CharlesMoslonka/trivia_qa_rc_wikipedia huggingface dataset:
Question: What is the title of the song that Nick Berry took to No. 1 in 1986?
Answer: every loser win s
Question: Violet Carson OBE played which character in a famous British Soap Opera?
Answer: ena sharples
Question: Which battle was the first battle of the English Civil Was in 1642?
Answer: battle of edgehill
Question: Who was the actor that played Dr. Who when Tom Baker stepped down in 1980?
Answer: peter davison
Question: Which group had a No. 1 hit in 1966 with 'Reach Out I'll Be There'?
Answer: four tops
Question: Born in 1945, who was the front man of the group 'The Mindbenders'?
Answer: wayne fontana
Question: Who played Corporal Clinger in Mash?
Answer: jamie farr
Question: Who was first offered the role of Lt. Columbo before Peter Falk ?
Answer: bing crosby
Question: What place is called Rapa-nui by its native inhabitants?
Answer: easter island
Question: New Zealand hosted the 'Commonwealth Games' in which city in 1974?
Answer: christchurch
Question: If you see the letters UHT on a food or milk carton, what does it mean?
Answer: ultra heat treatment
Question: N2O or Nitrous Oxide is more commonly known as what?
Answer: laughing gas
Question: In which Musical would you find the song 'There is Nothing Like a Dame'?
Answer: south pacific
Question: True or False. Toyota currently manufacture about the same number of cars in a week as Rolls-Royce have in their entire 104-year existence?
Answer: true
Question: What name is given to the famous flying lady mascot adorning the radiator grill on a Rolls-Royce?
Answer: spirit of ecstasy
Question: Off the coast of which county would you find the 'Goodwin Sands'?
Answer: kent
Question: In the TV cop series 'Z Cars' who played PC Fancy Smith?
Answer: brian blessed
Question: Who played DI Jack Regan in the TV series 'The Sweeny'?
Answer: john thaw
Question: What was the real name of traitor 'Lord Haw Haw' who was executed for treason in 1946?
Answer: william joyce
Question: In 1938, Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch starred in which new radio comedy series?
Answer: band waggon
Question: What was the name of King Henry V111's 4th wife who he married in 1540?
Answer: anne of cleves
Question: Which group had a hit with 'Lily the Pink' in 1969?
Answer: scaffold
Question: From the 'Just William' books by Richmal Crompton, what was William's surname?
Answer: brown
Question: The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, where is it located?
Answer: arlington county virginia
Question: Who won the gold medal for the woman's heptathlon?
Answer: jessica ennis
Question: In cycling who won the gold medal for the men's time trial?
Answer: bradley wiggins
Question: In Sailing, who won gold in the Men's Finn class?
Answer: ben ainslie
Question: For which event did Peter Wilson win Team GB's only shooting medal (gold)?
Answer: men s double trap
Question: At the fabulous closing ceremony, who sang from the top of 5 London cabs?
Answer: spice girls
Question: Also at the closing ceremony, what song was sung by Eric Idle?
Answer: always look on bright side of life
Question: Who was portrayed by Timothy Spall during the closing ceremony?
Answer: sir winston churchill
Question: What name is given to the festival that is held in the Valencian town of Buñol, Spain, in which participants throw tomatoes and get involved in this tomato fight purely for fun. It is held on the last Wednesday of August.?
Answer: la tomatina
Question: In 1982 who had a No.1 UK hit with 'Land of Make Believe'?
Answer: bucks fizz
Question: Near which UK city would you find 'Spaghetti Junction?
Answer: birmingham
Question: In which country would you find the city of St. Moritz?
Answer: switzerland
Question: Who wrote the poem "A Rime of the Ancient Mariner?
Answer: samuel taylor coleridge
Question: Who was the first woman to swim the English Channel?
Answer: gertrude ederle
Question: Which character was played by William Shatner in 'Star Trek'?
Answer: captain james t kirk
Question: Adam; Hoss and Joe lived on the 'Ponderosa', what was their surname?
Answer: cartwright
Question: Who played 'Ned Kelly' in the 1969 film of the same name?
Answer: mick jagger
Question: Who wrote the WW11 novel 'The Cruel Sea'?
Answer: nicholas monsarrat
Question: Glenda Jackson won an Oscar in 1971 for which film?
Answer: women in love
Question: Charity Tate (nee Dingle) ?
Answer: emma atkins
Question: What was the name of the horse in the TV comedy 'Steptoe and Son'?
Answer: hercules
Question: By what name is 'Katerina Imperaildi di Francabilla' better known?
Answer: katie boyle
Question: In 'Dallas' what was the Ewing family's ranch called?
Answer: southfork
Question: The vacation destinations of Pattaya and Phuket are in which country?
Answer: thailand
Question: In medicine, what is the study of children and their illnesses known as?
Answer: paediatrics
Question: What is the name of the shrub known as the butterfly bush?
Answer: buddleia
Question: Sevruga and osetrove are varieties of what?
Answer: caviar
Question: The disease 'Pertussis' is more commonly known as what?
Answer: whooping cough
Question: If a dish is served 'Florentine' which vegetable will it contain?
Answer: spinach
Question: Goa was an overseas territory of which country until 1961?
Answer: portugal
Question: Who starred as 'Sharpe' in the TV series of the same name?
Answer: sean bean
Question: Which American president had a sign on his desk saying 'The buck stops here'?
Answer: harry s truman
Question: In 1999 Richard Branson sold just under half of Virgin Atlantic shares to which other airline?
Answer: singapore airlines
Question: The only fruit to have it's seeds on the outside is a what?
Answer: strawberry
Question: Patrick Duffy played which character in 'Dallas'?
Answer: bobby ewing
Question: The 2002 Winter Olympics were held in which city?
Answer: salt lake city
Question: Who did Paul McCartney marry in 1969. First name and surname?
Answer: linda eastman
Question: The song "I Could Have Danced All Night" featured in which musical?
Answer: my fair lady
Question: Where would you find Michelangelo's (fresco) painting, ' The Creation of Adam'?
Answer: sistine chapel
Question: Who gave up the title 'Viscount Stansgate'?
Answer: tony benn
Question: 'The Maldives' islands are situated in which ocean?
Answer: indian ocean
Question: To what religion would you belong if you celebrated 'Diwali' (The Festival of Lights)?
Answer: hinduism
Question: In which Shakespeare play would you find the characters 'Shylock and Portia'?
Answer: merchant of venice
Question: In the film 'To Die For', who played Nicole Kidman's husband?
Answer: matt dillon
Question: Who played 'Frank Churchill' in the 1996 film 'Emma'?
Answer: ewan mcgregor
Question: Three of the four presidents carved into Mount Rushmore are Lincoln, Washington and Jefferson. Who is the fourth?
Answer: roosevelt
Question: The novel 'The Water Babies' was written by whom?
Answer: charles kingsley
Question: If you were a member of the 'Pumas' rugby union team, which country would you play for?
Answer: argentina
Question: The novels, 'On the Beach' and 'A Town Like Alice' were written by whom?
Answer: nevil shute
Question: Which Nottinghamshire town gave it's name to a New York airport?
Answer: newark
Question: In which country would you find the Interlagos motor racing circuit?
Answer: brazil
Question: The Aborigines call it Uluru. What do we call it?
Answer: ayers rock
Question: We know the golfer as 'Tiger Woods' what is his real first name?
Answer: eldrick
Question: With the Olympic Games coming up in 2012, can you name one of the two years London has hosted the Olympic Games in the past?
Answer: 1908 1948
Question: 'The Laughing Cavalier' was painted by who?
Answer: frans hals
Question: 'The Ride of the Valkyries' was composed by who?
Answer: richard wagner
Question: The Von Trapp family were immortalised in which film in 1965?
Answer: sound of music
Question: In which Californian city did the first Disney theme park open?
Answer: anaheim
Question: 'Bloody Mary' refers to which queen of England?
Answer: mary 1
Question: Henry V111 had several wives. Who was the last one?
Answer: catherine parr
Question: Back to Henry V111, who was his third wife?
Answer: jane seymour
Question: What did Sir Richard Arkwright invent in 1769?
Answer: spinning frame
Question: What character did John Wayne play in 'True Grit'?
Answer: rooster cogburn
Question: 'The Dambusters' tells the true story of which RAF Squadron?
Answer: 617 squadron
Question: In the 1989 film 'Shirley Valentine', who played the title roll?
Answer: pauline collins
Question: What character did Bruce Willis play in 'Last Man Standing'?
Answer: john smith
Question: Who played 'Velvet Brown' in the 1944 film 'National Velvet'?
Answer: elizabeth taylor
Question: Who played 'The Riddler' in 'Batman Forever'?
Answer: jim carrey
Question: Who played the title roll in the Australian film 'Ned Kelly'?
Answer: mick jagger
Question: The song 'White Christmas' first featured in which film starring Bing Crosby?
Answer: holiday inn
Question: What was the last line spoken in the film 'Some Like It Hot'?
Answer: well nobody s perfect
Question: What was the name of the island where 'King Kong' lived?
Answer: skull island
Question: 'When you wish upon a star' is a song from which Disney film?
Answer: pinocchio
Question: In Rudyard Kipling's 'Jungle Book' What was the name of the mongoose?
Answer: rikki tikki tavi
Question: Who was Tom Cruise wife prior to Nicole Kidman?
Answer: mimi rogers
Question: Imagine it's Friday the 13th, what day of the week was the 1st?
Answer: sunday
Question: What were 'Bit' and 'Bot' on the children's TV programme Playschool?
Answer: goldfish
Question: How long does a human taste bud live for, 10 minutes, 10 hours or 10 days?
Answer: 10 days
Question: What was Frank Sinatra's big 1966 hit, a number one in 13 countries?
Answer: strangers in night
Question: Man has seven vertebrae in his neck, how many does a Giraffe have?
Answer: seven
Question: Whom did Boris Becker beat when he became the youngest Wimbledon champion?
Answer: kevin curren
Question: Which phenomenon might you be interested in if you visit Drumnadrochit?
Answer: loch ness monster
Question: Cape Finisterre is the most westerly mainland point of which country?
Answer: spain
Question: The plant 'Digitalis' is better known as what?
Answer: foxglove
Question: What is the name of Elvis Costello's famous father?
Answer: ross macmanus
Question: What is the fruit of the 'Blackthorn'?
Answer: sloe
Question: 'The Importance of Being Earnest' was written by whom?
Answer: oscar wilde
Question: In which US city do the 'Yankees' play their baseball?
Answer: new york
Question: If you were watching 'The Richmond Tigers', which sport would they be playing?
Answer: australian rules football
Question: Which boxer added the term marvellous to his name?
Answer: marvin hagler
Question: The English town of Malmesbury is in which county?
Answer: wiltshire
Question: What is the full name of the Mormon Church?
Answer: church of jesus christ of latter day saints
Question: What is surgically removed if you have a cholecystectomy?
Answer: gall bladder
Question: In which country would you find 'Punta Arenas' the worlds most southerly city?
Answer: chile
Question: Torchwood was created from the anagram of what other TV drama?
Answer: doctor who
Question: What was the well known nickname of Robert Franklin Stroud?
Answer: birdman of alcatraz
Question: Which English seaside town had the first Butlins camp?
Answer: skegness
Question: Scotland acquired the 'Hebrides' in 1266 from which country?
Answer: norway
Question: After nine years of work, ' A Dictionary of the English Language' was published in 1755. Who was the compiler?
Answer: dr samuel johnson
Question: Actress Kate Hudson is the daughter of which famous female film star?
Answer: goldie hawn
Question: Name the tennis star who was stabbed during a tournament in Hamburg in 1993?
Answer: monica seles
Question: Nicknamed 'The Muscles from Brussels' who is the actor?
Answer: jean claude van damme
Question: The 'Serengeti National Park' is situated in which country?
Answer: tanzania
Question: What kind of monkey would you find on the 'Rock of Gibraltar?
Answer: barbary ape
Question: Where in Britain would you find the River Medina?
Answer: isle of wight
Question: Which of the Wombles shares his name with a South American river?
Answer: orinoco
Question: Geronimo was a member of which (American) Indian tribe?
Answer: apache
Question: Powdered almonds, eggs and sugar are used to make what?
Answer: marzipan
Question: Who played Godber in the sitcom 'Porridge?
Answer: richard beckinsale
Question: Which vegetable is the main ingredient of Sauerkraut?
Answer: cabbage
Question: Who piloted the first flight across the English channel in 1909?
Answer: louis bleriot
Question: Who was the author ofÂ 'Man in the Iron Mask'?
Answer: alexandre dumas
Question: Buddy Holly, Lyndon Johnston, Janice Joplin were all born in which US State?
Answer: state of texas
Question: On which country's national flag would you find an eagle and a snake?
Answer: mexico
Question: The 'Mojave Desert' Is located in which US state?
Answer: california
Question: What is the common name for 'Nacre'?
Answer: mother of pearl
Question: The 'Mona Lisa' was painted by which artist?
Answer: leonardo da vinci
Question: The Ferret is a domesticated variety of which animal?
Answer: polecat
Question: A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time. How long?
Answer: 1 100th of second
Question: A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle, what is a group of geese in the air?
Answer: skein
Question: Which king is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card?
Answer: king of hearts
Question: What is the only letter in the English alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States?
Answer: q
Question: Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with which letter?
Answer: e
Question: In which county would you find 'The Lost Gardens of Heligan'?
Answer: cornwall
Question: The saffron flower often used in cooking is a type of which plant?
Answer: crocus
Question: If your soil has a ph of around 4, what colour are your hydrangeas likely to be?
Answer: blue
Question: If you have a 'Mahonia Japonica', in which season will it be in flower?
Answer: winter
Question: Ian Fleming known for writing the Bond films also wrote about a car that could fly. What was it?
Answer: chitty chitty bang bang
Question: Cistercians of the Strict Observance are commonly known as what?
Answer: trappists
Question: The French actress Camille Javal is better known as who?
Answer: brigitte bardot
Question: If you were suffering from scurvy what would you most likely be lacking?
Answer: vitamin c
Question: Which TV Cook has a series of 'River Cottage' programmes?
Answer: hugh fearnley whittingstall
Question: I you are trying the national dish of Morocco, what are you eating?
Answer: tajine
Question: If you are eating a vegetable known as 'ladies fingers', what are you eating?
Answer: okra
Question: Sometimes called a cobnut or a filbert, what is it?
Answer: hazelnut
Question: Name the stretch of water separating Anglesey from the Welsh mainland?
Answer: menai strait
Question: The country 'Burkina Faso' was known as what prior to changing it's name in 1984?
Answer: upper volta
Question: """When You Walk In The Room"" was a hit for which group in 1964?"
Answer: searchers
Question: Which group had a hit with "Rhythm of the Rain" in 1963?
Answer: cascades
Question: Kon Tiki was a number 1 hit for which British group in 1961?
Answer: shadows
Question: The Hollies were apologising to whom in their 1969 hit?
Answer: suzanne
Question: Who were "Lonely This Christmas" with their No.1 hit in 1974?
Answer: mud
Question: From the film 'Top Gun' in 1986, what was the No.1 hit song for Berlin?
Answer: take my breath away
Question: """Coz I Luv You"" was a No.1 hit in 1971 for which group?"
Answer: slade
Question: Who had a Top 10 hit with "Mustang Sally" in 1966?
Answer: wilson picket
Question: Who's album "New Jersey" was released in 1988?
Answer: bon jovi
Question: """Tell Me Why"" is featured in which Beatles film?"
Answer: hard day s night
Question: Who had a 1962 hit with "Wimoweh?
Answer: karl denver
Question: Which 1970's super group recorded "Stairway to Heaven"?
Answer: led zeppelin
Question: We know the famous cricketer as 'Freddie' Flintoff. What's his real first name?
Answer: andrew
Question: Which Dart player was known as 'The Crafty Cockney'?
Answer: eric bristow
Question: Apart from tennis, which other sport considers 'The All England Club', Wimbledon it's home?
Answer: croquet
Question: Which Grand Slam event did tennis player Pete Sampras fail to win?
Answer: french open
Question: What's the nationality of golfers Ernie Els and Gary Player?
Answer: south african
Question: Who captained Europe's winning Ryder Cup team in 2006?
Answer: ian woosnam
Question: What term is given to a score of one over par in golf?
Answer: bogey
Question: What is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"?
Answer: dreamt
Question: What boxing class is heaviest - flyweight, bantam weight or feather weight?
Answer: feather weight
Question: What nickname do boxing fans call 300 pound Eric Esch, King of the Four-Rounders?
Answer: butter bean
Question: Who beat Michael Moorer in a 1994 heavyweight title fight hyped as " One for the Ages"?
Answer: george foreman
Question: What boxer answers to the nickname "Sweet Pea"?
Answer: pernell whitaker
Question: What Mexican boxing champ lost for the first time to little known Frankie Randall?
Answer: julio cesar chavez
Question: Who was the first sports announcer to address Muhammad Ali by his Muslim name?
Answer: howard cosell
Question: What boxer successfully defended his title against George Foreman and Larry Holmes?
Answer: evander holyfield
Question: Who reigned as heavyweight boxing champ of Uganda from 1951-1960?
Answer: idi amin
Question: What did boxer Nelson Azumah change his name to?
Answer: azumah nelson
Question: What boxing promoter's favourite expression is "Only in America"?
Answer: don king s
Question: If you are known as a 'Walloon', to what country do you belong?
Answer: belgium
Question: How many engines would you find on a Boeing 737, two; three or five?
Answer: two
Question: What edible fungi is traditionally found using a pigs sense of smell?
Answer: truffle
Question: Which jockey won the 1981 Grand National after beating cancer?
Answer: bob champion
Question: What was Humphrey Bogart's character in the 1949 film 'The Big Sleep'?
Answer: philip marlowe
Question: In the TV series 'Buccaneers' who played Dan Tempest?
Answer: robert shaw
Question: If you had just won the 'Swaythling Cup' what sport would you have been playing?
Answer: table tennis
Question: Zetland is the largest of which group of islands?
Answer: shetland islands
Question: In Rugby, what did Warrington add to their name in the 1990's?
Answer: wolves
Question: In Thunderbirds what type of car does Lady Penelope own?
Answer: rolls royce
Question: The Olympic motto: 'Citius, Altius, Fortius' means what?
Answer: faster higher stronger
Question: Who beat Goran Ivanisevic to win the 1992 Wimbledon men's Final?
Answer: andre agassi
Question: Who was England's football manager from 1994 to 1996?
Answer: terry venables
Question: Which colour featured in the title of Whoopi Goldberg's first feature film?
Answer: purple
Question: Which group had a top 10-album chart success with 'What's the story, morning glory'?
Answer: oasis
Question: In Star Wars, what species is Chewbacca?
Answer: wookie
Question: What is the vegetable used to make Eggs Florentine?
Answer: spinach
Question: What is the alternative name for the Authorized Version of the Bible?
Answer: king james bible
Question: Whose favourite son was sold into Egypt by his jealous half-brothers?
Answer: jacob
Question: As a reward, for which skill did Salome demand the gift of John the Baptist's head?
Answer: dancing
Question: Who committed suicide after receiving 30 pieces of silver as a payment for betraying his master?
Answer: judas iscariot
Question: Who was the brother of Martha, raised from the dead by Jesus?
Answer: lazarus
Question: Which was the Canaanite town whose walls fell at the blast of Joshua's trumpets?
Answer: jericho
Question: Which two priceless resins were brought by the Magi to the infant Jesus?
Answer: frankincense and myrrh
Question: Which of the New Testament gospels is not synoptic?
Answer: john s gospel
Question: What was its nickname given to the 1969 Dodge Charger in "Dukes of Hazard"?
Answer: general lee
Question: What type of car was "KITT" from the "Knightrider" series?
Answer: pontiac trans am
Question: What type of car did Simon Templar drive in "The Saint"?
Answer: volvo
Question: Which 1984 movie stars Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray and a 1959 Cadillac Miller Meteor Ambulance?
Answer: ghostbusters
Question: In what 1979 movie does Mel Gibson drive a heavily modified 1973 Ford Falcon XB GT?
Answer: mad max
Question: What car is used as a time machine in "Back to the Future"?
Answer: de lorean
Question: The minnow is the tiniest member of what fish family?
Answer: carp
Question: What member of the weasel family is over 1 meter or 3 feet long?
Answer: badger
Question: Affenpinscher, Keeshond and Leonberger are all types of what?
Answer: dog
Question: Anthony Stark is the alter-ego of which super-hero?
Answer: iron man
Question: Who did Ted Turner, the media tycoon, marry in 1991?
Answer: jane fonda
Question: How many stones did David take for his fight with Goliath? One, Five or Fifteen?
Answer: five
Question: Which TV stone-age family lived in Bedrock?
Answer: flintstones
Question: The bird 'Road Runner' always managed to avoid the murderous attempts of which other cartoon character?
Answer: wile e coyote
Question: On which date do we celebrate 'Boxing Day'?
Answer: 26th december
Question: Following the Twelve days of Christmas, on what date is the twelfth night?
Answer: 6th january
Question: Often called German measles, what is the proper name for this disease?
Answer: rubella
Question: In which country was the Boer War fought between 1899 and 1901?
Answer: south africa
Question: Which boat builder invented the hovercraft in 1956?
Answer: christopher cockerel
Question: The statue on the top of London's Old Bailey building is holding what in her right hand?
Answer: sword
Question: An alligator pear is another name for which fruit?
Answer: avocado
Question: Marie McLaughlin Lawrie is the real name of which singer?
Answer: lulu
Question: What was the name of the character played by Eddie Murphy in the 1984 film Beverley Hills Cop?
Answer: axel foley
Question: Who scored a hat-trick in the 1966 World Cup Final?
Answer: geoff hurst
Question: In 1902 Newton Heath football club changed their name to what?
Answer: manchester united
Question: For which novel did author Salman Rushdie win a Booker Prize in 1981?
Answer: midnight s children
Question: Which puppet became famous after appearing on David Nixon's magic shows on TV?
Answer: basil brush
Question: In which city did Dr. Christian Barnard perform the world's first heart transplant?
Answer: cape town south africa
Question: Who played Bert the chimney sweep in the film 'Mary Poppins'?
Answer: dick van dyke
Question: What character did Bernard Hill play in the TV series 'Boys From The Black Stuff'?
Answer: yosser hughes
Question: Which society cared for the 'Plague Victims' when the physicians left 1665?
Answer: apothecaries
Question: Who was Domenikos Theotocopoulos better known as?
Answer: el greco
Question: The spice saffron is made from the dried stigmas of which flower?
Answer: crocus
Question: Which was the last of the seven 'Road' films starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby?
Answer: road to hong kong
Question: Who invented the Microwave Oven in 1945 in USA?
Answer: percy lebaron spencer
Question: What 1945 film won best picture, actor and director at the Oscars ?
Answer: lost weekend
Question: What bird is the symbol of Children's Penguin books ?
Answer: puffin
Question: Which 1978 film featured gangs called the T Birds and the Pink Ladies?
Answer: grease
Question: Who did Val Kilmer portray in the film The Doors?
Answer: jim morrison