CharlesMoslonka/trivia_qa_rc_wikipedia huggingface dataset:
Question: The controversial book "The Naked Ape" appeared in 1967. Who was the author ?
Answer: desmond morris
Question: At the recent Cheltenham festival, the horse "Bob's Worth" won the Cheltenham Gold cup. Who trains this horse ?
Answer: nicky henderson
Question: At the recent Cheltenham festival, the horse "Hurricane Fly" won the Champion hurdle. Who trains this horse ?
Answer: willie mullins
Question: In which T.V. Detective series did "DCI Michael Jardine" appear ?
Answer: taggart
Question: The controversial book "The Female Eunuch" appeared in 1970. Who was the author ?
Answer: germaine greer
Question: In cooking, to what ingredient is AGAR AGAR a vegetarian alternative ?
Answer: gelatin
Question: Which famous western movie ends with the line :- "The old man was right- only the farmers won. We lost. We will always lose " ?
Answer: magnificent seven
Question: Of the months of the year, which would score highest on plain squares as a word in the game of scrabble ?
Answer: january
Question: In the electromagnetic spectrum, which type of wavelength has the longest wavelength. It's main uses are in communication.
Answer: radio waves
Question: Which chemical element, discovered in 1898 by Ramsay and Travers was given a Greek name associated with "new thing" ?
Answer: neon
Question: The battle for Stalingrad was one of the turning points of the second world war. Who was the commander of the Russian forces in this battle ?
Answer: marshall zhukov
Question: In Italy, if you were served "Pomodori", what foodstuff would you be about to eat ?
Answer: tomatoes
Question: Which country produces more than 50 % of all Europe's rice ?
Answer: italy
Question: Who wrote the opera "Dido and Aeneas" ?
Answer: purcell
Question: Which Irish actor, born in Dublin, starred in the movies "in Bruges" "Fright Night" and "Total Recall" ?
Answer: colin farrell
Question: The trilogy of comedy plays known as "The Norman Conquests" were written by which playwright ?
Answer: alan ayckbourn
Question: In 1314, Robert the Bruce and a small Scottish army inflicted a massive defeat on a huge English army at Bannockburn. Who was the leader of the English forces ?
Answer: edward ii
Question: Who was the German painter and sculptor who was a founder of the surrealist movement ? Among his works are "The Elephant Celebes" and " Le Grand Amoreux".
Answer: max ernst
Question: The highly acclaimed stage comedy "Noises Off" was written by which playwright ?
Answer: michael frayn
Question: Who played Wanda in the film "A fish called Wanda" ?
Answer: jamie lee curtis
Question: What is the S.I. Unit of radioactivity ?
Answer: becquerel
Question: Horse racing - Welsh trainer Evan Williams trained which horse to come second in the 2013 Grand National ?
Answer: cappa bleu
Question: Horse racing - Welsh trainer Rebecca Curtis trained which horse to come third in the 2013 Grand National ?
Answer: teaforthree
Question: From which of Shakespeare's plays does this quotation come :- We happy few, we band of brothers ?
Answer: henry v
Question: Which gland, secreting various hormones essential for growth and other bodily functions, is situated in the brain ?
Answer: pituitary
Question: Which female singer had a number 1 hit record with "I Feel Love" which topped the charts in July 1977 ?
Answer: donna summer
Question: Which female singer had a number 1 hit record with "I'll never fall in love again"which topped the charts in August 1969 ?
Answer: bobby gentry
Question: Which gland, secreting a hormone affecting circulation and muscular action, is situated above the kidneys ?
Answer: adrenal
Question: From which of Shakespeare's plays does this quotation come :- The course of true love never did run smooth ?
Answer: midsummernight s dream
Question: In which classic T.V. crime series did Captain Frank Furillo appear ?
Answer: hill street blues
Question: Rugby union - for which club team do England internationals Stevens, Farrell and Vunipola play ?
Answer: saracens
Question: Which predatory insect, with two pairs of large transparent wings, that are spread while resting, can fly the fastest ? The Australian variety can reach a speed of 36 mph ?
Answer: dragonfly
Question: Millionaire businessman Alan Sugar hosts the BBC's popular reality show "The Apprentice". This show was adapted from the original U.S. Show, where it was hosted by which millionaire businessman ?
Answer: donald trump
Question: Which large insect, with transparent wings held roof-like over its back, and noted for the loud shrill chirping of the males, has a life-cycle of 13 to 17 years ?
Answer: cicada
Question: James Stewart played the character Elwood P. Dowd in which classic 1950 film ?
Answer: harvey
Question: Which British king, famous for his string of mistresses, had an arranged marriage to Caroline of Brunswick ? His first words to her were "I am not well, pray get me a glass of Brandy". He did not accede to the throne until he was 57, when he was described as a "bloated ruin".
Answer: george iv
Question: Which surname is shared by an American Jazz Singer and an American author ? ( It was also the middle name of an American president.)
Answer: fitzgerald
Question: Which is the most Northerly, and largest, island of the Phillipines, on which stands the capital, Manila ?
Answer: luzon
Question: Geology - what word is used to describe rocks formed from volcanoes or from magma within the earth's crust ?
Answer: igneous
Question: What songwriting partnership, wrote more than 20 hit records, with several of their songs becoming number 1 hits on both sides of the Atlantic, including "Hound Dog" , "Jailhouse Rock" and Stand by Me ?
Answer: lieber and stoller
Question: Now among the most praised and prolific people in the film industry, who made his screen acting debut in "What's New Pussycat" in 1965 ?
Answer: woody allen
Question: Which is the most Northerly of the islands of Japan ? It's capital, Sapporo has hosted the winter olympics.
Answer: hokkaido
Question: Geology - what word is used to describe rocks formed from sand, mud or silt deposited by wind and water ?
Answer: sedimentary
Question: What songwriting partnership, wrote more than 20 hit records, with several of their songs becoming number 1 hits on both sides of the Atlantic, including "Take good care of my Baby", "Will you love me Tomorrow" and "The Loco-motion" ?
Answer: goffin and king
Question: Zabaglione is an Italian dessert made from eggs, sugar and which fortified wine ?
Answer: marsala
Question: Now among the most praised and honoured people in the film industry, who made his screen acting debut in "Sunday, Bloody Sunday" in 1971 ?
Answer: daniel day lewis
Question: The following lines are from a famous poem by Stevie Smith :- "Nobody heard him, the dead man But still he lay moaning I was much further out than you thought" What is the title of the poem ?
Answer: not waving but drowning
Question: The following lines are from a famous poem by W.H.Auden :- "Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pianos with muffled drum" What is the title of the poem ?
Answer: funeral blues
Question: Which 2 scientists discovered the structure of DNA, for which they were awarded the Nobel prize for Medicine in 1962 ? ( both surnames required )
Answer: crick and watson
Question: In December 2012, in yet another American mass murder, 26 people (including 20 children) were killed in Newtown, Conneticut. What was the name of the 20 year old killer, who also shot himself ?
Answer: adam lanza
Question: Columbine high school was the setting in 199 for another mass murder. The elementary school in Newtown, Conneticut will be equally infamous. What is the name of the school ?
Answer: sandy hook
Question: Name the composer, born in Moravia in 1854, whose works include :- The rhapsody "Taras Bulba" and the opera "The Beginning of a romance"?
Answer: janacek
Question: In which Dickens novel would you find the characters :- Esther Summerson, Allan Woodcourt, and Harold Skimpole ?
Answer: bleak house
Question: Christianity - the writers of the 27 books of the New Testament were all Jewish, with one exception. Who was the only Gentile, or non-Jewish , writer of the New Testament ?
Answer: luke
Question: Formula 1 - On which racetrack was the World Champion Jim Clark killed?
Answer: hockenheim
Question: Which Rogers and Hart musical was based on Shaespeare's Comedy of Errors?
Answer: boys from syracuse
Question: Which North Wales town is included in the name of a pop star who had a Number One hit with It's Only Make Believe in 1958?
Answer: conway
Question: Selcuk (pronounced SELCHOOK) - a Turkish town, is home to one of the seven ancient wonders of the world. What was the city's name in ancient times?
Answer: ephesus
Question: Bodrum - a Turkish town, is home to one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. What was its name in ancient times?
Answer: halicarnassus
Question: Who is the Chairman of the "BBC Trust", the overseeing body of the BBC?
Answer: chris patten
Question: Which Cole Porter musical was based on Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew?
Answer: kiss me kate
Question: Which Iain Banks novel has the name of a bird in the title? The book was also made into a television series.
Answer: crow road
Question: Which British composer wrote the music used as the theme for Desert Island Discs ? He also wrote the "Dambusters" march and the "Knightsbridge" march.
Answer: eric coates
Question: Which French artist painted "Cotton-brokers Office", "L'Absinthe" and "Dancer at the bar"?
Answer: degas
Question: What insect acts as the transmitting agent in the spread of the infectious disease "Bubonic Plague"?
Answer: flea
Question: The element of the Periodic Table HAFNIUM has its name derived from the Latin name for the city in which it was discovered. Which city?
Answer: copenhagen
Question: Who was the British Prime Minister during the War of American Independence? He was blamed for the inept policy and military failures leading to the loss of the American colonies?
Answer: lord north
Question: Written in honour of his friend Arthur Hallam, the poem, "In Memoriam" was published in 1850. Who was the author of this poem, who was appointed Poet Laureate in the same year?
Answer: tennyson
Question: Composed as an elegy following the death of his friend John Keats, the poem "Adonais" was written in 1821 by which poet?
Answer: shelley
Question: Who was the British Prime Minister who reluctantly involved his country in the Crimean War and was subsequently blamed for its mismanagement and obliged to resign?
Answer: lord aberdeen
Question: Which British composer wrote the music used as the theme for the BBC coverage of the London Marathon? He also composed "633 Squadron" and the Miss Marple theme.
Answer: ron goodwin
Question: Which French artist painted "Haystacks", "Rouen Cathedral" and "Sunrise"?
Answer: monet
Question: Which insect acts as the transmitting agent in the spread of the infectious disease "Sleeping Sickness"?
Answer: tsetse fly
Question: Football - former Italian star Paulo de Canio became manager of which football club in 2011 ?
Answer: swindon
Question: The element of the Periodic Table LUTETIUM has its name derived from the Latin name for the city in which is was discovered. Which city?
Answer: paris
Question: What was the name of the Italian terrorist gang of the 1970s and 80s? With a Marxist ideology they committed many crimes and murders, including that of Prime Minister Aldo Moro.
Answer: red brigade
Question: One of the most successful children's TV shows of all time was The Magic Roundabout. Which French animator created the show?
Answer: serge danot
Question: Who created several children's shows for TV, including Bagpuss, Ivor the Engine and Noggin the Nog?
Answer: oliver postgate
Question: The pop group "Madness" had over 20 hit records in the top twenty. What was their only Number One?
Answer: house of fun
Question: The pop group "Simply Red" had over 20 hit records in the top twenty. What was their only Number One?
Answer: fairground
Question: Bourbon whiskey is named after a county in which US state?
Answer: kentucky
Question: The status of which planet in the Solar System was changed in 2006 by the International Astronomic Union when it was re-classified as a "dwarf planet" ?
Answer: pluto
Question: Who developed the first suvvessful vaccine for Smallpox ?
Answer: edward jenner
Question: Who was the chief executive of RBS bank who resigned in 2009, a month before RBS announced a loss of £24 billion, the largest loss in UK corporate history ?
Answer: fred goodwin
Question: The classic novel by Emile Zola about a French coalminers strike in the 1860's had what title ?
Answer: germinal
Question: Who was the chief executive of Barclays bank who resigned in July 2012 after Barclays had been severely fined for fixing LIBOR rates ?
Answer: bob diamond
Question: Which planet in the Solar System is closest to earth in size and mass ?
Answer: venus
Question: The pop group "The Small Faces" had 11 top twenty records in the 60s and 70s but only one number one hit - what was it ?
Answer: all or nothing
Question: Which French scientist (1736 -1806) is best known for his law of electrostatic force and gives his name to the unit of electric charge ?
Answer: coulomb
Question: What is the name of the starch used for puddings which is obtained from the leaves of Palm trees ?
Answer: sago
Question: What spice is obtained from grated hard aromatic seeds, sharing its name with the evergreen tree from which the seeds are obtained ?
Answer: nutmeg
Question: Which author created the fictional character "Allan Quartermain" ?
Answer: rider haggard
Question: Which creature hunts in family groups called "pods" and is the longest and fastest member of the dolphin family ?
Answer: killer whale or orca
Question: The species name "Fagus" as in Fagus Sylvatica and Fagus Purpurea has the common English name for which tree ?
Answer: beech
Question: The record "Red Red Wine" was a huge hit for the group UB40 reaching number one in the charts in both the UK and USA. Which singer wrote the song ?
Answer: neil diamond
Question: John Newcombe was one half of a famous tennis pairing who were Wimbledon Doubles Champions three times. Who was his partner ?
Answer: tony roche
Question: Shakespeare coined which three word phrase in the play "Othello" which has become a commonly used cliche for Jealousy ?
Answer: green eyed monster
Question: Golf - Which Australian golfer won the 1960 British Open, beating Arnold Palmer into second place ?
Answer: kel nagle
Question: The species name Picea as in Picea Abies and Picea Sitchensis has the common English name for which tree ?
Answer: spruce
Question: Which general, famous for his military exploits against the French in the Napoleonic Wars, was born in St Petersburg in 1745 and died in Russia in 1813 ?
Answer: mikhail kutuzov
Question: Which region of France is bordered by Spain to the south and by the Bay of Biscay to the west ?
Answer: aquitane
Question: In 2012, who was elected as "General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party" and will serve as the leader of China until 2022, arguably becoming the most powerful man in the world ?
Answer: xi jinping
Question: Which poet laureate wrote the poems "Mount Zion", "New bats in old belfries" and "A nip in the air" ?
Answer: john betjeman
Question: Which poet laureate wrote the poems "the hawk in the rain", Moortown" and "Birthday letters" ?
Answer: ted hughes
Question: Which Italian composer wrote the film music for the movies "A fistful of dollars", "The good, the bad and the ugly" and "The mission" ?
Answer: enrico morricone
Question: In 1958 what was the first airline to fly a jet airliner "The Comet" across the Atlantic ?
Answer: boac
Question: In which sport would you find a "brakeman" ?
Answer: bobsleigh
Question: The name of which chemical element of the Periodic Table ends with the letters ALT ?
Answer: cobalt
Question: Which is the only Shakespeare play with an animal on the title ?
Answer: taming of shrew
Question: In 1958 a film called 'The Matchmaker' was released starring Anthony Perkins and Shirley McLaine. Based on a Thornton Wilder play it was later remade, in 1969, as what musical ?
Answer: hello dolly
Question: In the classic TV comedy series 'Men Behaving Badly', what were the first names of the to men ?
Answer: gary and tony
Question: In 1940 a film called 'The Philadelphia Story' was released starring Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn and James Stewart. Based on a Philip Barry play it was later remade, in 1956, as what musical ?
Answer: high society
Question: Which French phrase meaning " a decisive action which ends a troubled enterprise", literally translates as "blow of mercy" ?
Answer: coup de grace
Question: Cricket - which West Indian was the first to play in 100 test matches ?
Answer: clive lloyd
Question: The "Goldwing" is a famous motor-cycle model, produced by which company ?
Answer: honda
Question: Which T.V. Quiz show host used the catchphrase :- I mean that most sincerely, friends ?
Answer: hughie green
Question: The capital of Morocco is Rabat. What was its former capital ?
Answer: marrakesh
Question: The pop group Ultravox were very popular in the 80's . How many number 1 hit records did they have ?
Answer: none
Question: Which fashion house markets the perfume "Addict" ?
Answer: christian dior
Question: What is the world's largest poisonous snake, at up to 5 metres long ?
Answer: king cobra
Question: What is the world's most widespread poisonous snake ? It is found in most of Europe and Northern Asia to the Pacific coast ?
Answer: adder
Question: Cricket - which Indian was the first to play in 100 test matches ?
Answer: sunil gavaskar
Question: The "Electraglide" is a famous motor-cycle model, produced by which company ?
Answer: harley davidson
Question: The capital of Uganda is Kampala. What was its former capital ?
Answer: entebbe
Question: On this day, February 19th.in 1897, Mrs. Hoodless of Ontario, Canada founded which well - known organisation ?
Answer: women s institute
Question: On this day, February 19th. In 1906 , The Battle Creek company of Michigan introduced onto the market which well-known foodstuff ?
Answer: corn flakes
Question: London landmarks - Which building was built principally for the Great Exhibition held in London in 1851 ?
Answer: crystal palace
Question: What is the name of Sherlock Holmes's housekeeper ?
Answer: mrs hudson
Question: What was thename of Alexander the Great's horse , said to have been given to him by his father King Philip, after Alexander succeeded in taming the horse ?
Answer: bucephalus
Question: Margaret Thatcher, prime minister from 1979 to 1990, served as M.P. For which constituency ?
Answer: finchley
Question: John Major, prime minister from 1990 to 1997, served as M.P. For which constituency ?
Answer: huntingdon
Question: In which country is Fiordland National park, established in 1952 and one of the largest in the world ?
Answer: new zealand
Question: Horse racing - which jockey, in the top 10 "flat racing" jockeys of 2012 in Britain, with 72 winners, is unique in that he swiched from being a "jump jockey". In national hunt racing , he had won most of the top races, including the Grand National in 2004 on "Amberleigh House ?
Answer: graham lee
Question: London landmarks - What was built to stage the British Empire Exhibition held in London in 1925 ?
Answer: wembley stadium
Question: Tennis - Who was the first black person to win a Wimbledon championship, in 1957 ?
Answer: althea gibson
Question: In the Sherlock Holmes stories, what is Doctor Watson's first name ?
Answer: john
Question: Which 17th century English ruler re-admitted Jews to the country ?
Answer: oliver cromwell
Question: Which group won the BRIT award for "Best British single record" in the years 1993, 1994 and 1996 ?
Answer: take that
Question: Which singer won the BRIT award for "Best British single record" in the years 1999, 2000 and 2001 ?
Answer: robbie williams
Question: What undersea rail tunnel, 33.5 miles long is the longest operational underground railway tunnel in the world ? It was completed in 1988 and connects the islands of Honshu and Hokkaido in Japan.
Answer: seikan tunnel
Question: A Royal Society report of 1713 found in favour of Isaac Newton, in a long running dispute with which mathematician over the invention of Calculus ?
Answer: gottfried liebnitz
Question: The Swiss have completed construction of which underground rail tunnel which is over 35 miles long ? This tunnel will provide a railway link through the Alps and will become operational in 2017.
Answer: gotthard tunnel
Question: What is the name of the substance obtained from the dried bladders of fish, used in brewing and wine-making ?
Answer: isinglass
Question: """They also serve who only stand and wait"" is the last line of a sonnet by which English poet ?"
Answer: john milton
Question: In the periodic table of elements, which chemical element would come last alphabetically ?
Answer: zirconium
Question: Which comedian had a top ten hit record in 1958 with the record "Splish Splash" ?
Answer: charlie drake
Question: Which American pop group, who did not reach the number 1 spot in the U.K., had their most successful number 1 hit in America with "Livin' on a Prayer" in 1986 ?
Answer: bon jovi
Question: T.V. Sitcoms - What was the name of "The Vicar of Dibley", played by Dawn French ?
Answer: geraldine grainger
Question: Which Welsh author, born in Newport, has written over 30 books, including "The Virgin Soldiers", "The Last Detective" and "Ormerod's Landing" ?
Answer: leslie thomas
Question: In a John Betjeman poem, what lady was... "burnished by the Aldershot sun" ?
Answer: joan hunter dunn
Question: Geography - which "Strait" in the North Atlantic lies between Greenland and Iceland ?
Answer: denmark strait
Question: Which American pop group, who did not reach the number 1 spot in the U.K., had a number 1 hit in America with "Sweet Child O' Mine" in 1988 ?
Answer: guns n roses
Question: T.V. Sitcoms - What was the name of the lead character, the time traveller, played by Nicholas Lyndhurst in "Goodnight Sweetheart" ?
Answer: gary sparrow
Question: Thick footballers ? Which Chelsea footballer has an I.Q. Of over 150. He is an ex-public schoolboy who obtained 12 GCSE's, including an "A star" in Latin ?
Answer: frank lampard
Question: What Chinese dish is described as "meat-filled dumplings" ?
Answer: wonton
Question: Alphabetically speaking, which British prime minister of the 20th century would come first ?
Answer: asquith
Question: What Japanese dish is described as "beef and vegetables in soy sauce" ?
Answer: sukiyaki
Question: Which Welsh town is near to the old Roman fort of Segontium ?
Answer: caernarfon
Question: Which Roman poet's most famous work is known simply as "ODES" ?
Answer: horace
Question: Which Italian composer who lived from 1678 to 1741 was nicknamed "The Red Priest" after taking holy orders in 1703 ?
Answer: vivaldi
Question: The Co-operative acquired which building society in 2009 ?
Answer: britannia
Question: Which Roman poet's famous work is known simply as "SATIRES" ?
Answer: juvenal
Question: Which unusually named bird fits the following description ? A black tropical seabird, having pointed wings with a span of 6 feet. They attack other birds , forcing them to disgorge fish and also catch flying fish as they leap out of the ocean.
Answer: frigate bird
Question: What country has 3 capital cities, depending on the function ?
Answer: south africa
Question: Which 73 year old King of Munster was killed at the Battleof Clontarf, near Dublin, on this day in 1014 ?
Answer: brian boru
Question: On this day in 1993, in a UN backed referendum, Eritreans voted overwhelmingly in favour of independence from which country ?
Answer: ethiopia
Question: What was the name of the son of Ethelred the Unready who was crowned King of England on this day in 1016, but died in November the same year, shortly after being defeated in battle by hios successor, Canute ?
Answer: edmund
Question: On this day in 1941 the reigning monarch, King George II and his government left which European country as German troops invaded ?
Answer: greece
Question: Born on this day in 1775, what was the first name of the painter JMW Turner?
Answer: joseph