CharlesMoslonka/trivia_qa_rc_wikipedia huggingface dataset:
Question: In spite of total asshat Jared Lee Loughner, the only congressman to date to have been assassinated is still Leo Ryan (D-CA), killed on November 18, 1978 as part of what event?
Answer: jonestown massacre
Question: According to the NBC television series, how long was the Starship Enterprise's mission?
Answer: five year
Question: A UNESCO heritage site, the major Peruvian tourist attraction Machu Picchu was built by what pre-Columbian civilization?
Answer: incans
Question: A deficiency of what vitamin causes the curse of sailors of the 18th century, scurvy?
Answer: vitamin c
Question: Anna Nicole Smith gained notoriety after her short lived marriage to what Texas oil billionaire sparked a major court case, which continues to this day?
Answer: j howard marshall
Question: January 28, 1841 marked the birth of the famous Welsh explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley, most famous for his trek to find what famed Scottish explorer/missionary, who went missing in Africa for 6 years?
Answer: david livingstone
Question: January 24, AD 41, saw the death, at the hands of his Praetorian Guard, of Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus. By what name is he more commonly known?
Answer: caligula
Question: What's missing: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Pennsylvania, Columbia, Brown, Dartmouth
Answer: cornell
Question: By what common name do we known the Disney and ballet character Princess Aurora?
Answer: sleeping beauty
Question: Which one hangs from the ceiling? A stalactite? Or a stalagmite?
Answer: stalactite
Question: If iron is galvanized, which metal is it coated with?
Answer: zinc
Question: President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated the first African American judge to the US Supreme Court. Who was it?
Answer: thurgood marshall
Question: The 1983 James Bond film Never Say Never Again is a remake of what 1965 Bond film?
Answer: thunderball
Question: January 25, 1947 saw the death, from neurosyphilis, of what famous American, nicknamed Scarface?
Answer: al capone
Question: The planet Venus is known as the Evening Star. Which of the celestial bodies is known as The Morning Star?
Answer: venus
Question: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was followed up by what 2008 blockbuster?
Answer: kingdom of crystal skull
Question: “Oh my God, they killed Kenny! …You bastards!” is frequently heard on what TV classic?
Answer: south park
Question: In economics, which four countries are known as the BRIC countries, grouped as being at a similar stage of newly advanced economic development?
Answer: brazil russia india china
Question: The longest serving and first flying space shuttle, which vehicle was lost on re-entry Feb 1, 2003, resulting in the loss of 7 astronauts?
Answer: columbia
Question: Which cartoon character, who cooks at the Krusty Krab, calls Bikini Bottom home?
Answer: spongebob squarepants
Question: The magic practice of scrying, which involves seeing things physically in a medium, usually relies on the use of what spherical object?
Answer: crystal ball
Question: Feb 2, 1905, saw the birth of what Russian born American author who founded the philosophical system called Objectivism?
Answer: ayn rand
Question: In what US city is this years Super Bowl scheduled to be played?
Answer: indianapolis
Question: Amethyst is the birthstone for which month of the year?
Answer: february
Question: The Boxer Rebellion was an uprising that took place in what country?
Answer: china
Question: What was the name of the competitor to the Matchbox die cast car, introduced by Mattel in 1968?
Answer: hot wheels
Question: What Canadian band sang about a modern warrior named Tom Sawyer who had a mean, mean stride?
Answer: rush
Question: If I'm practicing trephination, what am I boring a hole in?
Answer: human skull
Question: 1936 saw Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson the first inductees into what?
Answer: baseball hall of fame
Question: If my local college awards me a D D degree, what Doctorate have I earned?
Answer: divinity
Question: The 1993 file Cool Runnings is based on a Jamaican team trying to compete in what sport at the 1988 Winter Olympics?
Answer: bobsled
Question: Well, according to the most famous groundhog of all, Punxsutawney Phil, are we in for 6 more weeks of winter, or early spring?
Answer: spring
Question: Located between 3rd and 4th Ave, what building is home to Seattle Symphony?
Answer: benaroya hall
Question: Playing in the Eastern Conference, what NBA team plays their home games in Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, North Carolina?
Answer: bobcats
Question: First issued by Bank of America in 1958, the BankAmericard is now known by what name?
Answer: visa
Question: Known as the Empire State of the South, what was the 4th state to join the union on January 2, 1788?
Answer: georgia
Question: Isaac Stern, Nicolai Paganini, Itzhak Pearlman, and Yehudi Menuhin were all famous for playing which instrument?
Answer: violin
Question: What Philadelphia landmark is portrayed on the back of the $100 bill?
Answer: independence hall
Question: February 3, 1959 was known as The Day the Music Died, as a plane crash in Clearlake, Ia, took the life of Roger Peterson, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and who?
Answer: j p richardson
Question: The only US president to hold a PhD, Feb 3, 1924 saw the death of Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States. Hailing from New Jersey, under what party was he elected?
Answer: democrat
Question: Generally considered the first recorded speculative bubble, trade in what commodity collapsed in February 1637, devastating the economy of The United Provinces (now the Netherlands)?
Answer: tulips
Question: Which cartoon character, who cooks at the Krusty Krab, lives in a pineapple under the sea?
Answer: spongebob squarepants
Question: The longest serving and first flying space shuttle, which vehicle was lost on re-entry during mission STS-107 on Feb 1, 2003?
Answer: columbia
Question: On Feb 4, 1974 what heiress was kidnapped from her Berkeley apartment by a left-wing urban guerilla group that called itself the Symbionese Liberation Army?
Answer: patty hearst
Question: Boletus, Chicken of the Woods, Chanterelle, and Crimini are all types of what?
Answer: mushrooms
Question: Who's missing? Roger Peterson, J. P. Richardson, Ritchie Valens?
Answer: buddy holly
Question: What is the name of the most popular of all ground hogs, whose emerges from Gobbler's Knob each Feb 2?
Answer: punxsutawney phil
Question: Which Season 4 American Idol winner is slated to sing the national anthem before this years super bowl?
Answer: carrie underwood
Question: Which “somewhat obscure” golfer has a real first name of Eldrick?
Answer: tiger woods
Question: In what Miami stadium is this year's Super Bowl going to be played?
Answer: sun life stadium
Question: Exxon used to advertise their gas by enjoining you to "put a what in your tank"?
Answer: tiger
Question: From which East Coast state does the current Miss America hail from, having been crowned earlier this week?
Answer: virginia
Question: February 4th, 2004 saw the founding of what "mildly popular" online social network by Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg?
Answer: facebook
Question: What is the more common name of the fictional character Simon Templar, star of books by Leslie Charteris, a TV series starring Roger Moore, and a movie starring Val Kilmer?
Answer: saint
Question: Now famously known as Nipplegate, whose nip was seen on national TV during Superbowl 38, due to a “wardrobe malfunction”?
Answer: janet jackson
Question: What original SNL cast member and writer is currently the junior senator from the great state of Minnesota?
Answer: al franken
Question: Havarti, Limburger, Fontina, and Edam are all types of what?
Answer: cheese
Question: George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. invented what engineering marvel for the 1893 exposition in Chicago in the hopes of creating something as impressive as the Eiffel Tower?
Answer: ferris wheel
Question: On Feb 9, 1997, The Simpsons became the longest running prime-time animated series in the US, surpassing what ABC show that ran from 1960 to 1966?
Answer: flintstones
Question: Which of the American Idol judges has been there for all 10 seasons?
Answer: randy jackson
Question: February 11, 1963 saw the PBS debut of The French Chef. What famed chef starred in the show?
Answer: julia child
Question: Played by Dirk Benedict in the series and Bradley Cooper in the movie, by what nickname was Templeton Peck known on The A-Team?
Answer: faceman
Question: On a map, are the lines that run parallel to the equator called lines of longitude or lines of latitude?
Answer: latitude
Question: One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was the Colossus of Rhodes, a mammoth statue of what Greek god?
Answer: helios
Question: Which former major league baseball pitcher, known as The Big Unit, now pitches Geico?
Answer: randy johnson
Question: In a national TV embarrassment, the vault of which Chicago gangster, nicknamed Scarface, was excavated live by Geraldo Riveria and his crew but was found to contain nothing?
Answer: al capone
Question: All the News That's Fit to Print first appeared as the motto of what newspaper, known as The Paper of Record or The Gray Lady, in 1897?
Answer: new york times
Question: The NFL championship is played for the Lombardi trophy. What do the winners of the Canadian Football League play for?
Answer: grey cup
Question: What is name of the fibrous tissue that connects bones to other bones?
Answer: ligament
Question: What noted magician, who has offered $1 million to anyone who could prove they had psychic powers, made a similar offer this week to any manufacturer who could prove that their homeopathic drugs worked as advertised?
Answer: james randi
Question: Whos recent book, titled Known and Unknown: A Memoir, is currently ranked #1 on the Amazon sales list?
Answer: donald rumsfeld
Question: What is the name of the card dispensing box used in casino Blackjack?
Answer: shoe
Question: The Voyage of the Beagle was the 1839 book by what British naturalist, detailing his 5 year voyage aboard the HMS Beagle?
Answer: charles darwin
Question: Featuring the Oscar winning song When You Wish Upon A Star, what 1940 Disney movie release was the second full length animated movie, following Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?
Answer: pinocchio
Question: Feb 6, 1966 saw the birth of what singer, best known for making possible the Internet meme known as rickrolling?
Answer: rick astley
Question: What action figure, the first to be marketed to boys, was modified in 1974 with the addition of "kung fu grip"?
Answer: g i joe
Question: In Holyoak, Ma, William G Morgan, a YMCA physical education director, created an indoor gamed originally called Mintonette. Now an Olympic sport, by what name is the game know?
Answer: volleyball
Question: What television program began "There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission."?
Answer: outer limits
Question: Who's missing: Virgil Earp, Wyatt Earp, John Holliday
Answer: morgan earp
Question: What name is given to the palace of bliss for the souls of slain heroes in Scandinavian mythology?
Answer: valhalla
Question: Scotsman Alexander Selkirk was the inspiration for what Daniel Dafoe novel?
Answer: robinson crusoe
Question: "When you care enough to send the very best" is the advertising slogan of what product?
Answer: hallmark cards
Question: For which delivery company does Philip Fry work in that awesome TV series Futurama?
Answer: planet express
Question: Following the Super Bowl, where did MVP Drew Brees announce he was going next?
Answer: disney world
Question: One half of the duo known as President's Day, which former president had his birthday on Feb 12th?
Answer: abraham lincoln
Question: Deadliest Catch boat captain Phil Harris died yesterday, after suffering a major stroke on January 29th. What Seattle based boat was he the captain of?
Answer: cornelia marie
Question: By I(nternational) A(stronomical) U(nion) definition, what is the final classification of Pluto? Planet, Dwarf Planet, or Small Solar System Body?
Answer: dwarf planet
Question: The Greek goddess of forests and hills, childbirth, virginity, fertility, and the hunt, who is the twin sister of Apollo?
Answer: artemis
Question: Super Bowl XLIV was the apparently the most watched television show in US history, attracting some 106.5 million people. The final show of what long running TV series previously held the record for 27 years?
Answer: mash
Question: In which Olympic sport is a stone delivered and then possible swept, the object being to get it over the hog line and into the house?
Answer: curling
Question: On Feb 16, 1923, archeologist Howard Carter uncovered the tomb of whom?
Answer: tutankhamun
Question: A favorite of Jean Luc Picard, what black tea blend is flavored with an oil extracted from the rind of a bergamot orange?
Answer: earl grey
Question: Which U.S. president placed a trade embargo on Cuba, making the nation's popular cigars illegal to import, immediately after he personally stocked up on 1200 H. Upmann Petits?
Answer: john f kennedy
Question: Rhinoplasty is a surgical procedure on what part of the human body?
Answer: nose
Question: Which English monarch, who ruled from April 1509 to January 1547, is remembered for having married Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr, Elizabeth Blount, and Mary Boleyn?
Answer: king henry viii
Question: Pablo Picasso is one of the co-founders of what artistic movement?
Answer: cubism
Question: Feb 15, 1954 saw the birth of what famed cartoonist, who got his start with the comic strip Life In Hell before moving on to a couple of mildly successful TV shows?
Answer: matt groening
Question: First published in 1858, what anatomy textbook has become synonymous with the subject?
Answer: grays anatomy
Question: Bartlett, Bosc, d'Anjou and Choke are all types of what?
Answer: pear
Question: Feb 18, 1885 saw the first US publication of what Mark Twain classic, notable for a recently announced version that will make liberal use of the word indian and slave?
Answer: adventures of huckleberry finn
Question: Feb 13, 2000 saw the last original installment of what comic strip, following the death of its creator, Charles Shultz?
Answer: peanuts
Question: Currently the most fuel efficient car (as rated by the EPA), what is the name of the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle introduced by Chevrolet in December?
Answer: volt
Question: Prominent on people as varied as noted vampire slayer Abraham Lincoln and Cindy Crawford, the dermatological condition known as melanocytic nevus is commonly known as a what?
Answer: mole
Question: A product of Nabisco, what most awesome cookie consists of a soft pastry stuffed with fig paste, having been invented in 1892 by noted fig fiend Charles Roser?
Answer: fig newton
Question: What American folk hero, steel drivin' man that he is, is best known for having raced against a steam powered hammer and won?
Answer: john henry
Question: What French mathematician and philosopher, devised roulette while trying to attain perpetual motion, and also invented the hydraulic press and the syringe?
Answer: blaise pascal
Question: Which company, who offers to "put you in the drivers seat", is the largest car rental company in the world, with over 30 million rentals per year?
Answer: hertz
Question: First held in 1877, what dog show, who recently announced a Scottish Deerhound named Hickory as Best in Show, is the longest running dog show, and second longest continuously held sporting event in the US, behind only the Kentucky Derby?
Answer: westminster kennel club dog show
Question: Known as The Bay State, what was the 6th state to join the union on Feb 6, 1788?
Answer: commonwealth of massachusetts
Question: What American inventor and industrialist, father of the modern assembly line, held 161 patents in his own name and started a moderately successful car company along the way?
Answer: henry ford
Question: Feb 18, 2001 saw the death of what famed NASCAR driver, known as The Intimidator, a loss that is still mourned today by those who follow the sport?
Answer: ralph dale earnhardt sr
Question: Feb 18, 1861 saw what man, immortalized on the face of Stone Mountain, Ga, was elected President of the Confederate States of America?
Answer: jefferson davis
Question: Sunday was also the Chinese New Years. What year in the Chinese zodiac are we now in?
Answer: tiger
Question: With a height of 3212 feet, what Venezuelan waterfall is the tallest in the world?
Answer: angel falls
Question: Which U.S. President was first Secretary of State, then vice president before finally holding the office of president, the only man to hold all 3 offices?
Answer: thomas jefferson
Question: On Feb 20, 1962, aboard Friendship 7, which astronaut became the first from the US to orbit the earth, a feat he repeated 36 years later?
Answer: john glenn
Question: Feb 14, 1859 saw what state, with an offical motto that translates as "She Flies With Her Own Wings", join the union as the 33rd?
Answer: oregon
Question: The counterpart of the Greek god Eros, what Roman god is frequently depicted toting a bow and arrow?
Answer: cupid
Question: In an act that became known as the St. Valentine's Day massacre, what Chicago crime boss had 6 rivals gunned down in the back of a garage?
Answer: al capone
Question: What deposed leader, who met his end on Dec 30, 2006 at the end of a rope, has sons Uday and Qusay, and 3 daughters?
Answer: sadam hussein
Question: What blued hairEd, glasses wearing geek is the best friend of Bart Simpson?
Answer: milhouse van houten
Question: Which American cartoonist is responsible for creating the comic strips Hi and Lois and Beetle Bailey, both of which are still in production by their creator?
Answer: mort walker
Question: What tea, with a very distinctive flavor and aroma, is flavored with the rind of a bergamot orange?
Answer: earl grey tea
Question: Nov 10, 1975 saw the sinking of what ship, for 13 years the largest to sail the Great Lakes, which was later to inspire Gordon Lightfoot to pen his second top 10 hit?
Answer: edmund fitzgerald
Question: What science fiction author, author of the Dune series, among others, was born in Tacoma and attended the University of Washington?
Answer: frank herbert
Question: Played by the late Earl Hindman, what was the name of Tim's wise neighbor on the TV show Home Improvement?
Answer: wilson w wilson jr
Question: Naval Support Facility Thurmont, in rural Maryland, is a presidential retreat known as what?
Answer: camp david
Question: The Miracle On Ice was the sports upset of all time as the US hockey team bested the Soviet Union 4-3. Which Nordic team the US ultimately beat to win the gold?
Answer: finland
Question: What was the name of the computer that faced off against Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter last week on Jeopardy!?
Answer: watson
Question: What is the name of the Amtrak train that runs from Seattle's King Street Station to Union Station in Los Angeles?
Answer: coast starlight
Question: In addition to documenting 118 uses for sweet potatoes, inventor/scientist George Washington Carver discovered more than 300 uses for what crop?
Answer: peanuts
Question: Today marks the anniversary of one of the most the iconic moments in US history when US marines (and a Navy corpsman), raised a flag on top of Mt Suribachi, during the WWII battle for which island?
Answer: iwo jima
Question: Lasting for 13 days before the final battle, Mexican revolutionaries began a siege of what Texas mission on Feb 23, 1836?
Answer: alamo
Question: Also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, who was assassinated on Feb 21, 1965 in Manhattan's Audubon Ballroom, during a meeting of the Organization of Afro-American Unity?
Answer: malcom x
Question: In an attempt to satisfy the angst of an entire generation, Toyota announced this week that what is the official plural of the word Prius?
Answer: prii
Question: Known as The Old Line State, or Little America, what was the 7th state to join the union on April 28, 1788?
Answer: maryland
Question: Known for their thumbs up/thumbs down review summaries, who hosted Sneak Previews (on PBS) and later At the Movies, along with Rogert Ebert, until his death in 1999?
Answer: gene siskel
Question: In what 1982 #1 hit did Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney profess a desire to be part of a piano?
Answer: ebony and ivory
Question: Sonic, Aveo, Cruze, and Impala are all types of what?
Answer: chevrolet cars
Question: Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter, (born on 22 Feb 1962) died after being impaled by what animal?
Answer: stingray
Question: With the failure of his prime time show and his return to host the Tonight Show, whom is Jay Leno booting from behind the desk?
Answer: conan o brien
Question: What disorder is defined in DSM IV by: (1)Repeated theft of objects that are unnecessary for either personal use or monetary value. (2)Increasing tension immediately before the theft. (3)Pleasure or relief upon committing the theft. (4)The theft is not motivated by anger or vengeance, and is not caused by a delusion or hallucination. (5)The behavior is not better accounted for by a conduct disorder , manic episode , or antisocial personality disorder.
Answer: kleptomania
Question: Feb 23, 1945 saw one of the iconic moments in US history when US marines (and a Navy corpsman), were photographed raising the flag atop was Iwo Jima mountain?
Answer: mt suribachi
Question: 21 years ago today, supreme Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini offered a $3 million bounty for the death of what British author of The Satanic Verses?
Answer: salman rushdie
Question: Tuesday marked the birth of Majel Barrett, who made her career voicing the computers in what franchise?
Answer: star trek
Question: What is the name of the family doctor in The Simpsons cartoon show?
Answer: doctor julius hibbert
Question: According to the National Park Service, which National Park was the most visited in the United States, with over 9.5 million visitors last year?
Answer: great smoky mountains
Question: What NPR show is hosted by Click and Clack, the Tappet brothers?
Answer: car talk
Question: On Feb 23, 1836, the Mexican army, under the command of Santa Anna, set siege to what mission?
Answer: alamo
Question: Area 51 is a supposed hotbed of alien activity. In what US state is it located?
Answer: nevada
Question: What was the name of the couple executed in 1953 for passing nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union, the first execution of civilians for espionage in US history?
Answer: julius and ethel rosenberg
Question: Who traded places with Eddie Murphy in the film 1983 masterpiece Trading Places?
Answer: dan aykroyd
Question: Friday marks the birthday of old West legend and showman William Cody. By what nickname name was he better known?
Answer: buffalo bill
Question: Established by Executive Order on March 1, 1961, the Peace Corps was originally headed up by what government department, before becoming independent in 1981?
Answer: department of state
Question: Who is missing: Shaggy, Fred, Velma, Daphne
Answer: scooby doo
Question: Chimichurris, Dagwood, Hot Brown, Shawarma, and Muffuletta are all types of what?
Answer: sandwiches
Question: Crossing the Rubicon, meaning passing the point of no return, was coined when who marched his army across the river on his way to Rome in 49BC?
Answer: julius caesar
Question: On Feb 21, 1953 British scientist Francis Crick and American James D. Watson unlocked the structure of what?
Answer: dna
Question: The US Mint, being in a redesigning mood, has accounted the new design for what currency unit?
Answer: penny
Question: Which atom, with atomic number 6, is present in all known life forms?
Answer: carbon
Question: March 3, 1923 saw the first issue of what weekly news magazine, the worlds largest with over 20 million domestic readers?
Answer: time
Question: On Feb 28, 1993, agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms raided the Branch Davidian complex, headed by David Koresh, in what Texas city?
Answer: waco
Question: Currently, the oldest flying space shuttle in the fleet, which shuttle was launched last week on mission STS-133 to the International Space Station?
Answer: discovery