kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
Category: people
Question: This US first lady met her husband in the 1930s at a Little Theater group when they were cast together in a mystery drama.
Choices: Jacqueline Kennedy; Nancy Reagan; Lady Bird Johnson; Pat Nixon
Answer: Pat Nixon
Category: people
Question: Which US first lady is NOT correctly matched with her nickname?
Choices: Mamie Eisenhower - Sleeping Beauty; Claudia Taylor Johnson - Lady Bird; Lucy Webb Hayes - Lemonade Lucy; Julia Tyler - Shadow of the White House
Answer: Julia Tyler - Shadow of the White House
Category: people
Question: Prince William first met Cathrine Middleton in 2001 when they were both studying at this university.
Choices: University of Aberdeen; University of Oxford; University of St Andrews; University of Bradford
Answer: University of St Andrews
Category: people
Question: Kate Middletons iconic black see-thru dress that caught Prince Williams attention at a charity fashion show has been sold for a staggering 65,000 pounds. Who designed the once-30 pounds dress while studying fashion design?
Choices: John Galliano; Charlotte Todd; Sarah Burton; Stella McCartney
Answer: Charlotte Todd
Category: people
Question: What is the large central gemstone in Lady Dianas famous diamond engagement ring, which Prince William gave to Cathrine Middleton?
Choices: blue sapphire; black onyx; blue topaz; green emerald
Answer: blue sapphire
Category: people
Question: Who conducted the royal wedding ceremony on 29 April 2011?
Choices: The Archbishop of Canterbury; The Supreme Governor of the Church of England; The Bishop of Birmingham; The Bishop of Cambridge
Answer: The Archbishop of Canterbury
Category: people
Question: Which of these notable people declined the invitation to the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton?
Choices: Margaret Thatcher; The Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako of Japan; The King of Spain; All of these
Answer: All of these
Category: people
Question: Who is the owner of the blue Aston Martin DB6 in which Prince William and his bride Kate Middleton departed their wedding reception?
Choices: Prince William; Prince Charles; Prince Harry; Queen Elizabeth II
Answer: Prince Charles
Category: people
Question: This English singer-songwriter, who was the only live performer at the wedding reception of Prince William and Kate Middleton, sang her rendition of Elton Johns Your Song for the couples first dance.
Choices: Amy Winehouse; Ellie Goulding; Lady Gaga; Kate Bush
Answer: Ellie Goulding
Category: people
Question: Queen Elizabeth II attended Prince William and Cathrine Middletons wedding wearing a dress and accompanying overcoat designed by Angela Kelly. What color were they?
Choices: beige; pink; yellow; blue
Answer: yellow
Category: people
Question: Who lent Kate Middleton the Cartier halo-style tiara for the customary bridal theme of something borrowed?
Choices: Kates sister, Pippa; Camilla Parker Bowles; Queen Elizabeth II; Kates mother, Carole
Answer: Queen Elizabeth II
Category: people
Question: Name Prince William and Kate Middletons honeymoon location where they spent 10 days in a secluded villa.
Choices: the Maldives; the Seychelles; Kenya; Jordan
Answer: the Seychelles
Category: people
Question: What Nobel Prize-winning Irish poet and dramatist contributed greatly to the Theatre of the Absurd?
Choices: Oliver Goldsmith; Oscar Wilde; James Joyce; Samuel Beckett
Answer: Samuel Beckett
Category: people
Question: This Irishman, known as the frontman of a famous band, has participated in numerous global charity projects.
Choices: Roy Orbison; Sting; Bono; Rod Stewart
Answer: Bono
Category: people
Question: This Irish-born stage and film actor and director is famous for his film adaptations of Shakespearean plays.
Choices: Gabriel Byrne; Pierce Brosnan; Kenneth Branagh; Colin Farrell
Answer: Kenneth Branagh
Category: people
Question: Which Irish-born actress portrayed Jane in the Tarzan film series opposite Johnny Weismuller?
Choices: Maureen OHara; Brenda Flicker; Maureen OSullivan; Geraldine Fitzgerald
Answer: Maureen OSullivan
Category: people
Question: This Irish writer and poet, who became one of the most well-known personalities of his day, was a spokesman for aestheticism. He was known for his biting wit and flamboyant dress.
Choices: Harold Pinter; Oscar Wilde; Samuel Beckett; William Butler Yeats
Answer: Oscar Wilde
Category: people
Question: Name the Irish writer who created the classic Gothic novel Dracula.
Choices: Joseph OConnor; Robert Wilson; Arthur Conan Doyle; Bram Stoker
Answer: Bram Stoker
Category: people
Question: What Irish actor rose to stardom with his part in Joel Schumachers movie Tigerland, which is set during the Vietnam War?
Choices: Colin Farrell; Colin Firth; Brendan Gleeson; Pierce Brosnan
Answer: Colin Farrell
Category: people
Question: This Irish singer performed with her familys band Clannad before gaining fame with her solo album Watermark in 1988.
Choices: Andrea Corr; Dolores OâRiordan; Sinead OConnor; Enya
Answer: Enya
Category: people
Question: Name the Irishman directed the films My Left Foot, In the Name of The Father and The Boxer.
Choices: Pat OConnor; Jim Sheridan; David Gleeson; Martin Duffy
Answer: Jim Sheridan
Category: people
Question: This Irish author and satirist is best known for creating a character who was first a surgeon and then a captain of several ships.
Choices: Alexander Pope; Jonathan Swift; John Gay; Daniel Defoe
Answer: Jonathan Swift
Category: people
Question: Which of the following are not American twins?
Choices: Brett and Josh Morris; Jarron and Jason Collins; Tom and Terry Brands; Alvin and Calvin Harrison
Answer: Brett and Josh Morris
Category: people
Question: Football twins, Marcin and Michal Zewlakow, became the first twins to play for Poland when they were picked for the lineup to face France in February 2000.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: Which of the following Swedish twin pairs are not ice hockey players?
Choices: Henrik and Joel Lundqvist; Andreas and Thomas Ravelli; Patrick are Peter Sundstorm; Daniel are Henrik Sedin
Answer: Andreas and Thomas Ravelli
Category: people
Question: Which of the following sports celebrities has twin sons?
Choices: Roger Federer; Raul; Kurt Warner; Lance Armstrong
Answer: Raul
Category: people
Question: What is the meaning of the biblical name Simon translated from Hebrew?
Choices: He knows all.; He has heard.; He has spoken.; He will never abandon us.
Answer: He has heard.
Category: people
Question: The name John, originating from the Hebrew Yohanan, means which of the following?
Choices: God is love; God is gracious; God is everything; God is everywhere
Answer: God is gracious
Category: people
Question: The biblical name Rachel is related to what animal?
Choices: Ewe; Bee; Hen-swan; Doe
Answer: Ewe
Category: people
Question: What is the meaning of the biblical name Andrew, which has a Greek origin?
Choices: Alternative; Secret; Stormy; Masculine
Answer: Masculine
Category: people
Question: What is the meaning of the Greek name Stephen, or Steven?
Choices: Will; King; Crown; Throne
Answer: Crown
Category: people
Question: What is the meaning of the names Ann, Anna or Anne?
Choices: Gracious; Eternal; Calm; Delicate
Answer: Gracious
Category: people
Question: What does the biblical name Satan mean in Hebrew?
Choices: Accuser; Demon; Cunning; Fallen
Answer: Accuser
Category: people
Question: What do Albert Camus and Vladimir Nabokov have in common?
Choices: They grew up trilingual.; Both were (football) goalkeepers in their youth.; Both won the Nobel Prize for Literature.; Their fathers were murdered.
Answer: Both were (football) goalkeepers in their youth.
Category: people
Question: What do Azerbaijan and Russia have in common?
Choices: They have an enclave (a part of another nations territory completely surrounded by their own territory).; They have a coastline on the Black Sea.; They have an exclave that is an enclave of another country.; They have an exclave (a part of their territory that is separated from the main territory) that is not an enclave of another country.
Answer: They have an exclave (a part of their territory that is separated from the main territory) that is not an enclave of another country.
Category: people
Question: What do Kaiser Wilhelm II of Prussia, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and King George V of England have in common?
Choices: Kaiser Wilhelm was first cousin to both George V and Tsar Nicholas.; They were all grandchildren of Queen Victoria.; George V was first cousin to both Kaiser Wilhelm and Tsar Nicholas.; Tsar Nicholas was first cousin to both Kaiser Wilhelm and George V.
Answer: George V was first cousin to both Kaiser Wilhelm and Tsar Nicholas.
Category: people
Question: What do Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan have in common?
Choices: They do not print their own currency but use a more powerful neighbours currency.; They are sandwiched between two countries.; The national sport of both is falconry.; They are doubly landlocked - they are surrounded by countries with no seashore.
Answer: They are doubly landlocked - they are surrounded by countries with no seashore.
Category: people
Question: What do Dan Aykroyd and Joseph Stalin have in common?
Choices: Both are said to have/had syndactyly - i.e. webbed toes.; Their mothers came from Georgia.; Both have/had heterochromia - i.e. with eyes of different colour (one brown and one green eye each).; Both studied for the priesthood but were expelled from their seminary.
Answer: Both are said to have/had syndactyly - i.e. webbed toes.
Category: people
Question: What do Tsaritsyn and Volgograd have in common?
Choices: Cities of this name are found in both Russia and Kazakhstan.; They both lie on the shores of Lake Ladoga.; Both have asteroids named after them.; These are names for the same city at different times in its history.
Answer: These are names for the same city at different times in its history.
Category: people
Question: What do Drew Barrymore and Gywneth Paltrow have in common?
Choices: They have a grandfather in common.; They both were briefly married to Canadian comics.; They both have children whose names are fruits.; They both have Stephen Spielberg as a godfather.
Answer: They both have Stephen Spielberg as a godfather.
Category: people
Question: What do Ankara, Canberra and Ottawa have in common?
Choices: They are national capitals which are not the largest cities in their country.; They were new cities created expressly to be the capital of their countries.; They are national capital cities which are not situated on rivers.; All of these
Answer: They are national capitals which are not the largest cities in their country.
Category: people
Question: What do Art Garfunkel, Tom Lehrer and Ted Kaczynski (the Unabomber) have in common?
Choices: They all gained degrees in mathematics.; They were all accredited adult volunteers in the Boy Scouts of America.; They were all undergraduates at Harvard.; They were all charged with either slander or libel.
Answer: They all gained degrees in mathematics.
Category: people
Question: What do the Turkish towns of Bodrum and Efes have in common?
Choices: These twin towns stand opposite each other at the Black Sea end of the Bosphorus channel.; Both towns were completely destroyed by the 1999 Kocaeli earthquake.; They are the sites of two of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.; The site of ancient Troy is flanked by these two towns.
Answer: They are the sites of two of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Category: people
Question: Winston Churchill was Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: Which of the following was a leading British engineer and architect of the 19th century?
Choices: Horatio Nelson; Graham Swift; Isambard Kingdom Brunel; Sir Isaac Newton
Answer: Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Category: people
Question: Princess Diana supported the international campaign to ban landmines.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: Which of the following statements about Charles Darwin is true?
Choices: He was a geologist.; All of these; He was a biologist.; He is the author of the evolution theory.
Answer: All of these
Category: people
Question: Which of the following works was written by William Shakespeare?
Choices: Romeo and Juliet; All of these; A Midsummer Nights Dream; King Lear
Answer: All of these
Category: people
Question: Isaac Newton described universal gravitation.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: Who inherited the throne after the death of her half-sister Mary I Tudor, known as Bloody Mary?
Choices: Emma of Normandy; Catherine of Aragon; Eleanor of Aquitaine; Elizabeth of England
Answer: Elizabeth of England
Category: people
Question: On 8 December 1980 he was shot in New York City.
Choices: George Harrison; John Lennon; Paul McCartney; Ringo Starr
Answer: John Lennon
Category: people
Question: He was a naval commander who led the British forces to victory during the Napoleonic Wars.
Choices: Horatio Nelson; Martin Frobisher; James Houck; Francis Drake
Answer: Horatio Nelson
Category: people
Question: Oliver Cromwell overthrew the English monarchy.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: What does author Charlaine Harris write about?
Choices: Vikings, Visigoths, and Druids; Romances in Victorian-era England; Vampires, were-people, fairies and other paranormal creatures; The Knights Templar
Answer: Vampires, were-people, fairies and other paranormal creatures
Category: people
Question: Which of the following does Katherine Kurtz write about?
Choices: A magical race of people called the Deryni; The Knights Templar in Scotland; Psychic practitioners called Adepts; All of these
Answer: All of these
Category: people
Question: While best known as the author of The Godfather, Mario Puzo also wrote a novelization about which of the following?
Choices: The Sacco-Vanzetti Case; The Borgia family; Amerigo Vespucci; The Machiavelli family
Answer: The Borgia family
Category: people
Question: Which American author chose the deep south for her subject matter and wrote only one published book in her lifetime?
Choices: Neither of these; Harper Lee; Both of these; Margaret Mitchell
Answer: Both of these
Category: people
Question: This author of military and detective fiction has written a popular series about the US Marine Corps, the Philadelphia Police Dept., and a WWII series, set mainly in Argentina.
Choices: Eric Van Lustbader; Robert Ludlum; Tom Clancy; W.E.B. Griffin
Answer: W.E.B. Griffin
Category: people
Question: This author fictionalized notorious and sensational murders of famous people, most notably the OJ Simpson case.
Choices: Dominick Dunne; Darwin Porter; Ann Rule; Kitty Kelley
Answer: Dominick Dunne
Category: people
Question: Michael Connelly has authored a series of police procedurals featuring this detective.
Choices: Virgil Flowers; Lincoln Rhymes; Hieronymous Bosch; Alex Delaware
Answer: Hieronymous Bosch
Category: people
Question: Harlan Coben has written a series of books featuring Myron Bolitar. What is Bolitars profession?
Choices: Medical Examiner; Mystery Author; Crime Scene Specialist; Sports Agent
Answer: Sports Agent
Category: people
Question: What is the profession of a famous fictional character created by Kathy Reichs?
Choices: a medical examiner; a psychiatrist; a forensic anthropologist; a reporter
Answer: a forensic anthropologist
Category: people
Question: What character is featured in John Sanford third series of novels, which includes The Fools Run and The Empress File?
Choices: a paranoid newspaper reporter; an internal affairs captain enforcing the law; a psychic who assists the FBI; a computer whiz operating somewhat outside the law
Answer: a computer whiz operating somewhat outside the law
Category: people
Question: This author has written sweeping historical sagas about various locales including Hawaii, Alaska, Poland, Texas, the South Pacific and the Caribbean.
Choices: Sidney Sheldon; James Clavell; Irving Stone; James Michener
Answer: James Michener
Category: people
Question: Which of these authors writes about agents of the National Underwater and Marine Agency?
Choices: Jefferson Bass; Morris West; Clive Cussler; John Connolly
Answer: Clive Cussler
Category: people
Question: While Patricia Cornwall is known primarily for her series featuring medical examiner Kay Scarpetta, she also wrote a biography of this person.
Choices: Amelia Earhardt; Ruth Graham; Margaret Sanger; Margaret Mead
Answer: Ruth Graham
Category: people
Question: This author is known for the series about detective Dave Robicheaux.
Choices: Andrew Gross; Robert Parker; Carol OConnell; James Lee Burke
Answer: James Lee Burke
Category: people
Question: Name the sociopathic vigilante who is the protagonist of Jeff Lindsays series of novels.
Choices: Scot Harvath; Milo Sturgis; John Carr; Dexter Morgan
Answer: Dexter Morgan
Category: people
Question: Marie Antoinette was married to Louis XVI of France.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: Maria Antoinette had a simple and careless childhood in the Hofburg.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: Which statement regarding Marie Antoinettes marriage is true?
Choices: She was officially handed over to her French bearers on an island on the Rhine River.; She was 15 when she married Louis XVI.; All of these; During the marriage negotiations, the French lamented the crookedness of her teeth.
Answer: All of these
Category: people
Question: When did Marie Antoinette marry the Dauphin of France?
Choices: 1880; 1793; 1755; 1770
Answer: 1770
Category: people
Question: Marie Antoinette was tried by the Revolutionary Tribunal on 14 October 1793. What was she accused of?
Choices: All of these; sending millions of livres of treasury money to Austria; incest with her son; plotting to kill the Duke of OrlÃ©ans
Answer: All of these
Category: people
Question: Marie Antoinette and her husband, the Dauphin of France, consummated their marriage on the wedding night.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: Marie Antoinette spent a lot money on gambling.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: What did Maria Teresa do to save the marriage of her daughter, Marie Antoinette?
Choices: None of these; She sent her son, Emperor Joseph, to talk to Louis and Marie Antoinette.; She gave her the Petit Trianon as a present.; Both of these
Answer: She sent her son, Emperor Joseph, to talk to Louis and Marie Antoinette.
Category: people
Question: Marie Antoinette gave birth to four children.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: Where was Marie Antoinette placed house arrest after the French Revolution broke out?
Choices: Pharo Palace; Parc Longchamp; Tuileries Palace; Trianon
Answer: Tuileries Palace
Category: people
Question: What famous English author named one of his famous fun-loving characters after his son Christopher?
Choices: J. M. Barrie; A. A. Milne; Beatrix Potter; Lewis Carol
Answer: A. A. Milne
Category: people
Question: Who directed the 1978 movie Midnight Express, which tells the harrowing story of an American college student visiting Turkey?
Choices: Alan Parker; Alfred Hitchcock; Danny Boyle; Ridley Scott
Answer: Alan Parker
Category: people
Question: This English actor, who rose to stardom after appearing in the film Four Weddings and a Funeral, has repeatedly claimed that acting is not a true calling but just a job he fell into.
Choices: Hugh Grant; Rowan Atkinson; Colin Firth; Jude Law
Answer: Hugh Grant
Category: people
Question: The SI unit of capacitance is named after this English scientist who discovered electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism and electrolysis.
Choices: Isaac Newton; Michael Faraday; Alexander Graham Bell; Alexander Fleming
Answer: Michael Faraday
Category: people
Question: This English singer-songwriter recorded the songs Rolling in the Deep and Someone Like You for her second studio album 21.
Choices: Adele; Amy Winehouse; Kate Bush; Lady Gaga
Answer: Adele
Category: people
Question: Which of these musicals was NOT composed by multiple award-winning English composer Andrew Lloyd Webber?
Choices: Jesus Christ Superstar; Evita; Cats; Grease
Answer: Grease
Category: people
Question: This popular character, created by English author Daniel Defoe, has a companion named Friday.
Choices: Peter Pan; Gulliver; Samuel Pickwick; Robinson Crusoe
Answer: Robinson Crusoe
Category: people
Question: This major figure in the music industry became popular in the US when his 1975 hit Fame reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Choices: David Bowie; Elton John; Boy George; Rod Stewart
Answer: David Bowie
Category: people
Question: In 2007, this English fashion designer sparked controversy when she created a silver necklace featuring a single leg. The necklace was an apparent attack on her fathers estranged wife Heather Mills, an amputee.
Choices: Vivienne Westwood; Stella McCartney; Victoria Beckham; Ann Taylor
Answer: Stella McCartney
Category: people
Question: Name the author of of the novels Mrs Dalloway and To the Lighthouse, who was a prominent figure in London literary society and a member of the Bloomsbury Group.
Choices: Mary Shelley; Virginia Woolf; Ann Radcliffe; Daphne du Maurier
Answer: Virginia Woolf
Category: people
Question: These presidents coupled up to discuss their former secretarial jobs. Which pair doesnt fit with the others?
Choices: James Madison  James Buchanan; Thomas Jefferson  Martin Van Buren; John Adams  John Tyler; James Monroe  John Quincy Adams
Answer: John Adams  John Tyler
Category: people
Question: As far as inaugurations are concerned, which pair does not belong with the others?
Choices: James Madison  Andrew Jackson; John Adams  William Henry Harrison; George Washington  John Tyler; Thomas Jefferson  Martin Van Buren
Answer: George Washington  John Tyler
Category: people
Question: Birthdays were discussed amid laughter and merriment. Which two were not on the same page?
Choices: George W. Bush  Bill Clinton; Jimmy Carter  George H.W. Bush; Ronald Reagan  Barack Obama; Gerald Ford  Richard Nixon
Answer: Ronald Reagan  Barack Obama
Category: people
Question: Talking about vice presidents, one pair was at odds and evens with the others. Which pair doesnt fit?
Choices: Martin Van Buren  James K. Polk; James Monroe  John Quincy Adams; George Washington  John Adams; James Madison  Andrew Jackson
Answer: James Madison  Andrew Jackson
Category: people
Question: As far as vice presidents are concerned, some were fortunate, some not. Which pair is different from the other three?
Choices: Andrew Johnson  Chester A. Arthur; Calvin Coolidge  Harry S. Truman; John Tyler  Millard Fillmore; Grover Cleveland  Rutherford B. Hayes
Answer: Grover Cleveland  Rutherford B. Hayes
Category: people
Question: They now began talking about their early childhoods. Which pair couldnt seem to understand references made by each other?
Choices: Andrew Jackson  James K. Polk; Lyndon Johnson  George H.W. Bush; Zachary Taylor  Chester A. Arthur; John Adams  John F. Kennedy
Answer: Zachary Taylor  Chester A. Arthur
Category: people
Question: They all discussed the pros and cons of running a state but one pair was not so current in their views. Which pair seemed too far removed?
Choices: Rutherford B. Hayes  Jimmy Carter; William McKinley  Woodrow Wilson; Calvin Coolidge  Theodore Roosevelt; Franklin D. Roosevelt  Grover Cleveland
Answer: Calvin Coolidge  Theodore Roosevelt
Category: people
Question: A discussion ensued about jobs and work before their election to the presidency. Which couple didnt understand each other?
Choices: William H. Harrison  Dwight D. Eisenhower; Warren G. Harding  Harry S. Truman; Herbert Hoover  Theodore Roosevelt; George H.W. Bush,  George W. Bush
Answer: Herbert Hoover  Theodore Roosevelt
Category: people
Question: Everyone was discussing their time in Congress. Which two could not agree on the benefits of certain policies in reference to their individual states?
Choices: Andrew Jackson  Andrew Johnson; Franklin Pierce  Martin Van Buren; William H. Harrison  Warren Harding; John Quincy Adams  John F. Kennedy
Answer: Franklin Pierce  Martin Van Buren
Category: people
Question: Legislative discussion took place but which two were not in the same boat when discussing policy?
Choices: Gerald Ford  Millard Fillmore; James Madison  John Tyler; James A. Garfield  Rutherford B. Hayes; Lyndon Johnson  George H.W. Bush
Answer: Gerald Ford  Millard Fillmore
Category: people
Question: Talks about wives saddened all but two of these. Which pair did not seem melancholy at all?
Choices: Andrew Jackson  Richard Nixon; James Monroe  Rutherford B. Hayes; Calvin Coolidge  Ronald Reagan; John Adams  Chester A. Arthur
Answer: Calvin Coolidge  Ronald Reagan
Category: people
Question: Three pairs totally agreed on policy. Which pair was constantly bickering?
Choices: Zachary Taylor  John Tyler; John Adams  James Madison; Thomas Jefferson  James Monroe; William Henry Harrison  Millard Fillmore
Answer: John Adams  James Madison
Category: people
Question: They all were concerned with their legacy of learning. What two were sorely disappointed?
Choices: Andrew Jackson  James K. Polk; Warren Harding  Franklin Pierce; Thomas Jefferson  Harry Truman; Martin Van Buren  Millard Fillmore
Answer: Andrew Jackson  James K. Polk
Category: people
Question: Discussing their memoirs, one pair found that writing them would not have been as easy if they followed the method of the other three pairs. Which pair would that be?
Choices: Herbert Hoover  Harry Truman; Franklin Roosevelt  Richard Nixon; George W. Bush  Lyndon Johnson; John F. Kennedy  Jimmy Carter
Answer: Herbert Hoover  Harry Truman
Category: people
Question: They certainly were a knowledgeable bunch on foreign affairs except one pair. Which two could not draw on much worldly experience?
Choices: William Henry Harrison  James Buchanan; James Madison  Andrew Jackson; James Monroe  John Quincy Adams; John Adams  Thomas Jefferson
Answer: James Madison  Andrew Jackson
Category: people
Question: This New Yorker is best known for his short stories The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle.
Choices: Joseph Heller; James Fenimore Cooper; Washington Irving; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Answer: Washington Irving
Category: people
Question: This author, raised in Brooklyn, New York, wrote The Naked and the Dead.
Choices: Tom Wolfe; Truman Capote; Norman Mailer; Hunter S. Thompson
Answer: Norman Mailer
Category: people
Question: This author, who was born and raised in New York City, is best known for her first novel Fear of Flying.
Choices: Kate Chopin; Ayn Rand; Sylvia Plath; Erica Jong
Answer: Erica Jong
Category: people
Question: One of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism, he was the author of The Ambassadors and The Portrait of a Lady.
Choices: Henry James; Theodore Dreiser; Henry David Thoreau; John Dos Passos
Answer: Henry James
Category: people
Question: This poet and essayist, often called the father of free verse, penned the poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was initially described as obscene for its overt sexuality.
Choices: Walt Whitman; Carl Sandburg; Robert Frost; T. S. Eliot
Answer: Walt Whitman
Category: people
Question: This American author, noted for his complex novels, wrote Gravitys Rainbow and The Crying of Lot 49.
Choices: William Faulkner; Saul Bellow; William Saroyan; Thomas Pynchon
Answer: Thomas Pynchon
Category: people
Question: Who penned the epic Cold War history Underworld and the 2007 novel Falling Man, which focuses on the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center?
Choices: William Burrows; Don DeLillo; Jack Kerouak; Ken Kesey
Answer: Don DeLillo
Category: people
Question: This novelist depicted the fictional characters Doctor Daneeka, Snowden, Milo Minderbinder, who are stationed on an island off the coast of Italy during World War II.
Choices: Joseph Heller; J.D. Salinger; Edith Warton; Isaac Asimov
Answer: Joseph Heller
Category: people
Question: What is the subtitle of Herman Melvilles popular novel Moby-Dick, which tells the story of a wandering sailor?
Choices: The Marlin; The Shark; The Whale; The Blue Abyss
Answer: The Whale
Category: people
Question: What American novelist, short story writer, and designer won the Pulitzer Prize for the 1920 novel The Age of Innocence?
Choices: Edith Wharton; Henry Miller; Nora Ephron; Nathaniel West
Answer: Edith Wharton
Category: people
Question: What comedian said, I couldnt wait for success, so I went ahead without it.?
Choices: Groucho Marx; Steve Martin; Jimmy Durante; Jonathan Winters
Answer: Jonathan Winters
Category: people
Question: What famous comedian said, You know youre getting old when you get that one candle on the cake. Its like, See if you can blow this out.?
Choices: Jerry Seinfeld; George Burns; Steve Martin; Fred Allen
Answer: Jerry Seinfeld
Category: people
Question: What comedian made the following statement: All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner.?
Choices: Jay Leno; George Gobel; Red Skelton; Ernie Kovacs
Answer: Red Skelton
Category: people
Question: What comedian said, Sometimes I think war is Gods way of teaching us geography.?
Choices: David Letterman; Don Knotts; Sid Caesar; Paul Rodriguez
Answer: Paul Rodriguez
Category: people
Question: What comedian uttered the following words, I think if I took therapy, the doctor would quit. Hed just pick up the couch and walk out of the room.?
Choices: Groucho Marx; Don Rickles; Jonathan Winters; Rodney Dangerfield
Answer: Don Rickles
Category: people
Question: What comedian said, Outside of a dog, a book is a mans best friend. Inside of a dog its too dark to read.?
Choices: George Burns; Jay Leno; Groucho Marx; Jimmy Durante
Answer: Groucho Marx
Category: people
Question: Who said, A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.
Choices: Jay Leno; Red Skelton; Steve Martin; Groucho Marx
Answer: Steve Martin
Category: people
Question: This comedian said, Dont forget Mothers Day. Or as they call it in Beverly Hills, Dads Third Wife Day.
Choices: Jay Leno; David Letterman; Jimmy Fallon; Conan OBrien
Answer: Jay Leno
Category: people
Question: What comedian said, Television: A medium. So called because its neither rare nor well done.?
Choices: George Gobel; Fred Allen; Ernie Kovacs; Steve Allen
Answer: Ernie Kovacs
Category: people
Question: What comedian said, Its so warm now, and Thanksgiving came so early - is it just me, or does it not really feel like Ramadan??
Choices: David Letterman; Jimmy Fallon; Conan OBrien; Jay Leno
Answer: David Letterman
Category: people
Question: This comedian said, My uncle was the town drunk - and we lived in Chicago.
Choices: Red Skelton; Fred Allen; Rodney Dangerfield; George Gobel
Answer: George Gobel
Category: people
Question: What comedian made this remark: My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe.?
Choices: Rodney Dangerfield; George Carlin; Don Rickles; Jimmy Durante
Answer: Jimmy Durante
Category: people
Question: Who said, When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick.?
Choices: George Burns; Sid Caesar; Milton Berle; George Jessel
Answer: George Burns
Category: people
Question: What comedian said, I dont have to look up my family tree, because I know that Im the sap.?
Choices: Red Skelton; Fred Allen; Groucho Marx; George Jessel
Answer: Fred Allen
Category: people
Question: Who said, I dont weigh a pound over one hundred and eighty and, whats more, I never did.?
Choices: Fatty Arbuckle; Oliver Hardy; Jackie Gleason; John Candy
Answer: Fatty Arbuckle
Category: people
Question: What comedian said, I havent spoken to my wife in years. I didnt want to interrupt her.?
Choices: Henny Youngman; Redd Foxx; Rodney Dangerfield; Jackie Gleason
Answer: Rodney Dangerfield
Category: people
Question: How did Karl Rove say he lost his first political battle?
Choices: He campaigned for a Democrat.; The neighbor beat him up.; It never happened.; He misread the polls.
Answer: The neighbor beat him up.
Category: people
Question: Karl Rove was abandoned by his biological father at an early age.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Karl Roves mother committed suicide.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Karl Rove stole campaign letterheads from this Democrats campaign office in 1970 and printed the statement: free beer, free food and a good time for nothing under the letterhead. No one learned of the crime until 1973. This state treasurer still won the election regardless of Karl Roves trickery.
Choices: Wallace F. Bennett; Alan J. Dixon; Adlai Stevenson, III; Ralph Tyler Smith
Answer: Alan J. Dixon
Category: people
Question: While working with Donald Segretti, one of the Watergate conspirators, Karl Rove managed to paint this presidential hopeful as a liberal peacenik even though the presidential candidate had a military career as a WW II pilot.
Choices: George McGovern; George Wallace; Hubert Humphrey; Edmund S. Muskie
Answer: George McGovern
Category: people
Question: Karl Rove was married in 1977 and divorced in 1980.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: Karl Rove worked for Bill Clements 1978 gubernatorial campaign in Texas. What distinction does Clements have in Texas history?
Choices: He served the shortest term of any state party chairman in the history of Texas.; He was the first Republican Governor of Texas in over 100 years.; He was the first black candidate for the Texas State Senate running as a Republican.; He won by the largest vote in Texas history.
Answer: He was the first Republican Governor of Texas in over 100 years.
Category: people
Question: Karl Rove is often referred to as Bushs ____________.
Choices: Brain; Bully; Right Hand Man; Babe
Answer: Brain
Category: people
Question: In what year was Robert McNamara born?
Choices: 1916; 1912; 1920; 1950
Answer: 1916
Category: people
Question: Robert McNamara was the 11th US Secretary of Defense.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: After his wifes death in 1981 Robert McNamara was involved with Katharine Graham who ran what popular news publication?
Choices: The Washington Post; Entertainment Weekly; The Sun Times; The Wall Street Journal
Answer: The Washington Post
Category: people
Question: Robert McNamara served as Secretary of Defense under which 2 Presidents?
Choices: Nixon/Ford; Kennedy/Johnson; Adams/Garfield; Carter/Haag
Answer: Kennedy/Johnson
Category: people
Question: In 1960, Robert McNamara became the president of what popular auto manufacturer?
Choices: Ford; Honda; Lincoln; GMC
Answer: Ford
Category: people
Question: Robert McNamara was not a member of the Armed Forces.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: Robert McNamara was Secretary of Defense during what war?
Choices: Vietnam War; Korean War; WW II; WW I
Answer: Vietnam War
Category: people
Question: Robert McNamaras first wife Margaret McNamara, a former teacher, used her position as a Cabinet spouse to launch a reading program for young children. What was the name of the program?
Choices: No Child Left Behind; Reading Rainbow; Children Against Illiteracy; Reading Is Fundamental
Answer: Reading Is Fundamental
Category: people
Question: Robert McNamara died in the same city he was born in.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: The Cherokee people call themselves Tsalagi. What does this mean?
Choices: People of the land; Great tribe; Fathers of the mountain; Principal people
Answer: Principal people
Category: people
Question: What song was traditionally performed at the wedding ceremonies of the Mohawk nation of North America?
Choices: Buffalo Dance Song; Fox Dance Song; Rabbit Dance Song; Bear Dance Song
Answer: Rabbit Dance Song
Category: people
Question: What was the main food source for the Abenaki tribe of North America in the past?
Choices: Fish; Crops; Cattle; Game
Answer: Crops
Category: people
Question: The bark of what tree did the Ojibwe tribe from North America use for making canoes and scrolls?
Choices: Chestnut; Birch; Ebony; Beech
Answer: Birch
Category: people
Question: What is the name of the dwellings used by the Navajo people of North America?
Choices: Teepee; Wigwam; Hogans; Wikiup
Answer: Hogans
Category: people
Question: The Seneca nation of North America referred to themselves as Onondowaga. What does this mean?
Choices: People of the Sun and the Moon; People of the Wise Spirits; People of the Broad Plain; People of the Great Hill
Answer: People of the Great Hill
Category: people
Question: What author wrote his novel The Last of the Mohicans based on the Mahican tribe of North America?
Choices: L. Frank Baum; Henry James; V. C. Andrews; James Fenimore Cooper
Answer: James Fenimore Cooper
Category: people
Question: What statement is true about the Apache tribes from North America?
Choices: None of these; They were timid people.; They were good diplomats.; They were fierce warriors.
Answer: They were fierce warriors.
Category: people
Question: What was the most precious gift for the Comanche Native American tribe?
Choices: Children; Food; The sun; Rain
Answer: Children
Category: people
Question: Which of these ethnic groups belongs to the Sioux Native American people?
Choices: Yanktons; All of these; Lakota; Santee
Answer: All of these
Category: people
Question: In what country was Isaac Newton born?
Choices: Austria; England; France; Scotland
Answer: England
Category: people
Question: What was the name of Isaac Newtons wife?
Choices: Katherine; Anne; Vivienne; None of these
Answer: None of these
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Question: At the Trinity College in Cambridge, Isaac Newton was taught solely according to the ideas of which ancient philosopher?
Choices: Plato; Cicero; Diogenes; Aristotle
Answer: Aristotle
Category: people
Question: The falling of what fruit on the ground inspired Isaac Newton to formulate his theory of gravitation?
Choices: Apple; Pear; Peach; Orange
Answer: Apple
Category: people
Question: What important position did Isaac Newton assume in 1696?
Choices: Warden of the Louvre; Warden of the Royal Mint; Warden of the Royal Crown; Warden of the Royal Treasury
Answer: Warden of the Royal Mint
Category: people
Question: Apart from his work in the field of physics, Isaac Newton is known for exploring which of the following on a daily basis?
Choices: Plant species; Anatomy of animals; Bible; Art
Answer: Bible
Category: people
Question: Isaac Newtonâs mother removed him from school as she wanted him to be which of the following?
Choices: Painter; Tailor; Merchant; Farmer
Answer: Farmer
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Question: What object did Isaac Newton use to demonstrate the decomposition of white light into a color spectrum?
Choices: Mirror; Pyramid; Prism; Lens
Answer: Prism
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Question: After Isaac Newtons death, chemical analysis showed that he had been exposed to immense amounts of which of the following?
Choices: Alcohol; Nicotine; Mercury; Arsenic
Answer: Mercury
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Question: Which of these is true about Isaac Newton?
Choices: He had thirteen children.; He died of smallpox.; All of these; He was the first scientist in history to be knighted.
Answer: He was the first scientist in history to be knighted.
Category: people
Question: Charles De Gaulle served as president of France from 1959 to 1969.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: This notable microbiologist created the first vaccine for rabies and anthrax.
Choices: Jacques Monod; Pascale Cossart; Edmond Nocard; Louis Pasteur
Answer: Louis Pasteur
Category: people
Question: Pierre Abbe founded a charitable movement aimed at helping poor and homeless people.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: Name the first scientist honored with two Nobel Prizes - in physics and chemistry.
Choices: Henri Becquerel; Marie Curie; None of these; Pierre Curie
Answer: Marie Curie
Category: people
Question: This French comedian and actor is known for his irreverent attitude towards politics.
Choices: Marcel Dalio; Michel Creton; Michel Auclair; Mishel Colucci
Answer: Mishel Colucci
Category: people
Question: Victor Hugo is the author of The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Les MisÃ©rables.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: This actor appeared in the movies Christmas Tree (1969) , All the Gold in the World (1961) and Hunchback (1959).
Choices: Lui De Fines; AndrÃ© Bourvil; GÃ©rard Depardieu; None of these
Answer: AndrÃ© Bourvil
Category: people
Question: What is the stage name of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, the 17th century satirical author and actor who is considered to be the father of French comedy.
Choices: MoliÃ¨re; Jean-Paul Sartre; Stendhal; None of these
Answer: MoliÃ¨re
Category: people
Question: Jacques Cousteau was an underwater explorer, researcher and TV show host.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: This French singer became universally regarded as a cultural icon and symbol of France. Her nickname is a colloquialism for sparrow.
Choices: Ãdith Piaf; Marie-France Boyer; Dalida; JosÃ©phine de La Baume
Answer: Ãdith Piaf
Category: people
Question: This Scottish physician is one of the founders of the University of London and the inventor of the waterbed.
Choices: Murdoch Cameron; Matthew Hay; Neil Arnott; David Ferrier
Answer: Neil Arnott
Category: people
Question: This famous English philosopher, also known as Doctor Mirabilis, is the inventor of the magnifying glass.
Choices: Roger Bacon; Walter Burley; John Locke; Humphry Ditton
Answer: Roger Bacon
Category: people
Question: This Swedish inventor is responsible for the seatbelt, and has also helped with the development of the ejection seat in airplanes.
Choices: John Ericsson; Nils Bohlin; Gustaf DalÃ©n; Oscar Kjellberg
Answer: Nils Bohlin
Category: people
Question: This English inventor, to whom we owe the modern fire extinguisher, has also developed a device for saving life from shipwrecks.
Choices: James Henry Atkinson; George William Manby; Dan Albone; Frederick Bakewell
Answer: George William Manby
Category: people
Question: This American physicist of Bulgarian descent is the inventor of the first automatic electronic digital computer.
Choices: Carl Djerassi; Victor Ninov; Assen Jordanoff; John Atanasoff
Answer: John Atanasoff
Category: people
Question: Which of these French chemists invented margarine in 1869?
Choices: Edmond FrÃ©my; Hippolyte MÃ¨ge-MouriÃ©s; Mathieu Orfila; Jean FrÃ©chet
Answer: Hippolyte MÃ¨ge-MouriÃ©s
Category: people
Question: Which of these was invented by Whitcomb Judson?
Choices: the shovel; the comb; the spatula; the zipper
Answer: the zipper
Category: people
Question: Which of these Swedish inventors is responsible for the adjustable spanner and the pipe wrench?
Choices: Johan Petter Johansson; Frans Wilhelm Lindqvist; Carl Munters; Jonas LidstrÃ¶mer
Answer: Johan Petter Johansson
Category: people
Question: This American film producer, considered to be the father of American animation, is the inventor of the stop-motion film.
Choices: John Bunny; Ronald A. Reader; J. Stuart Blackton; Albert E. Smith
Answer: J. Stuart Blackton
Category: people
Question: Which of these American inventors made the first dishwasher?
Choices: Victor G Bloede; Josephine Cochrane; Lewis Archer Boswell; Bill Booth
Answer: Josephine Cochrane
Category: people
Question: Pamela Anderson was born on July 1, 1967 in this country.
Choices: Australia; France; Canada; United States
Answer: Canada
Category: people
Question: Of what descent is Pamela Anderson?
Choices: Russian; Russian and Scottish; Russian and Finnish; Finnish
Answer: Russian and Finnish
Category: people
Question: What was Pamela Andersons occupation in Vancouver, Canada, where she moved after graduating from high school?
Choices: Florist; Hair stylist; Fitness instructor; Beautician
Answer: Fitness instructor
Category: people
Question: What was the name of Pamela Andersons first husband, whom she married on February 19, 1995?
Choices: Tommy Lee; Robert J. Ritchie; Marcus Schenkenberg; Bret Michaels
Answer: Tommy Lee
Category: people
Question: What caused Pamela Anderson to become a vegetarian when she was a child?
Choices: All of these; Her mother was a vegetarian and she talked her into it.; She heard from TV that meat can cause cancer.; She saw her father cleaning a killed animal.
Answer: She saw her father cleaning a killed animal.
Category: people
Question: What is the name of the book written by Pamela Anderson and published in 2004?
Choices: Lost; Pink; Blonde; Star
Answer: Star
Category: people
Question: What was the name of Pamela Andersons character on the popular TV show Baywatch?
Choices: C. J. Parker; Caroline Holden; Shauni McClain; Donna Marco
Answer: C. J. Parker
Category: people
Question: What was the title of the TV series in which Pamela Anderson starred from 1998 to 2002?
Choices: V.I.P.; M.V.P.; R.I.P.; FBI
Answer: V.I.P.
Category: people
Question: In which of the movies from the Scary Movie sequence did Pamela Anderson appear?
Choices: Scary Movie 3; Scary Movie 4; Scary Movie 5; Scary Movie 2
Answer: Scary Movie 3
Category: people
Question: What superhero character did Pamela Anderson portray in the 2008 spoof movie Superhero Movie?
Choices: Catwoman; Invisible Girl; Human Torch; Hourglass
Answer: Invisible Girl
Category: people
Question: To what Egyptian Pharaoh was the Egyptian Queen Nefertiti married?
Choices: Echnaton; All of these; Akhenaten; Amenhotep IV
Answer: All of these
Category: people
Question: What important change did the Egyptian Queen Nefertiti and her husband introduce to Ancient Egypt?
Choices: They banned slavery; They made the army exclusively professional; They introduced the 24-hour division of the day; They changed the religion
Answer: They changed the religion
Category: people
Question: The Egyptian Queen Nefertiti has always been admired as a representation of beauty. What part of her body is considered especially attractive?
Choices: Eyes; Lips; Neck; Hands
Answer: Neck
Category: people
Question: What sculptor is widely believed to have worked on the famous bust of Nefertiti?
Choices: Benvenuto Cellini; Donatello; Claus Sluter; Thutmose
Answer: Thutmose
Category: people
Question: Which of these titles found in the Karnak temple complex refer to Queen Nefertiti?
Choices: Queen of our hearts; Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt; Merciful Queen; Mistress of the whole world
Answer: Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt
Category: people
Question: What Egyptian Pharaoh is believed to have acceded to the Egyptian throne after Queen Nefertiti?
Choices: Tutankhamun; Ramesses I; Khafra; Thutmose III
Answer: Tutankhamun
Category: people
Question: How many children did Queen Nefertiti and her husband have according to archaeological findings?
Choices: Nine sons; Twelve sons; Five sons and four daughters; Six daughters
Answer: Six daughters
Category: people
Question: What specific archaeological finding suggests that Queen Nefertiti was given unprecedented power in Egypt?
Choices: She was described in words that were used only for kings before that; She was portrayed in kings attire; She was depicted with a cobra on her head; She was depicted the same size as the king
Answer: She was depicted the same size as the king
Category: people
Question: What is believed to have caused Queen Nefertitis death?
Choices: Suicide; Murder; Plague; Puerperal fever
Answer: Plague
Category: people
Question: Which of these legendary musicians released his album Nefertiti in 1968?
Choices: Jimi Hendrix; Miles Davis; Elvis Presley; John Lennon
Answer: Miles Davis
Category: people
Question: This Italian actress, filmmaker and author is perhaps best known for her roles in the movies Blue Velvet and Death Becomes Her.
Choices: Claudia Cardinale; Monica Belluci; Gina Lollobrigida; Isabella Rossellini
Answer: Isabella Rossellini
Category: people
Question: What prominent Italian actor starred in Federico Fellinis comedy-drama films La Dolce Vita and 8Â½?
Choices: Alberto Sordi; Marcello Mastroianni; Giuliano Gemma; Rudolph Valentino
Answer: Marcello Mastroianni
Category: people
Question: This Italian actor, sometimes credited as Montgomery Wood, starred in spaghetti westerns such as A Pistol for Ringo, Blood for a Silver Dollar and Day of Anger.
Choices: Raoul Bova; Roberto Benini; Giuliano Gemma; Franco Nero
Answer: Giuliano Gemma
Category: people
Question: This Italian actress and fashion model played the title role in the Italian romantic drama film Malena. She was also featured in the Hollywood movies Tears of the Sun and The Passion of the Christ.
Choices: Mira Sorvino; Monica Bellucci; Claudia Cardinale; Ornella Mutti
Answer: Monica Bellucci