AnswerBus: Sample Questions From START

Sample Questions From START:

What is artificial intelligence?
What are the goals of the AI Lab?
How can I get in touch with Boris Katz?
Who currently works on natural language?
Show me a picture of Cog.
Who directed Gone with the Wind?
When was Beethoven born?
Who starred in Blade Runner?
Give me the biography of Sean Connery.
Please name all movies with Kevin Spacey.
Who wrote the screenplay for Good Will Hunting?
What countries speak Spanish?
Who was president in 1881?
When was MIT founded?
Who was the fifth president of the United States?
Tell me about Sacagawea.
What country in Africa has the largest population?
What's the largest city in Florida?
Give me the states that border Colorado.
What cities are within 200 miles of Rome?
Show me a map of Turkey.
What is Jupiter's atmosphere made of?
Who first discovered radiocarbon dating?
How far is Neptune from the sun?
How long does a tiger live?
Why is the sky blue?
What planet has the smallest surface area?
How many feet are there in a kilometer?
How much does it cost to go to MIT?
How many languages are spoken in Afghanistan?
Give me the GDP of Taiwan.
How is the weather in Boston today?
Where is the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory?
How many people do research at the AI Lab?
How is the Lab funded?
Does anybody work on mobile robots?
Who developed the START system?
Show me a picture of Boris Katz.
How do I get in touch with Boris Katz?
Who at MIT performs research in parallel supercomputers?
Show me Jay Keyser's new poem.
What is the capital of Greenland?
How many people live in Israel?
How far is it from New York to Tokyo?
Can you show me a map of Israel?
What cities are within 300 miles of Moscow?
What is the current time in Riyadh?
Where is Luanda?
What country in the world has the longest coastline?
Of all European countries, which has the smallest area?
What are some ports in South Africa?
What is the terrain like in Mexico?
Who are Austria's neighbors?
How do I get from New York to Boston?
What is the longest river in the world?
Will it rain in San Francisco tomorrow?
In what year did Mozart die?
Who is Jennifer Aniston married to?
What movies has Dustin Hoffman been in?
Who is the producer of the Titanic?
What music did Debussy compose?
Define "concerto".
Who wrote the music to Star Wars?
How far is the Earth from Mars?
Who created the first typewriter?
When was Einstein born?
What is 2 + 2?
Who invented the telegraph?
What invention is Marconi responsible for?
Who invented the first telephone?
What is the atmosphere of Jupiter like?
How was Neptune discovered?
How long is the year on Pluto?
Where do people speak Urdu?
How many people live on Earth?
Who won the Nobel prize for literature in 1987?
Tell me about the history of South Africa.
When did Abraham Lincoln die?
When was George Washington born?
Who was vice president under Thomas Jefferson?
Where is Chinese spoken?
Convert 80 ounces to gallons.
What is TCP/IP?
What does "obfuscate" mean?
What is California's state tree?
What is the state flower of Montana?
Show me a picture of a tiger.
What is the nickname of New York?
What is Harvard's tuition?
Does Texas have a state song?
Which country has a larger GNP, Iran or Iraq?
What does Maine's state flag look like?
How hot will it be in Cairo tomorrow?