CharlesMoslonka/trivia_qa_rc_wikipedia huggingface dataset:
Question: Also a two-time World Champion, which American skier won the gold medal in the Men's Combined at the 2010 Winter Olympics?
Answer: bode miller
Question: Also featuring 'Dizzee Rascal', who had a number two hit in February 2010 with 'You Got The Dirtee Love'?
Answer: florence and machine
Question: Which peninsular on the south coast of Glamorgan in Wales was the first area of the United Kingdom to be designated as an 'Area Of Outstanding Natural Beauty'?
Answer: gower peninsula
Question: Said to be made of imperishable gold and as swift as any bird, what was the name given to the winged sandals worn by the Greek god 'Hermes'?
Answer: talaria
Question: After Mexico and Spain, which country has the third largest Spanish-speaking population?
Answer: columbia
Question: What five word name is given to the 5th century massacre of British chieftains by the Saxons, the 1934 purge of Hitler's opponents in Germany, and the 1962 dismissal of seven Cabinet ministers by Harold Macmillan?
Answer: night of long knives
Question: Which late 19th and early 20th century art movement takes its name from the French for 'wild beasts'?
Answer: fauvism
Question: Named after the German for 'whirlpool', what name is given to the dessert that consists of a baked roll of thin pastry with a fruit filling?
Answer: strudel
Question: Which hard ring-shaped bread product takes its name from the Old German for 'bracelet'?
Answer: bagel
Question: Who directed the 2010 fantasy film 'Alice In Wonderland', starring Mia Wasikowska and Johnny Depp amongst others?
Answer: tim burton
Question: Arthur Thistlewood was the main conspirator in which plot of 1820?
Answer: cato street conspiracy
Question: Who directed the 2010 psychological thriller 'Shutter Island', starring Leonardo di Caprio?
Answer: martin scorsese
Question: Which Shakespearean character dies with the words, "The rest is silence"?
Answer: hamlet
Question: The musical 'Fiddler On The Roof' was inspired by a painting by which artist?
Answer: marc chagall
Question: Which character was revealed as the murderer of 'Archie Mitchell' in the first ever live 'Eastenders' episode in February 2010?
Answer: stacey slater
Question: Bergamo, Brescia and Cremona are three of the largest cities in which Italian region?
Answer: lombardy
Question: In which English county could you visit the 'Museum of Witchcraft', the 'Barbara Hepworth Museum' and the 'King Edward Mining Museum'?
Answer: cornwall
Question: In which Dickens novel do we find the sanctimonious architect and surveyor named 'Seth Pecksniff'?
Answer: martin chuzzlewit
Question: Which British scientist discovered and studied hydrogen, was the first to measure Newton's gravitational constant, and calculated the mass and mean density of the Earth?
Answer: henry cavendish
Question: In which of Charles Dickens' novels would you find 'Joe'. an extremely fat boy who can fall asleep in any situation at any time of day?
Answer: pickwick papers
Question: In which English county could you visit the 'Fox Talbot Museum', the 'Museum of Computing', and the 'Kennet and Avon Canal Museum'?
Answer: wiltshire
Question: Which of Puccini's operas was left unfinished at his death and later completed by Franco Alfano?
Answer: turandot
Question: Which South African author was the first person to win the Booker Prize twice with his novel 'Disgrace'?
Answer: j m coetzee
Question: Which fairytale character was the subject of operas by both Rossini and Massenet?
Answer: cinderella
Question: Who was appointed the first permanent President of the European Council in November 2009?
Answer: herman van rompuy
Question: Who was the semi-legendary Anglo-Saxon ruler of Kent of the 5th century, who along with his brother Horsa, was hired by the British warlord Vortigern to fight against the Picts?
Answer: hengest
Question: Nadia Comaneci made her name in which sport?
Answer: gymnastics
Question: In which country are the headquarters of the clothing company 'H & M'?
Answer: sweden
Question: Which 'Dr. Who' actor came between Patrick Troughton and Tom Baker?
Answer: jon pertwee
Question: Which Frenchman composed the 'Symphonie Fantastique'?
Answer: hector berlioz
Question: What was the middle name of the decorative artist Louis Tiffany?
Answer: comfort
Question: Which king excluded his wife, Caroline of Brunswick, from his Coronation?
Answer: george iv
Question: In Rudyard Kipling's story, what was 'Rikki Tikki Tavi'?
Answer: mongoose
Question: On a menu, what would you be eating if served 'Calamari'?
Answer: squid
Question: Which recent BBC drama starring Hermione Norris and Liam Cunningham was set on the planet Carpathia?
Answer: outcasts
Question: Who played the title role in the 1938 film 'The Adventures Of Robin Hood'?
Answer: errol flynn
Question: At which ground in Rome do Italy play home games in the Six Nations Rugby Union tournament?
Answer: stadio flaminio
Question: In the Bible, who bore Abraham a son called Ishmael?
Answer: hagar
Question: Appointed by the Continental Congress in 1775, who was the first US Postmaster General?
Answer: benjamin franklin
Question: Which of Marilyn Monroe's husband's is mentioned by name in the song 'Mrs. Robinson'?
Answer: joe dimaggio
Question: What does a 'Galanthophile' collect?
Answer: snowdrops
Question: Born in Lima in 1954, what is the profession of Mario Testino?
Answer: photographer
Question: Gene Hackman won the Best Actor 'Oscar' for his role as 'Popeye Doyle' in which film?
Answer: french connection
Question: Tillakaratne Dilshan scored the most runs (500) in the 2011 Cricket World Cup. What nationality is he?
Answer: sri lankan
Question: 'Steerpike', 'Doctor Alfred Prunesquallor' and 'Fuschia Groan' are characters created by which author?
Answer: mervyn peake
Question: The last letter of the Greek alphabet is Omega. Which other letter, the 15th, also begins with the letter 'O'?
Answer: omicron
Question: Which 1935 film of a Tolstoy tragedy starred Greta Garbo?
Answer: anna karenina
Question: The largest capacity stadium in the NFL is the FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland. Which team play there?
Answer: washington redskins
Question: Who was the UK Postmaster General from 1964 to 1966 and the Minister of State for Technology from 1966 to 1970?
Answer: tony benn
Question: In which North Wales town is the longest pier in Wales?
Answer: llandudno
Question: """On a tree by a river a little tom-tit sang 'Willow, titwillow, titwillow!"" is the opening of a song from which work by Gilbert and Sullivan?"
Answer: mikado
Question: Which African political leader's middle name is Rolihlahla?
Answer: nelson mandela
Question: Prince George of Denmark was the husband of which queen, fathering 17 children who all died before him?
Answer: queen anne
Question: Roissy/Charles de Gaulle and Le Bourget are two of Paris' airports. Name the third?
Answer: orly
Question: In the E.B. White novel, what type of animal was 'Stuart Little'?
Answer: mouse
Question: Which recent BBC drama starred Maxine Peake and Rupert Penry-Jones as barristers who are aiming to become QC's?
Answer: silk
Question: Yellowknife, the capital of Canada's North West Territories, lies on the shore of which lake?
Answer: great slave lake
Question: His father, a former MEP, founded his own political party and stood as an MP. His mother has a London nightclub named after her. Who is the Conservative MP for Richmond Park, first elected at the 2010 General Election?
Answer: zac goldsmith
Question: Katherine Hepburn won an 'Oscar' for her portrayal of Henry II's wife, Eleanor, in which 1968 film?
Answer: lion in winter
Question: Indian Virender Sehwag with 175 made the highest score in the 2011 Cricket World Cup. Which English player with 158 made the second highest score?
Answer: andrew strauss
Question: Who played 'Aunt Sally', to Jon Pertwee's 'Worzel Gummidge'?
Answer: una stubbs
Question: Whose Symphony #45 is called 'The Farewell'?
Answer: joseph haydn
Question: The headquarters building of which government agency is known as 'The Doughnut' due to its shape?
Answer: g c h q
Question: Burgess, Philby, Maclean...... . Who was known as the 'Fourth Man'?
Answer: anthony blunt
Question: Which South American country which has had currencies the Cruzeiro and the Cruzado, now uses the Real?
Answer: brazil
Question: Which comedian created the character 'Cosmo Smallpiece'?
Answer: les dawson
Question: Which 1932 novel has characters 'Flora Poste', 'Seth Starkadder' and 'Adam Lambsbreath'?
Answer: cold comfort farm
Question: Which US space project came between 'Mercury' and 'Apollo'?
Answer: gemini
Question: Which Prime Minister was MP for two Birmingham constituencies - Ladywood from 1918 to 1929, then Edgebaston from 1929 to 1940?
Answer: neville chamberlain
Question: On the sleeve of the 'Beatles' album 'Abbey Road', who has a cigarette in his right hand?
Answer: paul mccartney
Question: South African born Matt Stevens won a Gold Medal in the Choir Olympics when at school. At which sport does he play for England?
Answer: rugby union
Question: Which is the most easterly of these Libyan cities: Benghazi, Misrata, Sirte, Tobruk, Tripoli?
Answer: tobruk
Question: Which England spin bowler won 'Beard of the Year' in 2006?
Answer: monty panesar
Question: In the 2009 film 'The Gruffalo', who voiced the 'Gruffalo'?
Answer: robbie coltrane
Question: Much of the action in Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' is set in a wood near which city?
Answer: athens
Question: The 'Numbat' is a small mammal native to which country?
Answer: australia
Question: A character from which Roald Dahl work appeared on a 1st. class issued in January?
Answer: charlie and chocolate factory
Question: Who played 'Tim the Enchanter' in the film 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail'?
Answer: john cleese
Question: Who was the 'Muse of Tragedy'?
Answer: melpomene
Question: Who wrote the plays 'Relatively Speaking' and 'Absent Person Singular'?
Answer: alan ayckbourn
Question: 'A' is the lowest band for Council Tax in England. What is the highest?
Answer: h
Question: An image of which building designed by Sir Basil Spence appeared on a stamp issued in February?
Answer: coventry cathedral
Question: Which is Israel's southernmost city, located on the Red Sea?
Answer: eilat
Question: Michael Watson won the Helen Rollason Award in 2003 for completing the London Marathon, despite being told that he would never walk again following an injury in which sport?
Answer: boxing
Question: The 'Leonardo Express' links which capital city with its largest airport?
Answer: rome
Question: Which England batsman was a chorister at St. Paul's Cathedral Choir School in London?
Answer: alastair cook
Question: Who replaced Paul Merton as the host of 'Room 101' on BBC t.v.?
Answer: frank skinner
Question: Who is this? Lived 1736 - 1819. Born in Greenock, Inventor, Partnered Matthew Boulton?
Answer: james watt
Question: Who voices 'Queen Lillian' in the 'Shrek' films?
Answer: julie andrews
Question: In 'Fairytale Of New York' by 'The Pogues', "the boys of the NYPD choir were singing ............", which song?
Answer: galway bay
Question: In which 1932 novel set in the year '632 AF' (After Ford) is 'Lenina Crowe' a vaccination worker at the 'Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre'?
Answer: brave new world
Question: Cassini-Huygens is a spacecraft mission to which planet and its satellites?
Answer: saturn
Question: Following which singer's death last year did the album 'Back To Black' top the UK charts for three weeks?
Answer: amy whitehouse
Question: On the show for over twelve years, who is the longest serving 'Blue Peter' presenter?
Answer: john noakes
Question: What is the name of the horse ridden by Zara Phillips, which she affectionately calls 'Noddy'?
Answer: toytown
Question: The songs ‘Hound Dog’ and ‘Jailhouse Rock’ were written by Jerry Leiber and ______ who?
Answer: mike stoller
Question: In which ocean is Réunion, an overseas department of France?
Answer: indian ocean
Question: Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to do what on August 6th 1926?
Answer: swim english channel
Question: Which is the only city in the Irish province of Connacht?
Answer: galway
Question: Who wrote “The Tin Drum”, published in 1959, part of the “Danzig Trilogy”?
Answer: günter grass
Question: How is Jordan Belfort, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, described in the title of a recent film?
Answer: wolf of wall street
Question: Give either of the forenames of author A S Byatt.
Answer: antonia susan
Question: Stella McCartney became Creative Director of which Paris Fashion House in 1997?
Answer: chloé
Question: Since 1961 what has been the name of the city known from 1589 to 1925 as Tsaritsyn?
Answer: volgograd
Question: Which motorway crosses the original Severn Bridge – the M4 was diverted when the second crossing opened?
Answer: m48
Question: Which future England football manager played in the team beaten 6 - 3 by Hungary at Wembley in 1953?
Answer: alf ramsey
Question: Which musical by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone made its London debut last year?
Answer: book of mormon
Question: According to the Gospel of Luke, in which village did two disciples meet Jesus after the resurrection and ate with him – a scene depicted by Titian, Caravaggio and others?
Answer: emmaus
Question: On which national radio station does John Suchet broadcast each weekday morning?
Answer: classic fm
Question: The Americans call this punctuation mark a period. What do we call it?
Answer: full stop
Question: Who played Nurse Mildred Ratched in the 1975 film ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’?
Answer: louise fletcher
Question: Who partnered John McEnroe to win 4 Wimbledon Gentlemen’s Doubles titles?
Answer: peter fleming
Question: Which composer became Vice-Kapellmeister to the House of Esterházy in 1761, then Kapellmeister five years later?
Answer: joseph haydn
Question: What is the collective name of the two one-act plays by Terence Rattigan set in the Beauregard Private Hotel in Bournemouth?
Answer: separate tables
Question: Which Conservative, the MP for Louth and Horncastle, elected in 1966, is the Father of the House of Commons?
Answer: sir peter tapsell
Question: Give either of the forenames of author H E Bates.
Answer: herbert ernest
Question: Uniqlo is a casualwear company based in which country?
Answer: japan
Question: Which river is spanned by the Clifton Suspension Bridge?
Answer: river avon
Question: Which eponymous musical based on the 1963 Profumo Affair made its debut in London last year?
Answer: stephen ward
Question: According to the Gospel of John, in which village did Jesus raise Lazarus from the dead?
Answer: bethany
Question: Who became the first American woman in space on June 18th 1983?
Answer: sally ride
Question: Emma Thompson plays which author in the recent film ‘Saving Mr Banks’?
Answer: p l travers
Question: ‘Houses of the Holy’ in 1973 was the fifth album released by which band, the first three contained the name of the band and the fourth was untitled?
Answer: led zeppelin
Question: What is the surname of the character ‘Hawkeye’ in the film and TV series ‘M*A*S*H’?
Answer: pierce
Question: Abraham Lincoln served one two-year term in the House of Representatives for a district in which state?
Answer: illinois
Question: Which Noël Coward play features the eccentric medium and clairvoyant Madame Arcati?
Answer: blithe spirit
Question: The Prince of Wales feathers appeared on the reverse of which coin from 1971 to 2008?
Answer: two pence
Question: Queen Maud Land on Antarctica is a dependent territory of which country?
Answer: norway
Question: Which band of the 1980s often referred to themselves as ‘the fourth best band in Hull’?
Answer: housemartins
Question: Which pianist who had two Number 1 hits composed the theme tune to the 1960s sitcom ‘Meet The Wife’?
Answer: russ conway
Question: With headquarters in Bern, Switzerland what is the official language of the U N Agency the UPU?
Answer: french
Question: According to Muslin belief, who dictated the Koran to Mohammed?
Answer: gabriel
Question: For his role in which film did JK Simmons win the Oscar for best Supporting actor in 2015?
Answer: whiplash
Question: Who wrote the opera's A Village Romeo and Juliet and The Magic Fountain?
Answer: frederick delius
Question: Which element was named Dephlogisticated Air by its discoverer, the French chemist Lavoisier who gave it this common name?
Answer: oxygen
Question: In medicine, for what would you take a Mantoux Test?
Answer: tuberculosis
Question: Which group had a No 1 hit in 1982 with My camera never lies?
Answer: buck s fizz
Question: What type of creature is a Queen Alexandra's Birdwing, the largest of its kind?
Answer: butterfly
Question: Which English city has districts called Inglemire, Marfleet and Gipsyville?
Answer: hull
Question: When Great Britain beat the USA in the Davis Cup in March 2015, who was the other British singles player besides Andy Murray?
Answer: james ward
Question: According to Monday's child rhyme, what is Friday's child?
Answer: loving and giving
Question: Which composer wrote the Sabre Dance and the ballet Spartacus?
Answer: aram khachaturian
Question: In which island group would you find Rarotonga, Palmerston and Aitutaki?
Answer: cook islands
Question: Livermorium is a new element in the periodic table named after a town in which US state?
Answer: california
Question: Camulodunum was the roman name for which town?
Answer: colchester
Question: In the 'Batman' stories, which character was played by Pat Hindle on screen, and by Neil Hamilton on ty?
Answer: police commissioner gordon
Question: Which Cabinet post has been held by Stephen Byers, Peter Mandelson and Margaret Becket in recent years?
Answer: secretary of state for trade and industry
Question: What name describes the group of chemical elements that includes Chlorine, Bromine, Iodine and Fluorine?
Answer: halogens
Question: In 1961, who became the first London club to complete football's League and Cup "double"?
Answer: tottenham hotspur
Question: In 1973, which club became the first Second Division side to win the FA Cup since the war?
Answer: sunderland
Question: The fifth 'Harry Potter' book is due for publication on June 21st. What is it called?
Answer: harry potter and order of phoenix
Question: In heraldry, if an animal is depicted as "passant", what is it doing?
Answer: walking
Question: At this year's "Golden Globe Awards", which programme starring Albert Finney, won the award for best TV movie?
Answer: gathering storm
Question: What name is given to the cold, dry, strong wind that blows down the Rhone valley to the Mediterranean coast?
Answer: mistral
Question: Which crop in particular is damaged by the Boll Weevil?
Answer: cotton
Question: Named for the Spanish for "little cake", what name is given to a Mexican thin pancake, made from cornmeal?
Answer: tortilla
Question: May 21st. 1471, witnessed the murder by stabbing of which king in the Tower of London?
Answer: henry vi
Question: Which king was murdered at Berkley Castle in September 1327?
Answer: edward ii
Question: Which thick French soup, made from leeks, potatoes, chicken stock and cream, is usually served cold?
Answer: vichyssoise
Question: Which George Eliot novel was first published under the title, 'The Weaver Of Raveloe'?
Answer: silas marner
Question: The 'Pilgrim's Way' runs in an easterly direction from Winchester in Hampshire, to which city?
Answer: canterbury
Question: In which country was Mike Gatting once involved in a slanging match with Umpire, Shakoor Rana?
Answer: pakistan
Question: A favourite in Asian cookery, what fragrant herb's Latin name is Cymbopogon citratus?
Answer: lemon grass
Question: Which Puccini opera is set in a garden, in the Japanese city of Nagasaki?
Answer: madame butterfly
Question: Which Mozart opera is seen as a contest between "Good", the priest Sarastro, and "Evil", the Queen of the Night?
Answer: magic flute
Question: Which British aeronautical engineer, knighted in 1968, designed the first swing-wing aircraft?
Answer: sir neville barnes wallis
Question: In which country is the vast plateau, known as the Nullarbor Plain?
Answer: australia
Question: The Sonoran Desert, one of the world's largest, is situated in which country?
Answer: united states of america
Question: Which 19th century monarch had a much-publicised affair with an actress called Mrs. Robinson?
Answer: george iv
Question: In 1712, who became the first engineer to introduce steam to an engine with a piston?
Answer: thomas newcomen
Question: Her portrayal of which character won Julia Roberts a "Best Actress" 'Oscar' in 2001?
Answer: erin brockovich
Question: The 'Bullet Train' of Japan runs between Tokyo and which other city?
Answer: osaka
Question: A British pair won the mixed doubles at the 1987 Wimbledon Tennis Champioships, Jeremy Bates and who elase?
Answer: jo durie
Question: Who starred as 'Arthur Parker', a sheet music salesman, in the Dennis Potter TV drama, 'Pennies From Heaven'?
Answer: bob hoskins
Question: Which Ian Fleming novel first introduced us to secret agent, James Bond?
Answer: casino royale
Question: Which Dennis Potter TV drama featured Ewan McGregor as 'Private Mick Hopper'?
Answer: lipstick on your collar
Question: Who won Wimbledon mixed doubles titles with Paul McNamee, Mark Woodforde and Jonathan Stark?
Answer: martina navratilova
Question: Which famous example of Indo-Islamic architecture was built between 1630 and 1653?
Answer: taj mahal
Question: What food, although not rationed during the Second World War, was rationed after it?
Answer: bread
Question: 'Michaelwood Services' are located on which Motorway?
Answer: m5
Question: Who was the first and only President of the Confederate States of America?
Answer: jefferson davies
Question: Who manufactured the U2 spy plane in which Gary Powers was shot down in 1960?
Answer: lockheed
Question: The building originally known as the G-Mex Centre in Manchester was built on the site of which railway station?
Answer: manchester central
Question: Which is the only athletics world record never to have been broken at the Olympic Games?
Answer: discus
Question: What make of car was JF Kennedy traveling in when he was shot dead?
Answer: lincoln
Question: Which English batsman scored 70 runs in England's final 1-Day match against Australiain February 2007?
Answer: paul collingwood
Question: 'Maverick', 'Ice','Viper', 'Goose', 'Jester' and 'Cougar' were names used by various characters in which film?
Answer: top gun
Question: What is the name ofthe seventh and final 'Harry Potter' book due out in July 2007?
Answer: harry potter and deathly hollows
Question: what is the name of the 1994 'Star Trek' film that introduced Patrick Stewart to William Shatner?
Answer: generations
Question: Keisha Buchanan, Mulya Buena, and Siobahn Donaghy (who was replaced by Heidi Range),formed which pop group?
Answer: sugababes
Question: Which French painter, who lived from 1848 to 1903 evolved a style known as 'Synthetism'?
Answer: gaugin
Question: In the pantomime of the same name, who is 'Aladdin's' mother?
Answer: widow twanky
Question: Which retailer advertises itself as 'Never Knowingly Undersold'?
Answer: john lewis
Question: Who had a number one hit for four weeks in 2003 with 'All The Things She Said'?
Answer: tatu
Question: Which asteroid comes closer to earth than any other body apart from the Moon?
Answer: eros
Question: """Robert Langdon awoke slowly"", is the first line of which novel?"
Answer: da vinci code
Question: Reaching to about 11 kilometres above the earth, what is the name of the lowest part of the Earth's atmosphere?
Answer: troposphere
Question: Piccadilly Circus lies at the junction of Haymarket, Regent Street, Piccadilly, Shaftesbury Avenue and which other street?
Answer: coventry street
Question: Which actor first played Tom Clancy's character 'Jack Ryan' on screen?
Answer: alec baldwin
Question: Who was the Dutch portrait painter who became Court Painter to Charles II, and subsequently received a knighthood?
Answer: sir peter lely
Question: Which unseeded player won this year's Ladies Australian Open Tennis Championship?
Answer: serena williams
Question: From which organisation did the term 'Third Degree' meaning an interrogation, originate?
Answer: freemasons
Question: What is the number of the 'Starship Enterprise'?
Answer: ncc1701