CharlesMoslonka/trivia_qa_rc_wikipedia huggingface dataset:
Question: Newspaper editor Horace Greeley famously advised young men to do what "and grow up with the country" in an 1865 editorial?
Answer: go west
Question: White dwarfs, red giants, and blue stragglers are all types of what?
Answer: stars
Question: What moderately famous ship, a Dutch cargo fluyt, set sail from Plymouth, England on Sep 16, 1620, with 102 passengers and 40 crew?
Answer: mayflower
Question: In what card game does a player ask his opponent for one of his or her cards of a particular rank, drawing a card from the pool if the opponent has none?
Answer: go fish
Question: Covering about 46% of the earth's surface, what is the largest of the oceans?
Answer: pacific
Question: Sometimes called a competitive balance tax, what is the name for the financial penalty that large market baseball/basketball teams such as the Yankees or the Knicks must pay for spending more than a particular threshold?
Answer: luxury tax
Question: What is the name for electronic toll collection system implemented by the WADOT for the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, SR-167, and the 520 floating bridge?
Answer: good to go
Question: The 16th Amendment to the US constitution, ratified in 1913, authorizes the US Congress to levy what?
Answer: income tax
Question: The countries of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, and Sweden all share a border with what large body of water?
Answer: baltic sea
Question: September 22, 1961 saw the passage of Public Law 87-293, which declares "To promote world peace and friendship through a [blank], which shall make available to interested countries and areas men and women of the United States qualified for service abroad and willing to serve, under conditions of hardship if necessary, to help the peoples of such countries and areas in meeting their needs for trained manpower."
Answer: peace corps
Question: If you are DOA, medically speaking, what are you?
Answer: dead on arrival
Question: What civil war battle, the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, took place near Sharpsburg, MD on Sept 17, 1862?
Answer: battle of antietam
Question: Osiris was the god of the underworld in the mythology of which ancient civilization?
Answer: egypt
Question: From the Greek for pale green, what element with an atomic number 17, uses the symbol CL?
Answer: chlorine
Question: Who spent the last 19 years turning letters on the nightly TV show Wheel of Fortune?
Answer: vanna white
Question: What brand of semi-sweet chocolate morsels traditionally includes a recipe for Toll House cookies on the package?
Answer: nestle
Question: In the Sherlock Holmes stories, what is the name of the gang of street urchins employed by Sherlock Holmes to help solve crimes?
Answer: baker street irregulars
Question: Which comedy team was famous for its “Who’s On First?” baseball routine?
Answer: abbott costello
Question: If you were a parrothead, of what musician would you be a fan of?
Answer: jimmy buffet
Question: The tallest man-made monument in the US, the Gateway Arch is the centerpiece of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in what US city, which recognizes the cities importance in the westward expansion?
Answer: st louis mo
Question: The plot by what traitorous Revolutionary War General asshat to turn West Point over to the British was uncovered this week in 1780?
Answer: benedict arnold
Question: What Nestle candy bar consists of a flaky, orange-colored center with a peanut butter taste, coated in chocolate?
Answer: butterfinger
Question: On Sept. 24, 1906, total bad-ass President Theodore Roosevelt named what Wyoming landmark the nations first National Monument?
Answer: devils tower
Question: What marine organisms are responsible for creating the reefs that are such an important part of tropical islands?
Answer: coral
Question: Played by George Takei, who was the helmsman on the USS Enterprise for the duration of the series?
Answer: hikaru sulu
Question: Who rules Narnia following the reign of High King Peter in the Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis?
Answer: prince caspian
Question: Different from the flags used by the officials, what color flag is used by NFL football coaches to challenge the ruling on the field?
Answer: red
Question: What perennially happy artist spent 12 years hosting the PBS staple The Joy of Painting, before his untimely death in 1985?
Answer: bob ross
Question: What color was the 1993 Ford Bronco that Al Cowlings used to take O.J. Simpson on a low-speed chase up and down the LA freeway system?
Answer: white
Question: Born with the first name of George, what English author, who is one of the claimed Fathers of Science Fiction, wrote The Time Machine, and The Invisible Man, among many other works?
Answer: hg wells
Question: Freestyle, Greco-Roman, and Thumb are all types of what?
Answer: wrestling
Question: What is the common name for the part of the chicken egg known as the albumen?
Answer: egg white
Question: Jared Fogle became a spokesperson for what fast food chain, following his dramatic weight loss by eating their products?
Answer: subway
Question: What TV series, which debuted in 1951, featured the weekly travails of, “Just the facts, ma’am”, Sgt Joe Friday?
Answer: dragnet
Question: There are 4 gas giants in our solar system. For a point each, name them.
Answer: jupiter saturn uranus and neptune
Question: September 24, 1906 saw that Great American, Teddy Roosevelt, declare what Wyoming landmark the first ever National Monument?
Answer: devils tower
Question: A mere 17 days after a previous attempt, Sara Jane Moore took a shot at which US president outside San Francisco's St. Francis Hotel on Sep 22?
Answer: gerald ford
Question: "Kid tested. Mother approved." is the advertising slogan for what cereal?
Answer: kix
Question: What entertainment business magnate and talk show host created the TV staples Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune?
Answer: merv griffin
Question: On Sept 22, 1827, who supposedly met an angel called Moroni who directed him to a long-buried book, inscribed on golden plates, which inspired him to write The Book of Mormon?
Answer: joseph smith jr
Question: September 20, 1973, saw the famous Battle of the Sexes tennis match when former world #1 tennis player Bobby Riggs dropped his match against what female tennis star?
Answer: billie jean king
Question: What English author, known as the Father of Science Fiction, was born on September 21, 1866, and wrote such stories as The Land Ironclads, The Invisible Man, and The Island of Doctor Moreau?
Answer: hg wells
Question: Sept 21, 1937 saw the publishing of what classic J.R.R. Tolkien novel, subtitled “There and Back Again”?
Answer: hobbit
Question: What nursery rhyme character kept his wife in a pumpkin shell?
Answer: peter peter pumpkin eater
Question: Known for guarding treasure and priceless possessions, what legendary creatures has the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle?
Answer: griffin
Question: Who's missing: Chico, Groucho, Gummo, Zeppo?
Answer: harpo
Question: Who was the president for all but the last 6 months of the Korean war?
Answer: harry s truman
Question: Whose record did the Simpsons surpass for the longest-running animated series?
Answer: flintstones
Question: Last week saw the demise of what CBS soap opera, having been the longest running soap opera ever?
Answer: guiding light
Question: Which Italian fashion designer was shot and killed outside his Miami home by Andrew Cunanan in 1997?
Answer: gianni versace
Question: Which eighties band was comprised of George Michael & Andrew Ridgley?
Answer: wham
Question: Yesterday marked the first day of fall. Was it a solstice? Or an equinox?
Answer: equinox
Question: Of Oscar Madison and Felix Unger, which one was the slob?
Answer: oscar madison
Question: What magazine, with its iconic yellow border, was first published on Sept 22, 1888?
Answer: national geographic
Question: The Beaverton, Or sporting goods company Nike takes their name from a Greek Goddess. What was Nike the Goddess of?
Answer: victory
Question: In which country did the Contras battle the Sandinistas throughout most of the 1980s?
Answer: nicaragua
Question: On Sept 22, 1827, Joseph Smith, Jr supposedly met an angel called Moroni who directed Smith to a long-buried book, inscribed on golden plates, which inspired him to write what?
Answer: book of mormon
Question: Mount Ranier is the highest mountain in the state of Washington. What is the second hightest?
Answer: mount adams
Question: Sept 20, 1973 saw the Battle of the Sexes, the tennis match that had which two players facing off against each other?
Answer: billie jean king and bobby riggs
Question: “From the halls of Montezuma…” is the opening lyric to the official hymn of what branch of the U.S. armed forces?
Answer: marine corps
Question: What is the name of the asshat, English judge on American Idol, notorious for his blunt and often controversial criticisms, insults and wisecracks about contestants and their abilities?
Answer: simon cowell
Question: Located in Wyoming, what was the first National Monument, as declared by Teddy Roosevelt on Sept 24, 1906?
Answer: devils tower
Question: Which TV comedy is set in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company?
Answer: office
Question: In which state would you find the gold depository at Fort Knox?
Answer: kentucky
Question: Jermajesty was the son of which member of The Jackson 5?
Answer: jermaine
Question: What Revolutionary War hero, who regretted that he had but one life to give his country, was hung by the British on Sept 22, 1776?
Answer: nathan hale
Question: What type of geographical feature is the Little Bighorn, site of a famous 1876 battle?
Answer: river
Question: Riverside, Iowa proclaims itself to be the "official future birthplace" of what fictional captain?
Answer: james t kirk
Question: Born John Chapman on Sept 27, 1774, what pioneer nurseryman spent most of his life wandering through the Midwest, planting fruit orchards?
Answer: johnny appleseed
Question: What famed American architect was the leader of the Prairie School movement?
Answer: frank lloyd wright
Question: Dying of kidney failure on Sept 28, 1914, which business magnate partnered with Alvah Roebuck to found a still existing department store?
Answer: richard sears
Question: Winning all 13 tricks in a hand of Contract Bridge is known as what?
Answer: grand slam
Question: What poet lamented "Water, water, everywhere, Nor any a drop to drink" in a 1789 poem?
Answer: samuel taylor coleridge
Question: What bird breed was used by coal miners to detect the presence of toxic gases in the mines?
Answer: canary
Question: What can be a condiment, a gas, or a Colonel?
Answer: mustard
Question: It is generally believed that what Philadelphia widow created the first Stars and Stripes in 1776?
Answer: betsy ross
Question: Mohair is a silk-like fabric made from the hair of what domesticated animal?
Answer: angora goat
Question: Sperm, pilot, and beluga are all types of what?
Answer: whales
Question: Established on September 25, 1890, Sequoia National Park is in what state?
Answer: california
Question: Last week, the Department of Justice released a detailed report on Operation Fast and Furious, which allowed what to be smuggled across the Mexican border?
Answer: guns
Question: Now a National Historic Site, at what Washington DC location (10th St NW) did the first presidential assassination take place?
Answer: ford s theater
Question: Former Seahawks all pro receiver Steve Largent is formerly a US representative from what state?
Answer: oklahoma
Question: Known as The Silver State, what was the 36th state to join the Union on Oct 31, 1864?
Answer: nevada
Question: The first of the 59 ordered Boeing 787s was delivered Monday to All Nippon Airways. By what name is the aircraft known?
Answer: dreamliner
Question: From the Greek for new one, what element, with an atomic number of 10, uses the symbol Ne?
Answer: neon
Question: New York Yankees legend Lou Gehrig was known by what nickname?
Answer: iron horse
Question: What Washington D.C. landmark is depicted on the reverse of the US $5 bill?
Answer: lincoln memorial
Question: Anchored by the star Hamal, the constellation Aries represents what animal?
Answer: ram
Question: Which came first? Dunkin' Donuts? Or Starbucks?
Answer: dunkin donuts
Question: What Southern staple, a savory bread product often served as a side dish in seafood restaurants, is made from cornbread batter that is deep fried in small ball shapes?
Answer: hushpuppy
Question: September 27, 1964 saw the publishing of the Warren Commission's report that looked into the assassination of whom?
Answer: john f kennedy
Question: What university was Mark Zuckerberg attending when he co-founded Facebook with three fellow classmates?
Answer: harvard
Question: For a point each, name both of the countries that share a border with The Republic of Sierra Leone.
Answer: guinea and liberia
Question: “Wocka Wocka Wocka” was the catchphrase of the Muppet Fozzie, who was what kind of animal?
Answer: bear
Question: Sept 25, 1981 saw which Arizona judge appointed the first female member of the US Supreme Court?
Answer: sandra day o connor
Question: A hero to the Swiss, William Tell shot what from the head of his son in a feat of crossbow marksmanship?
Answer: apple
Question: Robert's Rules of Order is considered to be the ultimate authority on what?
Answer: parliamentary procedure
Question: September 29, 1966 saw the introduction of what Chevrolet muscle car, still in production today, whose name supposedly means "a small, vicious animal that eats Mustangs."?
Answer: camaro
Question: In what Olympic weightlifting event does the lifter explosively pulling the weight from the floor to a racked position and then, through a series of quick motions, pushes the bar above his head?
Answer: clean and jerk
Question: What type of fruit is typically part of a Waldorf salad?
Answer: apple
Question: September 1943 saw the formal surrender of what Tripartite Pact nation, ending their participation in WWII?
Answer: italy
Question: September 27, 1821 saw Mexico gain its independence from what European country?
Answer: spain
Question: October 2, 1950 saw the debut of what comic strip which ran until creator Charles M. Schulz's death on Feb 12, 2000?
Answer: peanuts
Question: Monday marked the anniversary internet giant Google, started in 1998, while its founders were attending what PAC-10 school?
Answer: stanford
Question: 94 years ago today, what New York born oil baron became the worlds first billionaire?
Answer: john d rockefeller
Question: Honeycrisp, Ambrosia, Pippin, Gravenstein, and McIntosh are varieties of what?
Answer: apple
Question: Oct 1, 1924 was the birth of what former US President, winner of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize?
Answer: jimmy carter
Question: A feature of the thyroid cartilage, what is the common name of the laryngeal prominence?
Answer: adams apple
Question: President George Washington sent the proposed first ten amendments to the US Constitution to the senate for ratification on October 2, 1789. By what name are these amendments commonly known?
Answer: bill of rights
Question: What long running ABC sports program promised viewers 'the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat'?
Answer: wide world of sports
Question: On Sept 30, 1955, which iconic film actor died when his Porosche 550 Spyder collided with a Ford coupe driven by Donald Turnupseed?
Answer: james dean
Question: What self-governed U.S. territory has the motto: “Where America’s day begins”?
Answer: guam
Question: Cursed, tormented and damned ghostly sailors aboard the Flying Dutchmen are forever forced to sail the waters around what South African headland, still a major navigation point (and commonly thought to be the southern most point in Africa)?
Answer: cape of good hope
Question: In what state was Mayberry located on the Andy Griffith Show?
Answer: north carolina
Question: Sometimes referred to as a Western, what name is commonly given to the omelet filled with diced ham, onions, and green bell peppers?
Answer: denver omelet
Question: According to Greek legend, what was the only thing left in the box after Pandora released all the evils of mankind?
Answer: hope
Question: The Pepsi Center is home to a professional basketball and hockey teams, as well as the National Lacrosse League team, the Mammoths, and also hosted the 2008 Democratic National Convention. In what major US city is it located?
Answer: denver co
Question: What ocean is surrounded on 3 sides by Australia, Asia, and Africa?
Answer: indian ocean
Question: With the ability to regenerate when death looms, which sci fi character has been played by 9 different actors in the 30 years the show has been on TV?
Answer: doctor who
Question: Which red-headed orphan was adopted by Daddy Warbucks?
Answer: annie
Question: Which pain relieving drug was first discovered in the bark of the willow tree?
Answer: aspirin
Question: What famed daredevil, who failed in a 1974 motorcycle jump, is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the survivor of "most bones broken in a lifetime"?
Answer: evel knievel
Question: On Oct 1, 1975 the world saw Joe Frazier drop a bout to who in a battle that came to be known as the Thrilla in Manilla?
Answer: muhammed ali
Question: Oct 4, 1927 saw sculptor Gutzon Borglum begin work on what major national memorial?
Answer: mount rushmore
Question: Founded in New York in 1853, Steinway & Sons manufactures what type of musical instrument?
Answer: pianos
Question: Stress, compound, and greenstick are all types of what?
Answer: bone fractures
Question: "We all fall down" is the last line of what nursery rhyme or playground singing game?
Answer: ring around rosie
Question: Oct 4, 1957 saw the launch of the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth. By what name do we commonly know this satellite as?
Answer: sputnik 1
Question: Immortalized in 2001 movie Black Hawk Down, the battle in what Somali city cost the list of 18 soldiers in an attempt to capture officials of warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid?
Answer: mogadishu
Question: Oct 6, 1969 saw the introduction of what BBC show, featuring the talents of Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, and Terry Gillam, among others?
Answer: monty pythons flying circus
Question: October 2, 1950 saw the introduction of the "moderately famous" comic strip known as Peanuts. Who was the creative genius behind the long running strip?
Answer: charles m shultz
Question: In music, what name is given to a note that is neither sharp nor flat?
Answer: natural
Question: Finish this line from a popular kids song: There was a farmer had a dog, and ____ was his name-o!
Answer: bingo
Question: What long running PBS series features Norm Abram as Master Carpenter, Roger Cook as the Landscape contractor, Tom Silva as the General ContraCtor and Richard Trethewey as the Plumbing and Heating contractor?
Answer: this old house
Question: What long running TV variety show, broadcast from 1948 to 1971, was responsible for introducing acts such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Supremes, The Beach Boys, The Jackson 5, The Rolling Stones, The Lovin' Spoonful and The Doors to the US?
Answer: ed sullivan show
Question: Oct 6, 1969 saw the introduction of what BBC show, generally regarded as one of the funniest tv series ever?
Answer: monty python s flying circus
Question: Anchored by the star Altair, what does the constellation Aquila represent?
Answer: eagle
Question: What can be a work that is accepted as official in a fictional literary universe, a religious law, or a camera?
Answer: canon
Question: What American Romantic writer, poet, editor and literary critic, known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, was found wandering the streets of Baltimore, incoherent and wearing clothes that were not his own, on Oct 3, 1849?
Answer: edgar allan poe
Question: From the Greek for color, what element, with an atomic number of 24, uses the symbol Cr?
Answer: chromium
Question: According to Norse mythology, who is the wife of Odin?
Answer: frigg
Question: Known as Operation Enduring Freedom, what war began on Oct 7th, 2001?
Answer: afghanistan war
Question: Dig 'Em Frog is the mascot for what brand of cereal?
Answer: honey smacks
Question: October 2, 1959 saw the introduction of the long running CBS TV series The Twilight Zone. Who hosted and created the series?
Answer: rod serling
Question: Daisywheel, dot-matrix, and laser are all types of what?
Answer: printers
Question: Ken Burn's latest documentary debuted last Sunday on PBS. What subject matter does it cover?
Answer: prohibition
Question: What long running comic strip, introduced on Oct 2, 1950, was drawn by the same cartoonist, Charles M. Schultz, during its' entire run?
Answer: peanuts
Question: The rare semi-precious gemstone known as lapis lazuli is what color?
Answer: blue
Question: What Russian physiologist and psychologist documented his experiments in the book Conditioned Reflexes: An Investigation of the Physiological Activity of the Cerebral Cortex. in 1927?
Answer: ivan pavlov
Question: On Oct 4, 1927, Idahoan Gutzon Borglum began carving on what South Dakota mountain that the Lakota Sioux called Six Grandfathers?
Answer: mount rushmore
Question: What's missing: Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, Epcot, Typhoon Lagoon, Blizzard Beach
Answer: magic kingdom
Question: What company described its products as Finger Lickin' Good?
Answer: kentucky fried chicken
Question: The Family Stone backed up what San Francisco funk and soul singer?
Answer: sly stone
Question: Commonly believed to have been started by a frisky bovine owned by Patrick and Catherine O'Leary, what city was devastated by a fire that start on Oct 8, 1871 and lasted for 2 days?
Answer: chicago
Question: Starring Sean Connery, who would later make his fame playing Zed in Zardoz, what was the name of the first James Bond movie, released on October 5, 1962?
Answer: dr no
Question: Which family lives at 742 Evergreen Terrace?
Answer: simpsons
Question: What is the name of the diamond stolen in the 1963 film, The Pink Panther?
Answer: pink panther
Question: Finish this line from a popular kids’ song: “There was a farmer had a dog, and ____ was his name-o!”
Answer: bingo
Question: What TV game show, which ran from 1965 to 2004, featured an array of celebrities seated in a tic-tac-toe board?
Answer: hollywood squares
Question: What unit of wave frequency is defined as 1 cycle per second?
Answer: hertz
Question: The Rainbow Coalition and Operation PUSH were 2 non-profits founded by which activist and Baptist minister?
Answer: jesse jackson
Question: What country singer has been known as The Red Headed Stranger since the 1975 album of the same name went multi-platinum?
Answer: willie nelson
Question: Oct 7, 2001 saw the start of the war in Afghanistan, which is known as what?
Answer: operation enduring freedom
Question: What is the name of former Beatle Paul McCartney's fashion designing daughter?
Answer: stella
Question: Serving since 1993, who is the senior Senator from the great State of Washington?
Answer: patty murray
Question: What type of food is Nori, which is often seen around sushi?
Answer: seaweed
Question: Tomorrow marks the 38th anniversary of the start of what long running TV staple, created by Lorne Michaels with the incomparable Don Pardo as the narrator?
Answer: saturday night live
Question: Daimler, Siemens, and chemical company BASF are all based in what country?
Answer: germany
Question: The Proboscis Monkey is known for its very long what?
Answer: nose
Question: What is the name of the anti-slavery novel written by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852?
Answer: uncle tom s cabin
Question: What is the trademarked name for the distinctive logo used Nike?
Answer: swoosh
Question: Made from red clay, what is the name of the talking horse companion of Gumby?
Answer: pokey
Question: Played by Gary Cooper in the 1941 movie, what Tennessee born Medal of Honor winner killed 28 and captured 132 soldiers during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive and was the most decorated US soldier of WWI?
Answer: alvin york
Question: Played by Denver Pyle during the 6 year run of the show, who was the patriarch of the Duke clan on The Dukes of Hazzard?
Answer: uncle jesse duke
Question: What is the name of the horse ridden by The Lone Ranger?
Answer: silver