CharlesMoslonka/trivia_qa_rc_wikipedia huggingface dataset:
Question: Which is the most popular deity in Indian culture? Known as the Lord of Obstacles, this god is depicted as having the head of an elephant?
Answer: ganesh
Question: Lake Edward in Africa, was renamed after which tyrannical African leader in the 1970's, the lake reverting to its original name, after he was overthrown?
Answer: idi amin
Question: Who is the very famous, yet estranged, actress daughter of actor, Jon Voight?
Answer: angelina jolie
Question: What number links the characters played by Patrick McGoohan in "The Prisoner" and Tricia Helfer in "Battlestar Galactica"?
Answer: six
Question: Which London-born novelist/journalist, of German parentage, wrote "Everything You Know" and "Notes on a Scandal"?
Answer: zoe heller
Question: Mark Anthony and Cleopatra VII, were defeated at which 31 BC battle?
Answer: actium
Question: Which Football League Two team play home games at Adams Park?
Answer: wycombe wanderers
Question: Who was the UN General Secretary from 1961-1971?
Answer: u thant
Question: Which US singer/songwriter recorded the albums "The Heart of Saturday Night", "Heartattack and Vine", "Swordfishtrombones", etc?
Answer: tom waits
Question: Which Midlands town links Rupert Brooke and William Webb Ellis
Answer: rugby
Question: Galileo discovered the four largest moons of which planet in 1610?
Answer: jupiter
Question: Who wrote the symphonic poem "Finlandia"?
Answer: jean sibelius
Question: Jonathan lve is noted as the principal designer of which portable media player?
Answer: ipod
Question: In Greek myth, who divested himself of his 'curse' in the River Pactolus?
Answer: king midas
Question: Larry Page and Sergey Brin were co-founders of which Internet tool?
Answer: google
Question: The Ford Cortina and Ford Taunus were predecessors of which model?
Answer: ford sierra
Question: What alcoholic spirit is made from at least 90% of the Ugni Blanc grape?
Answer: cognac
Question: Which comic duo first appeared together in TV's "The Frost Report"?
Answer: two ronnies
Question: The University of Paris (La Sorbonne) was founded in which century?
Answer: thirteenth
Question: Which British writer, of Bangladeshi origin, wrote "Brick Lane", and "Alentejo Blue"?
Answer: monica ali
Question: Who was the Emperor of Rome at the time of the Great Fire in AD 64?
Answer: nero
Question: Which Football League One team play home games at Huish Park?
Answer: yeovil town
Question: Who portrays Kara Tointon in TV's "Eastenders"?
Answer: dawn swann
Question: Which Irish-born singer/songwriter released the albums "Astral Weeks", "What's Wrong With This Picture", "Magic Time", etc?
Answer: van morrison
Question: Which English city links Cary Grant and W. G. Grace?
Answer: bristol
Question: Who wrote the national march of the USA, "The Stars and Stripes Forever"?
Answer: john philip sousa
Question: Who, from 1951-1969, was the only King of Libya?
Answer: idris
Question: Who was the first English goalkeeper transferred for £1 million (1989)?
Answer: nigel martyn
Question: Spanish law states which fortified wine must come from the Jerez province?
Answer: sherry
Question: Colne Valley Railway and Waltham Abbey are in which English county?
Answer: essex
Question: Which comic trio first appeared in radio's "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again"?
Answer: goodies
Question: Which gem variety is an aluminium oxide with the formula Al203?
Answer: sapphire
Question: In the Beverly Hillbillies what is the name of Milburn Drysdale's Secretary?
Answer: jane hathaway
Question: In the 1991 film, if Geena Davis played Thelma, who played the part of Louise?
Answer: susan sarandon
Question: Paul McCartney and Wings provided the title song for which 1973 James Bond film?
Answer: live and let die
Question: Although the island of Corfu is part of Greece, its north eastern tip lies just off the coast of which other country?
Answer: albania
Question: In the 1980's, on which TV game show did Leslie Crowther proclaim, "Come on Down"?
Answer: price is right
Question: Who has written a series of novels, entitled "The Dark Tower", of which the first, in 1982, was entitled, "The Gunslinger"?
Answer: stephen king
Question: The metallic element, Lutetium, is named after the Latin name of which European capital city?
Answer: paris
Question: Bandleaders Benny Goodman and Woody Herman both normally played which instrument?
Answer: clarinet
Question: Which English racecourse, dubbed "The Home of National Hunt Racing", is situated in Prestbury Park?
Answer: cheltenham
Question: Name the 1956 film, in which Kirk Douglas portrayed the artist Vincent Van Gogh.
Answer: lust for life
Question: Which actor, born in Prescot in 1757, was the brother of famous actress Sarah Siddons?
Answer: john philip kemble
Question: Which artist did Charlton Heston portray in the 1965 film, "The Agony and the Ecstasy"?
Answer: michelangelo
Question: The cluster of stars, known as The Pleiades, lies in which constellation?
Answer: taurus
Question: In 1926, which American bandleader, the self-dubbed, "King of Jazz", hired, and thus helped launch the career of singer Bing Crosby?
Answer: paul whiteman
Question: Although the Dodecanese Islands are part of Greece, they lie just a few miles off the coast of which other country?
Answer: turkey
Question: If a couple have been married for thirty years, which wedding anniversary will they celebrate?
Answer: pearl
Question: What was the name of the song, sung by Carly Simon, which was used as the theme song for the 1977 James Bond film, "The Spy Who Loved Me"?
Answer: nobody does it better
Question: Which action in World War H, had the code name, "Operation Dynamo"?
Answer: evacuation from dunkirk
Question: Who is the only West Indian bowler to take over 500 wickets in Test cricket?
Answer: courtney walsh
Question: What name is given to the particle in an atom which carries a negative charge?
Answer: electron
Question: In Greek mythology, who nightly swam the Hellespont to meet his lover?
Answer: leander
Question: There are two cathedrals in Dublin, Christ Church and St Patrick's, neither belonging to the Roman Catholic faith. To which minority faith do they belong?
Answer: church of ireland
Question: Which 1970's American TV detective series, was created by film writer Abby Mann?
Answer: kojak
Question: Which current cabinet minister is the Labour M.P. for Redditch?
Answer: jacqui smith
Question: On winning the US Masters in 2003, which man became the only Canadian to win one of golf's major titles?
Answer: mike weir
Question: What name is given to the series of narrative poems by Lord Tennyson, which retells the legend of Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table?
Answer: idylls of king
Question: Which 15th century English writer compiled some French and English Arthurian legends, and added work of his own, under the title of "Le Morte d'Arthur"?
Answer: sir thomas malory
Question: Prior to Padraig Harrington in 2008, who was the last European golfer to win two of golf's major titles in the same season?
Answer: nick faldo
Question: Ruth Kelly, who announced in September 2008, that she is stepping down from the cabinet to spend more time with her family, has been an MP in which northern town since 1997?
Answer: bolton
Question: Which American TV legend produced the detective series, "FBI", "Cannon" and "Barnaby Jones"?
Answer: quinn martin
Question: Which common pastoral plant, has the botanical name "trifolium repens"?
Answer: white clover
Question: Which composer, born in Pesaro in Italy in 1792, based his opera, "The Barber of Seville" on the trilogy by French playwright, Pierre de Beaumarchais?
Answer: rossini
Question: The Musee d'Orsay, in Paris, which houses many great impressionist paintings, was originally designed as what sort of building?
Answer: railway station
Question: The adjective "cervine", is used when pertaining to which animal?
Answer: deer
Question: According to tradition, the Greek mythological monsters, Scylla and Charybdis, menaced seafarers in which stretch of water?
Answer: straits of messina
Question: The atomic number of a chemical element, is determined by the numbers of which particle, in its nucleus?
Answer: proton
Question: Courtney Walsh first played cricket for which county side in England in 1984, remaining with them until 1998?
Answer: gloucestershire
Question: Which film star did Elvis Presley's daughter, Lisa Marie, marry in August 2002? He filed for divorce just 108 days later.
Answer: nicholas cage
Question: In heraldry, which word describes the right hand side of the shield?
Answer: dexter
Question: Who became heir to the throne of France as a result of the Treaty of Troyes in 1420?
Answer: henry v of england
Question: Which Daily Mirror journalist wrote for many years under the pen name of Cassandra?
Answer: william connor
Question: Which biblical city was the capital of Assyria and was sacked by the Babylonians and the Medes in 612BC?
Answer: nineveh
Question: Who was the male star of the film "Man Of La Mancha"?
Answer: peter o toole
Question: Which long running television detective series is based upon the novels of Caroline Graham?
Answer: midsomer murders
Question: Besides China and Cambodia, which other country has a border with Vietnam?
Answer: laos
Question: Who is the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Poseidon?
Answer: neptune
Question: In heraldry which word describes an animal with its body resting on its leg and with its head raised?
Answer: couchant
Question: What was the forename of writer Proust (1871-1922)?
Answer: marcel
Question: In which modern day country is the birthplace of the geneticist Gregor Mendel?
Answer: czech republic
Question: What are Fly in Nevada, USA, El Tatio in Chile and Strokker in Iceland?
Answer: geysers
Question: Who composed the orchestral pieces the Lark Ascending and The Pilgrim's Progress?
Answer: ralph vaughan williams
Question: Around 1503, who painted the Coronation of the Virgin, now to be found in the Vatican museum?
Answer: raphael
Question: In the bible the book of Lamentations is ascribed to which of the prophets?
Answer: jeremiah
Question: Which Prime Minister twice succeeded J Ramsay Macdonald?
Answer: stanley baldwin
Question: Which fictional Police Officer was created by M C Beaton?
Answer: hamish macbeth
Question: What was being advertised by Lorraine Chase when she used the words "Nah, Luton Airport"
Answer: campari
Question: What was the code name for the bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945?
Answer: little boy
Question: Who won the FA Cup in 1923, the year it was first played at Wembley?
Answer: bolton wanderers
Question: Will's Neck is the highest point in which range of hills?
Answer: quantocks
Question: The SWALEC Stadium will become a Test cricket ground in 2009, in which town or city is it?
Answer: cardiff
Question: Which language is common to Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism?
Answer: sanskrit
Question: Which video game involves the main character in a search for 3 'Scions' with the final action taking place in the great pyramid of Atlantis?
Answer: tomb raider
Question: Many betting odds have nicknames e.g. 5/1 is a 'handful', what odds are known as 'cockle'?
Answer: 10 1
Question: What did Hubert Cecil Booth first patent in 1902?
Answer: vacuum cleaner
Question: In which part of the British Isles is Carisbrooke Castle?
Answer: isle of wight
Question: Which actor was a Dad's Army regular and also appeared in the film 'Ben Hur'?
Answer: john le mesurier
Question: Who wrote the sonnet 'How do I love thee'?
Answer: elizabeth barrett browning
Question: The LHC has been built to research nuclear physics, for what does the H stand?
Answer: hadron
Question: Bourbon whisky is named after a county in which US state?
Answer: kentucky
Question: Who had a UK number 1 hit in 1955 with the song 'Stranger in Paradise'?
Answer: tony bennett
Question: Celtic Crusaders join the Rugby League Superleague in 2009, in which town or city is the club based?
Answer: bridgend
Question: Who wrote the poem 'Not waving but drowning'?
Answer: stevie smith
Question: What is the common name of the fruit Prunus Armeniaca?
Answer: apricot
Question: What was the official residence of the monarch between 1698 and 1837?
Answer: st james palace
Question: The site of the Battle of Flodden Field is in which county?
Answer: northumberland
Question: Published in 1826 whose song, a rendition of 'Ave Maria', is classified as Opus 52 no 6?
Answer: schubert
Question: Which 1966 western featured the characters Tuco, Blondie and Angel Eyes?
Answer: good bad and ugly
Question: Which rock 'n roll icon had a US and UK hit in 1956 with 'Long Tall Sally'?
Answer: little richard
Question: According to mythology, who was rescued by Perseus after being chained to a rock as a sacrifice?
Answer: andromeda
Question: The Bryce Canyon and Zion National Parks are in which US state?
Answer: utah
Question: What is the fruit of the shrub/plant Rubus Idaeus?
Answer: raspberry
Question: Which of the former eastern bloc countries, now a member of the EU is the only one to have adopted the euro as its currency?
Answer: slovenia
Question: Sir Thomas Bertram owns which estate in an 1814 novel?
Answer: mansfield park
Question: The site of the Battle of Naseby is in which county?
Answer: northamptonshire
Question: The LHC is operated by the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, by what initials is this organisation known?
Answer: cern
Question: Whose Law states that equal volumes of gases at the same temperature and pressure contain equal numbers of molecules?
Answer: avogadro
Question: A biography of which pop group was subtitled 'The World's First Supergroup'?
Answer: cream
Question: What type of precious stone is the "Star of India"?
Answer: sapphire
Question: Which Mediterranean island is associated with the Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite?
Answer: cyprus
Question: Which chocolate bar, has had its name changed to 'Snickers'?
Answer: marathon
Question: What is the American equivalent of the 'Financial Times'?
Answer: wall street journal
Question: Which radio comedian's catch-phrase was 'right monkey'?
Answer: al read
Question: In which country would you find the holy city of the Islamic religion, Mecca?
Answer: saudi arabia
Question: In the story of "Alice in Wonderland", what kind of creature did Alice find on top of a toadstool, smoking a hookah?
Answer: caterpillar
Question: Which model of Rolls-Royce motor car has the same name as a bomber aircraft?
Answer: phantom
Question: What physical disability is highlighted in the film "Children of a Lesser God"?
Answer: deafness
Question: Which town is "celebrated" in the song "Dirty Old Town"?
Answer: salford
Question: What was the forename of the French Painter "Manet"?
Answer: edouard
Question: In "Alice in Wonderland" when the Cheshire Cat disappears what is left behind?
Answer: its grin
Question: In Stevenson's classic book, "Treasure Island" who was the captain of the Hispaniola"?
Answer: captain smollett
Question: Who founded an airline in the 1930s in the USA, which developed into the modern company TWA (Trans-World Airlines)?
Answer: howard hughes
Question: The largest department store in the world is in New York City, what is its name?
Answer: macy s
Question: What word, other than blackmail, is used to describe the criminal offence of demanding money with menaces?
Answer: extortion
Question: Which sign of the zodiac is represented by a mythical centaur?
Answer: sagittarius
Question: In the film "The Absent-Minded professor" what substance was invented by Fred MacMurray?
Answer: flubber
Question: The "Nimrod" reconnaissance aircraft is based on which former passenger aircraft?
Answer: comet
Question: Who is the only British monarch to have had an Epsom Derbywinner during his/her reign?
Answer: edward vii
Question: Which lake was created by the building of the Aswan High Dam on the Nile in the 1960s?
Answer: lake nasser
Question: Which creature has a chemical in its saliva which prevents blood from clotting?
Answer: vampire bat
Question: In the Aintree Grand National, how many fences are jumped before one reached "Beecher's Brook" for the first time?
Answer: five
Question: Which county cricket team won the championship six times in the 20th century, although their last outright success was in 1934?
Answer: lancashire
Question: Name the piece of classical music associated with the advertising slogan "Happiness is a cigar called Hamlet"?
Answer: air on g string
Question: Which lake was formed by the damming of the Zambezi River?
Answer: kariba
Question: The Babington Plot was intended to dethrone which English monarch?
Answer: elizabeth i
Question: John Torode and Gregg Wallace are the judges on which TV programme?
Answer: masterchef
Question: Which lake was formed by the building of the Hoover Dam?
Answer: mead
Question: Which English knight helped put Henry 4th on the throne but later rebelled and was killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403?
Answer: sir henry percy
Question: Name the composer born in Germany in 1685, he settled in England in 1712, was naturalised English in 1727 and died in London in 1759?
Answer: handel
Question: What is the name of Shakespeare's 'Merchant of Venice'?
Answer: antonio
Question: Which team beat Glasgow Rangers in the 2008 UEFA Cup Final played at the City of Manchester Stadium?
Answer: zenit st petersburg
Question: Who was Prime Minister of Great Britain for just seven months from October 1922 to May 1923?
Answer: andrew bonar law
Question: 2007 was the 75th anniversary of the mass trespass on which Peak District hill, an action that led to the formation of the Rambler's Association?
Answer: kinder scout
Question: In mythology, which son of Zeus was immersed up to his neck in water which he could not drink and surrounded by fruits which were eternally out of reach?
Answer: tantalus
Question: Of whom did Winston Churchill say "In defeat unbeatable, in victory unbearable"?
Answer: field marshal montgomery
Question: Which county cricket team waited until 1979 before their first county championship title but won it five more times by 1992?
Answer: essex
Question: Which 1969 film told the story of contestants in a 1920s dance marathon, the title is also that of a 1977 top 20 hit for Racing Cars?
Answer: they shoot horses don t they
Question: What is the surname of retail guru Mary featured in the TV series 'Mary Queen of Shops'?
Answer: portas
Question: What are 'hairstreaks' and 'skippers'?
Answer: butterflies
Question: What is the name of the famous cartoon strip drawn by Jim Davis?
Answer: garfield
Question: Name the composer born in Russia in 1882, he became a French citizen in 1934, and an American citizen in 1945, he died in New York City in 1971?
Answer: stravinsky
Question: Sir Anthony Mamo, who died in May 2008, was the first President of which European country, from 1974 to 1976?
Answer: malta
Question: On which island in the Thames was Magna Carta signed in 1215?
Answer: runnymede
Question: Which European country gave votes to woman for the first time as recently as 1976?
Answer: portugal
Question: What is the name of the famous cartoon strip drawn by Scott Adams?
Answer: dilbert
Question: Which historical figure was executed by emasculation, evisceration and beheading at Smithfield in 1305?
Answer: william wallace
Question: In a Chinese restaurant, what does a diner get if he orders wonton?
Answer: dumplings
Question: In the TV series, "To the Manor Born", which character was played by actress, Angela Thorne?
Answer: marjory
Question: The horse races, "The Cambridgeshire" and "The Cesarewitch" are grouped together under which title?
Answer: autumn double
Question: Who played the part of Norman Bates in the 1998 version of the film,'Psycho'?
Answer: vince vaughan
Question: What is the occupation of Silas Marner, in the book by George Eliot?
Answer: weaver
Question: What name is given to any of the six administrative districts of the Isle of Man?
Answer: sheading
Question: What anatomical name is given to the bones of human fingers and toes?
Answer: phalanges
Question: Due to his flamboyant style, which nickname was attributed to the conductor, Sir Malcolm Sargent?
Answer: flash harry
Question: Which part of the human body has the anatomical name axilla?
Answer: armpit
Question: Billy Bigelow and Julie Jordan are characters in which stage and screen musical?
Answer: carousel
Question: What is the occupation of Adam Bede in the book by George Eliot?
Answer: carpenter
Question: Which actor, who first played Geoffrey Shawcross in the TV series, "Hetty Wainthropp Investigates", played the part of Merry in the "Lord of the Rings" films?
Answer: dominic monaghan
Question: Genuine Moroccan leather is made from the hide of which animal?
Answer: goat
Question: Which car manufacturer produces the "Grand Vitara", 4 x 4 model?
Answer: suzuki
Question: In the early episodes of the TV series, "To the Manor Born", what was the surname of the character, Audrey, played by Penelope Keith?
Answer: fforbes hamilton
Question: The cartoon character, Glenda Slagg, the First Lady of Fleet St., appeared in which satirical magazine?
Answer: private eye
Question: Which vegetable, popular in Chinese dishes, is obtained from the stem of the Bulrush?
Answer: water chestnuts
Question: Which U.S. City is served by O'Hare International airport?
Answer: chicago
Question: Which Australian bowler was named "Player of the Tournament", at the end of the 2007 Cricket World Cup?
Answer: glen mcgrath
Question: Calpurnia was the third and last wife of which famous historical character?
Answer: julius caesar
Question: The film musical, "Cabaret" was based on the short novel, "Goodbye to Berlin", written in the 1930's by which British author?
Answer: christopher isherwood
Question: Actress/singer, Millicent Martin was married to which pop singer from 1958-65?
Answer: ronnie carroll
Question: Which flower has varieties named, Dorothy Perkins, Grandpa Dickson and Iceberg?
Answer: rose
Question: What is the name of the French style soup made with pureed leeks, onions and potatoes, chicken stock and cream and traditionally served cold?
Answer: vichyssoise
Question: What was the title of the TV series, which starred Jasper Carrott as Bob Louis and Robert Powell as Dave Briggs?
Answer: detectives
Question: Victoria is the capital of which group of islands in the Indian Ocean?
Answer: seychelles
Question: Who directed the films, "Bugsy Malone" (1976) and Midnight Express (1978)?
Answer: alan parker
Question: What is the name of the ground, in Belfast, on which the Ulster Rugby Union team play their home matches?
Answer: ravenhill
Question: Who directed the films, "The Terminator" (1984) and "Titanic" (1997)?
Answer: james cameron
Question: What is the capital and largest city of the Fijian Islands?
Answer: suva
Question: What was the title of the 1960's American TV series, which starred Richard Boone as a gentleman turned gunfighter named Paladin?
Answer: have gun will travel
Question: What is the flavour of the Spanish soups Gazpacho and Salmorejo, which are traditionally served chilled?
Answer: tomato
Question: Which popular garden flower has classes which include regular and irregular incurves, reflex, decorative and pompon?
Answer: chrysanthemums
Question: Wigan Rugby League player Chris Mather and management consultant, Patrick King, were both, at one time or another, married to which TV personality?
Answer: carol vorderman
Question: Valeria Messalina was the third wife of which Roman emperor?
Answer: claudius
Question: Which Oswaldtwistle born weaver and carpenter invented the Spinning Jenny in the 18th century?
Answer: james hargreaves
Question: Which part of the human body is referred to by the adjective, renal?
Answer: kidneys
Question: In Greek mythology, who was, tragically, both the mother and wife of Oedipus?
Answer: jocasta
Question: What was the nickname of President Duvalier of Haiti who died in 1971?
Answer: papa doc
Question: Which current Broadway musical has a Japanese therapist character called Christmas Eve?
Answer: avenue q
Question: It is illegal in England to eat what on Christmas Day?
Answer: mince pies
Question: Hollyoaks is set in a fictional suburb of which British city?
Answer: chester
Question: Which word is used for the traditional Mafia code of silence in Sicily?
Answer: omertà
Question: Which Egyptian president ordered the seizure of the Suez Canal in 1956?
Answer: nasser