praj-17/QA-MCQ-Open-ended huggingface dataset:
Title: Muammar_Gaddafi
Context: Following his ascension to power, Gaddafi moved into the Bab al-Azizia barracks, a six-mile long fortified compound located two miles from the center of Tripoli. His home and office at Azizia was a bunker designed by West German engineers, while the rest of his family lived in a large two-story building. Within the compound were also two tennis courts, a soccer field, several gardens, camels, and a Bedouin tent in which he entertained guests. In the 1980s, his lifestyle was considered modest in comparison to those of many other Arab leaders. Gaddafi allegedly worked for years with Swiss banks to launder international banking transactions. In November 2011, The Sunday Times identified property worth £1 billion in the UK that Gaddafi allegedly owned. Gaddafi had an Airbus A340 private jet, which he bought from Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia for $120 million in 2003. Operated by Tripoli-based Afriqiyah Airways and decorated externally in their colours, it had various luxuries including a jacuzzi.

question: How far is the Bab al-Azizia barracks from Tripoli? 

answer: two miles

question: Who designed Gaddafi's Azizia home? 

answer: West German engineers

question: How many tennis courts existed in Gaddafi's compound? 

answer: two

question: What was the value of Gaddafi's supposed British property holdings as of November 2011? 

answer: £1 billion

question: How much did Gaddafi pay for his Airbus A340? 

answer: $120 million
Title: Muammar_Gaddafi
Context: Gaddafi married his first wife, Fatiha al-Nuri, in 1969. She was the daughter of General Khalid, a senior figure in King Idris' administration, and was from a middle-class background. Although they had one son, Muhammad Gaddafi (b. 1970), their relationship was strained, and they divorced in 1970. Gaddafi's second wife was Safia Farkash, née el-Brasai, a former nurse from Obeidat tribe born in Bayda. They met in 1969, following his ascension to power, when he was hospitalized with appendicitis; he claimed that it was love at first sight. The couple remained married until his death. Together they had seven biological children: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (b. 1972), Al-Saadi Gaddafi (b. 1973), Mutassim Gaddafi (1974–2011), Hannibal Muammar Gaddafi (b. 1975), Ayesha Gaddafi (b. 1976), Saif al-Arab Gaddafi (1982–2011), and Khamis Gaddafi (1983–2011). He also adopted two children, Hanna Gaddafi and Milad Gaddafi.

question: Who was Gaddafi's first father-in-law? 

answer: General Khalid

question: When was Gaddafi's son by Fatiha al-Nuri born? 

answer: 1970

question: What was the maiden surname of Gaddafi's second wife? 

answer: el-Brasai

question: What tribe did Safia Farkash belong to? 

answer: Obeidat

question: When did Khamis Gaddafi die? 

answer: 2011
Title: Muammar_Gaddafi
Context: Biographers Blundy and Lycett believed that he was "a populist at heart." Throughout Libya, crowds of supporters would turn up to public events at which he appeared; described as "spontaneous demonstrations" by the government, there are recorded instances of groups being coerced or paid to attend. He was typically late to public events, and would sometimes not show up at all. Although Bianco thought he had a "gift for oratory", he was considered a poor orator by biographers Blundy and Lycett. Biographer Daniel Kawczynski noted that Gaddafi was famed for his "lengthy, wandering" speeches, which typically involved criticising Israel and the U.S.

question: Who referred to Gaddafi as a populist? 

answer: Blundy and Lycett

question: Who stated that Gaddafi was a gifted speaker? 

answer: Bianco

question: Who noted that Gaddafi made long speeches? 

answer: Daniel Kawczynski
Title: Muammar_Gaddafi
Context: Gaddafi was notably confrontational in his approach to foreign powers, and generally shunned western ambassadors and diplomats, believing them to be spies. He once said that HIV was "a peaceful virus, not an aggressive virus" and assured attendees at the African Union that "if you are straight you have nothing to fear from AIDS". He also said that the H1N1 influenza virus was a biological weapon manufactured by a foreign military, and he assured Africans that the tsetse fly and mosquito were "God's armies which will protect us against colonialists". Should these 'enemies' come to Africa, "they will get malaria and sleeping sickness".

question: What sort of virus did Gaddafi describe HIV as? 

answer: peaceful

question: Who did Gaddafi claim created H1N1? 

answer: a foreign military

question: According to Gaddafi, what insects made up God's armies? 

answer: tsetse fly and mosquito

question: What illnesses did Gaddafi claim would afflict invading colonialists? 

answer: malaria and sleeping sickness
Title: Muammar_Gaddafi
Context: Starting in the 1980s, he travelled with his all-female Amazonian Guard, who were allegedly sworn to a life of celibacy. However, according to psychologist Seham Sergewa, after the civil war several of the guards told her they had been pressured into joining and raped by Gaddafi and senior officials. He hired several Ukrainian nurses to care for him and his family's health, and traveled everywhere with his trusted Ukrainian nurse Halyna Kolotnytska. Kolotnytska's daughter denied the suggestion that the relationship was anything but professional.

question: What was the name of Gaddafi's female bodyguard? 

answer: Amazonian Guard

question: In what decade was Gaddafi first accompanied by his female bodyguard? 

answer: 1980s

question: What is Halyna Kolotnytska's nationality? 

answer: Ukrainian

question: What is the profession of Halyna Kolotnytska? 

answer: nurse

question: What sort of relationship did Gaddafi have with Halyna Kolotnytska? 

answer: professional
Title: Muammar_Gaddafi
Context: Gaddafi remained a controversial and divisive figure on the world stage throughout his life and after death. Supporters praised Gaddafi's administration for the creation of an almost classless society through domestic reform. They stress the regime's achievements in combating homelessness and ensuring access to food and safe drinking water. Highlighting that under Gaddafi, all Libyans enjoyed free education to a university level, they point to the dramatic rise in literacy rates after the 1969 revolution. Supporters have also applauded achievements in medical care, praising the universal free healthcare provided under the Gaddafist administration, with diseases like cholera and typhoid being contained and life expectancy raised. Biographers Blundy and Lycett believed that under the first decade of Gaddafi's leadership, life for most Libyans "undoubtedly changed for the better" as material conditions and wealth drastically improved, while Libyan studies specialist Lillian Craig Harris remarked that in the early years of his administration, Libya's "national wealth and international influence soared, and its national standard of living has risen dramatically." Such high standards declined during the 1980s, as a result of economic stagnation. Gaddafi claimed that his Jamahiriya was a "concrete utopia", and that he had been appointed by "popular assent", with some Islamic supporters believing that he exhibited barakah. His opposition to Western governments earned him the respect of many in the Euro-American far right.

question: What diseases were minimized by Gaddafi's health care policies? 

answer: cholera and typhoid

question: What was the cost of primary and secondary education under Gaddafi? 

answer: free

question: Why did living standards decline in 1980s Libya? 

answer: economic stagnation

question: Due to his opposition to West governments, who notably respected Gaddafi? 

answer: Euro-American far right

question: What is the occupation of Lillian Craig Harris? 

answer: Libyan studies specialist
Title: Muammar_Gaddafi
Context: Critics labelled Gaddafi "despotic, cruel, arrogant, vain and stupid", with western governments and press presenting him as the "vicious dictator of an oppressed people". During the Reagan administration, the United States regarded him as "Public Enemy No. 1" and Reagan famously dubbed him the "mad dog of the Middle East". According to critics, the Libyan people lived in a climate of fear under Gaddafi's administration, due to his government's pervasive surveillance of civilians. Gaddafi's Libya was typically described by western commentators as "a police state". Opponents were critical of Libya's human rights abuses; according to Human Rights Watch (HRW) and others, hundreds of arrested political opponents often failed to receive a fair trial, and were sometimes subjected to torture or extrajudicial execution, most notably in the Abu Salim prison, including an alleged massacre on 29 June 1996 in which HRW estimated that 1,270 prisoners were massacred. Dissidents abroad or "stray dogs" were also publicly threatened with death and sometimes killed by government hit squads. His government's treatment of non-Arab Libyans has also came in for criticism from human rights activists, with native Berbers, Italians, Jews, refugees, and foreign workers all facing persecution in Gaddafist Libya. According to journalist Annick Cojean and psychologist Seham Sergewa, Gaddafi and senior officials raped and imprisoned hundreds or thousands of young women and reportedly raped several of his female bodyguards. Gaddafi's government was frequently criticized for not being democratic, with Freedom House consistently giving Libya under Gaddafi the "Not Free" ranking for civil liberties and political rights.

question: What did Reagan call Gaddafi? 

answer: mad dog of the Middle East

question: According to Human Rights Watch, how many prisoners were killed on June 29, 1996? 

answer: 1,270

question: Under Gaddafi, how did Freedom House rate Libya? 

answer: Not Free

question: What did Gaddafi call Libya dissidents based outside the country? 

answer: stray dogs

question: At what prison did extrajudicial executions occur according to HRW? 

answer: Abu Salim
Title: Muammar_Gaddafi
Context: International reactions to Gaddafi's death were divided. U.S. President Barack Obama stated that it meant that "the shadow of tyranny over Libya has been lifted," while UK Prime Minister David Cameron stated that he was "proud" of his country's role in overthrowing "this brutal dictator". Contrastingly, former Cuban President Fidel Castro commented that in defying the rebels, Gaddafi would "enter history as one of the great figures of the Arab nations", while Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez described him as "a great fighter, a revolutionary and a martyr." Nelson Mandela expressed sadness at the news, praising Gaddafi for his anti-apartheid stance, remarking that he backed the African National Congress during "the darkest moments of our struggle". Gaddafi was mourned by many as a hero across Sub-Saharan Africa, for instance, a vigil was held by Muslims in Sierra Leone. The Daily Times of Nigeria stated that while undeniably a dictator, Gaddafi was the most benevolent in a region that only knew dictatorship, and that he was "a great man that looked out for his people and made them the envy of all of Africa." The Nigerian newspaper Leadership reported that while many Libyans and Africans would mourn Gaddafi, this would be ignored by western media and that as such it would take 50 years before historians decided whether he was "martyr or villain."

question: Who referred to Gaddafi as a martyr? 

answer: Hugo Chávez

question: Who noted Gaddafi's opposition to apartheid? 

answer: Nelson Mandela

question: Who expressed pride at overthrowing Gaddafi's government? 

answer: David Cameron

question: In what country was there a notable Muslim vigil for Gaddafi? 

answer: Sierra Leone

question: Who said something about tyranny? 

answer: Barack Obama
Title: Muammar_Gaddafi
Context: Following his defeat in the civil war, Gaddafi's system of governance was dismantled and replaced under the interim government of the NTC, who legalised trade unions and freedom of the press. In July 2012, elections were held to form a new General National Congress (GNC), who officially took over governance from the NTC in August. The GNC proceeded to elect Mohammed Magariaf as president of the chamber, and then voted Mustafa A.G. Abushagur as Prime Minister; when Abushagar failed to gain congressional approval, the GNC instead elected Ali Zeidan to the position. In January 2013, the GNC officially renamed the Jamahiriyah as the "State of Libya".

question: Who was elected president of the GNC? 

answer: Mohammed Magariaf

question: Who was initially named prime minister by the GNC? 

answer: Mustafa A.G. Abushagur

question: Why did Mustafa A.G. Abushagur not become prime minister? 

answer: failed to gain congressional approval

question: Who did the GNC eventually make prime minister? 

answer: Ali Zeidan

question: What official name did the GNC give to Libya? 

answer: State of Libya
Title: Cyprus
Context: Cyprus (i/ˈsaɪprəs/; Greek: Κύπρος IPA: [ˈcipros]; Turkish: Kıbrıs IPA: [ˈkɯbɾɯs]), officially the Republic of Cyprus (Greek: Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία; Turkish: Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti), is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, off the coasts of Syria and Turkey.[e] Cyprus is the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean, and a member state of the European Union. It is located south of Turkey, west of Syria and Lebanon, northwest of Israel and Palestine, north of Egypt and east of Greece.

question: What is the official name of Cypus? 

answer: Republic of Cyprus

question: Where is Cyprus located? 

answer: Eastern Mediterranean Sea

question: What countries are nearby Cyprus? 

answer: Syria and Turkey

question: What is Cyprus' affiliation with the European Union? 

answer: member state

question: Is Cyprus an island country or land-locked country?  

answer: island country

question: What does Cyprus rank in terms of size in the Mediterranean?  

answer: third largest

question: Which country is north of Cyprus? 

answer: Turkey
Title: Cyprus
Context: The earliest known human activity on the island dates to around the 10th millennium BC. Archaeological remains from this period include the well-preserved Neolithic village of Khirokitia, and Cyprus is home to some of the oldest water wells in the world. Cyprus was settled by Mycenaean Greeks in two waves in the 2nd millennium BC. As a strategic location in the Middle East, it was subsequently occupied by several major powers, including the empires of the Assyrians, Egyptians and Persians, from whom the island was seized in 333 BC by Alexander the Great. Subsequent rule by Ptolemaic Egypt, the Classical and Eastern Roman Empire, Arab caliphates for a short period, the French Lusignan dynasty and the Venetians, was followed by over three centuries of Ottoman rule between 1571 and 1878 (de jure until 1914).

question: What is the date of the earliest known human activity on Cyprus? 

answer: 10th millennium BC

question: What is Cyprus home to of? 

answer: the oldest water wells in the world

question: Who was Cyprus settled by in 2nd millennium BC? 

answer: Mycenaean Greeks

question: What empires have occupied Cyprus? 

answer: empires of the Assyrians, Egyptians and Persians

question: When did Ottoman rule occur in Cyprus? 

answer: between 1571 and 1878
Title: Cyprus
Context: Cyprus was placed under British administration based on Cyprus Convention in 1878 and formally annexed by Britain in 1914. Even though Turkish Cypriots made up only 18% of the population, the partition of Cyprus and creation of a Turkish state in the north became a policy of Turkish Cypriot leaders and Turkey in the 1950s. Turkish leaders for a period advocated the annexation of Cyprus to Turkey as Cyprus was considered an "extension of Anatolia" by them; while since the 19th century, the majority Greek Cypriot population and its Orthodox church had been pursuing union with Greece, which became a Greek national policy in the 1950s. Following nationalist violence in the 1950s, Cyprus was granted independence in 1960. In 1963, the 11-year intercommunal violence between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots started, which displaced more than 25,000 Turkish Cypriots and brought the end of Turkish Cypriot representation in the republic. On 15 July 1974, a coup d'état was staged by Greek Cypriot nationalists and elements of the Greek military junta in an attempt at enosis, the incorporation of Cyprus into Greece. This action precipitated the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, which led to the capture of the present-day territory of Northern Cyprus the following month, after a ceasefire collapsed, and the displacement of over 150,000 Greek Cypriots and 50,000 Turkish Cypriots. A separate Turkish Cypriot state in the north was established in 1983. These events and the resulting political situation are matters of a continuing dispute.

question: When was Cyprus placed under British administration? 

answer: 1878

question: What year was Cyprus annexed by Britain? 

answer: 1914

question: What year was Cyprus granted independence? 

answer: 1960

question: What year did the intercommunal violence between Greek and Cypriots occur? 

answer: 1963

question: How many Turkish Cypriots were displaced due to the 11 year violence in 1963?  

answer: 25,000
Title: Cyprus
Context: The Republic of Cyprus has de jure sovereignty over the island of Cyprus and its surrounding waters, according to international law, except for the British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, administered as Sovereign Base Areas. However, the Republic of Cyprus is de facto partitioned into two main parts; the area under the effective control of the Republic, comprising about 59% of the island's area, and the north, administered by the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which is recognised only by Turkey, covering about 36% of the island's area. The international community considers the northern part of the island as territory of the Republic of Cyprus occupied by Turkish forces. The occupation is viewed as illegal under international law, amounting to illegal occupation of EU territory since Cyprus became a member of the European Union.

question: The Republic of Cyprus does not have de jure sovereignty over what two British territories?  

answer: Akrotiri and Dhekelia

question: How many parts is the Republic of Cyprus partitioned into? 

answer: two main parts

question: How much area of the island does the Republic control? 

answer: 59%

question: The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is only recognized by what country? 

answer: Turkey

question: What does the international community consider the northern part of Cyprus? 

answer: territory of the Republic of Cyprus occupied by Turkish forces
Title: Cyprus
Context: During the late Bronze Age the island experienced two waves of Greek settlement. The first wave consisted of Mycenaean Greek traders who started visiting Cyprus around 1400 BC. A major wave of Greek settlement is believed to have taken place following the Bronze Age collapse of Mycenaean Greece from 1100 to 1050 BC, with the island's predominantly Greek character dating from this period. Cyprus occupies an important role in Greek mythology being the birthplace of Aphrodite and Adonis, and home to King Cinyras, Teucer and Pygmalion. Beginning in the 8th century BC Phoenician colonies were founded on the south coast of Cyprus, near present-day Larnaca and Salamis.

question: During what Age did Cyprus experience two waves of Greek settlement? 

answer: late Bronze Age

question: Who did the first wave of Greek settlement consist of? 

answer: Mycenaean Greek traders

question: What year did Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus begin visiting Cyprus? 

answer: 1400 BC

question: Cyprus is the birthplace of what two Greek mythological figures? 

answer: Aphrodite and Adonis

question: Cyprus is home to which Greek mythological figures? 

answer: King Cinyras, Teucer and Pygmalion
Title: Cyprus
Context: Following the death in 1473 of James II, the last Lusignan king, the Republic of Venice assumed control of the island, while the late king's Venetian widow, Queen Catherine Cornaro, reigned as figurehead. Venice formally annexed the Kingdom of Cyprus in 1489, following the abdication of Catherine. The Venetians fortified Nicosia by building the Venetian Walls, and used it as an important commercial hub. Throughout Venetian rule, the Ottoman Empire frequently raided Cyprus. In 1539 the Ottomans destroyed Limassol and so fearing the worst, the Venetians also fortified Famagusta and Kyrenia.

question: In what year did James II die? 

answer: 1473

question: Who assumed control of the island after the death of James II? 

answer: Republic of Venice

question: In what year did Venice formally annex the kingdom of Cyprus? 

answer: 1489

question: Which empire frequently raided Cyprus during Venetian rule? 

answer: Ottoman Empire

question: In what year did the Ottomans destroy Limassol? 

answer: 1539
Title: Cyprus
Context: In 1570, a full-scale Ottoman assault with 60,000 troops brought the island under Ottoman control, despite stiff resistance by the inhabitants of Nicosia and Famagusta. Ottoman forces capturing Cyprus massacred many Greek and Armenian Christian inhabitants. The previous Latin elite were destroyed and the first significant demographic change since antiquity took place with the formation of a Muslim community. Soldiers who fought in the conquest settled on the island and Turkish peasants and craftsmen were brought to the island from Anatolia. This new community also included banished Anatolian tribes, "undesirable" persons and members of various "troublesome" Muslim sects, as well as a number of new converts on the island.

question: In what year did Cyprus face a full-scale Ottoman assault? 

answer: 1570

question: Ottoman forces massacred which types of people? 

answer: Greek and Armenian Christian inhabitants

question: Turkish peasants and craftsman were brought to the island from where? 

answer: Anatolia
Title: Cyprus
Context: The Ottomans abolished the feudal system previously in place and applied the millet system to Cyprus, under which non-Muslim peoples were governed by their own religious authorities. In a reversal from the days of Latin rule, the head of the Church of Cyprus was invested as leader of the Greek Cypriot population and acted as mediator between Christian Greek Cypriots and the Ottoman authorities. This status ensured that the Church of Cyprus was in a position to end the constant encroachments of the Roman Catholic Church. Ottoman rule of Cyprus was at times indifferent, at times oppressive, depending on the temperaments of the sultans and local officials, and the island began over 250 years of economic decline.

question: What system did the Ottomans abolish in favor of the millet system? 

answer: feudal system

question: Who was invested as the leader of the Greek Cypriot population? 

answer: head of the Church of Cyprus

question: Who was the Church of Cyprus hoping to end encroachments of? 

answer: Roman Catholic Church

question: How many years did Cyprus face of economic decline? 

answer: 250 years
Title: Cyprus
Context: The ratio of Muslims to Christians fluctuated throughout the period of Ottoman domination. In 1777–78, 47,000 Muslims constituted a majority over the island's 37,000 Christians. By 1872, the population of the island had risen to 144,000, comprising 44,000 Muslims and 100,000 Christians. The Muslim population included numerous crypto-Christians, including the Linobambaki, a crypto-Catholic community that arose due to religious persecution of the Catholic community by the Ottoman authorities; this community would assimilate into the Turkish Cypriot community during British rule.

question: How many Muslims made up the island's population in 1777-78? 

answer: 47,000

question: How many Christians made up the island's population in 1777-78? 

answer: 37,000

question: What was the population of the island in 1872? 

answer: 144,000

question: In 1872 the island contained how many Muslims? 

answer: 44,000

question: In 1872 the island contained how many Christians? 

answer: 100,000