rajpurkar/squad huggingface dataset:
Title: 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay

 United States of America: The torch relay's North American leg occurred in San Francisco, California on April 9. On the day of the relay officials diverted the torch run to an unannounced route. The start was at McCovey Cove, where Norman Bellingham of the U.S. Olympic Committee gave the torch to the first torchbearer, Chinese 1992 Olympic champion swimmer Lin Li. The planned closing ceremony at Justin Herman Plaza was cancelled and instead, a ceremony was held at San Francisco International Airport, where the torch was to leave for Buenos Aires. The route changes allowed the run to avoid large numbers of China supporters and protesters against China. As people found out there would be no closing ceremony at Justin Herman Plaza, there were angry reactions. One demonstrator was quoted as saying that the route changes were an effort to "thwart any organized protest that had been planned." San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, a critic of Mayor Gavin Newsom, said that it was a "cynical plan to please the Bush State Department and the Chinese government because of the incredible influence of money." Newsom, on the other hand, said he felt it was in "everyone's best interest" and that he believed people had been "afforded the right to protest and support the torch" despite the route changes. Peter Ueberroth, head of the U.S. Olympic Committee, praised the route changes, saying, "The city of San Francisco, from a global perspective, will be applauded." People who saw the torch were surprised and cheered as shown from live video of CBS and NBC. The cost to the city for hosting the event was reported to be USD $726,400, nearly half of which has been recovered by private fundraising. Mayor Gavin Newsom said that "exponential" costs associated with mass arrests were avoided by his decision to change the route in consultation with police chief Heather Fong.

Question: Where did the torch start it's North American route?
Answer: San Francisco

Question: What day did the torch arrive in San Francisco?
Answer: April 9

Question: What is the name of the first North American torchbearer?
Answer: Lin Li

Question: The route end was changed from Justin Herman plaza to what?
Answer: San Francisco International Airport

Question: Who was the head of the U.S. Olympic Committee?
Answer: Peter Ueberroth

Question: What city in the United States held the 2008 Olympic Torch relay?
Answer: San Francisco

Question: What was the date of the relay in the United States?
Answer: April 9.

Question: What is the name of the person who handed off the torch to the torchbearer in the United States 2008 Olympic relay?
Answer: Norman Bellingham

Question: What is the name of the location where the relay ending event was canceled?
Answer: Justin Herman Plaza
Title: 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay

On April 1, 2008, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a resolution addressing human rights concerns when the Beijing Olympic torch arrives in San Francisco on April 9. The resolution would welcome the torch with "alarm and protest at the failure of China to meet its past solemn promises to the international community, including the citizens of San Francisco, to cease the egregious and ongoing human rights abuses in China and occupied Tibet." On April 8, numerous protests were planned including one at the city's United Nations Plaza led by actor Richard Gere and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Question: Who approved a resolution concerning human rights on April 1, 2008?
Answer: San Francisco Board of Supervisors

Question: The concern was over what in China and Tibet?
Answer: human rights abuses

Question: What date was the protest which was led by Gere and Tutu?
Answer: April 8

Question: When was a resolution agreed to about Chinese human rights issues in San Francisco?
Answer: April 1, 2008

Question: Who approved the resolution?
Answer: San Francisco Board of Supervisors

Question: Where was a protest planned in San Francisco?
Answer: United Nations Plaza

Question: What actor was scheduled to attend a San Francisco Olympic protest?
Answer: Richard Gere
Title: 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay

Some advocates for Tibet, Darfur, and the spiritual practice Falun Gong, planned to protest the April 9 arrival of the torch in San Francisco. China had already requested the torch route in San Francisco be shortened. On April 7, 2008, two days prior to the actual torch relay, three activists carrying Tibetan flags scaled the suspension cables of the Golden Gate Bridge to unfurl two banners, one saying "One World, One Dream. Free Tibet", and the other, "Free Tibet '08". Among them was San Francisco resident Laurel Sutherlin, who spoke to the local TV station KPIX-CBS5 live from a cellphone, urging the International Olympic Committee to ask China not to allow the torch to go through Tibet. "Sutherlin said he was worried that the torch's planned route through Tibet would lead to more arrests and Chinese officials would use force to stifle dissent." The three activists and five supporters face charges related to trespassing, conspiracy and causing a public nuisance.

Question: Three protester climbed what to hang two banners on April 7, 2008?
Answer: Golden Gate Bridge

Question: Laurel Sutherlin spoke to which TV station about his concerns?
Answer: KPIX-CBS5

Question: Who asked that the San Francisco relay route be shortened?
Answer: China

Question: What famous bridge had two banners hung from it by protesters?
Answer: Golden Gate Bridge

Question: Who spoke to station KPIX-CBS5 about the bridge banner protests?
Answer: Laurel Sutherlin

Question: How many supporters face charges for the bridge stunt?
Answer: five

Question: How many activists may be charged with crimes for the bridge stunt?
Answer: three
Title: 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay

The torch was lit at a park outside at AT&T Park at about 1:17 pm PDT (20:17 UTC), briefly held aloft by American and Chinese Olympic officials. The relay descended into confusion as the first runner in the elaborately planned relay disappeared into a warehouse on a waterfront pier where it stayed for a half-an-hour. There were clashes between thousands of pro-China demonstrators, many of whom said they were bused in by the Chinese Consulate and other pro-China groups, and both pro-Tibet and Darfur protesters. The non-Chinese demonstrators were reported to have been swamped and trailed by angry crowds. Around 2 pm PDT (21:00 UTC), the torch resurfaced about 3 km (1.9 mi) away from the stadium along Van Ness Avenue, a heavily trafficked thoroughfare that was not on official route plans. Television reports showed the flame flanked by motorcycles and uniformed police officers. Two torchbearers carried the flame running slowly behind a truck and surrounded by Olympic security guards. During the torch relay, two torchbearers, Andrew Michael who uses a wheelchair and is the Vice President for Sustainable Development for the Bay Area Council and Director of Partnerships For Change, and an environmental advocate, Majora Carter, managed to display Tibetan flags in protest, resulting in their ejection from the relay. The closing ceremony at Justin Herman Plaza was canceled due to the presence of large numbers of protesters at the site. The torch run ended with a final stretch through San Francisco's Marina district and was then moved by bus to San Francisco International Airport for a makeshift closing ceremony at the terminal, from which the free media was excluded. San Jose Mercury News described the "deceiving" event as "a game of Where's Waldo, played against the landscape of a lovely city." International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge said the San Francisco relay had "fortunately" avoided much of the disruptions that marred the legs in London and Paris, but "was, however, not the joyous party that we had wished it to be."

Question: Where did the first relay runner disappear to with the torch??
Answer: a warehouse

Question: Which wheelchair-bound torchbearer was ejected from the relay for showing a Tibetan flag?
Answer: Andrew Michael

Question: What wheelchair-bound bearer of the Olympic torch displayed a Tibetan flag?
Answer: Andrew Michael

Question: Where was the last part of the San Francisco torch relay carried through before getting on a bus?
Answer: Marina district

Question: Where was a makeshift closing ceremony held for the torch relay in San Francisco?
Answer: San Francisco International Airport

Question: After the bearer of the torch disappeared into a warehouse, what road did the relay reappear on?
Answer: Van Ness Avenue
Title: 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay

 Argentina: The torch relay leg in Buenos Aires, Argentina, held on April 11, began with an artistic show at the Lola Mora amphitheatre in Costanera Sur. In the end of the show the mayor of Buenos Aires Mauricio Macri gave the torch to the first torchbearer, Carlos Espínola. The leg finished at the Buenos Aires Riding Club in the Palermo district, the last torchbearer being Gabriela Sabatini. The 13.8 km route included landmarks like the obelisk and Plaza de Mayo. The day was marked by several pro-Tibet protests, which included a giant banner reading "Free Tibet", and an alternative "human rights torch" that was lit by protesters and paraded along the route the flame was to take. Most of these protests were peaceful in nature, and the torch was not impeded. Chinese immigrants also turned out in support of the Games, but only minor scuffles were reported between both groups. Runners surrounded by rows of security carried the Olympic flame past thousands of jubilant Argentines in the most trouble-free torch relay in nearly a week. People showered the parade route with confetti as banks, government offices and businesses took an impromptu half-day holiday for the only Latin American stop on the flame's five-continent journey.

Question: When did the Olympic torch relay begin in Buenos Aires?
Answer: April 11

Question: Where did the torch route start in Buenos Aires?
Answer: the Lola Mora amphitheatre

Question: Who was the mayor of Buenos Aires?
Answer: Mauricio Macri

Question: Where did the Olympic torch relay begin in Argentina?
Answer: Buenos Aires

Question: What place held an opening show for the relay?
Answer: Lola Mora amphitheatre

Question: What is the name of the mayor who passed off the torch to the first bearer in Argentina?
Answer: Mauricio Macri

Question: Who was the first bearer of the torch in Argentina?
Answer: Carlos Espínola.

Question: What was showered along the route in some places?
Answer: confetti
Title: 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay

Argentine activists told a news conference that they would not try to snuff out the torch's flame as demonstrators had in Paris and London. "I want to announce that we will not put out the Olympic torch," said pro-Tibet activist Jorge Carcavallo. "We'll be carrying out surprise actions throughout the city of Buenos Aires, but all of these will be peaceful." Among other activities, protesters organized an alternative march that went from the Obelisk to the city hall, featuring their own "Human Rights Torch." A giant banner reading "Free Tibet" was also displayed on the torch route. According to a representative from the NGO 'Human Rights Torch Relay', their objective was to "show the contradiction between the Olympic Games and the presence of widespread human rights violations in China"

Question: What is the name of the activist who promised peaceful protests?
Answer: Jorge Carcavallo

Question: What route was planned for an alternative march?
Answer: from the Obelisk to the city hall

Question: What was on the banner that was displayed where the torchbearers would carry the torch?
Answer: Free Tibet

Question: What is the name of the protester who said they would not try to extinguish the torch?
Answer: Jorge Carcavallo.

Question: Where did the other march travel form and to?
Answer: Obelisk to the city hall

Question: What was the name given to the torch carried on the alternative march?
Answer: Human Rights Torch.

Question: What did the large banner say that was along the alternative march route?
Answer: Free Tibet

Question: What was the unsanctioned alternative relay called?
Answer: Human Rights Torch Relay
Title: 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay

The outreach director of HRTR, Susan Prager, is also the communication director of "Friends of Falun Gong", a quasi-government non-profit funded by fmr. Congressman Tom Lanto's wife and Ambassador Mark Palmer of NED. A major setback to the event was caused by footballer Diego Maradona, scheduled to open the relay through Buenos Aires, pulling out in an attempt to avoid the Olympic controversy. Trying to avoid the scenes that marred the relay in the UK, France and the US, the city government designed a complex security operative to protect the torch relay, involving 1200 police officers and 3000 other people, including public employees and volunteers. Overall, the protests were peaceful in nature, although there were a few incidents such as the throwing of several water balloons in an attempt to extinguish the Olympic flame, and minor scuffles between Olympic protesters and supporters from Chinese immigrant communities.

Question: Who was the outreach director of HRTR?
Answer: Susan Prager

Question: What was the non profit that was funded by Mark Palmer?
Answer: Friends of Falun Gong

Question: Which footballer decided to not be a torchbearer because of the controversy?
Answer: Diego Maradona

Question: How many police officers were in place to avoid controversy along the torch route?
Answer: 1200

Question: What was thrown to try and put out the flame?
Answer: water balloons

Question: What is Susan Prager communication director of?
Answer: Friends of Falun Gong

Question: What football star backed out due to relay controversy?
Answer: Diego Maradona

Question: How many police officers were part of the security operative?
Answer: 1200

Question: What was tossed at the torch trying to put it out?
Answer: water balloons

Question: The protests were considered to be overall what in nature?
Answer: peaceful
Title: 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay

 Tanzania: Dar es Salaam was the torch's only stop in Africa, on April 13. The relay began at the grand terminal of the TAZARA Railway, which was China's largest foreign aid project of the 1970s, and continued for 5 km through the old city to the Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium in Temeke, which was built with Chinese aid in 2005. The torch was lit by Vice-President Ali Mohamed Shein. About a thousand people followed the relay, waving the Olympic flag. The only noted instance of protest was Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai's withdrawal from the list of torchbearers, in protest against human rights abuses in Tibet.

Question: Where was the only African destination for the torch?
Answer: Dar es Salaam

Question: When did the torch arrive in Dar es Salaam?
Answer: April 13

Question: Where did the route start for the torch in Dar es Salaam?
Answer: the TAZARA Railway

Question: Where was the solitary place the relay was held in Africa?
Answer: Dar es Salaam

Question: What is the name of the railway where the Olympic torch relay began in Africa?
Answer: TAZARA

Question: Where did the relay terminate in Africa?
Answer: Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium

Question: What country paid for the stadium through aid money?
Answer: China

Question: Who it the torch in Africa?
Answer: Vice-President Ali Mohamed Shein.
Title: 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay


 Sultanate of Oman: Muscat was the torch's only stop in the Middle East, on April 14. The relay covered 20 km. No protests or incidents were reported. One of the torchbearers was Syrian actress Sulaf Fawakherji.

Question: Which Middle East location was the only area the torch visited?
Answer: Muscat

Question: When did the torch arrive in Muscat?
Answer: April 14

Question: Which actress carried the torch for part of the route?
Answer: Sulaf Fawakherji

Question: Where was the only place the Olympic torch was carried in the Middle East?
Answer: Muscat

Question: How far was the relay route in kilometers in the Middle East?
Answer: 20

Question: What is the name of the Syrian actress who was one to bear the torch?
Answer: Sulaf Fawakherji.
Title: 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay


 Pakistan: The Olympic torch reached Islamabad for the first time ever on April 16. President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani spoke at the opening ceremony of the relay. Security was high, for what one newspaper called the "most sensitive leg" of the torch's Olympic journey. The relay was initially supposed to carry the torch around Islamabad, but the entire relay was cancelled due to security concerns regarding "militant threats or anti-China protests", and replaced by an indoors ceremony with the torch carried around the track of Jinnah Stadium. In fear of violent protests and bomb attacks, the torch relay in Pakistan took place in a stadium behind closed doors. Although the relay was behind closed doors, thousands of policemen and soldiers guarded the flame. As a consequence, no incidents arose.

Question: When did the torch arrive in Islamabad?
Answer: April 16

Question: Where was an indoor ceremony held since the outdoor relay was cancelled?
Answer: Jinnah Stadium

Question: Who spoke at the opening ceremony in Islamabad in addition to President Musharraf?
Answer: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani

Question: Where did the Olympic torch relay start in Pakistan?
Answer: Islamabad

Question: Instead of a traditinal relay, where was the track the torch was carried in Pakistan?
Answer: Jinnah Stadium.
Title: 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay


 India: Due to concerns about pro-Tibet protests, the relay through New Delhi on April 17 was cut to just 2.3 km (less than 1.5 miles), which was shared amongst 70 runners. It concluded at the India Gate. The event was peaceful due to the public not being allowed at the relay. A total of five intended torchbearers -Kiran Bedi, Soha Ali Khan, Sachin Tendulkar, Bhaichung Bhutia and Sunil Gavaskar- withdrew from the event, citing "personal reasons", or, in Bhutia's case, explicitly wishing to "stand by the people of Tibet and their struggle" and protest against the PRC "crackdown" in Tibet. Indian national football captain, Baichung Bhutia refused to take part in the Indian leg of the torch relay, citing concerns over Tibet. Bhutia, who is Sikkimese, is the first athlete to refuse to run with the torch. Indian film star Aamir Khan states on his personal blog that the "Olympic Games do not belong to China" and confirms taking part in the torch relay "with a prayer in his heart for the people of Tibet, and ... for all people across the world who are victims of human rights violations". Rahul Gandhi, son of the Congress President Sonia Gandhi and scion of the Nehru-Gandhi family, also refused to carry the torch.

Question: When did the torch visit New Delhi?
Answer: April 17

Question: How many runners carried the torch in New Delhi?
Answer: 70

Question: Which football captain did not participate in the relay to show support for Tibet?
Answer: Baichung Bhutia

Question: How many torchbearers did not participate because of their concerns with Tibet?
Answer: five

Question: Where did the torch relay happen in India?
Answer: New Delhi

Question: How long was the route in India in miles?
Answer: 1.5

Question: How many bearers of the torch were used in India?
Answer: 70

Question: How many bearers decided not to participate?
Answer: five

Question: What is the name of the footballer who refused to be a part of the relay?
Answer: Baichung Bhutia
Title: 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay

Wary of protests, the Indian authorities have decided to shorten the route of the relay in New Delhi, and have given it the security normally associated with Republic Day celebrations, which are considered terrorist targets. Chinese intelligence's expectations of points on the relay route that would be particularly 'vulnerable' to protesters were presented to the Indian ambassador to Beijing, Nirupama Sen. The Indian media responded angrily to the news that the ambassador, a distinguished lady diplomat, was summoned to the Foreign Ministry at 2 am local time; the news was later denied by anonymous sources in Delhi. The Indian media reported that India's Commerce Minister, Kamal Nath, cancelled an official trip to Beijing in protest, though both Nath and Chinese sources have denied it.

Question: The security given to the torch relay in New Delhi is reminiscent of the security of what?
Answer: Republic Day celebrations

Question: The Chinese presented a list of vulnerable relay locations to who?
Answer: Nirupama Sen.

Question: Who supposedly cancelled a trip to Beijing in protest?
Answer: India's Commerce Minister

Question: Who was said to have canceled an official trip to China in protest?
Answer: Kamal Nath

Question: At what time in the middle of the night was the diplomat summoned?
Answer: 2 am

Question: The Olympic relay had the same security precautions taken as what other special day?
Answer: Republic Day

Question: What kind of targets do Republic Day events present as?
Answer: terrorist targets.
Title: 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay

India rejected Chinese demands that the torch route be clear of India's 150,000-strong Tibetan exile community, by which they required a ban on congregation near the curtailed 3 km route. In response Indian officials said India was a democracy, and "a wholesale ban on protests was out of the question". Contradicting some other reports, Indian officials also refused permission to the "Olympic Holy Flame Protection Unit". The combined effect is a "rapid deterioration" of relations between India and China. Meanwhile, the Tibetan government in exile, which is based in India, has stated that it did not support the disruption of the Olympic torch relay.

Question: How many people comprised the Tibetan exile community?
Answer: 150,000

Question: India refused China's request that the Tibetan exile community be avoided because they said India is what?
Answer: a democracy

Question: Where is the exiled Tibetan government?
Answer: India

Question: How many Tibetan exiles are said to be in India?
Answer: 150,000

Question: A wholesale ban on what was denied?
Answer: protests

Question: What Olympic group was denied by India?
Answer: Olympic Holy Flame Protection Unit

Question: What deteriorated between India and China?
Answer: relations

Question: Who said they did not support relay interruptions?
Answer: the Tibetan government in exile
Title: 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay

The noted Indian social activist and a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Kiran Bedi refused to participate saying "she doesn’t want to run in the event as ‘caged woman’." On April 15, Bollywood actress Soha Ali Khan pulled out of the Olympic torch relay, citing “very strong personal reasons”. On April 16, a protest was organised in Delhi "against Chinese repression in Tibet", and was broken up by the police.

Question: Who did not want to participate in the relay as 'caged woman'?
Answer: Kiran Bedi

Question: Where was Bedi retired from?
Answer: Indian Police Service

Question: Which actress decided to not participate on April 15?
Answer: Soha Ali Khan

Question: When did a protest in Delhi occur to protest against Chinese repression in Tibet?
Answer: April 16

Question: What retired police officer refused to carry the torch in India?
Answer: Kiran Bedi

Question: What actress removed herself from participation in the relay?
Answer: Soha Ali Khan

Question: Where was a protest organized about the Olympic relay in India?
Answer: Delhi

Question: Who disbanded the protest in Delhi?
Answer: police.

Question: The retired police officer said she would not run as what?
Answer: caged woman