CharlesMoslonka/trivia_qa_rc_wikipedia huggingface dataset:
Question: What is Puck's alternative name in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"?
Answer: robin goodfellow
Question: Which Supermarket chain has run a series of 'Computers For Schools' voucher schemes?
Answer: tesco
Question: Which poet wrote " Anthem For Doomed Youth" in 1917?
Answer: wilfred owen
Question: Which Greek word means 'citadel' or 'highest city'?
Answer: acropolis
Question: Which heroine of Greek mythology refused to marry any man who could not beat her in a foot race?
Answer: atalanta
Question: Andre Breton, Max Ernst, Yves Tanguy, Andre Masson were amongst the leading exponents of which style of painting founded in 1924?
Answer: surrealism
Question: In which Irish city can one stroll along the Mardyke Walk, between the north and south channels of the River Lee?
Answer: cork
Question: Which Leicestershire family seat is home to the Duke of Rutland?
Answer: belvoir castle
Question: Which female singer was torn between two lovers in 1977?
Answer: mary macgregor
Question: Give the full name of the villain from the 'Friday the 13th.' series of movies?
Answer: jason vorhees
Question: Which treaty, signed in May 1902, ended the Boer War?
Answer: vereeniging
Question: 'Touchstone', a court jester, features in which Shakespeare comedy?
Answer: as you like it
Question: 'Sean Dillon' is an ex-IRA terrorist created by which author?
Answer: jack higgins
Question: The song, "Food, Glorious Food" comes from which musical?
Answer: oliver
Question: In the USA during World War I, any reference to things German was considered unpatriotic, in order to avoid this problem which common foodstuff was called a 'Salisbury Steak'?
Answer: hamburger
Question: Who played the title role in the film 'Dr. No'?
Answer: joseph wiseman
Question: What was the name of the Blackburn weaver who invented the'Spinning Jenny'?
Answer: james hargreaves
Question: Where in the human body, would you find the 'Sartorius Muscle'?
Answer: in thigh
Question: Which author's works include the novels 'Antic Hay' and 'Crome Yellow'?
Answer: aldous huxley
Question: Who wrote the poem 'The Village Blacksmith'?
Answer: henry longfellow
Question: In which US state is the 'Great Smoky Mountains National Park'?
Answer: tennessee
Question: What was Dusty Springfield's first No. 1 hit?
Answer: you don t have to say you love me
Question: Whose law states"Bad money drives out good"?
Answer: gresham s law
Question: In the 1960's TV series 'Bonanza', which actor played the part of 'Hoss Cartwright'?
Answer: dan blocker
Question: Beside which Scottish firth is the golf course Muirfield situated?
Answer: forth
Question: The 'Hoover Dam' is onwhich American river?
Answer: colorado
Question: Who played the title role in the film 'Goldfinger'?
Answer: gert frobe
Question: Which state of the USA has only one common border with a neighbouring US state?
Answer: maine
Question: Who would usually use a sword called an 'Estoque'?
Answer: matador
Question: California has borders with three other states, oregon and Nevada are two, which is the third?
Answer: arizona
Question: To whom did Winston Churchill refer as "a modest little manwith much to be modest about"?
Answer: clement attlee
Question: With which book did Peter Carey win the 1988 Booker award?
Answer: oscar and lucinda
Question: Who composed the musical shows 'Kiss Me Kate' and 'Can Can'?
Answer: cole porter
Question: What is the eleventh letter of the Greek alphabet, the equivalent of our letter 'L'?
Answer: lambda
Question: Which Spanish city houses 'La Mezquita', and was the capital of Muslim Spain from 756 until its capture in 1236?
Answer: cordoba
Question: Which author's works include 'Pied Piper' and 'No Highway'?
Answer: neville shute
Question: In which US state is the 'Shenandoah National Park'>
Answer: virginia
Question: Which 17th century French philosopher and religious thinker, has given his name to the SI unit of pressure?
Answer: pascal
Question: What was the 'Rolling Stones' first No. 1 hit?
Answer: it s all over now
Question: Which model of Ford car was introduced in 1950 and was discontinued in 1971?
Answer: ford zephyr
Question: What is the eighteenth letter of the Greek alphabet, equivalent to 'S'?
Answer: sigma
Question: In which part of the human body can the 'Tragus' be found?
Answer: ear
Question: The 'Sukkur Dam' is on which river?
Answer: indus
Question: Which Italian city is served by 'Malapensa Airport'?
Answer: milan
Question: What is the nameof the invention of John Kay which aided the early textile revolution during the 18th century?
Answer: flying shuttle
Question: Who would normally use a tool called a 'Burin' in his work?
Answer: engraver
Question: With which book did Roddy Doyle win the 1993 Booker award?
Answer: paddy clarke ha ha ha
Question: What is the name of the process, in which a fluid passes through a semi-permeable membrane, from a weaker to a stronger solution?
Answer: osmosis
Question: Which historical character, of dubious morals, died at the Castle of Dux in Bohemia in 1798?
Answer: casanova
Question: Which English king died from Dysentery reputedly caused by poisoned ale and a surfeit of Peaches?
Answer: john
Question: Spending last season on loan to Hull City from Manchester United, Manucho is the only footballer from which country to have played in the Premier League?
Answer: angola
Question: Which gas is produced via the 'Haber Process'?
Answer: ammonia
Question: Which American author wrote 'The Fight', a novel based on "The Rumble In The Jungle" boxing match between Ali and Foreman?
Answer: norman mailer
Question: Which non-metallic element is obtained via the 'Frasch Process'?
Answer: sulphur
Question: Which American author wrote 'Death In The Afternoon', a non-fiction work about Spanish bull fighting?
Answer: ernest hemmingway
Question: Playing for Hull City last season, Daniel Cousin is the only footballer from which country to have played in the Premier League?
Answer: gabon
Question: Prior to becoming Vice-President, and later President, Richard Nixon was a Senator for which state?
Answer: california
Question: Which 2009 film stars Nicholas Cage as a professor of astrophysics who discovers that he can predict future catastrophes?
Answer: knowing
Question: Prior to becoming Vice-President, and later President, Gerald Ford was a member of the House of Representatives for which state?
Answer: michigan
Question: On the flag of which country can you find a Spanish phrase translating as 'Peace And Justice'?
Answer: paraguay
Question: 'Poker Face' was a 2009 number one for which singer?
Answer: lady gaga
Question: Who discovered the chemical elements Potassium, Sodium and Calcium?
Answer: humphrey davy
Question: In Norse mythology, what kind of creatures were 'Toothgnasher' and 'Toothgrinder' who drew Thor's chariot?
Answer: goats
Question: Who did Roger Federer defeat in the final to win the Men's Singles title at the 2009 French Open?
Answer: robin soderling
Question: Which Rossini opera has a title that translates into English as 'The Thieving Magpie'?
Answer: la gazza ladra
Question: Going on to lose to Soderling in the semi-final, who defeated Andy Murray in the French Open quarterfinals?
Answer: fernando gonzales
Question: Which Mozart opera has a title that can be translated into English as 'Thus Do All Women'?
Answer: cosi fan tutte
Question: What is the first name of the title character in Dickens' novel 'Little Dorrit'?
Answer: amy
Question: Bryan Adams'(Everything I Do) I Do It For You’ spent 16 weeks at number one in 1991. Which 'U2' single finally knocked it from number one?
Answer: fly
Question: In which American state is the drama series 'The Sopranos' set?
Answer: new jersey
Question: If all the countries that have Spanish as an official language were listed alphabetically, which country would come first?
Answer: argentina
Question: Which Greek philosopher is popularly known as 'The Weeping Philosopher' because of his melancholy nature?
Answer: heraclitus
Question: Named after two bodies of water, what name was given to the provisional border between Poland and East Germany that was agreed at the Potsdam Conference following World War II?
Answer: oder neisse line
Question: Who won a gold medal for Great Britain in the Men's 1000k K-1 canoeing event at the Beijing Olympics?
Answer: tim brabants
Question: In which 1998 film does Ewan McGregor co-star as the fictional rock star 'Curt Wild'?
Answer: velvet goldmine
Question: Who wrote the music for the ballet 'The Three-Cornered Hat'?
Answer: manuel de falla
Question: What papal name was taken by Nicholas Breakspear, the only English Pope?
Answer: adrian iv
Question: Which opera by Sergei Prokofiev is based on a novel by Leo Tolstoy?
Answer: war and peace
Question: Which county shares borders with Devon, Somerset, Wiltshire and Hampshire?
Answer: dorset
Question: Which hit for 'The Fugees' was the biggest-selling single in Britain in 1996?
Answer: killing me softly
Question: Drawing on the story of the meeting between the baby Jesus and John the Baptist on the flight into Egypt, what name is given to either of two almost identical paintings by Leonardo da Vinci housed in the Louvre and the National Gallery in London?
Answer: virgin of rocks
Question: Which team defeated the Indianapolis Colts to win the 2010 Super Bowl?
Answer: new orleans saints
Question: Which French physicist gave the first successful theoretical account of heat engines, now known as his namesake cycle, thereby laying the foundations of the second law of thermodynamics?
Answer: sadi carnot
Question: Which thermodynamic concept, defined as the unavailability of a system's energy to do work, or more crudely, the measure of disorder within a system, was introduced by the German physicist Rudolf Clausius?
Answer: entropy
Question: Housed in the Louvre in Paris, which enormous oil on canvas painted by Paolo Veronese depicts the moment when Jesus turned the water into wine?
Answer: wedding at cana
Question: Which 1991 Disney movie was the first animated film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture?
Answer: beauty and beast
Question: The fashion designer John Galliano was born in which British overseas territory?
Answer: gibraltar
Question: Released in 1995, which was the first fully computer- animated feature film?
Answer: toy story
Question: What is the name of the central character, a Harvard professor of religious iconology and symbology, in Dan Brown's novels 'Angels And Demons' and 'The Da Vinci Code'?
Answer: robert langdon
Question: Who was the Commander of the Luftwaffe who avoided execution by committing suicide by cyanide ingestion the night before he was due to be hanged in October 1946?
Answer: hermann goering
Question: What is the name of the capital and largest city in Brunei?
Answer: bandar seri begawan
Question: Who had a number one hit in June 2010 with 'Dirtee Disco'?
Answer: dizzee rascal
Question: 'Operation Anthropoid' was the codename given to the successful plot to assassinate which senior Nazi?
Answer: reinhard heydrich
Question: Located in Kanagawa Prefecture on Honshu, which is Japan's second largest city by population?
Answer: yokohama
Question: What was the disorder afflicting the protagonist in Mark Haddon's 'The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time'?
Answer: asperger s syndrome
Question: Killikrates and Iktinos were the architects of which building completed on the 5th century BC?
Answer: parthenon
Question: What was the name of the gymnastics group who won this year's 'Britain's Got Talent' final?
Answer: spelbound
Question: Initially ruling as part of a troika with Lavrentiy Beria and Vyacheslav Molotov, who became Premier of the Soviet Union upon the death of Josef Stalin in 1953?
Answer: georgy malenkov
Question: An aria sung by the unknown prince 'Calaf' in Puccini's 'Turandot', how does 'Nessum Dorma' translate into English?
Answer: none shall sleep
Question: Made up of the top members of the Central Committee, what was the name of the elected body that functioned as the central policymaking body of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union?
Answer: politburo
Question: How does Rossini's opera 'La Gazza Ladra' translate into English?
Answer: thieving magpie
Question: Which great modernist architect designed the Seagram Building in New York in collaboration with Philip Johnson?
Answer: ludwig mies van der rohe
Question: Which Portuguese navigator is widely regarded as the first European to discoverer of Brazil?
Answer: pedro alvares cabral
Question: What is the name of the cooking technique used in Japanese cuisine, in which foods are broiled or grilled in a sweet soy sauce marinade?
Answer: teriyaki
Question: Which American adventurer, the first man to fly non-stop around the world in a balloon, died in 2007 after the plane he was flying crashed in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California?
Answer: steve fossett
Question: Often used in sushi, which Japanese delicacy consists of very fresh raw seafood, sliced into thin pieces and served with a dipping sauce?
Answer: sashimi
Question: Which dog that was originally bred in the Congo, is sometimes known as 'The Barkless Dog' as it produces an unusual yodel-like sound due to its unusually shaped larynx?
Answer: basenji
Question: What was the first name of Mr. Diesel, the inventor of the Diesel engine?
Answer: rudolf
Question: What is the name of the Italian tennis player who defeated Samantha Stosur to win the Women's French Open title earlier this month?
Answer: francesca schiavone
Question: Which English monarch wrestled with Francis I of France at 'The Field of the Cloth of Gold'?
Answer: henry viii
Question: What was the first name of Mr. Braille, who devised a system allowing blind people to read and write?
Answer: louis
Question: Which English king was overthrown after 'The Glorious Revolution'?
Answer: james ii
Question: Thought to be the strongest of all dog breeds and certainly the strongest swimmer, which dog, originally bred in Canada, is noteable for its waterproof coat and webbed feet?
Answer: newfoundland
Question: The name of which chemical element is derived from the Greek for 'colour'?
Answer: chromium
Question: Also the name of a popular TV character, who was the father of the apostles John the Evangelist and James the Greater?
Answer: zebedee
Question: Colin Firth was nominated for an 'Oscar' for Best Actor this year for his role as 'George Falconer' in which film?
Answer: single man
Question: The 2001 film 'Blackhawk Down' told the story of a US
Answer: somalia
Question: Which British architect designed the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg?
Answer: richard rogers
Question: Which English queen is said to haunt the library at Windsor Castle?
Answer: elizabeth i
Question: The British Open Championships of which sport are held annually at Cowdray Park in West Sussex?
Answer: polo
Question: In which sport does the '40/20 Rule' reward excellence in kicking?
Answer: rugby league
Question: Falco subbuteo is the scientific name for which member of the falcon family?
Answer: hobby
Question: Which South African was a member of the British War Cabinet between June 1917 and January 1919?
Answer: jan smuts
Question: Formerly known as 'Marky Mark', who played 'Charlie Croker' in the 2003 film 'The Italian Job'?
Answer: mark wahlberg
Question: The new musical 'Betty Blue Eyes' is based on the film 'A Private Function' which starred Michael Palin and Maggie Smith 'Betty' is stolen at the time of the 1947 wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip. What kind of animal is 'Betty'?
Answer: pig
Question: Who was Prime Minister from June 1885 to January 1886, June 1886 to August 1892 and June 1895 to July 1902?
Answer: marquess of salisbury
Question: Born in Oldham, who is the Chair of Particle Physics at the University of Manchester?
Answer: brian cox
Question: What was the occupation of the Ford workers who went on strike in 1968, the subject of the film 'Made In Dagenham'?
Answer: sewing machinists
Question: In 'Macbeth' who is 'Duncan's' son and 'Malcolm's' younger brother?
Answer: donalbain
Question: In which country is the Tiger Leaping Gorge, one of the deepest canyons in the world?
Answer: china
Question: In the musical 'My Fair Lady', which song is performed by the character 'Freddy Eynsford-Hill'
Answer: on street where you live
Question: Emmanuel Leutze's most famous painting is of George Washington crossing which river, an event that took place in 1776?
Answer: delaware
Question: Who wrote the book 'A Town Like Alice'?
Answer: nevil shute
Question: Which amateur jockey rode the winner of the 2011 Cheltenham Gold Cup and the runner-up in the 2011 Grand National?
Answer: sam waley cohen
Question: In 'Hamlet' who is the sister of 'Laertes'?
Answer: ophelia
Question: The ICC 'Hall of Fame' was launched in 2009. Who is the only female cricketer to be inducted, captaining England to victory in the 1973 World Cup?
Answer: rachel heyhoe flint
Question: Lizzie Siddall was the model for the painting of the drowning of Ophelia by which Pre-Raphaelite?
Answer: john everett millais
Question: Who wrote the book 'From Here To Eternity'?
Answer: james jones
Question: Brian Cox was a keyboard player in the 1990's for the band 'D:Ream'. What is the title of the band's number one hit from 1994?
Answer: things can only get better
Question: In musical notation, how many semiquavers equal one semibreve?
Answer: sixteen
Question: In which country is the Laerdal Tunnel, the longest road tunnel in the world?
Answer: norway
Question: Who conducted the premiere of 'Turandot' at La Scala in 1926?
Answer: arturo toscanini
Question: Denis Healey was an MP for a constituency in which city throughout his career?
Answer: leeds
Question: 'Professor Yaffle', a wooden woodpecker, featured in which children's TV series?
Answer: bagpuss
Question: In 1902, who succeeded the Marquis of Salisbury as Prime Minister?
Answer: arthur balfour
Question: In 'My Fair Lady' what is the first name of 'Eliza Doolittle's' father?
Answer: alfred
Question: Gilbertese is an official language of which Pacific island nation?
Answer: kiribati
Question: Which player defeated the reigning champion Neil Robertson in the First Round of the 2011 World Snooker Championships before losing in the Final to John Higgins?
Answer: judd trump
Question: A two word answer is required. Bufo calamita is the scientific name for which amphibian, rare in Britain?
Answer: natterjack toad
Question: The River Tyne is formed by the confluence of the North Tyne and the South Tyne, west of which town?
Answer: hexham
Question: Which western European city is served by 'Kloten Airport'?
Answer: zurich
Question: Which name describes a battle in Northumberland, a district of Washington DC, and an American actor?
Answer: chevy chase
Question: In March 1992 'Deeply Dippy' was the only number one hit for which group?
Answer: right said fred
Question: Which ship carried "five million hogs and six million dogs, and seven million barrels of porter"?
Answer: irish rover
Question: What was the middle name of the character 'Arnold Rimmer' from the t.v. series 'Red Dwarf'?
Answer: judas
Question: Prior to Gordon Brown who was the last Prime Minister to represent a Scottish constituency?
Answer: alec douglas home
Question: The 'Naughty Forty' are/were a gang of football hooligans who supported which Midlands club?
Answer: stoke city
Question: Who was the last Prime Minister to represent a Welsh constituency?
Answer: james callaghan
Question: What type of creature is a 'Falabella', found in Argentina?
Answer: horse
Question: What in April 1983 was the only number one hit for 'Spandau Ballet'?
Answer: true
Question: Which singer postponed his civil ceremony with long time partner Kenny Goss in 2006?
Answer: george michael
Question: Which Pre-Raphaelite artist painted 'The Scapegoat', presently on display at the Lady Lever Art Gallery?
Answer: holman hunt
Question: Which former England Cricket player was nicknamed 'Bumble'?
Answer: david lloyd
Question: In which country in 2003 was the 'Rose Revolution'?
Answer: georgia
Question: What type of creature is a 'Fennec', which is native to North Africa and Arabia, and which has large pointed ears?
Answer: fox
Question: In which Dickens novel does the action start with the Dover mail coach being stopped on Shooters Hill with a message for a passenger - lawyer 'Jarvis Lorry'?
Answer: tale of two cities
Question: What name links a woman who died in childbirth in 1537, and the role of 'Solitaire' in a 1973 film?
Answer: jane seymour
Question: What was the middle name of the character 'Arthur Fonzarelli' from the t.v. series 'Happy Days'?
Answer: herbert
Question: Which country issues a 1Euro coin showing the famous drawing 'The Vitruvian Man'?
Answer: italy
Question: For her role in which film did Jane Darwell win the 'Oscar' for Best Supporting Actress in 1940 when aged 61?
Answer: grapes of wrath
Question: Which country issues 1 and 2 Euro coins showing a tree, drawn by artist Joaquim Jiminez, symbolising life, continuity and growth?
Answer: france
Question: Which hymn, written by Eleanor Farjeon, 1881-1965, was the inspiration for a 'top ten' hit of 1972?
Answer: morning has broken
Question: St. John's, the oldest city of English-speaking North America, is the capital of which Canadian province?
Answer: newfoundland
Question: Which motor cycle company made the 'Daytona' model?
Answer: triumph
Question: The bacterium Bordetella pertussis is the causative agent for which childhood disease?
Answer: whooping cough
Question: Which book of the Old Testament follows the Pentateuch (ie. is the sixth)?
Answer: joshua
Question: In which country is Cabo (Cape) Verde (now Cap Vert)?
Answer: senegal
Question: Which 20th century artist's works include 'Christ Of St. John Of The Cross' and 'Metamorphosis Of Narcissus'?
Answer: salvador dali
Question: In which country in 2004 was the 'Orange Revolution'?
Answer: ukraine
Question: Which childhood disease commonly presents with painful enlargement of the parotid salivary glands?
Answer: mumps
Question: Which Irish folk band had UK 'top twenty' hits in 1967 with 'Seven Drunken Nights' and 'Black Velvet Band'?
Answer: dubliners
Question: The 'Compass Rose' is a ship prominent in which 20th century novel?
Answer: cruel sea
Question: What disease was declared extinct by the World Health Organisation in 1980?
Answer: smallpox
Question: 'Russell Hybrids' are a type of which common garden flower?
Answer: lupins
Question: Which family of birds has species called Little, Caspian and Fairy?
Answer: tern
Question: Which Stockport brewery produces Hatters Mild, Old Stockport Bitter, Frederic’s and Old Tom?
Answer: robinsons
Question: Which car manufacturer produced models called the Laurel, Maxima and Scarab?
Answer: datsun
Question: In which film did Jane Fonda play a hooker to win the 1971 Best Actress Oscar?
Answer: klute
Question: Astrakhan is a port in the delta of which river?
Answer: volga
Question: Which country, with an eastern Mediterranean coastline, produces the red win Chateau Musar?
Answer: lebanon
Question: Which town is the administrative headquarters of Clackmannanshire District Council?
Answer: alloa
Question: Which country, a member of the EU, produces the rich dessert wine Commandaria?
Answer: cyprus
Question: Berengaria, the wife of Richard I of England, came from which European Kingdom, now part of Spain?
Answer: navarre
Question: Which Persian tentmaker, astronomer, calendar reformer and poet lived from about 1050 to about 1123?
Answer: omar khayyam
Question: Which organisation was founded by British lawyer Peter Benenson in 1961?
Answer: amnesty international
Question: Chomolungma is the local name for which geographical feature?
Answer: mount everest
Question: Which French monk, doctor, plant collector and ribald satirist lived from about 1494 to about 1553?
Answer: rabelais
Question: Which former leader of the Conservative party was MP for Folkestone and Hythe?
Answer: michael howard
Question: Which song was a top 40 hit for both the Bee Gees in 1979 and Steps in 1998?
Answer: tragedy
Question: Catherine, wife of King Charles II of England, came from which Portuguese royal house?
Answer: braganza
Question: Which song was a top 40 hit for both The Pretenders in 1994 and Girls Aloud in 2004?
Answer: i ll stand by you