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56cfbc57234ae51400d9bf31
New_York_City
In the 19th century, the city was transformed by development relating to its status as a trading center, as well as by European immigration. The city adopted the Commissioners' Plan of 1811, which expanded the city street grid to encompass all of Manhattan. The 1825 completion of the Erie Canal through central New York...
The Erie Canal was finished being built in what year?
{ "text": [ "1825" ], "answer_start": [ 262 ] }
56cee50caab44d1400b88c17
New_York_City
Several prominent American literary figures lived in New York during the 1830s and 1840s, including William Cullen Bryant, Washington Irving, Herman Melville, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, John Keese, Nathaniel Parker Willis, and Edgar Allan Poe. Public-minded members of the contemporaneous business elite lobbied for the esta...
What was the name of the first urban landscaped park in the United States?
{ "text": [ "Central Park" ], "answer_start": [ 333 ] }
56cee50caab44d1400b88c18
New_York_City
Several prominent American literary figures lived in New York during the 1830s and 1840s, including William Cullen Bryant, Washington Irving, Herman Melville, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, John Keese, Nathaniel Parker Willis, and Edgar Allan Poe. Public-minded members of the contemporaneous business elite lobbied for the esta...
In what year was Central Park founded?
{ "text": [ "1857" ], "answer_start": [ 356 ] }
56cfbc81234ae51400d9bf3b
New_York_City
Several prominent American literary figures lived in New York during the 1830s and 1840s, including William Cullen Bryant, Washington Irving, Herman Melville, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, John Keese, Nathaniel Parker Willis, and Edgar Allan Poe. Public-minded members of the contemporaneous business elite lobbied for the esta...
Central park, in 1857, became the first park in America to become what?
{ "text": [ "first landscaped" ], "answer_start": [ 372 ] }
56cee5a1aab44d1400b88c23
New_York_City
The Great Irish Famine brought a large influx of Irish immigrants. Over 200,000 were living in New York by 1860, upwards of a quarter of the city's population. There was also extensive immigration from the German provinces, where revolutions had disrupted societies, and Germans comprised another 25% of New York's popul...
What event brought many Irish immigrants to the United States?
{ "text": [ "Great Irish Famine" ], "answer_start": [ 4 ] }
56cee5a1aab44d1400b88c24
New_York_City
The Great Irish Famine brought a large influx of Irish immigrants. Over 200,000 were living in New York by 1860, upwards of a quarter of the city's population. There was also extensive immigration from the German provinces, where revolutions had disrupted societies, and Germans comprised another 25% of New York's popul...
In 1860, approximately how many people of Irish extraction were in New York?
{ "text": [ "200,000" ], "answer_start": [ 72 ] }
56cee5a1aab44d1400b88c25
New_York_City
The Great Irish Famine brought a large influx of Irish immigrants. Over 200,000 were living in New York by 1860, upwards of a quarter of the city's population. There was also extensive immigration from the German provinces, where revolutions had disrupted societies, and Germans comprised another 25% of New York's popul...
In 1860, what fraction of the city population was composed of Irish immigrants?
{ "text": [ "a quarter" ], "answer_start": [ 124 ] }
56cee5a1aab44d1400b88c26
New_York_City
The Great Irish Famine brought a large influx of Irish immigrants. Over 200,000 were living in New York by 1860, upwards of a quarter of the city's population. There was also extensive immigration from the German provinces, where revolutions had disrupted societies, and Germans comprised another 25% of New York's popul...
In 1860, what percentage of the city population was composed of German immigrants?
{ "text": [ "25%" ], "answer_start": [ 297 ] }
56cee5a1aab44d1400b88c27
New_York_City
The Great Irish Famine brought a large influx of Irish immigrants. Over 200,000 were living in New York by 1860, upwards of a quarter of the city's population. There was also extensive immigration from the German provinces, where revolutions had disrupted societies, and Germans comprised another 25% of New York's popul...
What events provoked the immigration of people from Germany?
{ "text": [ "revolutions" ], "answer_start": [ 230 ] }
56cfbef5234ae51400d9bf41
New_York_City
The Great Irish Famine brought a large influx of Irish immigrants. Over 200,000 were living in New York by 1860, upwards of a quarter of the city's population. There was also extensive immigration from the German provinces, where revolutions had disrupted societies, and Germans comprised another 25% of New York's popul...
Which event brought upon a lot of Irish immigrants to NYC?
{ "text": [ "Great Irish Famine" ], "answer_start": [ 4 ] }
56cfbef5234ae51400d9bf42
New_York_City
The Great Irish Famine brought a large influx of Irish immigrants. Over 200,000 were living in New York by 1860, upwards of a quarter of the city's population. There was also extensive immigration from the German provinces, where revolutions had disrupted societies, and Germans comprised another 25% of New York's popul...
How many immigrants that were Irish were living in New York in 1860?
{ "text": [ "Over 200,000" ], "answer_start": [ 67 ] }
56cee638aab44d1400b88c31
New_York_City
Democratic Party candidates were consistently elected to local office, increasing the city's ties to the South and its dominant party. In 1861, Mayor Fernando Wood called on the aldermen to declare independence from Albany and the United States after the South seceded, but his proposal was not acted on. Anger at new mi...
Who was the mayor of New York City in 1861?
{ "text": [ "Fernando Wood" ], "answer_start": [ 150 ] }
56cee638aab44d1400b88c32
New_York_City
Democratic Party candidates were consistently elected to local office, increasing the city's ties to the South and its dominant party. In 1861, Mayor Fernando Wood called on the aldermen to declare independence from Albany and the United States after the South seceded, but his proposal was not acted on. Anger at new mi...
What was the commutation fee to avoid being conscripted during the American Civil War?
{ "text": [ "$300" ], "answer_start": [ 441 ] }
56cee638aab44d1400b88c33
New_York_City
Democratic Party candidates were consistently elected to local office, increasing the city's ties to the South and its dominant party. In 1861, Mayor Fernando Wood called on the aldermen to declare independence from Albany and the United States after the South seceded, but his proposal was not acted on. Anger at new mi...
People of what ethnicity most visibly participated in the Draft Riots of 1863?
{ "text": [ "Irish" ], "answer_start": [ 591 ] }
56cee638aab44d1400b88c34
New_York_City
Democratic Party candidates were consistently elected to local office, increasing the city's ties to the South and its dominant party. In 1861, Mayor Fernando Wood called on the aldermen to declare independence from Albany and the United States after the South seceded, but his proposal was not acted on. Anger at new mi...
About how many people died during the Draft Riots of 1863?
{ "text": [ "120" ], "answer_start": [ 1073 ] }
56cee638aab44d1400b88c35
New_York_City
Democratic Party candidates were consistently elected to local office, increasing the city's ties to the South and its dominant party. In 1861, Mayor Fernando Wood called on the aldermen to declare independence from Albany and the United States after the South seceded, but his proposal was not acted on. Anger at new mi...
What was the approximate African-American population of New York City in 1865?
{ "text": [ "10,000" ], "answer_start": [ 1304 ] }
56cfcf61234ae51400d9bf5c
New_York_City
Democratic Party candidates were consistently elected to local office, increasing the city's ties to the South and its dominant party. In 1861, Mayor Fernando Wood called on the aldermen to declare independence from Albany and the United States after the South seceded, but his proposal was not acted on. Anger at new mi...
The Draft Riots caused which building to burn down in 1863?
{ "text": [ "Colored Orphan Asylum" ], "answer_start": [ 836 ] }
56cee6a3aab44d1400b88c3b
New_York_City
In 1898, the modern City of New York was formed with the consolidation of Brooklyn (until then a separate city), the County of New York (which then included parts of the Bronx), the County of Richmond, and the western portion of the County of Queens. The opening of the subway in 1904, first built as separate private sy...
In what year was the modern City of New York founded?
{ "text": [ "1898" ], "answer_start": [ 3 ] }
56cee6a3aab44d1400b88c3c
New_York_City
In 1898, the modern City of New York was formed with the consolidation of Brooklyn (until then a separate city), the County of New York (which then included parts of the Bronx), the County of Richmond, and the western portion of the County of Queens. The opening of the subway in 1904, first built as separate private sy...
In what year did the subway begin operation?
{ "text": [ "1904" ], "answer_start": [ 280 ] }
56cee6a3aab44d1400b88c3d
New_York_City
In 1898, the modern City of New York was formed with the consolidation of Brooklyn (until then a separate city), the County of New York (which then included parts of the Bronx), the County of Richmond, and the western portion of the County of Queens. The opening of the subway in 1904, first built as separate private sy...
Portions of what modern-day borough were included in the County of New York?
{ "text": [ "the Bronx" ], "answer_start": [ 166 ] }
56cfcffa234ae51400d9bf5f
New_York_City
In 1898, the modern City of New York was formed with the consolidation of Brooklyn (until then a separate city), the County of New York (which then included parts of the Bronx), the County of Richmond, and the western portion of the County of Queens. The opening of the subway in 1904, first built as separate private sy...
The subway of New York was first available in what year?
{ "text": [ "1904" ], "answer_start": [ 280 ] }
56cee70daab44d1400b88c51
New_York_City
In 1904, the steamship General Slocum caught fire in the East River, killing 1,021 people on board. In 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the city's worst industrial disaster, took the lives of 146 garment workers and spurred the growth of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union and major improvements...
In what year did the General Slocum disaster occur?
{ "text": [ "1904" ], "answer_start": [ 3 ] }
56cee70daab44d1400b88c52
New_York_City
In 1904, the steamship General Slocum caught fire in the East River, killing 1,021 people on board. In 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the city's worst industrial disaster, took the lives of 146 garment workers and spurred the growth of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union and major improvements...
How many people died on the General Slocum?
{ "text": [ "1,021" ], "answer_start": [ 77 ] }
56cee70daab44d1400b88c53
New_York_City
In 1904, the steamship General Slocum caught fire in the East River, killing 1,021 people on board. In 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the city's worst industrial disaster, took the lives of 146 garment workers and spurred the growth of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union and major improvements...
In what building did the city's deadliest industrial disaster occur?
{ "text": [ "Triangle Shirtwaist Factory" ], "answer_start": [ 113 ] }
56cee70daab44d1400b88c54
New_York_City
In 1904, the steamship General Slocum caught fire in the East River, killing 1,021 people on board. In 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the city's worst industrial disaster, took the lives of 146 garment workers and spurred the growth of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union and major improvements...
How many people died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire?
{ "text": [ "146" ], "answer_start": [ 203 ] }
56cee70daab44d1400b88c55
New_York_City
In 1904, the steamship General Slocum caught fire in the East River, killing 1,021 people on board. In 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the city's worst industrial disaster, took the lives of 146 garment workers and spurred the growth of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union and major improvements...
The growth of what organization was prompted by the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire?
{ "text": [ "International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union" ], "answer_start": [ 253 ] }
56cfd219234ae51400d9bf64
New_York_City
In 1904, the steamship General Slocum caught fire in the East River, killing 1,021 people on board. In 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the city's worst industrial disaster, took the lives of 146 garment workers and spurred the growth of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union and major improvements...
A catastrophe in 1911 that killed 146 workers was called what?
{ "text": [ "Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire" ], "answer_start": [ 113 ] }
56cee774aab44d1400b88c5b
New_York_City
New York's non-white population was 36,620 in 1890. New York City was a prime destination in the early twentieth century for African Americans during the Great Migration from the American South, and by 1916, New York City was home to the largest urban African diaspora in North America. The Harlem Renaissance of literar...
How many non-white people lived in New York in 1890?
{ "text": [ "36,620" ], "answer_start": [ 36 ] }
56cee774aab44d1400b88c5c
New_York_City
New York's non-white population was 36,620 in 1890. New York City was a prime destination in the early twentieth century for African Americans during the Great Migration from the American South, and by 1916, New York City was home to the largest urban African diaspora in North America. The Harlem Renaissance of literar...
What was the name of the Prohibition-era African-American cultural flourishing in New York?
{ "text": [ "Harlem Renaissance" ], "answer_start": [ 291 ] }
56cfda93234ae51400d9bf7b
New_York_City
New York's non-white population was 36,620 in 1890. New York City was a prime destination in the early twentieth century for African Americans during the Great Migration from the American South, and by 1916, New York City was home to the largest urban African diaspora in North America. The Harlem Renaissance of literar...
What was the population of people in New York that were not Caucasian in 1890?
{ "text": [ "36,620" ], "answer_start": [ 36 ] }
56cee7edaab44d1400b88c67
New_York_City
New York became the most populous urbanized area in the world in the early 1920s, overtaking London. The metropolitan area surpassed the 10 million mark in the early 1930s, becoming the first megacity in human history. The difficult years of the Great Depression saw the election of reformer Fiorello La Guardia as mayor...
In the early 1920s, what was the second most highly populated city in the world?
{ "text": [ "London" ], "answer_start": [ 93 ] }
56cee7edaab44d1400b88c68
New_York_City
New York became the most populous urbanized area in the world in the early 1920s, overtaking London. The metropolitan area surpassed the 10 million mark in the early 1930s, becoming the first megacity in human history. The difficult years of the Great Depression saw the election of reformer Fiorello La Guardia as mayor...
What is the term for a city with a population of over 10 million?
{ "text": [ "megacity" ], "answer_start": [ 192 ] }
56cee7edaab44d1400b88c69
New_York_City
New York became the most populous urbanized area in the world in the early 1920s, overtaking London. The metropolitan area surpassed the 10 million mark in the early 1930s, becoming the first megacity in human history. The difficult years of the Great Depression saw the election of reformer Fiorello La Guardia as mayor...
Who was mayor of New York during the Great Depression?
{ "text": [ "Fiorello La Guardia" ], "answer_start": [ 292 ] }
56cee7edaab44d1400b88c6a
New_York_City
New York became the most populous urbanized area in the world in the early 1920s, overtaking London. The metropolitan area surpassed the 10 million mark in the early 1930s, becoming the first megacity in human history. The difficult years of the Great Depression saw the election of reformer Fiorello La Guardia as mayor...
For about how many years did Tammany Hall control New York political life?
{ "text": [ "eighty" ], "answer_start": [ 356 ] }
56cfdb8d234ae51400d9bf83
New_York_City
New York became the most populous urbanized area in the world in the early 1920s, overtaking London. The metropolitan area surpassed the 10 million mark in the early 1930s, becoming the first megacity in human history. The difficult years of the Great Depression saw the election of reformer Fiorello La Guardia as mayor...
In the 1930s, New York City had more than 10 million people becoming the first what in history?
{ "text": [ "megacity" ], "answer_start": [ 192 ] }
56cee873aab44d1400b88c75
New_York_City
Returning World War II veterans created a post-war economic boom and the development of large housing tracts in eastern Queens. New York emerged from the war unscathed as the leading city of the world, with Wall Street leading America's place as the world's dominant economic power. The United Nations Headquarters was c...
When was construction finished on the United Nations Headquarters?
{ "text": [ "1952" ], "answer_start": [ 332 ] }
56cee873aab44d1400b88c76
New_York_City
Returning World War II veterans created a post-war economic boom and the development of large housing tracts in eastern Queens. New York emerged from the war unscathed as the leading city of the world, with Wall Street leading America's place as the world's dominant economic power. The United Nations Headquarters was c...
Prior to New York, what city was the center of the world of art?
{ "text": [ "Paris" ], "answer_start": [ 483 ] }
56cee873aab44d1400b88c77
New_York_City
Returning World War II veterans created a post-war economic boom and the development of large housing tracts in eastern Queens. New York emerged from the war unscathed as the leading city of the world, with Wall Street leading America's place as the world's dominant economic power. The United Nations Headquarters was c...
What artistic movement caused New York to overtake Paris as the global art center?
{ "text": [ "abstract expressionism" ], "answer_start": [ 408 ] }
56cfdc1e234ae51400d9bf85
New_York_City
Returning World War II veterans created a post-war economic boom and the development of large housing tracts in eastern Queens. New York emerged from the war unscathed as the leading city of the world, with Wall Street leading America's place as the world's dominant economic power. The United Nations Headquarters was c...
The headquarters what organization was done being build in 1952 in New York?
{ "text": [ "United Nations" ], "answer_start": [ 287 ] }
56cee90caab44d1400b88c85
New_York_City
The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay community against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan. They are widely considered to constitute the single m...
The Stonewall riots are named after what building?
{ "text": [ "the Stonewall Inn" ], "answer_start": [ 191 ] }
56cee90caab44d1400b88c86
New_York_City
The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay community against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan. They are widely considered to constitute the single m...
In what neighborhood did the Stonewall riots occur?
{ "text": [ "Greenwich Village" ], "answer_start": [ 216 ] }
56cee90caab44d1400b88c87
New_York_City
The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay community against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan. They are widely considered to constitute the single m...
On what date did the Stonewall riots take place?
{ "text": [ "June 28, 1969" ], "answer_start": [ 173 ] }
56cee90caab44d1400b88c88
New_York_City
The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay community against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan. They are widely considered to constitute the single m...
In what borough did the Stonewall riots happen?
{ "text": [ "Manhattan" ], "answer_start": [ 256 ] }
56cee90caab44d1400b88c89
New_York_City
The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay community against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan. They are widely considered to constitute the single m...
What event provoked the Stonewall riots?
{ "text": [ "a police raid" ], "answer_start": [ 113 ] }
56cfdc71234ae51400d9bf88
New_York_City
The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay community against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan. They are widely considered to constitute the single m...
Where did the Stonewall riots happen?
{ "text": [ "Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan" ], "answer_start": [ 195 ] }
56ceeaf2aab44d1400b88c9f
New_York_City
In the 1970s, job losses due to industrial restructuring caused New York City to suffer from economic problems and rising crime rates. While a resurgence in the financial industry greatly improved the city's economic health in the 1980s, New York's crime rate continued to increase through that decade and into the begin...
In what year did the population of New York first reach an all-time high in this period?
{ "text": [ "2000" ], "answer_start": [ 704 ] }
56ceeaf2aab44d1400b88ca0
New_York_City
In the 1970s, job losses due to industrial restructuring caused New York City to suffer from economic problems and rising crime rates. While a resurgence in the financial industry greatly improved the city's economic health in the 1980s, New York's crime rate continued to increase through that decade and into the begin...
In what year did the population of New York reach an all-time high for the second time in this period?
{ "text": [ "2010" ], "answer_start": [ 738 ] }
56ceeaf2aab44d1400b88ca1
New_York_City
In the 1970s, job losses due to industrial restructuring caused New York City to suffer from economic problems and rising crime rates. While a resurgence in the financial industry greatly improved the city's economic health in the 1980s, New York's crime rate continued to increase through that decade and into the begin...
What was the name of a new sector of the New York economy that appeared in the 1990s?
{ "text": [ "Silicon Alley" ], "answer_start": [ 606 ] }
56ceeaf2aab44d1400b88ca2
New_York_City
In the 1970s, job losses due to industrial restructuring caused New York City to suffer from economic problems and rising crime rates. While a resurgence in the financial industry greatly improved the city's economic health in the 1980s, New York's crime rate continued to increase through that decade and into the begin...
In what decade did the crime rate drop significantly?
{ "text": [ "1990s" ], "answer_start": [ 332 ] }
56ceeaf2aab44d1400b88ca3
New_York_City
In the 1970s, job losses due to industrial restructuring caused New York City to suffer from economic problems and rising crime rates. While a resurgence in the financial industry greatly improved the city's economic health in the 1980s, New York's crime rate continued to increase through that decade and into the begin...
In what decade was there a significant decline in industrial jobs?
{ "text": [ "1970s" ], "answer_start": [ 7 ] }
56cfdceb234ae51400d9bf95
New_York_City
In the 1970s, job losses due to industrial restructuring caused New York City to suffer from economic problems and rising crime rates. While a resurgence in the financial industry greatly improved the city's economic health in the 1980s, New York's crime rate continued to increase through that decade and into the begin...
Which decade did massive job losses happen in NYC due to industrial issues?
{ "text": [ "1970s" ], "answer_start": [ 7 ] }
56ceeb94aab44d1400b88cb1
New_York_City
The city and surrounding area suffered the bulk of the economic damage and largest loss of human life in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks when 10 of the 19 terrorists associated with Al-Qaeda piloted American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center and United Airlines Flight 175...
What was the name of the aircraft that crashed into the World Trade Center's North Tower on September 11, 2001?
{ "text": [ "American Airlines Flight 11" ], "answer_start": [ 215 ] }
56ceeb94aab44d1400b88cb2
New_York_City
The city and surrounding area suffered the bulk of the economic damage and largest loss of human life in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks when 10 of the 19 terrorists associated with Al-Qaeda piloted American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center and United Airlines Flight 175...
What was the name of the aircraft that crashed into the World Trade Center's South Tower on September 11, 2001?
{ "text": [ "United Airlines Flight 175" ], "answer_start": [ 294 ] }
56ceeb94aab44d1400b88cb3
New_York_City
The city and surrounding area suffered the bulk of the economic damage and largest loss of human life in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks when 10 of the 19 terrorists associated with Al-Qaeda piloted American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center and United Airlines Flight 175...
How many firefighters died in the World Trade Center attack?
{ "text": [ "343" ], "answer_start": [ 420 ] }
56ceeb94aab44d1400b88cb4
New_York_City
The city and surrounding area suffered the bulk of the economic damage and largest loss of human life in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks when 10 of the 19 terrorists associated with Al-Qaeda piloted American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center and United Airlines Flight 175...
On what date did the World Trade Center PATH begin operation?
{ "text": [ "July 19, 1909" ], "answer_start": [ 727 ] }
56ceeb94aab44d1400b88cb5
New_York_City
The city and surrounding area suffered the bulk of the economic damage and largest loss of human life in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks when 10 of the 19 terrorists associated with Al-Qaeda piloted American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center and United Airlines Flight 175...
How tall is One World Trade Center in meters?
{ "text": [ "541.3" ], "answer_start": [ 1154 ] }
56cfdde6234ae51400d9bfa6
New_York_City
The city and surrounding area suffered the bulk of the economic damage and largest loss of human life in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks when 10 of the 19 terrorists associated with Al-Qaeda piloted American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center and United Airlines Flight 175...
The Hudson Terminal which was also demolished was build in what year?
{ "text": [ "1909" ], "answer_start": [ 736 ] }
56cfdde6234ae51400d9bfa8
New_York_City
The city and surrounding area suffered the bulk of the economic damage and largest loss of human life in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks when 10 of the 19 terrorists associated with Al-Qaeda piloted American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center and United Airlines Flight 175...
How many leader terrorists of Al Quada were involved with the 9/11 attacks directly that day?
{ "text": [ "10" ], "answer_start": [ 158 ] }
56cfdde6234ae51400d9bfa9
New_York_City
The city and surrounding area suffered the bulk of the economic damage and largest loss of human life in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks when 10 of the 19 terrorists associated with Al-Qaeda piloted American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center and United Airlines Flight 175...
What was the plane named that crashed into the World Trade Center?
{ "text": [ "American Airlines Flight 11" ], "answer_start": [ 215 ] }
56cef300aab44d1400b88cff
New_York_City
The Occupy Wall Street protests in Zuccotti Park in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan began on September 17, 2011, receiving global attention and spawning the Occupy movement against social and economic inequality worldwide.
On what date did the Occupy Wall Street protests commence?
{ "text": [ "September 17, 2011" ], "answer_start": [ 103 ] }
56cef300aab44d1400b88d00
New_York_City
The Occupy Wall Street protests in Zuccotti Park in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan began on September 17, 2011, receiving global attention and spawning the Occupy movement against social and economic inequality worldwide.
In what park did the Occupy Wall Street protests occur?
{ "text": [ "Zuccotti Park" ], "answer_start": [ 35 ] }
56cef300aab44d1400b88d01
New_York_City
The Occupy Wall Street protests in Zuccotti Park in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan began on September 17, 2011, receiving global attention and spawning the Occupy movement against social and economic inequality worldwide.
In what borough did the Occupy Wall Street protests take place?
{ "text": [ "Manhattan" ], "answer_start": [ 84 ] }
56cef300aab44d1400b88d02
New_York_City
The Occupy Wall Street protests in Zuccotti Park in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan began on September 17, 2011, receiving global attention and spawning the Occupy movement against social and economic inequality worldwide.
In what district of Manhattan were the Occupy Wall Street protests?
{ "text": [ "Financial District" ], "answer_start": [ 56 ] }
56cfde18234ae51400d9bfaf
New_York_City
The Occupy Wall Street protests in Zuccotti Park in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan began on September 17, 2011, receiving global attention and spawning the Occupy movement against social and economic inequality worldwide.
The Occupy Wall Street protests that took place in Zuccotti Park was on which date?
{ "text": [ "September 17, 2011" ], "answer_start": [ 103 ] }
56cef532aab44d1400b88d19
New_York_City
When one Republican presidential candidate for the 2016 election ridiculed the liberalism of "New York values" in January 2016, Donald Trump, leading in the polls, vigorously defended his city. The National Review, a conservative magazine published in the city since its founding by William F. Buckley, Jr. in 1955, comm...
What individual established the National Review?
{ "text": [ "William F. Buckley, Jr." ], "answer_start": [ 283 ] }
56cef532aab44d1400b88d1a
New_York_City
When one Republican presidential candidate for the 2016 election ridiculed the liberalism of "New York values" in January 2016, Donald Trump, leading in the polls, vigorously defended his city. The National Review, a conservative magazine published in the city since its founding by William F. Buckley, Jr. in 1955, comm...
In what year was the National Review founded?
{ "text": [ "1955" ], "answer_start": [ 310 ] }
56cef532aab44d1400b88d1b
New_York_City
When one Republican presidential candidate for the 2016 election ridiculed the liberalism of "New York values" in January 2016, Donald Trump, leading in the polls, vigorously defended his city. The National Review, a conservative magazine published in the city since its founding by William F. Buckley, Jr. in 1955, comm...
What public figure defended New York in January 2016?
{ "text": [ "Donald Trump" ], "answer_start": [ 128 ] }
56cef532aab44d1400b88d1c
New_York_City
When one Republican presidential candidate for the 2016 election ridiculed the liberalism of "New York values" in January 2016, Donald Trump, leading in the polls, vigorously defended his city. The National Review, a conservative magazine published in the city since its founding by William F. Buckley, Jr. in 1955, comm...
A presidential candidate from what party derided the city for its liberalism?
{ "text": [ "Republican" ], "answer_start": [ 9 ] }
56cef595aab44d1400b88d21
New_York_City
New York City is situated in the Northeastern United States, in southeastern New York State, approximately halfway between Washington, D.C. and Boston. The location at the mouth of the Hudson River, which feeds into a naturally sheltered harbor and then into the Atlantic Ocean, has helped the city grow in significance ...
In what geographical region of the United States is New York City located?
{ "text": [ "Northeastern" ], "answer_start": [ 33 ] }
56cef595aab44d1400b88d22
New_York_City
New York City is situated in the Northeastern United States, in southeastern New York State, approximately halfway between Washington, D.C. and Boston. The location at the mouth of the Hudson River, which feeds into a naturally sheltered harbor and then into the Atlantic Ocean, has helped the city grow in significance ...
In what geographical region of New York state is New York City located?
{ "text": [ "southeastern" ], "answer_start": [ 64 ] }
56cef595aab44d1400b88d23
New_York_City
New York City is situated in the Northeastern United States, in southeastern New York State, approximately halfway between Washington, D.C. and Boston. The location at the mouth of the Hudson River, which feeds into a naturally sheltered harbor and then into the Atlantic Ocean, has helped the city grow in significance ...
New York City is about half the distance between Washington DC and what city?
{ "text": [ "Boston" ], "answer_start": [ 144 ] }
56cef595aab44d1400b88d24
New_York_City
New York City is situated in the Northeastern United States, in southeastern New York State, approximately halfway between Washington, D.C. and Boston. The location at the mouth of the Hudson River, which feeds into a naturally sheltered harbor and then into the Atlantic Ocean, has helped the city grow in significance ...
New York City is adjacent to what ocean?
{ "text": [ "Atlantic" ], "answer_start": [ 263 ] }
56cef595aab44d1400b88d25
New_York_City
New York City is situated in the Northeastern United States, in southeastern New York State, approximately halfway between Washington, D.C. and Boston. The location at the mouth of the Hudson River, which feeds into a naturally sheltered harbor and then into the Atlantic Ocean, has helped the city grow in significance ...
What river is New York City located on?
{ "text": [ "Hudson River" ], "answer_start": [ 185 ] }
56cfde76234ae51400d9bfb1
New_York_City
New York City is situated in the Northeastern United States, in southeastern New York State, approximately halfway between Washington, D.C. and Boston. The location at the mouth of the Hudson River, which feeds into a naturally sheltered harbor and then into the Atlantic Ocean, has helped the city grow in significance ...
New York City is at the base of which American river?
{ "text": [ "Hudson" ], "answer_start": [ 185 ] }
56cfde76234ae51400d9bfb2
New_York_City
New York City is situated in the Northeastern United States, in southeastern New York State, approximately halfway between Washington, D.C. and Boston. The location at the mouth of the Hudson River, which feeds into a naturally sheltered harbor and then into the Atlantic Ocean, has helped the city grow in significance ...
The Hudson River flows into which body of water?
{ "text": [ "Atlantic Ocean" ], "answer_start": [ 263 ] }
56cfde76234ae51400d9bfb3
New_York_City
New York City is situated in the Northeastern United States, in southeastern New York State, approximately halfway between Washington, D.C. and Boston. The location at the mouth of the Hudson River, which feeds into a naturally sheltered harbor and then into the Atlantic Ocean, has helped the city grow in significance ...
The three islands that make up New York city are named what?
{ "text": [ "Long Island, Manhattan, and Staten Island." ], "answer_start": [ 394 ] }
56cef613aab44d1400b88d2b
New_York_City
The Hudson River flows through the Hudson Valley into New York Bay. Between New York City and Troy, New York, the river is an estuary. The Hudson River separates the city from the U.S. state of New Jersey. The East River—a tidal strait—flows from Long Island Sound and separates the Bronx and Manhattan from Long Island....
The Hudson River serves as a dividing line between New York and what state?
{ "text": [ "New Jersey" ], "answer_start": [ 194 ] }
56cef613aab44d1400b88d2c
New_York_City
The Hudson River flows through the Hudson Valley into New York Bay. Between New York City and Troy, New York, the river is an estuary. The Hudson River separates the city from the U.S. state of New Jersey. The East River—a tidal strait—flows from Long Island Sound and separates the Bronx and Manhattan from Long Island....
What river flows between the Hudson and East Rivers?
{ "text": [ "Harlem River" ], "answer_start": [ 325 ] }
56cef613aab44d1400b88d2d
New_York_City
The Hudson River flows through the Hudson Valley into New York Bay. Between New York City and Troy, New York, the river is an estuary. The Hudson River separates the city from the U.S. state of New Jersey. The East River—a tidal strait—flows from Long Island Sound and separates the Bronx and Manhattan from Long Island....
What is the city's sole fresh water river?
{ "text": [ "Bronx River" ], "answer_start": [ 444 ] }
56cef613aab44d1400b88d2e
New_York_City
The Hudson River flows through the Hudson Valley into New York Bay. Between New York City and Troy, New York, the river is an estuary. The Hudson River separates the city from the U.S. state of New Jersey. The East River—a tidal strait—flows from Long Island Sound and separates the Bronx and Manhattan from Long Island....
Into what body of water does the Hudson River terminate?
{ "text": [ "New York Bay" ], "answer_start": [ 54 ] }
56cef613aab44d1400b88d2f
New_York_City
The Hudson River flows through the Hudson Valley into New York Bay. Between New York City and Troy, New York, the river is an estuary. The Hudson River separates the city from the U.S. state of New Jersey. The East River—a tidal strait—flows from Long Island Sound and separates the Bronx and Manhattan from Long Island....
Between New York City and what city is the Hudson River an estuary?
{ "text": [ "Troy, New York" ], "answer_start": [ 94 ] }
56cfdef3234ae51400d9bfc1
New_York_City
The Hudson River flows through the Hudson Valley into New York Bay. Between New York City and Troy, New York, the river is an estuary. The Hudson River separates the city from the U.S. state of New Jersey. The East River—a tidal strait—flows from Long Island Sound and separates the Bronx and Manhattan from Long Island....
The Hudson River separates NYC from which US state?
{ "text": [ "New Jersey" ], "answer_start": [ 194 ] }
56cfdef3234ae51400d9bfc2
New_York_City
The Hudson River flows through the Hudson Valley into New York Bay. Between New York City and Troy, New York, the river is an estuary. The Hudson River separates the city from the U.S. state of New Jersey. The East River—a tidal strait—flows from Long Island Sound and separates the Bronx and Manhattan from Long Island....
The single only freshwater river in NYC is what river?
{ "text": [ "The Bronx River" ], "answer_start": [ 440 ] }
56cfdef3234ae51400d9bfc3
New_York_City
The Hudson River flows through the Hudson Valley into New York Bay. Between New York City and Troy, New York, the river is an estuary. The Hudson River separates the city from the U.S. state of New Jersey. The East River—a tidal strait—flows from Long Island Sound and separates the Bronx and Manhattan from Long Island....
Which river seperates The Bronx from Manhatten?
{ "text": [ "The Harlem River" ], "answer_start": [ 321 ] }
56cef671aab44d1400b88d3b
New_York_City
The city's land has been altered substantially by human intervention, with considerable land reclamation along the waterfronts since Dutch colonial times; reclamation is most prominent in Lower Manhattan, with developments such as Battery Park City in the 1970s and 1980s. Some of the natural relief in topography has be...
What Manhattan development is the product of land reclamation?
{ "text": [ "Battery Park City" ], "answer_start": [ 231 ] }
56cef84faab44d1400b88d53
New_York_City
The city's total area is 468.9 square miles (1,214 km2). 164.1 sq mi (425 km2) of this is water and 304.8 sq mi (789 km2) is land. The highest point in the city is Todt Hill on Staten Island, which, at 409.8 feet (124.9 m) above sea level, is the highest point on the Eastern Seaboard south of Maine. The summit of the r...
What is the total area of New York City in square miles?
{ "text": [ "468.9" ], "answer_start": [ 25 ] }
56cef84faab44d1400b88d54
New_York_City
The city's total area is 468.9 square miles (1,214 km2). 164.1 sq mi (425 km2) of this is water and 304.8 sq mi (789 km2) is land. The highest point in the city is Todt Hill on Staten Island, which, at 409.8 feet (124.9 m) above sea level, is the highest point on the Eastern Seaboard south of Maine. The summit of the r...
In square miles, how much of the city's total area is composed of water?
{ "text": [ "164.1" ], "answer_start": [ 57 ] }
56cef84faab44d1400b88d55
New_York_City
The city's total area is 468.9 square miles (1,214 km2). 164.1 sq mi (425 km2) of this is water and 304.8 sq mi (789 km2) is land. The highest point in the city is Todt Hill on Staten Island, which, at 409.8 feet (124.9 m) above sea level, is the highest point on the Eastern Seaboard south of Maine. The summit of the r...
In square miles, how much of the city's total area is land?
{ "text": [ "304.8" ], "answer_start": [ 100 ] }
56cef84faab44d1400b88d56
New_York_City
The city's total area is 468.9 square miles (1,214 km2). 164.1 sq mi (425 km2) of this is water and 304.8 sq mi (789 km2) is land. The highest point in the city is Todt Hill on Staten Island, which, at 409.8 feet (124.9 m) above sea level, is the highest point on the Eastern Seaboard south of Maine. The summit of the r...
What is the name of New York City's highest point?
{ "text": [ "Todt Hill" ], "answer_start": [ 164 ] }
56cef84faab44d1400b88d57
New_York_City
The city's total area is 468.9 square miles (1,214 km2). 164.1 sq mi (425 km2) of this is water and 304.8 sq mi (789 km2) is land. The highest point in the city is Todt Hill on Staten Island, which, at 409.8 feet (124.9 m) above sea level, is the highest point on the Eastern Seaboard south of Maine. The summit of the r...
On what island is New York City's highest point located?
{ "text": [ "Staten Island" ], "answer_start": [ 177 ] }
56cfe133234ae51400d9bfdf
New_York_City
The city's total area is 468.9 square miles (1,214 km2). 164.1 sq mi (425 km2) of this is water and 304.8 sq mi (789 km2) is land. The highest point in the city is Todt Hill on Staten Island, which, at 409.8 feet (124.9 m) above sea level, is the highest point on the Eastern Seaboard south of Maine. The summit of the r...
How many square miles in NYC?
{ "text": [ "468.9" ], "answer_start": [ 25 ] }
56cfe133234ae51400d9bfe0
New_York_City
The city's total area is 468.9 square miles (1,214 km2). 164.1 sq mi (425 km2) of this is water and 304.8 sq mi (789 km2) is land. The highest point in the city is Todt Hill on Staten Island, which, at 409.8 feet (124.9 m) above sea level, is the highest point on the Eastern Seaboard south of Maine. The summit of the r...
How many square miles are water in NYC?
{ "text": [ "164.1" ], "answer_start": [ 57 ] }
56cfe133234ae51400d9bfe1
New_York_City
The city's total area is 468.9 square miles (1,214 km2). 164.1 sq mi (425 km2) of this is water and 304.8 sq mi (789 km2) is land. The highest point in the city is Todt Hill on Staten Island, which, at 409.8 feet (124.9 m) above sea level, is the highest point on the Eastern Seaboard south of Maine. The summit of the r...
How many square miles are land in NYC?
{ "text": [ "304.8" ], "answer_start": [ 100 ] }
56cfe133234ae51400d9bfe2
New_York_City
The city's total area is 468.9 square miles (1,214 km2). 164.1 sq mi (425 km2) of this is water and 304.8 sq mi (789 km2) is land. The highest point in the city is Todt Hill on Staten Island, which, at 409.8 feet (124.9 m) above sea level, is the highest point on the Eastern Seaboard south of Maine. The summit of the r...
The highest peak in the city is what location?
{ "text": [ "Todt Hill" ], "answer_start": [ 164 ] }
56cfe133234ae51400d9bfe3
New_York_City
The city's total area is 468.9 square miles (1,214 km2). 164.1 sq mi (425 km2) of this is water and 304.8 sq mi (789 km2) is land. The highest point in the city is Todt Hill on Staten Island, which, at 409.8 feet (124.9 m) above sea level, is the highest point on the Eastern Seaboard south of Maine. The summit of the r...
How many feet above sea level is Todt Hil?
{ "text": [ "409.8" ], "answer_start": [ 202 ] }
56cf1988aab44d1400b88d71
New_York_City
New York has architecturally noteworthy buildings in a wide range of styles and from distinct time periods, from the saltbox style Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House in Brooklyn, the oldest section of which dates to 1656, to the modern One World Trade Center, the skyscraper at Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan and currently the...
What structure is an example of saltbox architecture?
{ "text": [ "Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House" ], "answer_start": [ 131 ] }
56cf1988aab44d1400b88d72
New_York_City
New York has architecturally noteworthy buildings in a wide range of styles and from distinct time periods, from the saltbox style Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House in Brooklyn, the oldest section of which dates to 1656, to the modern One World Trade Center, the skyscraper at Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan and currently the...
In what borough is the Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House located?
{ "text": [ "Brooklyn" ], "answer_start": [ 163 ] }
56cf1988aab44d1400b88d73
New_York_City
New York has architecturally noteworthy buildings in a wide range of styles and from distinct time periods, from the saltbox style Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House in Brooklyn, the oldest section of which dates to 1656, to the modern One World Trade Center, the skyscraper at Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan and currently the...
What building is the priciest office tower in the world?
{ "text": [ "One World Trade Center" ], "answer_start": [ 230 ] }
56cf1988aab44d1400b88d74
New_York_City
New York has architecturally noteworthy buildings in a wide range of styles and from distinct time periods, from the saltbox style Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House in Brooklyn, the oldest section of which dates to 1656, to the modern One World Trade Center, the skyscraper at Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan and currently the...
In what borough is One World Trade Center located?
{ "text": [ "Manhattan" ], "answer_start": [ 293 ] }
56cf1988aab44d1400b88d75
New_York_City
New York has architecturally noteworthy buildings in a wide range of styles and from distinct time periods, from the saltbox style Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House in Brooklyn, the oldest section of which dates to 1656, to the modern One World Trade Center, the skyscraper at Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan and currently the...
In what year did construction on the oldest part of Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House begin?
{ "text": [ "1656" ], "answer_start": [ 210 ] }