CharlesMoslonka/trivia_qa_rc_wikipedia huggingface dataset:
Question: What sort of new town, the first in the UK being Letchworth, was proposed in a book of 1898 by Ebenezer Howard ?
Answer: garden city
Question: Which London satirical venue was co-founded by Peter Cook and Nicholas Luard ?
Answer: establishment
Question: Which British king was described by Henry James as "Edward the Caresser" ?
Answer: edward vii
Question: By what name is the explosion that occurred in Siberia on 30th June 1908, possibly caused by a comet or asteroid, generally known ?
Answer: tunguska
Question: What's the name of the unseen announcer on TV's University Challenge ?
Answer: roger tilling
Question: Of which artistic movement was Aubrey Beardsley a leading member ?
Answer: aesthetic movement
Question: Who was the only U.S. President to serve two non-consecutive terms ?
Answer: grover cleveland
Question: What was the name of 'The Little Mermaid' in the Disney film of the same name?
Answer: ariel
Question: Name the venue for the first Winter Olympic Games, held in 1924 ?
Answer: chamonix
Question: The city of Nineveh was a capital of which ancient Empire ?
Answer: assyrian
Question: With what type of technology is the Swedish firm Hasselblad most closely associated ?
Answer: photographic equipment
Question: Which member of the Pre - Raphaelite group of artists painted the canvas known as The Scapegoat ?
Answer: william holman hunt
Question: What's the name of the seven branched candelabrum a traditional symbol of Judaism ?
Answer: menorah
Question: According to Greek Mythology, what was the last thing that remained in Pandora's Box ?
Answer: hope
Question: Who said after her divorce from Tom Cruise: "At last I can wear high heels again" ?
Answer: nicole kidman
Question: Which country was the birthplace of Henry V111’s fourth wife Anne Of Cleeves ?
Answer: germany
Question: Ann Darrow was the name of the leading female character in which famous film of The 1930’s ?
Answer: king kong
Question: Which Northern English city has districts called Manningham, Heaton and Little Horton ?
Answer: bradford
Question: Which popular Restaurant chain, launched in 1979 now has over 125 different outlets Originally had a mascot named Charlie Chalk and has the advertising slogan "Pub Food As It Should Be" ?
Answer: brewer s fayre
Question: Which moon of the planet Uranus shares it’s name with the daughter of Prospero in Shakespeare’s The Tempest ?
Answer: miranda
Question: If you were to order Rochebaron in a French restaurant, which food would you be served ?
Answer: cheese
Question: If you were to order Fladenbrot in a German or Turkish restaurant, which food would You be served ?
Answer: bread
Question: Which Southern English city has districts called Shirley, Bassett Green and Thornhill ?
Answer: southampton
Question: Which English author wrote the 1885 novel King Solomon’s Mines ?
Answer: h rider haggard
Question: Marion Crane was the name of the leading female character of which famous film of The 1960’s ?
Answer: psycho
Question: William F Lamb from the construction firm Shreve, Lamb and Harmon was the designer Of which famous construction that first opened in 1931 ?
Answer: empire state building
Question: Written about in the Bible, what eleven letter word is used to describe the area of land That covers the region of South West Asia and lies nearly the full length of the Iran/Iraq border It declined in importance after Mongol invaders destroyed it’s extensive irrigation system In A D 1258 ?
Answer: mesopotamia
Question: First shown in 1976, which ITV series featured Gareth Hunt as the character Mike Gambit ?
Answer: new avengers
Question: Which snooker player who reached the semi final of the 2013 World Snooker Championship Was born in Chester in 1982 ?
Answer: ricky walden
Question: Which TV series, launched in 1978 saw Bob Hoskins as Arthur Parker, a sheet music Salesman attempting to make his dreams fit the promises of the lyrics he carries ?
Answer: pennies from heaven
Question: What seven letter name is given to the cold, dry Northerly wind that blows on the Mediterranean Coast of France, particularly concentrated on the Rhone Valley ?
Answer: mistral
Question: Which darts player who won the world BDO Title in 2008 was born in Denbigh in 1983 ?
Answer: mark webster
Question: Holding the position from 1979 to 1983, who was the first Chancellor Of The Exchequer Under Margaret Thatcher ?
Answer: geoffrey howe
Question: Holding the position from 1993 to 1997, who was the last Chancellor Of The Exchequer Under Margaret Thatcher ?
Answer: kenneth clarke
Question: Which UK number one single of 1969 had the opening lyrics "You talk like Marlene Dietrich And you dance like Zizi Jeanmaire" ?
Answer: where do you go to my lovely
Question: What was the name of the treaty that was signed by Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg Netherlands and West Germany on March 25th 1957 that was an international agreement That led to the founding of the EEC ?
Answer: treaty of rome
Question: A Numismatist is a person who has an interest and collects which particular items ?
Answer: coins
Question: Which famous American author who lived from 1904 to 1997 had the first christan name Theodor and the surname Geisel ?
Answer: dr seuss
Question: Which 1981 children’s novel by Roald Dahl sees the main character give his grandmother A potion that consists of many harmful products in the house which he boils only to end up Seeing her grow to a size taller than a house ?
Answer: george s marvelous medicine
Question: What seven letter name was given to the type of two wheeled cart that was used during The French Revolution to take prisoners to the Guillotine ?
Answer: tumbrel
Question: On which British motorway can you find Burtonwood and Birch Services ?
Answer: m62
Question: What eight letter name is given to the ringing, hissing or booming sensation in one or Both ears, usually caused by infection of the middle or inner ear ?
Answer: tinnitus
Question: Which Children’s animated TV series, broadcast between 1964 and 1965 centred on the Adventures of an 11 year old boy, his scientist father named Dr Benton, bodyguard Roger Bannon and an eleven year old Calcutta orphan named Hadji Singh ?
Answer: jonny quest
Question: What two word hyphenated term is used to describe the contagious, epidemic form of Acute Conjunctivitis, so called from the colour of the inflammation ?
Answer: pink eye
Question: Which famous author, born in Sandymount, County Dublin in 1865 won the Nobel Prize For Literature in 1923 ?
Answer: w b yeats
Question: Which famous author, born in Dublin in 1856 won the Nobel Prize For Literature In 1925 ?
Answer: george bernard shaw
Question: Who was editor of the News Of The World newspaper at the time of it’s closure ?
Answer: colin myler
Question: Which famous film director was born on December 5th 1901 at Tripp Avenue in Chicago and died on December15th 1966 in Burbank, California?
Answer: walt disney
Question: Published in 1992, which American author wrote the famous book Men Are From Mars Women Are From Venus ?
Answer: john gray
Question: Which village in Lincolnshire is home to the aerobatics display team The Red Arrows ?
Answer: scampton
Question: """I Whistle A Happy Tune"" and ""Getting To Know You"" are two songs from Which stage musical of 1951 ?"
Answer: king and i
Question: Which famous film director was born on August 13th 1899 in Leytonstone near London and died on April 29th 1980 in Bel Air California ?
Answer: alfred hitchcock
Question: Which town in Southern England is home to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution ?
Answer: poole
Question: Published in 1980, which American author wrote the book The Bourne Identity ?
Answer: robert ludlum
Question: Philippa Of Hainault was the wife of which English King ?
Answer: edward iii
Question: Puente Alto is the second most highly populated city of which country ?
Answer: chile
Question: Who directed the films The Damned United in 2009 and Les Miserables in 2012 ?
Answer: tom hooper
Question: Which motor company produces car models such as The Picanto, The Soul and The Carens
Answer: kia
Question: Which letter of the Greek alphabet when written as a capital looks like a triangle ?
Answer: delta
Question: Which motor company produces car models such as The Panamera, The Cayenne and the Boxster ?
Answer: porsche
Question: Which dance move was a popular dance craze of 1962, the move vaguely resembled that Of the twist and was danced to a version of it by soul singer Dee Dee Sharp ?
Answer: mashed potato
Question: Which famous song from the musical South Pacific contains the lyrics "You may see a Stranger across a crowded room"
Answer: some enchanted evening
Question: Which French port was the first port of call for the ill fated ship The Titanic after it had left Southampton on April 10th 1912 ?
Answer: cherbourg
Question: On the morning of April the 11th 1912 the ill fated ship The Titanic made it’s last scheduled stop in Europe at which Irish venue ?
Answer: queenstown
Question: What was the title of the record sung by Clodagh Rogers when she represented the UK at the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest ?
Answer: jack in box
Question: Which Italian foodstuff which comprises of dumplings made of flour, semolina or potatoes boiled or baked and served with grated cheese or sauce takes it’s name from the Italian for "Knock On Wood" ?
Answer: gnocchi
Question: Which American cartoonist was the creator of the popular 1931 comic strip Dick Tracy ?
Answer: chester gould
Question: In mythology, if Mars was the Roman god of war, who was the Greek equivalent ?
Answer: ares
Question: Which European capital city is served by Vaclav Havel Airport ?
Answer: prague
Question: In mythology, if Vulcan was the Roman god of fire, who was the Greek equivalent ?
Answer: hephaestus
Question: Which famous song from the musical Oklahoma contains the lyrics "The Corn Is High As An Elephant’s Eye" ?
Answer: oh what beautiful morning
Question: Which American cartoonist was responsible for the popular 1934 comic strip Flash Gordon ?
Answer: alex raymond
Question: Who was executed in 1955 at Holloway Prison for the murder of racing driver David Blakely ?
Answer: ruth ellis
Question: Who was executed in 1953 at Wandsworth Prison for the murder of Police Constable Sidney Miles ?
Answer: derek bentley
Question: Which 1972 novel by Frederick Forsyth tells the story of a Peter Miller, a young German crime reporter who is attempting to find an SS concentration camp commander who had Killed his father ?
Answer: odessa file
Question: Which Australian won the men’s singles title at Wimbledon in 1964 and 1965?
Answer: roy emerson
Question: Which 1974 novel by Frederick Forsyth features a small group of African and European mercenary soldiers hired by a British industrialist to depose the government of the fictional African country of Zangaro ?
Answer: dogs of war
Question: Apart from England, which European country was a chief setting for the James Bond film Goldfinger ?
Answer: switzerland
Question: Donald Tusk aged 56 is the current Prime Minister of which country ?
Answer: poland
Question: Viktor Orban aged 50 is the current Prime Minister of which country ?
Answer: hungary
Question: On TV, if Pete Waterman was the Hitman, who was Her ?
Answer: michaela strachan
Question: Reaching number one in the British pop charts in May 1996, what was the two word title of the record that was performed by David Baddiel and Frank Skinner accompanied by the band The Lightning Seeds that was the official England song for the 1996 European Football Championships ?
Answer: three lions
Question: What was the famous two word title that was given to Henry Stewart who was King Consort Of Scotland between 1565 and 1567 and was married to Mary Queen Of Scots ?
Answer: lord darnley
Question: Published in 1968, what was the four word title of the autobiography of the gay icon Quentin Crisp ?
Answer: naked civil servant
Question: Who was the victorious commander in the conflict known as The Battle Of Santa Clara that lasted from December 28th 1958 till January 1st 1959, he died on October 9th 1967 aged 39 ?
Answer: che guevara
Question: On how many occasions did Jimmy Connors win the men’s singles title at Wimbledon ?
Answer: twice
Question: Who was the victorious leader in the conflict known as The Battle Of Washita River that took place on November 27th 1868, he died on June 25th 1876 aged 36 ?
Answer: george custer
Question: What was the famous four word nickname that was given to Edward I of England also known as Edward Longshanks ?
Answer: hammer of scots
Question: On how many occasions did John McEnroe win the men's singles title at Wimbledon ?
Answer: three
Question: In the human body, what seven letter word describes the loss of the sense of taste ?
Answer: ageusia
Question: Sixty three year old Sebastian Pinera is the current president of which South American country ?
Answer: chile
Question: Introduced in 1977, what is the name of the scheme in the UK that enables disabled people, their family and carers to lease a new car, scooter or powered wheelchair using their Government funded allowance ?
Answer: motability
Question: A Long Walk To Freedom, published in 1995 was the autobiography of which famous Political figure ?
Answer: nelson mandela
Question: Which is the oldest of the 31 colleges of the University Of Cambridge ?
Answer: peterhouse
Question: Which is the oldest of the 38 colleges of the University Of Oxford ?
Answer: university
Question: Which British bandleader who lived from 1899 to 1969 would you associate with the song "Somebody Stole My Gal" recorded in 1931 ?
Answer: billy cotton
Question: What is the name of the former cabinet minister who, in March 2013 was jailed, along With his ex wife Vicky Price after she agreed to take his speeding points to avoid him losing his licence ?
Answer: chris huhne
Question: In which English county is the source of the River Trent ?
Answer: staffordshire
Question: Which British poet who died in 1850 created works such as "An Evening Walk" in 1793, "Upon Westminster Bridge" in 1802 and "The Waggoner" in 1818 ?
Answer: william wordsworth
Question: Which English cartoonist and author who died in 2011 was responsible for the creation of the fictional school St Trinian's ?
Answer: ronald searle
Question: The 1954 film Demetrius And The Gladiators was the sequel to which film of 1953 ?
Answer: robe
Question: Which three word named plant is believed to be useful in treating depression, nervous disorders and bedwetting ?
Answer: st john s wort
Question: What was the name of short tempered opponent of the cartoon character Bugs Bunny described as being an extremely grouchy gun slinging prospector, outlaw, pirate or cowboy With a violent temper and an intense hatred of rabbits ?
Answer: yosemite sam
Question: Which British independent record label, launched in 1970 by music publisher David Platz was favoured by the band T Rex, including their hits "Ride A White Swan", "Hot Love", "Get It On" and "Jeepster" ?
Answer: fly
Question: First appearing in the Book Of Exodus, what was the name of the sister of Moses who hid the baby Moses by the side of a river to evade Pharaoh's order that all newborn Hebrew boys were to be killed ?
Answer: miriam
Question: Which American record label, launched in 1901 by Emile Berliner and Eldridge R JohnsonWas favoured by the band The Sweet, including their hits "Blockbuster", "Ballroom Blitz", "Wig Wam Bam" and "Hell Raiser" ?
Answer: rca
Question: Former British surgeon Andrew Wakefield became famous in 1998 with his publication Of his research paper which claimed that the vaccine MMR was linked with which human condition ?
Answer: autism
Question: What is the name of the girlfriend of the cartoon character Yogi Bear ?
Answer: cindy
Question: The Ipcress File, published in 1962 was the very first novel for which British Author ?
Answer: len deighton
Question: Which football club have appeared in 13 FA Cup finals, winning five and losing eight their first final appearance was in 1893 ?
Answer: everton
Question: Which football club have appeared in 14 FA Cup finals, winning seven and losing seven. Their first final appearance was in 1914 ?
Answer: liverpool
Question: Who was British Prime Minister on the day the Great Train Robbery took place ?
Answer: harold macmillan
Question: Which American TV director and producer who died in 1991 was responsible for 1960's TV shows such as "Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea", "Lost In Space" and "Land Of The Giants" ?
Answer: irwin allen
Question: Who was British Prime Minister on the day Roger Bannister ran the first four minute mile ?
Answer: winston churchill
Question: Which American TV producer who died in 1987 was responsible for 1960'S TV shows such as "The Untouchables", "The Fugitive" and "The Invaders" ?
Answer: quinn martin
Question: Which five words appeared as front page headline on the front of the Sun Newspaper on March 13th 1986, it was in connection to a famous British comedian who is now aged 70 ?
Answer: freddie starr ate my hamster
Question: Which prominent English architect now aged 74 was responsible for designing The Eden Project and the National Space Centre in Leicester ?
Answer: nicholas grimshaw
Question: William Shakespeare gave his only son a name that was only one letter different from the name of one of his plays, what was that son's name ?
Answer: hamnet
Question: What was the name of the twin sister of the only son of William Shakespeare, the first two letters of her name are the same as one of his works most famous characters ?
Answer: judith
Question: Which unit of measurement is defined as being exactly 1,852 metres ?
Answer: nautical mile
Question: An arm of the Mediterranean Sea In the Eastern part of which sea can you find the Greek island of Corfu ?
Answer: ionian
Question: Along with potatoes which are mashed, what is the main vegetable used in the dish 'Anglesey Eggs' ?
Answer: leeks
Question: What is the name of the 'Beauty' in the famous story Beauty And The Beast ?
Answer: belle
Question: Which material that is used for insulation is described as being two incombustible, chemical resistant fibrous mineral forms of impure magnesium silicate, used mainly for fireproofing, electrical insulation, building materials, brake linings and chemical filters ?
Answer: asbestos
Question: What is the name of the 'Phantom' in the famous story Phantom Of The Opera?
Answer: erik
Question: Which material, invented by Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes and used to protect damage Was originally used as a textured wallpaper and celebrated 50 years of popular use in 2010 ?
Answer: bubblewrap
Question: Sharing it's name with a model of Rolls Royce Car, which French word is used for a road that runs along the side of a cliff or mountain ?
Answer: corniche
Question: Sharing it's name with a model of Ford car, which word, also a Portugese surname is used to describe a horse colour that consists of large patches of white and another colour ?
Answer: pinto
Question: Designed in 1873 in the USA, which lever action rifle that later had several different models had the nickname 'The Gun That Won The West' ?
Answer: winchester
Question: Which now 85 year old American author wrote the 1971 book The Exorcist ?
Answer: william peter blatty
Question: What eight letter word is the name of the test performed to discover colour blindness ?
Answer: ishihara
Question: The 1969 novel The Siege Of Trencher's Farm by author Gordon Williams was later adapted into which highly controversial film of 1971 ?
Answer: straw dogs
Question: Living from 1814 to 1862, what was the Christian name of the American inventor famous for the Colt Revolver ?
Answer: samuel
Question: What was the name of the famous jazz music nightclub situated in Harlem in New York City, seen as a white only establishment between 1923 and 1940 it attracted names such as Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and Nat King Cole amongst many others ?
Answer: cotton club
Question: Built in 1889, what is the name of the cabaret club in Paris, famous for being the venue where the modern form of the dance the Can Can originate ?
Answer: moulin rouge
Question: Born in Armagh on April 6th 1928, what is the more famous name of the politician and former church minister who is also known as Baron Bannside ?
Answer: ian paisley
Question: Which theatre, situated in Salford and opened in the year 2,000 is named after a British painter who lived from 1887 to 1976 ?
Answer: lowry
Question: Which ex President of the National Union Of Mineworkers was revealed as being a police informer after his death in 1993 ?
Answer: joe gormley
Question: Which Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland who was born in 1626 had The nickname 'Tumbledown Dick' ?
Answer: richard cromwell
Question: Which Labour Party politician, now aged 50 took over the post as President Of The National Union Of Mineworkers from Arthur Scargill in 2002, holding the position until 2010 ?
Answer: ian lavery
Question: Born in Belfast in 1948, the name of which former member of Sinn Fein translates into Irish as 'Gearoid Mac Adhaimh' ?
Answer: gerry adams
Question: Which actor played the role of Tom The Policeman, one of the travelling companions of Dr Who in the 1966 film Daleks Invasion Earth 2150 AD ?
Answer: bernard cribbins
Question: Which theatre, situated in Manchester shares it's name with the name of a Greek God who was the son of Zeus and Leto and twin brother of Artemis ?
Answer: apollo
Question: Which British monarch who was born in 1765 had the nickname 'The Sailor King' ?
Answer: william iv
Question: Made in July 2006, which city saw US President George W Bush famously say the words ‘Yo Blair, how are you doing‘ at a G8 meeting ?
Answer: st petersburg
Question: Having a name meaning ‘Swift Seizer‘ which dinosaur had the description as being about 6 feet 5 inches in length, it had long curved claws for grasping prey and walked on two legs ?
Answer: velociraptor
Question: What nationality was Jules Rimet, the presenter of football's first world cup in 1930 ?
Answer: french
Question: Which stage show with music by Willie Russell ends with an emotional song entitled 'Tell Me It's Not True' ?
Answer: blood brothers
Question: Which stage show with music by Claude  Michael Schonberg ends with an emotional song entitled 'Do You Hear The People Sing' ?
Answer: les miserables
Question: Covering an area in excess of 130,000 square miles, in which country can you find the 'Taklamakan Desert' the largest to lie wholly in it's own country ?
Answer: china
Question: The trio The Andrews Sisters consisted of Patty, Maxine and which other ?
Answer: laverne
Question: The principle that 'work expands to fill the time available' is known as whose law ?
Answer: parkinson s
Question: In the card game 'Happy Families', how many cards make up a complete family ?
Answer: four
Question: Which commonly used acid has the formula HNO3 ?
Answer: nitric acid
Question: Which musical, for long entrenched at the Palace theatre in London, is currently running at the Queens theatre ?
Answer: les miserables
Question: Although not called a lake as such, what is usually said to be the western-most lake in the English Lake District ?
Answer: ennerdale water
Question: Who played chief villain Spats Columbo in the classic comedy movie 'Some Like It Hot' ?
Answer: george raft
Question: In Greek mythology, the Titan Mnemosyne was the personification of what ?
Answer: memory
Question: Who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914 ?
Answer: gavrillo princip
Question: Which musical, the winner of 9 Tony awards, is currently running at the Prince of Wales theatre in London ?
Answer: book of mormon
Question: Which European capital owes much of its layout to Baron Haussmann ?
Answer: paris
Question: Which social media attraction was founded in 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone and Evan Williams ?
Answer: twitter
Question: Where in London did the Rolling Stones play in 2013 for the first time since 1969 ?
Answer: hyde park
Question: In which film did Jack Lemmon play the role of Professor Fate ?
Answer: great race
Question: Which commission published its report on the assassination of President Kennedy on September 17, 1964 ?
Answer: warren commission
Question: What is the clinical word for the navel or belly button ?
Answer: umbilicus