CharlesMoslonka/trivia_qa_rc_wikipedia huggingface dataset:
Question: In the 1995, Wallace and Gromit film, "A Close Shave", what is the name of Wendoline's robot dog?
Answer: preston
Question: The New Hebrides Condominium changed its name to which present title when it became independent in 1980?
Answer: vanuatu
Question: In which position does England Rugby Union international Lee Mears play?
Answer: hooker
Question: What is the family name of the Duke of Northumberland, who resides in Alnwick Castle?
Answer: percy
Question: At which North West University is the Robert Powell theatre, in the city of his birth?
Answer: salford
Question: Paula Dobriansky, the U.S. Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs, coined the phrase "Cedar Revolution" to describe events in 2005 in which country?
Answer: lebanon
Question: In which soap opera did Summer Strallen appear, before playing Maria in "The Sound of Music" in the West End?
Answer: hollyoaks
Question: Victor Yushchenko was elected President of which country in 2005, mainly due to a series of protests known as the Orange Revolution?
Answer: ukraine
Question: A theatre in Sale, Greater Manchester, his birthplace, is named after which Robert, a two- time Oscar winning screenwriter?
Answer: robert bolt
Question: Which members of the aristocracy reside at Arundel Castle in Sussex?
Answer: duke of norfolk
Question: The Pacific Islands nation of Tuvalu was known by which name until becoming independent in 1974?
Answer: ellice islands
Question: What is the name of the bakery, run by Wallace and Gromit in the 2008 film, "A Matter of Loaf and Death"?
Answer: top bun
Question: Ben Macdui, at 1309m, is the highest mountain in which Scottish range?
Answer: cairngorms
Question: Which Italian region is the setting for the Inspector Montalban novels by Andrea Camilleri?
Answer: sicily
Question: First premiered in 1786, who wrote the music for the opera, "The Marriage of Figaro"?
Answer: mozart
Question: At which London railway station is there a statue of Sir John Betjeman?
Answer: st pancras
Question: What name is given to the cask, which holds a quarter of a barrel of beer?
Answer: firkin
Question: The W.W.II campaign, known as, "The Battle of the Bulge", was fought in which area of Europe?
Answer: ardennes
Question: In 2007, Lee Mead won a BBC reality contest to play which role?
Answer: joseph
Question: Which is the most recent country to change its currency to the Euro, doing so in January 2009?
Answer: slovakia
Question: """If you shall chance, Camillo, to visit Bohemia"", is the first line of which Shakespeare play?"
Answer: winter s tale
Question: In which country are the archaeological sites of Tikal and Yaxha?
Answer: guatemala
Question: In which country are the archaeological sites of Sipan and Ollantaytambo?
Answer: peru
Question: Burins, bifaces and scrapers are ancient artefacts made of what?
Answer: stone
Question: Nelson's tomb stands in St Paul's Cathedral but for whom was it originally made although this person never occupied it?
Answer: cardinal wolsey
Question: Which type of bird can be Long-toed, Spur-winged, Crowned or Caspian?
Answer: plover
Question: Which type of bird can be Lappet-faced, White-headed, Hooded or Egyptian?
Answer: vulture
Question: Longyearbyen is the main town on which island?
Answer: spitsbergen
Question: Iqaluit is the main town on which island?
Answer: baffin island
Question: In which country are the majority of the Tolpuddle Martyrs buried?
Answer: canada
Question: Which British city was the first in the world to have a registered football club?
Answer: sheffield
Question: Which breed of dog won Supreme Champion at Crufts in 2008?
Answer: giant schnauzer
Question: Which British town was invaded by the French in 1797?
Answer: fishguard
Question: Which organisation is nicknamed the 'Grey Funnel Line'?
Answer: royal navy
Question: Natives of which town are known as 'Monkeyhangers'?
Answer: hartlepool
Question: Which 20th century novel contains the characters Tom Robinson, Dill and Calpurnia?
Answer: to kill mockingbird
Question: In 1992, Margaret Thatcher was made Baroness Thatcher of where?
Answer: kesteven
Question: Who was the queen of the Brigantes who handed Caractacus over to the Romans?
Answer: cartimandua
Question: Who was the 3ra century AD queen of Palmyra who led her people to war against Rome?
Answer: zenobia
Question: Which island lies between, and is connected by causeways to, North Uist and South Uist?
Answer: benbecula
Question: On which Hebridean island was the BBC programme 'Castaway 2000' set?
Answer: taransay
Question: By what name is Margaretha Geertruida Macleod (nee Zelle) better known?
Answer: mata hari
Question: 'Carve her name with pride' is a book (and film) about which World War II heroine?
Answer: violette szabo
Question: Which cartoon character had friends called Velma Dinidey and Daphne Blake?
Answer: scooby doo
Question: What is the name of the highest point on the Isle of Man?
Answer: snaefell
Question: Which celebrity won Strictly Come Dancing in December 2007?
Answer: alesha dixon
Question: In which town did both Jeffrey Archer and John Cleese grow up?
Answer: weston super mare
Question: Which Jane Austen novel features Mr Knightley and Frank Churchill?
Answer: emma
Question: Name the son of Charles and Carrie Pooter.
Answer: lupin pooter
Question: Who was the principal architect of Liverpool's St George's Hall?
Answer: harvey lonsdale elmes
Question: For which Rolling Stones hit did David Bowie sing the backing vocal chorus "I like it"?
Answer: it s only rock n roll
Question: Which historical event of 1819 is commemorated by a plaque on Manchester's Radisson hotel?
Answer: peterloo massacre
Question: Sorex Minutus is the Latin name for which British mammal?
Answer: pygmy shrew
Question: The Dagmoush Clan run all criminal activities in which Middle East gity?
Answer: gaza
Question: Malcolm Morley was the first winner of what in 1984?
Answer: turner prize
Question: What annual sporting event first took place at the Kennington Oval in 1872?
Answer: fa cup final
Question: Little Nell is a character in which Dickens novel?
Answer: old curiosity shop
Question: Which freshwater fish has the Latin name Tinca Tinca?
Answer: tench
Question: George de Mestral invented what type of fastener in 1948?
Answer: velcro
Question: Which jockey won the 2007 Derby?
Answer: frankie dettori
Question: For what offence was Al Capone jailed?
Answer: tax evasion
Question: Who created the sculpture of a bird on a pole outside Liverpool Cathedral?
Answer: tracey emin
Question: What was the name of the bank that rogue trader Nick Leeson worked for?
Answer: barings
Question: What is the capital of the Sultanate of Oman?
Answer: muscat
Question: What is the largest species of tree, in terms of height and trunk girth?
Answer: giant sequoia
Question: The Kookaburra belongs to which family of birds?
Answer: kingfisher
Question: What were the American militiamen called during the War of Independence?
Answer: minutemen
Question: In which city did Roger Bannister become the first man to break the four minute barrier for the mile?
Answer: oxford
Question: The Lambeth Walk is a dance from which musical?
Answer: me and my girl
Question: Which National Trust property is located adjacent to Liverpool John Lennon Airport?
Answer: speke hall
Question: The azalea is a member of which genus of plants?
Answer: rhododendron
Question: Whose first novel was Buddenbrooks, published in 1901?
Answer: thomas mann
Question: Which mammal is the nearest relative of the giraffe, and is only found in the Democratic Republic of Congo?
Answer: okapi
Question: Who wrote the poetic drama 'Murder in the Cathedral' in 1939?
Answer: t s eliot
Question: Which film star was born on 20 June 1909 in Hobart, Tasmania?
Answer: errol flynn
Question: Lao Tse (or Lauzi) is a central figure of which religion?
Answer: taoism
Question: Which American film actor who died in 1993 was known principally for his roles in horror films such as 'The Pit and the Pendulum' and 'The Fall of the House of Usher'?
Answer: vincent price
Question: What position did Will Sommers hold at the court of Henry VIII?
Answer: jester
Question: Machu Picchu is a famous ruin in which South American county?
Answer: peru
Question: What is the literal meaning of the Jewish word 'Kosher'?
Answer: pure
Question: King George V changed the surname of the British Royal family to Windsor; what had it been previously?
Answer: saxe coburg gotha
Question: Which animal married the Owl and the Pussycat in the Edward Lear poem?
Answer: turkey
Question: What name is given to the traditional type of folk song sung by Venetian gondoliers?
Answer: barcarolle
Question: Name the town in California where Clint Eastwood was elected mayor in 1986.
Answer: carmel by sea
Question: The Irish town of Drogheda stands on which river?
Answer: river boyne
Question: Which website was founded by Steve and Julie Pankhurst in 1999?
Answer: friends reunited
Question: Which type of dolphin is most commonly seen in zoos and aquaria?
Answer: bottlenose
Question: The Good Companions (1929) and Dangerous Corner (1932) were both written by whom?
Answer: j b priestley
Question: All My Sons (1947) and The Misfits (1961) are both plays written by whom?
Answer: arthur miller
Question: Queen Joan of Navarre was the wife of which English king?
Answer: henry iv
Question: In which town or city could you consult Mma Ramotswe of the No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency?
Answer: gabarone
Question: The Real Inspector. Hound (1968) and Jumpers (1972) are plays written by whom?
Answer: tom stoppard
Question: The Birthday Party (1957) and The Dumb Waiter (1957) are plays written by whom?
Answer: harold pinter
Question: Who was the first female to be awarded the Order of Merit?
Answer: florence nightingale
Question: Who is the author of The Maid of Buttermere and Time to Dance?
Answer: melvyn bragg
Question: What was established by the Lateran Treaty of 1929?
Answer: vatican city
Question: Which well-known song comes from the masque Alfred composed in 1740?
Answer: rule britannia
Question: Which award was made to the Unknown Warrior who was buried in Westminster Abbey in 1920?
Answer: congressional medal of honor
Question: In Verdi's opera Rigoletto what is the occupation of the character Rigoletto?
Answer: jester
Question: The lights on Broadway were put out as a mark of respect following the death of which playwright in November 1950?
Answer: george bernard shaw
Question: Which is the oldest Formula 1 racetrack that is still in use for grand prix racing?
Answer: indianapolis usa
Question: Which US Marine explorer discovered the wreck of the Titanic?
Answer: robert ballard
Question: In Roman mythology who was the father of Romulus and Remus?
Answer: mars
Question: What was the name of the Cargo ferry forced aground near Blackpool at the end of January 2008?
Answer: riverdance
Question: In American football which team won the 2008 Superbowl?
Answer: new york giants
Question: Which horse won the 2007 Cheltenham Gold Cup?
Answer: kauto star
Question: Which other city besides Liverpool was designated as European Capital of Culture for 2008?
Answer: stavanger
Question: Which US state is nicknamed both 'Land of the Red Man' and 'the Sooner State'?
Answer: oklahoma
Question: In WW2 which company manufactured the Mosquito fighter-bomber?
Answer: de havilland
Question: Which actor starred in the 1940 pirate film 'The Sea Hawk'?
Answer: errol flynn
Question: Which Polish born British novelist spent 10 years sailing between Singapore and Borneo?
Answer: joseph conrad
Question: Which record holding try scorer became the first man to win 50 caps at Rugby Union for England?
Answer: rory underwood
Question: In Greek mythology who pined away from unrequited love for Narcissus until only her voice was left?
Answer: echo
Question: Which artist did Valerie Solanis attempt to murder in 'The Factory'?
Answer: andy warhol
Question: The writers C S Lewis and Aldous Huxley both died on the same day in 1963 as which world figure?
Answer: john f kennedy
Question: What beverage did Dr John Pemberton of Atlanta, Georgia invent in 1886?
Answer: coca cola
Question: Who was the first man to win Olympic Gold medals at 200 and 400 metres?
Answer: michael johnson
Question: Who was the first person to sail round northern Canada through the Bering Strait in 1906?
Answer: roald amundsen
Question: In the children's nursery rhymes with what did Jack mend his head?
Answer: vinegar and brown
Question: Which French artist, the son of a nobleman, was famous for his paintings and posters of the night life of the Moulin Rouge?
Answer: toulouse lautrec
Question: In Scotland, which soup is traditionally served on Burns Night?
Answer: cock leekie
Question: Who was the first English King to have held the title Prince of Wales?
Answer: edward ii
Question: Which actor starred in the 1952 film 'The Crimson Pirate'?
Answer: burt lancaster
Question: Which English composer wrote the music 'Crown Imperial' for the coronation of George VI?
Answer: william walton
Question: Which modern capital is built on the site of ancient Carthage?
Answer: tunis
Question: Which recording company turned down the Beatles but signed the Rolling Stones?
Answer: decca
Question: In Greek mythology who spent 6months of every year in the underworld, a symbolic reference to the germination of seeds and their rebirth every spring?
Answer: persephone
Question: Which British author went to Eton and later served with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma?
Answer: george orwell
Question: The American movie star Kevin Spacey has been the artistic director of which London Theatre for the past 3 years?
Answer: old vic
Question: In the TV series what is the Vicar of Dibley's name?
Answer: geraldine grainger
Question: What was the name of the Aztec leader defeated by Cortez?
Answer: montezuma
Question: Who was the first to reach Asia by sailing all the way around the Cape of Good Hope?
Answer: vasco da gama
Question: Catfish Row, Charleston is the setting of which opera?
Answer: porgy and bess
Question: Who wrote TV scripts under the nom-de-plume 'Gerald Wiley'?
Answer: ronnie barker
Question: Which film features the song 'Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend'?
Answer: gentlemen prefer blondes
Question: In 1959 which British city became the first to adopt a post code system?
Answer: norwich
Question: Which Irish rally driver won the 1964 Monte Carlo Rally driving a Mini Cooper?
Answer: paddy hopkirk
Question: Who is the only man to have won both a motorcycling world championship and the Formula 1 World Championship?
Answer: john surtees
Question: What is the meaning of the German word 'spätlese' as applied to wine?
Answer: late harvest
Question: Which common flower has the Latin name 'Bellis Perennis'?
Answer: daisy
Question: How is World War 2 known to the Russians?
Answer: great patriotic war
Question: In Texas Hold 'Em poker what follows the 'flop' and the 'turn'?
Answer: river
Question: Who led the investigations into the Bill Clinton / Monica Lewinsky affair?
Answer: kenneth starr
Question: In which TV series did the voice of Michael Angelis replace that of Ringo Starr?
Answer: thomas tank engine
Question: Ian Kilminster, better known as `Lemmy', is singer with which group?
Answer: motorhead
Question: Banting, Best and MacLeod are renowned for the discovery of what in 1922?
Answer: insulin
Question: What name has been used by three Scottish kings, eight Popes and three Russian Tsars?
Answer: alexander
Question: 'Britain's Got Talent' judge Amanda Holden's first TV appearance was in 1991 on which programme?
Answer: blind date
Question: Which football league club moved from Belle Vue and played their first game at the new Keepmoat Stadium on New Year's Day 2007?
Answer: doncaster rovers
Question: What is the most famous group of dolmens in England called?
Answer: stonehenge
Question: What is the familiar name of the garden flower lathyrus odorata?
Answer: sweet pea
Question: Which pretender to the English throne styled himself as Richard 4th?
Answer: perkin warbeck
Question: What is the meaning of the prefix Kil- or Cill- in Irish place names?
Answer: church
Question: Which famous aviator and adventurer went missing in the Nevada Desert during September 2007, when the plane he was piloting failed to return?
Answer: steve fossett
Question: The law of the sea divides it into three zones, internal Waters, territorial Waters and which other?
Answer: high seas
Question: Which engineer designed the WW2 fighter plane, the 'Hurricane'?
Answer: sydney camm
Question: Who was depicted on the reverse of the last English pound note?
Answer: sir isaac newton
Question: What was invented by the Chinese, imported into Britain from Italy by Charles lst and known to the Arabs as 'sherbet'?
Answer: ice cream
Question: With which sport is Sir John Sholto Douglas (1844-1900) connected?
Answer: boxing
Question: What is worn on the feet in a game of street hockey?
Answer: roller skates
Question: What is the nationality of former Moto GP World Champion Casey Stoner?
Answer: australian
Question: Who, in 1616, announced important observations on blood circulation?
Answer: william harvey
Question: Which major city is located on the River Loire, approximately 50 kilometres from the Atlantic coast?
Answer: nantes
Question: Who played Yosser Hughes in the acclaimed TV series "The Boys From The Black Stuff'?
Answer: bernard hill
Question: What is the name of the cyclist from the Isle of Man who won six stages in the 2009 Tour de France?
Answer: mark cavendish
Question: In which city is the tomb of Saint Ignatius Loyola?
Answer: rome
Question: The character Charlie Hungerford, played by Terence Alexander, appeared in which TV series?
Answer: bergerac
Question: Who played Himmler in the 1976 film "The Eagle Has Landed"?
Answer: donald pleasance
Question: in which 1964 Gerry and the Pacemakers film did Cilla Black appear?
Answer: ferry across mersey
Question: Who wrote "March of the Meanies" for the Beatles' cartoon film "Yellow Submarine"?
Answer: george martin
Question: Which 14th-century English religious reformer was often called The Morning Star of the Reformation?
Answer: john wycliffe
Question: Which modern-day country is the birthplace of Sigmund Freud?
Answer: czech republic
Question: In Egyptian mythology, which God has the head of a crocodile?
Answer: sobek
Question: Which Commonwealth country is known as "The Land of the Long White Cloud"?
Answer: new zealand
Question: In which TV series of the 1990s did Sarah Lancashire play a District Nurse?
Answer: where heart is
Question: Who painted "Virgin Of The Rocks" or "Madonna Of The Rocks" between 1483 and 1506?
Answer: leonardo da vinci
Question: Who is the Patron Saint of The Orkneys? It is also the name of the cathedral in Kirkwall.
Answer: st magnus
Question: What, with vinegar, is added to egg yolk to make mayonnaise?
Answer: olive oil
Question: Which dessert is obtained from the starch of a palm-tree?
Answer: sago
Question: What is the name of the aquarium found in Ellesmere Port?
Answer: blue planet
Question: What is the name of the top fashion designer who founder of the Fashion and Textile Museum in London?
Answer: zandra rhodes
Question: With which specific art form do you associate the American Alexander Calder?
Answer: mobiles
Question: Which county cricket club's HQ was elevated to Test status for the 2009 Ashes series?
Answer: glamorgan
Question: In the Bible what was the name of Cain's first-born son?
Answer: enoch
Question: Enoch Powell was MP for which constituency between 1950 and 1974?
Answer: wolverhampton
Question: Which Wolverhampton Wanderers player scored on his England debut against Scotland at Hampden Park in 1989?
Answer: steve bull
Question: In which Spanish city does a famous bull run take place in Italy?
Answer: pamplona
Question: In which novel by Charles Dickens does the character Magwitch appear?
Answer: great expectations
Question: Which symbol is represented by a figure 8 on its side, known as a lemniscate?
Answer: infinity
Question: Who won the 2009 Rugby Union World Sevens Cup held in Dubai?
Answer: wales
Question: Which band had hits with Sad Moon Rising' and 'Proud Mary'?
Answer: creedence clearwater revival
Question: Which TV family live at 742 Evergreen Terrace?
Answer: simpsons
Question: What is the non-medical name given to people who suffer from kyphosis?
Answer: hunchback
Question: Who in May 2009 was convicted of the murder of Lana Clarkson?
Answer: phil spector
Question: Which saint, whose feast day is 25 July, is the patron saint of travellers, sailors and drivers?
Answer: st christopher
Question: 'The Arnolfini Marriage' is a famous 1434 painting by whom?
Answer: jan van eyck
Question: In which novel by Charles Dickens does the character Dick Swiveller appear?
Answer: old curiosity shop
Question: Who was Prime Minister of Britain at the time of King Edward VIII's abdication in 1936?
Answer: stanley baldwin
Question: In fiction, who lives at 4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging?
Answer: harry potter
Question: What type of headgear is named after a hatmaker born in New Jersey in 1830?
Answer: stetson
Question: What is the name of the planet discovered in 1781 by William Herschel?
Answer: uranus
Question: Which US actress, star of TV and films, died in June 2009 in Santa Monica, aged 62?
Answer: farrah fawcett
Question: Who did Jenny Von Westphalen marry in 1843?
Answer: karl marx
Question: Which French port was the Titanic's first port of call after it left Southampton?
Answer: cherbourg
Question: In 1904, which term was used to describe the unofficial alliance between France and Britain?
Answer: entente cordiale
Question: Valparaiso is a city and port in which South American country?
Answer: chile
Question: Daniel Deronda was the last novel written by which English novelist?
Answer: george eliot
Question: Playing the zither brought fame to which female musician?
Answer: shirley abicair
Question: Evelyn Glennie achieved musical fame as what type of musician?
Answer: percussionist
Question: Confessions of an English Opium Eater, was a work by which essayist?
Answer: thomas de quincey
Question: Paramaribo is a city and port in which South American country?
Answer: suriname
Question: Which series of wars lasted from 1808 to 1814?
Answer: peninsular wars
Question: What was the name of the first computer to beat a chess champion?
Answer: deep blue
Question: Which actor and comedian had a hit record in 1975 with The Ugly Duckling?
Answer: mike reid
Question: Which 1990 film earned Kathy Bates a Best Actress Oscar?
Answer: misery
Question: Which golf course is situated in Sutton Coldfield?
Answer: belfry
Question: Who was the female presenter of the 1970s TV show `Tiswas'?
Answer: sally james
Question: In which Dickens novel do Daniel and Mrs Quilp appear?
Answer: old curiosity
Question: Whom did Malcolm Williamson succeed as master of the Queens Music?
Answer: sir arthur bliss
Question: In 'The Wizard of Oz' what did Dorothy have to say to get back to Kansas?
Answer: there s no place like home
Question: Which German theoretical physicist was the best known for enunciating the 'uncertainty principle'?
Answer: werner heisenberg
Question: Which Australian wicket-keeper and batsman hit 100 sixes in his test march career?
Answer: adam gilchrist
Question: Who was the conductor of the Halle orchestra for nearly three decades?
Answer: sir john barbirolli
Question: Which Dickens novel features Dotheboys Halls?
Answer: nicholas nickleby
Question: Which actor played the part of Captain Smith in the 1997 film `Titanic'?
Answer: bernard hill
Question: What is the English translation of the Latin word 'Alias'?
Answer: otherwise
Question: In which 1980s TV sit-com did Brenda and Malcolm enjoy ornithology?
Answer: watching
Question: In the 1970s TV sit-corn Please Sir, what was the name of the caretaker?
Answer: potter
Question: The Wasp Factory, published in 1984, was the first novel by which writer?
Answer: iain banks
Question: The song 'You'll be in my heart', comes from which Disney film?
Answer: tarzan
Question: The commercial name of which fruit cordial is derived from the Latin for blackcurrant?
Answer: ribena
Question: Which famous jazz club is in Frith Street, London?
Answer: ronnie scott s
Question: Who invented the ballbarrow and the `Airblade' hand-drier amongst many other things?
Answer: james dyson