praj-17/QA-MCQ-Open-ended huggingface dataset:
Title: Houston
Context: Many annual events celebrate the diverse cultures of Houston. The largest and longest running is the annual Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, held over 20 days from early to late March, is the largest annual livestock show and rodeo in the world. Another large celebration is the annual night-time Houston Pride Parade, held at the end of June. Other annual events include the Houston Greek Festival, Art Car Parade, the Houston Auto Show, the Houston International Festival, and the Bayou City Art Festival, which is considered to be one of the top five art festivals in the United States.

question: What is the largest annual event held in Houston? 

answer: Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo

question: How long does the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo last? 

answer: 20 days

question: When is the annual Houston Pride Parade held? 

answer: the end of June

question: What is some other annual events held in Houston? 

answer: Houston Greek Festival, Art Car Parade, the Houston Auto Show, the Houston International Festival, and the Bayou City Art Festival

question: What art festival held in Houston is one of the top 5 in the US? 

answer: the Bayou City Art Festival

question: What event is the longest running in Houston? 

answer: Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo

question: When is the Houston Livestock show and Rodeo held? 

answer: March

question: When is the Houston Pride Parade held? 

answer: end of June

question: What form of car parade is held in Houston? 

answer: Art Car Parade

question: Where does the Bayou City Art Festival rank in U.S. art festivals? 

answer: one of the top five
Title: Houston
Context: Of the 10 most populous U.S. cities, Houston has the most total area of parks and green space, 56,405 acres (228 km2). The city also has over 200 additional green spaces—totaling over 19,600 acres (79 km2) that are managed by the city—including the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center. The Lee and Joe Jamail Skatepark is a public skatepark owned and operated by the city of Houston, and is one of the largest skateparks in Texas consisting of 30,000 (2,800 m2) square foot in-ground facility. The Gerald D. Hines Waterwall Park—located in the Uptown District of the city—serves as a popular tourist attraction, weddings, and various celebrations. A 2011 study by Walk Score ranked Houston the 23rd most walkable of the 50 largest cities in the United States. Wet'n'Wild SplashTown is a water park located north of Houston.

question: What does Houston have the most of compared to other large US cities? 

answer: parks and green space

question: How many acres of land does Houston's green spaces cover? 

answer: 19,600

question: Who manages Houston's green spaces? 

answer: the city

question: What is one of the largest skate parks in Texas? 

answer: The Lee and Joe Jamail Skatepark

question: Who ranked Houston the 23rd most walkable of the 50 largest cities in the US? 

answer: Walk Score

question: How many acres of parks does Houston have? 

answer: 56,405 acres

question: After whom is the Houston skate park named? 

answer: Joe Jamail

question: Who owns and runs the skate park in Houston? 

answer: city of Houston

question: For whom was the Uptown District water park in Houston named? 

answer: Gerald D. Hines

question: How does Houston rank as a walkable city? 

answer: 23rd
Title: Houston
Context: The city of Houston has a strong mayoral form of municipal government. Houston is a home rule city and all municipal elections in the state of Texas are nonpartisan. The City's elected officials are the mayor, city controller and 16 members of the Houston City Council. The current mayor of Houston is Sylvester Turner, a Democrat elected on a nonpartisan ballot. Houston's mayor serves as the city's chief administrator, executive officer, and official representative, and is responsible for the general management of the city and for seeing that all laws and ordinances are enforced.

question: Who is the current mayor of Houston? 

answer: Sylvester Turner

question: What form of government does Houston have? 

answer: strong mayoral form of municipal government

question: Who are Houston's elected officials? 

answer: the mayor, city controller and 16 members of the Houston City Council

question: What does Houston's mayor also serve as? 

answer: the city's chief administrator, executive officer, and official representative

question: Besides the general management of the city, Houston's mayor is also responsible for what? 

answer: seeing that all laws and ordinances are enforced

question: What is the form of city  government in Houston? 

answer: strong mayoral

question: What type of municipal elections are held in Texas? 

answer: nonpartisan

question: Besides the mayor and controller, how many members are there on the city council? 

answer: 16

question: Who is the mayor of Houston since the last election? 

answer: Sylvester Turner

question: To what political party is Mayor Turner aligned?  

answer: Democrat
Title: Houston
Context: The Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area is served by one public television station and two public radio stations. KUHT (HoustonPBS) is a PBS member station and is the first public television station in the United States. Houston Public Radio is listener-funded and comprises two NPR member stations: KUHF (KUHF News) and KUHA (Classical 91.7). KUHF is news/talk radio and KUHA is a classical music station. The University of Houston System owns and holds broadcasting licenses to KUHT, KUHF, and KUHA. The stations broadcast from the Melcher Center for Public Broadcasting, located on the campus of the University of Houston.

question: What was the first public television station in the US? 

answer: KUHT (HoustonPBS)

question: How is Houston Public Radio funded? 

answer: listener-funded

question: Houston Public Radio us comprised of how many stations? 

answer: two NPR member stations

question: What stations comprise Houston Public Radio? 

answer: KUHF (KUHF News) and KUHA (Classical 91.7)

question: Who owns the KUHT, KUHF, and KUHA stations? 

answer: The University of Houston

question: Which of Houston's television stations was the first public television station in the U.S.? 

answer: KUHT

question: What kind of radio station is KUHF? 

answer: news/talk radio

question: What type of radio station is KUHA? 

answer: classical music

question: Where is the Melcher Center located? 

answer: University of Houston

question: From what building do the two public radio stations broadcast? 

answer: Melcher Center for Public Broadcasting
Title: Houston
Context: Houston (i/ˈhjuːstən/ HYOO-stən) is the most populous city in Texas and the fourth most populous city in the United States, located in Southeast Texas near the Gulf of Mexico. With a census-estimated 2014 population of 2.239 million people, within a land area of 599.6 square miles (1,553 km2), it also is the largest city in the Southern United States, as well as the seat of Harris County. It is the principal city of Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land, which is the fifth most populated metropolitan area in the United States.

question: Where is Houston located? 

answer: in Southeast Texas near the Gulf of Mexico

question: Where is Houston ranked among the most populous cities in the US? 

answer: fourth

question: What was the population of Houston in 2014? 

answer: 2.239 million people

question: What is the fifth most populated metropolitan area in the US? 

answer: Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land

question: What is Houston the principle city of? 

answer: Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land

question: What is the most populous city in Texas? 

answer: Houston

question: How does Houston rank as to population in the U.S.? 

answer: fourth

question: According to the 2014 census, how many people live in Houston? 

answer: 2.239 million

question: Houston is located in which Texas county? 

answer: Harris County

question: What is the land are of the City of Houston? 

answer: 599.6 square miles
Title: Houston
Context: By 1860, Houston had emerged as a commercial and railroad hub for the export of cotton. Railroad spurs from the Texas inland converged in Houston, where they met rail lines to the ports of Galveston and Beaumont. During the American Civil War, Houston served as a headquarters for General John Bankhead Magruder, who used the city as an organization point for the Battle of Galveston. After the Civil War, Houston businessmen initiated efforts to widen the city's extensive system of bayous so the city could accept more commerce between downtown and the nearby port of Galveston. By 1890, Houston was the railroad center of Texas.

question: What commodity was Houston known for in 1860?  

answer: cotton

question: What type of roads converged in Houston? 

answer: rail lines

question: Which Civil War general used Houston as a headquarters? 

answer: General John Bankhead Magruder

question: For what battle was Houston used as an organization point ? 

answer: Battle of Galveston

question: What was Houston known for by 1890? 

answer: railroad center of Texas
Title: Houston
Context: In August 2005, Houston became a shelter to more than 150,000 people from New Orleans who evacuated from Hurricane Katrina. One month later, approximately 2.5 million Houston area residents evacuated when Hurricane Rita approached the Gulf Coast, leaving little damage to the Houston area. This was the largest urban evacuation in the history of the United States. In September 2008, Houston was hit by Hurricane Ike. As many as forty percent refused to leave Galveston Island because they feared the traffic problems that happened after Hurricane Rita.

question: What event caused 2.5 million people to evacuate through Houston? 

answer: Hurricane Rita

question: The evacuation of the Gulf coast before Hurricane Rita was what type of evacuation? 

answer: largest urban evacuation

question: How many people evacuated to Houston after Hurricane Katrina? 

answer: 150,000

question: Fearing traffic problems, how many people refused to leave Galveston before Hurricane Ike? 

answer: forty percent

question: When did Hurricane Ike hit the Houston area? 

answer: September 2008
Title: Houston
Context: Though Houston is the largest city in the United States without formal zoning regulations, it has developed similarly to other Sun Belt cities because the city's land use regulations and legal covenants have played a similar role. Regulations include mandatory lot size for single-family houses and requirements that parking be available to tenants and customers. Such restrictions have had mixed results. Though some have blamed the city's low density, urban sprawl, and lack of pedestrian-friendliness on these policies, the city's land use has also been credited with having significant affordable housing, sparing Houston the worst effects of the 2008 real estate crisis. The city issued 42,697 building permits in 2008 and was ranked first in the list of healthiest housing markets for 2009.

question: What is the largest city in the U.S. without formal zoning? 

answer: Houston

question: Besides parking requirements, what land use regulations does Houston have? 

answer: mandatory lot size

question: What is Houston's land use policies credited with producing? 

answer: affordable housing

question: What serious situation of 2008 was Houston spared? 

answer: real estate crisis

question: How many building permits were issued in 2008 in Houston? 

answer: 42,697
Title: Houston
Context: The Houston area is a leading center for building oilfield equipment. Much of its success as a petrochemical complex is due to its busy ship channel, the Port of Houston. In the United States, the port ranks first in international commerce and tenth among the largest ports in the world. Unlike most places, high oil and gasoline prices are beneficial for Houston's economy, as many of its residents are employed in the energy industry. Houston is the beginning or end point of numerous oil, gas, and products pipelines:

question: Of what is Houston a center? 

answer: oilfield equipment

question: What has the Houston ship channel served to promote into success? 

answer: petrochemical complex

question: Where does the Port of Houston rank in international commerce? 

answer: first

question: Where does Houston rate in the size ranking of world ports? 

answer: tenth

question: What lines begin or end in Houston? 

answer: pipelines
Title: Houston
Context: The Houston Theater District, located downtown, is home to nine major performing arts organizations and six performance halls. It is the second-largest concentration of theater seats in a downtown area in the United States. Houston is one of few United States cities with permanent, professional, resident companies in all major performing arts disciplines: opera (Houston Grand Opera), ballet (Houston Ballet), music (Houston Symphony Orchestra), and theater (The Alley Theatre). Houston is also home to folk artists, art groups and various small progressive arts organizations. Houston attracts many touring Broadway acts, concerts, shows, and exhibitions for a variety of interests. Facilities in the Theater District include the Jones Hall—home of the Houston Symphony Orchestra and Society for the Performing Arts—and the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts.

question: What area of Houston hosts performing arts? 

answer: Houston Theater District

question: Of what is Houston second in performing arts? 

answer: theater seats

question: Besides Jones Hall, what other organization is housed in the Theater District? 

answer: Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

question: To what type of arts is Houston home? 

answer: major performing arts

question: To what group is Jones Hall home? 

answer: Houston Symphony Orchestra
Title: Houston
Context: The Theater District is a 17-block area in the center of downtown Houston that is home to the Bayou Place entertainment complex, restaurants, movies, plazas, and parks. Bayou Place is a large multilevel building containing full-service restaurants, bars, live music, billiards, and Sundance Cinema. The Bayou Music Center stages live concerts, stage plays, and stand-up comedy. Space Center Houston is the official visitors' center of NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. The Space Center has many interactive exhibits including moon rocks, a shuttle simulator, and presentations about the history of NASA's manned space flight program. Other tourist attractions include the Galleria (Texas's largest shopping mall, located in the Uptown District), Old Market Square, the Downtown Aquarium, and Sam Houston Race Park.

question: How much area of downtown Houston does the Theater District cover? 

answer: 17-block area

question: What place produces live concerts, plays and comedy? 

answer: Bayou Music Center

question: Where is Space Center Houston? 

answer: Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center

question: What tourist offerings does the Space Center have? 

answer: interactive exhibits

question: What is the Galleria the largest of in Texas? 

answer: shopping mall
Title: Houston
Context: Minute Maid Park (home of the Astros) and Toyota Center (home of the Rockets), are located in downtown Houston. Houston has the NFL's first retractable-roof stadium with natural grass, NRG Stadium (home of the Texans). Minute Maid Park is also a retractable-roof stadium. Toyota Center also has the largest screen for an indoor arena in the United States built to coincide with the arena's hosting of the 2013 NBA All-Star Game. BBVA Compass Stadium is a soccer-specific stadium for the Dynamo, the Texas Southern University football team, and Dash, located in East Downtown. In addition, NRG Astrodome was the first indoor stadium in the world, built in 1965. Other sports facilities include Hofheinz Pavilion (Houston Cougars basketball), Rice Stadium (Rice Owls football), and Reliant Arena. TDECU Stadium is where the University of Houston Houston Cougars football team plays. Houston has hosted several major sports events: the 1968, 1986 and 2004 Major League Baseball All-Star Games; the 1989, 2006 and 2013 NBA All-Star Games; Super Bowl VIII and Super Bowl XXXVIII, as well as hosting the 2005 World Series and 1981, 1986, 1994 and 1995 NBA Finals, winning the latter two. Super Bowl LI is currently slated to be hosted in NRG Stadium in 2017.

question: Which stadium is located in east downtown in Houston? 

answer: BBVA Compass Stadium

question: Where in Houston is the Toyota Center located? 

answer: downtown

question: What was the first indoor stadium in the world? 

answer: NRG Astrodome

question: What is the home of the Texans named? 

answer: NRG Stadium

question: What is the name of the stadium that hosts the Houston Astros? 

answer: Minute Maid Park
Title: Houston
Context: Several private institutions of higher learning—ranging from liberal arts colleges, such as The University of St. Thomas, Houston's only Catholic university, to Rice University, the nationally recognized research university—are located within the city. Rice, with a total enrollment of slightly more than 6,000 students, has a number of distinguished graduate programs and research institutes, such as the James A. Baker Institute for Public Policy. Houston Baptist University, affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas, offers bachelor's and graduate degrees. It was founded in 1960 and is located in the Sharpstown area in Southwest Houston.

question: What is Houston's one Catholic university? 

answer: The University of St. Thomas

question: What famous research university is located in Houston? 

answer: Rice University

question: What is the student enrollment of Rice University? 

answer: 6,000

question: When was Houston Baptist University founded? 

answer: 1960

question: What area in Houston is the home of the Houston Baptist University? 

answer: Sharpstown
Title: Houston
Context: Houston is the seat of the internationally renowned Texas Medical Center, which contains the world's largest concentration of research and healthcare institutions. All 49 member institutions of the Texas Medical Center are non-profit organizations. They provide patient and preventive care, research, education, and local, national, and international community well-being. Employing more than 73,600 people, institutions at the medical center include 13 hospitals and two specialty institutions, two medical schools, four nursing schools, and schools of dentistry, public health, pharmacy, and virtually all health-related careers. It is where one of the first—and still the largest—air emergency service, Life Flight, was created, and a very successful inter-institutional transplant program was developed. More heart surgeries are performed at the Texas Medical Center than anywhere else in the world.

question: Where in Houston is the world's largest grouping of healthcare institutions? 

answer: Texas Medical Center

question: How many non profit organizations are members of the Medical Center? 

answer: 49

question: How many people are employed in the Texas Medical Center? 

answer: 73,600

question: How many hospitals belong to the Medical Center group of organizations? 

answer: 13

question: What is the name of the first air emergency service? 

answer: Life Flight
Title: Houston
Context: Houston was the headquarters of Continental Airlines until its 2010 merger with United Airlines with headquarters in Chicago; regulatory approval for the merger was granted in October of that year. Bush Intercontinental became United Airlines' largest airline hub. The airline retained a significant operational presence in Houston while offering more than 700 daily departures from the city. In early 2007, Bush Intercontinental Airport was named a model "port of entry" for international travelers by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

question: Until 2010, which airline made Houston its headquarters? 

answer: Continental Airlines

question: Where is United Airlines' largest air hub? 

answer: Bush Intercontinental

question: With which airline did Continental Airlines merge? 

answer: United Airlines

question: How many daily flights did United Airlines offer from Houston? 

answer: 700

question: In what year was Bush Intercontinental named a model by U.S. Customs? 

answer: 2007
Title: Houston
Context: Houston's economy has a broad industrial base in energy, manufacturing, aeronautics, and transportation. It is also leading in health care sectors and building oilfield equipment; only New York City is home to more Fortune 500 headquarters within its city limits. The Port of Houston ranks first in the United States in international waterborne tonnage handled and second in total cargo tonnage handled. Nicknamed the Space City, Houston is a global city, with strengths in business, international trade, entertainment, culture, media, fashion, science, sports, technology, education, medicine and research. The city has a population from various ethnic and religious backgrounds and a large and growing international community. Houston is the most diverse city in Texas and has been described as the most diverse in the United States. It is home to many cultural institutions and exhibits, which attract more than 7 million visitors a year to the Museum District. Houston has an active visual and performing arts scene in the Theater District and offers year-round resident companies in all major performing arts.

question: What city has more Fortune 500 headquarters than Houston? 

answer: New York City

question: What part of Houston ranks first in the U.S. in international tonnage? 

answer: Port of Houston

question: What is Houston's nickname?  

answer: Space City

question: What is varied about Houston's population? 

answer: ethnic and religious backgrounds

question: What city is the most diverse in Texas? 

answer: Houston
Title: Houston
Context: Houston has mild winters in contrast to most areas of the United States. In January, the normal mean temperature at Intercontinental Airport is 53.1 °F (11.7 °C), while that station has an average of 13 days with a low at or below freezing. Snowfall is rare. Recent snow events in Houston include a storm on December 24, 2004 when one inch (2.5 cm) of snow accumulated in parts of the metro area. Falls of at least one inch on both December 10, 2008 and December 4, 2009 marked the first time measurable snowfall had occurred in two consecutive years in the city's recorded history. The coldest temperature officially recorded in Houston was 5 °F (−15 °C) on January 18, 1940. Houston has historically received an ample amount of rainfall, averaging about 49.8 in (1,260 mm) annually per 1981–2010 normals. Localized flooding often occurs, owing to the extremely flat topography and widespread typical clay-silt prairie soils, which do not drain quickly.

question: What kind of winter weather does Houston have? 

answer: mild winters

question: What is the usual mean temperature in Houston? 

answer: 53.1 °F

question: What type of weather is a rarity in Houston? 

answer: Snowfall

question: When was the coldest reported temperature in Houston? 

answer: January 18, 1940

question: How much rain does Houston usually get per year? 

answer: 49.8 in
Title: Houston
Context: The University of Houston System's annual impact on the Houston area's economy equates to that of a major corporation: $1.1 billion in new funds attracted annually to the Houston area, $3.13 billion in total economic benefit and 24,000 local jobs generated. This is in addition to the 12,500 new graduates the U.H. System produces every year who enter the workforce in Houston and throughout the state of Texas. These degree-holders tend to stay in Houston. After five years, 80.5% of graduates are still living and working in the region.

question: How much money does the University of Houston attract to Houston a year? 

answer: $1.1 billion

question: How many local jobs are produced by the University of Houston? 

answer: 24,000

question: How many student graduate from the University of Houston per year? 

answer: 12,500

question: Where do most university graduates stay after acquiring a degree? 

answer: in Houston

question: Even after five years, how many graduates remain in Houston? 

answer: 80.5%