CharlesMoslonka/trivia_qa_rc_wikipedia huggingface dataset:
Question: In British horse racing, what is the minimum distance over which a 'flat race' is run?
Answer: five furlongs
Question: Now only used in the Isle of Man, a "deemster" is an old name for what?
Answer: judge
Question: Britain's highest waterfall, Cauldron Snout, lies on a river that rises in the north Pennines. Which river?
Answer: tees
Question: Which runner took the 100 metres gold at the Atlanta Olympics, only a year after she overcame Grave's Disease
Answer: gail devers
Question: After failing to win his sixth Tour de France, who made up for his disappointment by winning the inaugural Olympic road time trial in 1996?
Answer: miguel indurain
Question: Who wrote 'Earthly Powers', a long and ambitious first- person novel, narrated by an octogenarian homosexual?
Answer: anthony burgess
Question: After whom is the international airport at Pisa in Italy, named?
Answer: galileo
Question: Who played the leading roles in both 'Rebel Without A Cause' and 'West Side Story'?
Answer: natalie wood
Question: Which greenish-yellow gas was discovered by Humphry Davy in 1810?
Answer: chlorine
Question: 'The Sea, The Sea' a 1978 novel about a theatre director and his childhood love, was by which authoress
Answer: iris murdoch
Question: Which colourless and odourless gas was discovered by Daniel Rutherford in 1772?
Answer: nitrogen
Question: Whose only UK chart-topping single was called 'Don't You Want Me'?
Answer: human league
Question: In football's European Championships, which was the first country to appear in two successive finals?
Answer: ussr
Question: 'School's Out' was the only UK number one single for whom?
Answer: alice cooper
Question: Which of Dicken's' novels features 'Sir John and Edward Chester'?
Answer: barnaby rudge
Question: What large, South American rodent is sometimes known as the 'water hog'?
Answer: capybara
Question: Which huge seabird of the 'Tropics' is also known as the 'man-o-war bird'?
Answer: frigate bird
Question: What nationality is reigning Olympic decathlon champion, Erki Nool?
Answer: estonian
Question: The reigning Olympic 5000 metres champion is Mamo Wolde. What nationality is he?
Answer: ethiopian
Question: What is the main ingredient of Duxelles sauce or Duxelles stuffing?
Answer: mushrooms
Question: William, Duke of Gloucester, was the only one of which monarch's twelve children to survive infancy?
Answer: queen anne
Question: 'Masala Chai' is an Indian tea flavoured with which sweet spice?
Answer: cinnamon
Question: Which daughter of Laban and first wife of Jacob, bore him twelve sons?
Answer: leah
Question: Which sister of Lazarus and Mary gave Jesus hospitality at her home in Bethany?
Answer: martha
Question: In 1542, whose last words were supposedly, "I die a queen, but I would rather die the wife of Culpepper"?
Answer: catherine howard
Question: If the currency is the Peso, copper the major export and Valparaiso the major port, what is the country?
Answer: chile
Question: In the film 'Die Hard', the last view of which actor, was of him falling from a tower block with a gun in his hand?
Answer: alan rickman
Question: Which world leader was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990?
Answer: mikhael gorbachev
Question: Much in the news during the 'Falklands Crisis', on which island is Wideawake Airfield?
Answer: south georgia
Question: What is meant by the suffix "-algia", as in neuralgia?
Answer: pain
Question: 'Chantrelle' and 'Porcini' are both well-known varieties of which foodstuff?
Answer: mushroom
Question: Who played 'Olive Oyl' in the 1980 film 'Popeye'?
Answer: shelley duvall
Question: Which Africancapital city is served by 'Bole Airport'?
Answer: addis ababa ethiopia
Question: Which European country's national flag is a horizontal tricolour: Blue, Black and White?
Answer: estonia
Question: In 'Monopoly', what is situated between 'Old Kent Road'and 'Whitechapel Road'?
Answer: community chest
Question: Which was the only 'Live 8' venue that was in the southern hemisphere?
Answer: johannesburg
Question: 'Meniere's Disease' affects which part of the human body?
Answer: ear
Question: What was the christian name of the classical composer Rachmaninov?
Answer: sergei
Question: Name the country is Asia which is double landlocked (surrounded by landlocked countries)?
Answer: uzbekistan
Question: Who wrote the bestseller 'The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time'?
Answer: mark haddon
Question: In which musical does the song 'Bless Your Beautiful Hide', appear?
Answer: seven brides for seven brothers
Question: Which fire-breathing monster in Greek mythology was killed by Bellerophon?
Answer: chimera
Question: How was musician Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe better known?
Answer: jelly roll morton
Question: The Great Yorkshire Show has been held where since 1952?
Answer: harrogate
Question: In France, which food is 'Marrons Glaces'?
Answer: chestnuts
Question: Which American singer-songwriter's only British hit was in 1965 with the song'Eve Of Destruction'?
Answer: barry mcguire
Question: Who was the first cricketer to play 100 ''Test Matches' for England?
Answer: colin cowdrey
Question: In which county is Bisley, home of the National Shooting Centre?
Answer: surrey
Question: In 'Doctor Who', who came from the planet 'Mondas'?
Answer: cybermen
Question: In which English county is the resort of Skegness?
Answer: lincolnshire
Question: Who was the first man to be general Secretary and President of the USSR?
Answer: leonid brezhnev
Question: Who wrote the best seller 'The Lovely Bones'?
Answer: alice sebold
Question: Which African capital city is served by 'Kotoka Airport'?
Answer: accra ghana
Question: Name the country in Europe which is double landlocked (surrounded by landlocked countries)?
Answer: liechtenstein
Question: Which European country's national flag is a horizontal tricolour: Red, White and Green?
Answer: hungary
Question: Which mythical creature had the head of an Eagle and the bodyand legs of a Lion?
Answer: griffin
Question: Which car model is made by Citroen to rival the Renault Megane Scenic (ie. a small 'people carrier').
Answer: picasso
Question: In the Bible, how many 'Tribes of Israel' are there?
Answer: twelve
Question: Which group had 1967 hits with 'Night Of Fear' and 'I Can HearThe Grass Grow'?
Answer: move
Question: Who starred as ageing actress 'Margo Channing' in the 1950 film 'All About Eve'?
Answer: bette davis
Question: Who was the first and lastExecutive President of the USSR?
Answer: mikhail gorbachev
Question: In which musical does thesong 'Don't Rain On My Parade' appear?
Answer: funny girl
Question: For which edible fungus is Perigord, France famous?
Answer: truffles
Question: In 'Scrabble', how many 'D' tiles are there?
Answer: four
Question: Who played Queen Elizabeth II in the film 'Naked Gun'?
Answer: jeanette charles
Question: Who followed Kruschev as Soviet Prime Minister in 1964?
Answer: kosygin
Question: In which Irish city doesthe 'Salmon Weir Bridge' span the River Corrib?
Answer: galway
Question: Near which English city is the Lightwater Valley theme park to be found?
Answer: ripon
Question: Who was the Leader of the Labour Party from 1931 to 1935, when he resigned because of his pacifist views?
Answer: george lansbury
Question: Which European country was ruled by the House of Vasa from 1523 - 1818?
Answer: sweden
Question: In Hindu mythology, who is the goddess of destruction, and the wife of Siva?
Answer: kali
Question: Which town as the birthplace of Charles Darwin and Thomas Bowdler?
Answer: shrewsbury
Question: The novelist Emile Zola,was the boyhood cpmpanion of which famous French artist in their home town of Aix en Provence?
Answer: paul cezanne
Question: Who played the part of Queen Elizabeth II in the film 'A Question Of Attribution'?
Answer: prunella scales
Question: Pompey the Great and Crassus were two of the 'First Triumvirate' in 60 BC. Who was the third third?
Answer: julius caesar
Question: Which Belgian in 1969, was the first man to win all three major prizesin the Tour de France?
Answer: eddy merckx
Question: Near which English town is the 'Legoland theme park' to be found?
Answer: windsor
Question: Who did Kruschev replace to become Soviet Prime Minister in 1958?
Answer: bulganin
Question: Which famous malt whisky distilled on Speyside by Seagrams, has the name George Smith & Sons on its labels?
Answer: glenlivet
Question: Which range of mountains run down the western side of Southern India?
Answer: western ghats
Question: Collectively, for which publication did Terry Venables, Graham Taylor, and Brian Robson appear in a TV advert?
Answer: yellow pages
Question: Which French king was known as 'The King Consort of Scotland'because of his marriage to Mary Queen of Scots?
Answer: francis ii
Question: Octavian who became Augustus, and Lepidus were two of the 'Second Triumvirate' in 43BC. Who was the third?
Answer: mark antony
Question: Who composed the oratorio entitled, 'The Dream of Gerontius'?
Answer: edward elgar
Question: Whose most famous poem is 'The Tay Bridge Disaster' of 1879?
Answer: william mcgonagall
Question: 'The Pied Piper of Hamlin' got rid of the rats by leading them into which river?
Answer: weser
Question: Sold in 2004 for $104.2 million, the most expensive painting ever sold by Sotherby's was Garcon a la Pipe. Who painted it?
Answer: pablo picasso
Question: Sold in 2006 for $87.9 million, the most expensive painting ever sold by Christie's was Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II. Who painted it?
Answer: gustav klimt
Question: The treacherous architect 'Seth Pecksniff' appears in which Dickens novel?
Answer: martin chuzzlewit
Question: In which Italian city does the 'Serie A' football team Chievo play its home games?
Answer: verona
Question: Which e-commerce website was founded by Jeffrey Bezos in 1994?
Answer: amazon
Question: The notorious headmaster 'Thomas Gradgrind' appears in which Dickens novel?
Answer: hard times
Question: In which Italian city does the Serie A football team Atalanta play its home games?
Answer: bergamo
Question: The 'Adi Granth Sahib' is a sacred text of which religion?
Answer: sikhism
Question: The 'Rid Vega' and 'Sama Veda' are sacred texts of which religion?
Answer: hinduism
Question: In which country are the headquarters of the supermarket chain 'Netto'?
Answer: denmark
Question: In Egyptian mythology, 'Sobek' was the personification of which animal?
Answer: crocodile
Question: 'The Fear' was a 2009 number one hit for which singer?
Answer: lily allen
Question: In Egyptian mythology, 'Hathor’ was the personification of which animal?
Answer: cow
Question: 'My Life Would Suck Without You' was a 2009 number one hit for which singer?
Answer: kelly clarkson
Question: In which country are the headquarters of the supermarket chain 'Aldi'?
Answer: germany
Question: The 'Hautboy' is an old name for which woodwind instrument?
Answer: oboe
Question: The 'Sackbut' was a forerunner of which modern brass instrument?
Answer: trombone
Question: Which British physicist discovered the neutron in 1932?
Answer: james chadwick
Question: Which Cuban athlete won the men's 110m hurdles gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing?
Answer: dayron robles
Question: The Spanish explorer Francisco de Orellano completed the first known navigation of which river?
Answer: amazon
Question: What is the capital of the Turks and Caicos Islands?
Answer: cockburn town
Question: Which of Shakespeare's plays opens with the lines "Proceed, Solinus, to procure my fall"?
Answer: comedy of errors
Question: In 'The Simpsons', by what name is the performer 'Herschel Shmoikel Pinchas Yerucham Krustofski' better known?
Answer: krusty clown
Question: An example includes describing someone as "not unattractive" instead of "attractive". What name is given, in rhetoric, to a figure of speech in which a statement is expressed by denying its opposite?
Answer: litotes
Question: In 'The Simpsons', by what name is the evil genius 'Robert Underdunk Terwilliger' better known?
Answer: sideshow bob
Question: The constellation 'Draco' is said to represent which mythical creature?
Answer: dragon
Question: Robert Downey Jnr. was nominated for the 2008 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as 'Kirk Lazarus' in which film?
Answer: tropic thunder
Question: Philip Seymour Hoffman was nominated for the 2008 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as 'Father Brendan Flynn' in which film?
Answer: doubt
Question: Who wrote the novels 'Go Tell It On The Mountain' and 'Giovanni's Room'?
Answer: james baldwin
Question: Which cyclist won the first ever Tour de France in 1903?
Answer: maurice garin
Question: Which former MI5 secret service agent wrote the controversial book 'Spycatcher'?
Answer: peter wright
Question: For his role in which 1987 film did Michael Douglas win an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of 'Gordon Gecko'?
Answer: wall street
Question: UNITA was the name of the guerrilla army that fought for independence for which African country?
Answer: angola
Question: Which SAS soldier wrote the book 'Bravo Two Zero', an account of a failed mission during the (1st) Gulf War?
Answer: andy mcnab
Question: For his role in which 1997 film did Jack Nicholson win an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of 'Melvin Udall'?
Answer: as good as it gets
Question: 'Shining Path' is the name of the guerrilla organisation operating in which South American country?
Answer: peru
Question: Which Italian design company, best known for its jeans, was founded by Renzo Rosso in Molvena in 1978?
Answer: diesel
Question: Which title, referring to a story from Greek mythology, is shared by paintings by Bouguereau, Cabanel and Botticelli?
Answer: birth of venus
Question: In 'The Simsons', what is the name of Springfield's baseball team who play their home games at 'Duff Stadium'?
Answer: springfield isotopes
Question: Which breed of dog is 'Scooby Doo'?
Answer: great dane
Question: In 'The Simpsons', what is the name of the shop owned by 'Ned Flanders' that caters for left-handed people?
Answer: leftorium
Question: Founded by Thomas Stemberg in Massachusetts in 1985, it now has over 2,000 stores in 27 countries. Which is the world's largest office supply company?
Answer: staples
Question: The 'Haber Process' is a reaction of nitrogen and hydrogen in order to produce which gas?
Answer: ammonia
Question: Who was the legendary king of Greek mythology who changed all he touched into gold?
Answer: midas
Question: Which 2010 3D computer-animated fantasy film follows a young teenager called 'Hiccup' in a mythical Viking world?
Answer: how to train your dragon
Question: Caroline Lucas became which party's first MP when she won the Brighton Pavilion seat in last week's General Election?
Answer: green party
Question: What name is given to the traditional Welsh dish made from boiled seaweed rolled in oatmeal and fried in bacon fat?
Answer: laverbread
Question: Which former Cabinet Minister lost her Redditch parliamentary seat in last week's General Election?
Answer: jacqui smith
Question: What name for the Devil is taken from the Latin word for 'light bearer'?
Answer: lucifer
Question: Which English dish, originating in India, consists of smoked haddock, boiled rice, eggs and butter?
Answer: kedgeree
Question: Which British cyclist won the Men's Individual Pursuit at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing?
Answer: bradley wiggins
Question: Which BAFTA Award winning TV series stars Kenneth Branagh as the eponymous Swedish police inspector?
Answer: wallander
Question: In which European capital city did an earthquake kill around 30,000 people on All Saint's Day in 1755?
Answer: lisbon
Question: Which BAFTA Award winning TV series stars Peter Firth as the head of MI5's counter-intelligence unit?
Answer: spooks
Question: The British archaeologist Arthur Evans was responsible for the excavation of which ancient Minoan palace-city?
Answer: knossos
Question: What was the pen-name used by the short-story writer William Sydney Porter?
Answer: o henry
Question: Charlotte is the largest city in the 'Tar Heel State'. Which state?
Answer: north carolina
Question: 'Italian' and 'Reformation' are the popular names given to symphonies by which composer?
Answer: felix mendelssohn
Question: Bridgeport is the largest city in the 'Nutmeg State'. Which state?
Answer: connecticut
Question: Which duo had number one hits during the 1990's with 'Block Rockin' Beats' and 'Setting Sun'?
Answer: chemical brothers
Question: What was the first name of Mr. Fahrenheit, after whom the temperature scale was named?
Answer: gabriel
Question: Bishopthorpe Palace is the official residence of the holder of which position?
Answer: archbishop of york
Question: Which English Civil War General later led the English forces at the 'Sieges of Limerick' and was made Lord Deputy of Ireland by Oliver Cromwell in 1650?
Answer: henry ireton
Question: What was the first name of Mr. Celsius, after whom the temperature scale was named?
Answer: anders
Question: Bute House is the official residence of the holder of which position?
Answer: first minister of scotland
Question: Which General and Commander-in Chief led the New Model Army at the Battle of Naseby in 1645?
Answer: thomas fairfax
Question: Which duo had number one hits during the 1980's with 'Heart' and 'It's A Sin'?
Answer: pet shop boys
Question: Named after the German bacteriologist who invented it, what name is given to the cylindrical lidded dish used by biologists to culture cells?
Answer: petri dish
Question: Which famous poem by Allen Ginsberg begins with the line "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness"?
Answer: howl
Question: What is defined in physics as "the product of the mass and velocity of an object"?
Answer: momentum
Question: Which famous poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson begins with the lines, "On either side the river lie, long fields of barley and rye"?
Answer: lady of shalot
Question: What is defined in physics as "the increase in velocity per unit of time"?
Answer: acceleration
Question: Named after the German chemist who developed it, what name is given to the common piece of laboratory equipment that produces a single gas flame used for heating and combustion?
Answer: bunsen burner
Question: Which best-selling American author created the fictional American President 'Jack Ryan'?
Answer: tom clancy
Question: What was the name of the former England international cricketer who became Bishop of Liverpool in 1975?
Answer: david sheppard
Question: In Greek mythology, which god of travel, language and trade served as the messenger to the gods?
Answer: hermes
Question: One of only two moons in our solar system larger than Mercury, which is the largest satellite of Jupiter?
Answer: ganymede
Question: In Greek mythology, which god of fire, metal working and stonemasonry served as the smith to the gods?
Answer: hephaestus
Question: Racing for Red Bull, who is the only Australian competing in the 2011 Formula One season?
Answer: mark webber
Question: Which archaeological site at the mouth of the River Tiber served as the major port of the Roman Republic?
Answer: ostia antica
Question: Which type of richly hued wood is by far the most common wood used for Marimba and Xylophone keys?
Answer: rosewood
Question: Mentioned in the title of a famous song written by Neil Sedaka and performed by Tony Christie, in which American state could you visit Amarillo?
Answer: texas
Question: Also containing fish, meat or mushrooms, what is the name of the thick, spicy Russian soup, the primary ingredient of which is pickled cucumbers?
Answer: solyanka
Question: Telling the story of a group of birds in the Brazilian jungle, which animated film, featuring voice casting by Jesse Eisenberg and Anne Hathaway, is the highest grossing film worldwide of 2011 so far?
Answer: rio
Question: 'Gargantua' and 'Pantagruel' are literary works written by which 16th century French author?
Answer: francois rabelais
Question: 'Germinal' and 'Nana' are literary works by which 19th century French author?
Answer: emile zola
Question: Last held in 1437, which Scottish earldom was bestowed upon Prince William on the day of his wedding to Catherine Middleton?
Answer: earl of strathearn
Question: The adjective 'pulmonary' means of, or pertaining to, which organ of the body?
Answer: lungs
Question: The adjective 'adrenal' means of, or pertaining to, which organ of the body?
Answer: kidneys
Question: Last held in 1883, which Northern Irish barony was bestowed on Prince William on the day of his wedding to Catherine Middleton?
Answer: baron carrickfergus
Question: Which footballer, who has spent his entire career at Real Madrid, captained Spain during the 2010 World Cup Final?
Answer: iker casillas
Question: Which alliteratively-named politician served as Lyndon B. Johnson's Vice-President between 1965 and 1969?
Answer: hubert humphrey
Question: Which alliteratively-named politician served as Abraham Lincoln's Vice-President between 1861 and 1865?
Answer: hannibal hamlin
Question: Which species of duck, common on British lakes during winter, shares its name with a 'James Bond' film?
Answer: goldeneye
Question: One of the world's most visited art galleries, in which city is the Tretyakov Gallery?
Answer: moscow
Question: Released in 1989, 'Orange Crush' was the first UK top 40 hit for which rock group?
Answer: rem
Question: Which English town shares its name with the capital of the Caribbean island of Tobago?
Answer: scarborough
Question: Which American car make, owned by General Motors, took its name from the French explorer who founded Detroit in 1701?
Answer: cadillac
Question: Which city in southeast France lies at the confluence of the Rhone and Durance rivers?
Answer: avignon
Question: Which English city shares its name with the capital of the Caribbean island of Monserrat that was destroyed by the Soufriere Hills volcanic eruption in 1995?
Answer: plymouth
Question: Which American car make, owned by General Motors, took its name from the Native American chief who led a rebellion against English rule in 1763?
Answer: pontiac
Question: Which city in northeast France lies at the confluence of the Moselle and Seille rivers?
Answer: metz
Question: Released in 1981, 'Fire' was the first UK top 40 hit for which rock group?
Answer: u2
Question: The Bob Dylan songs 'Rainy Day Women', 'I Want You' and 'Just Like A Woman' featured on which album?
Answer: blonde on blonde
Question: Running from False Divi Point in the north to Cape Comorin on the country's southern tip, what name is given to India's southeastern coastline?
Answer: coromandel coast
Question: Which city on the River Alun in Pembrokeshire is, with a population of under 2,000, the smallest city in the UK?
Answer: st david s
Question: Running from Goa in the north to Cape Comorin on the country's southern tip, what name is given to India's southwestern coastline?
Answer: malabar coast
Question: The Bob Dylan songs 'Desolation Row', 'Tombstone Blues' and 'Like A Rolling Stone' featured on which album?
Answer: highway 61 revisited
Question: The French poet Arthur Rimbaud, the confidence trickster Frank Abagnale and the industrialist and aviator Howard Hughes are three of the the real-life people played in Hollywood films by which actor?
Answer: leonardo di caprio
Question: The names of five of the six elements that make up the Nobel Gases end with which two letters?
Answer: on
Question: In Judaism, what name is given to the Jewish New Year?
Answer: rosh hashanah
Question: The tobacco industry whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand, the Irish-American boxing champion Jim Braddock, and the celebrated mathematician John Forbes Nash are three of the real-life people played in Hollywood films by which actor?
Answer: russell crowe
Question: The names of all five elements that make up the Halogens end with which three letters?
Answer: ine
Question: What name is given to the Jewish Day of Atonement?
Answer: yom kippur
Question: The Vouli is the name of the parliament in which European country?
Answer: greece
Question: Which television scriptwriter created the children's programmes 'The Clangers', 'Ivor the Engine' and 'Bagpuss'?
Answer: oliver postgate
Question: In which English county is Flodden Field, the site of the famous battle of the same name?
Answer: northumberland
Question: In the human body, what is produced by the Parotid Gland?
Answer: saliva