CharlesMoslonka/trivia_qa_rc_wikipedia huggingface dataset:
Question: In Rudyard Kipling's 'Jungle Book', what is the name of the snake?
Answer: kaa
Question: Which actor plays the part of 'Les Battersby' in 'Coronation Street'?
Answer: bruce jones
Question: What is the name of the Chinese ladies garment with a high neckand split skirt?
Answer: cheongsam
Question: The characters 'Nelly Deane' and 'Mr. Lockwood', narrate which book?
Answer: wuthering heights
Question: In which war was the Battle of Brandywine?
Answer: american war of independence
Question: Released in 2000, 'All The Small Things' was the first UK top 10 hit for which American pop-punk band?
Answer: blink 182
Question: What was the name of the 1999 television series created by Russell T. Davies that chronicled the lives of three men in Manchester's gay village?
Answer: queer as folk
Question: Released in 2001, 'Teenage Dirtbag', was the first UK top 10 hit for which American pop-punk group?
Answer: wheatus
Question: Which folk-hero was the subject of Rossini's final opera?
Answer: william tell
Question: With an area of 820,000 square metres, which is the world's largest religious structure?
Answer: angkor wat
Question: The Ituri Rainforest in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the only place in the world where which mammal, that was first seen by Europeans in 1901, can be found in the wild?
Answer: okapi
Question: Growing up to 22 feet longand weighing up to 11,000 lbs., which is the world's largest pinniped?
Answer: southern elephant seal
Question: Which blue pigment used in paints was discovered accidentally in Berlin in 1704 by Heinrich Diesbach and Johann Konrad Dippel?
Answer: prussian blue
Question: With over 600,000 works on display in six buildings, which museum contains the largest public collection of art in the world?
Answer: hermitage museum
Question: Which Commonwealth country is the smallest nation on mainland Africa in terms of area?
Answer: gambia
Question: Released in March 2008, the film 'Horton Hears A Who !',starring Jim Carrey, was based on a book of the same name by which author?
Answer: dr seuss
Question: Which novel by Thomas Hardytakes its title from a line in Shakespeare's 'As You Like It'?
Answer: under greenwood tree
Question: Which Stanley Kubrickfilm takes its title from a line in Gray's 'Elegy Written In An English Country Churchyard'?
Answer: paths of glory
Question: Nicknamed 'Tom Thumb of The Americas', which former Spanish colony is the smallest country in continental America?
Answer: el salvador
Question: Artsoppa is a pea and ham soup originating in which country?
Answer: sweden
Question: In which city is the EUFA Champions League final due to beheld next month (May 2008)?
Answer: moscow
Question: Which American scientist won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1936 for his discovery of the Positron?
Answer: carl david anderson
Question: Based on a 1980 filmof the same name, what is the title of the musical written by Dolly Parton that is due to open on Broadway next year (2009)?
Answer: 9 to 5
Question: Which American scientist won the Noble Prize for Physics in 1960 for his invention of the Bubble Chamber?
Answer: donald arthur glaser
Question: The dish 'Rijsttafel' (Pron. rice-taffel), that takes its name from the Dutch for 'rice-table', originated in which country?
Answer: indonesia
Question: The basketball team are the 'Bucks', the ice hockey team are the 'Admirals' and the baseball team are the 'Brewers'. Which city?
Answer: milwaukee
Question: In 'The Pickwick Papers', what is the name of 'Mr. Pickwick's' landlady who sues him for breach of promise to marry her?
Answer: mrs bardell
Question: Which 1991 film, starring River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves, and written and directed by Gus van Sant, was loosely based on Shakespeare's 'Henry IV, Part I'?
Answer: my own private idaho
Question: The basketball team are the'Super Sonics', the ice hockey team are the 'Thunderbirds' and the baseball teamare the 'Mariners'. Which city?
Answer: seattle
Question: Which 1995 film, starring Alicia Silverstone, and directed by Amy Heckerling, was loosely based on Jane Austen's 'Emma'?
Answer: clueless
Question: Who was the highest ranking Nazi officer to be tried at the Nuremburg Trials?
Answer: hermann goring
Question: 'Cerberus' in the 2004 film 'Man About Dog', and 'Santa's Little Helper' in 'The Simpsons' are both examples of which breed of dog?
Answer: greyhound
Question: The surname of which Wimbledon Champion can be formedusing the chemical symbols for silver, arsenic, and erbium?
Answer: andre agassi
Question: The surname of which Wimbledon Champion can be formed using the chemical symbols for beryllium, carbon, potassium and erbium?
Answer: boris becker
Question: Although not the capital, Douala is the largest city of which country?
Answer: cameroon
Question: In which English city is the E4 dama series 'Skins' set?
Answer: bristol
Question: Although not the capital, Guayaquil is the largest city of which country?
Answer: equador
Question: What is the name of the pub frequented by 'Frank Gallagher' in the Channel 4 drama series 'Shameless'?
Answer: jockey
Question: Which moon of Uranus shares its name with 'Caliban's' mother in 'The Tempest'?
Answer: sycorax
Question: Dr. Byron McKeeby was the model for a figure in which painting of 1930?
Answer: american gothic
Question: The NATO membership bid of which European country was rejected earlier this month (April 2008) due to opposition from Greece?
Answer: macedonia
Question: Which country is referred to as a 'Co-Operative Republic' in its full name?
Answer: guyana
Question: In which English county is Dedham Mill, made famous by the paintings of John Constable?
Answer: essex
Question: Easter Island, famous for its stone statues, is administered by which country?
Answer: chile
Question: In which 2002 film and musical does a nightclub star called 'Velma' shoot dead her cheating husband?
Answer: chicago
Question: Which perfume house introduced a brand called 'Amarige' in 1991?
Answer: givenchy
Question: In the folklore of which country does 'Diedre' kill hersel after being forced to marry 'King Conchobar'?
Answer: ireland
Question: Bouganville, an island in the Solomon Sea, is administered by which country?
Answer: papua new guinea
Question: 'Prelude', 'Minuet', 'Claire de Lune' and 'Passé pied' are all parts of which piano suite by Debussy?
Answer: suite bergamasque
Question: What is the main ingredient of the Italian dish 'Frito Misto'?
Answer: seafood
Question: In Norse mythology, 'Baldur' the son of 'Odin', was invulnerable to everything except what?
Answer: mistletoe
Question: In November 1943 which South American country sent 60,000 troops plus aircraft to assist allied forces in Europe?
Answer: brazil
Question: Which group had number one hits in 1966 with 'Somebody Help Me' and 'Keep On Running'?
Answer: spencer davis group
Question: Which group had number one hits in 1974 with 'Angel Fingers' and 'See My Baby Jive'?
Answer: wizzard
Question: Who wrote the novels 'The Planet Of The Apes' and 'Bridge On The River Kwai'?
Answer: pierre boulle
Question: Which sportsman won 'Strictly Come Dancing' in 2005?
Answer: darren gough
Question: Who wrote several books featuring the heroine 'Worrals'?
Answer: captain w e johns
Question: """If music is the food of love, play on"", is the first line of which Shakespearian play?"
Answer: twelfth night
Question: Who had a number one hit for six weeks in 1973 with 'Blockbuster'?
Answer: sweet
Question: 'Caractacus Potts' is a character from which book and film?
Answer: chitty chitty bang bang
Question: In which country was the world G7 Conference held in 2008?
Answer: u s
Question: Who married both Billy Bob Thornton and Johnny Lee Miller?
Answer: angelina jolie
Question: In which country were 63 people killed in a nightclub fire on New Year's Eve 2008?
Answer: thailand
Question: Which road in London connects Marble Arch with Hyde Park Corner?
Answer: park lane
Question: Which group ha a number one hit for three weeks in 1982 with 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight'?
Answer: tight fit
Question: """Now fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour draws apace"" is the first line of which Shakespearian play?"
Answer: midsummer night s dream
Question: What word connects a nuclear bomber with a radio call sign, and the television programme 'Z Cars'?
Answer: victor
Question: Gillespie Road on London's Piccadilly line was renamed to that of which soccer team?
Answer: arsenal
Question: 'Dance Of The Tumblers' comes from which classical work by Rimsky Korsakov?
Answer: snow maiden
Question: Which band released the album 'Pet Sounds' in 1966?
Answer: beach boys
Question: Who was Prime Minister of Australia from 1949 to 1966?
Answer: robert menzies
Question: Who wrote the 1895 novel 'The Time Machine'?
Answer: h g wells
Question: How many permanent members are there on the Security Council of the United Nations?
Answer: five
Question: Which US President was elected in 1896 and 1900?
Answer: william mckinley
Question: In which 1986 film does John Cleese play 'Brian Stimpson', the head teacher of 'Thomas Tompian School'?
Answer: clockwise
Question: Former presenters of which radio programme include Jack de Manio, Brian Redhead and John Timpson?
Answer: today programme
Question: Which bank used the slogan devised by Rod Allen, "the listening bank"?
Answer: midland
Question: What was the occupation of 'Peter Grimes' in the opera by Benjamin Britten?
Answer: fisherman
Question: Which bird was on the reverse of the pre-decimal farthing of George VI and Elizabeth II?
Answer: wren
Question: What was the first name of Dickens' 'Mr. Micawber'?
Answer: wilkins
Question: Who captained the England Test Cricket Team in Bangladesh earlier this year?
Answer: alastair cook
Question: Who was the voice of 'Charlie' in the TV series 'Charlie's Angels'?
Answer: john forsythe
Question: Who composed 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice'?
Answer: paul dukas
Question: Which chemical element is named after the planet discovered in 1781 by William Herschel?
Answer: uranium
Question: At what type of shop does 'Albert Herring' work, in the opera by Benjamin Britten?
Answer: greengrocers
Question: How were the Tennessee Titans NFL team known when they played in Houston?
Answer: oilers
Question: What was the first name of Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein'?
Answer: victor
Question: 'Straddle'and 'Western Roll' were techniques used in which athletics event?
Answer: high jump
Question: Which US cartoon series is based around 'Peter and Lois Griffin' and their children?
Answer: family guy
Question: In the Enid Blyton books, which child is the oldest of the 'Famous Five'?
Answer: julian
Question: In the Enid Blyton books, who is the sister of 'Peter', the leader of the 'Secret Seven'?
Answer: janet
Question: What is the surname of the central family in the US cartoon series 'American Dad'?
Answer: smith
Question: How are the three stars 'Alnitak', 'Alnilam' and 'Mintaka' more commonly known, collectively?
Answer: orion s belt
Question: Which 1964 book by Roald Dahl begins "These two very old people are the father and mother of Mr. Bucket"?
Answer: charlie and chocolate factory
Question: Who played 'Jim Phelps', the lead agent, in the TV series 'Mission: Impossible'?
Answer: peter graves
Question: What was the name of the weekly magazine established by the BBC in 1929, which ran until 1991?
Answer: listener
Question: In which US state is the volcano, Mount St. Helens?
Answer: washington
Question: In the film 'Fantasia' which conductor 'shakes hands' with 'Mickey Mouse' at the end of 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice'?
Answer: leopold stokowski
Question: What name is given to the Parliament, those who remained after 'Pride's Purge', dismissed by Cromwell on 20th April 1653?
Answer: rump
Question: Which chemical element is named after the country of birth of Marie Curie?
Answer: polonium
Question: Who was the Prime Minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979?
Answer: pierre trudeau
Question: In which city do the Rugby League team play home games at the Don Valley Stadium?
Answer: sheffield eagles
Question: Who wrote the 1889 novel 'A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court'?
Answer: mark twain
Question: Which actress won a worst actress 'Razzie' in 2010 for her role in the film 'All About Steve'?
Answer: sandra bullock
Question: Which character was known as 'The Fat Owl Of The Remove'?
Answer: billy bunter
Question: On which celebrity quiz are the scores kept by 'George Dawes'?
Answer: shooting stars
Question: In the USA, if you travel inland from Oregon, or Washington, which state do you enter?
Answer: idaho
Question: On which course did Frankie Dettori ride all seven winners in 1996?
Answer: ascot
Question: In motoring terms what is an 'OHC'?
Answer: overhead camshaft
Question: From which Disney animated picture does the song 'Under The Sea' come?
Answer: little mermaid
Question: Which nursery rhyme was originally a satire on the political instability during the reign of Charles II?
Answer: rock bye baby
Question: For which novel did Herman Wouk win the Pulitzer Prize in 1952?
Answer: caine mutiny
Question: Which work ends with the line "They have a world to win, working men of all countries unite !"?
Answer: communist manifesto
Question: Which of the Mitford sisters married Sir Oswald Mosley?
Answer: diana
Question: If a champagne is described as 'Blanc de Blancs', from what grape is it made?
Answer: chardonnay
Question: Which pop group recorded the hit album 'Back In Black' in 1980?
Answer: ac dc
Question: On which motorway is the Clacket Lane Service Area?
Answer: m25
Question: On which motorway is the Leigh Delamere Service Area?
Answer: m4
Question: Which pop group recorded the hit album 'The Lexicon Of Love'?
Answer: abc
Question: Syrah is a variety of grape originating from the Rhome region of France. By what name is it grown under in Australia?
Answer: shiraz
Question: In Norse mythology, who was the father of 'Odin'?
Answer: bor
Question: Who in 2001 paid £14 million to become the first space tourist?
Answer: dennis tito
Question: Which actor's last appearance before his death in 1985 was as 'Daniel Reece' in 'Dynasty'?
Answer: rock hudson
Question: Which actor has won a 'Golden Raspberry' award as Worst Actor on the most occasions?
Answer: sylvester stallone
Question: Which of the Mitford sisters wrote the semi- autobiography 'Pursuit Of Love'?
Answer: nancy
Question: Which river rises in the Massif Centrale, flows north and east to enter the Bay of Biscay at St. Nazaire?
Answer: loire
Question: Which river rises in the Drakensburg Mountains, flows west entering the South Atlantic Ocean in Alexander Bay?
Answer: orange
Question: From which Disney animated picture does the song 'A Whole New World' come?
Answer: aladdin
Question: What was the first name of American President Ulysses Grant?
Answer: hiram
Question: Who, together with Vince Clarke, formed the pop duo 'Erasure'?
Answer: andy bell
Question: By what title was the British Prime Minister William Lamb better known?
Answer: viscount melbourne
Question: Name the internet millionaire who became the second space tourist?
Answer: mark shuttleworth
Question: Which US actress and star of 'Dallas' died in August 2005?
Answer: barbara bel geddes
Question: Who composed both 'The Desert Song' and 'The Student Prince'?
Answer: sigmund romberg
Question: The 'Coast Starlight Express' runs between Los Angeles and which other city?
Answer: seattle
Question: What is the capital city of the FYR of Macedonia?
Answer: skopje
Question: Which of the 'Spice Girls' advertises 'Jenny Craig' slimming meals on t.v.?
Answer: melanie brown scary spice
Question: Which country issues a 2 Euro coin showing an eagle, surrounded by the stars of Europe?
Answer: germany
Question: With which 19th century plot was Arthur Thistlewood associated?
Answer: cato street conspiracy
Question: Which British Prime Minister made the first telephone call from the Post Office Tower?
Answer: harold wilson
Question: 'The Headhunters' are/were a gang of football hooligans who supported which London club?
Answer: chelsea
Question: Who plays 'George Smiley' in the 2011 film adaptation of 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'?
Answer: gary oldman
Question: Who directed the 2011 film entitled 'W.E.', based on the romance between Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson?
Answer: madonna
Question: Who composed the oratorio 'Belshazzar's Feast'?
Answer: sir william walton
Question: Which 18th century British novelist, also served as London's chief magistrate, helped found the Bow Street Runners in 1749?
Answer: henry fielding
Question: Which of Henry VIII's wives is said to haunt Hampton Court?
Answer: catherine howard
Question: In which English town or city is Her Majesty's Prison 'Cookham Wood'.
Answer: rochester
Question: The Otago Stadium is staged some of the 2011 Rugby World Cup matches, in which city can it be found?
Answer: dunedin
Question: With which 17th century plot was Francis Tresham associated?
Answer: gunpowder plot
Question: The Declaration of Independence is depicted on the reverse side of which United States banknote?
Answer: 2 bill
Question: Who composed the oratorio 'Judas Maccabeus'?
Answer: george frederick handel
Question: Which company's logo was an open eye with the motto 'We Never Sleep'?
Answer: pinkerton detective agency
Question: What name is shared by 'the voice of the book' in the original 'Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy', a renowned football commentator, and one of television's 'Dragons'? (full name required)
Answer: peter jones
Question: Which book of the Bible tells of the parting of the Red Sea?
Answer: exodus
Question: The character 'James Bond' was created by Ian Fleming, but who wrote the book 'License Renewed' featuring 'James Bond'?
Answer: john gardner
Question: What name is given in Rugby Union to a high short punt onto or behind the defending team, it gets its name from the Irish team that favoured this tactic?
Answer: garryowen
Question: Georgetown is the capital of which group of islands in the British West Indies?
Answer: cayman islands
Question: To what political office was Dean Rusk appointed in 1961, as a result of which he played a leading role in the 'Cuban Missile Crisis' the following year?
Answer: u s secretary of state
Question: Which US Secretary of State resigned from Jimmy Carter's administration in 1980 over the failed attempt to rescue the US hostages in Iran?
Answer: cyrus vance
Question: In which country did Mikheil Saakashvili and his supporters enter the parliament building and demand the resignation of President Eduard Shevardnadze in 2003?
Answer: georgia
Question: Which country saw the 'Orange Revolution' of 2004, in which protestors successfully challenged a Presidential run-off election that had given victory to the pro-Russian Prime Minister, Viktor Yanukovych?
Answer: ukriane
Question: In which English town or city is Her Majesty's Prison 'Buckley Hall'?
Answer: rochdale
Question: Which of Henry VIII wives haunts Hever Castle?
Answer: anne boleyn
Question: Eden Park staged some of the 2011 Rugby World Cup matches, in which city can it be found?
Answer: auckland
Question: Which book of the Bible, a collection of sayings about righteousness, follows Psalms?
Answer: proverbs
Question: If you landed at 'Reina Sofia Airport' which island would you be holidaying on?
Answer: tenerife
Question: Which class of birds are classed as 'raptors'?
Answer: birds of prey
Question: The film which won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1942 also featured an Academy Award winning performance from Greer Garson. What was its title?
Answer: mrs miniver
Question: After the overthrow of the Manchu emperors in 1911, who became China’s first President?
Answer: sun yat sen
Question: Which garden plant has the Latin name Lathyrus Odoratus?
Answer: sweet pea
Question: Which novelist and playwright is commemorated by the Rodin sculpture which stands in the Boulevard Raspail in Paris?
Answer: balzac
Question: Who was the President of the USA when Hawaii became a state?
Answer: dwight d eisenhower
Question: In which business did millionaire J D Rockefeller make most of his money?
Answer: oil
Question: Which Shiite honorific title means ‘miraculous son of God’?
Answer: ayatollah
Question: Who designed the Crystal Palace, the Great Exhibition building of 1851?
Answer: joseph paxton
Question: Which garden plant has the Latin name, Galanthus Nivalis?
Answer: snowdrop
Question: What was the name of Josiah Wedgwood's factory near Hanley?
Answer: etruria
Question: Which of Rodin's sculptures originally called The Poet, stands as the headstone for his grave in Meudon Cemetery?
Answer: thinker
Question: In the Bible, which general led 300 men against the Midianites?
Answer: gideon
Question: Who became the first prime minister of Israel in 1948?
Answer: david ben gurion
Question: Four Irishmen have won the Nobel Prize for Literature, three are Shaw, Becket, Heaney who is the forth?
Answer: yeats
Question: By what name was Botswana known before 1967?
Answer: bechuanaland
Question: Which Irish group had hits in the 1980s with the theme songs from the television programmes ‘Harry’s Game’ and ‘Robin of Sherwood’?
Answer: clannad
Question: Who was the wife of Akenhaten and mother of Tutankhamen?
Answer: nefertiti
Question: Which group’s first 3 albums were: Outlandos D’amour, Regatta de Blanc and Zenyatta Mondatta?
Answer: police
Question: Who played Michael Collins in the film of the same name?
Answer: liam neeson
Question: Which Jewish female demon was reputedly the first wife of Adam?
Answer: lilith
Question: Who was born Roberta Joan Anderson in November 1943?
Answer: joni mitchell
Question: For which Queen did Josiah Wedgwood, in 1765 create cream coloured earthernware known as Queensware?
Answer: queen charlotte
Question: The 2001 Hindu festival of Kumbha Mela was held in which Indian city?
Answer: allahabad
Question: In which winter resort were the 1928 Winter Olympics held?
Answer: st moritz
Question: Where was the British Empire Exhibition held in 1924?
Answer: wembley london
Question: In which American state would you find the Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Answer: new mexico
Question: In which alphabet would you find letters called daleth, zayin and teth
Answer: hebrew
Question: Of which team was Glen Hoddle the manager before taking the England job?
Answer: chelsea
Question: Three famous English Composers died in 1934.Gustav Holst and Edward Elgar were two - name the third?
Answer: frederick delius
Question: In which British city are the areas Butetown, Splott and Roath?
Answer: cardiff
Question: In which area of Paris is the Basilica of Sacre Coeur?
Answer: montmartre
Question: Which product was advertised to the tune of Bach's "Air on a G- string"?
Answer: hamlet cigars
Question: Who painted "Beach at Touville" and "Towing of a Boat at Honfleur"?
Answer: claude monet
Question: Donnie Wahlberg is/was a member of which 'Boy' band?
Answer: new kids on block
Question: Of which country is Ouagadougou the capital?
Answer: burkina faso
Question: Who wrote the folk club classic 'Streets Of London'?
Answer: ralph mctell
Question: In which Parisian square is the Arc de Triomphe?
Answer: etoile
Question: Of which team was Kevin Keegan the manager before taking the England job?
Answer: fulham
Question: Which British explorer travelled disguised as a Muslim to Mecca and Medina in 1853?
Answer: richard francis burton
Question: Which town in the North West of England was known to the Romans as Luguvalum?
Answer: carlisle
Question: Three famous composers were born in 1685. Scarlatti and Bach were two, name the Third?
Answer: handel
Question: In which alphabet would you find letters called shin, dhal and Jim?
Answer: arabic
Question: In which country did the 1798 battle of Vinegar Hill take place
Answer: ireland
Question: How is the following Roman-named English town or city known today "Portus Dubris"?
Answer: dover
Question: Aston Merrygold is/was a member of which boy band?
Answer: jls
Question: Which wine can be fino' or 'Oloroso'?
Answer: sherry
Question: Which Jane Austin novel is about the affairs of the heart of Eleanor and Marianne Daswood?
Answer: sense and sensibility
Question: Who wrote the plays "Jumpers", "Travesties", and "Arcadia"?
Answer: tom stoppard
Question: Which opera by Puccini was completed posthumously by Franco Alfano?
Answer: turandot