CharlesMoslonka/trivia_qa_rc_wikipedia huggingface dataset:
Question: May 7, 1937 saw Herbert Morrison earn a place in history when his broadcast of what disaster, which included a very plaintive "Oh, the humanity!" reached the listeners of WLS radio in Chicago?
Answer: hindenburg disaster
Question: What city was the capital of the Confederacy for most of the Civil War?
Answer: richmond virginia
Question: Scottish author Sir James Matthew Barrie, wrote what famous book, subtitled “The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up”?
Answer: peter pan
Question: A luthier is a craftsman specializing in the making of what?
Answer: stringed instruments
Question: What noted author of books such as Bumble-Ardy, Seven Little Monsters, and In the Night Kitchen, among others, died yesterday of complications of a stroke at age 83?
Answer: maurice sendak
Question: First proposed by Ann Jarvis (1868) and Julia Ward Howe (1872), Mother's Day was officially proclaimed on May 9, 1914, by which US President?
Answer: woodrow wilson
Question: In a series of 1980s TV commercials, high-end diners couldn’t tell the difference when their fresh ground roast coffee was “secretly replaced” with what brand of instant coffee?
Answer: folgers
Question: Home to the world's largest river delta, what river is sacred to those of the Hindu religion?
Answer: ganges
Question: May 19, 1869 saw what two railroads meet at Promontory Summit, Utah, creating the first Transcontinental Railroad?
Answer: union pacific and central pacific
Question: What famed Yankee, widely regarded as one of the greatest catchers ever, was known for his malapropisms, such as “It ain’t over till it’s over,” and “It’s deja vu all over again”.
Answer: yogi berra
Question: What is the name given to the type of journalism created by Hunter Thompson in which reporters involve themselves in the action to such a degree that they become the central figures of their stories?
Answer: gonzo
Question: For a point each, name the “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television”
Answer: shit piss fuck cunt cocksucker motherfucker tits
Question: A barnstormer performs stunts using what type of vehicle or craft?
Answer: airplane
Question: May 14, 1804 saw what group break camp at Camp Dubois for 2 year expedition to the Pacific coast and back?
Answer: corps of discovery
Question: Paul Revere, patriot and midnight rider, actually made his living in what profession?
Answer: silversmith
Question: What state, known as Child of the Mississippi or the Pelican State, among others, joined the Union on April 30, 1812?
Answer: louisiana
Question: Featuring prominently in the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie, the pirate Edward Teach is better known by what name?
Answer: blackbeard
Question: Featured in the musical The King and I, what country was formerly known as Siam until June 23, 1939, and again from 1945 to May 11, 1949?
Answer: thailand
Question: Before scattering itself over Western Australia, May 14, 1973 saw the US launch what first ever space station, which orbited the earth for 6 years, even though it was only visited 3 times?
Answer: skylab
Question: Originally made from borosciliate glass (but now formulated from tempered soda-lime glass), under what brand name did Owens Corning introduce their heat resistant glass in 1915?
Answer: pyrex
Question: Which controversial politician of the 1950s earned the nickname Tail-gunner Joe, from his service during WWII?
Answer: joseph mccarthy
Question: Rhode Island Red, Plymouth Rock, and Jersey Giant are all types of what?
Answer: chickens
Question: Best known for their Seal of Approval, the first issue of what women's magazine was introduced in May 1885?
Answer: good housekeeping
Question: The hall of fame for what sport, located in Baltimore, MD, on the campus of Johns Hopkins University, covers all aspects of the sport, from its Native American origins to its present-day modern form?
Answer: lacrosse
Question: The 2004 film “The Motorcycle Diaries” was a biopic about what asshat South American revolutionary, who was born on May 14, 1928?
Answer: ernesto che guevara
Question: Who used the advertising slogan "be all that you can be"?
Answer: us army
Question: What entertainer, who was commonly known as Ol' Blue Eyes, or The Chairman of the Board, died on May 14, 1998?
Answer: frank sinatra
Question: What company was operating the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling platform that recently began spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico following an explosion?
Answer: bp
Question: On May 14, 1804, what group broke their winter camp, at Camp DuBois, before heading up the Missouri river to start their 2 1/2 year journey?
Answer: lewis and clark
Question: Cruella DeVil was a villainess in which animated Disney film?
Answer: 101 dalmatians
Question: What comic strip, created by Gary Trudeau in 1970, features characters such as Zonker Harris, B.D., Boopsie, and Mark Slackmeyer?
Answer: doonesbury
Question: May 15, 1928 saw what iconic film character introduced in the animated cartoon Plane Crazy?
Answer: mickey mouse
Question: What country was formerly known as Siam until June 23, 1939, and again from 1945 to May 11, 1949?
Answer: thailand
Question: May 14, 1973 saw the US launch what first ever space station, which orbited the earth for 6 years, even though it was only visited 3 times?
Answer: skylab
Question: In the world of dogs, hounds can be generally classified into two groups, based on the way they hunt. For a point each, name the groups.
Answer: sighthounds and scenthounds
Question: An open air ballpark build in 2004, what National League baseball team plays at Petco Park?
Answer: san diego padres
Question: What does the DSM-IV define as: A pervasive pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by four (or more) of the following: (1) avoids occupational activities that involve significant interpersonal contact, because of fears of criticism, disapproval, or rejection (2) is unwilling to get involved with people unless certain of being liked (3) shows restraint within intimate relationships because of the fear of being shamed or ridiculed (4) is preoccupied with being criticized or rejected in social situations (5) is inhibited in new interpersonal situations because of feelings of inadequacy (6) views self as socially inept, personally unappealing, or inferior to others (7) is unusually reluctant to take personal risks or to engage in any new activities because they may prove embarrassing
Answer: avoidant personality disorder
Question: Acting as labor companions, what word, originally meaning female slave in Greek, describes women who gives support and help to a pregnant woman before, during and after childbirth?
Answer: doula
Question: May 15, 1940 saw the first restaurant in what fast food franchise, now the worlds largest, open in San Bernadino, Ca?
Answer: mcdonalds
Question: On May 10, 1893, the Supreme Court of the United States decided the case of Nix v. Hedden, which address the issue of whether the tomato is a fruit or a vegetable. Which one is it?
Answer: vegetable
Question: May 13, 1958 saw the trademark for what product, developed by Swiss engineer George de Mestral based on the hook and loop properties he observed on burrs on his dog following a hunt?
Answer: velcro
Question: From which part of a tree do we get the spice cinnamon?
Answer: bark
Question: The golden spike, driven at Promontory Summit, Utah on May 10, 1869, is famous for completing what?
Answer: transcontinental railroad
Question: In what language game, common among children, is the first consonant cluster moved to the end of the word and followed by an ay?
Answer: pig latin
Question: If you are driving around the streets of Liberty City shooting people, which computer game series are you playing?
Answer: grand theft auto
Question: What former telegraph company, founded in Rochester, NY in 1851, is now one of the largest purveyors of wire transfers in the world?
Answer: western union
Question: Who is missing: Enterprise, Columbia, Challenger, Endeavor, and Atlantis?
Answer: discovery
Question: Members of which branch of the U.S. military are sometimes referred to as jarheads?
Answer: marines
Question: "Plane Crazy" was the first cartoon to introduce what now iconic cartoon character, when it debuted on May 15, 1928?
Answer: mickey mouse
Question: According to Old West Legend (and a Bob Dylan song), who shot Billy the Kid?
Answer: sheriff pat garret
Question: In Greek mythology, who was condemned to the eternal task of rolling a large stone up to the top of a hill each day, only to have it roll down again each night?
Answer: sisyphus
Question: Which hypocritical, ignorant Sarah Palin spawn recently shot their mouth off, claiming "We know that in general kids do better growing up in a mother/father home."?
Answer: bristol
Question: What is the name for a large, slow moving, persistent body of ice that forms when the accumulation of snow exceeds its' rate of melting?
Answer: glacier
Question: Which cable station is home to Dirty Jobs, American Chopper, and Man vs. Wild, among many others?
Answer: discovery
Question: What is the name for the biology discipline that deals with the science of plant life?
Answer: botany
Question: If a cow is bovine and a horse equine, what is porcine?
Answer: pig
Question: On May 14, 1804, the Corp of Discovery, led by whom, departed Camp Dubois to start their journey by heading down the Missouri River?
Answer: lewis and clark
Question: What kind of animals are Old Major (an allegory of Marx and Lenin) and Napoleon (an allegory of Stalin), in George Orwell's classic 1945 novella Animal Farm?
Answer: pig
Question: What color are the helmets worn by UN peacekeeping troops?
Answer: light blue
Question: Which car company manufactures an SUV called the Outback?
Answer: subaru
Question: May 15, 1940 saw brothers Richard and Maurice open their first restaurant in San Bernadino, CA, which later became what moderately famous fast food chain?
Answer: mcdonalds
Question: May 15, 1928 saw the introduction of what iconic character, when the 6 minute short Plane Crazy was publicly introduced, co starring Clarabelle Cow?
Answer: mickey mouse
Question: In Morse code, what was the radio distress signal used before the adoption of SOS in 1908?
Answer: cqd
Question: The singer known as Moby got his nickname because what famed writer was his great-great-great-granduncle?
Answer: herman melville
Question: Long before being canonized on 16 May, 1920, which historical figure, known as The Maid of Orleans, was burned at the stake in Rouen, France in 1431?
Answer: joan of arc
Question: May 20, 1873, saw a patent granted to Jacob Davis and what San Francisco business man for using copper rivets to strengthen the pockets of work pants?
Answer: levi strauss
Question: Who is the famous moneylender in Shakespeare’s tragic comedy “The Merchant of Venice”?
Answer: shylock
Question: Resulting in being tied to a rock and having his liver eaten on a daily basis by an eagle, the Greek Titan Prometheus stole what from the Greek Gods and gave it to mortals?
Answer: fire
Question: First appearing in color in 1935's The Band Concert, what color pants does Mickey Mouse wear?
Answer: red
Question: The UW Huskies won the Pac-10 conference title in what sport, this last Sunday, when the men edged California?
Answer: crew
Question: Offering service from Tacoma to Seattle and Seattle to Everett, what is the name of the train service offered by Sound Transit?
Answer: sounder
Question: Historically categorized by their shape, what is a massive, gravitationally bound system that consists of stars and stellar remnants, an interstellar medium of gas dust, and some dark matter?
Answer: galaxy
Question: Consisting of taurine, glucuronolactone, caffeine, B vitamins, sucrose, and glucose, what beverage gives you wiiings?
Answer: red bull
Question: Headquartered in Bloomington, Il, the logo for State Farm Insurance features the words Auto, Life, and what, inside little red ovals?
Answer: fire
Question: What soft drink, invented by Charles Hires in 1866, is traditionally flavored with the root of the sassafras plant?
Answer: root beer
Question: Hazel, filbert, and kola are all types of what?
Answer: nuts
Question: May 18, 1980 saw the eruption of what, causing the death of 57 people and over $3 billion in damages?
Answer: mount st helens
Question: What member of Public enemy, known for always being able to tell what time it was, had his own VH1 reality show?
Answer: flavor flav
Question: What famed Scottish author and physician, creator of Sherlock Holmes and The Lost World, had a birthday on the 22 May, 1859?
Answer: sir arthur conan doyle
Question: Usually consisting of 16 points, what is the name of the figure on a map or a chart that indicates the cardinal directions?
Answer: compass rose
Question: Last week we had a question on the passing of Frank Sinatr    A. Sporting one eye, what fellow Rat Pack member met his end on May 16, 1990?
Answer: sammy davis jr
Question: Who is missing: Luke, Bo, Jesse, Coy, Vance?
Answer: daisy
Question: What is the common name of the warning police officers give to arrestees that include phrases such as “You have the right to remain silent” and “You have the right to have an attorney present during questioning”?
Answer: miranda warning
Question: What is the name of the man in the top hat that serves as the mascot of the game Monopoly?
Answer: rich uncle pennybags
Question: What famous brand of evaporated milk, created in 1899, got its start as the Pacific Coast Condensed Milk Company, in Kent, before changing its name and moving east of Seattle, founding a town in the process?
Answer: carnation
Question: Coming in various shades of amber, blue, brown, gray, green, hazel, and red, what portion of the eye is responsible for eye colors?
Answer: iris
Question: What Colorado census designated place was home to Columbine High School, home to the 1999 massacre perpetrated by a couple of major asshats?
Answer: columbine
Question: What disgraced former Cincinnati Reds baseball player is the all-time Major League leader in hits (4,256), games played (3,562), at-bats (14,053), and outs (10,328)
Answer: pete rose
Question: What company, the largest manufacturer of bb guns in the world, is famous for the Red Ryder line of lever action air rifles?
Answer: daisy
Question: Leapin' lizards! Which comic strip, created by Harold Gray in 1924, is ending its 85 year run next month, which means dog Sandy is going to have to find another little red haired girl to hang around with?
Answer: little orphan annie
Question: What ancient Egyptian artifact, discovered by the French in 1799, was instrumental in deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics, before eventually giving its name to a brand of computer language training software?
Answer: rosetta stone
Question: At what Montana battle did Lt. Col George Custer famously loose his life?
Answer: battle of little big horn
Question: On this date in 1927, Charles Lindbergh became the first pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Where did he land?
Answer: paris
Question: Of the 4 states making up the Pacific Northwest, which one leads with an unemployment rate of 12%?
Answer: oregon
Question: The ancient Aztecs called it the testicle tree. What do we know it as?
Answer: avacado
Question: May 22, 1826 saw Charles Darwin leaving on his first voyage. Aboard what ship was he sailing?
Answer: hms beagle
Question: What is the name of the field on which a rousing game of Cricket is played?
Answer: pitch
Question: Hailing from the Isle of Man, what differentiates Manx cats from all others?
Answer: tail
Question: What is the last name of the performer mauled by Montacore, one of his very special white tigers, in Las Vegas on October 3, 2003?
Answer: horn
Question: Often used in making pillows and comforters, what are the small feathers of the eider duck known as?
Answer: down
Question: Now a term describing those opposed to industrialization, computerization, or new technologies in general, what was the name for 19th century workers who protested the industrial revolution, often by destroying mechanized equipment?
Answer: luddites
Question: Hatha, Bikram, and Integral are all types of what?
Answer: yoga
Question: According to legend, King Arthur's queen consort, Guinevere, had a torrid affair with which Knight of the Round Table?
Answer: lancelot
Question: May 26, 1940 saw Britain embark on Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of British forces from what famed northern French port city in the face of superior German forces?
Answer: dunkirk
Question: Who took off from Roosevelt Field at 7:52 AM on May 20, 1927, in an attempt to pilot his Ryan NYP on the world's first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean?
Answer: charles lindbergh
Question: Since replaced by Emerald Downs, Longacres is a defunct venue where locals could enjoy what sport, known as The Sport of Kings?
Answer: horse racing
Question: May 20, 1916 saw which famed American artist have his first of 322 Saturday Evening Post covers when Boy With a Baby Carriage graced the front of the publication?
Answer: norman rockwell
Question: Notorious bank robbing duo Bonnie and Clyde were eventually ambushed by law enforcement agents in what U.S. state?
Answer: louisiana
Question: What was the name of the Dutch cargo fluyt that carried the Pilgrims from Plymouth England to Plymouth, Mass?
Answer: mayflower
Question: What plastic drawing toy, produced by Hasbro, Inc, puts pen to paper to produce complex curves known mathematically as hypotrochoids and epitrochoids?
Answer: spirograph
Question: Which actor, born in Winterset, Iowa on May 26th, 1907, holds the record as the actor with the most leading parts 142.
Answer: john wayne
Question: Who did Snoopy take to the skies in his Sopwith Camel doghouse/biplane to do battle with in the comic strip Peanuts?
Answer: red baron
Question: In the travel business, the "rack rate" refers to the published price for what commodity?
Answer: hotel room
Question: The religion of vodou (or voodoo) originated in what country?
Answer: haiti
Question: What English novelist, a purveyor of romantic fiction, is responsible for such works as Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, and Emma, among others?
Answer: jane austen
Question: In Morse code, what international distress signal replaced the original CQD in 1908?
Answer: sos
Question: May 22, 1859 saw the birth, in Edinburgh, Scotland, of what famed writer, creator of the world's only consulting detective?
Answer: sir arthur conan doyle
Question: Including radio, TV, newspaper, books, and even a pinball game, who created the Believe It or Not! series which deals in bizarre events and items so strange and unusual that the audience my question the claims?
Answer: robert ripley
Question: May 25, 1803 saw the birth, in Boston, MA, of what lecturer, essayist, and poet, who, along with Henry David Thoreau, was a founding force behind Transcendentalism?
Answer: ralph waldo emerson
Question: During this week in 1940, the evacuation of 340,000 allied troops, known as Operation Dynamo, was accomplished from what French port city?
Answer: dunkirk
Question: What 11 time Grammy award winner was born Robert Allen Zimmerman, in Duluth, MN, but took a stage name from a favorite Welsh poet?
Answer: bob dylan
Question: What fashion did Union General Ambrose Burnside start during the Civil War?
Answer: sideburns
Question: What nation was eventually held liable for the bombing of the Navy destroyer U.S.S. Cole in 2000?
Answer: sudan
Question: Bifrost is a burning rainbow bridge between Earth and what realm of the gods?
Answer: asgard
Question: Which holiday, which had its first official recognition in 1868, was originally called Decoration Day?
Answer: memorial day
Question: What is the name of the crew member who steers the boat in competitive rowing?
Answer: coxswain
Question: For a point each, name the countries surrounding the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Answer: benin chad cameroon and niger
Question: Known as The Magnolia State or The Hospitality State, what was the 20th state to join the union on Dec 10, 1817?
Answer: mississippi
Question: May 25, 1992 saw Jay Leno take the reins of the Tonight Show, following the retirement of what host, who had a 30 run behind the Burbank desk?
Answer: johnny carson
Question: On May 24, 1844, Alfred Vail received the message “WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT” in Baltimore, MD, sent via what means?
Answer: telegraph
Question: May 23, 1969 saw the release of the world's first rock opera, when the English rock band The Who released what album?
Answer: tommy
Question: With a weight limit of 200 pounds, what boxing class comes between light heavyweight and heavyweight?
Answer: cruiserweight
Question: What American, founder of the Standard Oil company, was the first American to amass $1 billion, and is generally thought to have been the richest man in history?
Answer: john d rockefeller
Question: Going out of business in 2001, what company had the first mail order sales in 1872?
Answer: montgomery ward
Question: What comic strip, created by Brant Parker and Johnny Hart, follows the antics of a large cast of characters in a shabby medieval kingdom, featuring a King who refers to his subjects as "idiots"?
Answer: wizard of id
Question: May 26, 1868 saw the first impeachment trial in the US, when which US President, the 17th, was charged with illegally removing a cabinet member?
Answer: andrew johnson
Question: What 2 spices come from the nutmeg tree?
Answer: nutmeg and mace
Question: This weekend saw the opening of what they claim will be the final installment of the Shrek franchise. What is the name of the movie?
Answer: shrek forever after
Question: May 28, 1787 saw the death of an Austrian composer, most famous as the father of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. What was his first name?
Answer: leopold
Question: May 27, 1949 saw the death of Robert Ripley, who made his fame by publishing what newspaper series?
Answer: ripley s believe it or not
Question: Who is the only US president to win the Nobel Peace Prize after leaving office?
Answer: jimmy carter
Question: Who is missing: Catherine of Aragon, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr?
Answer: anne boleyn
Question: Named for a revolutionary war general, what is the capital of Alabama?
Answer: montgomery al
Question: According to the legend, in which city did the Pied Piper lure all the children away?
Answer: hamelin
Question: What U.S. president claimed that he was once attacked by a mysterious swamp rabbit while on a fishing trip?
Answer: jimmy carter
Question: What English write, author of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and The Diamond Smugglers, plus dozens of others, lived on the Jamaican estate Goldeneye?
Answer: ian flemming
Question: What nursery rhyme character “runs through the town, Up stairs and down stairs in his night-gown, Tapping at the window, crying at the lock, Are the children in their bed, for it’s past ten o’clock?”
Answer: wee willie winkie
Question: What is the name of the stick used by a conductor to control an orchestra?
Answer: baton
Question: Which actor, born in Winterset, Iowa on May 26th, 1907, holds the record as the actor with the most leading parts, with142?
Answer: john wayne
Question: In a tradition that stretched back to 1933, what is the traditional beverage quaffed by the winning driver of the Indianapolis 500?
Answer: milk
Question: May 23, 1934 saw the death, at the hands of some of the local law enforcement officers, of the known brigands Bonnie and Clyde. What was Bonnies' last name?
Answer: parker
Question: Say Hey was the autobiography of what San Francisco Giants Hall of Fame baseball player?
Answer: willie mays