CharlesMoslonka/trivia_qa_rc_wikipedia huggingface dataset:
Question: Begining the end of July, what war was known as The War to End All Wars?
Answer: world war i
Question: Known as The Badger State or America's Dairyland, what was the 30th state to join the Union on May 29, 1848?
Answer: wisconsin
Question: On August 5, 1981, Ronald Reagan fired 11,359 striking members of what profession over their refusal to return to work?
Answer: air traffic controllers
Question: Multi-billionaire industrialist Tony Stark is the secret identity behind what Marvel super hero?
Answer: iron man
Question: Anchored by the star Regulus, what animal does the constellation Leo represent?
Answer: lion
Question: What is the highest rank a boy scout can obtain, after earning a minimum of 21 badges and demonstrating Scout Spirit, service, and leadership?
Answer: eagle scout
Question: What was it that Prometheus stole from Zeus and gave to mankind, angering the king of the gods to such a degree that he chained Prometheus to a rock, wherein an eagle would eat his liver each day, only to have it grow back at night?
Answer: fire
Question: According to the WWII propaganda poster, what might loose lips do?
Answer: sink ships
Question: What is the smallest denomination of bill available form our neighbors to the north, Canada?
Answer: 5
Question: In terms of sales, Lowe's is the world's second-largest hardware store chain, behind which retailer?
Answer: home depot
Question: What city does Spiderman spend his spare time protecting?
Answer: new york city
Question: What type of internal combustion engine uses the heat of compression to initiate fuel ignition as opposed to requiring an external spark source?
Answer: diesel
Question: There is a move afoot by the governor of the great state of New Mexico to issue a pardon to old west legend William H. Bonney. By what name is he more commonly known?
Answer: billy kid
Question: Now displayed at the National Air and Space Museum, what was the name of the B-29, piloted by Colonel Paul Tibbets, that dropped the first atomic bomb?
Answer: enola gay
Question: Born August 2, 1950, what Los Angeles County Superior Court judge, achieved fame by presiding over the trial of Charles H. Keating, and may have been noticed as the judge in charge of the OJ Simpson trial?
Answer: lance ito
Question: Margaretha Geertruida Zelle MacLeod, born on August 7, 1876, was executed by a French firing squad for passing secrets to the Germans while performing as an exotic dancer under what stage name?
Answer: mata hari
Question: What singer/songwriter's backup band is known as the Heartbreakers?
Answer: tom petty
Question: On August 2 and 4, 1964, the US destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy (currently on display in Bremerton), reported coming under attack in teh Gulf of Tonkin, sparking America's entry into what?
Answer: war in vietnam
Question: Hosted by The Late Late Shows Craig Ferguson, what week is it?
Answer: shark week
Question: Operation Desert Storm was the name given to the U.N. authorized attempt to oust Iraq from what country they illegally occupied?
Answer: kuwait
Question: In what nursery rhyme does the monkey chase the weasel?
Answer: pop goes weasel
Question: What syndicated TV tabloid show, hosted by the former mayor of Cincinnati, focuses on troubled or dysfunctional families, and has been voted “the Worst TV Show Ever Made” by TV Guide?
Answer: jerry springer show
Question: What cocktail, named for a Scottish folk hero, consists of Scotch, Sweet vermouth, with a dash of Angostura bitters?
Answer: rob roy
Question: According to English folklore, and William Shakespeare in A Midsummer Night's Dream, what is the elf called Robin Goodfellow better known as?
Answer: puck
Question: In which U.S. state is Grand Teton National Park located?
Answer: wyoming
Question: What is the name of the evil puppeteer in the 1940s Disney movie Pinocchio
Answer: stromboli
Question: Of the three types of rock, lava is falls under which type?
Answer: igneous
Question: What American actress became Princess of Monaco following her 1956 wedding to Prince Rainier?
Answer: grace kelly
Question: Currently on display at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space museum, what type of US bomber is the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb?
Answer: boeing b 29
Question: A follow up consequence of being banned from federal service for life, on August 5, 1981, President Ronald Reagan fired 11,345 members of what federal group were fired for illegally calling for a strike?
Answer: air traffic controllers
Question: What was the name of the NASA rover that touched down on the surface of Mars Sunday night?
Answer: curiosity
Question: What former basketball player and shoe salesman lends his signature to every pair of Converse All-Star sneakers?
Answer: chuck taylor
Question: And how much of your hard earned money is protected by the FDIC?
Answer: 250 000
Question: In geology, what is the process by which organic material is turned to stone by naturally impregnating it with silica or iron and sulfur?
Answer: petrification
Question: On August 9, 1944, The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring what iconic hat wearing, shovel carrying character for the first time?
Answer: smokey bear
Question: For a point each, name the 2 countries that share a physical border with the Republic of El Salvador.
Answer: guatemala and honduras
Question: What can be a brand of shoe polish, a fruit, or a bird?
Answer: kiwi
Question: Air Jordan, first introduced in 1985, are a brand of shoes made by what shoe company?
Answer: nike
Question: Who was the mythical Greek king of Thebes who killed his father so he could marry his mother?
Answer: oedipus
Question: “From the Halls of Montezuma, To the shores of Tripoli; We fight our country’s battles” promises which branch of the US military?
Answer: marines
Question: What serial killer, who buried the remains of 26 of his victims in his Chicago crawl space, was known as the "Killer Clown"?
Answer: john wayne gacy
Question: Bengal, Sumatran, and Siberian are all types of what?
Answer: tigers
Question: In the Peanuts comic strip, which of Snoopy's brothers wears a fedora and lives in the California desert?
Answer: spike
Question: On August 12, 1908, the first of over 15 million of what landmark automobile rolled off the assembly line?
Answer: model t ford
Question: Known as the Golden State, what was the 31st state to join the Union on Sept. 9, 1850?
Answer: california
Question: August 11, 1988 is generally accepted as the creation date of what terrorist organization, whose name translates as "the base"?
Answer: al qaeda
Question: What revolutionary war hero, leader of the Green Mountain Boys, lends his name to a furniture company?
Answer: ethan allen
Question: Which US government department oversees the US Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as Food Stamps?
Answer: usda
Question: Who’s resignation speech included the lines “Sometimes I have succeeded and sometimes I have failed, but always I have taken heart from what Theodore Roosevelt once said about the man in the arena, “whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again because there is not effort without error and shortcoming, but who does actually strive to do the deed, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumphs of high achievements and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.””
Answer: richard nixon
Question: What is the name of the fault line that runs for about 800 miles in California?
Answer: san andreas fault
Question: What can be a rock band, a card game, and an organ?
Answer: heart
Question: The B-29 Bockscar dropped the second atomic bomb on what Japanese city on August 9, 1945?
Answer: nagasaki
Question: In which sport did teams first compete for the America's Cup today in August, 1851?
Answer: yachting
Question: August 12, 1925 saw the birth of twins Norris and Ross McWhirter, who together compiled was famous set of books, originally conceived to help settle a bar bet?
Answer: guinness world records
Question: August 8, 1908 saw which Wright brother, the one who didn't get to pilot the flyer the previous December at Kitty Hawk, make his first public flight in Le Mans, France?
Answer: wilbur
Question: August 14, 2000 saw the introduction of what kids animated character, known for a monkey named Boots, a fox named Swiper, and her frequent use of Spanish?
Answer: dora explorer
Question: What famed nurse, dubbed "The Lady with the Lamp", revolutionized nursing from the lessons she learned tending wounded soldiers during the Crimean War?
Answer: florence nightingale
Question: November 11, 1889 saw the great state of Washington formed from what territory?
Answer: washington territory
Question: According to the nursery rhyme, who lost her sheep and couldn't find them?
Answer: little bo peep
Question: Paraskevidekatriaphobia or friggatriskaidekaphobia is the fear of what?
Answer: friday 13th
Question: On August 9, 1944, The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring what iconic character for the first time?
Answer: smokey bear
Question: August 12, 1925 saw the birth of twins Ross and Norris McWhirter, who created what book, which people will go to extreme lengths to get into?
Answer: guinness book of world records
Question: Sharing a name with the first successful model designed by Robert Fulton in 1800, what was the name of the submarine captained by Prince Armitage Ranjit Dakkar, or Captain Nemo, in Jules Verne's books 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island?
Answer: nautilus
Question: What legendary porn star was arrest, tried and acquitted as an accomplice in the so-called Wonderland Murders, immortalized in the 2003 Val Kilmer vehicle Wonderland?
Answer: john holmes
Question: Who's missing: Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop
Answer: dean martin
Question: Named for the developer of the steel plow, what Moline, Il. company is the world's largest producer of agricultural machinery in the world?
Answer: john deere
Question: Hiroshima was the first city to feel the effects of an atomic bomb. What Japanese city was next to be visited on Aug 9, 1945?
Answer: nagasaki
Question: If Lady is a pedigree American Cocker Spaniel, what is the name of the mongrel?
Answer: tramp
Question: August 16, 1977 saw the passing of what singing legend, found on the floor of his bathroom?
Answer: elvis presley
Question: What is the name of the seismic fault line that runs for about 800 miles in California?
Answer: san andreas fault
Question: What airline, the world’s largest, uses Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport as its’ US hub?
Answer: delta
Question: What is the subject of the latest PBS documentary by Ken Burns, which will premiere on public television later this month?
Answer: national parks
Question: Suzette Charles of New Jersey became Miss America 1984 because of the resignation of the actual winner. Whom did she replace?
Answer: vanessa williams
Question: What was the pseudonym of the Far Eastern despot Saloth Sar?
Answer: pol pot
Question: May 10, 1869 Promontory Summit, Utah, saw the driving of what historic object, still celebrated on the back of the Utah state quarter?
Answer: golden spike
Question: Colonel Tom Parker, the Colonel being an honorary title only, made his mark managing what entertainer?
Answer: elvis presley
Question: August 15th, 1969 saw the opening of 3 day music festival on Max Yasgurs farm that became known as Woodstock. In what state did the festival take place?
Answer: new york
Question: For a point each, name the vaudeville and movie stars known as the Marx brothers
Answer: chico harpo groucho gummo and zeppo
Question: On August 10, 1821, this state, known as the Show Me State, was admitted to the Union as #24?
Answer: missouri
Question: Ratified on January 29, 1919, the 18th amendment to the US Constitution regulates the sale of what?
Answer: alcohol
Question: In 1876, Brigadier General Henry Martyn Robert, he of San Juan Island fortifications during the Pig War fame, published what classic tome, still published today?
Answer: roberts rules of order
Question: According to the Aesop fable, what food could the fox not reach, which he then declared to be unpalatable?
Answer: grapes
Question: What Latin phrase, which translates as "in good faith", is taken to mean sincere, honest intention or belief, or authentic and true?
Answer: bona fide
Question: What subatomic particle has no mass, no electric charge, and a spin of 1?
Answer: photon
Question: The highest scoring tiles, what two letters are worth 10 points each in a game of Scrabble?
Answer: q and z
Question: Winning 5 Emmys and one Edward R. Murrow award, long time local news anchor Kathi Goertzen, who died this week of brain tumors, worked for what TV station?
Answer: komo
Question: What cereal mascot’s motto is “They’re grrrreat!”?
Answer: tony tiger
Question: What 80’s New Wave band thought “We Had the Beat” before then went on “Vacation”, although “Our Lips are Sealed”, so you may not know about being “Head Over Heals”?
Answer: go gos
Question: The town of Bethel, NY was treated to the start of “An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music”, when what started on August 15, 1969?
Answer: woodstock
Question: What does the child take, according to the nursery rhyme The Farmer in the Dell?
Answer: nurse
Question: What is the more common name for the US Navy's aerial demonstration team?
Answer: blue angels
Question: From the French for Little Shoulder, what is the name for the ornamental shoulder piece or decoration used as insignia of rank by armed forces and other organizations?
Answer: epaulette
Question: According to the proverb, it's no use crying over what?
Answer: spilt milk
Question: The sports teams from Auburn University, LSU, Princeton University, and University of Missouri all use the same name. Is it:
Answer: tigers
Question: The professional wrestling organization formerly known as the WWF is now known by what set of initials?
Answer: wwe
Question: What is the SI unit of measurement for capacitance (defined as the ability of a body to store an electrical charge)?
Answer: farad
Question: Spike, Dig, Set, and Block are found in which Olympic sport?
Answer: volleyball
Question: Although actually born in what was then the semi-autonomous region known as The State of Franklin, whom did Fess Parker claim was born on a mountaintop in Tennessee?
Answer: davy crockett
Question: The Recording Industry Association of America awards what certification for an album that sells 500,000 copies?
Answer: gold
Question: Known as North Star State, among several others, what was the 32nd state to join the Union on May 11, 1858?
Answer: minnesota
Question: August 14, 1951 saw the death of what newspaper magnate, whose life was the basis for the movie Citizen Kane?
Answer: william randolph hearst
Question: Characterized by dark, often reflective lenses having an area two or three times the area of the eye socket, and metal frames with bayonet earpieces, aviator sunglasses are sold by what company?
Answer: ray ban
Question: Consisting of rotors, a lampboard, a keyboard, and a plugboard, what is the name of the electro-mechanical cipher machine deployed by the Germans during WWII?
Answer: enigma
Question: What American folk hero was “Born on a mountain top in Tennessee, Greenest state in the land of the free. Raised in the woods so’s he knew every tree, Killed him a bear when he was only three.”
Answer: davy crockett
Question: As part of a purification ritual, what do sumo wrestlers traditionally throw into the ring prior to a bout?
Answer: salt
Question: What noted comic book writer and former head of Marvel Comics, co-created such institutions as Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, and even had an appearance on The Simpsons?
Answer: stan lee
Question: What famed science fiction writer, who celebrates an august birthday, is perhaps best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles?
Answer: ray bradbury
Question: Which herb is usually used as the main ingredient in traditional pesto?
Answer: basil
Question: Introduced in the episode The Cage, who was the original captain of the USS Enterprise in the Star Trek world?
Answer: christopher pike
Question: An average shoe consists of the upper, tongue, heel, and what other part that gets walked on?
Answer: sole
Question: With an atomic number of 79, what elements symbol Au comes from the Latin aurum?
Answer: gold
Question: Invented by General Foods in 1957, what powdered fruit-flavored breakfast drink was included in the Mercury and Gemini space flights, forever linking it with the space program?
Answer: tang
Question: What misanthropic hoarder Sesame Street character calls a garbage can home?
Answer: oscar grouch
Question: In the Brothers Grimm fairy tale Rumpelstiltskin, what did the title creature promise to do for the miller's daughter, in exchange for her first born?
Answer: spin straw into gold
Question: Anchored by the star Aldebaran, the constellation Taurus represents what animal?
Answer: bull
Question: What are persons who lack any sort of magical ability and are not born into the magical world called in the Harry Potter universe?
Answer: muggles
Question: What name is given to the original land mass from which the modern continents have developed?
Answer: pangaea
Question: Sauerkraut, translated from the German as "sour herb", is made from what vegetable?
Answer: cabbage
Question: Born in Weehawken, N.J. on August 19, 1947, who is the current music director of the Seattle Symphony?
Answer: gerard schwarz
Question: What part of a kola tree is used to flavor soft drinks?
Answer: nut
Question: August 19, 1942 saw the birth of the 42nd President of the US. Who is it?
Answer: bill clinton
Question: Who's missing: Dorothy, Tin Woodman, Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion?
Answer: toto
Question: What branch of the US Armed Forces, founded in 1790, trains its officers at its academy in New London, Ct?
Answer: u s coast guard
Question: Who is the only American Idol judge that has been with the series since its 2002 inception?
Answer: randy jackson
Question: What singer was found unresponsive on his bathroom floor on August 16, 1977, before being declared dead at 3:30 that afternoon?
Answer: elvis presley
Question: With a 2008 Census population estimate of 173,000 residents, what is the capital of Mississippi?
Answer: jackson
Question: What was the last name of “movie star” Ginger on TV’s Gilligan’s Island?
Answer: grant
Question: Based in Huntington, WV, what university, which lost a large portion of its football team in a 1970 airplane crash, calls its sports team the "Thundering Herd"?
Answer: marshall
Question: Held at Max Yasgur’s 600 acre diary farm, what event, which opened on Aug 15, 1969, was billed as “An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music”?
Answer: woodstock
Question: August 21, 1911, saw the theft of the painting known as La Gioconda from the Louvre. By what name is the painting more commonly known?
Answer: mona lisa
Question: In physics, what unit of force is defined as the amount of force required to accelerate a mass of one kilogram at a rate of one meter per second per second?
Answer: newton
Question: NASA launched the Viking 1 probe on August 20, 1975. To what planet was the spacecraft headed?
Answer: mars
Question: Pioneer of party-plan marketing, Earl Tupper invented what during his stay at DuPont?
Answer: tupperware
Question: 'So easy a caveman could do it' was an advertising slogan for what company?
Answer: geico
Question: Standing for Time and Relative Dimensions in Space, who travels the universe in a spaceship disguised as a police box known as The Tardis?
Answer: doctor who
Question: What was the name of the PDA produced by Apple, most famous for its handwriting recognition software turning Random House into Condom Nose during a major presentation?
Answer: newton
Question: The title character of what TV series regularly ran a newspaper ad that read: "Got a problem, need help, odds against you?"
Answer: equalizer
Question: During World War II, U.S. soldiers used the first commercial aerosol cans to hold what?
Answer: insecticide
Question: Which insect shorted out an early supercomputer and inspired the term "computer bug"?
Answer: moth
Question: In the children's book series, where is Paddington Bear originally from?
Answer: peru
Question: What letter must appear at the beginning of the registration number of all non-military aircraft in the U.S.?
Answer: n
Question: What “church” has made millions selling its members “electro psychometer” like detectors?
Answer: scientologists
Question: With a metropolotian population of almost 19 million people, what is the most populous city in South America?
Answer: sao paulo brazil
Question: What do you call a ring-shaped coral island surrounding a central lagoon?
Answer: atoll
Question: Ratified on the 18th of August, 1920, the 19th amendment to the US constitution states: The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of what?
Answer: sex
Question: At what city did Bugs Bunny always belatedly realize, I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at?
Answer: albuquerque
Question: Commander of the Coalition forces during the First Gulf War, which general had the nickname Stormin' Norman?
Answer: h norman schwarzkopf
Question: Jimmy Choo, Manolo Blahnik, and Christian Louboutin are all makers of what?
Answer: women s shoes
Question: Connect Four, Battleship, Twister, Yahtzee, Hungry Hungry Hippos, and The Game of Life are all games produced by what US game company?
Answer: milton bradley
Question: Shamu, caught in 1965, was what type of animal?
Answer: orca
Question: Those poor “Three Blind Mice” of nursery rhyme fame had their tails cut off by the farmer’s wife using what sharp instrument?
Answer: carving knife
Question: 5W-20, 10W-30, and 20W-20 are common weights of what commodity?
Answer: motor oil
Question: Jiminy Jillickers! Ultimately played by Milhouse, what is the name of Radioactive Man's sidekick?
Answer: fallout boy
Question: On Aug 23, 1939, Germany signed a non-aggression pact with what other country, paving the way for the Nazi invasion of Poland?
Answer: ussr
Question: During WWI, manufacturers of what product relabeled themselves as Liberty Cabbage to avoid anti-German sentiments?
Answer: sauerkraut
Question: On August 21, 1911, Italian patriot Vincenzo Peruggia stolen what "moderately famous" painting from the Louvre, which was not recovered for 2 years?
Answer: mona lisa
Question: Having overcome her own addiction to alcohol and prescription medicine, what former first lady opened a treatment center for chemical dependency in Rancho Mirage, CA?
Answer: betty ford
Question: Killing thousands, the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were buried on Aug 24, 79AD when what volcano erupted?
Answer: vesuvius
Question: What salad dressing (containing mayonnaise, anchovies, chives and sour cream) was named after a 1921 play?
Answer: green goddess
Question: What can be a musical instrument, a type of brake, and a type of cylindrical container?
Answer: drum
Question: Known for his love of Ludwig van, what is the name of the piano playing character in the Peanuts comic strip?
Answer: schroeder
Question: If I'm on vehicles named Ganges Gertie, Irrawaddy Irma, Orinoco Ida, or Zambesi Zelda, what Disney World Magic Kingdom attraction am I on?
Answer: jungle cruise
Question: After the invasion of Poland, which was the next country to be invaded by the Germans in World War II?
Answer: denmark
Question: The birth, at Baekdu Mountain, of what Asian despot was foretold by a swallow, and heralded by the appearance of a double rainbow over the mountain and a new star in the heavens?
Answer: kim jong il
Question: What are the names of Popeye's nephews?
Answer: pipeye pupeye poopeye peepeye
Question: Appaloosa, Tennessee Walking, and Arabian are all types of what?
Answer: horses
Question: What country has the U.S. had a trade embargo on since 1962?
Answer: cuba
Question: On TV, “Ace” Duff Goldman and “Boss” Buddy Valastro both work in what medium?
Answer: cake