rajpurkar/squad huggingface dataset:
Title: 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay


 Thailand: The April 18 relay through Bangkok was the Olympic flame's first visit to Thailand. The relay covered just over 10 km, and included Bangkok's Chinatown. The torch was carried past Democracy Monument, Chitralada Palace and a number of other city landmarks. M.R. Narisa Chakrabongse, Green World Foundation (GWF) chairwoman, withdrew from the torch-running ceremony, protesting against China's actions in Tibet. Several hundred protesters were present, along with Olympic supporters. Thai authorities threatened to arrest foreign protesters and ban them from future entry into Thailand. A coalition of Thai human rights groups announced that it would organise a "small demonstration" during the relay, and several hundred people did indeed take part in protests, facing Beijing supporters. Intended torchbearer Mom Rajawongse Narissara Chakrabongse boycotted the relay, to protest against China's actions in Tibet. In Bangkok, students told the media that the Chinese Embassy provided them with transportation and gave them shirts to wear.

Question: When did the Olympic torch reach Bangkok?
Answer: April 18

Question: Who is the Green World Foundation chairwoman who refused to participate in the relay?
Answer: M.R. Narisa Chakrabongse

Question: The media was told that the Chinese supplied with shirts and transportation?
Answer: students

Question: When did the torch go through Bankok?
Answer: April 18

Question: The relay route was a little over how many kilometers?
Answer: 10

Question: Who were told they would be banned from reentering Thailand?
Answer: foreign protesters

Question: What scheduled bearer of the torch boycotted?
Answer: Mom Rajawongse Narissara Chakrabongse
Title: 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay


 Malaysia: The event was held in the capital city, Kuala Lumpur, on April 21. The 16.5 km long-relay began from the historic Independence Square, passed in front of several city landmarks before coming to an end at the iconic Petronas Twin Towers. Among the landmarks the Olympic flame passed next to were the Parliament House, National Mosque, KL Tower and Merdeka Stadium. A team of 1000 personnel from the Malaysian police Special Action Squad guarded the event and escorted the torchbearers. The last time an Olympic torch relay was held in Malaysia was the 1964 Tokyo edition.

Question: When did the torch visit Malaysia?
Answer: April 21

Question: What is the capital city of Malaysia?
Answer: Kuala Lumpur

Question: Where did the route begin in Malaysia?
Answer: Independence Square

Question: Prior to the 2008 games, when did Malaysia last see an Olympic torch relay?
Answer: 1964

Question: What is the location of the start of the relay in Malaysia?
Answer: Independence Square

Question: Where did the relay end in Malaysia?
Answer: Petronas Twin Towers.

Question: What year was the last torch relay event in Malaysia?
Answer: 1964

Question: How many Special Police protected the relay event?
Answer: 1000
Title: 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay

Just days before the relay supporters of Falun Gong demonstrated in front of the Chinese embassy in the Malaysian capital. As many as 1,000 personnel from the special police unit were expected to be deployed on the day of the relay. A Japanese family with Malaysian citizenship and their 5-year-old child who unfurled a Tibetan flag were hit by a group of Chinese nationals with plastic air-filled batons and heckled by a crowd of Chinese citizens during the confrontation at Independence Square where the relay began, and the Chinese group shouted: "Taiwan and Tibet belong to China." Later during the day, the Chinese volunteers forcefully took away placards from two other Malaysians protesting at the relay. One of the protesting Malaysian was hit in the head.

Question: Which supporters protested near the Chinese embassy in Malaysia?
Answer: Falun Gong

Question: Supporters of what demonstrated at the Chinese embassy in Malaysia?
Answer: Falun Gong

Question: What were a Japanese family who unveiled a Tibetan flag hit with?
Answer: plastic air-filled batons

Question: What did the Chinese group yell?
Answer: Taiwan and Tibet belong to China.

Question: What did Chinese volunteers take from two Malaysian demonstrators?
Answer: placards
Title: 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay


 Indonesia: The Olympic flame reached Jakarta on April 22. The original 20 km relay through Jakarta was cancelled due to "security worries", at the request of the Chinese embassy, and the torch was instead carried round the city main's stadium, as it had been in Islamabad. Several dozen pro-Tibet protesters gathered near the stadium, and were dispersed by the police. The event was held in the streets around the city main's stadium. The cancelling of the relay through the city itself was decided due to security concerns and at the request of the Chinese embassy. Only invitees and journalists were admitted inside the stadium. Protests took place outside the stadium.

Question: When did the Olympic torch visit Jakarta?
Answer: April 22

Question: Who requested that the original route be cancelled?
Answer: the Chinese embassy

Question: Along with invited people, who were the only other people allowed in the stadium?
Answer: journalists

Question: Where did the torch relay begin in Indonesia?
Answer: Jakarta

Question: How many kilometers was the planned route that was cancelled?
Answer: 20

Question: Why was the first route not taken?
Answer: security worries

Question: What type of facility was the torch carried at instead.
Answer: stadium.

Question: Where did protests occur when non one except invited guests and the press were allowed inside the stadium?
Answer: outside the stadium.
Title: 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay


 Australia: The event was held in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory on April 24, and covered around 16 km of Canberra's central areas, from Reconciliation Place to Commonwealth Park. Upon its arrival in Canberra, the Olympic flame was presented by Chinese officials to local Aboriginal elder Agnes Shea, of the Ngunnawal people. She, in turn, offered them a message stick, as a gift of peace and welcome. Hundreds of pro-Tibet protesters and thousands of Chinese students reportedly attended. Demonstrators and counter-demonstrators were kept apart by the Australian Federal Police. Preparations for the event were marred by a disagreement over the role of the Chinese flame attendants, with Australian and Chinese officials arguing publicly over their function and prerogatives during a press conference.

Question: When did the torch arrive in Canberra?
Answer: April 24

Question: Who received the flame from Chinese officials in Canberra?
Answer: Agnes Shea

Question: What did Agnes Shea give to the Chinese in return?
Answer: a message stick

Question: Who publicly argued at a press conference?
Answer: Australian and Chinese officials

Question: Where was the relay held in Australia?
Answer: Canberra

Question: How many kilometers was the route in Australia?
Answer: 16

Question: What was the location of the beginning of the Olympic torch route in Australia?
Answer: Reconciliation Place

Question: Who kept the demonstrators separated?
Answer: Australian Federal Police.

Question: What is the name of the Aboriginal elder who received the torch from Chinese officials?
Answer: Agnes Shea
Title: 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay

Following the events in Olympia, there were reports that China requested permission to deploy People's Liberation Army personnel along the relay route to protect the flame in Canberra. Australian authorities stated that such a request, if it were to be made, would be refused. Chinese officials labeled it a rumor. Australian police have been given powers to search relay spectators, following a call by the Chinese Students and Scholars Association for Chinese Australian students to "go defend our sacred torch" against "ethnic degenerate scum and anti-China separatists". Tony Goh, chairman of the Australian Council of Chinese Organisations, has said the ACCO would be taking "thousands" of pro-Beijing demonstrators to Canberra by bus, to support the torch relay. Zhang Rongan, a Chinese Australian student organising pro-Beijing demonstrations, told the press that Chinese diplomats were assisting with the organization of buses, meals and accommodation for pro-Beijing demonstrators, and helping them organise a "peaceful show of strength". Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Chinese officials were urging supporters to "turn up and put a point of view", but that he had no objection to it as long as they remained peaceful.

Question: Who did the Chinese want to deploy to Canberra to protect the flame?
Answer: People's Liberation Army personnel

Question: Chinese Australian students were told to defend what against scum and separatists?
Answer: sacred torch

Question: Who was the chairman of the Australian Council of Chinese Organisations?
Answer: Tony Goh

Question: Who was the Foreign Minister who said he was okay with protests as long as they were peaceful?
Answer: Stephen Smith

Question: What group did China want along the relay route in Canberra?
Answer: People's Liberation Army

Question: Who was given permission to search attendees of the relay?
Answer: Australian police

Question: Who said that thousands of pro-Beijing supporters would be bused in?
Answer: Tony Goh

Question: Who told the media that Chinese diplomats were arranging a "peaceful show of strength"?
Answer: Zhang Rongan

Question: Who was the Foreign Minister who indicated Chinese officials wanted supporting demonstrators to show up and show their point of view?
Answer: Stephen Smith
Title: 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay

Intended torchbearer Lin Hatfield Dodds withdrew from the event, explaining that she wished to express concern about China's human rights record. Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said her decision was "a very good example of peacefully making a point".

Question: Who withdrew as a torchbearer because of her concerns about human rights?
Answer: Lin Hatfield Dodds

Question: Who said Dodds' withdrawal was a good example of peacefully protesting?
Answer: Foreign Minister Stephen Smith

Question: Who withdrew from the torch event?
Answer: Lin Hatfield Dodds

Question: Who was the foreign minister that said her decision was a good example of peacefully making a point?
Answer: Stephen Smith
Title: 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay

Up to 600 pro-Tibet protesters were expected to attend the relay, along with between 2,000 and 10,000 Chinese supporters. Taking note of the high number of Chinese supporters, Ted Quinlan, head of the Canberra torch relay committee, said: "We didn't expect this reaction from the Chinese community. It is obviously a well-coordinated plan to take the day by weight of numbers. But we have assurances that it will be done peacefully.". Also, Australia's ACT Chief Minister, Jon Stanhope confirmed that the Chinese embassy was closely involve to ensure that "pro-China demonstrators vastly outnumbered Tibetan activists." Australian freestyle swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist Ian Thorpe ended the Australian leg of the torch relay April 24, 2008, touching the flame to light a cauldron after a run that was only marginally marked by protests. People demonstrated both for China and for Tibet. At least five people were arrested during the torch relay. Police said "the five were arrested for interfering with the event under special powers enacted in the wake of massive protests against Chinese policy toward Tibet." At one point, groups of Chinese students surrounded and intimidated pro-Tibet protesters. One person had to be pulled aboard a police launch when a group of pro-Chinese students looked like they might force him into the lake.

Question: Who was the head of the Canberra torch relay committee?
Answer: Ted Quinlan

Question: How many supporters of Tibet were expected in Canberra to protest?
Answer: 600

Question: ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope said which organization intended to ensure that China supporters outweighed Tibet supporters?
Answer: the Chinese embassy

Question: Which athlete carried the torch for the final leg?
Answer: Ian Thorpe

Question: How many supporters of Tibet were expected to attend the torch relay?
Answer: Up to 600

Question: It was thought that how many Chinese supporters would attend the torch relay?
Answer: between 2,000 and 10,000

Question: Who did not expect that reaction from the Chinese community?
Answer: Ted Quinlan

Question: Who was involved to ensure the pro Chinese demonstrators outweighed the Tibetan demonstrators?
Answer: the Chinese embassy
Title: 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay


 Japan: The event was held in Nagano, which hosted the 1998 Winter Olympics, on April 26. Japanese Buddhist temple Zenkō-ji, which was originally scheduled to be the starting point for the Olympic torch relay in Nagano, refused to host the torch and pulled out of the relay plans, amid speculation that monks there sympathized with anti-Chinese government protesters. as well as the risk of disruption by violent protests. Parts of Zenkō-ji temple's main building (Zenkō-ji Hondō), reconstructed in 1707 and one of the National Treasures of Japan, was then vandalized with spraypaint. A new starting point, previously the site of a municipal building and now a parking lot, was chosen by the city. An event the city had planned to hold at the Minami Nagano Sports Park following the torch relay was also canceled out of concern about disruptions caused by demonstrators protesting against China's recent crackdown in Tibet. Thousands of riot police were mobilized to protect the torch along its route. The show of force kept most protesters in check, but slogans shouted by pro-China or pro-Tibet demonstrators, Japanese nationalists, and human rights organizations flooded the air. Five men were arrested and four injured amidst scenes of mob violence. The torch route was packed with mostly peaceful demonstrators. The public was not allowed at the parking lot where the relay started. After the Zenkoji monks held a prayer ceremony for victims of the recent events in Tibet. More than 100 police officers ran with the torch and riot police lined the streets while three helicopters flew above. Only two Chinese guards were allowed to accompany the torch because of Japan's concern over their treatment of demonstrators at previous relays. A man with a Tibetan flag tried to stop the torch at the beginning of the relay but was dragged off by police. Some raw eggs were also thrown from the crowd.

Question: Who hosted the 1998 Winter Olympics?
Answer: Nagano

Question: When did the torch arrive in Nagano?
Answer: April 26

Question: Where was the torch relay held in Japan?
Answer: Nagano

Question: Which Olympics did Nagano host?
Answer: 1998 Winter Olympics

Question: What location was supposed to be the start of the relay event in Nagano?
Answer: Japanese Buddhist temple Zenkō-ji

Question: When monks pulled out of the event, where was the new starting point for the relay?
Answer: a municipal building

Question: How many Chinese guards were allowed to go with the torch?
Answer: two
Title: 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay

 South Korea: The event was held in Seoul, which hosted the 1988 Summer Olympics, on April 27. Intended torchbearers Choi Seung-kook and Park Won-sun boycotted the event to protest against the Chinese government's crackdown in Tibet. More than 8,000 riot police were deployed to guard the 24-kilometre route, which began at Olympic Park, which was built when Seoul hosted the 1988 Summer Games. On the day of the torch relay in Seoul, Chinese students clashed with protesters, throwing rocks, bottles, and punches. A North Korean defector whose brother defected to China but was captured and executed by the DPRK, attempted to set himself on fire in protest of China's treatment of North Korean refugees. He poured gasoline on himself but police quickly surrounded him and carried him away. Two other demonstrators tried to storm the torch but failed. Fighting broke out near the beginning of the relay between a group of 500 Chinese supporters and approximately 50 protesters who carried a banner that read: "Free North Korean refugees in China." The students threw stones and water bottles as approximately 2,500 police tried to keep the groups separated. Police said they arrested five people, including a Chinese student who was arrested for allegedly throwing rocks. Thousands of Chinese followed the torch on its 4.5 hour journey, some chanting, "Go China, go Olympics!" By the end of the relay, Chinese students became violent, and it was reported in Korean media that they were "lynching" everyone who was disagreeing with them. One police man was also rushed to hospital after being attacked by Chinese students. On Apr 29, the Secretary of Justice, Kim Kyung Han, told the prime minister that he will find "every single Chinese who was involved and bring them to justice." Later in the day, South Korea's Prosecutor's Office, National Police Agency, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Intelligence Service made a joint statement saying that they will be deporting every Chinese student that was involved in the incident. China defended the conduct of the students.

Question: Where was the torch relay event held in South Korea?
Answer: Seoul

Question: When did Seoul host the Olympics?
Answer: 1988 Summer Olympics

Question: Where was the start point for the relay?
Answer: Olympic Park

Question: Who became violent during the relay route and was promised deportation when caught?
Answer: Chinese students

Question: Where was the relay event held in South Korea?
Answer: Seoul

Question: Which Olympics did Seoul host?
Answer: 1988 Summer Olympics
Title: 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay


 North Korea: The event was held in Pyongyang on April 28. It was the first time that the Olympic torch has traveled to North Korea. A crowd of thousands waving pink paper flowers and small flags with the Beijing Olympics logo were organized by the authoritarian regime watched the beginning of the relay in Pyongyang, some waving Chinese flags. The event was presided over by the head of the country's parliament, Kim Yong Nam. The North, an ally of China, has been critical of disruptions to the torch relay elsewhere and has supported Beijing in its actions against protests in Tibet. Kim passed the torch to the first runner Pak Du Ik, who played on North Korea's 1966 World Cup soccer team, as he began the 19-kilometre route through Pyongyang. The relay began from the large sculpted flame of the obelisk of the Juche Tower, which commemorates the national ideology of Juche, or "self-reliance", created by the country's late founding President Kim Il Sung, father of leader Kim Jong Il, who did not attend.

Question: When did the torch arrive in Pyongyang?
Answer: April 28

Question: Who presided over the torch event in North Korea?
Answer: Kim Yong Nam

Question: Who was the first torchbearer in North Korea?
Answer: Pak Du Ik

Question: Where did the relay start?
Answer: the Juche Tower

Question: Where was the relay event held in North Korea?
Answer: Pyongyang.

Question: What date did the torch relay event take place?
Answer: April 28.

Question: What did people in the crowd wave at the beginning of the relay?
Answer: pink paper flowers and small flags

Question: Who was the first runner with the torch?
Answer: Pak Du Ik
Title: 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay

The United Nations Organization and its children's agency UNICEF withdrew their staff, saying that it wasn't sure the event would help its mission of raising awareness of conditions for children and amid concerns that the relay would be used as a propaganda stunt. "It was unconscionable," said a UN official who was briefed on the arguments. North Korea is frequently listed among the world’s worst offenders against human rights.

Question: The United Nations Organization and UNICEF felt the relay could be used as what?
Answer: a propaganda stunt.

Question: North Korea is often listed among the worst offenders in the world in what regard?
Answer: against human rights.

Question: What is the children's agency of the United Nations Organization?
Answer: UNICEF

Question: Both organizations withdrew what?
Answer: their staff

Question: What is the mission of the organizations?
Answer: raising awareness of conditions for children

Question: Who is often listed amongst the world's worst offenders when it comes to human rights?
Answer: North Korea
Title: 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay

 Vietnam: The event was held in Ho Chi Minh City on April 29. Some 60 torchbearers carried the torch from the downtown Opera House to the Military Zone 7 Competition Hall stadium near Tan Son Nhat International Airport along an undisclosed route. Vietnam is involved in a territorial dispute with China (and other countries) for sovereignty of the Spratly and Paracel Islands; tensions have risen recently[when?] following reports that the Chinese government had established a county-level city named Sansha in the disputed territories, resulting in anti-Chinese demonstrations in December 2007 in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. However to sustain its relationship with China the Vietnamese government has actively sought to head off protests during the torch relay, with Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng warning government agencies that "hostile forces" may try to disrupt the torch relay.

Question: When did the torch arrive in Vietnam?
Answer: April 29

Question: Where was the torch event held in Vietnam?
Answer: Ho Chi Minh City

Question: How many torchbearers carried the torch in Vietnam?
Answer: 60

Question: Where did the torch event begin in Vietnam?
Answer: the downtown Opera House

Question: Where did the torch event end?
Answer: the Military Zone 7 Competition Hall stadium

Question: Where was the torch event held in Vietnam?
Answer: Ho Chi Minh City.

Question: What areas are involved in the dispute between Vietnam and China?
Answer: the Spratly and Paracel Islands

Question: The Chinese government established what city in this disputed area?
Answer: Sansha

Question: As a result, demonstrations were held in what two cities in December 2007?
Answer: Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Question: Who was the Prime Minister of Vietnam?
Answer: Nguyễn Tấn Dũng