CharlesMoslonka/trivia_qa_rc_wikipedia huggingface dataset:
Question: Which style of art, which flourished briefly in the first part of the 20th century, took its name from the French for, "Wild Beasts"?
Answer: fauvism
Question: In the novel, "The Pickwick Papers", by Charles Dickens, who brought an action against Mr Pickwick, for breach of promise to marry?
Answer: mrs bardell
Question: """Jane, the diary of a bright young thing"", was a cartoon strip that first appeared in Britain in 1932, in which daily newspaper?"
Answer: daily mirror
Question: Duncan Renaldo played which cowboy character in a famous US TV series?
Answer: cisco kid
Question: Which daily newspaper was a colour tabloid that was launched in March 1986 and ceased publication in November 1995?
Answer: today
Question: In 1936, Lionel Van Praag won the first world championship in which sport?
Answer: speedway
Question: In which TV series did the brothers Hoss, Adam and Little Joe appear?
Answer: bonanza
Question: Whose comic characters include 'Kevin Patterson', 'Julio Geordio' and 'Tim Nice-But-Dim'?
Answer: harry enfield
Question: Benjamin Disraeli became the first Earl of . . . where?
Answer: beaconsfield
Question: In which town does the traditional Furry Dance take place on May 8th each year?
Answer: helston cornwall
Question: Who created the character 'Rip Van Winkle'?
Answer: washington irving
Question: In which book does the character Melanie Wilkes appear?
Answer: gone with wind
Question: Who partnered Aretha Franklin on the 1987 no.1 hit 'I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)'?
Answer: george michael
Question: What was the name of the state that seceded from Nigeria in 1967 and lasted until 1970?
Answer: biafra
Question: Jack and Kit Wright, Thomas and Robert Wintour, Ambrose Rookwood and Sir Everard Digby amongst others are all associated with which historical event?
Answer: gunpowder plot
Question: Which Sunday newspaper was launched in September 1989 as a 'quality' broadsheet and ceased publication (as a tabloid) in November 1990?
Answer: correspondent
Question: The PFA footballer and young footballer of the year 1982 were Kevin Keegan and Steve Moran; they were both playing for which club at the time?
Answer: southampton
Question: Who created the character 'Mary Poppins'?
Answer: pamela l travers
Question: On which track did the first motor racing Grand Prix take place in 1907?
Answer: le mans
Question: What name is given to the stellar explosion caused when nuclear fusion within a massive star ceases and it suffers gravitational collapse?
Answer: super nova
Question: Whose comic characters include 'Gareth Cheeseman', 'Tony Ferrino' and 'Tommy Saxondale'?
Answer: steve coogan
Question: Who wrote the operas 'A Life for the Tsar' and 'Russian and Ludmilla'?
Answer: glinka
Question: Which play features the character Blanche Dubois?
Answer: streetcar named desire
Question: James Dearden wrote which book, made into a famous film directed by Adrian Lyne, in 1987?
Answer: fatal attraction
Question: Who partnered Peter Gabriel on the 1986 hit 'Don't Give Up'?
Answer: kate bush
Question: Which Russian port was the scene of the Potemkin Mutiny in 1905?
Answer: odessa
Question: Novelist John Buchan's title was first Baron . . . what?
Answer: tweedsmuir
Question: Who was known as 'the father of the Common Market'?
Answer: jean monnet
Question: Which gangster was killed in a police ambush outside the Biograph Theatre, Chicago on July 22nd 1934?
Answer: john dillinger
Question: What was the name of the province, led by Moise Tshombe, that seceded from the Congo Republic in 1960?
Answer: katanga
Question: What name is given to visible clouds of dust and gas in space?
Answer: nebulae
Question: Which gangster was killed, along with his partner, in a police ambush in Bienville Parish, Louisiana on May 23rd 1934?
Answer: clyde barrow
Question: Charles Webb wrote which book, made into a famous film directed by Mike Nichols, in 1967?
Answer: graduate
Question: Who was the first footballer to represent England at schoolboy, youth, amateur, under 23 and full international levels, he went on to have a distinguished managerial career?
Answer: terry venables
Question: In which city was Archduke Ferdinand of Austria assassinated in 1914?
Answer: sarajevo
Question: Which British actor and singer was a member of the Monkees pop group?
Answer: davy jones
Question: Which country changed its name to Botswana on gaining independence in 1966?
Answer: bechuanaland
Question: Which Liverpool company began to produce Dinky Toys in 1931 to accompany their Hornby train sets?
Answer: meccano
Question: A major rival to Hornby train sets were those produced by the Marklin company, from which country did Marklin trains come?
Answer: germany
Question: Which 1960s TV programme was based on a book by Grace Metalious?
Answer: peyton place
Question: In the game Monopoly, which property completes the set with Trafalgar Square and the Strand?
Answer: fleet street
Question: Graves Disease is caused by a malfunction of which gland in the human body?
Answer: thyroid
Question: Graham Nash of the pop group Crosby, Stills & Nash was a former member of which British group?
Answer: hollies
Question: Since November 2006 the voice of Sara Mendes da Costa can be heard supplying which service?
Answer: speaking clock
Question: The Hungarian stew, goulash is flavoured with which pepper?
Answer: paprika
Question: By what name was the city of Jakarta known until 1942?
Answer: batavia
Question: Which girl won Britain's first ever gymnastic gold medal in 2006, for her performance on the asymmetric (or uneven) bars at the World Championships?
Answer: beth tweddle
Question: Carol Hersee was seen on TV for over 70,000 hours, for what purpose was her picture used?
Answer: test card
Question: The British and Commonwealth beaches on D-Day were code-named Juno, Gold and what other name?
Answer: sword
Question: Whose last film was 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' in 1967?
Answer: spencer tracy
Question: Which bandleader had 'Here's to the Next Time' as his signature tune?
Answer: henry hall
Question: Asperger's Syndrome is a milder version of which disorder?
Answer: autism
Question: Which London landmark contains books and artefacts brought from Alexandria?
Answer: cleopatra s needle
Question: Which series of children's books (and TV programme) is set on the island of Sodor?
Answer: thomas tank engine
Question: What name is given to a song or poem of lament, especially for the dead?
Answer: elegy
Question: What is the name of the stiff, full white skirt worn by men in some parts of Greece and Albania?
Answer: fustanella
Question: Whose first film was 'Intermezzo', starring with Leslie Howard, in 1939?
Answer: ingrid bergman
Question: In computing, what is the common term used to mean a person's internet diary or journal?
Answer: blog
Question: Henry 8th became King because of the death of his elder brother, what was his name?
Answer: arthur
Question: Name the mediaeval siege weapon used for hurling missiles?
Answer: mangonel or trebuchet
Question: Name the Californian Congresswoman, who in January 2007 became the first female Speaker of the US House of Representatives?
Answer: nancy pelosi
Question: In which game are there moves called 'ruy lopez' and 'en passant'?
Answer: chess
Question: Which birds belong to the order 'Strigiformes'?
Answer: owls
Question: Which Scottish town was granted city status as part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of 2002?
Answer: stirling
Question: Which group had a 1978 UK No. 1 hit with "Three Times a Lady"?
Answer: commodores
Question: Which British car manufacturer produced the Gazelle, Vogue and Chamois models?
Answer: singer
Question: In TV's "Heartbeat" Geoffrey Hughes plays which character?
Answer: vernon scripps
Question: Which Welsh town was granted city status as part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of 2002?
Answer: newport
Question: In TV's "Last of the Summer Wine" Frank Thornton plays which character?
Answer: truly
Question: In Italian cuisine what type of foodstuff are pomodori?
Answer: tomatoes
Question: Which British car manufacturer produced the Regal, Rebel, and Kitten?
Answer: reliant
Question: Lord Wakeham resigned from which public body in January 2003?
Answer: press complaints commission
Question: Which pop musician wrote the music for the 1984 film "The Killing Fields"?
Answer: mike oldfield
Question: The butcher bird is an alternative name for which bird of prey?
Answer: shrike
Question: Which Cheshire town has the motto 'Sal est Vita' (salt is life) on its coat of arms?
Answer: northwich
Question: The dabchick is an alternative name for which diving bird?
Answer: little grebe
Question: Which pop musician wrote the music for the 1983 film "Local Hero"?
Answer: mark knopfler
Question: What is the Scottish name for a semicircular hollow on a hillside, formedby a glacier?
Answer: corrie
Question: What are 'Old Speckled Hen', 'Black Douglas' and 'Zebedee'?
Answer: ales
Question: Which of the UK armed forces has the motto "Per Mare Per Terram"?
Answer: royal marines
Question: Which Puccini opera is set in the court of the Chinese emperor?
Answer: turandot
Question: Who was in the films "Zelig", "Stardust Memories", and "Broadway Danny Rose"?
Answer: woody allen
Question: Which Coronation Street character has the middle name Sibelius?
Answer: ashley sibelius peacock
Question: Melissa Joan Hart plays which TV character (the same as the Roman name for the River Severn)?
Answer: sabrina
Question: Which of the UK armed forces has the motto "Utrinque Paratus"?
Answer: parachute regiment
Question: In which Metropolitan borough are Middleton, Heywood, Littleborough, Milnrow and Wardle?
Answer: rochdale
Question: In which Derbyshire town is the famous Tramway Museum?
Answer: crich
Question: Which Verdi opera opens with a banquet in the palace of the Duke of Mantua?
Answer: rigoletto
Question: Who starred in the films "Perfect World", "No Way Out", and "Tin Cup"?
Answer: kevin costner
Question: Which company makes 'Budweiser' beer?
Answer: anheuser busch
Question: Which North Yorkshire seaside resort is the starting point for the Cleveland Way long-distance walk?
Answer: filey
Question: As at November 2006, who is the coach of St Helens Rugby League team?
Answer: daniel anderson
Question: Pop star Madonna adopted a child from which country in October 2006?
Answer: malawi
Question: How many Cinque Ports are there on the south coast of England?
Answer: seven
Question: The now defunct food hamper firm Farepak was based in which city?
Answer: swindon
Question: What colour in the intense pigment in cadmium sulphide?
Answer: yellow
Question: In which decade was Beatrix Potter born; Atlantic Cable completed; Seward purchases Alaska from Russia?
Answer: 1860 s
Question: Herdwick and Swaledale are breeds of which animal?
Answer: sheep
Question: Which group had a 1982 No. 1 hit with "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me"?
Answer: culture club
Question: Who presents the 'graveyard shift', midnight to 3 pm, on BBC Radio 2?
Answer: janice long
Question: Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins died with which other country music star in a 1963 plane crash?
Answer: patsy cline
Question: Scurvy is a disease resulting from deficiency of which vitamin?
Answer: vitamin c
Question: St Helens RLFC won all three trophies in Super League 2006. Which is the only other club ever to do this?
Answer: bradford bulls
Question: Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, and who else formed the pop group 'Cream'?
Answer: eric clapton
Question: What is the name of Dangermouse's amphibious nemesis?
Answer: baron greenback
Question: Who, in the OT of the Bible, was the sister of Moses and Aaron?
Answer: miriam
Question: The group 'Abba' was formed in which European capital city in 1971?
Answer: stockholm
Question: Which song opened the 1985 Live Aid concert?
Answer: rocking all over world
Question: Who wrote the novel The Virgin and the Gypsy"?
Answer: d h lawrence
Question: Who partnered George Michael in the group 'Wham'?
Answer: andrew ridgeley
Question: The English classic horse race The Derby in run at which race course?
Answer: epsom
Question: Who wrote the tragedy-opera "The Masked Ball" ("Ballo in Maschera")?
Answer: giuseppe verdi
Question: Which English sculptor is famous for large abstract figures, and reclining figures, such as the one outside Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge?
Answer: henry moore
Question: In the USA, which New England State has no Atlantic coastline?
Answer: vermont
Question: """O Soave Fanciulla"" and ""Si, Mi Chiamo Mimi"" are arias from which Puccini opera?"
Answer: la boheme
Question: A Koala Bear is not a bear. To which family of animals does it belong?
Answer: marsupials
Question: Which British woman, in 2007, became he oldest person ever to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature?
Answer: doris lessing
Question: The Hill of Tara, where once Irish kings were crowned, is in which Irish county?
Answer: meath
Question: After their poor showing in the 2007 Rugby Union world cup, which New Zealand coach was made to re-apply for his job, a task which he successfully achieved?
Answer: graham henry
Question: Gertrude was the mother of which eponymous Shakespearian character?
Answer: hamlet
Question: Which Persian emperor was defeated by the Greeks at the naval Battle of Salamis in 480 B.C.?
Answer: xerxes
Question: Which 1977 romantic comedy film, directed by Woody Allen, had Diane Keaton in the title role?
Answer: annie hall
Question: In the TV cartoon series, Homer Simpson shares his middle name with which colourful bird?
Answer: jay
Question: In the Simpson's TV cartoon series, what was Marge Simpson's maiden name?
Answer: bouvier
Question: Which liquid, also known as milk plasma, remains after milk has been curdled and strained?
Answer: whey
Question: For her role as Lindy Chamberlain, in which 1988 film, was Meryl Streep nominated for the Oscar for best actress?
Answer: cry in dark
Question: At which narrow pass did Leonidas and 300 Spartans fight to the death, in order to slow down the Persian army?
Answer: thermopylae
Question: In which John Steinbeck novel does a man named Adam, have two sons, Cal and Aaron?
Answer: east of eden
Question: The Cliffs of Moher, Ireland's most visited tourist attraction, stand on the coast of which Irish county?
Answer: clare
Question: Which man, born in Cornwall in 1911, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983?
Answer: william golding
Question: The Horned Toad is not a toad. To which family of creatures does it belong?
Answer: lizards
Question: Having been the M.P. for this constituency since 1970, Labour M.P. Dennis Skinner has acquired the nickname, "The Beast of ---- where?
Answer: bolsover
Question: """Vissi d'Arte, Vissi d'Amore"", ""E Lucevan le Stelle"" and ""Recondita Armonia"" are all arias from which Puccini opera?"
Answer: tosca
Question: Which vegetable has types named Greyhound and January King?
Answer: cabbage
Question: Who is the fictional pilot created by W. E. Johns?
Answer: biggles
Question: Who sculpted Oscar Wilde's tomb, and the figures "Day and Night" on the Headquarters of London Transport?
Answer: jacob epstein
Question: Which city in Southern France, contains a Roman amphitheatre? Nearby stands the famous Pont du Gard, a Roman built aqueduct?
Answer: nimes
Question: Which King of England allegedly ordered the murder of the "Princes in the Tower", although some historians refute this claim?
Answer: richard iii
Question: Who was the first athlete to win successive Olympic Gold Medals in the 1500m, since before the First World War, doing so in 1980 and 1984?
Answer: sebastian coe
Question: In which 18th century ballad opera do the characters MacHeath, Jenny Diver and Sukey Tawdrey appear?
Answer: beggars opera
Question: Which pop groups first singles release, in 1979, was entitled, "Sultans of Swing"?
Answer: dire straits
Question: Which Lawn Tennis player of the 1970's later had a brief acting career, appearing in the 1983 James Bond film, "Octopussy"?
Answer: vijay amritraj
Question: In the TV comedy series, "'Allo, 'Allo", what was the name of Rene Artois' wife, played by Carmen Silvera?
Answer: madame edith
Question: """Hey There"" and ""Hernando's Hideaway"" are songs from which stage & film musical?"
Answer: pajama game
Question: In which modern day African country is the town of Ujiji, where Livingstone & Stanley famously met in 1871?
Answer: tanzania
Question: What is the proper name of the flowering plant commonly known as the Red Hot Poker?
Answer: kniphofia
Question: What was the first name of the famous 18th century British sailor and explorer, Captain Cook?
Answer: james
Question: Which garden plant, with small, white bell shaped flowers, has the Latin name Convallaria Majalis?
Answer: lily of valley
Question: Which Cypriot born, Greek general led the guerrilla organisation, EOKA, in Cyprus, during the 1950's?
Answer: george grivas
Question: """Music of the Night"" and ""All I Ask of You"" are songs from which stage musical?"
Answer: phantom of opera
Question: In the TV comedy series, "'Til Death Us Do Part", what was the name of Alf Garnett's daughter, played by Una Stubbs?
Answer: rita
Question: What is the more common name of the fruit of the shrub, vaccinum myrtillus, sometimes known as the whortleberry?
Answer: bilberry
Question: Which gas, which constitutes a danger in mines, is also known as Firedamp or Marsh Gas?
Answer: methane
Question: Which famous sportsman, whose real Christian names were George Herman, was nicknamed, "The Sultan of Swat"?
Answer: babe ruth
Question: Who composed the music for "The Threepenny Opera", the 1928 adaptation of "The Beggar's Opera"?
Answer: kurt weill
Question: Which King of England was the father of both The Black Prince and John of Gaunt?
Answer: edward iii
Question: Which German City, close to the border with Luxembourg was the birthplace of Karl Marx, and contains the Porta Nigra, a well-preserved Roman city gate?
Answer: trier
Question: Which Italian defender was voted the 2006 FIFA World Footballer of the Year?
Answer: fabio cannavaro
Question: The "Cirque de Soleil" show, based on the Beatles music, is called what?
Answer: love
Question: In which West Yorkshire town is TV's "Last of the Summer Wine" set?
Answer: holmfirth
Question: Reuben and Rose Mattus established which American ice cream in 1961?
Answer: haagen dazs
Question: To which MP did Michael Portillo lose his Enfield Southgate seat in 1997?
Answer: stephen twigg
Question: Which African football nation reached the last 16 in the 2006 World Cup?
Answer: ghana
Question: Elizabeth Ann Bloomer was the maiden name of which US First Lady?
Answer: betty ford
Question: Goathland, near Whitby, is the setting for which TV show?
Answer: heartbeat
Question: The "Cirque de Soleil" originated in which city of the North Americas?
Answer: montreal
Question: In which New England State are the HQ of Ben and Jerry's ice cream; also well known for maple syrup and cheese and dairy products?
Answer: vermont
Question: Who played the title role in the 1997 film "The Saint"?
Answer: val kilmer
Question: Who wrote the poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter"?
Answer: lewis carroll
Question: The late Jean Muir founded what type of store in London in 1966?
Answer: fashion house
Question: Chennai, formerly Madras, is the capital of which Indian state?
Answer: tamil nadu
Question: Which designer (born 1952) was known as the 'enfant terrible of French fashion'?
Answer: jean paul gaultier
Question: Who owns the London restaurants Petrus, Boxwood Cafe, Murano, etc?
Answer: gordon ramsay
Question: Which Madrid born actress won the 2006 European Film Award, and the 2007 Goya Best Lead Actress Award for the film "Volver"?
Answer: penelope cruz
Question: Who wrote the play, later a film, "The History Boys"?
Answer: alan bennett
Question: What colour is the Wirral Line on the Merseyrail network map?
Answer: green
Question: Who is the Chief Executive Officer of Ryanair?
Answer: michael o leary
Question: What is the name of the blue line on the Merseyrail map?
Answer: northern line
Question: Who defeated Phil Taylor to win the 2007 PDC world darts championship?
Answer: raymond van barneveld
Question: Damon Albarn, Paul Simonon, Simon Tong, and Tony Allen released which successful album in January 2007?
Answer: good bad and queen
Question: Who is the principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic?
Answer: sir simon rattle
Question: Which singer/band member married Gwyneth Paltrow in 2003?
Answer: chris martin
Question: Who designed the reconstruction of the Berlin Reichstag Dome in 1992?
Answer: norman foster
Question: Bramley, Roundhay, Farsley, etc., are in which English city?
Answer: leeds
Question: HDL and LDL lipoproteins are commonly classified as what?
Answer: cholesterol
Question: Which midtown Manhattan railway station is the busiest in America?
Answer: penn sylvania station
Question: The world's most crossed international land border connects Tijuana to which major Californian city?
Answer: san diego
Question: The films "Fever Pitch" (2005 version), "Good Will Hunting", "The Departed" are all set in which New England city?
Answer: boston
Question: Which stage musical features the songs "Easy Terms", and "Tell Me It's Not True"?
Answer: blood brothers
Question: The sixth and first strings of a guitar are tuned to which note?
Answer: e
Question: What name does B. B. King always give to his guitars?
Answer: lucille
Question: What is the name of the new Cunard liner launched by the Duchess of Cornwall in December 2007?
Answer: queen victoria
Question: Which New Zealand born scientist won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1908 for "his investigations into the disintegration of the elements, and the chemistry of radioactive substances"?
Answer: ernest rutherford
Question: The site of the Battle of Bannockburn is close to which Scottish town or city?
Answer: stirling
Question: Glynis Barber and her husband Michael Brandon starred together in which TV detective series?
Answer: dempsey and makepeace
Question: Who plays Dr House in the US TV medical series 'House'?
Answer: hugh laurie
Question: Scone, where the ancient Kings of Scotland were crowned, is close to which town or city?
Answer: perth
Question: Which Emperor of the Ottoman Empire was known as 'The Magnificent' or 'The Law Giver'?
Answer: suleiman
Question: Which Egyptian was the sixth Secretary General of the UN from 1992 to 1996?
Answer: boutros boutros ghali
Question: What is the name of the city that was built to house workers on the Hoover Dam?
Answer: boulder city
Question: In which palace is the throne of Ottoman Emperor Selim 1st?
Answer: topkapi
Question: Randolph Lerner is the chairman of which Premiership football club?
Answer: aston villa
Question: Which Dane won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1922 for "his services in the investigation of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating from them"?
Answer: niels bohr
Question: Nick Clegg became the new leader of the Lib Dems after an election in December 2007, who did he beat?
Answer: chris huhne
Question: What, in the natural world, is 'hyssop'?
Answer: herb
Question: Which now famous film actor came to prominence playing Dr Doug Ross in the TV series ER?
Answer: george clooney
Question: In the French Revolutionary calendar, what kind of weather is suggested by the name of the month Nivose?
Answer: snow
Question: Who was Chief of State of Vichy France from 1940 to 1944, he was sentenced to death for collaboration but the sentence was commuted to life imprisonment?
Answer: philippe pétain
Question: What is the capital of the central Italian region of Umbria?
Answer: perugia
Question: In Greek myth, which nymph detained Odysseus on her island for seven years?
Answer: calypso
Question: Acetylsalicylic acid is a commonly taken drug, what is its usual name?
Answer: aspirin
Question: Which King of England (after Harold 2nd) was killed by an arrow?
Answer: william ii
Question: In which country was the 'Great Trek' of 1836/37?
Answer: south africa
Question: Which 4 time Prime Minister of France (twice in the Vichy government) was executed by firing squad in 1945?
Answer: pierre laval
Question: Which sport is played by the 'Cornish Pirates'?
Answer: rugby union
Question: Prior to the election of Nick Clegg as leader of the Lib Dems, who had stood in as acting leader?
Answer: vince cable
Question: Which cartoon characters were created 50 years ago by the Belgian Peyo?
Answer: smurfs