CharlesMoslonka/trivia_qa_rc_wikipedia huggingface dataset:
Question: What name is given to the smallest species of hummingbird, it is named after the insect it is closest in size to?
Answer: bee hummingbird
Question: Where in the human body are the Kupffer Cells to be found?
Answer: liver
Question: Who is the famous mother of actress Rachael Stirling?
Answer: diana rigg
Question: Who wrote the novel 'The Name of the Rose'?
Answer: umberto eco
Question: Who was the voice of Scar in the film The Lion King?
Answer: jeremy irons
Question: Which British explorer was in 1796 the first European to discover and travel the course of the Niger river?
Answer: mungo park
Question: Which football club replaced Workington in the football league after the 1976-1977 season?
Answer: wimbledon
Question: Who was the Roman prefect of Judea from about 26-36 AD?
Answer: pontius pilate
Question: In 2014 who was accused of killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in South Africa?
Answer: oscar pistorius
Question: What song about the Highland Clearances was performed by the Proclaimers in 1987?
Answer: letter from america
Question: In 2013 the Reverend Paul Flowers was implicated in sex, drugs and drinking scandals. Of which bank was he chairman?
Answer: co operative
Question: Which footballer was fined for giving 'the quenelle', known as the reverse Nazi salute, during a match at West Ham?
Answer: nicholas anelka
Question: Spyglass Hill, Skeleton Island, White Rock and Haulbowline Head all feature in which literary location?
Answer: treasure island
Question: Which Liverpool film maker made 'Of Time And The City' and 'Deep Blue Sea'?
Answer: terence davies
Question: What nickname was given to Sir Henry Percy who was killed in the rebellion of 1403 against Henry IV?
Answer: hotspur
Question: The Hedge Sparrow is commonly known by what one-word name?
Answer: dunnock
Question: Brackley, Old Sarum, Dunwich and Ansmither were examples of what that lost their status in 1832 (in the 1832 reform act)?
Answer: rotten boroughs
Question: Which 'earworm' No. 1 song featured in the film 'Despicable Me 2'?
Answer: happy
Question: 'One-Eyed Jacks' (1961) is whose only film as a Director?
Answer: marlon brando
Question: Which 17 year old New Zealander won the 2014 Grammy for Song of the Year with 'Royals'?
Answer: lorde
Question: Which famous Netherlands writer and philosopher came to lecture at Oxford in 1498?
Answer: erasmus
Question: In metallurgy, the coating process known as anodising is associated with which metal?
Answer: aluminium
Question: Which US City is the setting for the original crime series 'CSI, Crime Scene Investigation'?
Answer: las vegas
Question: In the 1960's which dictator built the 'Versailles of the Jungle' at Gbadolite?
Answer: mobutu
Question: Which country defeated Great Britain in the Davis Cup in April 2014 to prevent Britain from reaching the semi-finals for the first time since 1981?
Answer: italy
Question: Who was the fifteenth century jail bird who wrote 'Le Morte D'Arthur' - a classic romance of knighthood?
Answer: sir thomas malory
Question: What was Reg Vamey's character called in 'On The Buses'?
Answer: stan butler
Question: Indonesian Kalimantan, which is divided into 4 provinces, covers the southern three quarters of which island?
Answer: borneo
Question: Who was the 'Master of the King's Band' who composed 'Hearts of Oak' to celebrate British victories in 1759?
Answer: william boyce
Question: Which Scottish artist painted the picture 'The Singing Butler'?
Answer: jack vettriano
Question: The former ground of which football club is depicted in L. S. Lowry's 'Going to the Match'?
Answer: bolton wanderers
Question: Before it moved to Wales on which London hill was the Royal Mint?
Answer: tower hill
Question: Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, the Grameen Bank was founded to offer small, collateral free loans to the rural poor of which country?
Answer: bangladesh
Question: What name links Spain's oldest university (dating to 1218) and an 1812 battle involving the Duke of Wellington?
Answer: salamanca
Question: With a height of 25 kilometres and a volume 100 times greater than its rival on Earth, what is the solar system's tallest known volcano?
Answer: olympus mons
Question: Who supposedly brought about the downfall of Barings Bank in 1995 after suffering losses of $827 million?
Answer: nick leeson
Question: In which city was the 'Encyclopaedia Britannica' first published in 1768?
Answer: edinburgh
Question: What name is given to the fertile, low-lying area of England west and south of the Wash?
Answer: fens
Question: 'An Unearthly Child' was the first episode of which TV series?
Answer: dr who
Question: Who was MP for Huntingdon from 1979 to 2001?
Answer: john major
Question: The leaves of which plant are the traditional antidote to nettle stings?
Answer: dock
Question: What was the name of the rebellion incited by Captain Bligh when he was Governor of New South Wales?
Answer: rum rebellion
Question: What is the name of the rocky island group off Northumberland, associated with St Cuthbert and Grace Darling?
Answer: farne islands
Question: Which vegetable is combined with potato in the traditional Scottish dish, clapshot?
Answer: turnip
Question: In the Bible who was the father of Ham, Shem and Japheth?
Answer: noah
Question: In medicine, what name is given to treatment given to relieve the symptoms rather than cure the disease?
Answer: palliative
Question: The USA has had Presidents Adams, Johnson, Roosevelt and Bush, which other surname features twice?
Answer: harrison
Question: What was the name of the Manchester horse racecourse that closed in 1963?
Answer: castle irwell
Question: What name is given to the underground stem base of plants such as crocus and gladiolus?
Answer: corm
Question: Which mountain to the east of Jerusalem has the Garden of Gethsemane at its foot?
Answer: mount of olives
Question: Which city near Luxor in Egypt is the site of the huge temple of Amon?
Answer: karnak
Question: The song 'Masquerade' features in which musical?
Answer: phantom of opera
Question: Which children's characters, seen on TV, were created by Elizabeth Beresford?
Answer: wombles
Question: Of which Australian state is Launceston the second largest city?
Answer: tasmania
Question: The 2013 film 'One chance' is about which winner of 'Britain's Got Talent'?
Answer: paul potts
Question: Which explorer's flagship was the Trinidad? Neither he nor his flagship survived his most famous voyage.
Answer: magellan
Question: What is the name of the strait that separates India and Sri Lanka?
Answer: palk strait
Question: Name either of the brothers who, according to Anglo- Saxon legend, led the Angle, Saxon, and Jutish armies that conquered the first territories of Britain in the 5th century?
Answer: hengist and horsa
Question: 'Blurred Lines' was the biggest selling single record of 2013, who recorded it?
Answer: robin thicke
Question: What building stands at 32, London Bridge Street on the site of the Southwark Towers office block which was demolished in 2008?
Answer: shard
Question: The Motion Picture Production Code, introduced in 1930 and enforced in 1934, is generally known by what name?
Answer: hays code
Question: In the book 'Call For The Dead', who is described as a 'short, fat man with a quiet disposition'?
Answer: george smiley
Question: The song 'On My Own' features in which musical?
Answer: les miserables
Question: Which play includes the characters Lady Sneerwell, Sir Harry Bumper and Sir Peter Teazle?
Answer: school for scandal
Question: Which book includes the characters Dr Primrose, Squire Thornhill and Mr Burchell?
Answer: vicar of wakefield
Question: Which South Wales town was formed by the amalgamation of Aberavon and Margam in 1921?
Answer: port talbot
Question: What is the name of the channel that separates Mexico and Cuba?
Answer: yucatan channel
Question: Which singer has had hits with the groups, NERD, The Neptunes and Daft Punk as well as solo hits and accompanying Robin Thicke on 'Blurred Lines'?
Answer: pharrell williams
Question: Which country's flag is similar in design to the Jerusalem Cross or Crusader's Cross?
Answer: georgia
Question: Who was the main architect of 'The Sage' in Gateshead?
Answer: norman foster
Question: Who painted 'The Scapegoat' in 1854?
Answer: william holman hunt
Question: At which battle did the military leader William Travis draw the famous 'line in the sand'?
Answer: alamo
Question: Which war of 1870 was precipitated by the 'Ems Telegram'?
Answer: franco prussian
Question: Which English cathedral, dedicated to St. Mary, has an original copy of Magna Carta?
Answer: salisbury
Question: The Annals and The Histories are the 2 major works of which Roman historian who lived from around 56AD to around 117AD?
Answer: tacitus
Question: The blue giant star, Spica, lies in which constellation?
Answer: virgo
Question: Which company produces the 'Whimsies' series of small solid porcelain animal figures?
Answer: wade
Question: Who composed the opera Lucia di Lammermoor?
Answer: donizetti
Question: Trujillo and Chiclayo are cities in which country in the Americas
Answer: peru
Question: Common, Short Beaked and Spinner are all species of which mammal?
Answer: dolphin
Question: Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire is the resting place of which Tudor queen?
Answer: katherine parr
Question: The Kyle Railway line runs between Kyle of Lochalsh and which town or city?
Answer: inverness
Question: Which Spanish painter died in Bordeaux in April 1928?
Answer: francisco de goya
Question: Which actor starred as Dr Who in the 1st colour episode?
Answer: jon pertwee
Question: What is the most well-known creation of the Japanese artist Taro Chiezo?
Answer: superlambanana
Question: In the Jewish religion, by what name are the first five books of the Tanakh collectively known?
Answer: torah
Question: In which Asian country are the car manufacturers Proton and Perodua based?
Answer: malaysia
Question: From the Turkish for .stuffed', what name is given to a dish of stuffed vine leaves?
Answer: dolmades
Question: 'Based in the East Riding of Yorkshire, which football club is owned by Assem Allam?
Answer: hull city
Question: Which fruit has varieties called Smooth Cayenne, Red Spanish and Sugarloaf?
Answer: pineapple
Question: In which county is the newest Irish National Park at Ballycroy?
Answer: mayo
Question: Who was best man at the inventor Marconi's wedding in 1927?
Answer: benito mussolini
Question: Which English cathedral, dedicated to St. Andrew the Apostle, has a famous scissor arch?
Answer: wells
Question: Which Roman writer, best known for his Natural History (Naturalis Historic), died during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79AD?
Answer: pliny
Question: The white supergiant star, Deneb, lies in which constellation?
Answer: cygnus
Question: Who produced the design, seen on textiles and wallpaper, known as 'The Strawberry Thief?
Answer: william morris
Question: Ecatapec and Merida are cities in which country in the Americas?
Answer: mexico
Question: The roof of which London theatre collapsed during a performance in December 2013?
Answer: apollo
Question: Coriolanus Snow, Peeta Mellark and Haymitch Abernathy are characters in which series of books?
Answer: hunger games
Question: Gadwell, Garganey and Scaup are all species of which bird?
Answer: duck
Question: Who was the husband of Lady Jane Grey, the 9 days queen?
Answer: lord guildford
Question: By what name is actor and comedian Sir David John White better known?
Answer: david jason
Question: On which river does the Cornish town of Lostwithiel stand?
Answer: fowey
Question: Which two words immediately follow "if music be the food of love...." in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night?
Answer: play on
Question: In 2012 Vincent Tan rebranded which football club, changing its home colours?
Answer: cardiff city fc
Question: Which English publishing company, founded in 1986 owes much of its success to the popularity of the Harry Potter books?
Answer: bloomsbury
Question: What name is shared by a former England rugby union player and a TV chef?
Answer: phil vickery
Question: In which county is the smallest Irish National Park, The Burren?
Answer: clare
Question: Who wrote Five Red Herrings and The Nine Tailors?
Answer: dorothy l sayers
Question: Which stately home near Woodstock is a UNESCO World Heritage site?
Answer: blenheim palace
Question: Who was the oldest person to be appointed Prime Minister of the UK?
Answer: gladstone
Question: Who was Chancellor for the 1925 budget which revived the 'gold standard'?
Answer: winston churchill
Question: Who won the Euro 2012 soccer tournament, beating Italy 4-0 in Kiev?
Answer: spain
Question: Name the paranoid android in the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams.
Answer: marvin
Question: In Monopoly, which street completes the green set of Bond Street and Regent Street?
Answer: oxford street
Question: Who created the Charlie Brown and Snoopy comic strip characters in 1948?
Answer: charles m schultz
Question: b What is the full name of the international organisation known as UNESCO?
Answer: united nations educational scientific and cultural organisation
Question: What is the nautical measurement of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour?
Answer: knot
Question: In the cartoon series Calvin and Hobbes, Hobbes is a stuffed toy creature of what type?
Answer: tiger
Question: 'Boris Godunov' was the only completed opera of which composer?
Answer: modest mussorgsky
Question: Which bird is also known as the Stormcock?
Answer: mistle thrush
Question: A top tourist attraction, a 150 mile long barrier reef, is off the coast of which Central American country?
Answer: belize
Question: 'Outcry' was the last completed novel by which writer, published in 1911?
Answer: henry james
Question: Sir Ronald Ross was the first British winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1902 for his research in combating which disease?
Answer: malaria
Question: Name the dramatist, 1664-1726, who designed Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard.
Answer: sir john vanbrugh
Question: Which highly alcoholic spirit is flavoured with wormwood leaves?
Answer: absinthe
Question: Traditionally what is the dominant colour of a Hindu bride's wedding dress?
Answer: red
Question: Which film star was born Harlean Carpenter in 1911 in Kansas City, Missouri?
Answer: jean harlow
Question: Which American jazz singer was known as 'Lady Day'?
Answer: billie holliday
Question: The Silver Fern is the national emblem of which country?
Answer: new zealand
Question: In the field of technology, what is meant by the acronym CAD?
Answer: computer aided design
Question: Who created the fictional St Trinian's Boarding School, in 1941?
Answer: ronald searle
Question: The Daily Slate,The Daily Slab and the Daily Granite are newspapers featured in which TV cartoon series?
Answer: flintstones
Question: What is the traditional material used to make the Chinese cooking utensil the wok?
Answer: iron
Question: Who was Israel's Prime Minister at the time of the Yom Kippur War of 1973?
Answer: golda meir
Question: Who presents the TV travel series `An Idiot Abroad'?
Answer: karl pilkington
Question: Who was the main female presenter of BBC N's 'Country File' from 2004-2014?
Answer: julia bradbury
Question: Which Burton on Trent brewery- produces Pedigree Ales?
Answer: marston
Question: Who presents the Channel 4 property programme 'Grand Designs'?
Answer: kevin mccloud
Question: Who is the founder and Chairman of Wetherspoon plc, the British pub chain?
Answer: tim martin
Question: Which railway runs from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster?
Answer: severn valley railway
Question: Which series of 1713 peace treaties ceded Gibraltar and Minorca to Britain?
Answer: treaty of utrecht
Question: In Greek mythology - who was the muse of history and lyre playing?
Answer: clio
Question: Which TV Presenter originated Mo Farrah's famous `MOBOT' celebration?
Answer: claire balding
Question: Which English County is known as 'Robin Hood's County'?
Answer: nottinghamshire
Question: Who was the author of the book 'A Bridge Too Far'?
Answer: cornelius ryan
Question: What is the name of the aboriginal spear thrower that also gave its name to a missile testing site?
Answer: woomera
Question: What is the name of disgraced MP Chris Huhne's wife who was jailed at the same time as him?
Answer: vicky price
Question: The UN Organisation UNHCR is concerned with which type of people?
Answer: refugees
Question: The Egyptian God Sobek had the head of which creature?
Answer: crocodile
Question: When Leroy Rosenior was appointed as manager of Torquay for the second time for how many minutes did he last?
Answer: ten
Question: What name is given to the chimneys of volcanic waste that have been found in the Pacific Ocean?
Answer: black smokers
Question: According to L Frank Baum what was the name of the Good Witch of the South?
Answer: glinda
Question: In which U.S. State is the area called The Hampton found?
Answer: new york state
Question: Before Yvette Fielding presented most haunted on which children's TV program was she also a presenter?
Answer: blue peter
Question: At which battle in the Crimean War was the phrase The Thin Red Line first mentioned?
Answer: balaclava
Question: Which Nation does Aston Villa Goalkeeper Brad Guzan represent?
Answer: usa
Question: Which musical instrument did Anton Karas play when he recorded the Third Man theme?
Answer: zither
Question: Which author created the fictional Detectives Tommy and Tuppence?
Answer: agatha christie
Question: What was the name of the operation that resulted from the Jimmy Saville Sex Scandal?
Answer: yewtree
Question: Which entrepreneur was a hit on the Dragon's Den with Reggae Reggae Sauce?
Answer: levi roots
Question: In which decade of the 18th century did purpose built Prisoner of War Camps first appear?
Answer: 90 s
Question: What nickname was given to both the Martin Marauder B26 and the Lockheed F104 Starfighter?
Answer: flying coffin
Question: What was the name of the man who led the Religious Sect Branch Davidian at the Waco Massacre?
Answer: david koresh
Question: Between 1995 and 2002 which suitably named actress played Miss Moneypenny on film?
Answer: samantha bond
Question: Which reconnaissance aircraft shared its name with the bird with the Latin name Terdus Merula?
Answer: blackbird
Question: Which musical instrument was played by Sugar Kane in Some Like It Hot?
Answer: ukelele
Question: What's the trick of riding on a hand rail using skates or a skateboard called?
Answer: grinding
Question: When the car carrier Hoegh Osaka capsized between Southampton and the I.O.W. which hazard was it trying to avoid?
Answer: bramble bank
Question: Edward Norton, EricBana and Mark Ruffalo have all played which character on film?
Answer: hulk
Question: El Capitan was free climbed is January 2015 - in which US National Park is it found?
Answer: yosemite
Question: Whlch board game was invented by Alfred Mosher Butts in 1938?
Answer: scrabble
Question: On which puppet series was the phrase “anything can happen in the next half hour” spoken?
Answer: stingray
Question: Who first uttered the phrase "Rainbow Nation” in 1994?
Answer: desmond tutu
Question: Madame Arcati appears in which Noel Coward play?
Answer: blithe spirit
Question: What nom de plume was adopted by the writer Joel Chandler Harris?
Answer: uncle remus
Question: Sana’a is the constitutionally stated capital of which country?
Answer: yemen
Question: Which character was played on film by Robert Taylor and on TV by Roger Moore?
Answer: ivanhoe
Question: Mount Kinabalu is the highest peak in which Asian country'?
Answer: malaysia
Question: After having a sex change what Christian name did Frank Maloney use?
Answer: kellie
Question: Which Shakespearian tragedy was turned into a 2011 film starring Ralph Fiennes in the title role?
Answer: coriolanus
Question: Which major sportswear manufacturer was found in 1964 and has its headquarters in Oregon USA?
Answer: nike
Question: In the books by W.E. Johns what is the full surname of the character known as Biggles?
Answer: bigglesworth
Question: In which country was the fashion designer Yves St Laurent brn?
Answer: algeria
Question: In which southern French city is the Malson Carree, one of the best preserved temples from the Roman era?
Answer: nimes
Question: Which of the Wombles was named after a European Country?
Answer: great uncle bulgaria
Question: Which book by Kit Williams caused controversy when people were digging up ground in an effort to find a pendant with a golden hare on it?
Answer: masquerade
Question: Who, after the 2015 General Election is the 'Father of the House’?
Answer: gerald kaufman
Question: The Dwarf Lantern and Spined Pygmy are the smallest types of which sort of fish?
Answer: shark
Question: Named after the Maori word for ‘shark’ which Is the fastest swimmer among the sharks - it can reach speeds of over So mph?
Answer: shortfin mako
Question: Rachel Verinder and Gabriel Betteredge are characters in which novel of 1868?
Answer: moonstone
Question: On which motorway would you find the Norton Canes service area?
Answer: m6 toll
Question: What make and model of car was named European Car of the Year 2015?
Answer: volkswagen passat
Question: For which film at the 2015 Oscar Awards did Patricia Arquette win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress?
Answer: boyhood
Question: For which film at the 2015 Oscar Awards did J K Simmons win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor?
Answer: whiplash
Question: Who wrote the 1902 children’s story ‘5 Children and It’?
Answer: e nesbitt
Question: In Terry Deary’s Horrible Histories series of books, the Vikings are described as Vicious. Which adjective is used to describe the Tudors?
Answer: terrible
Question: 'Swear It Again’ was the first No. 1 album for which group in 1999?
Answer: westlife
Question: ‘Life Thru a Lens’ was the first No. 1 album by which singer in 1997?
Answer: robbie williams
Question: In Terry Deary’s Horrible Histories series of books, the Vikings are described as Vicious. Which adjective is used to describe the Stuarts?
Answer: slimy
Question: Mussorgsky’s composition ‘Pictures At An Exhibition’ was inspired by which painter’s works?
Answer: viktor hartmann
Question: Mussorgsky’s composition ‘Night on a bare mountain’ depicts a Witches Sabbath on the eve of which saints day?
Answer: saint john
Question: What sort of machine was invented in 1879 by the American James Ritty?
Answer: cash register
Question: Under which leader bom in Caracas, did Venezuela achieve independence from Spain in 1821?
Answer: simon bolivar
Question: Given by the British tabloid press, what is the nickname of Mazher Mahmood, a journalist who devised various stings involving celebrities?
Answer: fake sheikh
Question: Oscitation is a more scientific term for which common activity?
Answer: yawning
Question: Which revolutionary general had the real name Jose Doroteo Arango (Francisco) Arambula?
Answer: pancho villa
Question: In which country was the first Women's Institute founded in 1897?
Answer: canada
Question: Bandar Seri Begawan is the capital of which Asian country?
Answer: brunei
Question: Which Nobel Prize winner for Literature was born in Bone, Algeria in November 1913?
Answer: albert camus
Question: Who won the 2015 Betfred World Snooker Championship, held at the Crucible Theatre Sheffield?
Answer: stuart bingham
Question: What name, is given to the 2 administrative divisions of the Channel Islands?
Answer: bailiwicks
Question: What is the brightest star in the constellation Cygnus?
Answer: deneb
Question: Where was Wallace and Gromit's destination in 'A Grand Day Out'?
Answer: moon
Question: Who composed the 1912 tone poem 'On Hearing the First Cuckoo of Sping’?
Answer: frederick delius
Question: Which US state is nicknamed the 'Hawkeye State’?
Answer: iowa
Question: What name is given to the identification of God with the universe?
Answer: pantheism
Question: In the BBC sitcom, according to the sign on their van Trotters Independent Traders have branches in New York, Peckham and where else?
Answer: paris
Question: Who composed the 1933 'Knightsbridge March'?
Answer: eric coates
Question: Which motor manufacturer produces the models Twingo and Captur?
Answer: renault
Question: What is the main grape used in the production of Rioja red wine?
Answer: tempranillo