CharlesMoslonka/trivia_qa_rc_wikipedia huggingface dataset:
Question: In the 2014 Soccer World Cup, which country's players celebrated a victory by dancing to "Hips Don't Lie"?
Answer: colombia
Question: Bonspiel is a tournament of what Olympic sport that many people may not even consider a sport, at first glance?
Answer: curling
Question: Sprint events at the Olympics are usually dominated by countries from the western hemisphere. As of 2012, Susanthika Jayasinghe is the first and only Asian to win an Olympic medal in any of 100 m, 200 m or 400 m sprint events. What country did she represent?
Answer: sri lanka
Question: In the Japanese fun-game of suikawari, which is similar to a piñata, what objects are typically smashed? (hint: fans of comedian Gallagher should know)
Answer: watermelons
Question: If the Eastbourne International serves as a warm-up event for women for Wimbledon, what is the equivalent tournament for the men?
Answer: queen s club
Question: Long suffering fans of what professional team trace their woes to a curse placed in 1945 by Billy Sianis when he was asked to leave the stadium because of his maladorous goat?
Answer: chicago cubs
Question: British politician Norman Tebbit created controversy in 1990 commenting on the perceived lack of loyalty of South Asian and Caribbean immigrants towards the English team playing which game?
Answer: cricket
Question: The strategy board game Reversi played on a 8*8 board is marketed under the name of which Shakespearean character?
Answer: othello
Question: The baseball player Glenn Burke is credited with pioneering what form of now ubiquitous gesture?
Answer: high five
Question: Used till the 2000s when it was supplanted by superior technology, what was the camera system that was used to judge service line calls in tennis which took its name from Greek myth?
Answer: cyclops
Question: In a 1914 chess tournament in St. Petersburg, what did Tsar Nicholas II call the five finalists Emanuel Lasker, José Raúl Capablanca, Alexander Alekhine, Siegbert Tarrasch, and Frank Marshall?
Answer: grandmasters
Question: What word completes this unique and 'grand' list? Plexicushion, Clay, ___, Decoturf
Answer: grass
Question: The aquatics discipline at most Olympics and related events usually features diving, swimming, synchronized swimming and what other sport?
Answer: water polo
Question: The policy of banning weapons enforced in Okinawa in medieval Japan influenced the development of what combat technique from Ryukyu Islands?
Answer: karate
Question: In sailing, if tacking is the maneuver by which the vessel turns its bow (front side) so that the direction from which the wind blows changes sides, what is the term for doing so by turning the stern (rear)?
Answer: jibing
Question: What 'intoxicating' practice of the sporting world was started in 1967 by 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Dan Gurney?
Answer: spraying champagne
Question: In 1924, what did Grantland Rice collectively call Harry Stuhldreher, Don Miller, Jim Crowley and Elmer Layden, the name now a part of American sports lore?
Answer: four horsemen
Question: Which European soccer club is named after the goddess of youth in Roman mythology whose Greek equivalent name is Hebe?
Answer: juventus
Question: A one-hole course at Camp Bonifas that is surrounded by minefields prompting Sports Illustrated to call it 'the most dangerous hole in golf' is at what Asian location?
Answer: korean demilitarized zone
Question: The MacRobertson Shield is the premier tournament in what sport a surreal version of which was played with animals in a beloved 19th century classic?
Answer: croquet
Question: From 1928 until 2000, the obverse side of Olympic medals contained an image of which person seen holding a winners crown in her right hand?
Answer: nike greek goddess of victory
Question: What equestrian category that combines dressage, cross-country, and show jumping is called the triathlon of that sport?
Answer: eventing
Question: When its big neighbor made its debut at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, this country was asked to use a different name. It refused and thus became the only country to boycott the Winter Olympics. What is the country in question?
Answer: taiwan
Question: In which Olympic sport do participants wear an electrically conductive jacket called a lamé to define the scoring areas?
Answer: fencing
Question: Which quotable sportsman got his nickname from a friend who said that he resembled a Hindu holy man whenever he sat around waiting to bat, or while looking sad after a losing game?
Answer: yogi berra
Question: Using 'games' as a clue, fill in the missing word. ___, Pythian, Nemean, Isthmian
Answer: olympic
Question: A 1993 spectator sport popularity study that was called the largest of its kind ranked what sport as the 2nd most popular in the US, just behind NFL?
Answer: ladies figure skating
Question: Literally meaning 'seven boards of skill', which Chinese puzzle game's objective is to create a shape using seven non-overlapping flat pieces?
Answer: tangram
Question: The American showman Ely Culbertson is credited with popularising which sport/pastime?
Answer: contract bridge
Question: Which sports locale is known for its Amen Corner, The Big Oak Tree and the Eisenhower tree?
Answer: augusta national golf club
Question: Which Grand Slam tournament uses the distinctive serving pose of the Swedish player Stefan Edberg on its logo?
Answer: australian open
Question: Which French word that means 'to rescue' is a practice that allows participants to continue to the next round in a competition if they failed to meet qualifying standards only by a small margin?
Answer: repechage
Question: Dhyan Chand of India is regarded as the greatest player of all time in which Olympic sport?
Answer: hockey
Question: Duke Kahanamoku, an Olympic swimming champion during the years of 1912 and 1924 is credited with popularizing which sport?
Answer: surfing
Question: Shakehand and penhold grips are used in which sport?
Answer: tabletennis
Question: Chuck Wepner, an obscure boxer from New Jersey who once went 15 rounds with Muhammad Ali in a fight served as the inspiration for the creation of what on-screen personality?
Answer: rocky
Question: In 1956, while he was a race car builder at Kurtis Kraft (a famous builder of Indy race cars during the 1950s), Art Ingels assembled the first one of what?
Answer: go kart
Question: Senet is a grid game for two players and is thought to be the oldest board game in the world. In which country did it originate?
Answer: egypt
Question: What is the only country to have won at least one gold at every Summer Olympics?
Answer: great britain
Question: Which South Pacific island belonging to Vanuatu is known for being the spiritual birthplace of bungee jumping, originating in an age-old ritual called the naghol?
Answer: pentecost island
Question: The 'Aussie Round' is considered by many to be the ultimate test of skills in this field where an object should cross a 50 metre circle and come right back to the centre. What is the object in question?
Answer: boomerang
Question: After the Olympics, what are the world's second-largest multi-sport event, the Delhi edition of which was in the news in 2010?
Answer: commonwealth games
Question: Which land area near Wendover, Utah that is marked out for motor sports is particularly noted as the venue for numerous land speed records?
Answer: bonneville speedway
Question: You cannot be serious. According to the DVD interview of the movie Amadeus, Tom Hulce studied which tennis star's mood swings for his portrayal of Mozart's unpredictable genius?
Answer: john mcenroe
Question: In 1999, which tennis player ranked No.3 became the highest ranked player ever to announce retirement from the sport at that time? This record was broken by No.1 Justine Henin in 2008.
Answer: steffi graf
Question: In curling, what is the name given to the target area towards which teams slide polished granite stones?
Answer: house
Question: Which Swede is the only man in tennis history to have won at least two Grand Slam singles titles on each of the three surfaces of grass, clay and hardcourt?
Answer: mats wilander
Question: What medieval sport is the official sport of Maryland as well as the first to be made an official sport by an American state?
Answer: ring jousting
Question: What nickname was given to the New York Yankees baseball team of the late 1920s, in particular to the first six hitters in the 1927 team lineup?
Answer: murderer s row
Question: The tennis player Vitas Gerulaitis was a colorful character. After finally beating Jimmy Connors after 16 straight losses, what did he quip?
Answer: nobody beats vitas gerulaitis 17 times in row
Question: Which chess opening named for a Spanish monk consists of the following moves? 1. e4, e5 2. Nf3, Nc6 3. Bb5
Answer: ruy lopez
Question: Which General led the Allied forces which recaptured the South West Pacific between 1942-45?
Answer: douglas macarthur
Question: Who was the British Foreign Secretary who cleared Kim Philby of being the 'Third Man' in the 1955 Commons debate?
Answer: harold macmillan
Question: According to the proverb, what is it that pays all the debts?
Answer: death
Question: By what name is the 16th century painter Domenikos Theotokopoulos better known?
Answer: el greco
Question: Which Australian river forms most of the boundary between New South Wales and Victoria?
Answer: murray
Question: What was the brand name of the unsuccessful Ford car that was named after Henry Ford's son?
Answer: edsel
Question: On which island did 'James Bond' confront actress Ursula Andress and villain 'Dr. No'?
Answer: crab key
Question: In the Bible, who demanded the head of 'John the Baptist'?
Answer: salome
Question: In which sport is the 'Giro D'Italia'?
Answer: cycling
Question: Who was the composer of the Oratorio, "The Dream Of Gerontius"?
Answer: sir edward elgar
Question: Which Scandanavian was the 1998 Australian Formula One Grand Prix winner?
Answer: mika hakkinen
Question: Who wrote the 1944 play, 'The Man Who Had All The Luck'?
Answer: arthur miller
Question: Which British driver was the winner of the 1999 Australian Formula One Grand Prix?
Answer: eddie irvine
Question: Which crime writer wrote the novel 'Pagan Babies'?
Answer: elmore leonard
Question: Which comedy actor played 'Uriah Heap' in the 1999 BBC adaptation of "David Copperfield"?
Answer: nicholas lyndhurst
Question: From which country did former Formula One driver Denny Hulme originate?
Answer: new zealand
Question: Strongly associated with Shirley Bassey, the song 'Big Spender' comes from which musical?
Answer: sweet charity
Question: In literature, whose ghost haunted 'Macbeth'?
Answer: banquo s
Question: The song 'Hello Young Lovers', comes from which musical?
Answer: king and i
Question: What part of the body is affected by Blepharitis?
Answer: eyelids
Question: In which Shakespeare play does the character 'Autolycus' appear?
Answer: winter s tale
Question: Which battle began on 1st. July 1916?
Answer: battle of somme
Question: In 1932, Edward Elgar recorded his violin concerto, who was the sixteen year old soloist?
Answer: yehudi menuhin
Question: Who was married to both Humphrey Bogart and Jason Robards?
Answer: lauren bacall
Question: By what name is Antonin Dvoraks ninth symphony known?
Answer: from new world
Question: Judy Carne was the first, and Loni Anderson the second wife of which American film star?
Answer: burt reynolds
Question: With which "boyband" did singer Stephen Gateley achieve fame?
Answer: boyzone
Question: Which Gilbert and Sullivan opera has the subtitle 'Flowers Of Progress'?
Answer: utopia limited
Question: Which Rogers and Hammerstein musical of 1945 features the songs,'June Is Bustin' Out All Over' and 'If I Loved You'?
Answer: carousel
Question: Which country won the 'America's Cup' (yachting) in 2003?
Answer: switzerland
Question: During World War II, the German 'Operation Hercules' was a plan to invade which island?
Answer: malta
Question: Charlie Chaplin won an 'Oscar' for the film 'Limelight', in which category?
Answer: music score
Question: Greece has land borderswith Albania, Bulgaria, Turkey and which former Yugoslav Republic?
Answer: macedonia
Question: Of which African country was Kwame Nkrumah the first President?
Answer: ghana
Question: Called the 'Escaut' in France, which 270 mile-long river rises in the north of that country, flows across Belgium, and empties into the North Sea in Holland?
Answer: schelde
Question: Who wrote 'Where Have All The Flowers Gone'?
Answer: pete seeger
Question: What breed of dog is 'Snoopy' in the 'Peanuts' cartoon?
Answer: beagle
Question: In which 1972 John Boorman film is a leading character, played by Ned Beatty, raped by a 'Hillbilly'?
Answer: deliverance
Question: Where in Britain would you find 'The Backs' and the 'Bridge of Sighs'?
Answer: cambridge
Question: In which 1992 'Oscar' winning film does Clint Eastwood play aformer hired killer turned unsuccessful farmer who returns to his old ways inpursuit of a $1000 reward?
Answer: unforgiven
Question: Which Lerner and Loewe musical of 1958 features the songs 'The Night They Invented Champagne' and 'IRemember It Well'?
Answer: gigi
Question: Apart from fish, what is the characteristic ingredient of 'Sole Veronique'?
Answer: grapes
Question: Which member of the House of Lords and an ex-MP, celebrated his 100th birthday in November 1984?
Answer: manny shinwell
Question: Broccoli and Cauliflower are members of which vegetable family?
Answer: brassica
Question: Which Gilbert and Sullivan opera has the subtitle 'The Statutory Duel'?
Answer: grand duke
Question: Who was on the English throne 1272 - 1307?
Answer: edward i
Question: What name is given to a flock or gathering of Starlings?
Answer: murmuration
Question: In 1960, who became the first President of the newly independent Zaire. A Moscow University was named after him?
Answer: patrice lumumba
Question: Slovenia has land borderswith Austria, Hungary, Italy and which former Yugoslav republic?
Answer: croatia
Question: During World War II, the Allies 'Operation Olympic', was a plan to invade which country?
Answer: japan
Question: In which cartoon strip does a dog called 'Boot' appear?
Answer: perishers
Question: The liqueur Curacao is traditionally flavoured with sugar and which fruit?
Answer: orange
Question: Barbara Stanwyck played ranch owner 'Victoria Barclay' in which TV series?
Answer: big valley
Question: With which sport do you associate the 'Duckworth-Lewis System'?
Answer: cricket
Question: Whose 'Symphony No.8' is known as the 'Symphony of a Thousand'?
Answer: mahler
Question: Which Middle Eastern capital city is served by 'Queen Alia Airport'?
Answer: amman jordan
Question: Who resigned as a government minister over 'The Sarah Keays Affair'?
Answer: cecil parkinson
Question: Which is the most northerly of the major lakes of the Lake District?
Answer: bassenthwaite
Question: In pop music, who went for a stroll down 'Baker Street' in 1978?
Answer: gerry rafferty
Question: Who wrote the folk music classic, 'Streets Of London'?
Answer: ralph mctell
Question: Who played the role of 'Dr. Edward Fitzgerald' in a highly acclaimed TV drama series?
Answer: robbie coltrane
Question: Who created the cartoon character 'Blondie'?
Answer: chic young
Question: In the Bible, what was the name of Cain's first born son?
Answer: enoch
Question: Which song provided a hit in 1958 for both English comedian Charlie Drake and US singer Bobby Darin?
Answer: splish splash
Question: Which male Tennis player won eight 'Grand Slam' singles titles between 1985 and 1990, but never won Wimbledon?
Answer: ivan lendl
Question: Which US soft drink was invented by Caleb Brabham, and was originally sold under the name of 'Brad's Drink'?
Answer: pepsi cola
Question: Whose voice was used for the character 'Musafa' in the film 'The Lion King'?
Answer: james earl jones
Question: Which motor company owns the luxury car maker, 'Lexus'?
Answer: toyota
Question: Point Barrow is the most northerly point of which country?
Answer: u s
Question: Which standard item of office stationery was discovered accidentally in 1970 by US chemist Spencer Silver working for the 3M Corporation?
Answer: post it notes
Question: Which song provided a hit in 1956 for both English comedian Dave King and US singer/actor Dean Martin?
Answer: memories are made of this
Question: Who is credited with first use of the expression "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread"?
Answer: alexander pope
Question: Which huntsman in Greek mythology was turned into a stag and was torn to pieces after surprising the goddess Artemis bathing?
Answer: actaeon
Question: What article of clothing was created in 1946 by engineer Louis Reard and fashion designer Jacques Heim?
Answer: bikini
Question: 'I Dreamed A Dream' and 'Bring Him Home' are two songs from which musical?
Answer: les miserables
Question: On a three-masted sailing ship, what name is given to aftermost mast?
Answer: mizzen mast
Question: Which motor company owns the truck maker, 'Scania '?
Answer: saab
Question: How many banks of oars did an ancient 'Quinquereme' have?
Answer: five
Question: Which New York business woman manufactured 'Aramis' for men (1943)?
Answer: estee lauder
Question: Africa's most westerly point Cape Verde, is in which country?
Answer: senegal
Question: Which painting by Van Gogh was sold at auction by Christie's of London for £24,750,000 in 1987?
Answer: sunflowers
Question: The Iris has a thick-stemmed root instead of a bulb.By what name is this 'root' known?
Answer: rhizome
Question: Which Norman Mailer novel is based on a protest march?
Answer: armies of night
Question: Whose voice was used for the character 'Lord Farquaad' in the film 'Shrek'?
Answer: john lithgow
Question: Which confederation of North European cities dominated the Baltic and North Sea trade in the late Middle Ages?
Answer: hanseatic league
Question: In World War II, haw was the Japanese aircraft, the Mitsubishi A6M known to the Allies?
Answer: zero
Question: Give the pseudonym of J.P. Richardson, a pop singer , who dies in a plane crash in 1959?
Answer: big bopper
Question: Which British composer wrote 'A Child Of Our Time' incorporating Negro spirituals, in 1941?
Answer: michael tippett
Question: Henry Cooper controversially lost his British Heavyweight title in 1971, to which boxer?
Answer: joe bugner
Question: Which country music legend, who died in 2002, gave up his seat to the 'Big Bopper' on the ill fated plane?
Answer: waylon jennings
Question: Which moon of Jupiter shares its name with the alias of a character in Shakespeare's 'As You Like It'?
Answer: ganymede
Question: Which English novelist, born in Manchester in 1917, had the real name John A.B. Wilson?
Answer: anthony burgess
Question: Which former chart-topping British duo re-formed in 1999 to record an album entitled 'Peace'?
Answer: eurythmics
Question: Which of the wives of Henry VIII was born in Madrid in 1485?
Answer: catherine of aragon
Question: Which American medical drama series is set in the 'Seattle Grace Hospital'?
Answer: grey s anatomy
Question: Which fruit is used to flavour the liqueur 'Triple Sec'?
Answer: orange
Question: Which American medical drama series is set in the 'Sacred Heart Hospital'?
Answer: scrubs
Question: With which fruit is the liqueur 'Creme de Cassis' made?
Answer: blackcurrant
Question: Which of the wives of Henry VIII was born on the outskirts of Dusseldorf in 1515?
Answer: anne of cleves
Question: Who scored the only goal when Manchester United defeated Everton in the 1985 FA Cup Final?
Answer: norman whiteside
Question: Which pre-Socratic philosopher, born in the city of Miletus in the 7th century BC, is regarded as 'The Father of Science' and the first modern western philosopher?
Answer: thales
Question: The Halogens are Fluorine, Bromine, Iodine, Astatine and which other element?
Answer: chlorine
Question: Which Greek philosopher, born in the ancient town of Elea in the 56th century BC, was described by Aristotle as 'The Inventor Of Dialect' but is best known for his paradoxes?
Answer: zeno
Question: In which German city are the headquarters of the car maker Mercedes-Benz?
Answer: stuttgart
Question: The Noble gases are Helium, Neon, Krypton, Xenon, Radon and which other element?
Answer: argon
Question: In 1960, Kwame Nkrumah became the first President of which country?
Answer: ghana
Question: In 1966, Seretse Khama became the first President of which country?
Answer: botswana
Question: One of the 'Five K's', what name is given to the strapped sword that must be worn by all Sikhs?
Answer: kirpan
Question: To which organ of the body does the adjective Pulmonary refer?
Answer: lungs
Question: In Greek mythology, what was the name of the wife of Orpheus whom he attempted to rescue from the Underworld?
Answer: eurydice
Question: Reaching number 7 in the charts in 1993, 'Creep' was the first UK top ten hit for which group?
Answer: radiohead
Question: The 'Quagga', that became extinct in 1873, was a subspecies of which mammal?
Answer: plains zebra
Question: In Greek mythology, who was the beautiful Trojan prince who was carried off by Zeus to become cup-bearer to the gods?
Answer: ganymede
Question: Reaching number 3 in the charts in 1998, 'The Bartender And The Thief' was the first UK top ten hit forwhich group?
Answer: stereophonics
Question: The 'Baiji' that became extinct in 2006, was a species of which mammal?
Answer: dolphin
Question: To which organ of the body does the adjective 'Hepatic' refer?
Answer: liver
Question: The plot of which animated sit-com revolves around the employees of the 'Planet Express' delivery company?
Answer: futurama
Question: Deriving from the Greek for 'thick', what name is given to any class of sub-atomic particle that is composed of quarks, and is thus affected by the strong nuclear force?
Answer: hadron
Question: Which fashion designer founded the Kings Road clothes shop Bazaar in 1955?
Answer: mary quant
Question: What is the surname of the title character in Thomas Hardy's novel 'Jude The Obscure'?
Answer: fawley
Question: Prior to the introduction of the Euro, which coin was equal to one-hundredth of a French Franc?
Answer: centime
Question: Who wrote the 1905 opera 'The Merry Widow'?
Answer: franz lehar
Question: Which kitchen appliance was invented by Percy Spencer in 1945?
Answer: microwave oven
Question: In March 2009, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Omar Hassan al-Bashir, the President of which African country?
Answer: sudan
Question: What was the name of the play known to have been written by Shakespeare as a sequel to 'Love's Labour's Lost', but for which no manuscript has ever been found?
Answer: love s labour s won
Question: Which kitchen appliance was invented by Denis Papin in 1679?
Answer: pressure cooker
Question: In 2009, Sean Penn won the 'Oscar' for Best Actor for his role in which film?
Answer: milk
Question: Which batsman holds the record for the most runs in a Test career?
Answer: sachin tendulkar
Question: 'The Lost Gardens Of Heligan' are a tourist attraction in which English county?
Answer: cornwall
Question: Which bowler holds the record for the most wickets in a Test career?
Answer: muttiah muralitharan
Question: In 2009, Kate Winslett won the 'Oscar' for Best Actress for her role in which film?
Answer: reader
Question: Which team did Tottenham Hotspur defeat on penalties to win the 1984 UEFA Cup Final?
Answer: anderlecht
Question: Which artist painted the ceiling of the Palais Garnier Opera House in Paris in 1964?
Answer: marc chagall
Question: In which town would you find the World War I memorial, the Menin Gate?
Answer: ypres
Question: Who was the King of Libya who was overthrown by a military coup led by Colonel Qaddafi in 1969?
Answer: idris
Question: Deriving from the French for 'long coat', what name is given to the close-fitting, ankle length robe worn by Christian clergymen?
Answer: cassock
Question: Who was the King of Egypt who was overthrown by a military coup led by Gamel Abdel Nasser in 1952?
Answer: farouk
Question: Also a three-times World Champion, which American skier won the gold medal in the Women's Downhill at the 2010 Winter Olympics?
Answer: lindsey vonn
Question: Located in Norfolk and Lincolnshire, which is England's largest 'Site of Special Scientific Interest'?
Answer: wash