praj-17/QA-MCQ-Open-ended huggingface dataset:
Title: Bermuda
Context: Executive authority in Bermuda is vested in the monarch and is exercised on her behalf by the Governor. The governor is appointed by the Queen on the advice of the British Government. The current governor is George Fergusson; he was sworn in on 23 May 2012. There is also a Deputy Governor (currently David Arkley JP). Defence and foreign affairs are carried out by the United Kingdom, which also retains responsibility to ensure good government. It must approve any changes to the Constitution of Bermuda. Bermuda is classified as a British Overseas Territory, but it is the oldest British colony. In 1620, a Royal Assent granted Bermuda limited self-governance; its Parliament is the fifth oldest in the world, behind the Parliament of the United Kingdom, the Tynwald of the Isle of Man, the Althing of Iceland, and Sejm of Poland. Of these, only Bermuda's and the Isle of Man's Tynwald have been in continuous existence since 1620.

question: The Governor of Bermuda gets his authority from whom? 

answer: the monarch

question: Who appoints the Governor of Bermuda? 

answer: the Queen on the advice of the British Government.

question: Who is currently the governor of Bermuda? 

answer: George Fergusson

question: Who is responsible for defence and foreign affairs? 

answer: United Kingdom

question: What is Bermuda officially classified as? 

answer: British Overseas Territory
Title: Bermuda
Context: The Constitution of Bermuda came into force on 1 June 1967; it was amended in 1989 and 2003. The head of government is the premier. A cabinet is nominated by the premier and appointed officially by the governor. The legislative branch consists of a bicameral parliament modelled on the Westminster system. The Senate is the upper house, consisting of 11 members appointed by the governor on the advice of the premier and the leader of the opposition. The House of Assembly, or lower house, has 36 members, elected by the eligible voting populace in secret ballot to represent geographically defined constituencies.

question: When was the Constitution of Bermuda enforced? 

answer: 1 June 1967

question: Has Bermuda's constitution ever been amended? 

answer: it was amended in 1989 and 2003

question: What is the head of Bermuda's government referred to as? 

answer: the premier

question: What is the legislative branch of Bermuda modeled after? 

answer: Westminster system.

question: What does the population get to vote for? 

answer: The House of Assembly, or lower house
Title: Bermuda
Context: There are few accredited diplomats in Bermuda. The United States maintains the largest diplomatic mission in Bermuda, comprising both the United States Consulate and the US Customs and Border Protection Services at the L.F. Wade International Airport. The current US Consul General is Robert Settje, who took office in August 2012. The United States is Bermuda's largest trading partner (providing over 71% of total imports, 85% of tourist visitors, and an estimated $163 billion of US capital in the Bermuda insurance/re-insurance industry), and an estimated 5% of Bermuda residents are US citizens, representing 14% of all foreign-born persons. The American diplomatic presence is an important element in the Bermuda political landscape.

question: Who has the largest accredited diplomats in Bermuda? 

answer: The United States

question: Who is the current US Consul General? 

answer: Robert Settje

question: Why is the US so important to Bermuda? 

answer: The United States is Bermuda's largest trading partner

question: What percentage of Bermuda's residents are US citizens? 

answer: 5%
Title: Bermuda
Context: On 11 June 2009, four Uyghurs who had been held in the United States Guantánamo Bay detention camp, in Cuba, were transferred to Bermuda. The four men were among 22 Uyghurs who claimed to be refugees, who were captured in 2001 in Pakistan after fleeing the American aerial bombardment of Afghanistan. They were accused of training to assist the Taliban's military. They were cleared as safe for release from Guantánamo in 2005 or 2006, but US domestic law prohibited deporting them back to China, their country of citizenship, because the US government determined that China was likely to violate their human rights.

question: Where were the Uyghurs transferred from? 

answer: United States Guantánamo Bay detention camp

question: What were the Uyghurs claiming to be? 

answer: refugees, who were captured in 2001 in Pakistan

question: What were the Ugyhurs accused of? 

answer: training to assist the Taliban's military.

question: Why weren't the Ugyhurs deported back to China? 

answer: the US government determined that China was likely to violate their human rights.
Title: Bermuda
Context: Homosexuality was decriminalised in Bermuda with the passage of the Stubbs Bill in May 1994. Legislation was introduced by Private Members Bill by PLP MP Wayne Furbert to amend the Human Rights Act of Bermuda to disallow Same Sex Marriage under the Act in February 2016. The OBA government simultaneously introduced a bill to permit Civil Unions. Both measures were in response to a decision by His Hon Mr. Justice Ian Kawaley, Chief Justice of Bermuda's earlier ruling that same sex spouses of Bermuda citizens could not be denied basic Human Rights.

question: When was homosexuality legalized in Bermuda? 

answer: May 1994.

question: What occurred in February of 2016? 

answer: The OBA government simultaneously introduced a bill to permit Civil Unions

question: What did the Chief Justice decide? 

answer: same sex spouses of Bermuda citizens could not be denied basic Human Rights.
Title: Bermuda
Context: This is a socio-economic bloc of nations in or near the Caribbean Sea. Other outlying member states include the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and the Republic of Suriname in South America, along with Belize in Central America. The Turks and Caicos Islands, an associate member of CARICOM, and the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, a full member of CARICOM, are in the Atlantic, but near to the Caribbean. Other nearby nations or territories, such as the United States, are not members (although the US Commonwealth of Puerto Rico has observer status, and the United States Virgin Islands announced in 2007 they would seek ties with CARICOM). Bermuda, at roughly a thousand miles from the Caribbean Sea, has little trade with, and little economically in common with, the region, and joined primarily to strengthen cultural links.

question: What did the Virgin Islands announce in 2007? 

answer: they would seek ties with CARICOM

question: Why did Bermuda join CARICOM? 

answer: primarily to strengthen cultural links.

question: Who has "observer status" to CARICOM? 

answer: US Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Title: Bermuda
Context: Bermuda was colonised by the English as an extension of Virginia and has long had close ties with the US Atlantic Seaboard and Canadian Maritimes as well as the UK. It had a history of African slavery, although Britain abolished it decades before the US. Since the 20th century, there has been considerable immigration to Bermuda from the West Indies, as well as continued immigration from Portuguese Atlantic islands. Unlike immigrants from British colonies in the West Indies, the latter immigrants have had greater difficulty in becoming permanent residents as they lacked British citizenship, mostly spoke no English, and required renewal of work permits to remain beyond an initial period. From the 1950s onwards, Bermuda relaxed its immigration laws, allowing increased immigration from Britain and Canada. Some Black politicians accused the government of using this device to counter the West Indian immigration of previous decades.

question: Why did the English originally colonize Bermuda? 

answer: an extension of Virginia

question: What two areas have provided a constant stream of immigration to Bermuda since the 20th century? 

answer: West Indies, as well as continued immigration from Portuguese Atlantic islands

question: Why have these recent immigrants had trouble becoming permanent residents? 

answer: they lacked British citizenship

question: When did Bermuda ease up on its immigration laws? 

answer: 1950s

question: Why were Black politicians upset about the change in immigration laws? 

answer: accused the government of using this device to counter the West Indian immigration of previous decades.
Title: Bermuda
Context: The PLP, the party in government when the decision to join CARICOM was made, has been dominated for decades by West Indians and their descendants. (The prominent roles of West Indians among Bermuda's black politicians and labour activists predated party politics in Bermuda, as exemplified by Dr. E. F. Gordon). The late PLP leader, Dame Lois Browne-Evans, and her Trinidadian-born husband, John Evans (who co-founded the West Indian Association of Bermuda in 1976), were prominent members of this group. They have emphasised Bermuda's cultural connections with the West Indies. Many Bermudians, both black and white, who lack family connections to the West Indies have objected to this emphasis.

question: What cultural group has dominated the PLP? 

answer: West Indians and their descendants.

question: Who are two prominent members of the PLP? 

answer: Dame Lois Browne-Evans, and her Trinidadian-born husband, John Evans

question: What are Dame Lois Browne-Evans and her husband putting an emphasis on? 

answer: Bermuda's cultural connections with the West Indies

question: Why are some Bermudians against the emphasis of West Indies cultural connections? 

answer: Many Bermudians, both black and white, who lack family connections to the West Indies
Title: Bermuda
Context: Once known as "the Gibraltar of the West" and "Fortress Bermuda", Bermuda today is defended by forces of the British government. For the first two centuries of settlement, the most potent armed force operating from Bermuda was its merchant shipping fleet, which turned to privateering at every opportunity. The Bermuda government maintained a local militia. After the American Revolutionary War, Bermuda was established as the Western Atlantic headquarters of the Royal Navy. Once the Royal Navy established a base and dockyard defended by regular soldiers, however, the militias were disbanded following the War of 1812. At the end of the 19th century, the colony raised volunteer units to form a reserve for the military garrison.

question: Due to the British goverment's defense forces, what are two nicknames for bermuda? 

answer: the Gibraltar of the West" and "Fortress Bermuda"

question: What did Bermuda's merchant shipping fleet do whenever it had the chance? 

answer: turned to privateering

question: What was Bermuda established as after the American Revolutionary War? 

answer: Western Atlantic headquarters of the Royal Navy.

question: When were the militias in Bermuda disbanded? 

answer: following the War of 1812

question: How did the colony form a military garrison in the 19th century? 

answer: raised volunteer units to form a reserve
Title: Bermuda
Context: In May 1940, the US requested base rights in Bermuda from the United Kingdom, but British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was initially unwilling to accede to the American request without getting something in return. In September 1940, as part of the Destroyers for Bases Agreement, the UK granted the US base rights in Bermuda. Bermuda and Newfoundland were not originally included in the agreement, but both were added to it, with no war material received by the UK in exchange. One of the terms of the agreement was that the airfield the US Army built would be used jointly by the US and the UK (which it was for the duration of the war, with RAF Transport Command relocating there from Darrell's Island in 1943).

question: What did the US ask of Britain in May 1940? 

answer: base rights in Bermuda

question: What did the Destroyers for Bases Agreement do? 

answer: granted the US base rights in Bermuda

question: What was one thing the UK wanted in return for granting access to Bermuda? 

answer: the airfield the US Army built would be used jointly by the US and the UK

question: Who was the Prime Minister who reached this agreement with the US? 

answer: Winston Churchill
Title: Bermuda
Context: Construction began in 1941 of two airbases consisting of 5.8 km2 (2.2 sq mi) of land, largely reclaimed from the sea. For many years, Bermuda's bases were used by US Air Force transport and refuelling aircraft and by US Navy aircraft patrolling the Atlantic for enemy submarines, first German and, later, Soviet. The principal installation, Kindley Air Force Base on the eastern coast, was transferred to the US Navy in 1970 and redesignated Naval Air Station Bermuda. As a naval air station, the base continued to host both transient and deployed USN and USAF aircraft, as well as transitioning or deployed Royal Air Force and Canadian Forces aircraft.

question: What did the US begin building in 1941? 

answer: two airbases

question: Who primarily used the bases in Bermuda? 

answer: US Air Force transport and refuelling aircraft and by US Navy aircraft

question: What was the navy patrolling for? 

answer: enemy submarines, first German and, later, Soviet

question: What was the Naval Air Station Bermuda originally? 

answer: Kindley Air Force Base

question: What is the Naval Air Station used for? 

answer: host both transient and deployed USN and USAF aircraft, as well as transitioning or deployed Royal Air Force and Canadian Forces aircraft.
Title: Bermuda
Context: The original NAS Bermuda on the west side of the island, a seaplane base until the mid-1960s, was designated as the Naval Air Station Bermuda Annex. It provided optional anchorage and/or dockage facilities for transiting US Navy, US Coast Guard and NATO vessels, depending on size. An additional US Navy compound known as Naval Facility Bermuda (NAVFAC Bermuda), a SOSUS station, was located to the west of the Annex near a Canadian Forces communications facility. Although leased for 99 years, US forces withdrew in 1995, as part of the wave of base closures following the end of the Cold War.

question: What was the NAS primarily a base for? 

answer: seaplane

question: What did the NAS Bermuda offer once designated Annex? 

answer: anchorage and/or dockage facilities for transiting US Navy, US Coast Guard and NATO vessels

question: What is located west of the NAS Annex? 

answer: additional US Navy compound known as Naval Facility Bermuda

question: What happened at the end of the Cold War? 

answer: US forces withdrew
Title: Bermuda
Context: Bermudians served in the British armed forces during both World War I and World War II. After the latter, Major-General Glyn Charles Anglim Gilbert, Bermuda's highest-ranking soldier, was instrumental in developing the Bermuda Regiment. A number of other Bermudians and their descendants had preceded him into senior ranks, including Bahamian-born Admiral Lord Gambier, and Bermudian-born Royal Marines Brigadier Harvey. When promoted to Brigadier at age 39, following his wounding at the Anzio landings, Harvey became the youngest-ever Royal Marine Brigadier. The Cenotaph in front of the Cabinet Building (in Hamilton) was erected in tribute to Bermuda's Great War dead (the tribute was later extended to Bermuda's Second World War dead) and is the site of the annual Remembrance Day commemoration.

question: When did Bermudians serve in the British Armed forces? 

answer: World War I and World War II

question: Who was key to establishing Bermuda's Regiment? 

answer: Major-General Glyn Charles Anglim Gilbert

question: Who was the youngest Royal Marine Brigadier? 

answer: Brigadier Harvey

question: What is the site for Bermuda's Remembrance Day? 

answer: Cenotaph in front of the Cabinet Building
Title: Bermuda
Context: In 1970 the country switched its currency from the Bermudian pound to the Bermudian dollar, which is pegged at par with the US dollar. US notes and coins are used interchangeably with Bermudian notes and coins within the islands for most practical purposes; however, banks levy an exchange rate fee for the purchase of US dollars with Bermudian dollars. Bermudian notes carry the image of Queen Elizabeth II. The Bermuda Monetary Authority is the issuing authority for all banknotes and coins, and regulates financial institutions. The Royal Naval Dockyard Museum holds a permanent exhibition of Bermuda notes and coins.

question: What was the new currency in Bermuda as of 1970? 

answer: Bermudian dollar

question: The Bermudian dollar is equal to what other currency and can be used interchangeably? 

answer: US dollar

question: Who is pictured on Bermudian dollars? 

answer: Queen Elizabeth II.

question: Where can you see a permanent exhibition of Bermuda currency? 

answer: Royal Naval Dockyard Museum

question: Who regulates all financial institutions as well as the issuing of money? 

answer: Bermuda Monetary Authority
Title: Bermuda
Context: Bermuda is an offshore financial centre, which results from its minimal standards of business regulation/laws and direct taxation on personal or corporate income. It has one of the highest consumption taxes in the world and taxes all imports in lieu of an income tax system. Bermudas's consumption tax is equivalent to local income tax to local residents and funds government and infrastructure expenditures. The local tax system depends upon import duties, payroll taxes and consumption taxes. The legal system is derived from that of the United Kingdom, with recourse to English courts of final appeal. Foreign private individuals cannot easily open bank accounts or subscribe to mobile phone or internet services.

question: Why is Bermuda considered an offshore financial center? 

answer: minimal standards of business regulation/laws and direct taxation on personal or corporate income

question: What does it do in place of an income tax system? 

answer: taxes all imports

question: What is Bermuda's legal system derived from? 

answer: United Kingdom, with recourse to English courts of final appeal

question: What three things does the tax system depend on? 

answer: import duties, payroll taxes and consumption taxes

question: What does Bermuda use the consumption tax for? 

answer: funds government and infrastructure expenditures
Title: Bermuda
Context: There are four hundred securities listed on the stock exchange, of which almost three hundred are offshore funds and alternative investment structures attracted by Bermuda's regulatory environment. The Exchange specialises in listing and trading of capital market instruments such as equities, debt issues, funds (including hedge fund structures) and depository receipt programmes. The BSX is a full member of the World Federation of Exchanges and is located in an OECD member nation. It also has Approved Stock Exchange status under Australia's Foreign Investment Fund (FIF) taxation rules and Designated Investment Exchange status by the UK's Financial Services Authority.

question: What does the Exchange specialize in? 

answer: listing and trading of capital market instruments such as equities, debt issues, funds

question: What is the BSX a member of? 

answer: the World Federation of Exchanges

question: Where is the BSX located? 

answer: an OECD member nation

question: Which foreign country offers the BSX Approved Stock Exchange Status? 

answer: Australia
Title: Bermuda
Context: Many sports popular today were formalised by British Public schools and universities in the 19th century. These schools produced the civil servants and military and naval officers required to build and maintain the British empire, and team sports were considered a vital tool for training their students to think and act as part of a team. Former public schoolboys continued to pursue these activities, and founded organisations such as the Football Association (FA). Today's association of football with the working classes began in 1885 when the FA changed its rules to allow professional players.

question: Who created and popularized many of the sports that we love today? 

answer: British Public schools and universities in the 19th century

question: Why were sports important in these schools? 

answer: sports were considered a vital tool for training their students to think and act as part of a team

question: Who founded organizations like the FA? 

answer: Former public schoolboys

question: What changed in 1885 due to the FA changing rules? 

answer: association of football with the working classes
Title: Bermuda
Context: The professionals soon displaced the amateur ex-Public schoolboys. Bermuda's role as the primary Royal Navy base in the Western Hemisphere, with an army garrison to match, ensured that the naval and military officers quickly introduced the newly formalised sports to Bermuda, including cricket, football, Rugby football, and even tennis and rowing (rowing did not adapt well from British rivers to the stormy Atlantic. The officers soon switched to sail racing, founding the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club). Once these sports reached Bermuda, they were eagerly adopted by Bermudians.

question: What happened to the Public schoolboys in these sports? 

answer: professionals soon displaced the amateur ex-Public schoolboys

question: How were sports introduced in Bermuda? 

answer: Bermuda's role as the primary Royal Navy base in the Western Hemisphere,

question: Which sport did not transfer well to Bermuda? 

answer: rowing

question: Which sport was quickly adopted? 

answer: sail racing
Title: Bermuda
Context: Bermuda's national cricket team participated in the Cricket World Cup 2007 in the West Indies. Their most famous player is a 130 kilograms (290 lb) police officer named Dwayne Leverock. But India defeated Bermuda and set a record of 413 runs in a One-Day International (ODI). Bermuda were knocked out of the World Cup. Also very well-known is David Hemp, a former captain of Glamorgan in English first class cricket. The annual "Cup Match" cricket tournament between rival parishes St George's in the east and Somerset in the west is the occasion for a popular national holiday. This tournament began in 1872 when Captain Moresby of the Royal Navy introduced the game to Bermuda, holding a match at Somerset to mark forty years since the unjust thraldom of slavery. The East End versus West End rivalry resulted from the locations of the St. George's Garrison (the original army headquarters in Bermuda) on Barrack Hill, St. George's, and the Royal Naval Dockyard at Ireland Island. Moresby founded the Somerset Cricket Club which plays the St. George's Cricket Club in this game (the membership of both clubs has long been mostly civilian).

question: What Bermuda sport team participated in the 2007 world cup? 

answer: national cricket team

question: Who is Bermuda's most popular Cricket player? 

answer: Dwayne Leverock

question: Who defeated Bermuda? 

answer: India

question: What began in 1872 when the game of cricket was introduced to Bermuda? 

answer: annual "Cup Match"

question: Why is there an East End/West End rivalry? 

answer: rivalry resulted from the locations