CharlesMoslonka/trivia_qa_rc_wikipedia huggingface dataset:
Question: The material known as scagliola has, since antiquity, been used to imitate which other material?
Answer: marble
Question: What name is given to the type of wallpaper produced by applying wool fibres to the paper to give a velvety surface?
Answer: flock
Question: Who wrote the music of the opera The Love of Three Oranges ?
Answer: prokofiev
Question: Composed by Eric Coates, what is the title of the signature tune of Radio 4's Desert Island Discs?
Answer: by sleepy lagoon
Question: Which stately home in Derbyshire was once described as "more glass than wall"?
Answer: hardwick hall
Question: What term used in the USA to describe a piebald horse means 'painted' in Spanish?
Answer: pinto
Question: 'Sweet Caroline' and 'Forever in Blue Jeans' are among the compositions of which American singer and songwriter?
Answer: neil diamond
Question: In heraldry, what term describes figures standing on either side of a shield as if upholding it and guarding it?
Answer: supporters
Question: 'The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq and Willem Van Ruytenburch' is the proper title of which Rembrandt painting?
Answer: nightwatch
Question: Eric Coates' 'Knightsbridge March', signature tune of BBC Radio's 'In Town Tonight' is from which work?
Answer: london suite
Question: Which legendary king of the Britons is said to have founded the city of Bath?
Answer: bladud
Question: Which British boxer was involved in a fracas with Derek Chisora at a press conference in Munich in 2012?
Answer: david haye
Question: With which 1960's group do you mainly associate the name of Justin Hayward?
Answer: moody blues
Question: What, in American English, is the meaning of 'sophomore'?
Answer: second
Question: Who wrote the scripts for the TV series 'One Foot in the Grave'?
Answer: david renwick
Question: In which country was former Essex and England bowler Derek Pringle born?
Answer: kenya
Question: The Uffizi and the Bargello are among the museums of art in which European city?
Answer: florence
Question: In which Yorkshire town or city was the Rugby League founded in 1895?
Answer: huddersfield
Question: The third of her name of the annals of the Royal Navy, which aircraft carrier was sunk by a German U-Boat in the Mediterranean in November 1941?
Answer: ark royal
Question: In which city of South America would you find the neighbourhood of Ipanema?
Answer: rio de janeiro
Question: Buckland Abbey in Devon was the home of which famous 16th century English seaman?
Answer: sir francis drake
Question: What was the name of the tea-lady played by Julie Walters in Victoria Wood's spoof soap opera Acorn Antiques?
Answer: mrs overall
Question: Which precious stone, currently housed at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in Washington DC, is beleived to be the second most-visited artwork in the world?
Answer: hope diamond
Question: What is the more common name for the Moorland shrub known as ling?
Answer: heather
Question: Which New Zealand-born scientist is credited with being the first to 'split the atom'?
Answer: ernest rutherford
Question: In which part of Europe was Rugby League football banned between 1940 and 1944?
Answer: vichy france
Question: Who hosted this year's Golden Globes award ceremony for the third year in a row?
Answer: ricky gervais
Question: What was the name of the government payment that was replaced in 1975 by 'Child Benefit'?
Answer: family allowance
Question: London transport changed the name of tube station 'Gillespie Road' in the 1930's to what?
Answer: arsenal
Question: Which international association of environmental pressure groups was founded in North America by David Brower?
Answer: friends of earth
Question: The Pleasure Garden, The Lodger and Blackmail are among the films of which British director?
Answer: alfred hitchcock
Question: Which American-born businessman tried but failed to have Bond Street tube station renamed after his department store?
Answer: gordon selfridge
Question: In chemistry, what term is used to describe a chemical reaction when heat is absorbed from the surroundings?
Answer: endothermic
Question: Which insect is the host of the parasitic organism that causes sleeping sickness?
Answer: tsetse fly
Question: Which British composer was working on an operetta called The Emerald Isle at the time of his death in 1900?
Answer: arthur sullivan
Question: Which poem by Rupert Brooke begins with the line "If I should die, think only this of me ..."?
Answer: soldier
Question: Millefiori is a technique used to produce coulorful decorative patterns in which material?
Answer: glassware
Question: What is the name of the eastern part of the Sahara Desert, lying between the Nile and the Red Sea in north-eastern Sudan?
Answer: nubian desert
Question: Popular among East Europeans, which beetroot soup can be served either hot or cold?
Answer: borsch
Question: What is the alternative title of the WH Auden poem which begins 'Stop all the clocks ....'?
Answer: funeral blues
Question: Brigadier Lethridge-Stewart belonged to which military organisation in the Dr Who series?
Answer: u n i t
Question: What character in radio's ITMA used to say "can i do you now sir" ?
Answer: mrs mop
Question: Which Dr Who actor starred with Ken Stott in the 1994 BBC Scotland drama 'Takin' Over the Asylum ?
Answer: david tennant
Question: In Which We Serve, This Happy Breed and Brief Encounter are early films by which director?
Answer: david lean
Question: Which American composer was working on the music for a film called The Goldwyn Follies at the time of his death in 1937 ?
Answer: george gershwin
Question: Sir Ronald Ross became the first Briton to win the Nobel Prize for medicine for his research into which disease?
Answer: malaria
Question: In the manufacture of cloth, what is the name for the absorbent clay-like substance containing hydrated aluminium silicates that is used to cleanse the material?
Answer: fuller s earth
Question: Which vitamin is produced by the body when it is exposed to sunlight?
Answer: d
Question: Na is the chemical substance for which element used in the manufacture of soap?
Answer: sodium
Question: Peter Parker was the secret identity of which super-hero of TV and big-screen?
Answer: spiderman
Question: Robert Bruce Banner was the secret identity of which super-hero of TV and big-screen?
Answer: hulk
Question: In the Bible what was the name of the land situated east of Eden that Cain chose to flee to after murdering his brother Abel?
Answer: land of nod
Question: Which popular prison-themed TV series that began in 1999 featured an evil prison officer named Jim Fenner, played by actor Jack Ellis?
Answer: bad girls
Question: Which item, of particular use to London tourists, was designed in 1931 by a man named Harry Beck?
Answer: london underground map
Question: Famous for its military marches, in which English county is the town of Wooton Bassett?
Answer: wiltshire
Question: Taking place on September 7th 1812, the Battle of Borodino took place in which country?
Answer: russia
Question: Famous for being the birthplace of actor William Roach, in which English county is the town of Ilkeston?
Answer: derbyshire
Question: Introduced by American John Augustus Larson which invention, not very popular on the Jeremy Kyle show, was first seen in 1921?
Answer: lie detector
Question: Appointed on February 4th 2011, who is the current manager of Sheffield Wednesday FC?
Answer: gary megson
Question: Having held the position since 1992, Paul Dacre is the editor of which daily newspaper?
Answer: daily mail
Question: The Central Criminal Court in London, also known as the Old Bailey stands on the site of which prison that closed in 1902?
Answer: newgate
Question: Having a height of 2,228 metres, Mount Kosciuszko is the highest mountain in which country?
Answer: australia
Question: Which popular stage show, now showing in the West End of London is based on the story of the group Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons?
Answer: jersey boys
Question: The Willets, The Vardens and The Chesters are all families that appear in which Charles Dickens novel?
Answer: barnaby rudge
Question: Mozart symphony number 38 was named after which European capital city, also the venue for the world premiere of his Don Giovanni?
Answer: prague
Question: Lawrence Boythorne, Sir Leicester Dedlock and Mr William Guppy are all characters that appear in which Charles Dickens novel?
Answer: bleak house
Question: What was the name of the Manchester City international footballer who tragically died on the pitch on June 26th 2003 whilst playing for Cameroon against Columbia?
Answer: marc vivien foe
Question: Who did John Bercow replace as Speaker of the House of Commons on june 22nd 2009?
Answer: michael martin
Question: Listed at number 69 on the Periodic Table, which chemical element has the symbol Tm?
Answer: thulium
Question: Specifically, what would a person have a fear of if they suffered from Gynophobia?
Answer: women
Question: In the House of Commons, which word of three letters is used by members supporting a motion vote?
Answer: aye
Question: On First Looking Into Chapman's House in 1816 and The Eve of St Agnes in 1820 are works by which British poet?
Answer: john keats
Question: What name links a former British Prime Minister, a big screen cop first seen in 1971 and a Liverpool footballer who first played for the club in 1960?
Answer: callaghan
Question: Specifically, what would a person have a fear of if they suffered from Pediophobia?
Answer: dolls
Question: Listed at number 96 in the Periodic Table, which chemical element has the symbol Cm?
Answer: curium
Question: Released in 1965, who was the director of the film 'The Sound of Music'
Answer: robert wise
Question: What name links a former US President, an actor who starred in the film 'The Dirty Dozen' and a Liverpool footballer who first played for the club in 1974?
Answer: kennedy
Question: I wondered lonely as a cloud (also known as 'Daffodils') in 1807 and 'Lucy Gray' in 1798 are works by which British poet?
Answer: william wordsworth
Question: In the House of Lords, which seven letter word is used by members supporting a motion vote?
Answer: content
Question: What was the name of the British Army officer who, in 1953, gained recognition as the leader of the successful British expedition to Mount Everest?
Answer: john hunt
Question: With which song did Clodagh Rogers represent the UK in the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest?
Answer: jack in box
Question: Which tennis player reached the fonal of the men's singles at Wimbledon three times between 1990 and 1995, losing onevery occasion?
Answer: boris becker
Question: From which musical does the song On The Street Where You live come?
Answer: my fair lady
Question: In 2011, who became the first Northern Irish golfer since Fred Daly to win the Open?
Answer: darren clarke
Question: Which pub group owns the Toby Carvery chain?
Answer: mitchells and butlers
Question: Which family ruled Russia from 1613 until the 1917 revolution?
Answer: romanov
Question: Odette and Prince Siegfried are lovers in which ballet?
Answer: swan lake
Question: Which French tennis player defeated Serena Williams at this year's Wimbledon Championships?
Answer: marion bartoli
Question: Zog the First proclaimed himself king of which country in 1928?
Answer: albania
Question: Which would-be hunter was the arch-enemy of the cartoon character, Bugs Bunny?
Answer: elmer fudd
Question: Where in Wales was the first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty established in 1956?
Answer: gower peninsula
Question: Which word, derived from the Latin for 'fire', is applied to volcanic rock formed from cooling magma or lava and solidifying from a molten state?
Answer: igneous
Question: What was the name of Alexander the Great's father who ruled Macedonia between 359 and 336BC?
Answer: philip ii
Question: Which composer's music forms the basis of the ballet Pineapple Poll?
Answer: sullivan
Question: A government paper setting out proposals and inviting consultation on a policy, before it is ever presented as a White Paper, is identified by what colour?
Answer: green paper
Question: Which veteran performer in rock music began his hit-making career in the mid 1960's with the Belfast quartet named 'Them'?
Answer: van morrison
Question: Who won the 2010 Man-Booker Prize with the novel The Finkler Question ?
Answer: howard jacobson
Question: In the endocrine system in the human body, what name is given to the pair of glands situated at the top of the kidneys?
Answer: adrenal glands
Question: For what do the letters M I stand in M.I.5 and M.I.6 ?
Answer: military intelligence
Question: Which cartoon character first appeared in an animated feature called The Wise Little Hen ?
Answer: donald duck
Question: In music, the short-lived skiffle group known as Johnny and the Moondogs went on to become more famous under what name?
Answer: beatles
Question: Which vessel, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. was the first ocean-going steamer to be built of iron?
Answer: ss great britain
Question: The Okapi is most closely related to which other African mammal?
Answer: giraffe
Question: What is the official London residence of the Archbisop of Cantebury?
Answer: lambeth palace
Question: 'Sparrow Grass' is an alternatve name for which plant?
Answer: asparagus
Question: Which annual cricket fixture which began in 1806 was last played in 1962?
Answer: gentlemen v players
Question: At which hotel in Los Angeles was Robert Kennedy assassinated in 1968?
Answer: ambassador
Question: The arboreal primate known as the Lemur is native to which island country?
Answer: madagascar
Question: Edward Fairfax Rochester is a character in which 19th century novel?
Answer: jane eyre
Question: When Argentinians landed on South Georgia in 1982, an event which led to the Falklands conflict, what had they supposedly come to collect?
Answer: scrap metal
Question: Who succeeded David Tennant in the role of TV's 'Doctor Who'?
Answer: matt smith
Question: Knowna s the 'Evening Satr' which planet in our solar system is the closest in size to earth?
Answer: venus
Question: What codename was given to the German invasion of Russia in May 1941?
Answer: barbarossa
Question: What is the generic name given to the sparkling wines produced in the Penedes region of north-eastern Spain?
Answer: cava
Question: What common pub name comes from the symbol associated with king Richard II ?
Answer: white hart
Question: What name, derived from the German 'to join', was given to the Nazi takeover of the Austrian Republic in 1938?
Answer: anschluss
Question: What is the name of the sparkling wines of Germany, made from imported grape juice or, if made from German grapes, is preceded by the word Deutscher' ?
Answer: sekt
Question: Which 19th century novel is subtitled 'The Parish Boy's Progress' ?
Answer: oliver twist
Question: What name is given in the Christian calendar to February 2nd, also a Quarter Day in the Scottish legal calendar?
Answer: candlemas
Question: Which popular Doctor Who villains, it was revealed in 2011, are to be given 'a rest' by scriptwriters?
Answer: daleks
Question: Which iconic musical actress was born Frances Gumm in 1922?
Answer: judy garland
Question: In the Beatrix Potter stories, what sort of animal or creature is Jeremy Fisher?
Answer: frog
Question: Which 1975 film features a boat called the Orca ?
Answer: jaws
Question: What name have the Beckhams given to their fourth child and first daughter?
Answer: harper seven
Question: Which part of the mouth can be affected by Quinsy?
Answer: tonsils
Question: What's the most common English name for the bird with the taxonomical name Crex crex, also known as the Land Rail?
Answer: corncrake
Question: Who was the lead singer with the pop group The Mindbenders?
Answer: wayne fontana
Question: Which rank in the Royal Navy is equivalent to that of brigadier in the Army?
Answer: commodore
Question: In the 'Noggin the Nog' children's stories and cartoons what is the name of Noggin's wicked uncle?
Answer: nogbad
Question: Which South African golf player is known as 'The Big Easy'?
Answer: ernie els
Question: What name is popularly applied to the church tower of St Botolph's in Boston, Lincolnshire?
Answer: boston stump
Question: In which gland in the human body would you find the small clusters of cells known as the Islets of Langerhans?
Answer: pancreas
Question: In the books of Michael Bond, Paddington Bear hails from which country?
Answer: peru
Question: Which 1981 film features a suave French villain named Belloq?
Answer: raiders of lost ark
Question: The football chant "who ate all the pies?" is usually sung to the tune of which music hall ditty?
Answer: knees up mother brown
Question: Clarissa Churchill was the second wife of which British Prime Minister?
Answer: anthony eden
Question: Described by Elizabeth I as 'the fairest and godliest church in England', in which city is the church of St Mary Redcliffe?
Answer: bristol
Question: Which river flows through what is known in English as 'The Iron Gate', the deepest gorge in Europe?
Answer: danube
Question: Who was Minister of Education when the 1944 Education Act was passed?
Answer: r butler
Question: What was the name of Captain Pugwash's faithful cabin boy in the BBC TV cartoon?
Answer: tom
Question: What was formerly the highest appointment in the British Army, being abolished in 1904?
Answer: commander in chief
Question: Which Dutch astronomer and physicist, who discovered the rings of Saturn in the mid 1650's, is creditied with building the first pendulum clock?
Answer: christiaan huygens
Question: Which Gilbert and Sullivan opera was originally going to be called The Tower of London?
Answer: yeoman of guard
Question: Which fashion designer brought out the 'New Look' in 1947?
Answer: christian dior
Question: In which landlocked country of Europe were women denied the right to vote in national elections until 1971?
Answer: switzerland
Question: In which TV series does Anthony Head play Uther Pendragon?
Answer: merlin
Question: Which of the works of Gilbert and Sullivan, when first presented at the Savoy Theatre in 1887, was billed as 'A New and Original Supernatural Opera in Two Acts'?
Answer: ruddigore
Question: Which is the only country in the world that bans women from driving?
Answer: saudi arabia
Question: What name is given to that part of Antarctica governed by New Zealand?
Answer: ross dependency
Question: Which one of the castles that form the group known as 'The Iron Ring', built in the 13th century by Edward I on the Welsh coast, stands on the island of Anglesey?
Answer: beaumaris
Question: Which scupture, when unveiled in 1994, was nicknamed 'The Gateshead Flasher' by locals?
Answer: angel of north
Question: Which district of New York City is situated north of 96th street in Manhattan?
Answer: harlem
Question: Born in Alabama in 1904, what was the nickname of the blues pianist Clarence Smith?
Answer: pinetop
Question: The village on Anglesey which boasts the longest placename in Britain (Llanfairpwllgwyngyll.. etc.) is notable for another reason: it was the location of the first ever meeting, in 1915, of a now nationwide organisation originally founded in Canada. Name the organisaton.
Answer: women s institute
Question: Which former Welsh boxing championwas known as 'The ghost with the hammer in his hand'?
Answer: jimmy wilde
Question: What type of leaf forms the bulk of a silkworm's diet?
Answer: mulberry
Question: Which 11 letter word is commonly used to describe a cocktail that consists of vodka and orange juice?
Answer: screwdriver
Question: Which two word term is commonly used to describe a cocktail consisting of vodka and tomato juice?
Answer: bloody mary
Question: Which famous cartoon character, introduced in 1949 and voiced by Jim Backus, has the christian name Quincy?
Answer: mr magoo
Question: """The light that failed"" in 1871, ""Captain Courageous"" in 1876 and ""Kim"" in 1901 are all novels by which famous author?"
Answer: rudyard kipling
Question: Which Gilbert and Sullivan opera that premiered in 1889 has the alternative name "The king of Barataria"?
Answer: gondoliers
Question: What is the name of the actor who has now become famous for his role as the killer Freddie Kruger in the 1984 film "A Nightmare on Elm street"?
Answer: robert englund
Question: """Indian Camp"" in 1926, ""A farewell to arms"" in 1929 and ""The short, happy life of Franics Macomber"" in 1935 are all novels by which famous author?"
Answer: ernest hemmingway
Question: Which famous puppet character, introduced in 1965 and voiced by David Graham has the christian name Aloysius?
Answer: parker
Question: Which ex tennis player who was born on November 22nd 1867 had the nickname 'boom boom'?
Answer: boris becker
Question: What is the name of the actress who had become famous for her role as the possessed girl, Regan, in the 1973 film "The Exorcist"?
Answer: linda blair
Question: Which Gilbert and Sullivan opera that premiered in 1884 has the alternative name "Castle Adamant"?
Answer: princess ida
Question: Which British comedian, now aged 53, played the role of a headmaster named Ian George in a BBC1 series called "Hope and Glory" in 1999 and 2000?
Answer: lenny henry
Question: In the Harry Potter books by J K Rowling, what is the name of the character who is Hogwart's gamekeeper and keeper of keys? He is played in the film series by Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane.
Answer: rubeus hagrid
Question: The Twingo, the Fluence and the Latitude are all models of car that are made by which company?
Answer: renault
Question: The Linea, the Sedici and the Stilo are all models of car that are made by which company?
Answer: fiat
Question: Who was the main actor who played the character Mitch Brenner in the 1963 Hitchcock filme "The Birds"?
Answer: rod taylor
Question: Who was the main actor who played the murderous character Bob Rusk in the 1972 Hitchcock film "Frenzy"?
Answer: barry foster
Question: The Kalahari desert covers approximately 70% of which country?
Answer: botswana
Question: Wikipedia is a familiar internet website, but specifically which film is the subject of the website Wookieepedia?
Answer: star wars
Question: Which jockey rode 100/1 outsider Foinavon to victory in the 1967 Grand National following a mass pile-up at the 23rd fence?
Answer: john buckingham
Question: If all the elements in the Periodic Table were placed in alphabetical order, which would be the last listed that is represented by a single letter symbol?
Answer: yttrium
Question: In chess notation, which is the only piece that is represented by a letter that does not begin the name of the piece it represents?
Answer: knight
Question: The organisation "Sons of the desert" is an official international appreciation society that is devoted to which film characters?
Answer: laurel and hardy
Question: The Gobi desert is situated in China and which other country?
Answer: mongolia
Question: In a game of scrabble, the letter V is worth how many points?
Answer: four
Question: Which jockey rode 50/1 outsider "Last Suspect" to victory in the 1985 Grand National?
Answer: hywel davies
Question: Which six letter word is used to describe a person whose occupation is to drive a dog sled?
Answer: musher
Question: Which eleven letter word is used to describe a person who performs on a tightrope?
Answer: funambulist
Question: In Greek mythology, what was the name of the giant with 100 eyes who was slain by Hermes?
Answer: argus
Question: Which group, on May 18th 1974, reached number one in the UK charts with the record "Sugar Baby Love", staying there for four weeks?
Answer: rubettes
Question: In Greek mythology, what was the name of the three headed dog that guards the gates of the Underworld?
Answer: cerberus
Question: Which nine letter word, taken from the Aboriginal language is used by Australians for an oxbow lake or stagnant pond?
Answer: billabong
Question: Oberon is a moon of which planet in our solar system?
Answer: uranus
Question: In which northern British city can you find Waverley Railway Station?
Answer: edinburgh
Question: Who was the captain of the English Cricket Team during the controversial Bodyline series of 1932 and 1933?
Answer: douglas jardine
Question: In which English city did entertainer Jimmy Saville sadly pass away recently?
Answer: leeds