an average of about 600 murders a year for most of the 1990s. The murder count dropped in 2002 to 288, then rose four years later to 406 in 2006 and 392 in 2007. A few years later, Philadelphia began to see a rapid drop in homicides and violent crime. In 2013, there were 246 murders, which is a decrease of over 25% from the previous year, and a decrease of over 44% since 2007. And in 2014, there were 248 homicides, up by one since 2013.

Question: Did the crime rate go up or down after the War years?


Answer: 525

Question: How many murders occurred in 1990?


Answer: 600

Question: What was the average murder rate during the 90's?


Answer: 246

Question: How many murders occurred in 2013?


Answer: 2006

Context: The number of shootings in the city has declined significantly in the last 10 years. Shooting incidents peaked in 2006 when 1,857 shootings were recorded. That number has dropped 44 percent to 1,047 shootings in 2014. Similarly, major crimes in the city has decreased gradually in the last ten years since its peak in 2006 when 85,498 major crimes were reported. In the past three years, the number of reported major crimes fell 11 percent to a total of 68,815. Violent crimes, which include homicide, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery, decreased 14 percent in the past three years with a reported 15,771 occurrences in 2014. Based on the rate of violent crimes per 1,000 residents in American cities with 25,000 people or more, Philadelphia was ranked as the 54th most dangerous city in 2015.

Question: When did shootings peak in the city?


Answer: 1,857

Question: How many shootings were there in that year?


Answer: fell

Question: Has violent crime rate fallen or risen in the last 10 years?


Answer: 54th

Question: What rank in danger does Philadelphia have in the U.S.?


Answer: dropped

Context: The city's K-12 enrollment in district run schools has dropped in the last five years from 156,211 students in 2010 to 130,104 students in 2015. During the same time period, the enrollment in charter schools has increased from 33,995 students in 2010 to 62,358 students in 2015. This consistent drop in enrollment has led the city to close 24 of its public schools in 2013. During the 2014 school year, the city spent an average of $12,570 per pupil, below the average among comparable urban school districts.

Question: Has public school enrollment dropped or increased in the last 5 years?


Answer: 24

Question: How many public schools have been closed in 2013?


Answer: $12,570

Question: How much does the city spend per year per child?


Answer: increased

Context: Graduation rates among district-run schools, meanwhile, have steadily increased in the last ten years. In 2005, Philadelphia had a district graduation rate of 52%. This number has increased to 65% in 2014, still below the national and state averages. Scores on the state's standardized test, the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) have trended upward from 2005 to 2011 but have decreased since. In 2005, the district-run schools scored an average of 37.4% on math and 35.5% on reading. The city's schools reached its peak scores in 2011 with 59.0% on math and 52.3% on reading. In 2014, the scores dropped significantly to 45.2% on math and 42.0% on reading.

Question: Have grad rates fallen or increased in the last years?


Answer: 52%

Question: What was the grad rate in 2005?


Answer: 65%

Question: What was it in 2014?


Answer: below the national and state averages

Question: Is that the above or below the national average?


Answer: Temple University

Context: The city's largest private school by number of students is Temple University, followed by Drexel University. Along with the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University and Drexel University make up the city's major research universities. The city is also home to five schools of medicine: Drexel University College of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, and the Thomas Jefferson University. Hospitals, universities, and higher education research institutions in Philadelphia's four congressional districts received more than $252 million in National Institutes of Health grants in 2015.

Question: What is the largest private institution in the city?


Answer: University of Pennsylvania, Temple University and Drexel University

Question: What are the 3 research universities in the city?


Answer: five

Question: How many med schools are there?


Answer: two

Context: Philadelphia's two major daily newspapers are The Philadelphia Inquirer, which is the eighteenth largest newspaper and third-oldest surviving daily newspaper in the country, and the Philadelphia Daily News. Both newspapers were purchased from The McClatchy Company (after buying out Knight Ridder) in 2006 by Philadelphia Media Holdings and operated by the group until the organization declared bankruptcy in 2010. After two years of financial struggle, the two newspapers were sold to Interstate General Media in 2012. The two newspapers have a combined circulation of about 500,000 readers.

Question: How many major papers are published?


Answer: Philadelphia Inquirer

Question: What is the 3rd oldest paper in the nation?


Answer: Interstate General Media

Question: Who owns the major papers in the city?


Answer: Philadelphia Tribune

Context: The city also has a number of other, smaller newspapers and magazine in circulation such as the Philadelphia Tribune, which serves the African-American community, the Philadelphia, a monthly regional magazine; Philadelphia Weekly, an weekly-printed alternative newspaper; Philadelphia City Paper another weekly-printed newspaper; Philadelphia Gay News, which services the LGBT community; The Jewish Exponent a weekly-printed newspaper servicing the Jewish community; Philadelphia Metro, free daily newspaper; and Al Día, a weekly newspaper servicing the Latino community.

Question: Name a smaller newspaper?


Answer: African-American community

Question: What community does the Tribune serve?


Answer: Philadelphia Gay News

Question: What paper serves the LGBT community?


Answer: The Jewish Exponent

Question: Name a Jewish newspaper?


Answer: St. Joseph's College

Context: The first experimental radio license was issued in Philadelphia in August 1912 to St. Joseph's College. The first commercial broadcasting radio stations appeared in 1922: first WIP, then owned by Gimbel's department store, on March 17, followed the same year by WFIL, WOO, WCAU and WDAS. The highest-rated stations in Philadelphia include soft rock WBEB, KYW Newsradio, and urban adult contemporary WDAS-FM. Philadelphia is served by three major non-commercial public radio stations, WHYY-FM (NPR), WRTI (jazz, classical), and WXPN-FM (adult alternative music), as well as several smaller stations.

Question: Where was the first radio license granted?


Answer: 1922

Question: When did the first radio stations appear?


Answer: WHYY-FM (NPR), WRTI (jazz, classical), and WXPN-FM

Question: Name the 3 public radio stations?


Answer: Philco

Context: In the 1930s, the experimental station W3XE, owned by Philco, became the first television station in Philadelphia; it became NBC's first affiliate in 1939, and later became KYW-TV (CBS). WCAU-TV, WPVI-TV, WHYY-TV, WPHL-TV, and WTXF-TV had all been founded by the 1970s. In 1952, WFIL (now WPVI) premiered the television show Bandstand, which later became the nationally broadcast American Bandstand hosted by Dick Clark. Today, as in many large metropolitan areas, each of the commercial networks has an affiliate, and call letters have been replaced by corporate IDs: CBS3, 6ABC, NBC10, Fox29, Telefutura28, Telemundo62, Univision65, plus My PHL 17 and CW Philly 57. The region is served also by public broadcasting stations WYBE-TV (Philadelphia), WHYY-TV (Wilmington, Delaware and Philadelphia), WLVT-TV (Lehigh Valley), and NJTV (New Jersey). In September 2007, Philadelphia approved a Public-access television cable TV channel.

Question: Who owned W3XE?


Answer: 1939

Question: When did it become NBC's first affiliate?


Answer: Bandstand

Question: What show started out in the city?


Answer: 1981

Context: In 1981, large sections of the SEPTA Regional Rail service to the far suburbs of Philadelphia were discontinued due to lack of funding. Several projects have been proposed to extend rail service back to these areas, but lack of funding has again been the chief obstacle to implementation. These projects include the proposed Schuylkill Valley Metro to Wyomissing, PA, and extension of the Media/Elwyn line back to Wawa, PA. SEPTA's Airport Regional Rail Line Regional Rail offers direct service to the Philadelphia International Airport.

Question: When did SEPTA service get cut?


Answer: lack of funding

Question: Why did SEPTA rail service get cut?


Answer: but lack of funding has again been the chief obstacle to implementation

Question: Has service ever been restored?


Answer: Schuylkill Valley Metro to Wyomissing, PA, and extension of the Media/Elwyn line back to Wawa, PA. SEPTA's Airport Regional Rail Line Regional Rail

Question: Name a proposed project to repalce it?


Answer: Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)

Context: Two airports serve Philadelphia: the Philadelphia International Airport (PHL), straddling the southern boundary of the city, and the Northeast Philadelphia Airport (PNE), a general aviation reliever airport in Northeast Philadelphia. Philadelphia International Airport provides scheduled domestic and international air service, while Northeast Philadelphia Airport serves general and corporate aviation. In 2013, Philadelphia International Airport was the 15th busiest airport in the world measured by traffic movements (i.e. takeoffs and landings). It is also the second largest hub and primary international hub for American Airlines.

Question: Name the main airport?


Answer: 15th

Question: Where does PHL rank in the list of busiest airports?


Answer: American Airlines

Question: What airline uses this airport as its primary international hub?


Answer: Delaware Expressway

Context: Interstate 95 runs through the city along the Delaware River as a main north-south artery known as the Delaware Expressway. The city is also served by the Schuylkill Expressway, a portion of Interstate 76 that runs along the Schuylkill River. It meets the Pennsylvania Turnpike at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, providing access to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and points west. Interstate 676, the Vine Street Expressway, was completed in 1991 after years of planning. A link between I-95 and I-76, it runs below street level through Center City, connecting to the Ben Franklin Bridge at its eastern end.

Question: What is the main north-south freeway called?


Answer: Schuylkill Expressway

Question: What is part of I-76 called?


Answer: 1991

Question: When was the Vine Street Expressway finished?


Answer: Ben Franklin Bridge

Question: Name a bridge in the city?


Answer: U.S. 1

Context: Roosevelt Boulevard and the Roosevelt Expressway (U.S. 1) connect Northeast Philadelphia with Center City. Woodhaven Road (Route 63), built in 1966, and Cottman Avenue (Route 73) serve the neighborhoods of Northeast Philadelphia, running between Interstate 95 and the Roosevelt Boulevard (U.S. 1). The Fort Washington Expressway (Route 309) extends north from the city's northern border, serving Montgomery County and Bucks County. U.S. 30, extending east-west from West Philadelphia to Lancaster, is known as Lancaster Avenue throughout most of the city and through the adjacent Main Line suburbs.

Question: What is another name for the Roosevelt Expressway?


Answer: 1966

Question: When was Woodhaven road built?


Answer: Northeast Philadelphia,

Question: What neighborhoods does Cottman Avenue serve?


Answer: Route 309

Question: What is another name for The Fort Washington Expressway?


Answer: Lancaster Avenue

Question: What is US-30 also known as?


Answer: Greyhound Lines

Context: Philadelphia is also a major hub for Greyhound Lines, which operates 24-hour service to points east of the Mississippi River. Most of Greyhound's services in Philadelphia operate to/from the Philadelphia Greyhound Terminal, located at 1001 Filbert Street in Center City Philadelphia. In 2006, the Philadelphia Greyhound Terminal was the second busiest Greyhound terminal in the United States, after the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York. Besides Greyhound, six other bus operators provide service to the Center City Greyhound terminal: Bieber Tourways, Capitol Trailways, Martz Trailways, Peter Pan Bus Lines, Susquehanna Trailways, and the bus division for New Jersey Transit. Other services include Megabus and Bolt Bus.

Question: What bus line uses the city as a hub?


Answer: 1001 Filbert Street

Question: Where is Greyhound terminal located?


Answer: six

Question: How many other bus companies operate from Philadelphia?


Answer: Bieber Tourways, Capitol Trailways, Martz Trailways, Peter Pan Bus Lines, Susquehanna Trailways, and the bus division for New Jersey Transit

Question: What is the name of the six bus companies?


Answer: Pennsylvania Railroad and the Reading Railroad

Context: Since the early days of rail transport in the United States, Philadelphia has served as hub for several major rail companies, particularly the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Reading Railroad. The Pennsylvania Railroad first operated Broad Street Station, then 30th Street Station and Suburban Station, and the Reading Railroad operated out of Reading Terminal, now part of the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The two companies also operated competing commuter rail systems in the area, known collectively as the Regional Rail system. The two systems today, for the most part still intact but now connected, operate as a single system under the control of the SEPTA, the regional transit authority. Additionally, the PATCO Speedline subway system and NJ Transit's Atlantic City Line operate successor services to southern New Jersey.

Question: Name 2 rail companies that use the city as a hub?


Answer: Broad Street Station

Question: Where did the Pennsylvania Railroad have their first station?


Answer: Reading Terminal

Question: Where did the Reading operate out of?


Answer: Pennsylvania Convention Center

Question: What is Reading Terminal called now?


Answer: Fairmount Water Works,

Context: Historically, Philadelphia sourced its water by the Fairmount Water Works, the nation's first major urban water supply system. In 1909, Water Works was decommissioned as the city transitioned to modern sand filtration methods. Today, the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) provides drinking water, wastewater collection, and stormwater services for Philadelphia, as well as surrounding counties. PWD draws about 57 percent of its drinking water from the Delaware River and the balance from the Schuylkill River. The public wastewater system consists of three water pollution control plants, 21 pumping stations, and about 3,657 miles of sewers. A 2007 investigation by the Environmental Protection Agency found elevated levels of Iodine-131 in the city's potable water.[citation needed] In 2012, the EPA's readings discovered that the city had the highest readings of I-131 in the nation. The city campaigned against an Associated Press report that the high levels of I-131 were the results of local gas drilling in the Upper Delaware River.[citation needed]

Question: What was the first water supply system called?


Answer: Philadelphia Water Department

Question: Who provides the city water now?


Answer: Delaware River and the balance from the Schuylkill River

Question: Where dos PWD get it's water from?


Answer: 21

Question: How many pumping stations are there in the sewer system?


Answer: 3,657 miles

Question: How many miles of sewers are in the city?


Answer: Philadelphia Gas Works

Context: Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW), overseen by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, is the nation's largest municipally owned natural gas utility. It serves over 500,000 homes and businesses in the Philadelphia area. Founded in 1836, the company came under city ownership in 1987 and has been providing the majority of gas distributed within city limits. In 2014, the Philadelphia City Council refused to conduct hearings on a $1.86 billion sale of PGW, part of a two-year effort that was proposed by the mayor. The refusal led to the prospective buyer terminating its offer.

Question: What is the largest city owned gas utility?


Answer: 500,000

Question: How many homes does PGW serve?


Answer: 1836

Question: When was PGW founded?


Answer: 1987

Question: When did the city take PGW over?


Answer: 215

Context: Southeastern Pennsylvania was assigned the 215 area code in 1947 when the North American Numbering Plan of the "Bell System" went into effect. The geographic area covered by the code was split nearly in half in 1994 when area code 610 was created, with the city and its northern suburbs retaining 215. Overlay area code 267 was added to the 215 service area in 1997, and 484 was added to the 610 area in 1999. A plan in 2001 to introduce a third overlay code to both service areas (area code 445 to 215, area code 835 to 610) was delayed and later rescinded.

Question: What area code is used in Philadelphia in 1947?


Answer: 1994

Question: When was the 610 area code added?


Answer: 1997

Question: When was the 267 added?


Answer: Toruń

Context: Philadelphia has dedicated landmarks to its sister cities. Dedicated in June 1976, the Sister Cities Plaza, a site of 0.5 acres (2,000 m2) located at 18th and Benjamin Franklin Parkway, honors Philadelphia's relationships with Tel Aviv and Florence which were its first sister cities. Another landmark, the Toruń Triangle, honoring the sister city relationship with Toruń, Poland, was constructed in 1976, west of the United Way building at 18th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. In addition, the Triangle contains the Copernicus monument. Renovations were made to Sister Cities Park in mid-2011 and on May 10, 2012, SCP was reopened and currently features an interactive fountain honoring Philadelphia's ten sister and friendship cities, a café and visitor's center, children's play area, outdoor garden, and boat pond, as well as pavilion built to environmentally friendly standards.

Question: What city in Poland is a sister city to Philadelphia?


Answer: Tel Aviv

Question: What city in Israel is a sister city to Philadelphia?


Answer: 1976

Question: When was Torun triangle built?


Answer: Copernicus monument

Question: What else does the Triangle contain?


Answer: ten

Question: How many sister cities does Philadelphia have?


Answer: political science

Context: Kerry was born in Aurora, Colorado and attended boarding school in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. He graduated from Yale University class of 1966 with a political science major. Kerry enlisted in the Naval Reserve in 1966, and during 1968–1969 served an abbreviated four-month tour of duty in South Vietnam as officer-in-charge (OIC) of a Swift Boat. For that service, he was awarded combat medals that include the Silver Star Medal, Bronze Star Medal, and three Purple Heart Medals. Securing an early return to the United States, Kerry joined the Vietnam Veterans Against the War organization in which he served as a nationally recognized spokesman and as an outspoken opponent of the Vietnam War. He appeared in the Fulbright Hearings before the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs where he deemed United States war policy in Vietnam to be the cause of war crimes.

Question: What was Kerry's major?


Answer: Yale University

Question: Where did Kerry go to college?


Answer: Naval Reserve

Question: What branch of the military did Kerry join?


Answer: the Silver Star Medal, Bronze Star Medal, and three Purple Heart Medals

Question: What medals did Kerry win?


Answer: Vietnam Veterans Against the War

Question: What group was Kerry a spokesman for?


Answer: Boston College Law School

Context: After receiving his J.D. from Boston College Law School, Kerry worked in Massachusetts as an Assistant District Attorney. He served as Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts under Michael Dukakis from 1983 to 1985 and was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1984 and was sworn in the following January. On the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he led a series of hearings from 1987 to 1989 which were a precursor to the Iran–Contra affair. Kerry was re-elected to additional terms in 1990, 1996, 2002 and 2008. In 2002, Kerry voted to authorize the President "to use force, if necessary, to disarm Saddam Hussein", but warned that the administration should exhaust its diplomatic avenues before launching war.

Question: Where did Kerry get a law degree?


Answer: Michael Dukakis

Question: Who was Kerry an Lt. Gov. for?


Answer: 1984

Question: When did Kerry become a Senator?


Answer: Massachusetts

Question: Where was Kerry an Lt. Gov.?


Answer: from 1983 to 1985

Question: When was Kerry an Lt. Gov.?


Answer: 2004

Context: In his 2004 presidential campaign, Kerry criticized George W. Bush for the Iraq War. He and his running mate, North Carolina Senator John Edwards, lost the election, finishing 35 electoral votes behind Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. Kerry returned to the Senate, becoming Chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship in 2007 and then of the Foreign Relations Committee in 2009. In January 2013, Kerry was nominated by President Barack Obama to succeed outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and then confirmed by the U.S. Senate, assuming the office on February 1, 2013.

Question: When did Kerry run for president?


Answer: John Edwards

Question: Who was Kerry's running mate?


Answer: 35 electoral votes

Question: How much did Kerry lose by?


Answer: Dick Cheney

Question: Who was Bush's running mate?


Answer: North Carolina

Question: Where was John Edwards a senator?


Answer: Forbes

Context: John Forbes Kerry was born on December 11, 1943 in Aurora, Colorado, at Fitzsimons Army Hospital. He was the second oldest of four children born to Richard John Kerry, a Foreign Service officer and lawyer, and Rosemary Isabel Forbes, a nurse and social activist. His father was raised Catholic (John's paternal grandparents were Austro-Hungarian Jewish immigrants who converted to Catholicism) and his mother was Episcopalian. He was raised with an elder sister named Margaret (born 1941), a younger sister named Diana (born 1947) and a younger brother named Cameron (born 1950). The children were raised in their father's faith; John Kerry served as an altar boy.

Question: What is Kerry's middle name?


Answer: Fitzsimons Army Hospital

Question: At what facility was Kerry born?


Answer: Catholic

Question: What was Kerry's father's religion?


Answer: Episcopalian

Question: What was Kerry's mother's religion?


Answer: Margaret

Question: What is Kerry's older sibling's name?


Answer: President of the Union

Context: In his sophomore year, Kerry became the Chairman of the Liberal Party of the Yale Political Union, and a year later he served as President of the Union. Amongst his influential teachers in this period was Professor H. Bradford Westerfield, who was himself a former President of the Political Union. His involvement with the Political Union gave him an opportunity to be involved with important issues of the day, such as the civil rights movement and the New Frontier program. He also became a member of the secretive Skull and Bones Society, and traveled to Switzerland through AIESEC Yale.

Question: What was Kerry's role in the Yale Political Union as a junior?


Answer: Skull and Bones Society

Question: What secret society did Kerry join?


Answer: Switzerland

Question: What country did Kerry visit as a student?


Answer: H. Bradford Westerfield

Question: Who was Kerry's most influential professor?


Answer: Chairman of the Liberal Party

Question: What was Kerry's role in the Yale Political Union as a sophomore?


Answer: February 18, 1966

Context: On February 18, 1966, Kerry enlisted in the Naval Reserve. He began his active duty military service on August 19, 1966. After completing 16 weeks of Officer Candidate School at the U.S. Naval Training Center in Newport, Rhode Island, Kerry received his officer's commission on December 16, 1966. During the 2004 election, Kerry posted his military records at his website, and permitted reporters to inspect his medical records. In 2005, Kerry released his military and medical records to the representatives of three news organizations, but has not authorized full public access to those records.

Question: When did Kerry join the Naval Reserve?


Answer: December 16, 1966

Question: When did Kerry become a navy officer?


Answer: 16 weeks

Question: How long was Officer Candidate School?


Answer: Newport, Rhode Island

Question: Where is the Navy training center?


Answer: 1986

Context: During his tour on the guided missile frigate USS Gridley, Kerry requested duty in South Vietnam, listing as his first preference a position as the commander of a Fast Patrol Craft (PCF), also known as a "Swift boat." These 50-foot (15 m) boats have aluminum hulls and have little or no armor, but are heavily armed and rely on speed. "I didn't really want to get involved in the war", Kerry said in a book of Vietnam reminiscences published in 1986. "When I signed up for the swift boats, they had very little to do with the war. They were engaged in coastal patrolling and that's what I thought I was going to be doing." However, his second choice of billet was on a river patrol boat, or "PBR", which at the time was serving a more dangerous duty on the rivers of Vietnam.

Question: When did Kerry publish his memories of Vietnam?


Answer: guided missile frigate

Question: What kind of ship was the USS Gridley?


Answer: Fast Patrol Craft

Question: What was the formal name of 'swift boats'?


Answer: 50-foot

Question: How long were swift boats?


Answer: coastal patrolling

Question: What had Kerry expected the 'swift boats' to do?


Answer: near a peninsula north of Cam Ranh Bay

Context: During the night of December 2 and early morning of December 3, 1968, Kerry was in charge of a small boat operating near a peninsula north of Cam Ranh Bay together with a Swift boat (PCF-60). According to Kerry and the two crewmen who accompanied him that night, Patrick Runyon and William Zaladonis, they surprised a group of Vietnamese men unloading sampans at a river crossing, who began running and failed to obey an order to stop. As the men fled, Kerry and his crew opened fire on the sampans and destroyed them, then rapidly left. During this encounter, Kerry received a shrapnel wound in the left arm above the elbow. It was for this injury that Kerry received his first Purple Heart Medal.

Question: Where was Kerry's boat on Dec 2-3, 1968?


Answer: two

Question: How many crew were with Kerry?


Answer: Patrick Runyon and William Zaladonis

Question: Who were in Kerry's crew?


Answer: sampans

Question: What did Kerry's crew destroy?


Answer: in the left arm above the elbow

Question: Where was Kerry injured?


Answer: February 20, 1969

Context: Kerry received his second Purple Heart for a wound received in action on the Bồ Đề River on February 20, 1969. The plan had been for the Swift boats to be accompanied by support helicopters. On the way up the Bo De, however, the helicopters were attacked. As the Swift boats reached the Cửa Lớn River, Kerry's boat was hit by a B-40 rocket (rocket propelled grenade round), and a piece of shrapnel hit Kerry's left leg, wounding him. Thereafter, enemy fire ceased and his boat reached the Gulf of Thailand safely. Kerry continues to have shrapnel embedded in his left thigh because the doctors that first treated him decided to remove the damaged tissue and close the wound with sutures rather than make a wide opening to remove the shrapnel. Though wounded like several others earlier that day, Kerry did not lose any time off from duty.

Question: When did Kerry earn his 2nd Purple Heart?


Answer: a B-40 rocket

Question: What munition hit Kerry's boat?


Answer: on the Bồ Đề River

Question: Where did Kerry earn his 2nd Purple Heart?


Answer: Gulf of Thailand

Question: Where did Kerry's boat escape to safety?


Answer: February 28, 1969

Context: Eight days later, on February 28, 1969, came the events for which Kerry was awarded his Silver Star Medal. On this occasion, Kerry was in tactical command of his Swift boat and two other Swift boats during a combat operation. Their mission on the Duong Keo River included bringing an underwater demolition team and dozens of South Vietnamese Marines to destroy enemy sampans, structures and bunkers as described in the story The Death Of PCF 43. Running into heavy small arms fire from the river banks, Kerry "directed the units to turn to the beach and charge the Viet Cong positions" and he "expertly directed" his boat's fire causing the enemy to flee while at the same time coordinating the insertion of the ninety South Vietnamese troops (according to the original medal citation signed by Admiral Zumwalt). Moving a short distance upstream, Kerry's boat was the target of a B-40 rocket round; Kerry charged the enemy positions and as his boat hove to and beached, a Viet Cong ("VC") insurgent armed with a rocket launcher emerged from a spider hole and ran. While the boat's gunner opened fire, wounding the VC in the leg, and while the other boats approached and offered cover fire, Kerry jumped from the boat to pursue the VC insurgent, subsequently killing him and capturing his loaded rocket launcher.

Question: When did Kerry earn a Silver Star?


Answer: the Duong Keo River

Question: Where did Kerry earn a Silver Star?


Answer: his Swift boat and two other Swift boats

Question: How many swift boats did Kerry command?


Answer: Admiral Zumwalt

Question: Who awarded the Silver Star to Kerry?


Answer: The Death Of PCF 43

Question: What story described the events of Feb 28, 1969?


Answer: An Thoi

Context: Kerry's commanding officer, Lieutenant Commander George Elliott, stated to Douglas Brinkley in 2003 that he did not know whether to court-martial Kerry for beaching the boat without orders or give him a medal for saving the crew. Elliott recommended Kerry for the Silver Star, and Zumwalt flew into An Thoi to personally award medals to Kerry and the rest of the sailors involved in the mission. The Navy's account of Kerry's actions is presented in the original medal citation signed by Zumwalt. The engagement was documented in an after-action report, a press release written on March 1, 1969, and a historical summary dated March 17, 1969.

Question: Where did Kerry receive his Silver Star?


Answer: Lieutenant Commander George Elliott

Question: Who was Kerry's commander?


Answer: beaching the boat without orders

Question: What complaint did Elliot have about Kerry's actions?


Answer: March 1, 1969

Question: When was a press release put out about Kerry earning the Silver Star?


Answer: a historical summary

Question: What was released on March 17, 1969?


Answer: on the Bái Háp River

Context: On March 13, 1969, on the Bái Háp River, Kerry was in charge of one of five Swift boats that were returning to their base after performing an Operation Sealords mission to transport South Vietnamese troops from the garrison at Cái Nước and MIKE Force advisors for a raid on a Vietcong camp located on the Rach Dong Cung canal. Earlier in the day, Kerry received a slight shrapnel wound in the buttocks from blowing up a rice bunker. Debarking some but not all of the passengers at a small village, the boats approached a fishing weir; one group of boats went around to the left of the weir, hugging the shore, and a group with Kerry's PCF-94 boat went around to the right, along the shoreline. A mine was detonated directly beneath the lead boat, PCF-3, as it crossed the weir to the left, lifting PCF-3 "about 2-3 ft out of water".

Question: Where was Kerry on Mar 13, 1969?


Answer: in the buttocks

Question: On what body part was Kerry wounded on Mar 13, 1969?


Answer: blowing up a rice bunker

Question: What was Kerry doing when he was wounded on Mar 13, 1969?


Answer: PCF-94

Question: What boat was Kerry on, on Mar 13?


Answer: PCF-3

Question: What was the lead boat on Mar 13?


Answer: PCF-94

Context: James Rassmann, a Green Beret advisor who was aboard Kerry's PCF-94, was knocked overboard when, according to witnesses and the documentation of the event, a mine or rocket exploded close to the boat. According to the documentation for the event, Kerry's arm was injured when he was thrown against a bulkhead during the explosion. PCF 94 returned to the scene and Kerry rescued Rassmann who was receiving sniper fire from the water. Kerry received the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V" for "heroic achievement", for his actions during this incident; he also received his third Purple Heart.

Question: What boat was Rassmann on?


Answer: James Rassmann

Question: Who fell overboard from Kerry's boat?


Answer: a Green Beret advisor

Question: What was Rassmann's job?


Answer: the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V"

Question: What medal did Kerry earn for rescuing Rassmann?


Answer: heroic achievement

Question: What does the Combat V mean?


Answer: third

Context: After Kerry's third qualifying wound, he was entitled per Navy regulations to reassignment away from combat duties. Kerry's preferred choice for reassignment was as a military aide in Boston, New York or Washington, D.C. On April 11, 1969, he reported to the Brooklyn-based Atlantic Military Sea Transportation Service, where he would remain on active duty for the following year as a personal aide to an officer, Rear Admiral Walter Schlech. On January 1, 1970 Kerry was temporarily promoted to full Lieutenant. Kerry had agreed to an extension of his active duty obligation from December 1969 to August 1970 in order to perform Swift Boat duty. John Kerry was on active duty in the United States Navy from August 1966 until January 1970. He continued to serve in the Naval Reserve until February 1978.

Question: Which wound allowed Kerry to leave combat duty?


Answer: the Brooklyn-based Atlantic Military Sea Transportation Service

Question: Where was Kerry reassigned in April 1969?


Answer: January 1, 1970

Question: When did Kerry become a lieutenant?


Answer: Rear Admiral Walter Schlech

Question: Who was Kerry a personal aide for?


Answer: February 1978

Question: When did Kerry leave the Naval Reserve?


Answer: his father

Context: With the continuing controversy that had surrounded the military service of George W. Bush since the 2000 Presidential election (when he was accused of having used his father's political influence to gain entrance to the Texas Air National Guard, thereby protecting himself from conscription into the United States Army, and possible service in the Vietnam War), John Kerry's contrasting status as a decorated Vietnam War veteran posed a problem for Bush's re-election campaign, which Republicans sought to counter by calling Kerry's war record into question. As the presidential campaign of 2004 developed, approximately 250 members of a group called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth (SBVT, later renamed Swift Vets and POWs for Truth) opposed Kerry's campaign. The group held press conferences, ran ads and endorsed a book questioning Kerry's service record and his military awards. The group included several members of Kerry's unit, such as Larry Thurlow, who commanded a swift boat alongside of Kerry's, and Stephen Gardner, who served on Kerry's boat. The campaign inspired the widely used political pejorative 'swiftboating', to describe an unfair or untrue political attack. Most of Kerry's former crewmates have stated that SBVT's allegations are false.

Question: Who kept George W. Bush out of Vietnam?


Answer: the Texas Air National Guard

Question: What military branch was George W. Bush in?


Answer: by calling Kerry's war record into question

Question: How did Republicans attack Kerry?


Answer: Swift Vets and POWs for Truth

Question: What did SBVT change its name to?


Answer: swiftboating

Question: What term was inspired by the attacks on Kerry?


Answer: about 20,000

Context: After returning to the United States, Kerry joined the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW). Then numbering about 20,000, VVAW was considered by some (including the administration of President Richard Nixon) to be an effective, if controversial, component of the antiwar movement. Kerry participated in the "Winter Soldier Investigation" conducted by VVAW of U.S. atrocities in Vietnam, and he appears in a film by that name that documents the investigation. According to Nixon Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, "I didn't approve of what he did, but I understood the protesters quite well", and he declined two requests from the Navy to court martial Reserve Lieutenant Kerry over his antiwar activity.

Question: How many members did VVAW have when Kerry joined it?


Answer: the "Winter Soldier Investigation"

Question: What VVAW investigation was Kerry involved in?


Answer: Nixon Secretary of Defense

Question: Who was Melvin Laird?


Answer: his antiwar activity

Question: What did Laird refuse to court-martial Kerry for?


Answer: appeared before a U.S. Senate committee hearing

Context: On April 22, 1971, Kerry appeared before a U.S. Senate committee hearing on proposals relating to ending the war. The day after this testimony, Kerry participated in a demonstration with thousands of other veterans in which he and other Vietnam War veterans threw their medals and service ribbons over a fence erected at the front steps of the United States Capitol building to dramatize their opposition to the war. Jack Smith, a Marine, read a statement explaining why the veterans were returning their military awards to the government. For more than two hours, almost 1000 angry veterans tossed their medals, ribbons, hats, jackets, and military papers over the fence. Each veteran gave his or her name, hometown, branch of service and a statement. Kerry threw some of his own decorations and awards as well as some given to him by other veterans to throw. As Kerry threw his decorations over the fence, his statement was: "I'm not doing this for any violent reasons, but for peace and justice, and to try and make this country wake up once and for all."

Question: What did Kerry do on Apr 22, 1971?


Answer: ending the war

Question: What was the topic of the hearing Kerry testified on?


Answer: some of his own decorations and awards as well as some given to him by other veterans to throw

Question: What did Kerry throw over a fence?


Answer: for peace and justice, and to try and make this country wake up once and for all

Question: Why did Kerry participate in the protest?


Answer: almost 1000

Question: How many vets participated in the protest?


Answer: May 30, 1971

Context: Kerry was arrested on May 30, 1971, during a VVAW march to honor American POWs held captive by North Vietnam. The march was planned as a multi-day event from Concord to Boston, and while in Lexington, participants tried to camp on the village green. At 2:30 a.m., local and state police arrested 441 demonstrators, including Kerry, for trespassing. All were given the Miranda Warning and were hauled away on school buses to spend the night at the Lexington Public Works Garage. Kerry and the other protesters later paid a $5 fine, and were released. The mass arrests caused a community backlash and ended up giving positive coverage to the VVAW.

Question: When was Kerry arrested for protesting?


Answer: American POWs held captive by North Vietnam

Question: Who was being honored on May 30, 1971?


Answer: 441

Question: How many people were arrested with Kerry?


Answer: 2:30 a.m.

Question: At what time was Kerry arrested?


Answer: tried to camp on the village green

Question: Why were the protesters arrested?


Answer: Democrat Philip J. Philbin

Context: In 1970, Kerry had considered running for Congress in the Democratic primary against hawkish Democrat Philip J. Philbin of Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district, but deferred in favour of Robert Drinan, a Jesuit priest and anti-war activist, who went on to defeat Philbin. In February 1972, Kerry's wife bought a house in Worcester, with Kerry intending to run against the 4th district's ageing thirteen-term incumbent Democrat, Harold Donohue. The couple never moved in. After Republican Congressman F. Bradford Morse of the neighbouring 5th district announced his retirement and then resignation to become Under-Secretary-General for Political and General Assembly Affairs at the United Nations. The couple instead rented an apartment in Lowell, so that Kerry could run to succeed him.

Question: Who had Kerry considered running against in 1970?


Answer: Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district

Question: In which district had Kerry considered running in 1970?


Answer: Robert Drinan

Question: Who ran against Philbin instead of Kerry?


Answer: to become Under-Secretary-General for Political and General Assembly Affairs at the United Nations

Question: Why did Morse retire?


Answer: Republican

Question: What political party was Morse in?


Answer: attorney

Context: Including Kerry, the Democratic primary race had 10 candidates, including attorney Paul J. Sheehy, State Representative Anthony R. DiFruscia, John J. Desmond and Robert B. Kennedy. Kerry ran a "very expensive, sophisticated campaign", financed by out-of-state backers and supported by many young volunteers. DiFruscia's campaign headquarters shared the same building as Kerry's. On the eve of the September 19 primary, police found Kerry's younger brother Cameron and campaign field director Thomas J. Vallely, breaking into where the building's telephone lines were located. They were arrested and charged with "breaking and entering with the intent to commit grand larceny", but the charges were dropped a year later. At the time of the incident, DiFruscia alleged that the two were trying to disrupt his get-out-the vote efforts. Vallely and Cameron Kerry maintained that they were only checking their own telephone lines because they had received an anonymous call warning that the Kerry lines would be cut.

Question: What was Paul Sheehy's job?


Answer: State Representative

Question: What was DiFruscia's position?


Answer: Anthony R. DiFruscia

Question: Who did Kerry share a campaign headquarters with?


Answer: they had received an anonymous call warning that the Kerry lines would be cut

Question: Why was Kerry's brother messing with phone lines?


Answer: Cameron

Question: What is Kerry's younger brother's name?


Answer: Independent

Context: In the general election, Kerry was initially favored to defeat the Republican candidate, former State Representative Paul W. Cronin, and conservative Democrat Roger P. Durkin, who ran as an Independent. A week after the primary, one poll put Kerry 26-points ahead of Cronin. His campaign called for a national health insurance system, discounted prescription drugs for the unemployed, a jobs programme to clean up the Merrimack River and rent controls in Lowell and Lawrence. A major obstacle, however, was the district's leading newspaper, the conservative The Sun. The paper editorialized against him. It also ran critical news stories about his out-of-state contributions and his "carpetbagging", because he had only moved into the district in April. Subsequently released "Watergate" Oval Office tape recordings of the Nixon White House showed that defeating Kerry's candidacy had attracted the personal attention of President Nixon. Kerry himself asserts that Nixon sent operatives to Lowell to help derail his campaign.

Question: What party did Durkin run as?


Answer: 26-points

Question: How far ahead of Cronin did Kerry poll?


Answer: conservative

Question: What slant did The Sun have?


Answer: President Nixon

Question: Who did Kerry say tried to stop his campaign?


Answer: a jobs programme to clean up the Merrimack River

Question: How did Kerry want to create jobs?


Answer: 110,970

Context: The race was the most expensive for Congress in the country that year and four days before the general election, Durkin withdrew and endorsed Cronin, hoping to see Kerry defeated. The week before, a poll had put Kerry 10 points ahead of Cronin, with Dukin on 13%. In the final days of the campaign, Kerry sensed that it was "slipping away" and Cronin emerged victorious by 110,970 votes (53.45%) to Kerry's 92,847 (44.72%). After his defeat, Kerry lamented in a letter to supporters that "for two solid weeks, [The Sun] called me un-American, New Left antiwar agitator, unpatriotic, and labeled me every other 'un-' and 'anti-' that they could find. It's hard to believe that one newspaper could be so powerful, but they were." He later felt that his failure to respond directly to The Sun's attacks cost him the race.

Question: How many votes did Cronin get against Kerry?


Answer: 53.45%

Question: What percent of votes did Cronin get against Kerry?


Answer: 92,847

Question: How many votes did Kerry get against Cronin?


Answer: 44.72%

Question: What percent of votes did Kerry get against Cronin?


Answer: his failure to respond directly to The Sun's attacks

Question: What did Kerry think cost him the race against Cronin?


Answer: Belvidere, Lowell

Context: After Kerry's 1972 defeat, he and his wife bought a house in Belvidere, Lowell, entering a decade which his brother Cameron later called "the years in exile". He spent some time working as a fundraiser for the Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE), an international humanitarian organization. In September 1973, he entered Boston College Law School. While studying, Kerry worked as a talk radio host on WBZ and, in July 1974, was named executive director of Mass Action, a Massachusetts advocacy association.

Question: Where did Kerry move after the 1972 election?


Answer: "the years in exile"

Question: What did Kerry's brother call the decade after 1972?


Answer: the Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere

Question: What did Kerry fundraise for?


Answer: September 1973

Question: When did Kerry enter law school?


Answer: WBZ

Question: Where was Kerry a talk radio host?


Answer: January 1977

Context: In January 1977, Droney promoted him to First Assistant District Attorney, essentially making Kerry his campaign and media surrogate because Droney was afflicted with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig's Disease). As First Assistant, Kerry tried cases, which included winning convictions in a high-profile rape case and a murder. He also played a role in administering the office, including initiating the creation of special white-collar and organized crime units, creating programs to address the problems of rape and other crime victims and witnesses, and managing trial calendars to reflect case priorities. It was in this role in 1978 that Kerry announced an investigation into possible criminal charges against then Senator Edward Brooke, regarding "misstatements" in his first divorce trial. The inquiry ended with no charges being brought after investigators and prosecutors determined that Brooke's misstatements were pertinent to the case, but were not material enough to have affected the outcome.

Question: When did Kerry become an ADA?


Answer: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Question: What condition did Droney have?


Answer: Lou Gehrig's Disease

Question: What is ALS's nickname?


Answer: Edward Brooke

Question: What senator did Kerry investigate in 1978?


Answer: "misstatements" in his first divorce trial

Question: Why was Brooke being investigated?


Answer: 1978

Context: Droney's health was poor and Kerry had decided to run for his position in the 1978 election should Droney drop out. However, Droney was re-elected and his health improved; he went on to re-assume many of the duties that he had delegated to Kerry. Kerry thus decided to leave, departing in 1979 with assistant DA Roanne Sragow to set up their own law firm. Kerry also worked as a commentator for WCVB-TV and co-founded a bakery, Kilvert & Forbes Ltd., with businessman and former Kennedy aide K. Dun Gifford.

Question: When did Kerry consider running for president if Droney didn't?


Answer: 1979

Question: When did Kerry leave the DA's office?


Answer: Roanne Sragow

Question: Who left the DA's office with Kerry?


Answer: Kilvert & Forbes Ltd.

Question: What bakery did Kerry co-found?


Answer: K. Dun Gifford

Question: Who did Kerry start a bakery with?