CharlesMoslonka/trivia_qa_rc_wikipedia huggingface dataset:
Question: Which country on the West African coast lies between The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Namibia?
Answer: angola
Question: Who played Lieutenant Jordan O'Neil, the titular G.l. Jane in the 1997 film?
Answer: demi moore
Question: """Mary Poppins"", ""Peter Pan"" and ""Soho Cinders"" are among the musicals of which composer, in association with lyricist Anthony Drewe, a partnership formed at Exeter University?"
Answer: george stiles
Question: Originally commissioned by IBM in 1955, which typeface quickly became a standard throughout the typewriter industry?
Answer: courier
Question: Who was the father of John of Gaunt and Edward, the Black Prince?
Answer: edward 3
Question: Which unit of weight is used to measure the fineness of nylon?
Answer: denier
Question: Patricia Arquette won the 2015 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress playing Olivia Evans in which film?
Answer: boyhood
Question: Which long-distance walk usually starts on top of Mt. Snowden and finishes at the O.S. trig point on Foel Fras some 24 miles later?
Answer: welsh 3000
Question: The Ghost Road by Pat Barker, which won the Booker Prize in 1995, is the third volume in which trilogy?
Answer: regeneration trilogy
Question: With which other cricketer does James Anderson hold the England record for the most successful bowler/wicket keeper combination with 68 wickets?
Answer: matt prior
Question: Amner Hall, home to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge is located within which larger crown estate?
Answer: sandringham
Question: In The Mikado by Gilbert & Sullivan who introduces himself as "a wandering minstrel, I"?
Answer: nanki poo
Question: In the British Commonwealth, Canada is the largest country by area. Which Commonwealth country is the 2nd largest by area?
Answer: australia
Question: Which 1980's musical did Tim Rice write with ABBA members Benny Andersson and Bjorn Alvaeus?
Answer: chess
Question: What is added to a croque monsieur to make a croquet madame?
Answer: fried egg
Question: In which book of the bible is the story of the ten plagues of Egypt?
Answer: exodus
Question: The Epsom Derby and The 2,000 Guineas Stakes are 2 of the 3 races that make up British racing's Triple Crown. Name the third.
Answer: st leger
Question: The 1999 film 10 Things I Hate About You starring Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger is based on which of Shakespeare's plays?
Answer: taming of shrew
Question: What was the aim of the World War 2 allied operation Dynamo?
Answer: evacuation from dunkirk
Question: What is the first name of the Italian artist Caravaggio?
Answer: michelangelo
Question: Which tea growing region of India has a Hindi name meaning 'Land of the Thunderbolt'?
Answer: darjeeling
Question: Which element, atomic no. 33 derives its name from a Persian word for yellow?
Answer: arsenic
Question: Who composed the 1928 symphonic poem An American in Paris?
Answer: george gershwin
Question: Who was the last native Welshman to hold the title Prince of Wales?
Answer: owain glendower
Question: Commonly used in the textile industry, which unit of thermal resistance is used to measure the thickness of duvets?
Answer: tog
Question: J K Simmons won the 2015 Oscar for Best Supporting Actor playing Terence Fletcher in which film?
Answer: whiplash
Question: The Balkan Trilogy and The Levant Trilogy, both written by Olivia Manning were made into which 1987 BBC TV series starring Emma Thompson and Kenneth Branagh?
Answer: fortunes of war
Question: Bacharach and David composed the music for a 1973 musical remake of which 1937 Frank Capra film?
Answer: lost horizon
Question: Frogmore House, previously used as a royal residence and now largely used on ceremonial occasions only is located within which larger crown estate?
Answer: windsor
Question: Which car company produces a convertible model called the Eos?
Answer: volkswagen
Question: In the Gilbert & Sullivan operetta, what must the Baronet Ruddigore do every day to avoid the witch's curse and die in agony?
Answer: commit crime
Question: India is the most populous country in the British Commonwealth. Which country has the 2nd largest population in the Commonwealth?
Answer: pakistan
Question: Opening in London in 1984, which Andrew Lloyd Webber musical had lyrics by Richard Stilgoe and choreography by Arlene Phillips?
Answer: starlight express
Question: Who is the English logician who devised an algebraic system that has since been adopted for the analysis of digital electronic circuitry?
Answer: george boole
Question: The 1995 film Clueless starring Alicia Silverstone is based on which novel by Jane Austen?
Answer: emma
Question: What was the aim of the World War 2 allied operation Market Garden?
Answer: to cross rhine
Question: Which element, atomic no. 74 derives its name from the Swedish word for heavy stone?
Answer: tungsten
Question: With the county town of Lifford, which is the most northerly of the counties of the Irish Republic?
Answer: donegal
Question: In baseball, what name is given to an ambidextrous batter?
Answer: switch hitter
Question: To date, no full member of the E.U. has ever left, but which autonomous country within the union voted to leave in 1982, leaving in 1985?
Answer: greenland
Question: Who became MP for Uxbridge South & Ruislip at the 2015 General Election?
Answer: boris johnson
Question: During World War 2 Operation Chastise was the code name for which event of 1943?
Answer: dambusters raid
Question: PH Newby was the first winner in 1969 of which award?
Answer: booker prize
Question: Which government post is held by Jeremy Wright, MP for Kenilworth & Southam?
Answer: attorney general
Question: In terms of area, which is the second largest lake in North America after Lake Superior?
Answer: lake huron
Question: For his role in the film The Theory of Everything’, which actor won the Best Film Actor BAFTA in 2015?
Answer: eddie redmayne
Question: What is the most common name for the drug Sildenafil Citrate?
Answer: viagra
Question: Which Democrat candidate did Ronald Reagan defeat in the 1984 US Presidential Election?
Answer: walter mondale
Question: In which English county is Longleat House and Safari Park?
Answer: wiltshire
Question: What maritime order is also termed The Birkenhead Drill?
Answer: women and children first
Question: Nancy Sinatra sang the theme tune for which 1967 James Bond film?
Answer: you only live twice
Question: Which is the latest country to join the EU, doing so in July 2013?
Answer: croatia
Question: In terms of area which is the second largest lake in Africa after Lake Victoria?
Answer: lake tanganyika
Question: Which film starring Michael Keaton and Amy Ryan won the Best Picture Oscar in 2015?
Answer: birdman
Question: Who was assassinated on 6th October 1981 by troops when he was inspecting at a victory parade?
Answer: anwar sadat
Question: What is the most common trade name of the drug Fluoxetine?
Answer: prozac
Question: Which internet company was founded by Pierre Omidyar in 1995?
Answer: ebay
Question: In a 1961 novel, which title character taught at the Marcia Blaine School for Girls?
Answer: miss jean brodie
Question: What was the name of the Queen Mother’s official residence in London until 2002? It is now the official residence of Prince Charles.
Answer: clarence house
Question: Which Stephen King novel features the characters John and Wendy Torrance and their son Danny?
Answer: shining
Question: Which is the only racecourse in Staffordshire?
Answer: uttoxeter
Question: What alternative name was given to the American Civil War battles at Manassa in 1861?
Answer: bull run
Question: Which debtors’ prison, in Southwark, was depicted in Charles Dickens’ book Little Dorrit?
Answer: marshalsea
Question: Apart from coins and banknotes-what else can a numismatist collect?
Answer: medals
Question: Which desert covers much of Botswana, and parts of Namibia and South Africa?
Answer: kalahari
Question: The French drink Kir consists of white wine and which other ingredient?
Answer: creme de cassis
Question: Which Saint founded the monastery on the island of Iona and died there in 597 AD?
Answer: saint columba
Question: What was the name of Sir Francis Drake’s ship at the start of his circumnavigation of the world in 1577?
Answer: pelican
Question: Which battle between England and France was fought in August 1346?
Answer: crecy
Question: In 1872, which country played England in the first ever international game of football?
Answer: scotland
Question: The word for which discipline is derived from the Sanskrit word for ‘to unite’ or ‘to join’?
Answer: yoga
Question: What name was given to one of the ten divisions of a legion?
Answer: cohort
Question: Which theatre did David Garrick, the famed actor manage and run from 1747-1776?
Answer: theatre royal drury lane
Question: Which organisation founded in Pulaski Tennessee in December 1865 by 6 former members of the Confederate Army?
Answer: ku klux klan
Question: In which city did Martin Luther King make his ‘I have a dream’ speech in August 1963?
Answer: washington dc
Question: According to the British Horseracing Authority, what is the shortest distance over which horses race?
Answer: 5 furlongs
Question: What two word phrase means the smallest amount of fissile material needed for a sustained nuclear chain reaction?
Answer: critical mass
Question: How many hurdles must be cleared in Men’s 110m and 400m Hurdles races?
Answer: ten
Question: By what name is Acetylsalicylic Acid better known?
Answer: aspirin
Question: Who wrote the 1932 novel ‘Brave New World’?
Answer: aldous huxley
Question: Which 1927 musical features the song ‘Old Man River’?
Answer: show boat
Question: Tony Stark is the real name of which super-hero featured in Marvel comics and later films?
Answer: iron man
Question: Who sang the theme tune to Rawhide, the TV series which ran from 1959-1966?
Answer: frankie laine
Question: Which god was said to be the father of Romulus and Remus the legendary founders of Rome?
Answer: mars
Question: Which Briton won an ice-skating Gold at the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics?
Answer: robin cousins
Question: In English Common Law, what is the minimum number of people that can constitute a riot?
Answer: three
Question: In which small North Yorkshire market town is the Black Sheep Brewery based?
Answer: masham
Question: In which country did the 'Orange’ Revolution take place between 2004 and 2005?
Answer: ukraine
Question: Which pirate’s ship was called Queen Anne’s Revenge?
Answer: blackbeard
Question: According to the video trailer promoting a 2014 spiritual movie, Autobiography of a Yogi was the only book on the iPad of which person who died on Oct 5, 2011?
Answer: steve jobs
Question: The Pushkar Fair, an annual event in the desert state of Rajashtan in India, witnesses sales of thousands of livestock with a focus on what?
Answer: camels
Question: François Coty’s Chypre, Paul Parquet’s Fougère Royale, and Aimé Guerlain's Jicky are three of the many representations at an archive in Versailles, France that was founded in 1990 to preserve what?
Answer: scents
Question: On the way to the Vatican Museums are the Sistine Chapel (which obviously features Michelangelo's frescoes) and a suite of rooms that features frescoes of what other great?
Answer: raphael
Question: French artist Yves Klein created a series of works he called Anthropometry using what as paint brushes?
Answer: humans
Question: Because it was worn by recently freed slaves in Ancient Rome, what cap became the symbol of liberty?
Answer: pileus
Question: What name was given to the group of hedonistic British and Irish aristocrats who lived in an area overlapping Kenya and Uganda between the 1920s and the 1940s?
Answer: happy valley set
Question: Who is the person of religious history whose pardon was the subject of a 1950 novel by Pär Lagerkvist as well as a 1961 portrayal by Anthony Quinn?
Answer: barabbas
Question: The Marie de' Medici Cycle is a series of twenty-four paintings by which artist?
Answer: peter paul rubens
Question: So what if he failed, he tried, didn't he? The Hellenic Air Force Academy was renamed after which mythological character in 1967?
Answer: icarus
Question: What controversial objects of the world of culture are by far the biggest attraction in the purpose built Duveen Gallery of the British Museum?
Answer: elgin marbles
Question: In an Aesop fable that shows the power of persuasion over force, what element fights the sun?
Answer: wind
Question: America's oldest and still-running wooden roller coaster that can be found at Coney Island has what 'stormy' name?
Answer: cyclone
Question: The Spoonmaker's Diamond is a major attraction of a museum at what location that used to be the primary residence of the Ottoman Sultans for 400 years?
Answer: topkapi palace
Question: The planet Dagobah is the site of exile of which wise master voiced by Frank Oz throughout a seminal series?
Answer: yoda
Question: Two punsters who call themselves Ol' Chumbucket and Cap'n Slappy designated September 19 as the annual what day? Arrrrrrrrrrr!
Answer: talk like pirate day
Question: Mohini the enchantress is the only female manifestation of which male deity of the Hindu pantheon known for his avatars?
Answer: vishnu
Question: A Japanese painting in the simplistic style of haiga is also likely to contain what?
Answer: haiku poem
Question: Lapot in Romania, Ubasute in Japan and Ättestupa in the Nordic world are all terms for what custom in difficult times that is commonly associated with the Inuit?
Answer: senicide
Question: If Lisa Gherardini the wife of Francesco del Giocondo is the subject of Da Vinci's masterpiece (Mona Lisa), who is the wife of Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer who was the subject of Klimt's record setting 1907 painting?
Answer: adele
Question: What is the missing word in graffiti artist Banksy's 2005 compilation ___ and Piece?
Answer: wall
Question: The trickster god Anansi who has a prominent place in African folklore is what type of creature?
Answer: spider
Question: In Aboriginal myth, if Dreamtime is the era when spirit beings created the world, what are the paths they traversed?
Answer: songlines
Question: In Greek mythology, if ambrosia is the food of the gods and nectar their drink, what is 'ichor'?
Answer: blood
Question: One of the most recognized pieces of Japanese art from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji by Hokusai that depicts a huge tidal wave is titled The Great Wave off what place?
Answer: kanagawa
Question: Spirits known as loa are appeased by the practitioners of what belief system?
Answer: voodoo
Question: What is the main feature of Chinese artist Liu Bolin's work?
Answer: camouflage
Question: Kamadhenu the wish-granting cow, Kaustubha the jewel, and Parijat the divine flowering tree are some of the items that emerged during what episode of Hindu mythology?
Answer: churning of ocean of milk
Question: The distinctive wooden carved and bright red colored Dala horses are associated with which country?
Answer: sweden
Question: A 1480s painting by Albertus Pictor in Täby Church located north of Stockholm that inspired a film director depicts a man playing chess with whom?
Answer: death
Question: The Roman Empire themed Caesers Palace casino in Las Vegas features an indulgent buffet that has what appropriate 'festive' name?
Answer: bacchanal
Question: What Hindu pilgrimage that takes place every twelve years in which people participate in ritual purification in rivers (mainly the Ganges) is said to be among the largest gatherings of humanity?
Answer: kumbh mela
Question: The artist Lee Krasner who used to cut her own paintings to create collages was married to which other artist?
Answer: jackson pollock
Question: In folklore, what did the 16th century raabi Judah Loew ben Bezalel create to defend the Prague ghetto from antisemitic attacks?
Answer: golem
Question: O'zapft is! What is the better known name of the annual celebration called by the locals as 'Wiesn' referring to the grounds where it is held?
Answer: oktoberfest
Question: The myths contained in the texts Kojiki and Nihan Shoki are the inspiration behind the practices of what belief system?
Answer: shintoism
Question: In response to a request by Gypsy Rose Lee, what term for a striptease performer was coined by the H. L. Mencken after he channeled his inner Greek and thought of invertebrate molting?
Answer: ecdysiast
Question: Suzanne Collins said that the main theme in The Hunger Games was derived from a Greek myth in which King Minos has Athens send seven youths and seven maidens to what monster?
Answer: minotaur
Question: The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis explored in the award winning 1966 novel Babel-17 states that human thought is strongly influenced by what?
Answer: language
Question: What invention of Mary Quant whose users were subject to raids by the moral police in the 60s was named after her favourite make of car?
Answer: miniskirt
Question: Treskilling Yellow from Sweden, Bull's Eye from Brazil, Inverted Jenny from the United States, Basel Dove from Switzerland and Benjamin Franklin Z Grill from the United States are some of the famous specimens of what?
Answer: postage stamps
Question: What phrase that means 'to discard, or dispose of' originates from the practice of burial at sea that requires a minimum depth of water to be carried out?
Answer: to deep six
Question: In Islamic mythology, what bottled-up creatures make up the three sentient creations of Allah along with humans and angels?
Answer: jinns
Question: The most important text of what popular practice, varieties of which include hatha, mantra and raja is attributed to Patañjali?
Answer: yoga
Question: What type of porcelain developed by Josiah Spode originated in a factory that was proximate to slaughterhouses (and thus had access to animal byproducts)?
Answer: bone china
Question: The 500 peso note issued by the Bank of Mexico in 2010 contains the image of the artist Diego Rivera on the obverse side. Whose image is on the reverse side?
Answer: frida kahlo s
Question: What concept of Hinduism is traditionally classified into three kinds - Sanchita (accumulated), Prarabdha (ripened) and Kriyamana (produced in the current life)?
Answer: karma
Question: The sedia gestatoria, a portable throne that was in use till 1978 was used to carry whom?
Answer: popes
Question: If Deucalion is to Greek mythology and Utnapishtim is to Mesopotamian mythology, who is the equivalent figure in Christianity? (hint: all saved themselves in a particular way)
Answer: noah
Question: A corroboree is a ceremonial meeting of what group of people?
Answer: australian aborigines
Question: In Greek mythology, while going back from the Trojan War, whom did Menelaus successfully capture despite that person taking the form of a lion, a serpent, a leopard, a pig, and even that of water and a tree?
Answer: proteus
Question: In times gone by, shepherds used to place a bell around the neck of a castrated ram that was leading a flock of sheep so that the movement of the flock could be noted. What was another term for the castrated ram?
Answer: wether
Question: The annual Mount Hagen Cultural Show that began in 1961 both as a celebration of tribal culture and as a forum for friendly competition (in place of tribal war) is one of the biggest draws of which large island nation?
Answer: papua new guinea
Question: The Kiswa, a 658 sq. m. silk cloth embroidered with gold threads drapes what religious object?
Answer: kaaba in mecca
Question: In 18th/19th century England, mercury was used in the production of felt, which was used in the manufacturing of hats. Some workers in these factories developed dementia because of mercury poisoning. What expression for insanity has this etymological origin?
Answer: mad as hatter
Question: The Nine Worthies were personalities established in the Middle Ages who were said to represent the ideals of chivalry. Which 'tamer of horses' and heroic defender from Greek mythology is missing in the Pagans section? Pagans: ___, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar Old Testament Jews: Joshua, David, Judas Maccabeus Chivalric Christian Heroes: King Arthur, Charlemagne, Godfrey of Bouillon
Answer: hector
Question: What is the better known name of the Mawlawi followers of Sufism who are known for their 'rotating' motion during a ceremony called Seema?
Answer: whirling dervishes
Question: K Street in Washington D.C. that is appropriately not far from government is home to several offices of what 'influential' industry?
Answer: lobbying
Question: The notion of God having two forms and ten Sefirot mediating between them is central to the belief system of which mystical tradition?
Answer: kabbalah
Question: Although never part of international maritime law, which phrase was popularised by its usage on the RMS Titanic as a consequence of which 74% of the women and 52% of the children were saved but only 20% of the men?
Answer: women and children first
Question: The etymology of what form of entertainment may come from the valley of 'Vau de Vire' in Normandy where satirical songs were common?
Answer: vaudeville
Question: The name of what toy is a portmanteau of the Japanese word for 'egg' and the English word 'watch'?
Answer: tamagotchi
Question: During the Falklands War, because a British aircraft lacked a conventional 'chaff' dispensing mechanism (used as a radar countermeasure), engineers designed one using welding rods, split pins and string.This eccentric make do was given the name of which cartoonist?
Answer: heath robinson
Question: In Greek mythology, a group of fierce fighters called the Myrmidons were commanded by which mighty warrior?
Answer: achilles
Question: First used in the context of folklore in 1885, what term describes a god/spirit/animal who disobeys normal rules and tries to survive the dangers of the world using deceit?
Answer: trickster
Question: What word that means 'cheap' or 'gaudy' is derived from the practice of trinkets sold at St. Audrey's fair in England?
Answer: tawdry
Question: In Greek mythology, what river flowed around the cave of Hypnos in the Underworld and caused forgetfulness in all those who drank from it?
Answer: lethe
Question: What classical ballet tells the story of Odette who is turned into a creature by an evil sorcerer's curse?
Answer: swan lake
Question: The 1633 painting The Storm on the Sea of Galilee that depicts the miracle of Jesus calming the waves was stolen in 1990 from a Boston museum in what is considered to be the biggest art theft in history. This painting is the only known seascape of which great artist?
Answer: rembrandt
Question: Toru Iwatani, the creator of which popular video game admitted in a 1996 interview that the story of a pizza missing a slice being the inspiration of the game's main character was only half true?
Answer: pac man
Question: What satanic name was used to describe an apprentice who performed a number of tasks such as mixing tubs of ink in a printing establishment?
Answer: printer s devil
Question: What derogatory name for the British has its origins in sailors eating something to avoid scurvy?
Answer: limey
Question: When is a riderless or caparisoned horse with boots reversed in the stirrups most commonly seen?
Answer: funeral procession
Question: In 1933, which Mexican artist commissioned by the Rockefeller family to create a mural caused controversy by including Lenin in it?
Answer: diego rivera
Question: What non-woven cloth that is produced by matting and pressing fibers is the oldest form of fabric known to humankind?
Answer: felt
Question: The Scarlet Sails celebration is the culmination of what annual festival that takes place during the season of the midnight sun in St. Petersburg?
Answer: white nights festival
Question: The most famous symbol of what people of North Africa is the Tagelmust, an indigo blue-colored veil that gives them the name 'People of the Veil'?
Answer: tuareg
Question: Which major 20th century art movement is divided into two parts called Analytical and Synthetic?
Answer: cubism
Question: What is the term for the fine pattern of cracks formed on old paintings, which is sometimes used to detect forged art as it is a hard-to-forge signature of authenticity?
Answer: craquelure
Question: What cultural symbol of Mexico is said to represent both the Virgin Mary and the Aztec goddess Tonantzin?
Answer: our lady of guadalupe