CharlesMoslonka/trivia_qa_rc_wikipedia huggingface dataset:
Question: Who wrote the short story ‘The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner’?
Answer: alan sillitoe
Question: Ricin is a highly toxic protein obtained from the pressed beans of which plant?
Answer: castor oil plant
Question: What is the name of the prospector in the 1999 animated film ‘Toy Story 2’?
Answer: stinky pete
Question: How many points is a ‘Try’ worth in a game of rugby union?
Answer: five
Question: In Mary Shelley’s novel ‘Frankenstein’, what is Frankenstein’s first name?
Answer: victor
Question: In which London palace were Queen Victoria and Prince Albert married?
Answer: st james s palace
Question: Which band released the 2011 single ‘Moves Like Jagger’, featuring Christina Aguilera?
Answer: maroon five
Question: Green, Oolong, Black and Jasmine are all varieties of what?
Answer: tea
Question: Which British playwright won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2005?
Answer: harold pinter
Question: What is the first name of Rene’s wife in the UK tv series ‘Allo ‘Allo!?
Answer: edith
Question: In June 1938, Dr Douglas Hyde was elected the first President of which European country?
Answer: ireland
Question: Euphrasia is used as a herbal or homeopathic remedy for infections in which part of the body?
Answer: eye
Question: If something is sigmate, it is in the shape of which letter of the English alphabet?
Answer: s
Question: On an Ordnance Survey map, what does ‘PA’ represent?
Answer: path
Question: Entomophobia is the irrational fear of which type of creatures?
Answer: insects
Question: Who became Speaker of the House of Commons in June 2009?
Answer: john bercow
Question: Which US Vice President had a pet Cocker Spaniel called Checkers?
Answer: richard nixon
Question: Which musical instrument does Kermit the Frog play?
Answer: banjo
Question: What was a member or supporter of the Parliamentary Party called during the English Civil War?
Answer: roundhead
Question: What was the first name of Paddy Maguire’s wife in the UK tv series ‘Shameless’?
Answer: mimi
Question: What are the patterns called which are applied to the hands of Indian women using Henna?
Answer: mehndi
Question: Who wrote the 1885 novel ‘King Solomon’s Mines’?
Answer: h rider haggard
Question: The meadow flower ‘Ranunculus acris’ is better known by what name?
Answer: buttercup
Question: How many times has jockey Richard Dunwoody won the English Grand National?
Answer: twice
Question: What is the name of the spirit who serves Prospero in Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’?
Answer: ariel
Question: What was the name of the airship that burst into flames at Lakenhurst Naval Station, New Jersey in 1937?
Answer: hindenburg
Question: In Greek mythology, what was Arachne turned into after beating Athena in a weaving contest?
Answer: spider
Question: Which British poet had a relationship with Fanny Brawne?
Answer: john keats
Question: What type of gas was used by the Germans against the French for the first time, at the Second Battle of Ypres in 1915?
Answer: chlorine
Question: Who wrote the novel ‘Tess of the D’Urbervilles’?
Answer: thomas hardy
Question: The perfume L’Interdit by Givenchy was created in 1957 for which actress?
Answer: audrey hepburn
Question: Who starred as mathematician John Nash in the 2001 film ‘A Beautiful Mind’?
Answer: russell crowe
Question: Which men’s sport was transferred permanently from the Summer Olympics to the Winter Olympic Games from 1924?
Answer: ice hockey
Question: The cocktail ‘Death in the Afternoon’, consisting of Absinthe and Champagne, was invented by which American author?
Answer: ernest hemingway
Question: Cavendish, Orinoco and Lady Finger are all varieties of which fruit?
Answer: banana
Question: Lactuca Sativa is the Latin name for which common vegetable?
Answer: lettuce
Question: Traditionally made in Mexico, ‘bolillo’ is a type of what?
Answer: bread
Question: What is the favourite food of fictional characters Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
Answer: pizza
Question: Which dessert is also known as ‘Tuscan Trifle’?
Answer: tiramisu
Question: ‘The Dream of Gerontius’ is the 1900 work of which English composer?
Answer: edward elgar
Question: Who played Davy Crockett in the 1960 film ‘The Alamo’?
Answer: john wayne
Question: Which 18th Century author wrote ‘Clarissa’ (or ‘The History of a Young Lady), said to be the longest novel in the English language?
Answer: samuel richardson
Question: In 1951, Jean Lee was the last woman to be executed in which country?
Answer: australia
Question: Which country singer was known as ‘The Man in Black’?
Answer: johnny cash
Question: Which British Prime Minister declared ‘Peace in our time’ in September 1938?
Answer: neville chamberlain
Question: Which BBC Radio 2 host includes ‘The Tracks of My Years’ in his weekday programme?
Answer: ken bruce
Question: In Sikhism, what is the practice of allowing one’s hair to grow naturally, as a symbol of respect for the perfection of God’s creation?
Answer: kesh
Question: In humans, glossitis is the inflammation of which part of the body?
Answer: tongue
Question: Tuber melanosporum is a variety of which luxury food?
Answer: truffle
Question: Which animal is known as the ‘Earth Pig’?
Answer: aardvark
Question: The ‘Pastry War’ of 1838 was an invasion of which country by France, after a French pastrycook accused local officers of looting his shop?
Answer: mexico
Question: Meles Zenawi became Prime Minister of which country in 1995?
Answer: ethiopia
Question: Which champion racehorse, who died in 1932, was sometimes referred to as ‘Australia’s Wonder Horse’?
Answer: phar lap
Question: Napoleon and Snowball appear in which 1945 novel?
Answer: animal farm
Question: Renaissance astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was born in which modern-day European country?
Answer: poland
Question: Actor Sid James played the character Sid Boggle in which ‘Carry On’ film?
Answer: carry on camping
Question: Nefertiti was the wife of which Egyptian Pharaoh?
Answer: akhenaten
Question: What was the first name of Roget, the compiler of the first ‘Roget’s Thesaurus’?
Answer: peter
Question: In which 1974 and 2003 films does the character ‘Leatherface’ appear?
Answer: texas chainsaw massacre
Question: Which South American country has borders with all other South American countries apart from Ecuador and Chile?
Answer: brazil
Question: Fanny Price is the main character in which Jane Austen novel?
Answer: mansfield park
Question: Which 1980 film, starring Kris Kristofferson, and generally considered the biggest flop in cinema history contributed to the bankruptcy of United Artists?
Answer: heaven s gate
Question: The Russian seaport Novorossiysk lies on which body of water?
Answer: black sea
Question: Jock, Trusty, Toughy and Pedro are all characters in which Disney film?
Answer: lady and tramp
Question: Who led the 1381 Peasants Revolt in the UK, with Jack Straw, John Ball and others, and was stabbed to death by the Lord Mayor of London?
Answer: wat tyler
Question: A hangover cure, made traditionally with raw, egg, Worcestershire Sauce and seasoning, is known as a ‘Prairie….what’?
Answer: oyster
Question: Who composed the opera ‘Madame Butterfly’?
Answer: giacomo puccini
Question: What is the title of the United States of America National Anthem?
Answer: star spangled banner
Question: Who wrote ‘Doe Eyes’, the theme to the 1995 film ‘The Bridges of Madison County’?
Answer: clint eastwood
Question: What does Franz Schubert’s ‘Die Forelle’ translate to in English?
Answer: trout
Question: Who was the last member of The Beatles to marry?
Answer: paul mccartney
Question: Who designed the Telecaster and Stratocaster guitars?
Answer: leo fender
Question: Who played Lorry Jones/Laura Lorraine in the 1944 musical film ‘Pin Up Girl’?
Answer: betty grable
Question: The 2006 film ‘Once’, starring Glen Hansard as a busker, is set in which European city?
Answer: dublin
Question: Former Spice Girl Melanie Chisholm dueted with which Canadian singer-songwriter on the 1998 single ‘When You’re Gone’?
Answer: bryan adams
Question: The 2011 album ‘The King of Limbs’ was released by which English rock band?
Answer: radiohead
Question: What is the first part of the Jewish Bible called, which refers to the first five books of Moses?
Answer: torah
Question: A halophyte is a plant that grows in what type of conditions?
Answer: saline
Question: Which author wrote the book ‘The Firm’, ‘The Pelican Brief’ and ‘The Rainmaker’?
Answer: john grisham
Question: In which 1932 film does Greta Garbo say the line ‘I want to be alone’?
Answer: grand hotel
Question: What name is given to an ornamental, usually coloured, design made of small pieces of hard material such as stone, tile or glass?
Answer: mosaic
Question: Who was the first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa?
Answer: louis botha
Question: A bronze medal is traditionally awarded for which place in a competition or race?
Answer: third
Question: Which English singer/songwriter released a 2010 album entitled ‘Lights’?
Answer: ellie goulding
Question: Which French king was known as ‘The Quarrelsome’ (Le Hutin)?
Answer: louis x
Question: What does the Latin phrase ‘Ad astra’ translate to in English?
Answer: to stars
Question: What is the first name of Mr Darcy in the 2001 film ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’?
Answer: mark
Question: Who did Venus Williams defeat in the 2000 Ladies Singles Finals at Wimbledon?
Answer: lindsay davenport
Question: In Greek mythology, who was the beautiful youth loved by Aphrodite?
Answer: adonis
Question: The Cerrado is a tropical savanna ecoregion in which South American country?
Answer: brazil
Question: In the novel ‘Jane Eyre’ by Charlotte Bronte, what is the name of Mr Rochester’s home?
Answer: thornfield hall
Question: The Bank of England was established during the reign of which British monarch?
Answer: william iii
Question: Which fraternal organisation has a square and compasses, with or without a letter ‘G’, as its logo?
Answer: freemasons
Question: The 17th Century ‘Meal Tub Plot’ was against which future king of England?
Answer: james ii
Question: In British politics, who was described as ‘The Chingford Skinhead’?
Answer: norman tebbit
Question: In humans, hirsutism is an overabundance of what?
Answer: hair
Question: Porphyrophobia is the irrational fear of which colour?
Answer: purple
Question: What is the title of the only film for which actor John Wayne won an Oscar?
Answer: true grit
Question: Who designed the Luftwaffe’s Bf-109 fighter plane?
Answer: willy messerschmitt
Question: Who played Richard Hillman in the British tv soap ‘Coronation Street’?
Answer: brian capron
Question: Giacomo Agostini was seven times world champion between 1966 and 1972 in which sport?
Answer: motorcycling
Question: What is the first name of Goldfinger in the 1964 James Bond film ‘Goldfinger’?
Answer: auric
Question: Which heavyweight boxer won a gold medal in the 1964 Olympic Games?
Answer: joe frazier
Question: Cosmo Smallpiece was a character played by which English comedian?
Answer: les dawson
Question: Vladimir and Estragon are characters from which Samuel Beckett play?
Answer: waiting for godot
Question: In humans, what is the name of the fibrous protein found in the outer layer of the skin and is a major constituent of hair and nails?
Answer: keratin
Question: The Jack Adams Award is a prize given to a team coach in which sport?
Answer: ice hockey
Question: Which two countries joined the European Union on 1st January 2007?
Answer: romania and bulgaria
Question: Who wrote the 1855 epic poem ‘The Song of Hiawatha’?
Answer: henry wadsworth longfellow
Question: Who played King Louis XIV of France and his twin brother Philippe in the 1977 film ‘The Man in the Iron Mask’?
Answer: richard chamberlain
Question: In cookery, what is the mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour called, used in making sauces?
Answer: roux
Question: Who was the captain of Brazil’s national football team when they won the 1970 FIFA World Cup?
Answer: carlos alberto
Question: Decompression Sickness in SCUBA divers is more commonly known by what name?
Answer: bends
Question: In the Classic Edition of the board game Trivial Pursuit, what colour is the category for history?
Answer: yellow
Question: The ‘Autobots’ and the ‘Decepticons’ are the main factions of which toy line?
Answer: transformers
Question: What is the name of the male, well-muscled, blond, swimming trunk wearing, gel-filled rubber action figure, first introduced in 1976 by Kenner?
Answer: stretch armstrong
Question: The construction toy ‘Lego’ was originally designed in which European country?
Answer: denmark
Question: Which Denys Fisher geometric, plastic drawing toy produces mathematical curves of the variety technically known as hypotrochoids and epitrochoids?
Answer: spirograph
Question: Which line of dolls, created by American art student Xavier Roberts in 1978, was originally called ‘Little People’?
Answer: cabbage patch kids
Question: What is the name of the perpetual murder victim in the English version of ‘Cleudo’?
Answer: dr black
Question: What is the name of the British board game which has Treasure Island in the centre of the board, upon which is placed realistic looking treasure, such as diamonds, rubies and pearls?
Answer: buccaneer
Question: What is the name of the 1995 film about a supernatural board game, starring Robin Williams and Kirsten Dunst?
Answer: jumanji
Question: A score of 4 is for which part of the body in a game of ‘Beetle’?
Answer: wing
Question: What is the name of the electronic game which has four coloured buttons, which light up in random order, each producing it’s own tune when pressed, or activated by the device?
Answer: simon
Question: What is the title of the 1971 film in which Clint Eastwood plays DJ Dave Garver?
Answer: play misty for me
Question: Who wrote the poem ‘Funeral Blues’ (Stop All the Clocks)?
Answer: w h auden
Question: Phan Xi Pang is the highest mountain in which country?
Answer: vietnam
Question: Red Connors is the sidekick of which fictional Wild West hero?
Answer: hopalong cassidy
Question: What relation was German-born British painter Lucian Freud to Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud?
Answer: grandson
Question: What is the medical term for the condition in which one or both of the testes fail to descend from the abdomen to the scrotum?
Answer: cryptorchidism
Question: Which English model was married to musicians George Harrison and Eric Clapton?
Answer: pattie boyd
Question: A sallet, part of Medieval armour, was worn on which part of the body?
Answer: head
Question: Banana cut, Dingle and Swingman are terms used in which sport?
Answer: basketball
Question: Which film won the Oscar for Best Picture at the 2011 Academy Awards?
Answer: king s speech
Question: A ‘Scouser’ is a native of which English city?
Answer: liverpool
Question: The volcanic rock Kimberlite is best known for sometimes containing which gemstone?
Answer: diamond
Question: Perkin, Posie and Pootle were characters in which children’s tv programme?
Answer: flumps
Question: Myelitis is the inflammation of which part of the human body?
Answer: spinal cord
Question: Which British singer released a 1972 album entitled ‘Blondes Have More Fun’?
Answer: rod stewart
Question: In horse racing, during which month is the Cheltenham Cup run?
Answer: march
Question: Which British explorer arrived in Tahiti in 1769?
Answer: captain james cook
Question: Who played the title role in the 1975 film ‘Barry Lyndon’?
Answer: ryan o neal
Question: Aravind Adiga’s novel ‘The White Tiger’ won which prestigious award in 2008?
Answer: man booker prize
Question: NaCl is the chemical compound of which common substance?
Answer: salt sodium chloride
Question: Which actress played the role of identical twins, Susan and Sharon, in the 1961 film ‘The Parent Trap’?
Answer: hayley mills
Question: The Big Muddy River in Southern Illinois joins which other river?
Answer: mississippi river
Question: The drug ‘Reyataz’ is used for treating which medical condition?
Answer: hiv
Question: Who was replaced by Sid Vicious as bassist in the punk rock band The Sex Pistols?
Answer: glen matlock
Question: Which singer released the single ‘Lonely’ in 2005?
Answer: akon
Question: In Greek mythology, what is the name of the nymph who was pursued by Apollo and transformed by the gods into a laurel bush?
Answer: daphne
Question: In botany, what is the decay-resistant outer coating of a pollen grain or spore called?
Answer: exine
Question: Actor Nicholas Cage plays gun-runner Yuri Orlov in which 2005 film?
Answer: lord of war
Question: Which 18th Century scientist and politician invented a glass harmonica (or ‘armonica) in 1761?
Answer: benjamin franklin
Question: British tv ‘Dragon’ Theo Paphitis was the chairman of which London football club for eight years until 2006?
Answer: millwall
Question: Which two mainland European countries compete in the Six Nations Rugby Tournament?
Answer: france and italy
Question: Which US city is the setting for the 1987 film ‘Robocop’?
Answer: detroit
Question: The Karoo is a semi-desert region of which country?
Answer: south africa
Question: In the human body, the pollex is which part of the hand?
Answer: thumb
Question: Which Austrian composer wrote the music for the German National Anthem?
Answer: franz joseph haydn
Question: The substance propolis is also known as ‘what’ glue?
Answer: bee
Question: Los Pumas is the nickname of which country’s national rugby union team?
Answer: argentina
Question: Joe Pesci, Robert De Niro and Ray Liotta played gangsters in which 1990 film?
Answer: goodfellas
Question: Which member of The Beatles appeared in a Japanese TV commercial for an apple drink?
Answer: ringo starr
Question: Who played Bubble in the UK tv comedy series ‘Absolutely Fabulous’?
Answer: jane horrocks
Question: Markswoman and entertainer Phoebe Anne Mozee (or Moses) was better known by what name?
Answer: annie oakley
Question: What was the name of the clothes shop opened by Mary Quant on London’s King’s Road in 1955?
Answer: bazaar
Question: What is the name of Peter Perfect’s car in the children’s tv cartoon series ‘Wacky Races’?
Answer: turbo terrific
Question: What was the former name of the Vietnamese city of Ho Chi Min?
Answer: saigon
Question: ‘Do not go gentle into that good night…..Rage, rage against the dying of the light’  is from a poem by which British poet?
Answer: dylan thomas
Question: In Greek mythology, who unwittingly became the wife of her son Oedipus, and hanged herself when the relationship was discovered?
Answer: jocasta
Question: The 1999 film ’10 Things I Hate About You’ is based on which Shakespeare play?
Answer: taming of shrew
Question: Which American comedian always ended his CBS variety show with the phrase ‘Say goodnight, Gracie’?
Answer: george burns
Question: Who wrote the children’s series of ‘Mr Men’ books?
Answer: roger hargreaves
Question: Eisoptrophobia is the irrational fear of which household items?
Answer: mirrors
Question: Who played Mike Young in the Australian tv soap ‘Neighbours’?
Answer: guy pearce
Question: The plant ‘Helianthus Annuus’ is more commonly known by what name?
Answer: sunflower
Question: In religion, which King is referred to as the ‘Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah’?
Answer: haile selassie i
Question: In Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’, what is the name of Othello’s wife?
Answer: desdemona
Question: ‘Albrecht Discount’ supermarket is better known by what name?
Answer: aldi
Question: Who wrote the children’s novel ‘Mary Poppins’?
Answer: p l travers
Question: ‘Pap’ is the town’s vagrant drunkard father of which fictional character created by Mark Twain?
Answer: huckleberry finn
Question: Who wrote ‘The Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’?
Answer: douglas adams
Question: ‘Brick Lane’ by Monica Ali is set in which London borough?
Answer: tower hamlets
Question: Which British illustrator who illustrated the gift book of Peter Pan, was known for her cute drawings of children based on her daughter Peggy?
Answer: mabel lucie atwell
Question: In the Paddington Bear books by Michael Bond, Mr. Gruber owns an antique shop in which London road?
Answer: portobello road
Question: Which female, London-born author has younger brothers, rapper and comedian Doc Brown and rapper Luc Skyz?
Answer: zadie smith
Question: ‘The Boarding House’, ‘Two Gallants’ and ‘Eveline’ are short stories from which James Joyce novel?
Answer: dubliners
Question: Thomas Keneally, author of ‘Schindler’s Ark’ was born in which country?
Answer: australia
Question: What were the first names of dramatist, poet and literary critic T.S.Eliot?
Answer: thomas stearns
Question: Catherine Barkley, Helen Ferguson and Rinaldi are all characters in which World War I novel by Ernest Hemingway?
Answer: farewell to arms
Question: Which US author won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962?
Answer: john steinbeck
Question: Eveline Hanska was married to which French novelist?
Answer: honore de balzac
Question: Prince Lev Nikolaevich Myshkin was created by which author?
Answer: fydor dostoyevsky
Question: Which American author, born in 1892, whose novels include ‘The Good Earth’, is also known by her Chinese name Sai Zhenzhu?
Answer: pearl s buck
Question: Who won the 2008 Men’s Singles Final at Wimbledon?
Answer: rafael nadal
Question: What is the name of the blind beggar in the novel ‘Treasure Island’ by Robert Louis Stevenson?
Answer: pew
Question: The 2010 charity single ‘Helping Haiti’ is a cover of which REM song?
Answer: everybody hurts
Question: ‘The fault…….is not in our stars, but in ourselves…’ is a quote from which play by William Shakespeare?
Answer: julius caesar
Question: James Bond is sent to which island at the beginning of the film ‘Dr No’?
Answer: jamaica
Question: What is the colour of the rose that is the historic symbol of the House of York?
Answer: white
Question: In the Bible, which modern-day country is referred to as ‘The land of milk and honey’?
Answer: israel
Question: ‘The Harlot’s Progress’ is a series of paintings and engravings by which 18th Century English painter?
Answer: william hogarth
Question: ‘Moab is My Washpot’ is an autobiography by which British actor and television presenter?
Answer: stephen fry
Question: Who became quizmaster of the BBC’s ‘University Challenge’ in 1994?
Answer: jeremy paxman
Question: What is the name of the girlfriend of cartoon character Donald Duck?
Answer: daisy duck
Question: What was the name of the horse on which jockey Richard Dunwoody won the 1986 Grand National?
Answer: west tip
Question: Which spirit is traditionally used to make a Sazarac cocktail?
Answer: rye whiskey
Question: In human anatomy, the ‘sinciput’ forms which part of the body?
Answer: skull
Question: Which religious reformer and theologian appeared before the ‘Diet of Worms’ in Germany in 1521?
Answer: martin luther
Question: Poland, Russia, Sweden, Latvia, Germany and Finland all have a border on which body of water?
Answer: baltic sea
Question: Poet Wendy Cope wrote ‘Making Cocoa For……’who’?
Answer: kingsley amis
Question: The ‘Osborne Bull’ is the unofficial national symbol of which European country?
Answer: spain
Question: In French cookery, what is the main ingredient of an ‘Amandine’ sauce?
Answer: almonds
Question: What is the surname of the family in the tv series ‘Bonanza’?
Answer: cartwright
Question: In Greek mythology, sisters Stheno, Euryale and Medusa were the three what?
Answer: gorgons
Question: Rhythm and Blues musician and vocalist Ellas Otha Bates was better known by what name?
Answer: bo diddley
Question: William the Conqueror was Duke of which region of France from 1035 until his death?
Answer: normandy
Question: In Irish mythology, what is a ‘Pooka’ (or Puca)?
Answer: goblin
Question: Who plays Malcolm Tucker in the BBC comedy series ‘The Thick Of It’, which satirises the British modern government?
Answer: peter capaldi
Question: Phobos and Diemos are the moons of which planet in our solar system?
Answer: mars
Question: Which English author wrote the ‘Swallows and Amazons’ series of children’s books?
Answer: arthur ransome
Question: In the human body, which bone connects the humerus with the clavicle?
Answer: scapula shoulder blade
Question: Edgar, Berlioz and Billy Boss are all characters in which animated Disney film?
Answer: aristocats
Question: Which US singer released a 1962 album entitled ‘Pot Luck’?
Answer: elvis presley