CharlesMoslonka/trivia_qa_rc_wikipedia huggingface dataset:
Question: What St. Louis, MO based cereal company produces Fruity Pebbles, Grape Nuts, Honey Bunches of Oats, and Raisin Bran, among many, many others?
Answer: post
Question: Nov 20, 1945 saw the start of the trials in what German city in which 24 high ranking Nazis were indicted for participation in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of a crime against peace, planning, initiating and waging wars of aggression and other crimes against peace , war crimes, and crimes against humanity?
Answer: nuremberg
Question: Portrayed in a Seinfeld episode and a John Travolta movie, what colloquialism is used to describe a person who must live in a microbiologically sterile environment for medical reasons?
Answer: bubble boy
Question: Known as the Equality State, what was the 44th state to join the Union on Jul 10, 1890?
Answer: wyoming
Question: The brother of which U.S. president was the commercial spokesman for Billy Beer?
Answer: jimmy carter
Question: With examples such as tulip, South Sea company, and .com, what is the name for the economic condition characterized by "trade in high volumes at prices that are considerably at variance with intrinsic values"?
Answer: bubble
Question: What can be a tool used in gold mining, a Greek god, and a prefix meaning all?
Answer: pan
Question: Saturday marks the 104 gridiron meeting between UW and WSU, when this years Apple Cup takes place at what stadium?
Answer: centurylink field
Question: What long running TV sci-fi series had it's debut on Nov 23, 1963 and ran until 1989, and then returned in 2006?
Answer: doctor who
Question: Nov 21, 1980 answered the question "Who shot J.R.?", when the season premiere of what long running TV drama was shown?
Answer: dallas
Question: For a point each, name the country surrounding the Republic of The Gambia.
Answer: senegal
Question: Named for the Greek word for stone, what element, with an atomic number of 3, uses the symbol Li?
Answer: lithium
Question: “I yam what I yam, and that’s all what I yam” was the motto of what popular cartoon character?
Answer: popeye
Question: Which Hangover star did People magazine recently name their Sexiest Man of the Year for 2011?
Answer: bradley cooper
Question: Who's missing: Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr, Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop
Answer: frank sinatra
Question: Nov 24, 1963 saw the death of reputed JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald at the hands of which Dallas night club owner?
Answer: jack ruby
Question: Nov 24, 1859 saw the first edition of On The Origin of Species, under the authorship of who?
Answer: charles darwin
Question: Originally started in 1956 by Pauline Phillips, what advice column is now written by her daughter, Jeanne Phillips?
Answer: dear abby
Question: Featuring William Hartnell in the title role, Nov 23, 1963 saw the debut of what BBC sci-fi series, the world's longest running series in that genre?
Answer: doctor who
Question: What fictional boxer, nicknamed The Italian Stallion, ended with a career record of 57-23-1?
Answer: rocky balboa
Question: What cartoonist drew Calvin and Hobbes from 1985 to 1995?
Answer: bill watterson
Question: What Disney Channel star, and favorite of everyone here tonight, was born on Nov 23, 1992 with the first names Destiny Hope?
Answer: miley cyrus
Question: The 2009 Major League Soccer title game, pitting Real Salt Lake against the Los Angeles Galaxy, was hosted in what US city this year?
Answer: seattle
Question: What movie, a staple of the midnight circuit, is the longest running theatrical release in film history, having first been released on September 26, 1975?
Answer: rocky horror picture show
Question: Nov 25, 1867 saw Alfred Nobel patent what famous invention that led to the immense fortune that allowed him to endow the various prizes that bear his name?
Answer: dynamite
Question: In Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe, what does the title character name the native he befriends?
Answer: friday
Question: Boris Badenov, Natasha Fatale, and Fearless Leader are routinely thwarted in their various nefarious plots by what famous duo?
Answer: rocky flying squirrel and bullwinkle moose
Question: November 22, 1955 saw the untimely death of Shemp Howard. With what group is he more famously linked?
Answer: three stooges
Question: Malibu Stacy is the Barbie clone as featured on what TV series?
Answer: simpsons
Question: Paul Shaffer, Canadian and bandleader, was born on Nov 28, 1949. On which entertainers show does he provide the music?
Answer: late show with david letterman
Question: Father and son Baby Doc Duvalier and Papa Doc Duvalier spent 30 years as leaders of which country?
Answer: haiti
Question: What noted statesman once expressed a preference for the turkey instead of the bald eagle as the national bird of the U.S.?
Answer: benjamin franklin
Question: First published on November 24, 1859, what book had the alternate title the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life?
Answer: on origin of species
Question: Bill Bixby starred as the human Dr. Bruce Banner in the 1970's TV series The Incredible Hulk. Which former Mr. Universe portrayed the Hulk in that very same series?
Answer: lou ferrigno
Question: Dan (D. B.) Cooper leapt from a 727 operated by what airline, disappearing into the inky dark with $200,000 cash, the only unsolved U.S. aircraft hijacking?
Answer: northwest
Question: November 27, 1701 saw the birth of a Swedish astronomer, who proposed what temperature scale where in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees?
Answer: celsius
Question: Whos missing: Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz, Portland Trail Blazers, Minnesota Timberwolves?
Answer: oklahoma city thunder
Question: What drink consists of 5 parts Vodka, 2 parts Coffee liqueur, and 3 parts fresh cream?
Answer: white russian
Question: In response to the crappy reputation High Fructose Corn Syrup has these days, the Corn Refiners Association has applied for permission to rename it to what?
Answer: corn sugar
Question: “4 out of 5 dentists surveyed would recommend sugarless gum to their patients who chew gum.” was used to advertise what company’s product?
Answer: trident
Question: Broadcast on live TV, what Dallas nightclub owner shot and killed total asshat Lee Harvey Oswald?
Answer: jack ruby
Question: On November 22, 1986, which boxer became the youngest WBC Heavyweight champion, at age 20 years, 4 months, when he scored a TKO over Trevor Berbick in the second round?
Answer: mike tyson
Question: Released on Nov 22, 1995, what Oscar nominated movie was the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery?
Answer: toy story
Question: Mario Batali, Cat Cora, Bobby Flay, Masaharu Morimoto and Micael Symon compete on what show?
Answer: iron chef america
Question: What is the name of the pawn shop featured in the hit History Channel show Pawn Stars?
Answer: gold silver pawn shop
Question: Known as the Beehive State, what was the 45th state to join the Union on January 4, 1896?
Answer: utah
Question: Sparking a 1970s TV show, which military branch conducted the Project Blue Book UFO study?
Answer: air force
Question: What Washington city, incorporated on Nov 29, 1881, uses the motto Near Nature, Near Perfect?
Answer: spokane
Question: What bow-tie wearing TV host and comedian, who got his start on Almost Live!, is known as the Science Guy?
Answer: bill nye
Question: What was the van that Scooby Doo and friends travelled around in called?
Answer: mystery machine
Question: Nov 30, 1835 saw the birth of what famed American humorist and novelist, known for works such as The Prince and the Pauper and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, along with some other famous works?
Answer: mark twain
Question: Popularized in a speech by Winston Churchill, what was the popular name for the ideological and physical boundary between Western and Eastern Europe during the Cold War?
Answer: iron curtain
Question: On a traditional statue of the courtroom standard Lady Justice, she holds a set of scales in her left hand and what item in the other?
Answer: sword
Question: Not counting hybrid clubs, a standard golf club bag includes Woods, wedges, chippers, putters, and what?
Answer: irons
Question: Used to carry oxygen throughout your body, you create billions of new red blood cells every day. Where in your body are those red blood cells created?
Answer: bone marrow
Question: From the Latin ferrum, what element, with an atomic number 26, uses the symbol Fe?
Answer: iron
Question: Consisting of 20 quires of 25 sheets, the ream is a common retail unit of what product?
Answer: paper
Question: Using the word correctly, if something is 'decimated', by what percentage is it reduced?
Answer: ten percent
Question: What can be a plot, a projectile propellant, and a type of green tea?
Answer: gunpowder
Question: In what US city did seamstress Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat on a bus to a white man, thereby getting arrested and starting a year long bus boycott?
Answer: montgomery al
Question: According to the song, who left Kenny Rogers with four hungry children and crops in the field?
Answer: lucille
Question: Who's missing: Carrie Bradshaw, Samantha Jones, Charlotte York
Answer: miranda hobbes
Question: What is the most populous city in the great state of Alaska?
Answer: anchorage
Question: What is the name of the whaling ship that is the focus of the classic Moby Dick?
Answer: pequod
Question: What nursery rhyme concludes with Violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and so are you?
Answer: roses are red
Question: The 4th largest fast food chain, and second largest hamburger chain (by store numbers), what company opened its first store in Miami, Fla on December 4, 1954?
Answer: burger king
Question: In the world of Skeet shooting, also known as Inanimate Bird Shooting, what is the name of the small round disk that serves as the target?
Answer: clay pigeon
Question: Given its own glass, what drink consists of 4 parts whisky, 1 sugar cube, 2 dashes Angostura bitters, and a splash of soda water?
Answer: old fashioned
Question: The International Court of Justice, otherwise known as the World Court, is located in what country?
Answer: netherlands
Question: November 30, 2004 saw what Jeopardy! champion, who holds the record for the most consecutive wins on the show, lose to Nancy Zerg on his 75th appearance?
Answer: ken jennings
Question: On December 1, 1955, who was famously arrested on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to obey bus driver James Blake's order to move to the back of the bus, sparking a year long boycott of the bus service?
Answer: rosa parks
Question: November 30 is a time to celebrate the birthday of what TV personality, known as The World’s Oldest Teenager, who hosted American Bandstand and still does the New Year’s Rockin’ Eve broadcast every December 31st?
Answer: dick clark
Question: Dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic, today is World AIDS day. What color ribbon is worn to mark the day?
Answer: red
Question: By what name, shared by a Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman movie, do the sports teams from The University of Alabama play?
Answer: crimson tide
Question: “Dirty Harry” Callahan is a cop in what city’s police department?
Answer: san francisco
Question: The first issue of Playboy magazine was on newsstands in December, 1953. Which starlet/model was featured as the first centerfold?
Answer: marilyn monroe
Question: Taking her stage name from a Queen song, what singer was born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta in 1986?
Answer: lady gaga
Question: Qualcomm stadium is the home to what NFL team?
Answer: san diego chargers
Question: Former Representative from the 5th district, Rahm Emanuel was born on Nov 29, 1959. What government position does he hold?
Answer: white house chief of staff
Question: Currently the 3rd most popular search engine, what is the name of Microsoft's competitor to Google?
Answer: bing
Question: Which famous bodybuilder advertised his ability to transform a "97 pound weakling" into a muscle man?
Answer: charles atlas
Question: Who's missing? Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer ,John G. Roberts, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor. A bonus point if you can tell me why the missing person is missing.
Answer: john paul stevens
Question: March 3, 1991 saw George Holliday videotaped what event that eventually lead to a series of riots that resulted in 53 deaths?
Answer: beating of rodney king
Question: Doctor Julius Hibbert is the resident General Practitioner on what TV series?
Answer: simpsons
Question: The role that would eventually become synonymous with Peter Falk, Lt. Columbo, was originally offered to what legendary crooner, who turned it down?
Answer: bing crosby
Question: What American actor, born on Dec 8, 1936, was equally famous for his role as Caine on TVs Kung Fu and for dying in a Bangkok hotel closet in a case of autoerotic asphyxiation gone awry?
Answer: david carradine
Question: In the board game Operation, which ailment requires the removal of a small, plastic wrench?
Answer: wrenched ankle
Question: What 1984 slasher film featured a fedora wearing main villain wearing a red and green sweater with a metal-clawed brown leather glove on his right hand?
Answer: nightmare on elm street
Question: Dec 7, 1941 saw the attack on the US Naval facilities at Pearl Harbor, HI. The sinking of what battleship, now the site of a major memorial, accounted for over half the loss of life during the attack when 1,177 sailors died?
Answer: uss arizona
Question: Born on Dec 9, 1886, which Brooklyn, NY resident invented the process of flash freezing food to prevent damage to the food?
Answer: clarence birdseye
Question: According to a once-popular myth, oysters could only be eaten in months containing what letter in their names?
Answer: r
Question: What long running PBS staple features a purple, anthropomorphic Tyrannosaurus Rex known for his "I love you" song?
Answer: barney and friends
Question: After clashing with Zeus and his allies, what race of Greek gods was banished to Tartarus, the pit of torment lying beneath the depths of Hades?
Answer: titans
Question: Featuring Steven Van Zandt, Nils Lofgren, and Patti Scialfa, what is the name of the group that backs up Bruce Springsteen?
Answer: e street band
Question: From the Greek for a district in Thessaly, what element, whit the atomic number of 12, uses the symbol Mg?
Answer: magnesium
Question: As portrayed in the 1984 movie Amadeus, what classical composer is accused of having had a hand in the death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, on Dec 5, 1791?
Answer: antonio salieri
Question: December 7, 1863 saw the birth of what businessman, who along with business partner Alvah C Roebuck, opened their first store in Chicago in 1886?
Answer: richard warren sears
Question: For a point each, name the 2 countries surrounding the Republic of Equatorial Guinea.
Answer: cameroon gabon
Question: Known as the Sooner State, what was the 48th state to join the Union on Nov 16, 1907?
Answer: oklahoma
Question: Sperm, beluga, and pilot are all types of what?
Answer: whales
Question: What J. D. Salinger book was Mark David Chapman carrying with him when he shot John Lennon outside the Dakota apartments on Dec 8, 1980?
Answer: catcher in rye
Question: Who's missing: Jason, Mary Ellen, Erin, Ben, Jim-Bob, Elizabeth
Answer: john boy
Question: Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance is used by what insurance company?
Answer: geico
Question: The continental divide, the point at which watersheds tend to drain to the Pacific, instead of the Atlantic, lies principally along which mountain range?
Answer: rocky mountains
Question: What was the name by which we called Thailand before 1939 and between 1945 and 1949?
Answer: siam
Question: Which company is responsible for "The Gun that Won the West"?
Answer: winchester repeating arms
Question: What New Orleans Jazz Legend was commonly known as Satchmo, short for Satchelmouth?
Answer: louis armstrong
Question: There are no member countries of the United Nations that begin with the letter x or what other letter?
Answer: w
Question: On December 10, 1906, which totally badassed US president won the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating an end to the Russo-Japanese War, the first American ever to win a Nobel Prize?
Answer: teddy roosevelt
Question: The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons, the story (and movie) about a boy/man who ages in reverse, was written by what great Jazz Age writer?
Answer: f scott fitzgerald
Question: Which famous Vice Admiral, who died on December 7, 1817, is famous for navigating a life boat 3,618 nautical miles to the island of Timor, having been put overboard by mutineer Fletcher Christian?
Answer: william bligh
Question: Poseidon, the god of the sea in Greek mythology, was known by what name in Roman mythology?
Answer: neptune
Question: A bone is joined to a muscle by what tough band of inelastic fibrous tissue?
Answer: tendon
Question: Dec 6, 1850 saw the invention of the Ophthalmoscope, a device that allows doctors to examine what part of the body?
Answer: eyes
Question: Which president’s policy was to “speak softly and carry a big stick”?
Answer: teddy roosevelt
Question: What famous Christmas icon was created by Montgomery Ward employee Robert L. May in 1939 for one of their catalogs?
Answer: rudolph red nosed reindeer
Question: Who authored the 1823 immortal poem, "A Visit from St. Nicholas"?
Answer: clement moore
Question: The wickedest man in the world, Dr. Simon Bar Sinister is the man antagonist in what TV cartoon?
Answer: underdog
Question: On December 8th, 1941, FDR delivered his famous "a date that will live in infamy" speech. To what was he referring?
Answer: japanese attack on pearl harbor
Question: Originally titled Your Radio Playhouse, what long running PBS radio series is hosted by Ira Glass?
Answer: this american life
Question: What famous 1898 volunteer military unit was named after the members of Buffalo Bill's famous Wild West show?
Answer: roosevelt s rough riders
Question: Following a year trial, Seattle resident Amanda Knox had her fate decided at the hands of an Italian jury. How did they find her?
Answer: guilty
Question: In the numbering system used in baseball scorekeeping (where the pitcher is #1, shortstop #6, etc), what position is #2?
Answer: catcher
Question: Who is missing: Benjamin Franklin, Ulysses S. Grant, Andrew Jackson, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln?
Answer: george washington
Question: President Obama is not the first sitting US president to win a peace prize. Who was the first president to win a Nobel Prize?
Answer: teddy roosevelt
Question: The Green Bay Packers play at what storied stadium?
Answer: lambeau field
Question: On December 7, 1787, which US state became the first to ratify the US Constitution, a fact that they display on their license plates?
Answer: delaware
Question: Barak Obama was 47 at the time of his inauguration. Who was the youngest president, aged 42 at the time of his swearing in?
Answer: teddy roosevelt
Question: December 12, 2003 saw the death of Keiko, an Orca whale, off the coast of Finland. Keiko achieved fame as a star in what movie series?
Answer: free willy
Question: Named for the gynecologist that invented them, what exercises for the pelvic muscles were originally developed to combat incontinence?
Answer: kegel
Question: Whom did Time Magazine tab as their Person of the Year for 2011?
Answer: protestor
Question: Los Angeles is the largest city in California? What city holds the honor of being the second largest?
Answer: san diego
Question: Santa's Little Helper is the family dog on what TV series?
Answer: simpsons
Question: If Omnipotence is Latin for all powerful, what is Latin for all knowing?
Answer: omniscience
Question: The boll weevil, a species of beetle, causes damage to which crop?
Answer: cotton
Question: A staunch conservationist, which US President is credited with creating the National Forest Service, 5 national parks, 18 national monuments, 51 Bird Reserves, four Game Preserves, and 150 National Forests?
Answer: teddy roosevelt
Question: What had Grandma been drinking too much of in the song 'Grandma got run over by a reindeer'?
Answer: egg nog
Question: Mug, Hires, and Barq's are all types of what?
Answer: root beers
Question: Dec 13, 1953 saw the birth of Ben Bernanke, Harvard grad with a PhD from MIT. What position does he hold, and rather poorly at that?
Answer: chairman of united states federal reserve
Question: On December 14, 1911, Norwegian Roald Amundsen became the first person to visit where?
Answer: south pole
Question: On December 14, 1972, Eugene Cernan became the last man to do what, when he followed Harrison Schmitt into the ALM?
Answer: set foot on moon
Question: Arch enemey of Count Dracula, what is the name of the vampire hunter in Bram Stokers 1897 novel Dracula?
Answer: professor abraham van helsing
Question: What can be a Greek god, a Paris-based, high-fashion luxury-goods manufacturer, and a Futurama character?
Answer: hermes
Question: What were the two sides facing off against each other in the 70s video tape format wars?
Answer: betamax and vhs
Question: Served in a traditional cocktail glass, what drink consists of equal parts brandy (or cognac), Contreau, and lemon juice?
Answer: sidecar
Question: According to the nursery rhyme, who “stole a pig and away did run”?
Answer: tom tom piper s son
Question: The first episode of what TV series, now in a record 22nd year, debuted on December 17, 1989, following 3 years as shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show?
Answer: simpsons
Question: With an accepted height of 11,249 feet, what is the tallest mountain in Oregon, and the 4th highest in the Cascades?
Answer: mount hood
Question: December 14, 2003, saw the capture of The Ace of Spades, Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, near what town, his home town?
Answer: tikrit
Question: What’s missing: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Silver Chair, The Horse and His Boy, The Magician’s Nephew, The Last Battle?
Answer: voyage of dawn treader
Question: What chapter from Kenneth Grahame's 1908 book The Wind in the Willows lent its' name to the 1967 debut album from Pink Floyd?
Answer: piper at gates of dawn
Question: What 1963 Alfred Hitchcock movie, which introduced the ever so talented Tippi Hedren, took place at the lovely Northern California town of Bodega Bay?
Answer: birds
Question: Keith Moon, Ginger Baker, Charlie Watts, Buddy Rich, Phil Collins and Karen Carpenter are all what type of musician?
Answer: drummers
Question: Who memorialized a battle of the Crimean War in his 1854 poem The Charge of the Light Brigade?
Answer: alfred lord tennyson
Question: Roald Amundsen, along with Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, became the first to reach the South Pole on December 14, 1911. What countries flag did they fly over the pole?
Answer: norway
Question: According to the classic 12 Days of Christmas song, what group were there 11 of?
Answer: pipers piping
Question: Dec 13, 1953 saw the birth of Ben Bernanke, Harvard grad with a PhD from MIT. What governmental position does he hold?
Answer: chairman of united states federal reserve
Question: Which Gilligans Island character had the unique ability to construct just about anything necessary to survive from coconuts and bamboo (including a way to recharge batteries), but couldn't be arsed to fix a 2 foot hole in a boat?
Answer: professor
Question: Holding office from 1901 to 1909, who was the 26th President of the United States?
Answer: teddy roosevelt
Question: Arch enemy of Count Dracula, what is the name of the vampire hunter in Bram Stokers 1897 novel Dracula?
Answer: professor abraham van helsing
Question: How the Grinch Stole Christmas was written by who?
Answer: dr seuss
Question: Dec 18, 1620 is the official landing date of the Mayflower. At what Massachusetts location did they make land?
Answer: plymouth
Question: In the Transformer universe, who do the Autobots battle?
Answer: decepticons
Question: Name the only US president who has won the medal of honor.
Answer: teddy roosevelt
Question: Dec 18, 2008 marked the death of Mark Felt. What prominent role in the watergate scandals did he play?
Answer: deep throat