CharlesMoslonka/trivia_qa_rc_wikipedia huggingface dataset:
Question: Which famous U.S. highway originally ran from Chicago to Los Angeles, covering 2,448 miles ?
Answer: route 66
Question: Who, for a time, was the wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta ?
Answer: helen
Question: Who is the hero of George Orwell's novel 1984 ?
Answer: winston smith
Question: Which composition by Thomas Tallis shot to the top of the classical charts after getting a mention in the book 50 Shades of Grey ?
Answer: spem in alium
Question: In what academic discipline does Queen guitarist Brian May hold a PhD from Imperial College , London ?
Answer: astrophysics
Question: In Alexandre Dumas's novel The Man In the Iron Mask , the man is the twin brother of which king ?
Answer: louis xiv
Question: BBC TV science presenter Brian Cox played keyboards with which nineties band ?
Answer: d ream
Question: What rank in the British Army was abolished in 1904 ?
Answer: commander in chief
Question: An "event horizon" is the defining feature of which astronomical phenonmenon ?
Answer: black hole
Question: What title did George Orwell give his book recalling his time as a soldier in the Spanish Civil War ?
Answer: homage to catalonia
Question: The Old Kent Road in London follows the line of which Roman road ?
Answer: watling street
Question: Only two planets in our Solar system have retrograde rotation: Uranus and which other ?
Answer: venus
Question: Which group's first UK hit was ' Virginia Plain ' in 1972 ?
Answer: roxy music
Question: Sean Connery's first Oscar was awarded for his role in which film ?
Answer: untouchables
Question: Which Cricket county's 'Twenty/20' team are known as the 'Gladiators' ?
Answer: gloucestershire
Question: The island of Rapa Nui is better known as what ?
Answer: easter island
Question: Which actress became known as ' The Sweater Girl ' ?
Answer: lana turner
Question: How many different fences are jumped in the Aintree Grand National ?
Answer: sixteen
Question: Which Disney cartoon character was originally known as Dippy Dawg ?
Answer: goofy
Question: Whose first solo UK No. 1 single was ' I'm Still Waiting ' in 1971 ?
Answer: diana ross
Question: Name the last film in which Sean Connery played the role of James Bond.
Answer: never say never again
Question: In Horseracing , at which racecourse are all five of the Irish Classics held ?
Answer: curragh
Question: In which building in central London was London Zoo housed before moving to Regent's Park ?
Answer: tower of london
Question: What does J.I.T. mean , applied to production scheduling ?
Answer: just in time
Question: Who painted ' The Surrender at Breda ' and ' Las Meninas ' ?
Answer: velasquez
Question: What product was advertised with the slogan " Splash It All Over " ?
Answer: brut
Question: On which island did the actor Oliver Reed die in 1999 ?
Answer: malta
Question: What does T.Q.C. mean in manufacturing industry ?
Answer: total quality control
Question: Who painted ' Supper at Emmaus ' and ' The Anatomy Lesson ' ?
Answer: rembrandt
Question: Whose Law states that galaxies are moving apart at a rate that increases with their distance ? A telescope was named after him ?
Answer: hubble
Question: Which museum was originally housed in a London mansion called Montague House ?
Answer: british museum
Question: Which British astronomer , who wrote a science fiction novel called "The Back Cloud" , is particularly associated with the Steady State theory of the Universe ?
Answer: sir fred hoyle
Question: What did Sir John Harrington design and have installed in his house in 1589 ? His was the first , certainly in England.
Answer: water closet
Question: In which English couny are the towns of Grantham and Skegness ?
Answer: lincolnshire
Question: In which English couny are the towns of Reading and Maidenhead ?
Answer: berkshire
Question: Even though he only lasted for three weeks, who succeeded Adolph Hitler as President of Germany in 1945 ?
Answer: karl donitz
Question: Which film, released in 1969 and starring Dustin Hoffman is unique in the fact that it was the first X-rated film ever to win best picture Oscar ?
Answer: midnight cowboy
Question: First written in 1950, who was the author of the children's book series 'Jennings', a schoolboy who resides at Linbury Court Prep School ?
Answer: anthony buckeridge
Question: Usually affecting the big toe, Podagra is an alternative name for which medical condition ?
Answer: gout
Question: Which film, released in 1973 and featuring the main characters called Henry Shaw Gondorff and Johnny Kelly Hooker won the award for best picture in 1974 ?
Answer: sting
Question: First appearing in 1915 in a story entitled Extricating Young Gussie and finally in a 1974 novel entitled Aunts Aren't Gentlemen what is the more famous name of this character, he had the christian name Reginald and his occupation is described as being either a valet or varlet ?
Answer: jeeves
Question: Even though he only lasted six months before he was assassinated, who succeeded Franco as Prime Minister of Spain in 1973 ?
Answer: luis carrero blanco
Question: First seen in 1926, the series of books entitled The Hardy Boys were published under the collective pseudonym of which author ?
Answer: franklin w dixon
Question: Which Englishman was the very first footballer to score a goal for Manchester United in a European Cup Final, the year in question being 1968 ?
Answer: bobby charlton
Question: Which stage musical, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwarz, was first seen in 2003 and features the songs 'Defying Gravity', 'I'm not that Girl' and 'As long as you're mine' ?
Answer: wicked
Question: Which stage musical, with music and lyrics by Richard and Robert Sherman, was first seen in 2002 and features the songs 'Come to the funfair', 'Kiddy Widdy Winkies' and 'The Bombie Samba' ?
Answer: chitty chitty bang bang
Question: Which type of hat shares its name with the title of Procol Harum's follow-up single to their 1967 number one hit 'A Whiter Shade of Pale' ?
Answer: homburg
Question: Born in Linlithgow, West Lothian in 1954, who is the current leader of The Scottish Nationalist Party ?
Answer: alex salmond
Question: In which 1960s TV series was the main character named Richard Kimble?
Answer: fugitive
Question: What was the name of Captain Ahab's ship in the book Moby Dick?
Answer: pequod
Question: The word evaporation is used to describe the process of changing liquid into a gas. Which word is used to describe the process of changing a solid into a gas?
Answer: sublimation
Question: In which county of Northern Ireland is the Giant's Causeway situated?
Answer: antrim
Question: In the traditional story of Sinbad the Sailor, what is the name of the giant bird that carries him off to safety following a shipwreck?
Answer: roc
Question: What is added to steel (approx 11%) to make it stainless and gives properties that prevent it from corroding, rusting or staining with water ?
Answer: chromium
Question: In which council area of Scotland is the famous village of Gretna Green situated ?
Answer: dumfries and galloway
Question: What was the name of the boat belonging to the character Quinn that was used to hunt for the shark in the novel "Jaws" ?
Answer: orca
Question: Along with red and green what colour appears on the flag of Oman ?
Answer: white
Question: Which American/British band reached number one in the UK pop charts in January 1980 with the record "Brass in Pocket" ?
Answer: pretenders
Question: Which popular four word named organisation, founded in 1844 in London has, as its main motto, 'Empowering Young People' and has its headquarters in Geneva ? It is normally known by its four initials.
Answer: young men s christian association
Question: Along with the Clwyd, which river burst its banks in November 2012 causing devastation to the town of St Asaph ?
Answer: elwy
Question: On August 16th 1952, which town in North Devon saw much devastation and 35 fatalities after its river burst its banks following a violent storm ?
Answer: lynmouth
Question: Which English writer, born in 1882, committed suicide on 28th March 1941 by walking into the River Ouse and drowning ?
Answer: virginia wolfe
Question: What was the name of the farm in Buckinghamshire that saw the Great Train robbers hide out for five days after the robbery ?
Answer: leatherslade
Question: Alma Reville who died in 1982 was the wife and collaborator of which famous British character who was knighted in 1980 ?
Answer: alfred hitchcock
Question: In which 1960s and 70s TV sitcom did Brian Wilde play a character called 'Bloody Delilah' ?
Answer: dustbinmen
Question: Ridden by jockey Pat Taffe, which horse won the 1970 Grand National at odds of 15 / 1 ?
Answer: gay trip
Question: Living from 1905 to 1992, what was the name of Britain's chief executioner? He was responsible for the executions of at least 400 people including Derek Bentley, John Haige and Ruth Ellis.
Answer: albert pierrepoint
Question: Which British executioner, employed by Charles I, was responsible for the executions of Lord Russell and James Scott? He shares his name with the fictional hangman in the children's entertainment show Punch and Judy.
Answer: jack ketch
Question: Which town in Malta contains the replica of a World War II bomb in the roof of its local dome ?
Answer: mosta
Question: In which US state can you find the popular Daytona Beach ?
Answer: florida
Question: In which US state can you find the popular Waikiki Beach ?
Answer: hawaii
Question: Which science fiction novel of 1957 by John Wyndham tells the story of a mysterious object whcih appears in a village and then disappears again leaving all the women of the village pregnant ?
Answer: midwich cuckoos
Question: Which American tennis player won his only Wimbledon singles title in 1992 ?
Answer: andre agassi
Question: """The Potato Eaters"" in 1885, ""The White Orchard"" in 1888 and ""Sheaves of Wheat"" in 1890 are all works by which famous artist ?"
Answer: vincent van gogh
Question: Which American businesswoman, who died in 2002, is probably best remembered for her role in the creation of the popular toy Barbie doll in 1959 ?
Answer: ruth handler
Question: Which analgesic drug, first isolated in 1804, was named after the Greek god of dreams ?
Answer: morphine
Question: """The Blinding of Samson"" in 1636"", ""Cottages Before a Stormy Sky"" in 1641 and ""The Jewish Bride"" in 1665 are all works by which famous artist ?"
Answer: rembrandt
Question: Which American tennis player won his only Wimbledon Singles title in 1975 ?
Answer: arthur ashe
Question: Which 1969 novel by Alistair MacLean centres on a veteran Interpol natcotics expert named Paul Sherman and a violent struggle on the streets of Amsterdam ?
Answer: puppet on chain
Question: Which curry flavoured soup of Anglo-Indian origin has many variations on its recipe and takes its name from the Tamil for 'Fire Water' ?
Answer: mulligatawny
Question: Which poisonous chemical compund was named after the Greek for blue, having been first identified during the production of the dye 'Prussian Blue' in the early 18th century ?
Answer: cyanide
Question: Which famous number one hit of 1968 featured several people such as Brother Tony, Mr Freers and Jennifer Eccles who all took a remedy called Medicinal Compound ?
Answer: lily pink
Question: Which Hungarian bon inventor, who diedin 2003, had the nickname 'The Father of the Hydrogen Bomb'?
Answer: edward teller
Question: Which children's TV series, first shown in 1960, featured a town sheriff named Tex Tucker ?
Answer: four feather falls
Question: About which controversial Irish individual did Margaret Thatcher say, in 1981, "crime is crime, it is not political" shortly before his death ?
Answer: bobby sands
Question: Which town in Suffolk is the most easterly point in England ?
Answer: lowestoft
Question: In which month of 1941 did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbour ?
Answer: december
Question: In which month of 1945 did the USA drop the atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki ?
Answer: august
Question: Which British Prime Minister, who was born in Portsmouth in March 1912, died on March 26th 2005 aged 92 ?
Answer: james callaghan
Question: In which famous tale of 1697 does an animal help a miller's son achieve his fortune as the Marquis of Carabas ?
Answer: puss in boots
Question: Now called the Willis Tower and standing 442 m in height, what was this building's previous name ? It was opened in 1973 and stands in the city of Chicago.
Answer: sears tower
Question: Appointed in April 2012, what is the name of the current manager of Barcelona Football Club ?
Answer: tito vilanova
Question: Which famous children's tale, believed to have originated in 1595, was, according to folklore, based on two children who are left with their uncle at Griston Hall in Norfolk ? However, the uncle resents them and pays two men to kill them.
Answer: babes in wood
Question: Which British Prime Minister, born in Chelsea in February 1894, died on December 29th 1986 aged 92 ?
Answer: harold macmillan
Question: What was the name of the husband and manager of TV star Cilla Black who died in 1999, ending over 30 years of marriage ?
Answer: bobby willis
Question: Standing at 1,792 feet in height and opened in 2013, the building known as One World Trade Centre is commonly known by what other name ?
Answer: freedom tower
Question: Whcih trick-taking card game originating in France, shares its name with a famous military leader and emperor who was born in 1769, even though the game is usually referred to by a much shortened name ?
Answer: napoleon
Question: Which English author wrote many books in his writing career including The Ministry of Fear in 1943, The Third Man in 1949 and The Honorary Consul in 1973 ?
Answer: graham greene
Question: Which American author wrote many books in his writing career including The Dream Merchants in 1949, A Stone For Danny Fisher in 1952 and The Carperbaggers in 1961 ?
Answer: harold robbins
Question: Which supermarket chain which currently had its headquarters in Deeside was founded in 1970 when businessmen Malcolm Walker and Peter Hinchcliffe opened the store in Oswestry ?
Answer: iceland
Question: Which European country did a military coup, known as the Carnation Revolution, take place in 1974 ?
Answer: portugal
Question: Which supermarket chain, that has its headquarters in Amsterdam and was founded in 1932, takes its name from the Dutch for 'The Spruce' - hence the company's logo ?
Answer: spar
Question: The 1954 film The Naked Jungle starring Charlton Heston and Eleanor Parker centres on the story of a Peruvian cocoa plantation that is threatened by destruction by which typoe of creatures ?
Answer: ants
Question: Which political party, founded in 1983, has its headquarters in Fleet in Hampshire and currently has the leader Alan Hope ?
Answer: monster raving loony party
Question: Taking place in 1970 and 1971, which Asian country suffered a conflict called 'Black September' that is sometimes called @The Era of Regrettable Events' ?
Answer: jordan
Question: Which stage musical, with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and launched in 2004, is based on an 1860 novel by Wilike Collins and contains the songs "You See i Am No Ghost" and "The Holly And The Ivy" ?
Answer: woman in white
Question: Which stage show, with music by Sir Elton John and launched in 2005, is based on a film of 2000 and contains the songs "Born To Boogie" and "Granma's Song" ?
Answer: billy elliot
Question: The 1956 film "Lust for Life", starring Kirk Douglas, centred on the life of who ?
Answer: vincent van gogh
Question: The largest lake in the Lake District is Windemere, but which is the next largest lake ?
Answer: ullswater
Question: How did a woman named Ethel Jane Cain become very famous in Great Britain on July 24th 1936 ? She remained so until 1963.
Answer: voice of speaking clock
Question: In which city was singer Gene Pitney found dead by his tour manager on April 5th, 2006 ?
Answer: cardiff
Question: What was the name of the building that was unveiled in 2005 that was designed by Thomas Heatherwick. Now dismantled, it stood 56 metres tall and had 180 hollow tapered steel columns or spikes radiating from a central core ? It was located next to the City of Manchester Stadium.
Answer: b of bang
Question: What was the name of the horse that was first past the post in the 1993 Grand National ? It was a win that never stood due to the race being a false start.
Answer: esha ness
Question: In which city was ex Countdown host Richard Whiteley found dead on June 26th 2005 ?
Answer: leeds
Question: In which English city can you find an old street called The Shambles containing many overhanging timber-framed buildings, some dating back to the 14th century ? Amoing the buildings of The Shambles is a shrine to Saint Margaret Clitherow who was married and livd in a shop there.
Answer: york
Question: What is the nickname of the fence on the Grand National course that is numbered 7 for the first jump and 23 for the second ? It takes its name from a major incident that happened there in the 1960s.
Answer: foinavon
Question: Which famous Manhattan attraction has been iconified as 'The Crossroads of the World' ?
Answer: times square
Question: Which Carry On film was set in an establishment called Maudlin Street ?
Answer: teacher
Question: Which of the Carry On films was set in an establishment called Paradise ?
Answer: camping
Question: Raila Odinga, aged 68, is the current Prime Minister of which country ?
Answer: kenya
Question: In the Harry Potter books, what is the name of the character described as a slim, blond haired pale boy who is arrogant about his skill at Quidditch ? He was played by actor Tom Felton in all the Harry Potter films.
Answer: draco malfoy
Question: Which snooler player recently won the Welsh Open held in Newport ?
Answer: stephen maguire
Question: Which snooker player recently won the Haiko World Open in China ?
Answer: mark allen
Question: What is the name of the 449 feet tall sea stak that lies clkose toRadwick Bay in the Orkney Islands ? It is described as being a red sandstone stack perched on a rock and was first climbed by Chris Bonnington and two others over three days in 1966.
Answer: old man of hoy
Question: Jean Valjean is the central character of which famous novel published in 1862 ?
Answer: les miserables
Question: What two word term is used to describe the music craze of the 1970s that contained many different acts that included amongst others T Rex, The Sweet, David Bowie abd Roxy Music ?
Answer: glam rock
Question: Robert Langdon is the main character of which famous novel published in 2003 ?
Answer: da vinci code
Question: What two word term is used to describe the music craze of the late 60s and early 70s that included a counterculture of young people and Hippies in the United States and featured acts such as Blue Mink, The Byrds, The Lovin' Spoonful and The mammas and the Papas ?
Answer: flower power
Question: Where in the human body can you find the Trapezium bone ?
Answer: wrist
Question: What is the name of the coastal headland at the southern end of Torbay in Devon lying to the South East of Brixham ? It includes a lighthouse that was built in 1906, the site of an Iron Age fort and refreshment cafe.
Answer: berry head
Question: Who wrote the 1955 play 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' ?
Answer: tennessee williams
Question: The shape of the chocolate bar Toblerone is supposedly modelled on which famous mountain ?
Answer: matterhorn
Question: How did a 23 year old woman named Yu Wenxia of China create headline news on August 18th last year ?
Answer: she won miss world
Question: Which chocolate bar, first manufactured in 1970, was made famous by Eric Idle in the Monty Pythin sketch 'Nudge Nudge' ?
Answer: breakaway
Question: In which film of 1958 did Janet Leigh play a character named Morganna ?
Answer: vikings
Question: On a standard London Monopoly board which is the most expensive of the Orange properties, costing £200 to purchase?
Answer: vine street
Question: By the Sleepy Lagoon is the title tune to which famous radio programme?
Answer: desert island discs
Question: Which film of 1990 features a character named Paul Sheldon, an author who is rescued and then tortured by a woman named Annie Wilkes?
Answer: misery
Question: Which famous crime duo were killed on May 23rd 1934 on a rural road in Bienville Parish, Louisiana?
Answer: bonnie and clyde
Question: Popular mainly since the 1960s, what ten letter word is the name of the lightweight waist-length jacket made of cotton, polyester, wool or suede, usually with traditional Fraser tartan or check patterned lining? It is said to have earned its nickname due to the fact that it was often worn by one of the lead characters of the TV show Peyton Place.
Answer: harrington
Question: With an area of 1,438 square kilometres which is England's oldest National Park? It became established on April 17th, 1951.
Answer: peak district
Question: Which popular radio show, a follow up to the earlier Children's Favourites was hosted by Ed Stewart from 1968 to 1979 and had the introductory tune 'Morningtown Ride', a song made famous by The Seekers?
Answer: junior choice
Question: Which soft drink, described as having a unique flavour, was first nationally marketed in the USA in 1904 and has had many advertising slogans including 'what's the worst that can happen' in 2008?
Answer: dr pepper
Question: With an area of 1,641 square kilometers, which is England's newest National Park? It became established on April 1st 2011?
Answer: south downs
Question: Which football club won the old first division title for the first time in their history back in 1972 ?
Answer: derby county
Question: What was the six letter name given to the clothes shop opened by Mary Quant on London's King's Road in 1955 ?
Answer: bazaar
Question: What was the two word name of the toy, a male, well muscled, blonde, swimming trunk wearing, gel-filled, rubber action figure that was first introduced by Kenner in 1976 ?
Answer: stretch armstrong
Question: What four letter word is used to describe the head of a jellyfish?
Answer: bell
Question: In terms of size, which is the third smallest planet in our Solar System (excluding Pluto)?
Answer: venus
Question: English poet John Keats, who died in 1821, is buried in which European country?
Answer: italy
Question: Which eight letter word is used to describe the thick, hard shield, made of chitin or bone, that covers part of the body of crabs, lobsters, tortoises etc.?
Answer: carapace
Question: Which actor played the title role of architect David Vincent in the 1960's TV series The Invaders?
Answer: roy thinnes
Question: Which actor played the role of Admiral Harriman Nelson in the 1960's TV series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea?
Answer: richard basehart
Question: Pattie Boyd was the first wife of which famous pop-star who she married on January 21st 1966 ?
Answer: george harrison
Question: In which country can you find Ben Gurion International Airport, the country's largest?
Answer: israel
Question: Appearing in Jacques Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld, what is the much more famous name of the piece of music 'The Infernal Gallop'?
Answer: can can
Question: Screened on January 19th 2011, which actress played the title role in the one-off BBC programme Hattie which centred on the life of Carry-On actress Hattie Jacques?
Answer: ruth jones
Question: Which play, written in 1923 by English playwright Arnold Ripley depicts a group of travellers stranded in a waiting room at a remote railway station?
Answer: ghost train
Question: Published in 1952, who was the subject of the book Diary of a Young Girl?
Answer: anne frank
Question: Released in the year 2000 what was the title of the TV film that followed the relationship between Carry On film actors Sid James, played by Geoffrey Hutchins and Barbara Windsor, played by Samantha Spiro?
Answer: cor blimey
Question: Which play, written by Arthur Miller in 1949 features the lead character named Willie Loman?
Answer: death of salesman
Question: In which country can you find Haneda Airport, one of its countries most important dealing with domestic flights?
Answer: japan
Question: Published in 1924, who was the author of the adventure book The Land That Time Forgot?
Answer: edgar rice burroughs