Answer: Los Angeles Times

Question: What paper did Richardson claim was used by Schwarzenegger's publicist and aide to discredit her?


Answer: 1968

Context: Schwarzenegger became a naturalized U.S. citizen on September 17, 1983. Shortly before he gained his citizenship, he asked the Austrian authorities for the right to keep his Austrian citizenship, as Austria does not usually allow dual citizenship. His request was granted, and he retained his Austrian citizenship. In 2005, Peter Pilz, a member of the Austrian Parliament from the Austrian Green Party, demanded that Parliament revoke Schwarzenegger's Austrian citizenship due to his decision not to prevent the executions of Donald Beardslee and Stanley Williams, causing damage of reputation to Austria, where the death penalty has been abolished since 1968. This demand was based on Article 33 of the Austrian Citizenship Act that states: "A citizen, who is in the public service of a foreign country, shall be deprived of his citizenship, if he heavily damages the reputation or the interests of the Austrian Republic." Pilz claimed that Schwarzenegger's actions in support of the death penalty (prohibited in Austria under Protocol 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights) had indeed done damage to Austria's reputation. Schwarzenegger explained his actions by referring to the fact that his only duty as Governor of California was to prevent an error in the judicial system.

Question: What year did Austria outlaw the death penalty?


Answer: Peter Pilz

Question: Which member of Austrian parliament wanted Schwarzenegger to lose his Austrian citizenship?


Answer: September 27, 2006

Context: On September 27, 2006 Schwarzenegger signed a bill creating the nation's first cap on greenhouse gas emissions. The law set new regulations on the amount of emissions utilities, refineries and manufacturing plants are allowed to release into the atmosphere. Schwarzenegger also signed a second global warming bill that prohibits large utilities and corporations in California from making long-term contracts with suppliers who do not meet the state's greenhouse gas emission standards. The two bills are part of a plan to reduce California's emissions by 25 percent to 1990s levels by 2020. In 2005, Schwarzenegger issued an executive order calling to reduce greenhouse gases to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050.

Question: What date marked the first law restricting greenhouse gas emissions?


Answer: refineries

Question: The regulations pertain to emissions from utilities, manufacturing plants, and what other entity?


Answer: 2020

Question: What year has Schwarzenegger set as the deadline for California to show a 25% reduction in emissions?


Answer: the Northeast

Context: Schwarzenegger signed another executive order on October 17, 2006 allowing California to work with the Northeast's Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. They plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by issuing a limited amount of carbon credits to each power plant in participating states. Any power plants that exceed emissions for the amount of carbon credits will have to purchase more credits to cover the difference. The plan took effect in 2009. In addition to using his political power to fight global warming, the governor has taken steps at his home to reduce his personal carbon footprint. Schwarzenegger has adapted one of his Hummers to run on hydrogen and another to run on biofuels. He has also installed solar panels to heat his home.

Question: What region of the U.S. has California partnered with on the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative?


Answer: solar panels

Question: What green technology did Schwarzenegger have installed at home to reduce his carbon footprint?


Answer: 2009

Question: What year did the Greenhouse Gas Initiative go into effect?


Answer: carbon dioxide emissions

Question: What particular pollutant was Schwarzenegger addressing with his 2006 executive order?


Answer: Detroit

Context: In respect of his contribution to the direction of the US motor industry, Schwarzenegger was invited to open the 2009 SAE World Congress in Detroit, on April 20, 2009.

Question: In what city was the SAE World Congress held in 2009?


Answer: Article II, Section I, Clause V

Context: In October 2013, the New York Post reported that Schwarzenegger was exploring a future run for president. The former California governor would face a constitutional hurdle; Article II, Section I, Clause V nominally prevents individuals who are not natural-born citizens of the United States from assuming the office. He has reportedly been lobbying legislators about a possible constitutional change, or filing a legal challenge to the provision. Columbia University law professor Michael Dorf observed that Schwarzenegger's possible lawsuit could ultimately win him the right to run for the office, noting, "The law is very clear, but it’s not 100 percent clear that the courts would enforce that law rather than leave it to the political process."

Question: What article, section, and clause of the Constitution requires U.S. presidents to be natural-born citizens?


Answer: the New York Post

Question: In 2013, what newspaper claimed Schwarzenegger was considering a presidential campaign?


Answer: Columbia University

Question: Michael Dorf is a law professor at what school?


Answer: index cards

Context: Schwarzenegger has had a highly successful business career. Following his move to the United States, Schwarzenegger became a "prolific goal setter" and would write his objectives at the start of the year on index cards, like starting a mail order business or buying a new car – and succeed in doing so. By the age of 30, Schwarzenegger was a millionaire, well before his career in Hollywood. His financial independence came from his success as a budding entrepreneur with a series of successful business ventures and investments.

Question: Where would Schwarzenegger write down his goals?


Answer: 30

Question: Schwarzenegger became a millionaire by what age?


Answer: Franco Columbu

Context: In 1968, Schwarzenegger and fellow bodybuilder Franco Columbu started a bricklaying business. The business flourished thanks to the pair's marketing savvy and an increased demand following the 1971 San Fernando earthquake. Schwarzenegger and Columbu used profits from their bricklaying venture to start a mail order business, selling bodybuilding and fitness-related equipment and instructional tapes.

Question: With which of his friends did Schwarzenegger start a bricklaying company?


Answer: San Fernando earthquake

Question: What natural disaster in 1971 contributed to the success of Schwarzenegger's business?


Answer: $10,000

Context: Schwarzenegger rolled profits from the mail order business and his bodybuilding competition winnings into his first real estate investment venture: an apartment building he purchased for $10,000. He would later go on to invest in a number of real estate holding companies.

Question: How much did Schwarzenegger pay for the first apartment building he bought?


Answer: Planet Hollywood

Context: Schwarzenegger was a founding celebrity investor in the Planet Hollywood chain of international theme restaurants (modeled after the Hard Rock Cafe) along with Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone and Demi Moore. Schwarzenegger severed his financial ties with the business in early 2000. Schwarzenegger said the company had not had the success he had hoped for, claiming he wanted to focus his attention on "new US global business ventures" and his movie career.

Question: What restaurant chain did Schwarzenegger invest in?


Answer: 2000

Question: When did Schwarzenegger withdraw from involvement with Planet Hollywood?


Answer: the Hard Rock Cafe

Question: What other successful theme restaurant chain was Planet Hollywood modeled on?


Answer: Dimensional Fund Advisors

Context: He also invested in a shopping mall in Columbus, Ohio. He has talked about some of those who have helped him over the years in business: "I couldn't have learned about business without a parade of teachers guiding me... from Milton Friedman to Donald Trump... and now, Les Wexner and Warren Buffett. I even learned a thing or two from Planet Hollywood, such as when to get out! And I did!" He has significant ownership in Dimensional Fund Advisors, an investment firm. Schwarzenegger is also the owner of Arnold's Sports Festival, which he started in 1989 and is held annually in Columbus, Ohio. It is a festival that hosts thousands of international health and fitness professionals which has also expanded into a three-day expo. He also owns a movie production company called Oak Productions, Inc. and Fitness Publications, a joint publishing venture with Simon & Schuster.

Question: What investment firm does Schwarzenegger maintain partial ownership of?


Answer: Columbus, Ohio

Question: What city hosts Arnold's Sports Festival each year?


Answer: Oak Productions, Inc.

Question: What's the name of Schwarzenegger's film production company?


Answer: Simon & Schuster

Question: What renowned publishing company partners with Schwarzenegger in Fitness Publications?


Answer: Schatzi On Main

Context: In 1992, Schwarzenegger and his wife opened a restaurant in Santa Monica called Schatzi On Main. Schatzi literally means "little treasure," colloquial for "honey" or "darling" in German. In 1998, he sold his restaurant.

Question: What's the name of the restaurant Schwarzenegger opened with his wife?


Answer: Santa Monica

Question: Where is the Schwarzenegger restaurant located?


Answer: little treasure

Question: What is the literal translation of the word "schatzi"?


Answer: 1998

Question: What year did Schwarzenegger sell Schatzi on Main?


Answer: 2011

Context: Schwarzenegger's net worth had been conservatively estimated at $100–$200 million. After separating from his wife, Maria Shriver, in 2011, it has been estimated that his net worth has been approximately $400 million, and even as high as $800 million, based on tax returns he filed in 2006. Over the years as an investor, he invested his bodybuilding and movie earnings in an array of stocks, bonds, privately controlled companies, and real estate holdings worldwide, making his net worth as an accurate estimation difficult to calculate, particularly in light of declining real estate values owing to economic recessions in the U.S. and Europe since the late 2000s. In June 1997, Schwarzenegger spent $38 million of his own money on a private Gulfstream jet. Schwarzenegger once said of his fortune, "Money doesn't make you happy. I now have $50 million, but I was just as happy when I had $48 million." He has also stated, "I've made many millions as a businessman many times over."

Question: In what year did Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver separate?


Answer: $38 million

Question: What was the price tag for the private jet Schwarzenegger bought in 1997?


Answer: 2006

Context: In 1969, Schwarzenegger met Barbara Outland (later Barbara Outland Baker), an English teacher he lived with until 1974. Schwarzenegger talked about Barbara in his memoir in 1977: "Basically it came down to this: she was a well-balanced woman who wanted an ordinary, solid life, and I was not a well-balanced man, and hated the very idea of ordinary life." Baker has described Schwarzenegger as "[a] joyful personality, totally charismatic, adventurous, and athletic" but claims towards the end of the relationship he became "insufferable – classically conceited – the world revolved around him". Baker published her memoir in 2006, entitled Arnold and Me: In the Shadow of the Austrian Oak. Although Baker, at times, painted an unflattering portrait of her former lover, Schwarzenegger actually contributed to the tell-all book with a foreword, and also met with Baker for three hours. Baker claims, for example, that she only learned of his being unfaithful after they split, and talks of a turbulent and passionate love life. Schwarzenegger has made it clear that their respective recollection of events can differ. The couple first met six to eight months after his arrival in the U.S – their first date was watching the first Apollo Moon landing on television. They shared an apartment in Santa Monica for three and a half years, and having little money, would visit the beach all day, or have barbecues in the back yard. Although Baker claims that when she first met him, he had "little understanding of polite society" and she found him a turn-off, she says, "He's as much a self-made man as it's possible to be – he never got encouragement from his parents, his family, his brother. He just had this huge determination to prove himself, and that was very attractive … I'll go to my grave knowing Arnold loved me."

Question: In what year did Schwarzenegger's former girlfriend Barbara Outland Baker publish her memoir?


Answer: polite society

Question: What did Baker say Schwarzenegger didn't understand when she first met him?


Answer: the first Apollo Moon landing

Question: What historical event did Baker and Schwarzenegger watch on TV together on their first date?


Answer: Sue Moray

Context: Schwarzenegger met his next paramour, Sue Moray, a Beverly Hills hairdresser's assistant, on Venice Beach in July 1977. According to Moray, the couple led an open relationship: "We were faithful when we were both in LA … but when he was out of town, we were free to do whatever we wanted." Schwarzenegger met Maria Shriver at the Robert F. Kennedy Tennis Tournament in August 1977, and went on to have a relationship with both women until August 1978, when Moray (who knew of his relationship with Shriver) issued an ultimatum.

Question: What was the name of the hairdresser's assistant Schwarzenegger fell for in July of 1977?


Answer: the Robert F. Kennedy Tennis Tournament

Question: Where did Schwarzenegger first meet Maria Shriver?


Answer: August 1978

Question: What month and year did Moray make Schwarzenegger choose between her and Shriver?


Answer: niece

Context: On April 26, 1986, Schwarzenegger married television journalist Maria Shriver, niece of President John F. Kennedy, in Hyannis, Massachusetts. The Rev. John Baptist Riordan performed the ceremony at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. They have four children: Katherine Eunice Schwarzenegger (born December 13, 1989 in Los Angeles); Christina Maria Aurelia Schwarzenegger (born July 23, 1991 in Los Angeles); Patrick Arnold Shriver Schwarzenegger (born September 18, 1993 in Los Angeles); and Christopher Sargent Shriver Schwarzenegger (born September 27, 1997 in Los Angeles). Schwarzenegger lives in a 11,000-square-foot (1,000 m2) home in Brentwood. The divorcing couple currently own vacation homes in Sun Valley, Idaho and Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. They attended St. Monica's Catholic Church. Following their separation, it is reported that Schwarzenegger is dating physical therapist Heather Milligan.

Question: What is Maria Shriver's relation to President John F. Kennedy


Answer: Hyannis

Question: What Massachusetts town was the setting for the wedding between Shriver and Schwarzenegger?


Answer: four

Question: How many children did Schwarzenegger and Shriver have together?


Answer: Heather Milligan

Question: Who did Schwarzenegger reportedly begin dating shortly after his separation?


Answer: 25 years

Context: On May 9, 2011, Shriver and Schwarzenegger ended their relationship after 25 years of marriage, with Shriver moving out of the couple's Brentwood mansion. On May 16, 2011, the Los Angeles Times revealed that Schwarzenegger had fathered a son more than fourteen years earlier with an employee in their household, Mildred Patricia 'Patty' Baena. "After leaving the governor's office I told my wife about this event, which occurred over a decade ago," Schwarzenegger said in a statement issued to The Times. In the statement, Schwarzenegger did not mention that he had confessed to his wife only after Shriver had confronted him with the information, which she had done after confirming with the housekeeper what she had suspected about the child.

Question: How long were Schwarzenegger and Shriver married?


Answer: the Los Angeles Times

Question: What newspaper broke the story about Schwarzenegger's child with another woman?


Answer: 20

Context: Fifty-year-old Baena, of Guatemalan origin, was employed by the family for 20 years and retired in January 2011. The pregnant Baena was working in the home while Shriver was pregnant with the youngest of the couple’s four children. Baena's son with Schwarzenegger, Joseph, was born on October 2, 1997; Shriver gave birth to Christopher on September 27, 1997. Schwarzenegger says it took seven or eight years before he found out that he had fathered a child with his housekeeper. It wasn't until the boy "started looking like me, that's when I kind of got it. I put things together," the action star and former California governor, told 60 Minutes. Schwarzenegger has taken financial responsibility for the child "from the start and continued to provide support." KNX 1070 radio reported that in 2010 he bought a new four-bedroom house, with a pool, for Baena and their son in Bakersfield, about 112 miles (180 km) north of Los Angeles. Baena separated from her husband, Rogelio, in 1997, a few months after Joseph's birth, and filed for divorce in 2008. Baena's ex-husband says that the child's birth certificate was falsified and that he plans to sue Schwarzenegger for engaging in conspiracy to falsify a public document, a serious crime in California.

Question: Baena worked for the Schwarzenegger/Shriver family for how many years?


Answer: Joseph

Question: What's the first name of Schwarzenegger's son with Baena?


Answer: 2010

Question: Schwarzenegger bought Baena and their son a four-bedroom house in what year?


Answer: Bob Kaufman

Context: Schwarzenegger has consulted an attorney, Bob Kaufman. Kaufman has earlier handled divorce cases for celebrities such as Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon. Schwarzenegger will keep the Brentwood home as part of their divorce settlement and Shriver has purchased a new home nearby so that the children may travel easily between their parents' homes. They will share custody of the two minor children. Schwarzenegger came under fire after the initial petition did not include spousal support and a reimbursement of attorney's fees. However, he claims this was not intentional and that he signed the initial documents without having properly read them. Schwarzenegger has filed amended divorce papers remedying this.

Question: Which attorney did Schwarzenegger consult to handle his divorce?


Answer: Schwarzenegger

Question: Which of the two kept their family home in Brentwood?


Answer: spousal support

Question: Schwarzenegger's initial divorce petition failed to provide for attorney's fee reimbursement and what other condition of divorce?


Answer: Brigitte Nielsen

Context: After the scandal, actress Brigitte Nielsen came forward and stated that she too had an affair with Schwarzenegger while he was in a relationship with Shriver, saying, "Maybe I wouldn't have got into it if he said 'I'm going to marry Maria' and this is dead serious, but he didn't, and our affair carried on." When asked in 2014 "Of all the things you are famous for … which are you least proud of?", Schwarzenegger replied "I'm least proud of the mistakes I made that caused my family pain and split us up".

Question: What actress claimed she also carried on an affair with Schwarzenegger while he was with Shriver?


Answer: bicuspid

Context: Schwarzenegger was born with a bicuspid aortic valve, an aortic valve with only two leaflets (a normal aortic valve has three leaflets). Schwarzenegger opted in 1997 for a replacement heart valve made of his own transplanted tissue; medical experts predicted he would require heart valve replacement surgery in the following two to eight years as his valve would progressively degrade. Schwarzenegger apparently opted against a mechanical valve, the only permanent solution available at the time of his surgery, because it would have sharply limited his physical activity and capacity to exercise.

Question: What word describes an aortic valve with two rather than three leaflets?


Answer: 1997

Question: Schwarzenegger underwent heart valve replacement in what year?


Answer: Patrick

Context: On January 8, 2006, while Schwarzenegger was riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle in Los Angeles, with his son Patrick in the sidecar, another driver backed into the street he was riding on, causing him and his son to collide with the car at a low speed. While his son and the other driver were unharmed, the governor sustained a minor injury to his lip, requiring 15 stitches. "No citations were issued", said Officer Jason Lee, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesman. Schwarzenegger did not obtain his motorcycle license until July 3, 2006.

Question: Which of Schwarzenegger's sons was with him when he had a motorcycle accident in 2006?


Answer: right femur

Context: Schwarzenegger tripped over his ski pole and broke his right femur while skiing in Sun Valley, Idaho, with his family on December 23, 2006. On December 26, 2006, he underwent a 90-minute operation in which cables and screws were used to wire the broken bone back together. He was released from the St. John's Health Center on December 30, 2006.

Question: What bone did Schwarzenegger break while on a ski trip in 2006?


Answer: Sun Valley, Idaho

Question: Where was Schwarzenegger vacationing when he broke his leg?


Answer: Van Nuys Airport

Context: Schwarzenegger's private jet made an emergency landing at Van Nuys Airport on June 19, 2009, after the pilot reported smoke coming from the cockpit, according to a statement released by the governor's press secretary. No one was harmed in the incident.

Question: At what airport was Schwarzenegger's jet forced to make an emergency landing in 2009?


Answer: 6'2"

Context: Schwarzenegger's official height of 6'2" (1.88 m) has been brought into question by several articles. In his bodybuilding days in the late 1960s, he was measured to be 6'1.5" (1.87 m), a height confirmed by his fellow bodybuilders. However, in 1988 both the Daily Mail and Time Out magazine mentioned that Schwarzenegger appeared noticeably shorter. Prior to running for Governor, Schwarzenegger's height was once again questioned in an article by the Chicago Reader. As Governor, Schwarzenegger engaged in a light-hearted exchange with Assemblyman Herb Wesson over their heights. At one point, Wesson made an unsuccessful attempt to, in his own words, "settle this once and for all and find out how tall he is" by using a tailor's tape measure on the Governor. Schwarzenegger retaliated by placing a pillow stitched with the words "Need a lift?" on the five-foot-five inch (165 cm) Wesson's chair before a negotiating session in his office. Bob Mulholland also claimed Schwarzenegger was 5'10" (1.78 m) and that he wore risers in his boots. In 1999, Men's Health magazine stated his height was 5'10".

Question: How tall does Schwarzenegger claim to be?


Answer: Herb Wesson

Question: What Assemblyman playfully tried to measure Schwarzenegger's height?


Answer: 5'10"

Question: How tall did Men's Health magazine report Schwarzenegger to be in a 1999 issue?


Answer: Total Recall

Context: Schwarzenegger's autobiography, Total Recall, was released in October 2012. He devotes one chapter called "The Secret" to his extramarital affair. The majority of his book is about his successes in the three major chapters in his life: bodybuilder, actor, and Governor of California.

Question: What's the title of Schwarzenegger's autobiography?


Answer: "The Secret"

Question: What did Schwarzenegger name the chapter of the book that addresses his extramarital affair?


Answer: October 2012

Question: When was Schwarzenegger's autobiography released?


Answer: 1992

Context: Schwarzenegger was the first civilian to purchase a Humvee. He was so enamored by the vehicle that he lobbied the Humvee's manufacturer, AM General, to produce a street-legal, civilian version, which they did in 1992; the first two Hummers they sold were also purchased by Schwarzenegger.

Question: In what year did AM General grant Schwarzenegger's wish for a street-legal Humvee?


Answer: Hummers

Question: In addition to the Humvee, what other vehicle manufactured by AM General was Schwarzenegger first to own?


Answer: silver

Context: He was in the news in 2014 for buying a rare Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse. He was spotted and filmed in 2015 Summer in his car, silver painted with bright aluminium forged wheels. Schwarzenegger's Bugatti has its interior adorned in dark brown leather.

Question: What color is the exterior of Schwarzenegger's Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse?


Answer: 6,300

Context: The Hummers that Schwarzenegger bought 1992 are so large – each weighs 6,300 lb (2,900 kg) and is 7 feet (2.1 m) wide – that they are classified as large trucks, and U.S. fuel economy regulations do not apply to them. During the gubernatorial recall campaign he announced that he would convert one of his Hummers to burn hydrogen. The conversion was reported to have cost about US$21,000. After the election, he signed an executive order to jump-start the building of hydrogen refueling plants called the California Hydrogen Highway Network, and gained a U.S. Department of Energy grant to help pay for its projected US$91,000,000 cost. California took delivery of the first H2H (Hydrogen Hummer) in October 2004.

Question: How many pounds does one of Schwarzenegger's Hummers weigh?


Answer: $21,000

Question: How much did Schwarzenegger spend to convert a Hummer to run on hydrogen?


Answer: California Hydrogen Highway Network

Question: What did Schwarzenegger name his plan to build hydrogen refueling stations throughout California?


Answer: U.S. Department of Energy

Question: What governmental department contributed a grant to Schwarzenegger's hydrogen fuel project?


Answer: the Inner City Games Foundation

Context: Arnold Schwarzenegger has been involved with the Special Olympics for many years after they were founded by his ex-mother-in-law, Eunice Kennedy Shriver. In 2007, Schwarzenegger was the official spokesperson for the Special Olympics which were held in Shanghai, China. Schwarzenegger believes that quality school opportunities should be made available to children who might not normally be able to access them. In 1995, he founded the Inner City Games Foundation (ICG) which provides cultural, educational and community enrichment programming to youth. ICG is active in 15 cities around the country and serves over 250,000 children in over 400 schools countrywide. He has also been involved with After-School All-Stars, and founded the Los Angeles branch in 2002. ASAS is an after school program provider, educating youth about health, fitness and nutrition.

Question: What nonprofit did Schwarzenegger found in 1995?


Answer: Shanghai

Question: Schwarzenegger was the spokesperson for the Special Olympic games held in what city in China?


Answer: 400

Question: About how many schools across the country is ICG active in?


Answer: the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy

Context: In 2012, Schwarzenegger helped to found the Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy, which is a part of the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California. The Institute's mission is to "[advance] post-partisanship, where leaders put people over political parties and work together to find the best ideas and solutions to benefit the people they serve," and to "seek to influence public policy and public debate in finding solutions to the serious challenges we face." Schwarzenegger serves as chairman of the Institute.

Question: What school within the University of Southern California does the Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy belong to?


Answer: 2012

Question: In what year was the Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy founded?


Answer: chairman

Question: What position does Schwarzenegger hold with the Institute?


Answer: 60

Context: Plymouth (i/ˈplɪməθ/) is a city on the south coast of Devon, England, about 37 miles (60 km) south-west of Exeter and 190 miles (310 km) west-south-west of London, between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west where they join Plymouth Sound to form the boundary with Cornwall.

Question: In kilometers, what is the distance from Plymouth to Exeter?


Answer: 190

Question: How many miles away from London is Plymouth?


Answer: Tamar

Question: What river borders Plymouth on the west?


Answer: Devon

Question: In what county is Plymouth located?


Answer: Plymouth Sound

Question: In what body of water do the rivers Tamar and Plym converge?


Answer: Mount Batten

Context: Plymouth's early history extends to the Bronze Age, when a first settlement emerged at Mount Batten. This settlement continued as a trading post for the Roman Empire, until it was surpassed by the more prosperous village of Sutton, now called Plymouth. In 1620, the Pilgrim Fathers departed Plymouth for the New World and established Plymouth Colony – the second English settlement in what is now the United States of America. During the English Civil War the town was held by the Parliamentarians and was besieged between 1642 and 1646.

Question: What was the location of the earliest settlement near Plymouth?


Answer: Sutton

Question: What was Plymouth's original name?


Answer: 1620

Question: In what year did the Pilgrim Fathers sail from Plymouth?


Answer: 1646

Question: When did the siege of Plymouth end during the English Civil War?


Answer: Plymouth Colony

Question: What was the name of the colony founded by the Pilgrim Fathers in the New World?


Answer: Devonport

Context: Throughout the Industrial Revolution, Plymouth grew as a commercial shipping port, handling imports and passengers from the Americas, and exporting local minerals (tin, copper, lime, china clay and arsenic) while the neighbouring town of Devonport became a strategic Royal Naval shipbuilding and dockyard town. In 1914 three neighbouring independent towns, viz., the county borough of Plymouth, the county borough of Devonport, and the urban district of East Stonehouse were merged to form a single County Borough. The combined town took the name of Plymouth which, in 1928, achieved city status. The city's naval importance later led to its targeting and partial destruction during World War II, an act known as the Plymouth Blitz. After the war the city centre was completely rebuilt and subsequent expansion led to the incorporation of Plympton and Plymstock along with other outlying suburbs in 1967.

Question: What nearby settlement built ships for the Royal Navy?


Answer: 1928

Question: In what year did Plymouth become a city?


Answer: Plymouth Blitz

Question: What is the term used to describe the attacks on Plymouth during the Second World War?


Answer: 1967

Question: In what year was Plymstock incorporated?


Answer: East Stonehouse

Question: Along with Plymouth and Devonport, what location was merged into a county borough in 1914?


Answer: 261,546

Context: The city is home to 261,546 (mid-2014 est.) people, making it the 30th most populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. It is governed locally by Plymouth City Council and is represented nationally by three MPs. Plymouth's economy remains strongly influenced by shipbuilding and seafaring including ferry links to Brittany (Roscoff and St Malo) and Spain (Santander), but has tended toward a service-based economy since the 1990s. It has the largest operational naval base in Western Europe – HMNB Devonport and is home to Plymouth University.

Question: As of 2014, what was the population of Plymouth?


Answer: 30th

Question: Where does Plymouth rank in population among the cities of the UK?


Answer: three

Question: How many members of Parliament represent Plymouth?


Answer: Santander

Question: In what city does Plymouth's ferry to Spain terminate?


Answer: Plymouth University

Question: What institution of higher education is based in Plymouth?


Answer: TAMARI OSTIA

Context: Upper Palaeolithic deposits, including bones of Homo sapiens, have been found in local caves, and artefacts dating from the Bronze Age to the Middle Iron Age have been found at Mount Batten showing that it was one of the main trading ports of the country at that time. An unidentified settlement named 'TAMARI OSTIA' (mouth/estuaries of the Tamar) is listed in Ptolemy's Geographia and is presumed to be located in the area of the modern city.

Question: What is the name of the location cited by Ptolemy that is believed to have been located near modern Plymouth?


Answer: Mount Batten

Question: Where have Middle Iron Age remnants been found?


Answer: mouth/estuaries of the Tamar

Question: What does 'TAMARI OSTIA' mean?


Answer: 11th

Context: The settlement of Plympton, further up the River Plym than the current Plymouth, was also an early trading port, but the river silted up in the early 11th century and forced the mariners and merchants to settle at the current day Barbican near the river mouth. At the time this village was called Sutton, meaning south town in Old English. The name Plym Mouth, meaning "mouth of the River Plym" was first mentioned in a Pipe Roll of 1211. The name Plymouth first officially replaced Sutton in a charter of King Henry VI in 1440. See Plympton for the derivation of the name Plym.

Question: In what century were sailors obligated to relocate from Plympton due to silting?


Answer: south town

Question: What did Sutton mean in the Old English language?


Answer: 1211

Question: In what year was the first written reference to Plymouth made?


Answer: King Henry VI

Question: During whose reign was the former town of Sutton referred to as Plymouth?


Answer: mouth of the River Plym

Question: What did 'Plym Mouth' mean?


Answer: 1340

Context: During the Hundred Years' War a French attack (1340) burned a manor house and took some prisoners, but failed to get into the town. In 1403 the town was burned by Breton raiders. In the late fifteenth century a 'castle quadrate' was constructed close to the area now known as The Barbican; it included four round towers, one at each corner, as featured on the city coat of arms. The castle served to protect Sutton Pool, which is where the fleet was based in Plymouth prior to the establishment of Plymouth Dockyard. In 1512 an Act of Parliament was passed for further fortifying Plymouth, and a series of fortifications were then built, including defensive walls at the entrance to Sutton Pool (across which a chain would be extended in time of danger). Defences on St Nicholas Island also date from this time, and a string of six artillery blockhouses were built, including one on Fishers Nose at the south-eastern corner of the Hoe. This location was further strengthened by the building of a fort (later known as Drake's Fort) in 1596, which itself went on to provide the site for the Citadel, established in the 1660s (see below).

Question: In what year during the Hundred Years' War did the French assault Plymouth?


Answer: Breton raiders

Question: Who set fire to Plymouth in 1403?


Answer: 1596

Question: In what year was the fortification later known as Drake's Fort constructed?


Answer: Sutton Pool

Question: Before Plymouth dockyard was built, where was the fleet located?


Answer: 1512

Question: In what year did Parliament pass a notable law that led to the building of fortifications in Plymouth?


Answer: Sir John Hawkins

Context: During the 16th century locally produced wool was the major export commodity. Plymouth was the home port for successful maritime traders, among them Sir John Hawkins, who led England's first foray into the Atlantic slave trade, as well as Sir Francis Drake, Mayor of Plymouth in 1581 and 1593. According to legend, Drake insisted on completing his game of bowls on the Hoe before engaging the Spanish Armada in 1588. In 1620 the Pilgrim Fathers set sail for the New World from Plymouth, establishing Plymouth Colony – the second English colony in what is now the United States of America.

Question: What notable slave trader was based out of Plymouth?


Answer: Sir Francis Drake

Question: Who served as Plymouth's mayor in 1593?


Answer: 1588

Question: In what year did Drake battle the Spanish Armada?


Answer: 1620

Question: When did the Pilgrim Fathers depart Plymouth?


Answer: Plymouth Colony

Question: What was the name of the settlement founded by the Pilgrim Fathers?


Answer: Parliamentarians

Context: During the English Civil War Plymouth sided with the Parliamentarians and was besieged for almost four years by the Royalists. The last major attack by the Royalist was by Sir Richard Grenville leading thousands of soldiers towards Plymouth, but they were defeated by the Plymothians at Freedom Fields Park. The civil war ended as a Parliamentary win, but monarchy was restored by King Charles II in 1660, who imprisoned many of the Parliamentary heroes on Drake's Island. Construction of the Royal Citadel began in 1665, after the Restoration; it was armed with cannon facing both out to sea and into the town, rumoured to be a reminder to residents not to oppose the Crown. Mount Batten tower also dates from around this time.

Question: Which faction did Plymouth support during the English Civil War?


Answer: four

Question: For how many years was Plymouth under siege during the English Civil War?


Answer: Freedom Fields Park

Question: Where did the last battle for Plymouth during the English Civil War end?


Answer: 1660

Question: In what year did Charles II ascend to the throne?


Answer: Drake's Island

Question: What locale was used to house imprisoned Parliamentarians after the restoration of Charles II?


Answer: 18th

Context: Throughout the 17th century Plymouth had gradually lost its pre-eminence as a trading port. By the mid-17th century commodities manufactured elsewhere in England cost too much to transport to Plymouth and the city had no means of processing sugar or tobacco imports, although it did play a relatively small part in the Atlantic slave trade during the early 18th century.

Question: During what century was Plymouth involved with the Atlantic slave trade?


Answer: 17th

Question: In what century did Plymouth cease to be a vital trading port?


Answer: 1690

Context: In the nearby parish of Stoke Damerel the first dockyard, HMNB Devonport, opened in 1690 on the eastern bank of the River Tamar. Further docks were built here in 1727, 1762 and 1793. The settlement that developed here was called "Dock" or "Plymouth Dock" at the time, and a new town, separate from Plymouth, grew up. In 1712 there were 318 men employed and by 1733 it had grown to a population of 3,000 people.

Question: In what year was HMNB Davenport established?


Answer: River Tamar

Question: What river was adjacent to HMNB Davenport?


Answer: 318

Question: How many male workers were present in Plymouth Dock circa 1712?


Answer: 3,000

Question: What was the 1733 population of Plymouth Dock?


Answer: Stoke Damerel

Question: In what parish was HMNB Davenport located?


Answer: timber

Context: Before the latter half of the 18th century, grain, timber and then coal were Plymouth's main imports. During this time the real source of wealth was from the neighbouring town of Plymouth Dock (renamed in 1824 to Devonport) and the major employer in the entire region was the dockyard. The Three Towns conurbation of Plymouth, Stonehouse and Devonport enjoyed some prosperity during the late 18th and early 19th century and were enriched by a series of neo-classical urban developments designed by London architect John Foulston. Foulston was important for both Devonport and Plymouth and was responsible for several grand public buildings, many now destroyed, including the Athenaeum, the Theatre Royal and Royal Hotel, and much of Union Street.

Question: Along with coal and grain, what was the most important import in 18th century Plymouth?


Answer: Devonport

Question: What was the new name given to Plymouth Dock in 1824?


Answer: Stonehouse

Question: Along with Plymouth and Devonport, what settlement comprised the Three Towns?


Answer: John Foulston

Question: What architect was noted for his neoclassical designs in Plymouth?


Answer: Union Street

Question: On what street did many of the buildings designed by John Foulston reside?


Answer: William Cookworthy

Context: Local chemist William Cookworthy established his somewhat short-lived Plymouth Porcelain venture in 1768 to exploit the recently discovered deposits of local China Clay - an industry which continues to make up a portion of the city income. As an associate and host of engineer John Smeaton he was indirectly involved with the development of the Eddystone Lighthouse.

Question: Who founded Plymouth Porcelain?


Answer: 1768

Question: In what year was Plymouth Porcelain founded?


Answer: chemist

Question: What was William Cookworthy's profession?


Answer: John Smeaton

Question: What was the name of the engineer involved in the construction of the Eddystone Lighthouse?


Answer: 2

Context: The 1-mile-long (2 km) Breakwater in Plymouth Sound was designed by John Rennie in order to protect the fleet moving in and out of Devonport; work started in 1812. Numerous technical difficulties and repeated storm damage meant that it was not completed until 1841, twenty years after Rennie's death. In the 1860s, a ring of Palmerston forts was constructed around the outskirts of Devonport, to protect the dockyard from attack from any direction.

Question: In kilometers, how long was the Plymouth Sound Breakwater?


Answer: John Rennie

Question: Who was the designer of the Plymouth Sound Breakwater?


Answer: 1841

Question: In what year did construction finish on the Plymouth Sound Breakwater?


Answer: 1812

Question: When did construction commence on Plymouth Sound Breakwater?


Answer: Devonport

Question: Near which settlement were Palmerston forts built in the 1860s?


Answer: guano

Context: Some of the greatest imports to Plymouth from the Americas and Europe during the latter half of the 19th century included maize, wheat, barley, sugar cane, guano, sodium nitrate and phosphate Aside from the dockyard in the town of Devonport, industries in Plymouth such as the gasworks, the railways and tramways and a number of small chemical works had begun to develop in the 19th century, continuing into the 20th century.

Question: What animal byproduct was imported to Plymouth in the 19th century?


Answer: Devonport

Question: In what settlement were the dockyards located?


Answer: Scapa Flow

Context: During the First World War, Plymouth was the port of entry for many troops from around the Empire and also developed as a facility for the manufacture of munitions. Although major units of the Royal Navy moved to the safety of Scapa Flow, Devonport was an important base for escort vessels and repairs. Flying boats operated from Mount Batten.

Question: What was the primary base of the Royal navy during World War I?


Answer: escort vessels

Question: What sorts of ships were based in Davenport?


Answer: Mount Batten

Question: What location provided a base for flying boats?


Answer: Royal Australian Air Force

Context: In the First World War, Devonport was the headquarters of Western Approaches Command until 1941 and Sunderland flying boats were operated by the Royal Australian Air Force. It was an important embarkation point for US troops for D-Day. The city was heavily bombed by the Luftwaffe, in a series of 59 raids known as the Plymouth Blitz. Although the dockyards were the principal targets, much of the city centre and over 3,700 houses were completely destroyed and more than 1,000 civilians lost their lives. This was largely due to Plymouth's status as a major port Charles Church was hit by incendiary bombs and partially destroyed in 1941 during the Blitz, but has not been demolished, as it is now an official permanent monument to the bombing of Plymouth during World War II.

Question: What force used Sunderland flying boats out of Devonport?


Answer: Western Approaches Command

Question: What military organization was based in Devonport until 1941?


Answer: 59

Question: How many attacks comprised the Plymouth Blitz?


Answer: more than 1,000

Question: How many civilian deaths occurred as a result of the Plymouth Blitz?


Answer: over 3,700

Question: How many homes were totally destroyed in the Plymouth Blitz?


Answer: Sir Patrick Abercrombie

Context: The redevelopment of the city was planned by Sir Patrick Abercrombie in his 1943 Plan for Plymouth whilst simultaneously working on the reconstruction plan for London. Between 1951 and 1957 over 1000 homes were completed every year mostly using innovative prefabricated systems of just three main types; by 1964 over 20,000 new homes had been built transforming the dense overcrowded and unsanitary slums of the pre-war city into a low density, dispersed suburbia. Most of the city centre shops had been destroyed and those that remained were cleared to enable a zoned reconstruction according to his plan. In 1962 the modernist high rise of the Civic Centre was constructed, an architecturally significant example of mid twentieth century civic slab-and-tower set piece allowed to fall into disrepair by its owner Plymouth City Council but recently grade II listed by English Heritage to prevent its demolition.

Question: Who was the author of the 1943 Plan for Plymouth?


Answer: over 1000

Question: In the period 1951-1957, how many new houses were constructed yearly in Plymouth?


Answer: over 20,000

Question: In the postwar period to 1964, how many houses were built in Plymouth?


Answer: 1962

Question: When was the Civic Centre built?


Answer: grade II

Question: What English Heritage status does the Civic Centre possess?


Answer: Ark Royal

Context: Post-war, Devonport Dockyard was kept busy refitting aircraft carriers such as the Ark Royal and, later, nuclear submarines while new light industrial factories were constructed in the newly zoned industrial sector attracting rapid growth of the urban population. The army had substantially left the city by 1971, with barracks pulled down in the 1960s, however the city remains home to the 42 Commando of the Royal Marines.

Question: What aircraft carrier received maintenance at Devonport Dockyard?


Answer: 1971

Question: By what year was the greater part of the army presence in Plymouth gone?


Answer: 42 Commando of the Royal Marines

Question: What military unit is based in Plymouth?


Answer: Domesday Book

Context: The first record of the existence of a settlement at Plymouth was in the Domesday Book in 1086 as Sudtone, Saxon for south farm, located at the present day Barbican. From Saxon times, it was in the hundred of Roborough. In 1254 it gained status as a town and in 1439, became the first town in England to be granted a Charter by Parliament. Between 1439 and 1934, Plymouth had a Mayor. In 1914 the county boroughs of Plymouth and Devonport, and the urban district of East Stonehouse merged to form a single county borough of Plymouth. Collectively they were referred to as "The Three Towns".

Question: In what text was the presence of a settlement in the Plymouth area first recorded?


Answer: 1086

Question: In what year was the Domesday Book compiled?


Answer: Sudtone

Question: What was the name of the Plymouth-area settlement recorded in the Domesday Book?


Answer: 1254

Question: In what year was Plymouth recognized as a town?


Answer: 1439

Question: In what year did Parliament bestow a Charter on Plymouth?


Answer: Nancy Astor

Context: In 1919 Nancy Astor was elected the first ever female member of parliament to take office in the British Houses of Parliament for the constituency of Plymouth Sutton. Taking over office from her husband Waldorf Astor, Lady Astor was a vibrantly active campaigner for her resident constituents . Plymouth was granted city status on 18 October 1928. The city's first Lord Mayor was appointed in 1935 and its boundaries further expanded in 1967 to include the town of Plympton and the parish of Plymstock.

Question: Who was the first woman MP to take her seat in the British Parliament?


Answer: Plymouth Sutton

Question: For what constituency was Nancy Astor elected?


Answer: 18 October 1928

Question: On what date did Plymouth become a city?


Answer: 1935

Question: In what year did Plymouth receive its first Lord Mayor?


Answer: Plymstock

Question: What parish was incorporated into Plymouth in 1967?


Answer: Plymouth Devonport

Context: In 1945, Plymouth-born Michael Foot was elected Labour MP for the war-torn constituency of Plymouth Devonport and after serving as Secretary of State for Education and responsible for the 1974 Health and Safety at Work Act, went on to become one of the most distinguished leaders of the Labour party.

Question: What constituency did MP Michael Foot represent?


Answer: Secretary of State for Education

Question: What position was Michael Foot noted to occupy in government?


Answer: 1974 Health and Safety at Work Act

Question: What notable piece of legislation did Michael Foot contribute to?


Answer: Labour

Question: What party did Michael Foot become a leader of?


Answer: Plymouth

Question: In what town was Michael Foot born?


Answer: 250,000

Context: The 1971 Local Government White Paper proposed abolishing county boroughs, which would have left Plymouth, a town of 250,000 people, being administered from a council based at the smaller Exeter, on the other side of the county. This led to Plymouth lobbying for the creation of a Tamarside county, to include Plymouth, Torpoint, Saltash, and the rural hinterland. The campaign was not successful, and Plymouth ceased to be a county borough on 1 April 1974 with responsibility for education, social services, highways and libraries transferred to Devon County Council. All powers returned when the city become a unitary authority on 1 April 1998 under recommendations of the Banham Commission.

Question: What was the population of Plymouth in 1971?


Answer: 1971 Local Government White Paper

Question: What document suggested that county boroughs be eliminated?


Answer: Tamarside

Question: What county did Plymouth unsuccessfully attempt to see created?


Answer: 1 April 1974

Question: On what date did Plymouth's county status end?


Answer: the Banham Commission

Question: What body proposed that Plymouth become a unitary council?


Answer: South West England

Context: In the Parliament of the United Kingdom, Plymouth is represented by the three constituencies of Plymouth Moor View, Plymouth Sutton and Devonport and South West Devon and within the European Parliament as South West England. In the 2015 general election all three constituencies returned Conservative MPs, who were Oliver Colvile (for Devon South West), Gary Streeter (for Sutton and Devonport) and Johnny Mercer for Moor View.

Question: What European Parliamentary constitutency is Plymouth a part of?


Answer: Gary Streeter

Question: Who was elected for the Sutton and Devonport constitutency in 2015?


Answer: Conservative

Question: As of 2015, what political party did all of Plymouth's MPs belong to?


Answer: Moor View

Question: What parliamentary constitutency was represented by Johnny Mercer?


Answer: three

Context: The City of Plymouth is divided into 20 wards, 17 of which elect three councillors and the other three electing two councillors, making up a total council of 57. Each year a third of the council is up for election for three consecutive years – there are no elections on the following "fourth" year, which is when County Council elections take place. The total electorate for Plymouth was 188,924 in April 2015. The local election of 7 May 2015 resulted in a political composition of 28 Labour councillors, 26 Conservative and 3 UKIP resulting in a Labour administration. Plymouth City Council is formally twinned with: Brest, France (1963), Gdynia, Poland (1976), Novorossiysk, Russia (1990) San Sebastián, Spain (1990) and Plymouth, United States (2001).

Question: How many wards in Plymouth elect two councillors?


Answer: 57

Question: How many members are on the Plymouth council?


Answer: a third

Question: What fraction of the Plymouth council is elected each year?


Answer: Brest

Question: With what French city is Plymouth twinned?


Answer: 2001

Question: In what year did Plymouth twin with Plymouth in the United States?


Answer: King George V

Context: Plymouth was granted the dignity of Lord Mayor by King George V in 1935. The position is elected each year by a group of six councillors. It is traditional that the position of the Lord Mayor alternates between the Conservative Party and the Labour Party annually and that the Lord Mayor chooses the Deputy Lord Mayor. Conservative councillor Dr John Mahony is the incumbent for 2015–16.

Question: What monarch bestowed the first Lord Mayor on Plymouth?


Answer: six

Question: How many councillors choose the Lord Mayor?


Answer: the Lord Mayor

Question: What officeholder selects the Deputy Lord Mayor?


Answer: Dr John Mahony

Question: Who is the current Lord Mayor of Plymouth?


Answer: 3 Elliot Terrace

Context: The Lord Mayor's official residence is 3 Elliot Terrace, located on the Hoe. Once a home of Waldorf and Nancy Astor, it was given by Lady Astor to the City of Plymouth as an official residence for future Lord Mayors and is also used today for civic hospitality, as lodgings for visiting dignitaries and High Court judges and it is also available to hire for private events. The Civic Centre municipal office building in Armada Way became a listed building in June 2007 because of its quality and period features, but has become the centre of a controversy as the council planned for its demolition estimating that it could cost £40m to refurbish it, resulting in possible job losses.

Question: At what street address is the Lord Mayor's residence located?


Answer: Lady Astor

Question: Who gave the Lord Mayor's official residence to Plymouth?


Answer: Armada Way

Question: On what street is the Civic Centre office building located?


Answer: June 2007

Question: In what month and year did the Civic Centre municipal office building become a listed building?


Answer: £40m

Question: What did Plymouth council estimate the cost to refurbish the Civic Centre municipal office building to be?


Answer: River Tamar

Context: Plymouth lies between the River Plym to the east and the River Tamar to the west; both rivers flow into the natural harbour of Plymouth Sound. Since 1967, the unitary authority of Plymouth has included the, once independent, towns of Plympton and Plymstock which lie along the east of the River Plym. The River Tamar forms the county boundary between Devon and Cornwall and its estuary forms the Hamoaze on which is sited Devonport Dockyard.

Question: What river is to the west of Plymouth?


Answer: River Plym

Question: To the east of Plymouth lies which river?


Answer: Cornwall

Question: The River Tamar is the boundary between Devon and what other county?


Answer: Plymouth Sound

Question: In what body of water do the rivers Plym and Tamar meet?


Answer: 1967

Question: When did Plymstock join the unitary authority of Plymouth?


Answer: Cattewater

Context: The River Plym, which flows off Dartmoor to the north-east, forms a smaller estuary to the east of the city called Cattewater. Plymouth Sound is protected from the sea by the Plymouth Breakwater, in use since 1814. In the Sound is Drake's Island which is seen from Plymouth Hoe, a flat public area on top of limestone cliffs. The Unitary Authority of Plymouth is 79.84 square kilometres (30.83 sq mi). The topography rises from sea level to a height, at Roborough, of about 509 feet (155 m) above Ordnance Datum (AOD).

Question: What estuary east of Plymouth is part of the River Plym?


Answer: 1814

Question: When did the Plymouth Breakwater open?


Answer: Drake's Island

Question: What island is present in Plymouth Sound?


Answer: 30.83

Question: How large is the Unitary Authority of Plymouth in square miles?


Answer: 155

Question: In meters, what is the highest point in the Plymouth Unitary Authority?


Answer: Site of Special Scientific Interest

Context: Geologically, Plymouth has a mixture of limestone, Devonian slate, granite and Middle Devonian limestone. Plymouth Sound, Shores and Cliffs is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, because of its geology. The bulk of the city is built upon Upper Devonian slates and shales and the headlands at the entrance to Plymouth Sound are formed of Lower Devonian slates, which can withstand the power of the sea.

Question: What special designation does Plymouth Sound, Shores and Cliffs possess?


Answer: Lower Devonian slates

Question: What stones form the headlands near Plymouth Sound?


Answer: granite

Question: Along with Devonian slate, Middle Devonian limestone and limestone, what stone provides the geologic base of Plymouth?


Answer: Upper Devonian slates

Question: Along with shales, what is most of the city built on?


Answer: its geology

Question: For what reason is Plymouth Sound a Site of Special Scientific Interest?


Answer: Cremyll

Context: A band of Middle Devonian limestone runs west to east from Cremyll to Plymstock including the Hoe. Local limestone may be seen in numerous buildings, walls and pavements throughout Plymouth. To the north and north east of the city is the granite mass of Dartmoor; the granite was mined and exported via Plymouth. Rocks brought down the Tamar from Dartmoor include ores containing tin, copper, tungsten, lead and other minerals. There is evidence that the middle Devonian limestone belt at the south edge of Plymouth and in Plymstock was quarried at West Hoe, Cattedown and Radford.

Question: Middle Devonian limestone exists between Plymstock and what location?


Answer: Dartmoor

Question: What location north of the city possesses granite?


Answer: Tamar

Question: What river was used to ferry granite from Dartmoor to Plymouth?


Answer: Cattedown

Question: Along with West Hoe and Radford, where was Middle Devonian limestone quarried in the region?


Answer: limestone

Question: What local stone was used in the construction of many Plymouth buildings?


Answer: 27 April 1944

Context: On 27 April 1944 Sir Patrick Abercrombie's Plan for Plymouth to rebuild the bomb-damaged city was published; it called for demolition of the few remaining pre-War buildings in the city centre to make way for their replacement with wide, parallel, modern boulevards aligned east–west linked by a north–south avenue (Armada Way) linking the railway station with the vista of Plymouth Hoe. A peripheral road system connecting the historic Barbican on the east and Union Street to the west determines the principal form of the city centre, even following pedestrianisation of the shopping centre in the late 1980s, and continues to inform the present 'Vision for Plymouth' developed by a team led by Barcelona-based architect David MacKay in 2003 which calls for revivification of the city centre with mixed-use and residential. In suburban areas, post-War prefabs had already begun to appear by 1946, and over 1,000 permanent council houses were built each year from 1951–57 according to the Modernist zoned low-density garden city model advocated by Abercrombie. By 1964 over 20,000 new homes had been built, more than 13,500 of them permanent council homes and 853 built by the Admiralty. Plymouth is home to 28 parks with an average size of 45,638 square metres (491,240 sq ft). Its largest park is Central Park, with other sizeable green spaces including Victoria Park, Freedom Fields Park, Alexandra Park, Devonport Park and the Hoe.

Question: On what date was the publication of the Plan for Plymouth?


Answer: Sir Patrick Abercrombie

Question: Who wrote the Plan for Plymouth?


Answer: Armada Way

Question: What street was intended to connect Plymouth Hoe to the railroad station?


Answer: David MacKay

Question: Who headed the team that created the 'Vision for Plymouth'?


Answer: 28

Question: How many parks exist in Plymouth?


Answer: temperate oceanic

Context: Along with the rest of South West England, Plymouth has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) which is generally wetter and milder than the rest of England. This means a wide range of exotic plants can be grown. The annual mean temperature is approximately 11 °C (52 °F). Due to the modifying effect of the sea the seasonal range is less than in most other parts of the UK. As a result of this summer highs are lower than its southerly latitude should warrant, but as a contrast the coldest month of February has mean minimum temperatures as mild as between 3 and 4 °C (37 and 39 °F). Snow is rare, not usually equating to more than a few flakes, but there have been exclusions, namely the European winter storms of 2009-10 which, in early January, covered Plymouth in at least 1 inch (2.5 cm) of snow; more on higher ground. Another period of notable snow occurred from 17–19 December 2010 when up to 8 inches (20 cm) of snow fell through the period – though only 2 inches (5.1 cm) would lie at any one time due to melt. Over the 1961–1990 period, annual snowfall accumulation averaged less than 7 cm (3 in) per year. July and August are the warmest months with mean daily maxima over 19 °C (66 °F).

Question: What Köppen climate classification does Plymouth possess?


Answer: 52

Question: In degrees Fahrenheit, what is Plymouth's annual mean temperature?


Answer: February

Question: What month in Plymouth has the lowest temperatures?


Answer: 20

Question: Up to how many centimeters of snow fell on Plymouth between 17 and 19 December 2010?


Answer: July

Question: Along with August, what is typically the hottest month in Plymouth?


Answer: Atlantic depressions

Context: Rainfall tends to be associated with Atlantic depressions or with convection. The Atlantic depressions are more vigorous in autumn and winter and most of the rain which falls in those seasons in the south-west is from this source. Average annual rainfall is around 980 millimetres (39 in). November to March have the highest mean wind speeds, with June to August having the lightest winds. The predominant wind direction is from the south-west.

Question: Along with convection, what provokes rain in the Plymouth area?


Answer: autumn

Question: Along with winter, in what season are Atlantic depressions most prevalent?


Answer: 39

Question: About how many inches of rain fall on Plymouth every year?


Answer: November

Question: Along with March, what month has the fastest winds on average?


Answer: south-west

Question: From what direction do most of the winds blow on Plymouth?


Answer: over 1,600

Context: South West England has a favoured location when the Azores High pressure area extends north-eastwards towards the UK, particularly in summer. Coastal areas have average annual sunshine totals over 1,600 hours.

Question: How many hours of sunshine does the South West England region get each year?


Answer: South West England

Question: What region of England benefits from the extension of the Azores High pressure area?


Answer: 89

Context: Typically, the warmest day of the year (1971–2000) will achieve a temperature of 26.6 °C (80 °F), although in June 1976 the temperature reached 31.6 °C (89 °F), the site record. On average, 4.25 days of the year will report a maximum temperature of 25.1 °C (77 °F) or above. During the winter half of the year, the coldest night will typically fall to −4.1 °C (25 °F) although in January 1979 the temperature fell to −8.8 °C (16 °F). Typically, 18.6 nights of the year will register an air frost.

Question: In degrees Fahrenheit, what was the highest temperature achieved in Plymouth between 1971 and 2000?


Answer: June 1976

Question: In what month and year did Plymouth see its highest temperature between 1971 and 2000?


Answer: 4.25

Question: About how many days a year in Plymouth are over 77 °F?


Answer: −8.8 °C

Question: In degrees Celsius, what was the coldest temperature recorded at Plymouth between 1971 and 2000?


Answer: January 1979

Question: In what month and year did Plymouth see its lowest temperature between 1971 and 2000?


Answer: 25,895

Context: The University of Plymouth enrolls 25,895 total students as of 2014/15 (22nd largest in the UK out of 165). It also employs 3,000 staff with an annual income of around £160 million. It was founded in 1992 from Polytechnic South West (formerly Plymouth Polytechnic) following the Further and Higher Education Act 1992. It has courses in maritime business, marine engineering, marine biology and Earth, ocean and environmental sciences, surf science, shipping and logistics. The university formed a joint venture with the fellow Devonian University of Exeter in 2000, establishing the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry. The college is ranked 8th out of 30 universities in the UK in 2011 for medicine. Its dental school was established in 2006, which also provides free dental care in an attempt to improve access to dental care in the South West.

Question: How many students are studying at the University of Plymouth?


Answer: 22nd

Question: Where does the University of Plymouth rank among British institutions of higher education in terms of number of enrolled students?


Answer: 3,000

Question: How many staff members work for the University of Plymouth?


Answer: £160 million

Question: About how much are the staff of the University of Plymouth paid yearly in total?


Answer: 1992

Question: In what year was the University of Plymouth established?


Answer: The University of St Mark & St John

Context: The University of St Mark & St John (known as "Marjon" or "Marjons") specialises in teacher training, and offers training across the country and abroad.

Question: What institution of higher education is colloquially known as Marjons?


Answer: teacher training

Question: What is the academic specialty of the University of St Mark & St John?


Answer: Plymouth College of Art

Context: The city is also home to two large colleges. The City College Plymouth provides courses from the most basic to Foundation degrees for approximately 26,000 students. Plymouth College of Art offers a selection of courses including media. It was started 153 years ago and is now one of only four independent colleges of art and design in the UK.

Question: Along with City College Plymouth, what college calls Plymouth home?


Answer: 26,000

Question: About how many students are enrolled at City College Plymouth?


Answer: 153

Question: How many years ago was Plymouth College of Art founded?


Answer: four

Question: How many independent art colleges exist in the United Kingdom?


Answer: two

Question: How many large colleges exist in Plymouth?


Answer: 71

Context: Plymouth also has 71 state primary phase schools, 13 state secondary schools, eight special schools and three selective state grammar schools, Devonport High School for Girls, Devonport High School for Boys and Plymouth High School for Girls. There is also an independent school Plymouth College.

Question: How many state primary schools are in Plymouth?


Answer: 13

Question: Plymouth has how many state secondary schools?


Answer: three

Question: How many state grammar schools are based in Plymouth?


Answer: Plymouth College

Question: What is the name of the independent school in Plymouth?


Answer: Devonport High School for Girls

Question: Aside from Plymouth High School for Girls and Devonport High School for Boys, what state grammar school is present in Plymouth?


Answer: the Royal Naval Engineering College

Context: The city was also home to the Royal Naval Engineering College; opened in 1880 in Keyham, it trained engineering students for five years before they completed the remaining two years of the course at Greenwich. The college closed in 1910, but in 1940 a new college opened at Manadon. This was renamed Dockyard Technical College in 1959 before finally closing in 1994; training was transferred to the University of Southampton.

Question: What maritime institution of higher education existed in Plymouth as of 1880?


Answer: 1910

Question: When did the Royal Naval Engineering College shut its doors in Plymouth?


Answer: Dockyard Technical College

Question: What was the Royal Naval Engineering College renamed in 1959?


Answer: 1994

Question: In what year did the Dockyard Technical College close?


Answer: University of Southampton

Question: After the Dockyard Technical College closed, where were classes relocated to?


Answer: Marine Biological Association

Context: Plymouth is home to the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (MBA) which conducts research in all areas of the marine sciences. The Plymouth Marine Laboratory is an offshoot of the MBA. Together with the National Marine Aquarium, the Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Sciences, Plymouth University's Marine Institute and the Diving Diseases Research Centre, these marine-related organisations form the Plymouth Marine Sciences Partnership. The Plymouth Marine Laboratory, which focuses on global issues of climate change and sustainability. It monitors the effects of ocean acidity on corals and shellfish and reports the results to the UK government. It also cultivates algae that could be used to make biofuels or in the treatment of waste water by using technology such as photo-bioreactors. It works alongside the Boots Group to investigate the use of algae in skin care protects, taking advantage of the chemicals they contain that adapt to protect themselves from the sun.

Question: What organization known as the MBA is based in Plymouth?


Answer: Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Sciences

Question: What Plymouth organization is named for Sir Alister Hardy?


Answer: Marine Institute

Question: What marine facility is attached to the University of Plymouth?


Answer: Plymouth Marine Sciences Partnership

Question: What group are many of Plymouth's marine organizations a part of?


Answer: National Marine Aquarium

Question: What is the name of the aquarium present in Plymouth?


Answer: 256,384

Context: From the 2011 Census, the Office for National Statistics published that Plymouth's unitary authority area population was 256,384; 15,664 more people than that of the last census from 2001, which indicated that Plymouth had a population of 240,720. The Plymouth urban area had a population of 260,203 in 2011 (the urban sprawl which extends outside the authority's boundaries). The city's average household size was 2.3 persons. At the time of the 2011 UK census, the ethnic composition of Plymouth's population was 96.2% White (of 92.9% was White British), with the largest minority ethnic group being Chinese at 0.5%. The white Irish ethnic group saw the largest decline in its share of the population since the 2001 Census (-24%), while the Other Asian and Black African had the largest increases (360% and 351% respectively). This excludes the two new ethnic groups added to the 2011 census of Gypsy or Irish Traveller and Arab. The population rose rapidly during the second half of the 19th century, but declined by over 1.6% from 1931 to 1951.

Question: What was the population of Plymouth unitary authority circa 2011?


Answer: 240,720

Question: What was the population of Plymouth unitary authority circa 2001?


Answer: 15,664

Question: How many people did the Plymouth unitary authority gain between 2001 and 2011?


Answer: 2.3

Question: What was the average number of people in a Plymouth household?


Answer: 0.5

Question: What percentage of Plymouth residents in 2011 were of Chinese ancestry?


Answer: 25%

Context: Plymouth's gross value added (a measure of the size of its economy) was 5,169 million GBP in 2013 making up 25% of Devon's GVA. Its GVA per person was £19,943 and compared to the national average of £23,755, was £3,812 lower. Plymouth's unemployment rate was 7.0% in 2014 which was 2.0 points higher than the South West average and 0.8 points higher than the average for Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland).

Question: What percentage of Devon's GVA does Plymouth comprise in 2013?


Answer: 5,169

Question: What was Plymouth's 2013 GVA in millions of British Pounds?


Answer: £19,943

Question: What was Plymouth' per capita GVA in 2013?


Answer: £23,755

Question: What was the United Kingdom's average per capita GVA in 2013?


Answer: 7.0%

Question: What percentage of Plymouth residents were unemployed in 2014?


Answer: 26.2%

Context: A 2014 profile by the National Health Service showed Plymouth had higher than average levels of poverty and deprivation (26.2% of population among the poorest 20.4% nationally). Life expectancy, at 78.3 years for men and 82.1 for women, was the lowest of any region in the South West of England.

Question: What percentage of Plymouth residents were suffering from poverty and deprivation in 2014?


Answer: 78.3 years

Question: As of 2014, what was the life expectancy of male Plymouth residents?


Answer: 82.1

Question: As of 2014, what was the life expectancy of female Plymouth residents?


Answer: lowest

Question: Where did Plymouth's life expectancy rank out of the regions of South West England?


Answer: 12,000

Context: Because of its coastal location, the economy of Plymouth has traditionally been maritime, in particular the defence sector with over 12,000 people employed and approximately 7,500 in the armed forces. The Plymouth Gin Distillery has been producing Plymouth Gin since 1793, which was exported around the world by the Royal Navy. During the 1930s, it was the most widely distributed gin and has a controlled term of origin. Since the 1980s, employment in the defence sector has decreased substantially and the public sector is now prominent particularly in administration, health, education, medicine and engineering.

Question: How many Plymouth residents are employed in defense?


Answer: 7,500

Question: About how many Plymouth residents are serving in the military?


Answer: 1793

Question: When was Plymouth Gin first distilled?


Answer: Plymouth Gin Distillery

Question: What company produces Plymouth Gin?


Answer: the 1930s

Question: During what decade was Plymouth Gin the most widely consumed in the world?


Answer: 10%

Context: Devonport Dockyard is the UK's only naval base that refits nuclear submarines and the Navy estimates that the Dockyard generates about 10% of Plymouth's income. Plymouth has the largest cluster of marine and maritime businesses in the south west with 270 firms operating within the sector. Other substantial employers include the university with almost 3,000 staff, as well as the Tamar Science Park employing 500 people in 50 companies. Several employers have chosen to locate their headquarters in Plymouth, including Hemsley Fraser.

Question: About what percentage of Plymouth's income comes from the Dockyard?


Answer: Devonport Dockyard

Question: What Royal Navy base is present in Plymouth?


Answer: 270

Question: How many maritime businesses operate in Plymouth?


Answer: 500

Question: How many people work in Tamar Science Park?


Answer: Hemsley Fraser

Question: What is a notable company based in Plymouth?


Answer: Pannier Market

Context: Plymouth has a post-war shopping area in the city centre with substantial pedestrianisation. At the west end of the zone inside a grade II listed building is the Pannier Market that was completed in 1959 – pannier meaning "basket" from French, so it translates as "basket market". In terms of retail floorspace, Plymouth is ranked in the top five in the South West, and 29th nationally. Plymouth was one of the first ten British cities to trial the new Business Improvement District initiative. The Tinside Pool is situated at the foot of the Hoe and became a grade II listed building in 1998 before being restored to its 1930s look for £3.4 million.

Question: What notable shop is located in a grade II listed building?


Answer: 1959

Question: In what year was Pannier Market finished?


Answer: 29th

Question: What is Plymouth's national rank in retail floorspace?


Answer: Tinside Pool

Question: What notable location was named a grade II listed building in 1998?


Answer: £3.4 million

Question: What was the cost to restore Tinside Pool?


Answer: "Vision for Plymouth"

Context: Plymouth Council is currently undertaking a project of urban redevelopment called the "Vision for Plymouth" launched by the architect David Mackay and backed by both Plymouth City Council and the Plymouth Chamber of Commerce (PCC). Its projects range from shopping centres, a cruise terminal, a boulevard and to increase the population to 300,000 and build 33,000 dwellings.

Question: What is the name of Plymouth Council's urban redevelopment project?


Answer: David Mackay

Question: What architect is in charge of the ""Vision for Plymouth"?


Answer: the Plymouth Chamber of Commerce

Question: Along with Plymouth Council, what body supports the "Vision for Plymouth"?


Answer: 300,000

Question: What is the population goal of the "Vision for Plymouth"?


Answer: 33,000

Question: How many residences does the "Vision for Plymouth" seek to build?


Answer: 2004

Context: In 2004 the old Drake Circus shopping centre and Charles Cross car park were demolished and replaced by the latest Drake Circus Shopping Centre, which opened in October 2006. It received negative feedback before opening when David Mackay said it was already "ten years out of date". In contrast, the Theatre Royal's production and education centre, TR2, which was built on wasteland at Cattedown, was a runner-up for the RIBA Stirling Prize for Architecture in 2003.

Question: When was the Charles Cross car park removed?


Answer: October 2006

Question: In what month and year was the grand opening of Drake Circus Shopping Centre?


Answer: Cattedown

Question: Where was TR2 built?


Answer: the RIBA Stirling Prize for Architecture in 2003

Question: What prize did TR2 almost win?


Answer: David Mackay

Question: Who spoke disparagingly about the Drake Circus Shopping Centre?


Answer: the Bretonside bus station

Context: There is a project involving the future relocation of Plymouth City Council's headquarters, the civic centre, to the current location of the Bretonside bus station; it would involve both the bus station and civic centre being demolished and a rebuilt together at the location with the land from the civic centre being sold off. Other suggestions include the demolition of the Plymouth Pavilions entertainment arena to create a canal "boulevard" linking Millbay to the city centre. Millbay is being regenerated with mixed residential, retail and office space alongside the ferry port.

Question: What location is proposed for the future home of the Plymouth City Council headquarters?


Answer: the Plymouth Pavilions entertainment arena

Question: To connect Millbay to the city centre, what would need to be destroyed?


Answer: Millbay

Question: What city region is located near a ferry terminal?


Answer: The Parkway

Context: The A38 dual-carriageway runs from east to west across the north of the city. Within the city it is designated as 'The Parkway' and represents the boundary between the urban parts of the city and the generally more recent suburban areas. Heading east, it connects Plymouth to the M5 motorway about 40 miles (65 km) away near Exeter; and heading west it connects Cornwall and Devon via the Tamar Bridge. Regular bus services are provided by Plymouth Citybus, First South West and Target Travel. There are three Park and ride services located at Milehouse, Coypool (Plympton) and George Junction (Plymouth City Airport), which are operated by First South West.

Question: What is the A38 called inside the city of Plymouth?


Answer: 40

Question: In miles, about how far away from Plymouth does the A38 connect to the M5?


Answer: Tamar Bridge

Question: What bridge connects Cornwall to Plymouth via the A38?


Answer: Plymouth City Airport

Question: What park and ride service is located at George Junction?


Answer: First South West

Question: Who operates Milehouse park and ride?


Answer: Brittany Ferries

Context: A regular international ferry service provided by Brittany Ferries operates from Millbay taking cars and foot passengers directly to France (Roscoff) and Spain (Santander) on the three ferries, MV Armorique, MV Bretagne and MV Pont-Aven. There is a passenger ferry between Stonehouse and the Cornish hamlet of Cremyll, which is believed to have operated continuously since 1204. There is also a pedestrian ferry from the Mayflower Steps to Mount Batten, and an alternative to using the Tamar Bridge via the Torpoint Ferry (vehicle and pedestrian) across the River Tamar.

Question: Who operates the ferry to Spain?


Answer: Roscoff

Question: Where does the ferry to France terminate?


Answer: MV Armorique

Question: Along with MV Bretagne and MV Pont-Aven, what ferry operates between Plymouth and the continent?


Answer: Stonehouse

Question: A passenger ferry operates between Cremyll and what location?


Answer: 1204

Question: When did the Cremyll-Stonehouse ferry first operate?


Answer: Plymouth City Airport

Context: The city's airport was Plymouth City Airport about 4 miles (6 km) north of the city centre. The airport was home to the local airline Air Southwest, which operated flights across the United Kingdom and Ireland. In June 2003, a report by the South West RDA was published looking at the future of aviation in the south-west and the possible closure of airports. It concluded that the best option for the south-west was to close Plymouth City Airport and expand Exeter International Airport and Newquay Cornwall Airport, although it did conclude that this was not the best option for Plymouth. In April 2011, it was announced that the airport would close, which it did on 23 December. However, FlyPlymouth plans to reopen the city airport by 2018, which will provide daily services to various destinations including London.

Question: What local airport closed in 2011?


Answer: 6

Question: In kilometers, how far away from the Plymouth city center was Plymouth City Airport?


Answer: 2018

Question: By what year is the city airport planned to reopen?


Answer: FlyPlymouth

Question: Who intends to reopen the Plymouth City Airport?


Answer: 1877

Context: Plymouth railway station, which opened in 1877, is managed by Great Western Railway and also sees trains on the CrossCountry network. Smaller stations are served by local trains on the Tamar Valley Line and Cornish Main Line. First Great Western have come under fire recently, due to widespread rail service cuts across the south-west, which affect Plymouth greatly. Three MPs from the three main political parties in the region have lobbied that the train services are vital to its economy.

Question: When did Plymouth's railroad station open for service?


Answer: Great Western Railway

Question: Who runs Plymouth's railroad station?


Answer: Cornish Main Line

Question: Along with the Tamar Valley Line, what local train service operates in Plymouth?


Answer: three

Question: How many regional MPs have argued for the importance of Plymouth's train service?


Answer: CrossCountry

Question: Trains from what network sometimes operate out of Plymouth's railroad station?


Answer: 4 February 2014

Context: The Exeter to Plymouth railway of the LSWR needs to be reopened to connect Cornwall and Plymouth to the rest of the UK railway system on an all weather basis. There are proposals to reopen the line from Tavistock to Bere Alston for a through service to Plymouth. On the night of 4 February 2014, amid high winds and extremely rough seas, part of the sea wall at Dawlish was breached washing away around 40 metres (130 ft) of the wall and the ballast under the railway immediately behind. The line was closed. Network Rail began repair work and the line reopened on 4 April 2014. In the wake of widespread disruption caused by damage to the mainline track at Dawlish by coastal storms in February 2014, Network Rail are considering reopening the Tavistock to Okehampton and Exeter section of the line as an alternative to the coastal route.

Question: On what date was the Dawlish sea wall damaged?


Answer: 130

Question: In feet, how much of the Dawlish sea wall was destroyed?


Answer: 4 April 2014

Question: After the Dawlish sea wall was damaged, on what date did the line reopen?


Answer: February 2014

Question: In what month and year did storms affect the coastal line near Dawlish?


Answer: 150

Context: Plymouth has about 150 churches and its Roman Catholic cathedral (1858) is in Stonehouse. The city's oldest church is St Andrew's (Anglican) located at the top of Royal Parade—it is the largest parish church in Devon and has been a site of gathering since AD 800. The city also includes five Baptist churches, over twenty Methodist chapels, and thirteen Roman Catholic churches. In 1831 the first Brethren assembly in England, a movement of conservative non-denominational Evangelical Christians, was established in the city, so that Brethren are often called Plymouth Brethren, although the movement did not begin locally.

Question: How many churches are present in Plymouth?


Answer: 1858

Question: In what year was Plymouth's Catholic cathedral built?


Answer: St Andrew's

Question: What is the name of the oldest church in Plymouth?


Answer: Anglican

Question: What denomination does the oldest church in Plymouth belong to?


Answer: over twenty

Question: How many Methodist houses of worship exist in Plymouth?


Answer: Moses

Context: Plymouth has the first known reference to Jews in the South West from Sir Francis Drake's voyages in 1577 to 1580, as his log mentioned "Moses the Jew" – a man from Plymouth. The Plymouth Synagogue is a Listed Grade II* building, built in 1762 and is the oldest Ashkenazi Synagogue in the English speaking world. There are also places of worship for Islam, Bahá'í, Buddhism, Unitarianism, Chinese beliefs and Humanism.

Question: What Plymouth Jew was mentioned by Sir Francis Drake?


Answer: 1762

Question: In what year was Plymouth Synagogue constructed?


Answer: Grade II*

Question: What is Plymouth Synagogue's listed grade?


Answer: Ashkenazi

Question: What community of Jews was Plymouth Synagogue built by?


Answer: 58.1%

Context: 58.1% of the population described themselves in the 2011 census return as being at least nominally Christian and 0.8% as Muslim with all other religions represented by less than 0.5% each. The portion of people without a religion is 32.9%; above the national average of 24.7%. 7.1% did not state their religious belief. Since the 2001 Census, the number of Christians and Jews has decreased (-16% and -7% respectively), while all other religions have increased and non-religious people have almost doubled in number.

Question: What percentage of Plymouth's population call themselves Christian?


Answer: 0.8%

Question: What percentage of Plymouth residents follow Islam?


Answer: 32.9%

Question: What percentage of Plymouth consists of non-religious people?


Answer: 24.7%

Question: What percentage of people in the United Kingdom describe themselves as non-religious?


Answer: 7%

Question: What was the percentage decline in Jewish residents of Plymouth between 2001 and 2011?


Answer: 1815

Context: Built in 1815, Union Street was at the heart of Plymouth's historical culture. It became known as the servicemen's playground, as it was where sailors from the Royal Navy would seek entertainment of all kinds. During the 1930s, there were 30 pubs and it attracted such performers as Charlie Chaplin to the New Palace Theatre. It is now the late-night hub of Plymouth's entertainment strip, but has a reputation for trouble at closing hours.

Question: In what year was Union Street constructed?


Answer: Charlie Chaplin

Question: Who performed at the New Palace Theatre in the 1930s?


Answer: 30s

Question: How many pubs existed on Union Street in the 1930s?


Answer: sailors from the Royal Navy

Question: What group famously enjoyed themselves on Union Street?


Answer: British Firework Championships

Context: Outdoor events and festivals are held including the annual British Firework Championships in August, which attracts tens of thousands of people across the waterfront. In August 2006 the world record for the most amount of simultaneous fireworks was surpassed, by Roy Lowry of the University of Plymouth, over Plymouth Sound. Since 1992 the Music of the Night has been performed in the Royal Citadel by the 29 Commando Regiment and local performers to raise money for local and military charities.

Question: What notable event occurs each August?


Answer: August 2006

Question: In what month and year was the world record for simultaneous fireworks broken?


Answer: Roy Lowry

Question: Who broke the world record for simultaneous fireworks?


Answer: University of Plymouth

Question: What institution did Roy Lowry work for?


Answer: 1992

Question: In what year did the Music of the Night begin?


Answer: 1,315

Context: The city's main theatres are the Theatre Royal (1,315 capacity), its Drum Theatre (200 capacity), and its production and creative learning centre, The TR2. The Plymouth Pavilions has multiple uses for the city staging music concerts, basketball matches and stand-up comedy. There are also three cinemas: Reel Cinema at Derrys Cross, Plymouth Arts Centre at Looe Street and a Vue cinema at the Barbican Leisure Park. The Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery is operated by Plymouth City Council allowing free admission – it has six galleries. The Plymouth Athenaeum, which includes a local interest library, is a society dedicated to the promotion of learning in the fields of science, technology, literature and art. From 1961 to 2009 it also housed a theatre.

Question: How many people can fit in the Theatre Royal?


Answer: 200

Question: What is the capacity of Drum Theatre?


Answer: free

Question: What is the cost of admission to the Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery?


Answer: six

Question: How many galleries are present in the Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery?


Answer: 2009

Question: When did the theater in the Plymouth Athenaeum close?


Answer: BBC South West

Context: Plymouth is the regional television centre of BBC South West. A team of journalists are headquartered at Plymouth for the ITV West Country regional station, after a merger with ITV West forced ITV Westcountry to close on 16 February 2009. The main local newspapers serving Plymouth are The Herald and Western Morning News with Radio Plymouth , BBC Radio Devon, Heart South West , and Pirate FM being the main local radio stations.

Question: What television station has its regional headquarters in Plymouth?


Answer: ITV West Country

Question: What regional ITV station serves Plymouth?


Answer: 16 February 2009

Question: On what date did ITV Westcountry cease to operate?


Answer: ITV West

Question: With what channel did ITV Westcountry merge?


Answer: BBC Radio Devon

Question: What BBC radio station operates in Plymouth?


Answer: Plymouth Argyle F.C.

Context: Plymouth is home to Plymouth Argyle F.C., who play in the fourth tier of English football league known as Football League Two. The team's home ground is called Home Park and is located in Central Park. It links itself with the group of English non-conformists that left Plymouth for the New World in 1620: its nickname is "The Pilgrims". The city also has four Non-League football clubs; Plymouth Parkway F.C. who play at Bolitho Park, Elburton Villa F.C. who play at Haye Road, Vospers Oak Villa F.C. who play at Weston Mill and Plymstock United F.C. who play at Deans Cross. All four clubs play in the South West Peninsula League.

Question: What football league team is located in Plymouth?


Answer: Football League Two

Question: What level of the football league does Plymouth Argyle F.C. operate in?


Answer: Home Park

Question: What is the home field of Plymouth Argyle F.C.?


Answer: The Pilgrims

Question: What is the nickname of Plymouth Argyle F.C.?


Answer: Vospers Oak Villa F.C.

Question: What team plays its home games at Weston Mill?


Answer: Plymouth Albion R.F.C.

Context: Other sports clubs include Plymouth Albion R.F.C. and the Plymouth Raiders basketball club. Plymouth Albion Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club that was founded in 1875 and are currently competing in the third tier of Professional English Rugby . They play at the Brickfields. Plymouth Raiders play in the British Basketball League – the top tier of British basketball. They play at the Plymouth Pavilions entertainment arena and were founded in 1983. Plymouth cricket club was formed in 1843, the current 1st XI play in the Devon Premier League. Plymouth Devils are a speedway team in the British Premier League. Plymouth was home to an American football club, the Plymouth Admirals until 2010. Plymouth is also home to Plymouth Marjons Hockey Club, with their 1st XI playing in the National League last season.

Question: What rugby union team is based in Plymouth?


Answer: Plymouth Raiders

Question: What British Basketball League team calls Plymouth home?


Answer: 1875

Question: When was Plymouth Albion R.F.C. founded?


Answer: Plymouth Pavilions

Question: Where do the Plymouth Raiders play their home games?


Answer: 1983

Question: When were the Plymouth Raiders inaugurated?


Answer: 1823

Context: Plymouth is an important centre for watersports, especially scuba diving and sailing. The Port of Plymouth Regatta is one of the oldest regattas in the world, and has been held regularly since 1823. In September 2011, Plymouth hosted the America's Cup World Series for nine days.

Question: When was the first Port of Plymouth Regatta?


Answer: September 2011

Question: In what month and year did Plymouth play host to the America's Cup World Series?


Answer: nine

Question: For how many days did the America's Cup World Series take place in Plymouth?


Answer: 1973

Context: Since 1973 Plymouth has been supplied water by South West Water. Prior to the 1973 take over it was supplied by Plymouth County Borough Corporation. Before the 19th century two leats were built in order to provide drinking water for the town. They carried water from Dartmoor to Plymouth. A watercourse, known as Plymouth or Drake's Leat, was opened on 24 April 1591 to tap the River Meavy. The Devonport Leat was constructed to carry fresh drinking water to the expanding town of Devonport and its ever growing dockyard. It was fed by three Dartmoor rivers: The West Dart, Cowsic and Blackabrook. It seems to have been carrying water since 1797, but it was officially completed in 1801. It was originally designed to carry water to Devonport town, but has since been shortened and now carries water to Burrator Reservoir, which feeds most of the water supply of Plymouth. Burrator Reservoir is located about 5 miles (8 km) north of the city and was constructed in 1898 and expanded in 1928.

Question: When did Plymouth begin receiving water from South West Water?


Answer: Plymouth County Borough Corporation

Question: Who provided Plymouth's water prior to 1973?


Answer: 24 April 1591

Question: When did Drake's Leat open?


Answer: River Meavy

Question: From where did Drake's Leat draw water?


Answer: 1801

Question: When did construction finish on Devonport Leat?


Answer: Plymouth City Council

Context: Plymouth City Council is responsible for waste management throughout the city and South West Water is responsible for sewerage. Plymouth's electricity is supplied from the National Grid and distributed to Plymouth via Western Power Distribution. On the outskirts of Plympton a combined cycle gas-powered station, the Langage Power Station, which started to produce electricity for Plymouth at the end of 2009.

Question: What body handles waste management in Plymouth?


Answer: South West Water

Question: Who oversees Plymouth's sewers?


Answer: Western Power Distribution

Question: Who distributes electricity in Plymouth?


Answer: 2009

Question: In what year did Langage Power Station come on line?


Answer: Plympton

Question: What settlement is Langage Power Station located near?


Answer: 1836

Context: Her Majesty's Courts Service provide a Magistrates' Court and a Combined Crown and County Court in the city. The Plymouth Borough Police, formed in 1836, eventually became part of Devon and Cornwall Constabulary. There are police stations at Charles Cross and Crownhill (the Divisional HQ) and smaller stations at Plympton and Plymstock. The city has one of the Devon and Cornwall Area Crown Prosecution Service Divisional offices. Plymouth has five fire stations located in Camel's Head, Crownhill, Greenbank, Plympton and Plymstock which is part of Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution have an Atlantic 85 class lifeboat and Severn class lifeboat stationed at Millbay Docks.

Question: When did the Plymouth Borough Police begin operation?


Answer: Crownhill

Question: Where is the police divisional headquarters located?


Answer: five

Question: How many fire stations are present in Plymouth?


Answer: Millbay Docks

Question: Where in Plymouth is the Royal National Lifeboat Institution based?


Answer: Devon and Cornwall Constabulary

Question: What organization is the Plymouth Borough Police a part of?


Answer: Derriford Hospital

Context: Plymouth is served by Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust and the city's NHS hospital is Derriford Hospital 4 miles (6 km) north of the city centre. The Royal Eye Infirmary is located at Derriford Hospital. South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust operates in Plymouth and the rest of the south west; its headquarters are in Exeter.

Question: What is Plymouth's National Health Service hospital?


Answer: 6

Question: In kilometers, how far is Derriford Hospital from the Plymouth city center?


Answer: Royal Eye Infirmary

Question: What notable clinic is present in Derriford Hospital?


Answer: South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Question: What organization provides ambulance transport for Plymouth?


Answer: Exeter

Question: Where is South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust headquartered?


Answer: 2007

Context: The mid-19th century burial ground at Ford Park Cemetery was reopened in 2007 by a successful trust and the City council operate two large early 20th century cemeteries at Weston Mill and Efford both with crematoria and chapels. There is also a privately owned cemetery on the outskirts of the city, Drake Memorial Park which does not allow headstones to mark graves, but a brass plaque set into the ground.

Question: When did Ford Park Cemetery reopen?


Answer: Weston Mill

Question: Along with Efford, where else does the Plymouth City Council operate a cemetery?


Answer: Drake Memorial Park

Question: What is the name of the private cemetery in Plymouth?


Answer: a brass plaque

Question: In lieu of headstones, what grave markers are used at Drake Memorial Park?