CharlesMoslonka/trivia_qa_rc_wikipedia huggingface dataset:
Question: Who was Chief Minister to Louis XIII from 1624 until his death in 1642?
Answer: cardinal richelieu
Question: In Yorkshire, what are the Huddersfield Narrow and the Huddersfield Broad?
Answer: canals
Question: Which post was held by Lord Denning from 1962 to 1982 and Lord Donaldson from 1982 to 1992?
Answer: master of rolls
Question: Who had the best-selling single in the UK in 1994 with Love Is All Around?
Answer: wet wet wet
Question: The Battlefield Line Railway that runs between Shackerstone and Shenton in Leicestershire is named after which battle?
Answer: bosworth
Question: Whose name is missing from the first line of the Book of Proverbs in the Authorized Version of the Bible – ‘The proverbs of ________ the son of David, the King of Israel’?
Answer: solomon
Question: Roberta Flack was the first artist to win the Grammy for Record of the Year in consecutive years. Which group were the second, for Beautiful Day in 2001 and Walk On in 2002?
Answer: u2
Question: Which botanist, who was President of the Royal Society for 41 years, accompanied Cook on his 1768-1771 voyage?
Answer: joseph banks
Question: In the 1964 film Mary Poppins, what was the occupation of George Banks, Mary’s employer?
Answer: banker
Question: The last two editors of which reference book, known as the ‘Bible of Cricket’ have been Lawrence Booth and Scyld Berry?
Answer: wisden cricketers almanack
Question: In which 1935 novel does a 14 year old girl ride The Piebald to victory in The Grand National?
Answer: national velvet
Question: Which element with atomic number 7 forms about 78% of the Earth’s atmosphere?
Answer: nitrogen
Question: Later in 1961 George Martin produced “My Boomerang Won’t Come Back”. Which comedian and actor was the singer on the record?
Answer: charlie drake
Question: The lines on the Lisbon Metro are identified by colours. What colour is Linha Amarela?
Answer: yellow
Question: Eight year old Bailey Matthews who has cerebral palsy won an award at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2015 ‘for outstanding achievement in the face of adversity’ named after which late female Sports presenter?
Answer: helen rollason
Question: The last print edition of which national newspaper was on March 26th this year?
Answer: independent
Question: The TV comedy of the late 1970s and early 1980s Citizen Smith was set in which district of London?
Answer: tooting
Question: What was the name of the man-eating monster defeated by Beowulf?
Answer: grendel
Question: Who is the god of mischief and destruction in Norse myth?
Answer: loki
Question: In the Hindu religion Mohini, Krishna and Rama are all incarnations of which god?
Answer: vishnu
Question: Fray Bentos is a seaport and capital of the Río Negro Department of which country of South America?
Answer: uruguay
Question: Edith Cavell, who was executed in 1915 by German firing squad after aiding the escape of allied prisoners from Belgium, was a member of which profession?
Answer: nurse
Question: """Appassionata"" is a name given to Piano Concerto number 23 by which composer?"
Answer: beethoven
Question: The Flamengo Vs Fluminense football derby, also known as the Fla–Flu is contested between two teams based in which city?
Answer: rio de janeiro
Question: Gevrik and Yarg cheeses come from which English county?
Answer: cornwall
Question: On the standard UK Cluedo game board, which room can be reached by taking the secret passage from the lounge?
Answer: conservatory
Question: Traditionally used in cooking, which annual herb in the family Apiaceae is alternatively called Chinese parsley?
Answer: coriander
Question: Into which body of water does the River Tiber flow?
Answer: tyrrhenian sea
Question: Gaston the Ladybird, Nanny Plum, and King Thistle are all characters appearing in which pre-school animated children’s TV show?
Answer: ben holly s little kingdom
Question: """Barwick Green"" is the name of the title music of which serial drama show?"
Answer: archers
Question: Who wrote the books "In the Night Kitchen", "Outside Over There" & "Seven Little Monsters"?
Answer: maurice sendak
Question: Who received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1902 for his work on the transmission of malaria, becoming the first British Nobel laureate?
Answer: sir ronald ross
Question: In the nursery rhyme Who Killed Cock Robin, which animal dug the grave?
Answer: owl
Question: Which Scottish socialist was the first leader of the Labour Party and became its first sitting member of parliament in 1900?
Answer: james keir hardie
Question: How did the world better know actor Carlo Pedersoli who sadly died last week, he is best known for the 16 films he appeared in with Mario Girotti, who used the name Terence Hill?
Answer: bud spencer
Question: Which U.K. no.1 single was based on Psalm number 173 from the bible?
Answer: rivers of babylon
Question: Polaris or the north star, is the brightest star in which constellation?
Answer: ursa minor
Question: Detective Richard Poole until his death, and following that detective Humphrey Goodman, have both been the main protagonists in which BBC drama series?
Answer: death in paradise
Question: Which legendary rock band was formed in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young?
Answer: ac dc
Question: What are measured and classified on the Saffir-Simpson scale?
Answer: hurricanes
Question: Which Spanish confectionary company’s logo was designed in 1969 by artist Salvador Dalí?
Answer: chupa chups
Question: Which principality has been ruled by the Grimaldi dynasty since 1419ad?
Answer: monaco
Question: Which French Post-Impressionist painter produced the works "Surprised!", "In a Tropical Forest", "Combat of a Tiger and a Buffalo" and "The Football Players"?
Answer: henri rousseau
Question: SVG Air is the national flag carrier airline of which country?
Answer: saint vincent and grenadines
Question: Who wrote the novel Thus Spoke Zarathustra?
Answer: friedrich nietzsche
Question: Chinese inventor Cai Lun is credited with inventing what in 105bc? The first instance of his invention was created from a mixture of tree bark, rags, pieces of rope and worn fishing nets.
Answer: paper
Question: First Impressions was the original title of which Jane Austen novel?
Answer: pride and prejudice
Question: In the world of technology how is Moving Picture Experts Group Audio Layer 3 better known?
Answer: mp3
Question: In Norse mythology who was the god of beauty, innocence, peace, and rebirth?
Answer: baldur
Question: The U.S. horseracing Triple Crown is a title awarded to a three-year-old Thoroughbred horse who wins the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and which other race?
Answer: belmont stakes
Question: """An Agony in Eight Fits"" is the subtitle of which literary work, first published in 1876, it was written by Lewis Carroll?"
Answer: hunting of snark
Question: Who was known as "The Father of Antiseptic Surgery"?
Answer: joseph lister
Question: Which traditional books of the Bible are no longer in the modern versions?
Answer: apocrypha
Question: Who was the architect of the Albert Memorial in Kensington gardens?
Answer: george gilbert scott
Question: Who was die leader of the gunpowder plot?
Answer: robert catesby
Question: Which chemical element has a name meaning "Devil's Copper" in German?
Answer: nickel
Question: Where in Paris would you find The Richelieu Wing, The Sully Wing and The Napoleon Hall?
Answer: louvre
Question: Which city is situated at the confluence of the Eden and Caldew rivers?
Answer: carlisle
Question: What is the better known name of the Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories?
Answer: jodrell bank observatory
Question: In the human body, what is the 'Trachea more commonly known as?
Answer: windpipe
Question: Who had a number one hit in 1961 with Runaway?
Answer: del shannon
Question: Turkish Van, Ragamuffin and Devon Rex are all breeds of which animal?
Answer: cats
Question: What was the name of Americas answer to Alf Garnett?
Answer: archie bunker
Question: Which car manufacturer makes models called Up, Jetta and Phaeton?
Answer: volkswagen
Question: Don't Rain on My Parade and Second Hand Rose are songs from which musical?
Answer: funny girl
Question: Which chemist discovered Nitrous Oxide in 1772?
Answer: joseph priestley
Question: In which bond film did Britt Ekland play Mary Goodnight
Answer: man with golden gun
Question: In which country is the Tower of Hercules, the oldest roman lighthouse still in use today?
Answer: spain
Question: Which British Prime Minister declared war on Russia on the 28th March 1854?
Answer: earl of aberdeen
Question: Which character in Vladimir Nabokov's classic novel is obsessed with Lolita?
Answer: humbert humbert
Question: American Fuzzy Lop, Jersey Wooly and British Giant are all breads of which animal?
Answer: rabbit
Question: Who Sculpted "The Discus Thrower"?
Answer: myron
Question: In ancient Greece whose warriors were called The Myrmidons?
Answer: achilles
Question: In Greek Cuisine which dish consists of vine leaves stuffed with rice and vegetables?
Answer: dolmades
Question: In the TV western series, who (played by Leif Erikson) owned the High Chaparral?
Answer: john cannon
Question: What name is given to the speed it is necessary for a rocket to achieve in order for it to overcome the Earth's gravitational pull?
Answer: escape velocity
Question: Which American actor, best known for his role in the 1970's TV series 'Kung Fu', died in June 2009?
Answer: david carradine
Question: In which English cathedral would you find the 'Mappa Mundi'?
Answer: hereford
Question: By what name was the American serial killer David Berkowitz, who confessed to the murder of six people in New York City in the late 1970's, better known?
Answer: son of sam
Question: Who became English football's most expensive player when he moved from Middlesbrough to Manchester United for £2.3 million in August 1989?
Answer: gary pallister
Question: Which 13th century philosopher and theologian was known as 'Doctor Angelicus'?
Answer: thomas aquinus
Question: 'The Weaver Of Raveloe' is the subtitle of which famous 19th century novel?
Answer: silas marner
Question: Which American actress, perhaps best known for her role in the 1970's TV show 'Charlie's Angels', died in 2009?
Answer: farah fawcett
Question: Although Maple bats are becoming increasingly popular, which wood is traditionally used to make Baseball bats?
Answer: ash
Question: What was the nickname of the American serial killer John Wayne Gacy who was executed in 1994 for the rape and murder of 33 boys and young men?
Answer: killer clown
Question: 'The Modern Prometheus' was the subtitle of which 19th century novel?
Answer: frankenstein
Question: In which river was the Russian monk Rasputin drowned?
Answer: neva
Question: Who became English football's most expensive player when he moved from Norwich City to Blackburn Rovers for £5 million in July 1994?
Answer: chris sutton
Question: Located off the northwest coast of Ireland, which is the only BBC shipping forecast area to begin with the letter 'R'?
Answer: rockall
Question: Which 13th century English philosopher and scientist was known as 'Doctor Mirabilis'?
Answer: roger bacon
Question: Who was the 7th century Anglo-Saxon bishop, who whilst living on the Farne Islands off Northumberland, instituted special laws to protect the Eider ducks nesting there?
Answer: st cuthbert
Question: Which two word term is used to describe the gravitational boundary enclosing a 'Black Hole', from which nothing can escape?
Answer: event horizon
Question: From which wood are 'Ten-Pin Bowling' pins traditionally made?
Answer: maple
Question: On which island did Gracie Fields die in 1979?
Answer: capri
Question: By what name is the Italian painter Jacopo Robusti, born the son of a silk dyer in 1518, better known?
Answer: tintoretto
Question: The giant bird Dinornis robustus, found in New Zealand, was unique in the bird kingdom in having no wings. It stood at up to 10 feet tall and was hunted to extinction around 1500 AD. By what name is this bird commonly known?
Answer: moa
Question: Which American actress, born in 1906, appeared in the 1927 film 'It', thus becoming the first 'It Girl'?
Answer: clara bow
Question: In horse racing, at which racecourse are all five of the Irish Classics held?
Answer: curragh
Question: For what did the 'J' stand in the name of the 'Dallas' character 'JR Ewing'?
Answer: john
Question: Who played the title character in the 2009 film 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine'?
Answer: hugh jackman
Question: Which Italian painter was forced to flee Rome in 1606 after murdering a man in a fit of temper?
Answer: caravaggio
Question: What was the pseudonym used by the English essayist Charles Lamb when contributing to the 'London Magazine'?
Answer: elia
Question: Which German composer wrote the 'Rheinish Symphony'?
Answer: robert schumann
Question: In Greek mythology, who was the master craftsman who built the 'Labyrinth' for King Minos?
Answer: daedalus
Question: Which BAFTA award winning British drama series follows the work of a group of MI5 intelligence officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a highly secure suite of offices known as 'The Grid'?
Answer: spooks
Question: Which American film actress, born in 1921, was known as 'The Sweater Girl' because of her tight fitting clothes in the 1937 film 'They Won't Forget'?
Answer: lana turner
Question: Which group had a UK number one hit in July 2009 with 'Beat Again'?
Answer: jls
Question: According to the Bible, from which wood was 'Noah's Ark' made?
Answer: gopher
Question: At which racecourse is the Scottish Grand National run each April?
Answer: ayr
Question: Which group had a UK number one hit in August 2009 with 'I Gotta Feeling'?
Answer: black eyed peas
Question: 'Aston', 'Mick' and 'Davies' are the three central characters in which play by Harold Pinter?
Answer: caretaker
Question: In which city in Arizona did 'The Gunfight At The OK Corral' take place in 1881?
Answer: tombstone
Question: What was the name of the British ocean liner sunk by a German U-boat in 1915, killing over 1100 people?
Answer: lusitania
Question: Complete the title of this famous novel by George & Weedon Grossmith: 'Diary Of A ....'?
Answer: nobody
Question: In 2007, Forrest Whittaker won the 'Oscar' for Best Actor for his role in which film?
Answer: last king of scotland
Question: Complete the title of this famous play by Luigi Pirandello: 'Six Characters In Search Of An ....'?
Answer: author
Question: In 2008, Daniel Day-Lewis won the 'Oscar' for Best Actor for his role in which film?
Answer: there will be blood
Question: Which British scholar and idealist is best remembered for his works 'The Rights Of Man' and 'The Age Of Reason'?
Answer: thomas paine
Question: Deriving from the Greek for 'crescent', what name is given to the convex or concave upper surface of a column of liquid, the curvature of which is caused by surface tension?
Answer: meniscus
Question: Playing for Wigan Athletic, who is the only Columbian currently registered as a Premier League footballer?
Answer: hugo rodallega
Question: Who is the MP for South Cambridgeshire and current Secretary of State for Health?
Answer: andrew lansley
Question: Who is the MP for Surrey Heath and current Secretary of State for Education?
Answer: michael gove
Question: Which internationally recognised non-SI unit of pressure is equal to 101,325 Pascals?
Answer: atmosphere
Question: Which singer has had a 2010 UK number one album with 'Aphrodite'?
Answer: kylie minogue
Question: Which astronomic unit of measurement is equal to 3.26 light years?
Answer: parsec
Question: Which is the only American state beginning with the letter 'L'?
Answer: louisiana
Question: Which actor and comedian plays the role of 'Pete Brockman' in the TV series 'Outnumbered'?
Answer: hugh dennis
Question: 'Operation Avalanche' was the codename given to the Allied invasion of which country during World War II?
Answer: italy
Question: The name of which famous French newspaper translates into English as 'the world'?
Answer: le monde
Question: Which horse won the 1967 Grand National at odds of 100/1 after a melee at the 23rd. fence caused most of the field to pull up?
Answer: foinavon
Question: Which city is the administrative centre of the French region of Alsace?
Answer: strasbourg
Question: The group of French composers known as 'Les Six' were, Francis Poulenc, Georges Auric, Louis Durey, Germaine Tailleferre and which other?
Answer: darius milhaud
Question: In the Christian calendar, what name is given to the Sunday immediately prior to Palm Sunday?
Answer: passion sunday
Question: The group of Russian composers known as 'The Five' or 'The Mighty Handful' were Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Modest Mussorgsky, Mily Balakirev, Cesar Cui and which other?
Answer: aleksandr borodin
Question: Which Asian capital city is situated at the confluence of the rivers Klang and Gombak?
Answer: kuala lumpur
Question: Released in 2009, 'Dawn Of The Dinosaurs' was the title of the third instalment of which film series?
Answer: ice age
Question: What name is given to the cooler areas of the Sun's surface that are visible as dark patches?
Answer: sunspots
Question: The Order of the Chrysanthemum is the highest order of which country?
Answer: japan
Question: Released in 2008, 'Escape 2 Africa' was the title of the second instalment in which film series?
Answer: madagascar
Question: In Arthurian legend, what name is given to the sunken land believed to lie off the Isles of Scilly?
Answer: lyonesse
Question: Which 2001 'Westlife' song is the only UK number one single to begin with the letter 'Q'?
Answer: queen of my heart
Question: Which 1980 Olivia Newton-John and ELO song is the only UK number one single to begin with the letter 'X'?
Answer: xanadu
Question: What was the name of the British nurse who was shot by a German firing squad during World War I after being court-martialled for helping Allied troops escape from a military hospital in Belgium?
Answer: edith cavell
Question: By what traditional name was the Chinese city of Guangzhou known in Britain?
Answer: canton
Question: How was the American outlaw and gunfighter Harry Longabaugh better known?
Answer: sundance kid
Question: Which famous nude painting in the National Gallery was attacked with an axe, by a militant suffragette in 1914?
Answer: rokeby venus
Question: Which all-girl group had a hit in 1996 with 'Say You'll Be There'?
Answer: spice girls
Question: If you are attending a local derby match between 'Flamengo' and 'Fluminence', in which city would you be?
Answer: rio de janeiro
Question: In Greek mythology what form did Zeus take so he could make love to Danae?
Answer: shower of gold
Question: .uk is the network identifier for the United Kingdom, which country uses the identifier .sg?
Answer: singapore
Question: Which European country was ruled by the 'House of Vasa' from 1523-1818?
Answer: sweden
Question: Which actor was nominated for a Best Actor 'Oscar' for the film 'The People Vs Larry Flynt'?
Answer: woody harrelson
Question: What name is given to a volcanic opening that gives out gas and steam?
Answer: fumarole
Question: After which battle of June 1800 in northern Italy was Napoleon's future secured?
Answer: marengo
Question: Which car company produces a model called the 'Sonata'?
Answer: hyundai
Question: Which game has the nickname 'Nero's Game' and is probably the oldest dice game still played?
Answer: backgammon
Question: Deficiency in which vitamin causes 'Night Blindness'?
Answer: vitamin
Question: Which 'Ivy League' University is at Ithaca in New York State?
Answer: cornell
Question: Which actor was nominated for a Best Actor 'Oscar' for the film 'Starman'?
Answer: jeff bridges
Question: Which striking building in the Manchester area has been designed by architect Daniel Liberskind?
Answer: imperial war museum north
Question: Which artefact in the British Museum was painstakingly restored after being smashed by a drunkard in 1845?
Answer: portland vase
Question: In Greek mythology, whose punishment was to stand in a lake whose waters receded whenever he tried to drink?
Answer: tantalus
Question: Which battle near Moscow turned the tide against Napoleon in 1812?
Answer: borodino
Question: By what name was Music Hall entertainer Matilda Wood known to the general public?
Answer: marie lloyd
Question: What's the "best preserved Stone Age village in Europe", on Mainland in Orkney, called?
Answer: skara brae
Question: What is the better known name of the bird Cygnus olor?
Answer: mute swan
Question: Which opera has 'Escamillo' as one of the central characters?
Answer: carmen
Question: In which English city would you find the 'Backs' and the 'Bridge of Sighs'?
Answer: cambridge
Question: Viti Levu is the largest of which group of islands?
Answer: fiji
Question: 'Tame' is the national airline of which South American country?
Answer: ecuador
Question: Who painted 'The Virgin Of The Rocks' found in the Louvre, Paris?
Answer: leonardo da vinci
Question: Welsh chieftain, Owen Glendower, led a revolt against the rule in Wales of which English king?
Answer: henry iv
Question: Which Asian capital city is known as Krung Thep to its inhabitants and stands on the Chao Phraya River?
Answer: bangkok
Question: In which country does 100 Xu equal 1 Dong?
Answer: vietnam
Question: In which vessel did Joshua Slocum circumnavigate the Earth single handed?
Answer: spray
Question: In which English town would you find the 18th century Assembly Rooms and Royal Crescent?
Answer: bath
Question: Which country has moved its capital to the planned city of Putrajaya, about 25km from the previous capital?
Answer: malaysia
Question: Who are Keisha, Mutya and Heidi collectively known in the pop world?
Answer: sugarbabes
Question: Harry, Tom, Dougie and Danny are collectively known as who in the pop world?
Answer: mcfly
Question: From which t.v. comedy series did the catchphrase "Suit You Sir" come?
Answer: fast show
Question: Which BBC service would one listen to on 909 KHz Medium Wave?
Answer: radio five live
Question: What is the better known name of the bird Tyto Alba?
Answer: barn owl
Question: Who wrote the plays 'Ivanov', 'The Wood Demon' and 'The Seagull'?
Answer: anton chekov
Question: The 'Pilgrimage of Grace' was a revolt against which English king?
Answer: henry viii
Question: The lands once rules by the Queen of Sheba now form part of which modern country?
Answer: yemen
Question: What is the name of the only cricket team in the 2014 NatWest T20 Blast that does not include the name of a county in its title?
Answer: birmingham bears
Question: Who wrote the children’s book Danny, the Champion of the World?
Answer: roald dahl
Question: Who was the star of wartime films One Exciting Night, Rhythm Serenade and We’ll Meet Again?
Answer: vera lynn
Question: Andrew Marr, Rosie Boycott and Simon Kelner have been editors of which daily newspaper?
Answer: independent
Question: Bernard Lee who played M in eleven Bond films was the grandfather of which current British actor?
Answer: jonny lee miller
Question: Named after the Californian who accidentally created it in 1871, what is a cross between a blackberry and a raspberry called?
Answer: loganberry
Question: What is the name of the maid of Cio-Cio San in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly?
Answer: suzuki
Question: Which artist’s final works in the early 1950s were gouaches découpées or paper cut-outs such as “La Négresse” and “he Blue Nudes”?
Answer: henri matisse
Question: Which King supposedly died due to eating a surfeit of lampreys?
Answer: henry i
Question: Which word completes the title of the second book in this trilogy: Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades ____ and Fifty Shades Freed?
Answer: darker
Question: Which character was played by Arthur Bostrom in the TV sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!?
Answer: officer crabtree
Question: Hastings Banda was the first President of which country (from 1966 to 1994)?
Answer: malawi
Question: The island of Jura is separated from the mainland by the _____ of Jura and from the island of Islay by the _____ of Islay. Which word for a strait is missing from these descriptions?
Answer: sound
Question: Which Formula One driver won the 2014 British Grand Prix?
Answer: lewis hamilton
Question: Who was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1924 to 1929?
Answer: winston churchill