praj-17/QA-MCQ-Open-ended huggingface dataset:
Title: European_Central_Bank
Context: The ECB's first supplementary longer-term refinancing operation (LTRO) with a six-month maturity was announced March 2008. Previously the longest tender offered was three months. It announced two 3-month and one 6-month full allotment of Long Term Refinancing Operations (LTROs). The first tender was settled 3 April, and was more than four times oversubscribed. The €25 billion auction drew bids amounting to €103.1 billion, from 177 banks. Another six-month tender was allotted on 9 July, again to the amount of €25 billion. The first 12-month LTRO in June 2009 had close to 1100 bidders.

question: What is an LTRO? 

answer: longer-term refinancing operation

question: How long was the time to maturity on an LTRO? 

answer: six-month

question: When were the first supplemental LTRO's offered? 

answer: March 2008

question: How long had the time to maturity been previously? 

answer: three months

question: How many bids were recorded at the auction for the first 12 month LRTO? 

answer: close to 1100 bidders
Title: St._John%27s,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador
Context: St. John's (/ˌseɪntˈdʒɒnz/, local /ˌseɪntˈdʒɑːnz/) is the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. St. John's was incorporated as a city in 1888, yet is considered by some to be the oldest English-founded city in North America. It is located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. With a population of 214,285 as of July 1, 2015, the St. John's Metropolitan Area is the second largest Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) in Atlantic Canada after Halifax and the 20th largest metropolitan area in Canada. It is one of the world's top ten oceanside destinations, according to National Geographic Magazine. Its name has been attributed to the feast day of John the Baptist, when John Cabot was believed to have sailed into the harbour in 1497, and also to a Basque fishing town with the same name.

question: In what country is St. John's located? 

answer: Canada

question: What is the name of the island that St. John's is located? 

answer: Newfoundland

question: What city is ranked 20th in largest metropolitan area for Canada? 

answer: St. John's

question: Where on the Avalon Peninsula is St. John's located? 

answer: eastern tip

question: In what year did St. John's have a population of 214,285? 

answer: 2015
Title: St._John%27s,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador
Context: St. John's is one of the oldest settlements in North America, with year-round settlement beginning sometime after 1630 and seasonal habitation long before that. It is not, however, the oldest surviving English settlement in North America or Canada, having been preceded by the Cuper's Cove colony at Cupids, founded in 1610, and the Bristol's Hope colony at Harbour Grace, founded in 1618. In fact, although English fishermen had begun setting up seasonal camps in Newfoundland in the 16th Century, they were expressly forbidden by the British government, at the urging of the West Country fishing industry, from establishing permanent settlements along the English controlled coast, hence the town of St. John's was not established as a permanent community until after the 1630s at the earliest. Other permanent English settlements in the Americas that predate St. John's include: St. George's, Bermuda (1612) and Jamestown, Virginia (1607).

question: Which city is considered one of the oldest settlements in North America? 

answer: St. John's

question: Around what year did settlement begin to occur in St. John's? 

answer: 1630

question: When was Cuper's Cove colony founded? 

answer: 1610

question:  What year was Bristol's Hope colony founded? 

answer: 1618

question: Who forbade the  english fisherman to setup seasonal camps in Newfoundland? 

answer: British government
Title: St._John%27s,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador
Context: Sebastian Cabot declares in a handwritten Latin text in his original 1545 map, that the St. John's earned its name when he and his father, the Venetian explorer John Cabot became the first Europeans to sail into the harbour, in the morning of 24 June 1494 (against British and French historians stating 1497), the feast day of Saint John the Baptist. However, the exact locations of Cabot's landfalls are disputed. A series of expeditions to St. John's by Portuguese from the Azores took place in the early 16th century, and by 1540 French, Spanish and Portuguese ships crossed the Atlantic annually to fish the waters off the Avalon Peninsula. In the Basque Country, it is a common belief that the name of St. John's was given by Basque fishermen because the bay of St. John's is very similar to the Bay of Pasaia in the Basque Country, where one of the fishing towns is also called St. John (in Spanish, San Juan, and in Basque, Donibane).

question: What was John Cabot's sons first name? 

answer: Sebastian

question: What was the occupation of John Cabot? 

answer: explorer

question: Where did the French, Spanish and Portuguese start to travel to fish yearly in 1540? 

answer: Avalon Peninsula

question: Where is the Bay of Pasaia located? 

answer: Basque Country

question: In what language did Sebastian Cabot write his map from 1545? 

answer: Latin
Title: St._John%27s,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador
Context: The earliest record of the location appears as São João on a Portuguese map by Pedro Reinel in 1519. When John Rut visited St. John's in 1527 he found Norman, Breton and Portuguese ships in the harbour. On 3 August 1527, Rut wrote a letter to King Henry on the findings of his voyage to North America; this was the first known letter sent from North America. St. Jehan is shown on Nicholas Desliens' world map of 1541 and San Joham is found in João Freire's Atlas of 1546. It was during this time that Water Street was first developed, making it the oldest street in North America.[dubious – discuss]

question: What year did John Rut visit St. John's? 

answer: 1527

question: Who sent the first known letter from North America? 

answer: John Rut

question: What three countries ships did John Rut find in 1527? 

answer: Norman, Breton and Portuguese

question: Who did John Rut write a letter to in 1527? 

answer: King Henry
Title: St._John%27s,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador
Context: By 1620, the fishermen of England's West Country controlled most of Newfoundland's east coast. In 1627, William Payne, called St. John's "the principal prime and chief lot in all the whole country". The population grew slowly in the 17th century and St. John's was the largest settlement in Newfoundland when English naval officers began to take censuses around 1675. The population would grow in the summers with the arrival of migratory fishermen. In 1680, fishing ships (mostly from South Devon) set up fishing rooms at St. John's, bringing hundreds of Irish men into the port to operate inshore fishing boats.

question: Who referred St. John's as St. "the principal prime and chief lot in all the whole country" ?  

answer: William Payne

question: When did censuses start being conducted in St. John's? 

answer: 1675

question: When did Irish men begin to operate inshore fishing boats in St. John's? 

answer: 1680

question: What grew during the summers in St. John's? 

answer: population

question: Who controlled most of Newfoundland's east coast by 1620? 

answer: fishermen
Title: St._John%27s,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador
Context: The town's first significant defences were likely erected due to commercial interests, following the temporary seizure of St. John's by the Dutch admiral Michiel de Ruyter in June 1665. The inhabitants were able to fend off a second Dutch attack in 1673, when this time it was defended by Christopher Martin, an English merchant captain. Martin landed six cannons from his vessel, the Elias Andrews, and constructed an earthen breastwork and battery near chain Rock commanding the Narrows leading into the harbour. With only twenty-three men, the valiant Martin beat off an attack by three Dutch warships. The English government planned to expand these fortifications (Fort William) in around 1689, but actual construction didn't begin until after the French admiral Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville captured and destroyed the town in the Avalon Peninsula Campaign (1696). When 1500 English reinforcements arrived in late 1697 they found nothing but rubble where the town and fortifications had stood.

question: Who briefly seized St. John's in 1665? 

answer: Michiel de Ruyter

question: In what year did the dutch attack St. John for a second time? 

answer: 1673

question: How many men defended the attack from the Dutch in 1673? 

answer: twenty-three

question: Who destroyed Fort William in 1696? 

answer: Pierre Le Moyne

question: How many Dutch warships were fended of by Christopher Martin in 1673? 

answer: three
Title: St._John%27s,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador
Context: St. John's was the starting point for the first non-stop transatlantic aircraft flight, by Alcock and Brown in a modified Vickers Vimy IV bomber, in June 1919, departing from Lester's Field in St. John's and ending in a bog near Clifden, Connemara, Ireland. In July 2005, the flight was duplicated by American aviator and adventurer Steve Fossett in a replica Vickers Vimy aircraft, with St. John's International Airport substituting for Lester's Field (now an urban and residential part of the city).

question: Who flew the first non-stop transatlantic aircraft flight? 

answer: Alcock and Brown

question: What aircraft did Alcock and Brown use in 1919 for their flight?  

answer: Vickers Vimy IV bomber

question: Where in St. John's did Alcock and Brown depart from in June 1919? 

answer: Lester's Field

question: Who duplicated Alcock and Brown flight in 2005? 

answer: Steve Fossett

question: What aircraft did Steve Fossett use for his flight in July 2005? 

answer: replica Vickers Vimy
Title: St._John%27s,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador
Context: St. John's, and the province as a whole, was gravely affected in the 1990s by the collapse of the Northern cod fishery, which had been the driving force of the provincial economy for hundreds of years. After a decade of high unemployment rates and depopulation, the city's proximity to the Hibernia, Terra Nova and White Rose oil fields has led to an economic boom that has spurred population growth and commercial development. As a result, the St. John's area now accounts for about half of the province's economic output.

question: When did the Northern cod fishery collapse? 

answer: 1990s

question: What led to an economic boom in St. John's? 

answer: Hibernia, Terra Nova and White Rose oil fields

question: For how long did the Northern cod fishery provide a stable economy for St. John's? 

answer: hundreds of years

question: How long did unemployment rates and depopulation suffer in St. John's? 

answer: decade
Title: St._John%27s,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador
Context: St. John's is located along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, on the northeast of the Avalon Peninsula in southeast Newfoundland. The city covers an area of 446.04 square kilometres (172.22 sq mi) and is the most easterly city in North America, excluding Greenland; it is 295 miles (475 km) closer to London, England than it is to Edmonton, Alberta. The city of St. John's is located at a distance by air of 3,636 kilometres (2,259 mi) from Lorient, France which lies on a nearly precisely identical latitude across the Atlantic on the French western coast. The city is the largest in the province and the second largest in the Atlantic Provinces after Halifax, Nova Scotia. Its downtown area lies to the west and north of St. John's Harbour, and the rest of the city expands from the downtown to the north, south, east and west.

question: Near what body of water is St. John's located by? 

answer: Atlantic Ocean

question: How many Square miles is St. John's? 

answer: 172.22

question: In what providence is Edmonton located? 

answer: Alberta

question: What is the largest Atlantic Province city? 

answer: Halifax
Title: St._John%27s,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador
Context: St. John's has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb), with lower seasonal variation than normal for the latitude, which is due to Gulf Stream moderation. However, despite this maritime moderation, average January high temperatures are actually slightly colder in St. John's than it is in Kelowna, British Columbia, which is an inland city that is near the more marine air of the Pacific, demonstrating the cold nature of Eastern Canada. Mean temperatures range from −4.9 °C (23.2 °F) in February to 16.1 °C (61.0 °F) in August, showing somewhat of a seasonal lag in the climate. The city is also one of the areas of the country most prone to tropical cyclone activity, as it is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east, where tropical storms (and sometimes hurricanes) travel from the United States. The city is one of the rainiest in Canada outside of coastal British Columbia. This is partly due to its propensity for tropical storm activity as well as moist, Atlantic air frequently blowing ashore and creating precipitation.

question: How is the climate in St. John's? 

answer: humid

question: In which province is Kelowna located? 

answer: British Columbia

question: Which Canadian city is the most rainiest? 

answer: British Columbia

question: What body of water is to the east of St. John? 

answer: Atlantic Ocean

question: From where do tropical storms travel from to St. John's? 

answer: United States
Title: St._John%27s,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador
Context: Of major Canadian cities, St. John's is the foggiest (124 days), windiest (24.3 km/h (15.1 mph) average speed), and cloudiest (1,497 hours of sunshine). St. John's experiences milder temperatures during the winter season in comparison to other Canadian cities, and has the mildest winter for any Canadian city outside of British Columbia. Precipitation is frequent and often heavy, falling year round. On average, summer is the driest season, with only occasional thunderstorm activity, and the wettest months are from October to January, with December the wettest single month, with nearly 165 millimetres of precipitation on average. This winter precipitation maximum is quite unusual for humid continental climates, which most commonly have a late spring or early summer precipitation maximum (for example, most of the Midwestern U.S.). Most heavy precipitation events in St. John's are the product of intense mid-latitude storms migrating from the Northeastern U.S. and New England states, and these are most common and intense from October to March, bringing heavy precipitation (commonly 4 to 8 centimetres of rainfall equivalent in a single storm), and strong winds. In winter, two or more types of precipitation (rain, freezing rain, sleet and snow) can fall from passage of a single storm. Snowfall is heavy, averaging nearly 335 centimetres per winter season. However, winter storms can bring changing precipitation types. Heavy snow can transition to heavy rain, melting the snow cover, and possibly back to snow or ice (perhaps briefly) all in the same storm, resulting in little or no net snow accumulation. Snow cover in St. John's is variable, and especially early in the winter season, may be slow to develop, but can extend deeply into the spring months (March, April). The St. John's area is subject to freezing rain (called "silver thaws"), the worst of which paralyzed the city over a three-day period in April 1984.

question: What is the foggiest Canadian city? 

answer: St. John's

question: What is the average wind speed in miles per hour for St. John's? 

answer: 15.1 mph

question: What Canadian city has the mildest winter temperature? 

answer: British Columbia

question: What is the driest season on average in St. John's? 

answer: summer

question: What is another word for freezing rain? 

answer: silver thaws
Title: St._John%27s,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador
Context: Starting as a fishing outpost for European fishermen, St. John's consisted mostly of the homes of fishermen, sheds, storage shacks, and wharves constructed out of wood. Like many other cities of the time, as the Industrial Revolution took hold and new methods and materials for construction were introduced, the landscape changed as the city grew in width and height. The Great Fire of 1892 destroyed most of the downtown core, and most residential and other wood-frame buildings date from this period.

question: What are wharves in St. John's constructed out of? 

answer: wood

question: In what year was the Great Fire? 

answer: 1892

question: What was the most affected area of The Great Fire of 1892? 

answer: downtown core
Title: St._John%27s,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador
Context: Often compared to San Francisco due to the hilly terrain and steep maze of residential streets, housing in St. John's is typically painted in bright colours. The city council has implemented strict heritage regulations in the downtown area, including restrictions on the height of buildings. These regulations have caused much controversy over the years. With the city experiencing an economic boom a lack of hotel rooms and office space has seen proposals put forward that do not meet the current height regulations. Heritage advocates argue that the current regulations should be enforced while others believe the regulations should be relaxed to encourage economic development.

question: What US city is St. John's often compared to? 

answer: San Francisco

question: What does the city council have restrictions on in downtown? 

answer: height of buildings

question: What have the restrictions on the height of buildings caused over the years? 

answer: controversy

question: What is the city lacking because of the height restrictions? 

answer: hotel rooms and office space
Title: St._John%27s,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador
Context: To meet the need for more office space downtown without compromising the city's heritage, the city council amended heritage regulations, which originally restricted height to 15 metres in the area of land on Water Street between Bishop's Cove and Steer's Cove, to create the "Commercial Central Retail – West Zone". The new zone will allow for buildings of greater height. A 47-metre, 12-storey office building, which includes retail space and a parking garage, was the first building to be approved in this area.

question: What was amended to provide more office space in downtown? 

answer: heritage regulations

question: What height was the original restriction in downtown for ? 

answer: 15 metres

question: How tall was the first office building to be approved in the on Water Street between Bishop's Cove and Steer's Cove? 

answer: 47-metre
Title: St._John%27s,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador
Context: As of the 2006 Census, there were 100,646 inhabitants in St. John's itself, 151,322 in the urban area and 181,113 in the St. John's Census Metropolitan Area (CMA). Thus, St. John's is Newfoundland and Labrador's largest city and Canada's 20th largest CMA. Apart from St. John's, the CMA includes 12 other communities: the city of Mount Pearl and the towns of Conception Bay South, Paradise, Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, Torbay, Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove, Pouch Cove, Flatrock, Bay Bulls, Witless Bay, Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove and Bauline. The population of the CMA was 192,326 as of 1 July 2010.

question: In what year where there 100,646 inhabitants in St. John's? 

answer: 2006

question: How many communities does the CMA include? 

answer: 12

question: What was the population of the CMA in 2010? 

answer: 192,326

question: What is Newfoundland and Labrador's largest city? 

answer: St. John's
Title: St._John%27s,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador
Context: Predominantly Christian, the population of St. John's was once divided along sectarian (Catholic/Protestant) lines. In recent years, this sectarianism has declined significantly, and is no longer a commonly acknowledged facet of life in St. John's. St. John's is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of St. John's, and the Anglican Bishop of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador. All major Christian sects showed a decline from 2001–2011 with a large increase in those with no religion from 3.9% to 11.1%.

question: What is the largest religion in St. John's? 

answer: Christian

question: What has declined in the recent years on St. John's? 

answer: sectarianism

question: What sects declined from 2001-2011? 

answer: Christian
Title: St._John%27s,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador
Context: St. John's economy is connected to both its role as the provincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador and to the ocean. The civil service which is supported by the federal, provincial and municipal governments has been the key to the expansion of the city's labour force and to the stability of its economy, which supports a sizable retail, service and business sector. The provincial government is the largest employer in the city, followed by Memorial University. With the collapse of the fishing industry in Newfoundland and Labrador in the 1990s, the role of the ocean is now tied to what lies beneath it – oil and gas – as opposed to what swims in or travels across it. The city is the centre of the oil and gas industry in Eastern Canada and is one of 19 World Energy Cities. ExxonMobil Canada is headquartered in St. John's and companies such as Chevron, Husky Energy, Suncor Energy and Statoil have major regional operations in the city. Three major offshore oil developments, Hibernia, Terra Nova and White Rose, are in production off the coast of the city and a fourth development, Hebron, is expected to be producing oil by 2017.

question: What is supported by the federal, provincial and municipal governments? 

answer: civil service

question: Who is the largest employer in the city? 

answer: The provincial government

question: Who is the second largest employer in the city? 

answer: Memorial University

question: What years did the fishing industry fall in Newfoundland and Labrador? 

answer: 1990s

question: What year is Hebron projected to start producing oil in St. John's? 

answer: 2017
Title: St._John%27s,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador
Context: The economy has been growing quickly in recent years. In both 2010 and 2011, the metro area's gross domestic product (GDP) led 27 other metropolitan areas in the country, according to the Conference Board of Canada, recording growth of 6.6 per cent and 5.8 per cent respectively. At $52,000 the city's per capita GDP is the second highest out of all major Canadian cities. Economic forecasts suggest that the city will continue its strong economic growth in the coming years not only in the "oceanic" industries mentioned above, but also in tourism and new home construction as the population continues to grow. In May 2011, the city's unemployment rate fell to 5.6 per cent, the second lowest unemployment rate for a major city in Canada.

question: What has been growing in the recent years? 

answer: economy

question: When did the unemployment rate fall to 5.6 per cent? 

answer: May 2011

question: What was the city's unemployment rate in May 2011? 

answer: 5.6 per cent

question: What is the city's per capita GDP? 

answer: $52,000
Title: St._John%27s,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador
Context: The LSPU Hall is home to the Resource Centre for the Arts. The "Hall" hosts a vibrant and diverse arts community and is regarded as the backbone of artistic infrastructure and development in the downtown. The careers of many well-known Newfoundland artists were launched there including Rick Mercer, Mary Walsh, Cathy Jones, Andy Jones and Greg Thomey. The St. John's Arts and Culture Centre houses an art gallery, libraries and a 1000-seat theatre, which is the city's major venue for entertainment productions.

question: Where is the Resource Centre for the Arts? 

answer: The LSPU Hall

question: How many seats does the St. John's Arts and Culture theatre have? 

answer: 1000

question: Where in the city is the LSPU Hall? 

answer: downtown

question: Where is Rick Mercer from? 

answer: Newfoundland