kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
Category: world
Question: What is the largest landlocked country in the world in terms of area?
Choices: Kazakhstan; Germany; Vietnam; Chad
Answer: Kazakhstan
Category: world
Question: What is the capital and largest city of Argentina?
Choices: Buenos Aires; Bogota; Montevideo; Sao Paulo
Answer: Buenos Aires
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Question: What is the official language of India?
Choices: Urdu and Hindi; Hindi and English; Hindi; Nepali, Hindi and English
Answer: Hindi and English
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Question: Which of these is true about the Commonwealth of Australia, or simply Australia?
Choices: It consists of Tasmania, Australia and several other islands.; None of these; It comprises of mainland Australia and Tasmania.; It encompasses only mainland Australia.
Answer: It consists of Tasmania, Australia and several other islands.
Category: world
Question: What is the largest country in South America in terms of territory?
Choices: Argentina; Colombia; Brazil; Peru
Answer: Brazil
Category: world
Question: What is the largest US state in terms of area?
Choices: Texas; California; Montana; Alaska
Answer: Alaska
Category: world
Question: What is the name of the capital city of the Peoples Republic of China?
Choices: Beijing; Hong Kong; Shanghai; Taipei
Answer: Beijing
Category: world
Question: What is the largest country in the Americas in terms of territory?
Choices: United States; Canada; Brazil; Mexico
Answer: Canada
Category: world
Question: What is the largest country on the planet in terms of territory?
Choices: Russia; Australia; Peoples Republic of China; United States
Answer: Russia
Category: world
Question: Scotland has the lowest proportion of redheads in the world.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: Haggis is the national dish of Scotland.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: The Tartan Army is the nickname of Scotlands national football team.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: J.M. Barrie, the creator of Peanuts, was Scottish.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Scotlands Loch Ness is allegedly inhabited by the Loch Ness Monster.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish scientist.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: John Logie Baird was a Scottish engineer.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: St. Luke is the patron saint of Scotland.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: What was Thailands previous official name?
Choices: It has always been called Thailand.; Siam; Lan Na; Bangkok
Answer: Siam
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Question: In 1767, the ancient capital of Thailand was destroyed by an army from what country?
Choices: Laos; Burma; Vietnam; Cambodia
Answer: Burma
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Question: What was the name of the old capital of Thailand, founded in 1350?
Choices: Ayutthaya; Nakon Ratchisma; Korat; Phuket
Answer: Ayutthaya
Category: world
Question: What is the principal religion of Thailand?
Choices: Christianity; Buddhism; Hinduism; Islam
Answer: Buddhism
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Question: What is the title of the King of Thailand, Bhumipol, who started reigning in 1946?
Choices: King of the Orient; King Rama IX; King Rama V; King Mongkut IV
Answer: King Rama IX
Category: world
Question: King Bhumipol of Thailand, who was educated in the west, is an accomplished jazz musician.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: During the Vietnam War, Thailand was allied with what country?
Choices: Thailand was neutral; Thailand was neutral, but favored the South Vietnamese.; The USA; North Vietnam
Answer: The USA
Category: world
Question: Name King Bhumipols wife whom he married on April 28, 1950.
Choices: Queen Sirikit; Queen Lannai; Princess Siriwan; Princess Sawatdee
Answer: Queen Sirikit
Category: world
Question: The hot peppers used to spice Thai food are native to Thailand.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: Thailand is a former colony of what country?
Choices: Spain; France; China; None of these
Answer: None of these
Category: world
Question: You are a US Ranger patrolling the whole Mexican border. What is the order of the American states you visit if your patrol starts at the Gulf of Mexico?
Choices: Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California; California, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas; California, Nevada, Arizona, Texas; Texas, Arizona, Nevada, California
Answer: Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California
Category: world
Question: We move 500 years back in time. You are on a ship with Ferdinand Magellan, and you are trying to find the Western passage to India. In which order will you pass the estuaries of South American rivers?
Choices: Orinoko, Amazon, La Platta; La Platta, Amazon, Orinoko; Amazon, Orinoko, La Platta; Amazon, La Platta, Orinoko
Answer: Orinoko, Amazon, La Platta
Category: world
Question: If you rent a yacht in Monte Carlo and sail to Athens, which Mediterranean islands can you visit staying on the course?
Choices: Ibiza, Crete, Lesbos, Bornholm; Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Crete; Sealand, Malta, Cyprus, Rhodos; Crete, Majorca, Sicily, Jersey
Answer: Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Crete
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Question: You are sailing around Australia. In which order will you visit Australian seaports if you sail clockwise from Sydney?
Choices: Perth, Darwin, Melbourne, Brisbane; Canberra, Melbourne, Perth, Darwin; Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne; Adelaide, Perth, Darwin, Brisbane
Answer: Adelaide, Perth, Darwin, Brisbane
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Question: Take some warm clothes. You are traveling the Trans-Siberian railway. In which order will you pass the great Asian rivers, if you start in Moscow and travel to Vladyvostok?
Choices: Volga, Irtysh, Yenisei; Irtysh, Ob, Yenisei; Dniepr, Yenisei, Lena; Yenisei, Ob, Volga
Answer: Irtysh, Ob, Yenisei
Category: world
Question: If you fly from Amsterdam to Tokyo, what will you you be seeing below the plane during most of the trip, if the plane takes the shortest possible path?
Choices: The ice of the Arctic Ocean; Mountain ranges (flying over Turkey, Iran, Pakistan and China); The forests of Russia; The waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
Answer: The ice of the Arctic Ocean
Category: world
Question: You get on your motorbike in Chicago and travel west down the famous Route 66. Which US state will you NOT visit?
Choices: California; Kansas; Texas; Colorado
Answer: Colorado
Category: world
Question: Imagine you travel with Vasco da Gama to find the sea route to India. In which order will you pass the capes of Africa?
Choices: Ras ben Sakka, Ras Hafun; Ras ben Sakka, Cape of Good Hope, Cape Verde; Cape Verde, Cape of Good Hope, Ras Hafun; York, Cape Verde, Ras Hafun
Answer: Cape Verde, Cape of Good Hope, Ras Hafun
Category: world
Question: You want to learn about the history of the Teutonic Knights, so you travel from Marienburg (present-day Malbork in Poland) to Reval (present-day Talinn) ALONG the Baltic shore. Which countries will you visit?
Choices: Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia; Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland; Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania; Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia
Answer: Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia
Category: world
Question: You are now the captain of a German boat and you take tourists down the river Danube. Which European capitals can you visit?
Choices: Vienna, Belgrade, Bucharest; Berlin, Bratislava, Budapest, Belgrade; Bratislava, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade; Prague, Vienna, Budapest
Answer: Bratislava, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade
Category: world
Question: If you were a Japanese fisherman sailing from north to south, in which order will you pass the main islands of your country?
Choices: Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu; Honshu, Okinawa, Iwo Jima; Kyushu, Honshu, Hokkaido; Shikoku, Okinawa, Honshu, Shikoku
Answer: Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
Category: world
Question: What French city is known as the âWine Capital of Alsaceâ?
Choices: Cannes; Colmar; Lyon; Avignon
Answer: Colmar
Category: world
Question: Which of these places was chosen by Peter Jackson as the Middle Earth in The Lord of the Rings?
Choices: Iceland; All of these; New Zealand; Greenland
Answer: New Zealand
Category: world
Question: What castle was the inspiration for Disneylands Sleeping Beauty Castle?
Choices: Hohenzollern Castle; Neuschwanstein Castle; Wartburg; Stolzenfels Castle
Answer: Neuschwanstein Castle
Category: world
Question: Which Turkish town is home to the odd-looking rock formations called fairy chimneys?
Choices: Istanbul; Izmir; Bursa; Cappadocia
Answer: Cappadocia
Category: world
Question: Hoi An is a town in Vietnam famed for its unique lanterns.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: This territory, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, is warmed up by the magical Northern Lights.
Choices: New Zealand; Denmark; None of these; Greenland
Answer: Greenland
Category: world
Question: What European city has been known as the La Dominante, Queen of the Adriatic, City of Water, City of Masks?
Choices: Athens; London; Venice; Paris
Answer: Venice
Category: world
Question: What city, located in the Himalayas, is known as âThe Land of Godsâ .
Choices: Lahore; Pyongyang; Yangon; Kathmandu
Answer: Kathmandu
Category: world
Question: Kyoto used to be the imperial capital of Japan.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: What Portuguese town inspired Lord Byron to write the âWanderings of Childe Haroldâ?
Choices: Sintra; Belem; Ponte 25 de Abril; Protugals Cristo Rei
Answer: Sintra
Category: world
Question: Located in San Diego County, legally, La Jolla is recognized as what?
Choices: A village; A city; An unincorporated community; A town
Answer: An unincorporated community
Category: world
Question: Academicians have debated the origins of La Jollas name, but it is generally accepted that the name comes from a variation of the Spanish la joya which means what?
Choices: The cove; The jewel; The joy (of life); The palm tree
Answer: The jewel
Category: world
Question: Mt. Soledad, a peak overlooking La Jolla, became world-famous primarily because of what situation?
Choices: A separation-of-Religion and State battle raging over a cross at the summit; Residents trying to ban bicyclists from racing down the steep, narrow highway leading to the summit.; Hang glider enthusiasts suing for the right to launch off the peak; Illegal immigrants homesteading at the summit
Answer: A separation-of-Religion and State battle raging over a cross at the summit
Category: world
Question: Californias 50th Congressional District, which includes La Jolla, is said to be the wealthiest in the nation.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: Chesty Puller retired from the Marine Corps in 1955 as the most decorated Marine in history.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: On what date was the US Marine Corps founded?
Choices: November 25; September 19; June 20; November 10
Answer: November 10
Category: world
Question: What sword do US Marine Officers carry?
Choices: Saber; Command Sword; Mameluke Sword; Semper Fi sword
Answer: Mameluke Sword
Category: world
Question: Were the Marines the major American force in the Pacific during World War 2?
Choices: Yes; No
Answer: Yes
Category: world
Question: What was the location of the first US Marine amphibious assault?
Choices: St. Simons Island; Parris Island; Ellis Island; New Providence Island
Answer: New Providence Island
Category: world
Question: What is the first line of the US Marine Corps hymn?
Choices: God bless the Marines...; God save the Enemy...; From the halls of Montezuma...; Oh Say can you see...
Answer: From the halls of Montezuma...
Category: world
Question: US Marines fought in the city of Fallujah during Operation Enduring Freedom.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: What type of knot do US Marine officers wear atop their covers?
Choices: Square; Quatrefoil; Bowline; Two half hitches
Answer: Quatrefoil
Category: world
Question: Enlisted US Navy women are only permitted to wear 4mm-6mm gold ball earrings.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: According to US Navy Uniform Rules and Regulations, when a man or woman wears braids, they must be a maximum of 1/4 in. in diameter.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: Sewn-in creases on all military shirts are optional according to US Navy regulations.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: According to US Navy regulations, a females nails should not be more than 1/4 inch past the finger tip.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: US Navy personnel assigned to Marine Corps units are authorized to wear Marine Corps service uniforms.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: The US Navy issued Peacoat is authorized for wear with civilian clothing.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: According to US Navy Uniform Rules and Regulations, while wearing the service, working, and dress uniforms, all bags must be carried on the left shoulder to allow saluting.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: According to US Navy Uniform rules, only one ring per hand is authorized in addition to a wedding or engagement set.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: The maximum number of wireless communication devices authorized for wear while wearing US Navy uniform is two.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: In the US Navy men and women wear the same size rating badge on the blue working jacket.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: Us Navy Airmen and Airmen Apprenctices wear red stripes on the blue and white uniforms.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: This self-governing British overseas territory, located on the Iberian Peninsula, shares a border with Spain to the north.
Choices: Ireland; Gibraltar; Sudan; Florida
Answer: Gibraltar
Category: world
Question: Sudan, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore and Australia were once part of the British Empire.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: The British Antarctic Territory was formed in the 1960s.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: Which of these British territories are located in North America?
Choices: British Virgin Islands and Anguilla; Saint Helena and Montserrat; Niue and Bermuda; Gilbraltar and Isle of Man
Answer: British Virgin Islands and Anguilla
Category: world
Question: Where are the Pitcairn Islands located?
Choices: in the Indian Ocean; in the Atlantic Ocean; in the Pacific Ocean; in the Arctic Ocean
Answer: in the Pacific Ocean
Category: world
Question: What is the capital of Montserrat?
Choices: Plymouth(de jure), Brades(de facto); La Paz; Adamstown; Brazaville
Answer: Plymouth(de jure), Brades(de facto)
Category: world
Question: What is the capital of the group of four volcanic islands, known as the Pitcairn Islands?
Choices: Montserrat; Adamstown; Nuku Alofa; Catalonia
Answer: Adamstown
Category: world
Question: New Mexico used to be a British colony.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: The Cayman Islands are located in the Caribbean Sea.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: Cyprus is a former British colony.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: The state of Vatican City is the smallest sovereign country in the world by which of these indicators?
Choices: Area; Both population and area; Population; Neither of the two
Answer: Both population and area
Category: world
Question: Who is in charge of the Vatican City?
Choices: The Pope; International laws; Italys government; The Roman Catholic Church
Answer: The Pope
Category: world
Question: How is the residence of the Bishtop of Rome, the Prope, referred to?
Choices: None of thee; Holy Palace; Apostolic Palace; Heaven Palace
Answer: Apostolic Palace
Category: world
Question: The name of the Vatican City comes from which of the following?
Choices: None of these; The name of a region; A title in the Roman Catholic Church; The name of a saint
Answer: The name of a region
Category: world
Question: For what period of time are Popes elected to be the head of the Vatican City?
Choices: For a life term; 3 years; 5 years; 2 years
Answer: For a life term
Category: world
Question: The members of the Pontifical Guard, which reside in the Vatican City and serve as personal bodyguards of the Pope, are Catholic male citizens predominantly of this nationality.
Choices: Swiss; German; Italian; French
Answer: Swiss
Category: world
Question: The Vatican City has its own bank â Instituto per le Opere di Releigione or simply the Vatican Bank as it is more popular. This bank is owner of the only ATM in the country which is unique and famous with which of these features?
Choices: Its instructions are in Latin.; It is blessed by the Pope.; It works only on Sunday.; It is a holy ATM.
Answer: Its instructions are in Latin.
Category: world
Question: What is the official language of the Vatican City?
Choices: It has no official language; Latin; French; Italian
Answer: Italian
Category: world
Question: According to Vatican jurisdiction, what happens to a person who loses his/her Vatican citizenship and has no other citizenship?
Choices: Vatican citizenship cannot be lost - it is granted for life; Becomes international citizen; Becomes Italian citizen; Becomes citizen of whatever country he/she decides
Answer: Becomes Italian citizen
Category: world
Question: Which of the following facilities is not present in the Vatican City?
Choices: Internet TLD; Railway; Television centre; Airport
Answer: Airport
Category: world
Question: In what year did Cardiff become the capital city of Wales?
Choices: 1755; 1955; 1855; 1655
Answer: 1955
Category: world
Question: The Welsh football (soccer) team qualified for the World Cup finals in 1958. What were the circumstances of their entry?
Choices: They won a play-off match with Israel who were grouped with various Arab nations - none of whom would play them.; Scotland dropped out due to financial pressures and Wales, being near neighbours, were invited to take their place.; They topped their qualifying group.; All the countries that applied to enter were allowed into the competition.
Answer: They won a play-off match with Israel who were grouped with various Arab nations - none of whom would play them.
Category: world
Question: The castles and town walls of North Wales, built under the orders of Edward I (in the late 13th and early 14th century) to suppress the Welsh, have always been regarded as an impressive sight. However, which of the castles was considered the nearest to perfect in the concentric castle design of the time?
Choices: Flint; Conwy; Rhuddlan; Beaumaris
Answer: Beaumaris
Category: world
Question: Who was the first Prime Minister of the UK to be born in Wales?
Choices: There hasnt been one; David Lloyd George; Lord Melbourne; Neil Kinnock
Answer: There hasnt been one
Category: world
Question: What abbreviation is used for a member of the Welsh Assembly?
Choices: WAM; MSP; AM; MP
Answer: AM
Category: world
Question: The Welsh term hwyl, which means good spirit and enthusiasm, is rather similar to the Irish term craic.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: Under what name is Thomas Woodward better known?
Choices: Edward Woodward; Tom Jones; Tommy Steele; Tommy Dorsey
Answer: Tom Jones
Category: world
Question: In the America Bowl at Wembley stadium in 1987, the Welsh Full Back Paul Thorburn made a guest appearance for which NFL team?
Choices: Green Bay Packers; L. A. Rams; Chicago Bears; Denver Broncos
Answer: L. A. Rams
Category: world
Question: The Welsh are renowned for singing. One of their popular hymns is known in Welsh as Cwm Rhondda. By what name is it more commonly referred to in English?
Choices: The River Song; All Things Bright and Beautiful; Bread of Heaven; When you come home again to Wales
Answer: Bread of Heaven
Category: world
Question: In which South American country is there a small population that speaks only Spanish and Welsh?
Choices: Guyana; Peru; Argentina; Chile
Answer: Argentina
Category: world
Question: Sushi, the icon of Japanese cuisine, is characterized by which of the following?
Choices: Raw fish; Soy based dipping sauces and wasabi; Specially prepared rice; Seaweed wraps
Answer: Specially prepared rice
Category: world
Question: The Japanese call Mount Fuji Fuji-san. San refers to which of the following?
Choices: A suffix adopted from WWII American troops; A reading of the Chinese character that means mountain; The Japanese word for the number three; A term of respect, like the san that follows Japanese names
Answer: A reading of the Chinese character that means mountain
Category: world
Question: Rooms in Japanese houses and apartments are typically measured by which of the following?
Choices: The number of tatami mats in the room; The number of futons that will fit in the room; Square feet; Square meters
Answer: The number of tatami mats in the room
Category: world
Question: The Japanese word baitoh (pronounced BUY-toe) means part time job and is adapted from which language?
Choices: English; French; German; Finnish
Answer: German
Category: world
Question: In America, horror films are often released in October, to cash in on the Halloween season. In Japan, horror films are a staple of which season?
Choices: Spring; Fall; Winter; Summer
Answer: Summer
Category: world
Question: There is no word for no in the Japanese language.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: Japanese weddings are usually small family affairs.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: In America, it is not unusual to find buildings with no thirteenth floor. In Japan, which floor of a hotel might one find missing?
Choices: 17; 25; 4; 9
Answer: 4
Category: world
Question: Before money existed, people obtained goods this way.
Choices: Singing; Trading; Exchanging their children; Working
Answer: Trading
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Question: The first money appeared around 1,200 BC in the form of this.
Choices: Willow twigs; Corn; White pebbles; Oyster shells
Answer: Oyster shells
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Question: This is when the first metal coins appeared.
Choices: 2000 BC; 3000 BC; 4000 BC; 1000 BC
Answer: 1000 BC
Category: world
Question: American Indians used beaded shells as money. They called them this.
Choices: Wampum; Benjamins; Shavaya; Inda
Answer: Wampum
Category: world
Question: The first European metal coins, which resembled modern currency were made of this.
Choices: Brass; Silver; Gold; Copper
Answer: Silver
Category: world
Question: The first bills (banknotes) appeared in this country.
Choices: China; India; Japan; Rome
Answer: China
Category: world
Question: The first banknotes were made of this.
Choices: Oak leaves; Cloth; Leather; Paper
Answer: Leather
Category: world
Question: The first paper bills (banknotes) appeared in this year.
Choices: 1700; 1542; 806; 1420
Answer: 806
Category: world
Question: Paper money were very convenient and much used. This led to their devaluation and they disappeared around this year.
Choices: 1300; 1500; 1400; 1900
Answer: 1400
Category: world
Question: Oyster shells were used as money until this time.
Choices: Until the 12th century; Until 1000 BC; Until the 15th century; Until the middle of the 20th century
Answer: Until the middle of the 20th century
Category: world
Question: This successful Russian submarine, used during World War II, was responsible for the sinking of the German refugee transport Goya in April 1945.
Choices: U-110; U-505; L-3; L-4
Answer: L-3
Category: world
Question: Which of these is not a class of American submarines, used during World War II?
Choices: Balao; Kairyu; Tench; Gato
Answer: Kairyu
Category: world
Question: Operation Deadlight was the code name for the scuttling of U-boats surrendered to the Allies after the defeat of Germany, near the end of World War II. How many U-boats were scuttled?
Choices: 49; 104; 79; 121
Answer: 121
Category: world
Question: In 1942, during World War II, RMS Laconia was sunk by what type of U-boat?
Choices: U-507; U-110; U-156; U-513
Answer: U-156
Category: world
Question: This British submarine, under the command of lieutenant-commander Malcolm David Wanklyn, completed 24 patrols, sinking around 120,000 tons of enemy shipping.
Choices: HMS Odin (N84); HMS Swordfish (61S); HMS Umbra (P35); HMS Upholder (P37)
Answer: HMS Upholder (P37)
Category: world
Question: What is the official state animal of Connecticut?
Choices: The Husky dog; The wild turkey; The Connecticut river coon cat; The sperm whale
Answer: The sperm whale
Category: world
Question: Who established the colony of Connecticut in 1636?
Choices: Thomas Hooker; Adrian Block; Roger Williams; Henry Hudson
Answer: Thomas Hooker
Category: world
Question: Why is Connecticut sometimes referred to as The Nutmeg State?
Choices: Nutmeg grows wild in Southern New England and is the state plant of Connecticut.; New Englanders used to flavor all their cooking with nutmeg.; Yankee peddlers used to sell wooden nutmegs and try to pawn them off as the real thing.; The nutmeg spice was one of Connecticuts major trade commodities.
Answer: Yankee peddlers used to sell wooden nutmegs and try to pawn them off as the real thing.
Category: world
Question: What is the capital city of Connecticut?
Choices: New Haven; Waterbury; Hartford; Bridgeport
Answer: Hartford
Category: world
Question: Foxwoods Resort Casino, famous as the biggest casino in the world, is located in Southeastern Connecticut.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: What is the oldest university in Connecticut?
Choices: Miss Porters School; Trinity; University of Connecticut at Storrs; Yale
Answer: Yale
Category: world
Question: One of the statesmen on the Committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence was the delegate from Connecticut. What was his name?
Choices: Roger Sherman; Seth Thomas; Elihu Burritt; Oliver Wolcott
Answer: Roger Sherman
Category: world
Question: Which of these was one of the early heroes of the American Revolution who was executed by the British?
Choices: William Hart; Jonathan Groton; Charles Morgan; Nathan Hale
Answer: Nathan Hale
Category: world
Question: Mystic Seaport was the center of the whaling industry in Connecticut.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: The Brook Farm area was a settlement of intellectuals on the outskirts of Hartford.  Among its distinguished residents were Harriet Beecher Stowe and this author.
Choices: Mark Twain; Louisa Mae Alcott; Eugene ONeill; Robert Benchley
Answer: Mark Twain
Category: world
Question: What is the state song of Connecticut?
Choices: Connecticut is My Home; Long Live the Glories of  Old Connecticut; Yankee Doodle; Its a Grand Old Flag
Answer: Yankee Doodle
Category: world
Question: Connecticut is the home of the Charter Oak.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: The University of Connecticut won both the mens and womens NCAA basketball championships in the same year.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: When did Time magazine begin selecting Man of the Year?
Choices: 1927; 1937; 1932; 1942
Answer: 1927
Category: world
Question: When was the title Man of the Year changed to Person of the Year?
Choices: 1949; 2002; 1982; 1999
Answer: 1999
Category: world
Question: Who was selected as Time magazines first Man of the Year?
Choices: Charles Lindbergh; Owen D. Young; John F. Kennedy; Haille Selassie
Answer: Charles Lindbergh
Category: world
Question: Who was Time magazines first Man of the Year to be under 26 years old?
Choices: Nelson Mandela; Jeff Bezos; Charles Lindbergh; John F. Kennedy
Answer: Charles Lindbergh
Category: world
Question: Who was the first woman to win Time magazines title Man of the Year?
Choices: Mother Teresa; Bessie Wallis Warfield Spencer Simpson; Queen Elizabeth II; Princess Diana
Answer: Bessie Wallis Warfield Spencer Simpson
Category: world
Question: Who was the first non-American to be granted Time magazines title Man of the Year?
Choices: Winston Churchill; Mahatma Gandhi; Joseph Stalin; Alfred Nobel
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
Category: world
Question: Since the inception of the Man of the Year award through 2007, every sitting US President was chosen Man of the Year.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: Who was the first person to be chosen Man (or Person) of the Year three times?
Choices: Winston Churchill; Lyndon Baines Johnson; Gerald  Ford; Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Answer: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Category: world
Question: He was the first person involved in the automobile industry to win Time magazines title Man (or Person) of the Year.
Choices: Walter Percy Chrysler; Gottlieb Daimler; Otto Benz; Henry  Ford
Answer: Walter Percy Chrysler
Category: world
Question: He was the first European to be selected Man of the Year by Time magazine. He was also the first winner to be executed in his country for treason.
Choices: Hans von  Drucker; Konrad Adenauer; Pierre Laval; Laurence  des Lemaussanne
Answer: Pierre Laval
Category: world
Question: In 1986 this brave woman won Time magazines Man of the Year award. Three years earlier she witnessed the assassination of her husband.
Choices: Benazir Bhutto; Jacqueline Kennedy; Corazon C. Aquino; Indira Gandhi
Answer: Corazon C. Aquino
Category: world
Question: Joseph Stalin was selected as Time magazines Man (or Person) of the Year more than once.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: When he was voted Man of the Year his photograph was not put on the cover of Time magazine.
Choices: Spiro Agnew; Richard Nixon; Adolph Hitler; Neville Chamberlain
Answer: Adolph Hitler
Category: world
Question: Find the correct statement about Dwight David Eisenhower.
Choices: He never won Time magazines Man of the Year award.; He was the first person to win Time magazines Man of the Year award three times.; He won Time magazines Man of the Year award twice as US President.; He won Time magazines Man of the Year award once as President and once before he was President.
Answer: He won Time magazines Man of the Year award once as President and once before he was President.
Category: world
Question: He was the first person chosen for Time magazines Man of the Year award two years in a row.
Choices: Richard M. Nixon; Bill Gates; Vladimir  Putin; Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Answer: Richard M. Nixon
Category: world
Question: This American jurist won Time magazines Man of the Year award in 1973 and was influential in getting rid of the man who won the award in 1971.
Choices: John Sirica; Yuri Andropov; King Faisal; Lech Walesa
Answer: John Sirica
Category: world
Question: In 1968 the Apollo astronauts were chosen for Time magazines Man of the Year award. Who were they ?
Choices: Cernan, Lovell, Young; Schirra, Stafford, Sweigert; Anders, Borman, Lovell; Cunningham, Eisele, Young
Answer: Anders, Borman, Lovell
Category: world
Question: This two-time winner of Time magazines Man of the Year title came up with a plan to rebuild Europe after World War II.
Choices: James F. Byrnes; George Marshall; William Westmoreland; Charles de Gaulle
Answer: George Marshall
Category: world
Question: In 1956 the Freedom Fighters of this country won Time magazines Man of the Year award.
Choices: Algeria; Nepal; Hungary; Czechoslovakia
Answer: Hungary
Category: world
Question: She was the first Queen to win Time magazines title Man of the Year.
Choices: Queen Elizabeth II; Queen Latifah; Queen Margarethe; Queen Naor
Answer: Queen Elizabeth II
Category: world
Question: This man, named Person of the Year by Time magazine in 2001, stood tall after the 9/11 and inspired his city to get  through the terrible attack.
Choices: David Ho; Rudy Giuliani; Adrien Fenty; Peter Uberroth
Answer: Rudy Giuliani
Category: world
Question: Cynthia Cooper, Coleen Rowley, and Sherron Watkins were granted Time magazines Person of the Year award. Under what title did they win?
Choices: The Whistleblowers; The American Nurse; The European Union; The American Woman
Answer: The Whistleblowers
Category: world
Question: The name of which continent is believed to mean dust, cave, and sunny according to various theories on the origin of its name?
Choices: Europe; Asia; Australia; Africa
Answer: Africa
Category: world
Question: Valletta is the capital city of an island country belonging to the territory of this continent.
Choices: Asia; Africa; Europe; South America
Answer: Europe
Category: world
Question: On what continent is the Quechua language spoken by its indigenous peoples?
Choices: Africa; Australia; North America; South America
Answer: South America
Category: world
Question: Victoria Land is a region located on this continent.
Choices: North America; Europe; South America; Antarctica
Answer: Antarctica
Category: world
Question: The Emu, the second-largest bird living on the planet, is indigenous to this continent.
Choices: South America; Asia; Africa; Australia
Answer: Australia
Category: world
Question: What is the largest and most populous continent on the planet?
Choices: North America; Africa; Asia; South America
Answer: Asia
Category: world
Question: Mount McKinley, or Denali, is the highest mountain peak on this continent.
Choices: Europe; Australia; South America; North America
Answer: North America
Category: world
Question: The longest river in the world is located on this continent, which is the second largest on the planet.
Choices: South America; Asia; North America; Africa
Answer: Africa
Category: world
Question: On which two continents are there cities named Darwin?
Choices: North America and Europe; North America and Antarctica; North America and Australia; Europe and Australia
Answer: North America and Australia
Category: world
Question: The dishes Tom yum soup, hummus, chicken tikka and Nasi goreng belong to the cuisine of what continent?
Choices: Africa; Asia; South America; Europe
Answer: Asia
Category: world
Question: Which is the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies?
Choices: Mt. McKinley; Mt. Robson; Mt. Everest; Mt. Logan
Answer: Mt. Robson
Category: world
Question: The name Canada comes from the St. Lawrence Iroquoian word, kanata. What does it mean in English?
Choices: peace; village, settlement; ocean; north
Answer: village, settlement
Category: world
Question: Paul Martin served as President of Canada.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: Which explorer sailed to the mouth of the Mississippi River and claimed it for France?
Choices: Marquette; Cartier; La Salle; Champlain
Answer: La Salle
Category: world
Question: Is Canadas national anthem titled O Canada?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: Yes
Category: world
Question: Who set up the first permanent settlement in North America?
Choices: Cartier; Hudson; Joliet; Champlain
Answer: Champlain
Category: world
Question: This sea captain, who was second-in-command of the English fleet against the Spanish Armada, claimed for the Queen a North American territory called New Albion.
Choices: Champlain; Drake; Magellan; Cartier
Answer: Drake
Category: world
Question: Sir Francis Drakes captained an English galleon called the Golden Phoenix.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: How many provinces does Canada comprise?
Choices: 6; 10; 5; 3
Answer: 10
Category: world
Question: What government agency was Newsweek Magazines CW 2008 referring to when they wrote Asleep at the regulatory switch?
Choices: FBI; SEC; CIA; DOT
Answer: SEC
Category: world
Question: The arrow points up for this lady who, according to Newsweeks CW 2008, has brains, experience and a great work ethic. Who is Barack Obamas choice for U. S. Secretary of State?
Choices: Hillary Clinton; Condoleezza Rice; Madeleine Albright; Nancy Pelosi
Answer: Hillary Clinton
Category: world
Question: Arrow down. Who according to Newsweeks CW 2008 is ill-informed, inarticulate shopaholic that has an ego bigger than Alaska?
Choices: Sarah Palin; Condi Rice; Nancy Pelosi; Tina Fey
Answer: Sarah Palin
Category: world
Question: Which is the longest river flowing through Poland?
Choices: Danube; Odra; Vistula; Dniester
Answer: Vistula
Category: world
Question: Which of the following countries is smaller (in terms of land area) than Poland?
Choices: Finland; Spain; Ukraine; Italy
Answer: Italy
Category: world
Question: Who was the first President of Poland?
Choices: Lech Kaczynski; Jozef Pilsudski; Gabirel Narutowicz; Lech Walesa
Answer: Gabirel Narutowicz
Category: world
Question: Poland was one of the first countries to have a constitution (1791). Which constitution/s was/were passed earlier than the Polish one?
Choices: French; American, French and British; American; American and French
Answer: American
Category: world
Question: Which country does not have a land border with Poland?
Choices: Germany; Lithuania; Latvia; Russia
Answer: Latvia
Category: world
Question: In 1569 Poland united with this country to form a Commonwealth that covered an area of almost one million square kilometers.
Choices: Lithuania; Ukraine; Austria; Russia
Answer: Lithuania
Category: world
Question: When was Poland accepted into the European Union?
Choices: 1995; 2007; 2004; 1989
Answer: 2004
Category: world
Question: Between late XV and XVIII centuries, Polands kings were elected. Theoretically any noble man could become king. On many occasions a foreigner would be chosen. Which European ruling family did not have a member who was elected king of Poland?
Choices: Swedish Vasa; Saxonys Wettin; French Valois; Austrian Habsburgs
Answer: Austrian Habsburgs
Category: world
Question: Which city did not serve as capital of Poland?
Choices: Krakow; Poznan; Warsaw; Gdansk
Answer: Gdansk
Category: world
Question: What are the national colors of Poland?
Choices: white, red and blue; red, black and yellow; blue and yellow; white and red
Answer: white and red
Category: world
Question: Poland has suffered many wars and has been occupied for many years. But Polish troops have been the attacking side as well. Which current European capital has never been occupied by the Polish army?
Choices: Prague; Moscow; Berlin; Budapest
Answer: Budapest
Category: world
Question: What is the lower house of the Polish Parliament called?
Choices: Diet; Sejm; Bundestag; Duma
Answer: Sejm
Category: world
Question: Which city lying on the Missouri River is the capital of North Dakota?
Choices: Pierre; Grand Forks; Fargo; Bismarck
Answer: Bismarck
Category: world
Question: This park lies on the border between Canada and North Dakota. It could be why this border needs no fences.
Choices: Glacier National Park; Teddy Roosevelt National Park; International Peace Gardens; Icelandic National Park
Answer: International Peace Gardens
Category: world
Question: Which U.S. president stated he would have never been president had it not been for his experiences in North Dakota as a cattle rancher?
Choices: Theodore Roosevelt; Lyndon B. Johnson; George W. Bush; Rutherford B. Hayes
Answer: Theodore Roosevelt
Category: world
Question: This U.S. Senator from the 60s and 70s was known as Senator Wheat for his work at getting a higher price for wheat which during that time North Dakota was the leading producer.
Choices: Quentin Burdick; Milton R. Young; Byron Dorgan; Mark Andrews
Answer: Milton R. Young
Category: world
Question: This city and historical park in North Dakota boasts the rarity of having an albino buffalo. At the birth of White Cloud, Native American people from around the country came to view this creature, which is looked on spiritually by Native American Indians.
Choices: Medora; Fargo; Bismarck; Jamestown
Answer: Jamestown
Category: world
Question: The North Dakota State Fair is held in which city each August?
Choices: Fargo; Grand Forks; Minot; Bismarck
Answer: Minot
Category: world
Question: Cleveland Indians 1st baseman/DH, Travis Hafner was born and raised in this North Dakota town.
Choices: Fargo; Carrington; Jamestown; Sykeston
Answer: Sykeston
Category: world
Question: General George Armstrong Custer left Fort Lincoln on the southern edge of this North Dakota town (named after the Native American tribes from that area) on his fateful trip to The Little Bighorn.
Choices: Bismarck; Standing Rock; Mandan; Dickinson
Answer: Mandan
Category: world
Question: This Police Woman was born and raised at Kulm, ND which also was the flax capital of North America!
Choices: Angie Dickinson; Margita Hargitay; Cheryl Ladd; Peggy Lee
Answer: Angie Dickinson
Category: world
Question: The best walleye fishing lake in North America, according to Field and Stream Magazine, is this lake in northeast central North Dakota.
Choices: Lake Audobon; Lake Lida; Lake Metigoshe; Devils Lake
Answer: Devils Lake
Category: world
Question: In 1953, television first came to Alaska. What were the call letters of the first broadcasting television station in Alaska?
Choices: KTVA; KYES; KTUU; KENI
Answer: KENI
Category: world
Question: Which US President signed the Treaty of Purchase between the United States and Russia, which brought about the formal transfer of Alaska from Russia to the US?
Choices: Andrew Johnson; William Taft; Andrew Jackson; Abraham Lincoln
Answer: Andrew Johnson
Category: world
Question: The Alaska state flag was designed by a 13-year-old.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: What was the Darfur region of western Sudan named after?
Choices: A British explorer named William Darfur; A tribe of people called the Fur tribe; The Fur river running through the region; The arabic word darfur meaning stove or furnace
Answer: A tribe of people called the Fur tribe
Category: world
Question: The Darfur crisis in western Sudan began as a result of tribal warfare between two black African tribes, the Fur tribe and the Zaghawa tribe.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: Which United Nations representative was forced to leave Sudan in October, 2006 because of comments made about the Sudanese Army?
Choices: Kofi Annan; Jan Pronk; Angelina Jolie; John R. Bolton
Answer: Jan Pronk
Category: world
Question: There is much speculation as to how many people died as a direct result of the Darfur conflict. What figure do most Non-governmental organizations use when calculating the total number of deaths?
Choices: 150,000; 250,000; 400,000; 50,000
Answer: 400,000
Category: world
Question: In May 2006 the Joint Equality Movement (JEM), one of the main rebel groups in Darfur, signed a peace deal with the Government of Sudan. As a result the rebel group split in two causing the pro-government side and the pro-rebel side to fight against each other.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: What is the name of the volcanic mountainous region in the center of Darfur, Sudan?
Choices: Masai Mara; Matara Marra; Jebel Mara; Salama Marra
Answer: Jebel Mara
Category: world
Question: Most of the black Africans in the Darfur region are Christian, which is another reason why there is conflict between their tribes and the nomadic Arabs.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: When the fighting in Darfur began in 2003, the locals moved into IDP (Internationally Displaced Persons) camps to avoid the fighting and seek aid. According to the registration taken, about how many people received aid in Darfurâs largest camp in from 2003 to 2005?
Choices: 150,000; 35,000; 1,000,000; 60,000
Answer: 150,000
Category: world
Question: If there is a crowd of children in a Darfur camp screaming Kawaja, kawaja! what is there in the center of the crowd?
Choices: A white person; A dog; A water hole; A football/soccerball
Answer: A white person
Category: world
Question: The two buildings of Marina City, one of the first complexes referred to as the city within a city, are often compared to this food item.
Choices: Corn; Bean; Bamboo; Sausage
Answer: Corn
Category: world
Question: This building, designed by Louis H. Sullivan, is one of the most famous early skyscrapers housing a flagship department store. This store appears in Theodore Dreisers novel Sister Carrie. It was named a National Historic Landmark in 1975. Name the store.
Choices: Carson Pirie Scott; Montgomery Ward; Marshall Field  Company Store; Sears
Answer: Carson Pirie Scott
Category: world
Question: Designed by Skidmore, Owings  Merrill LLP, this building consists of 9 bundled square tubes, each 75 feet wide with no columns between the core and the perimeter.
Choices: Water Tower Place; Aon Center; One Magnificent Mile; Sears Tower
Answer: Sears Tower
Category: world
Question: What does Maundy Thursday, also known as Holy Thursday, commemorate?
Choices: The crucifixion of Jesus Christ; Christs death at Calvary; The Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles; The resurrection of Christ
Answer: The Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles
Category: world
Question: What is another name for Golgotha, the site where Jesus was crucified?
Choices: Calvary; Gethsemane; Sinai; Egeria
Answer: Calvary
Category: world
Question: Name the Roman governor of Judaea who, according to the gospels, authorized the Crucifixion of Jesus.
Choices: Herod Agrippa; Lucius Vitellius; Valerius Gratus; Pontius Pilate
Answer: Pontius Pilate
Category: world
Question: What nocturnal omnivorous animal is an Australian alternative to the Easter Bunny?
Choices: Opossum; Bilby; Koala; Kangaroo
Answer: Bilby
Category: world
Question: What Easter television special, released in 1971, was based on the novel The Easter Bunny That Overslept?
Choices: Its the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown; Here Comes Seymour Sassafrass; Here Comes the Mad March Hare; Here Comes Peter Cottontail
Answer: Here Comes Peter Cottontail
Category: world
Question: What jewellery company is famous for designing exquisite jewel-encrusted eggs for the Russian Imperial Court?
Choices: FabergÃ©; Cartier; Boucheron; Tiffany
Answer: FabergÃ©
Category: world
Question: According to a tradition among followers of Eastern Christianity, this disciple of Jesus Christ brought cooked eggs at his tomb and they miraculously turned red.
Choices: Priscilla; Junia; Mary Magdalene; Susanna
Answer: Mary Magdalene
Category: world
Question: What feast celebrated 50 days after Easter Sunday commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Christs disciples?
Choices: Ascension Day; Palm Sunday; Pentecost; Paschal Day
Answer: Pentecost
Category: world
Question: What feast commemorating Jesus triumphal entry into Jerusalem marks the beginning of the Holy Week?
Choices: Maundy Thursday; Palm Sunday; Ash Wednesday; Good Friday
Answer: Palm Sunday
Category: world
Question: Who directed the 2004 movie The Passion of the Christ, which covers the final twelve hours of Jesus life?
Choices: Nicolas Cage; Martin Scorsese; Oliver Stone; Mel Gibson
Answer: Mel Gibson
Category: world
Question: The name of this Iranian grand palace means high gate.
Choices: Nasir al-Din; None of these; Ali Qapu; Gamzigrad
Answer: Ali Qapu
Category: world
Question: Gamzigrad is an ancient Roman complex of palaces located in this European country.
Choices: Bulgaria; France; Austria; Serbia
Answer: Serbia
Category: world
Question: Mustafa Kemal AtatÃ¼rk, the first president of the Republic of Turkey, used this palace as a presidential residence.
Choices: DolmabahÃ§e Palace; The Winter Palace; Gamzigrad; Chehel Sotoun
Answer: DolmabahÃ§e Palace
Category: world
Question: The name of this Palace means âForty Columnsâ in Persian.
Choices: DolmabahÃ§e Palace; None of these; Sanssouci; Chehel Sotoun
Answer: Chehel Sotoun
Category: world
Question: The Potala Palace was a chief residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th Dalai Lama fled to India.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: What palace is known as the official residence of the President of Brazil?
Choices: The Winter Palace; Potala Palace; Palacio da Alvorada; Palacio do Planalto
Answer: Palacio da Alvorada
Category: world
Question: The space between windows in the facade of the Stroganov Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia features a mans profile.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: The Imperial harem of Topkapi Palace in Istanbul contained more than 400 rooms.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: The Winter Palace, the official residence of Russian Tsars, is located in this Russian city.
Choices: Saint Petersburg; Smolensk; None of these; Moscow
Answer: Saint Petersburg
Category: world
Question: Sanssouci, the former summer palace of Frederick the Great, was built in this style.
Choices: Baroque; None of these; Rococo; Surrealism
Answer: Rococo