CharlesMoslonka/trivia_qa_rc_wikipedia huggingface dataset:
Question: You got big dreams? You want fame? Well, fame costs. And right here is where you start paying–in sweat.”
Answer: fame
Question: Here’s how it is: Earth got used up, so we terraformed a whole new galaxy of Earths, some rich and flush with the new technologies, some, not so much. Central Planets, them as formed The Alliance, waged war to bring everyone under their rule. A few idiots tried to fight it, among them, myself. I’m Malcolm Reynolds, Captain of Serenity. Got a good crew: fighters, pilot, mechanic. We even picked up a preacher and a bona fide companion. There’s a doctor, too. Took his genius sister outta some Alliance camp, so they’re keeping a low profile. You got a job, we can do it, don’t much care what it is.
Answer: firefly
Question: What you are about to witness is real. The participants are not actors. They are the actual people who have already either filed suit or been served a summons to appear in a California municipal court. Both parties in the suit have agreed to dismiss their court cases and have their disputes settled here, in our forum: The People's Court.
Answer: people s court
Question: Housed in a distinctive red case, July 12, 1960 saw the introduction of what popular toy, manufactered by The Ohio Art Company, which was originally called "The Magic Screen"?
Answer: etch sketch
Question: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1954 was awarded to Ernest Hemingway for "his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in what novella, featuring as a main character a tired gentleman named Santiago, and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style".
Answer: old man and sea
Question: Former Governor-General of the Phillipines, who is the only person ever to hold the positions of both US President and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
Answer: william howard taft
Question: What city is missing from the following group: Phoenix, Houston, Chicago, Los Angeles?
Answer: new york city
Question: According to the 1973 motion picture, what was “Soylent Green”?
Answer: people
Question: Burgess Meredith and Danny Devito have both played which Batman character?
Answer: penguin
Question: Cesar Romero and Jack Nicholson have both played which Batman character?
Answer: joker
Question: While filming the documentary Super Size Me, Morgan Spurlock ate at what fast food restaurant exclusively for 30 days?
Answer: mcdonald s
Question: Which stock market trend is associated with decreased investor confidence? Bull? Or Bear?
Answer: bear
Question: On July 16, 1945, the nuclear age was ushered in with the explosion of a test bomb at the Trinity test site in what US state?
Answer: new mexico
Question: The March of Dimes was originally started to raise money to combat what disease?
Answer: polio
Question: Much to the dismay of Paul Simon, what Kodak product was recently retired after a 74 year run?
Answer: kodachrome
Question: At what address did fictional detective Sherlock Holmes live/work with Dr. Watson?
Answer: 221b baker street
Question: In the stupid celebrity kids name category, what superhero inspired name did Nicholas Cage bestow upon his son?
Answer: kal el
Question: What makeup slathered asshat, along with her husband Jim, bilked millions from unsuspecting believers, as head of the daily religious TV show, the PTL club?
Answer: tammy faye bakker
Question: Lake Ontario is the smallest of the Great Lakes by area. What is the smallest by volume?
Answer: erie
Question: Founded in 1892, Ezra Fitch hooked up with whom in order to open their first sporting good store, before ultimately settling on fashion?
Answer: abercrombie
Question: Michael Jackson’s number one hit “Ben” was an ode to what type of animal?
Answer: rat
Question: According to the fairy tale Goldilocks, whose bed was too hard?
Answer: papa bear
Question: Before being supposedly discovered at the counter of Schwab's Drug store, Marilyn Monroe was known as who?
Answer: norma jean baker
Question: The detonation of the first atomic bomb, Trinity, ushered in the Atomic Age, when the bomb was tested outside of Alamogordo in what US state on July 16, 1945?
Answer: new mexico
Question: What does one have a pocketful of in the nursery rhyme “Sing a Song of Sixpence”?
Answer: rye
Question: Which author of books such as The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, First Things First, Principle-Centered Leadership, and The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Families, died on Monday due to complications from a bicycle accident?
Answer: stephen r covey
Question: Signed on July 16, 1790, the Residence Act established what as the US Capitol?
Answer: washington dc
Question: What is the more common name for a lexicon, of which Dr. Johnson's is an early example?
Answer: dictionary
Question: Which Mesoamerican culture worshipped the feathered serpent known as Quetzalcoatl?
Answer: aztecs
Question: In theater terminology, which part of a stage is closest to the audience: upstage or downstage?
Answer: downstage
Question: Although it was headquartered at Oak Ridge, TN, and the University of Chicago, what was the name of the WWII project that created the atomic bomb?
Answer: manhattan project
Question: If you are eating salted, unfertilized sturgeon roe, what are you eating?
Answer: caviar
Question: Obtained from the ore cinnabar, vermilion is a shade of what color?
Answer: red
Question: Monday marked the 61st anniversary of the publication of noted recluse J. D. Salinger's only novel, which was what?
Answer: catcher in rye
Question: Whose Wild West show, which ran from 1883 until 1908, featured such performers as Annie Oakley, Sitting Bull, and Frank Butler, among many others?
Answer: buffalo bill
Question: The Oscar winning song "A Whole New World" accompanies Aladdin and Jasmine when they explore the world atop of what?
Answer: magic carpet
Question: First settled in 1565, what is the oldest, continually occupied European-established city in the continental US?
Answer: st augustine fl
Question: Durum, Spelt, and Einkorn are all types of what?
Answer: wheat
Question: For a point each, name the 2 countries that share a border with the Republic of Ecuador.
Answer: colombia peru
Question: What is ursus arctos horribilis commonly known as?
Answer: grizzly bear
Question: Gonzo journalism, a style in which reporters involve themselves in the action to such a degree that they become the central figures of their stories, was created by whom?
Answer: hunter s thompson
Question: Born Lee Jun-fan in San Francisco, what famed martial artist, who died on Jul 20, 1973, founded the martial art known as Jeet Kune Do?
Answer: bruce lee
Question: Doing something that must surely have earned him an asswhuppin, for what did Jack of Jack and the Beanstalk fame, trade the cow he was supposed to sell at the market?
Answer: magic beans
Question: What sport features a scrum, in which three rows of opposing players lock together and compete for a ball placed on the ground?
Answer: rugby
Question: What famous outlaw committed the Wild West's first train robbery on July 21, 1873 in Adair, Iowa?
Answer: jesse james
Question: What jazz legend was commonly known as Satchmo, short for satchelmouth, and has the New Orleans airport named for him?
Answer: louis armstrong
Question: According to Greek mythology, both blessed and cursed by the god Apollo, which daughter of King Priam was given the gift of prophecy with the rub that nobody would believe her?
Answer: cassandra
Question: What can be a South American capital, a pepper, or a Porsche?
Answer: cayenne
Question: July 18, 1925 saw the publication of the first volume of the book whose title translates as My Struggle or My Battle, written by what 20th century total asshat?
Answer: adolf hitler
Question: Produced by the The Herman Goelitz Candy Company, Jelly Bellys, a favorite of Ronald Reagan, are what type of candy?
Answer: jelly beans
Question: On July 17, 1938 Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan filed a flight plan that indicated he was flying from New York to Low Angeles. True to his name, where did he end up?
Answer: ireland
Question: July 20, 1919, was the birth of what New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist, who made sherpa Tenzing Norgay an international celebrity?
Answer: sir edmund hillary
Question: July 18, 1969 saw the death of campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne, when a car driven by what famed politician went off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, MA, an accident from which he was the only survivor?
Answer: ted kennedy
Question: Named for the founder, what is the name given to the upscale luxury hotels and resorts operated by the Hilton hotel chain?
Answer: conrad
Question: “To infinity… and beyond!” is the catchphrase of what Toy Story character?
Answer: buzz lightyear
Question: Who won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for her only novel, Gone with the Wind, which was subsequent made into a somewhat popular movie?
Answer: margaret mitchell
Question: The Crocodile Hunter was a nickname given to what Australian naturalist, who was killed by a slightly irritated sting ray in 2006?
Answer: steve irwin
Question: What amusement park, the second most visited park in the world in 2010, was first opened on July 17, 1955?
Answer: disneyland
Question: The legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, who lured all but three of the children of Hamelin to their death, was originally hired by the townspeople to rid the town of what?
Answer: rats
Question: What neighboring city is the chief rival of The Simpson's home town of Springfield?
Answer: shelbyville
Question: As depicted in the 2009 film Public Enemies, which “Public Enemy No 1” was gunned down outside Chicago’s Biograph Theatre on July 22, 1934?
Answer: john dillinger
Question: Named after its founder, Leon Leonwood, what Freeport, ME based retailer of clothing and outdoor gear is well known for their Hudson's Bay Point Blanket?
Answer: l l bean
Question: In the Tour de France, the overall leader wears the yellow jersey, the king of the mountain wears the red and white polka dot. What color does the sprint leader wear?
Answer: green
Question: What blues rocker is backed by The Destroyers?
Answer: george thorogood
Question: On July 21, 1873, Jesse James and the James-Younger gang pulled off the first successful what of the American West, in Adair Iowa?
Answer: train robbery
Question: What comic strip, introduced by Aaron McGruder in 1999, features the characters Huey Freeman, a angry, cynical 10 year old boy, and his younger brother Riley, who is a fan of the thug life?
Answer: boondocks
Question: What famed martial artist, who died on July 20, 1970, is buried in Lakeview Cemetery up on Capitol Hill, next to his son, also a martial artist?
Answer: bruce lee
Question: July 20, 1969 saw the landing of what NASA mission, the first to land men on the moon?
Answer: apollo 11
Question: What World War II figure was known as Old Blood and Guts?
Answer: george patton
Question: A case that riveted the nation, the case of The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes concluded on July 21, 1925, with the jury finding Mr. Scopes guilty of teaching what?
Answer: evolution
Question: What color are the 0 (and potentially 00) spots on a roulette wheel?
Answer: green
Question: Claiming to be the largest independent new and used bookstore in the world, what downtown Portland institution occupies over 68,000 sq feet of retail floor space?
Answer: powell
Question: A parent company of on of the worlds largest consumer products brands Unilever, What product did Lever Brothers manufacture when they first opened shop in 1885?
Answer: soap
Question: Note quite the Canyonero (or suburban, for that matter), what full sized SUV from Chevrolet is the companion to the GMC Yukon?
Answer: tahoe
Question: Which U.S. president introduced an economic recovery plan popularly known as The New Deal?
Answer: franklin d roosevelt
Question: Which book by Dr. Seuss features a character who calls himself “Sam I Am”?
Answer: green eggs and ham
Question: In a sad day for all of us, July 23, 1984 saw beauty queen Vanessa Williams resign her Miss America crown after nude pictures of her were published in what magazine?
Answer: penthouse
Question: What southern state, home of the 17th President of the United States, and site of many Union victories, was the first to be readmitted to the Union on July 24, 1866?
Answer: tennessee
Question: Michele Obama is the current First Lady of the United States.  If John McCain had won, what would the first lady’s name be?
Answer: cindy
Question: As portrayed by Carl Weathers, and known as “The Master of Disaster”, “The King of Sting”, “The Dancing Destroyer”, or “The Count of Monte Fisto”, what was the name of the opponent Rocky faced for the Word Championship title in the first Rocky movie?
Answer: apollo creed
Question: What is the large pack of bike riders in a race such as the Tour de France called?
Answer: peloton
Question: In the stupid celebrity names category, what Las Vegas based entertainer named his daughter Moxie CrimeFighter and his son Zolten?
Answer: penn jillette
Question: The Scopes Monkey trial was completed on July 21, 1925 and John Scopes found guilty. How much was he fined?
Answer: 100
Question: A longtime resident of Jellystone National Park, what is the name of Yogi Bears long suffering girlfriend?
Answer: cindy
Question: “And that’s the way it is” closed the broadcasts of what legendary anchorman, who passed away this week at age 92?
Answer: walter cronkite
Question: What was the name of the paranoid android in The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy?
Answer: marvin
Question: What is the name of the British comedian behind the characters Bruno and Borat?
Answer: sasha baron cohen
Question: What movie franchise included such installments as Back in Training, Citizens on Patrol, and City Under Siege?
Answer: police academy
Question: "Where do you want to go today?" was the advertising slogan for what company in the 1990s?
Answer: microsoft
Question: Irene Adler, known simply as "the woman", is the only woman ever to have bested who, in a battle of wits?
Answer: sherlock holmes
Question: Second only to Zeus, who is the Greek god of light and the sun; truth and prophecy; archery; medicine and healing; music, poetry, and the arts; and more?
Answer: apollo
Question: Johnny Cash sang, “I hear the train a comin’. It’s rolling round the bend. And I ain’t seen the sunshine since I don’t know when.” What was he singing about?
Answer: folsom prison
Question: Because they can donate to anyone, people with what blood type are known as universal donors?
Answer: o
Question: What lake was formed by the construction of Hoover Dam?
Answer: lake mead
Question: Which Rocky Top state was the first Southern state to be readmitted to the Union following the end of the civil war?
Answer: tennessee
Question: Benjamin Bunny, Mr. Jeremy Fisher, Jemima Puddle-Duck and Squirrel Nutkin were all characters created by what famed children's writer, born July 28, 1866?
Answer: beatrix potter
Question: The movies Magnum Force, The Enforcer, Sudden Impact, and The Dead Pool, (plus an eponymous film), feature the exploits of what San Francisco police detective, played by none other than Clint Eastwood?
Answer: dirty harry callahan
Question: Who became the first Miss America to have to resign her crown on July 23, 1984, when nude photos of her were published in Penthouse?
Answer: vanessa williams
Question: Name the 1978 movie from the plot summary: "At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him."
Answer: animal house
Question: What part of an insect's body joins its head to its abdomen?
Answer: thorax
Question: For a point each, name the 2 countries surrounding the Oriental Republic of Uruguay.
Answer: argentina brazil
Question: What did Stevie Wonder just call to say in 1984?
Answer: i love you
Question: In a 1794 poem by William Blake, which animal is described as burning bright?
Answer: tyger
Question: Melvin Purvis and Samuel P. Cowley led the FBI team that confronted, and ultimately killed, what noted gangster outside the Biograph Theater in Chicago on July 22, 1934?
Answer: john dillinger
Question: A Rhodes Scholarship allows a student to do postgraduate work at which school?
Answer: university of oxford
Question: Often with obscene or risque intent, what poetry uses a strict AABBA rhyme scheme?
Answer: limerick
Question: From the Latin plumbum, what element has an atomic weight of 82 and uses the symbol pb?
Answer: lead
Question: What national park, the first in the world, is home to the Roosevelt Arch, whose cornerstone was laid by the totally badassed president himself in 1903?
Answer: yellowstone
Question: What word derives from the Persian phrase, "Shah Mat" meaning the king is helpless?
Answer: checkmate
Question: Known as The Hawkeye State, what was the 29th state to join the Union on December 28, 1848?
Answer: iowa
Question: The father of the modern assembly line, what American industrialist, born on July 30, 1863, was a prolific inventor with 161 patents to his name?
Answer: henry ford
Question: Hypnos and Somnus were, respectively, the Greek and Roman gods of what?
Answer: sleep
Question: Said to be "nigh uncatchable", what ship, originally called the Wicked Wench, is captained by Jack Sparrow every chance he gets?
Answer: black pearl
Question: 1970 - Steven Tyler, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford
Answer: aerosmith
Question: What war was ended by the Treaty of Panmunjom on July 27, 1953?
Answer: korean war
Question: What basic knitting stitch, the reverse of the knit, is formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle?
Answer: purl
Question: In what country would you find the 4,700 square-mile Negev Desert?
Answer: israel
Question: What daily comic strip, created by Jim Toomey in 1991, features an overweight, lazy shark, his wife Megan, a sea turtle named Fillmore, and crab named Hawthorne, among others?
Answer: sherman s lagoon
Question: Generally acknowledged as the father of role-playing games, Gary Gygax, along with Dave Arneson, was the mastermind behind what major game?
Answer: dungeons dragons
Question: What influential show, which paved the way for the future of cooking shows on TV, was hosted by Julia Child?
Answer: french chef
Question: Named for a field piece, what is the name of the cocktail consisting of gin, champagne, lemon juice, and sugar?
Answer: french 75
Question: What three titans of classical music are collectively known as the Three Bs?
Answer: bach beethoven and brahms
Question: What is the name of the company from which Wile E. Coyote gets all of his supplies in his vain attempts to capture the Road Runner?
Answer: acme
Question: What former first lady, following a family intervention for her alcohol consumption problem, founded an addiction clinic in Rancho Mirage, Ca in 1982?
Answer: betty ford
Question: What unit of measure was once defined as the length of three grains of barley laid end to end?
Answer: inch
Question: What opium addicted English poet, who died on July 25, 1834, wrote such works as The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Christabel, and Kubla Kahn?
Answer: samuel taylor coleridge
Question: What's missing: Australian Open, US Open, Wimbledon
Answer: french open
Question: Sara Jane Moore spent 32 years in prison for attempting to assassinate which president a mere 17 days after Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme tried?
Answer: gerald ford
Question: Which 1950's legends backing band was known as The Comets (or His Comets)?
Answer: bill haley
Question: By what title is the vice president's wife commonly known?
Answer: second lady of united states
Question: Ricardo Montalban extolled the "soft Corinthian leather" in what model of car, produced from 1975 to 1983?
Answer: chrysler cordoba
Question: July 27, 1789 saw George Washington sign the bill that created the first ever Federal Agency under the US constitution, the Department of Foreign Affairs. By what name is the department currently known?
Answer: department of state
Question: Anchored by the star Altair, what animal does the constellation Aquia represent?
Answer: eagle
Question: What was the first country to get foreign aid from the United States, in 1812, following a devastating earthquake?
Answer: venezuela
Question: Who is captain of the Black Pearl in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean franchise?
Answer: captain jack sparrow
Question: The phrase “If red touches yellow, you’re a dead fellow; if red touches black, you’re alright, Jack” is used to distinguish between different types of what?
Answer: snakes
Question: Although never actually used in the books, the phrase "Elementary, my dear Watson." is commonly attributed to whom?
Answer: sherlock holmes
Question: What is the name of the dog in the primer books Dick and Jane?
Answer: spot
Question: What car company, with a 10 year lifespan, was created from the purchase of American Motors by Chrysler in 1988?
Answer: eagle
Question: What was the name give to the lunar module piloted by Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong that was the first to land on the moon?
Answer: eagle
Question: Which cartoon character was introduced on July 27, 1940 in the short "A Wild Hare"?
Answer: bugs bunny
Question: What unit of measurement is equal to 3.26 light years?
Answer: parsec
Question: Sounding more like an FAA employee, what did Jason Lee and Beth Reifsgraf name their son?
Answer: pilot inspektor
Question: July 30, 1956 saw the adoption of what phrase as the official motto of the United States?
Answer: in god we trust
Question: Serial killer David Berkowitz, who terrorized New York City from 1975 to 1976, was known in the press by what name?
Answer: son of sam
Question: Founded 1250 years ago yesterday, the Iraqi city of Baghdad lies along which river?
Answer: tigris
Question: What tough band of dense, white, fibrous tissues connects a muscle with another body part?
Answer: tendon
Question: In what Hasbro game do teams of players try and guess specific words from one of 5 categories, based upon their partners drawing ability?
Answer: pictionary
Question: What is the name for the conical textile tube hung from a pole at airports used to indicate wind direction and relative speed?
Answer: windsock
Question: Who was the pirate leader in the novel Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson?
Answer: long john silver
Question: On Aug 2, 1943, what PT boat was run down by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri, resulting in a 5 day evasion scenario for future president John F. Kennedy and his remaining crew?
Answer: pt 109
Question: In the 1967 Disney movie The Jungle Book, who taught Mowgli The Bare Necessities?
Answer: baloo bear
Question: What is the name of the membership only warehouse club owned and operated by Wal-Mart that ranks second to Costco in sales volume?
Answer: sam s club
Question: In what sport (also in the Olympics) do the participants use a foil or a sabre?
Answer: fencing
Question: In woodworking joints, what do you insert into your mortise?
Answer: tenon
Question: What famed and Nobel prize winning economist, born on July 31, 1912, wrote books such as Money Mischief: Episodes in Monetary History and The Tyranny of the Status Quo, and a series of Newsweek articles entitled “There’s No Such Thing as a Free Lunch”?
Answer: milton friedman
Question: On Aug 3, 1492, who set sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain, in a carrack and two caravels, on his way to Asia?
Answer: christopher columbus
Question: Who has been the “head” elf in the Keebler Cookie Tree since 1970?
Answer: ernie
Question: Malt, wine, rice, and distilled are all types of what?
Answer: vinegar
Question: What can be a bandage company, a Doctor Who companion (the 7th Dr), and a hardware company?
Answer: ace
Question: "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles, was the first video aired on what cable channel on Aug 1, 1981?
Answer: mtv
Question: From the Latin for "to become pale", what element with an atomic number of 4, uses the symbol Be?
Answer: beryllium
Question: According to the World Health Organization, what is the leading mosquito-borne disease in the world?
Answer: malaria
Question: August 6, 1945 saw the US bomber Enola Gay drop the first atomic bomb on what Japanese city?
Answer: hiroshima
Question: What SNL cast member is the host of this years Shark Week?
Answer: andy samberg