zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: Which Italian vehicle takes its name from the Italian for wasp?
Answer: VESPA
Question: The name for which Victorian invention is derived from the Latin for 'Darkened Chamber'?
Answer: CAMERA OBSCURA
Question: Which actor's creations include Nice-but-dim Tim and Loadsamoney?
Answer: HARRY ENFIELD
Question: Who composed the march-like tune 'St Gertrude' used for the hymn 'Onward Christian Soldiers' ?
Answer: (Arthur) SULLIVAN
Question: What is an immature dragonfly known as?
Answer: NYMPH
Question: Which band member is organising this year's Diamond Jubilee concert at Buckingham Palace?
Answer: GARY BARLOW
Question: What was the fifth classical element after earth, fire, water and air?
Answer: AETHER
Question: What was on the banned 'B' side of Jasper Carrot's 1975 hit record Funky Moped?
Answer: MAGIC ROUNDABOUT
Question: Who composed the music of the opera Moses and Aaron ?
Answer: SCHOENBERG
Question: Who wrote the music of the opera The Love of Three Oranges ?
Answer: PROKOFIEV
Question: 'The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq and Willem Van Ruytenburch' is the proper title of which Rembrandt painting?
Answer: THE NIGHTWATCH
Question: The Uffizi and the Bargello are among the museums of art in which European city?
Answer: FLORENCE
Question: In which Yorkshire town or city was the Rugby League founded in 1895?
Answer: HUDDERSFIELD
Question: In which city of South America would you find the neighbourhood of Ipanema?
Answer: RIO DE JANEIRO
Question: What is the more common name for the Moorland shrub known as ling?
Answer: HEATHER
Question: Which New Zealand-born scientist is credited with being the first to 'split the atom'?
Answer: (Ernest) RUTHERFORD
Question: Which American model's ten year old daughter has made her own modelling debut recently for Young Versace?
Answer: CINDY CRAWFORD
Question: What's another popular name for the wood anemone?
Answer: WINDFLOWER
Question: Which insect is the host of the parasitic organism that causes sleeping sickness?
Answer: TSETSE FLY
Question: What is the name of the eastern part of the Sahara Desert, lying between the Nile and the Red Sea in north-eastern Sudan?
Answer: NUBIAN DESERT
Question: Which Dr Who actor starred with Ken Stott in the 1994 BBC Scotland drama 'Takin' Over the Asylum ?
Answer: DAVID TENNANT
Question: The Central Criminal Court in London, also known as the Old Bailey stands on the site of which prison that closed in 1902?
Answer: NEWGATE
Question: Which popular stage show, now showing in the West End of London is based on the story of the group Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons?
Answer: JERSEY BOYS
Question: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first two men to walk on the moon in 1969, but which fellow American became the third man to achieve this feat on November 19th 1969 along with fellow astronaut Alan Bean in the Apollo 12 mission?
Answer: CHARLES CONRAD
Question: Which French city, the capital of the Core D'Or department is famous for its mustard?
Answer: DIJON
Question: The Okapi is most closely related to which other African mammal?
Answer: GIRAFFE
Question: The arboreal primate known as the Lemur is native to which island country?
Answer: MADAGASCAR
Question: September 29th is a Quarter Day in the legal calendar when, traditionally, rents were due and magistrates were chosen; what is the name applied to this day?
Answer: MICHAELMAS
Question: Which theatre was Abraham Lincoln attending when he was asassinated?
Answer: FORD
Question: Who succeeded David Tennant in the role of TV's 'Doctor Who'?
Answer: MATT SMITH
Question: What is the official residence of the Lord Mayor of London?
Answer: MANSION HOUSE
Question: What common pub name comes from the symbol associated with king Richard II ?
Answer: THE WHITE HART
Question: Who wrote the play Arms and the Man?
Answer: GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
Question: Which South African golf player is known as 'The Big Easy'?
Answer: ERNIE ELS
Question: The football chant "who ate all the pies?" is usually sung to the tune of which music hall ditty?
Answer: KNEES UP MOTHER BROWN
Question: Clarissa Churchill was the second wife of which British Prime Minister?
Answer: ANTHONY EDEN
Question: What was the name of Captain Pugwash's faithful cabin boy in the BBC TV cartoon?
Answer: TOM
Question: Which fashion designer brought out the 'New Look' in 1947?
Answer: CHRISTIAN DIOR
Question: Which scupture, when unveiled in 1994, was nicknamed 'The Gateshead Flasher' by locals?
Answer: THE ANGEL OF THE NORTH
Question: Which American entertainer's signature tune was 'Ain't Misbehavin'?
Answer: FATS WALLER
Question: Which former Welsh boxing championwas known as 'The ghost with the hammer in his hand'?
Answer: JIMMY WILDE
Question: Which seven letter word is the medical word used for the shoulder blade?
Answer: SCAPULA
Question: Which eleven letter word is used to describe the study of weather?
Answer: METEOROLOGY
Question: Who was the captain of the English Cricket Team during the controversial Bodyline series of 1932 and 1933?
Answer: DOUGLAS JARDINE
Question: In which southern British city can you find St James' Park Railway Station?
Answer: EXETER
Question: Which actor played the roll of Fletcher Christian in the 1962 film "Mutiny on the Bounty"?
Answer: MARLON BRANDO
Question: Which famous politician is married to Yvette Cooper and has three children, two boys and a girl?
Answer: ED BALLS
Question: Which town in West Yorkshire takes it's name from the Latin for "Broken Bridge"?
Answer: PONTEFRACT
Question: What do Americans call what we British call a car bumper?
Answer: FENDER
Question: The Oval Portrait in 1842, The Masque of the Red Death in 1842 and The Murders in the Rue Morgue in 1841, were all works by which famous American author and poet?
Answer: EDGAR ALLAN POE
Question: Who sang the theme song to the 1966 film 'Georgy Girl'?
Answer: THE SEEKERS
Question: Which jockey rode Red Alligator to victory in the 1968 Grand National?
Answer: BRIAN FLETCHER
Question: Which ex-politician who lived from 1910 to 2002 had the nickname 'The Baroness of Blackburn'?
Answer: BARBARA CASTLE
Question: Which chemical element, listed as number 28 in the periodic table takes its name from a Swedish word meaning copper-coloured ore?
Answer: NICKEL
Question: Give any year in the life of St Francis of Assisi.
Answer: 1181 - 1226
Question: Which brand of bread was advertised with the slogan 'Bread with nowt taken out'?
Answer: ALLINSON'S
Question: Which disease is also known as Pertussis?
Answer: WHOOPING COUGH
Question: Which disease is also known as Variola?
Answer: SMALL POX
Question: Khartoum is the capital of which country?
Answer: SUDAN
Question: What type of fruit or vegetable is a Howgate Wonder?
Answer: APPLE
Question: The A12 road connects London to which coastal resort in Norfolk?
Answer: GREAT YARMOUTH
Question: Which author created the crime solving character Lord Peter Wimsey?
Answer: DOROTHY L. SAYERS
Question: The song "Mighty Quinn" was a number 1 hit for "Manfred Mann" in 1968. Which successful recording artist wrote this song?
Answer: BOB DYLAN
Question: In the chemical Periodic Table how many chemical elements are included in the group reffered to as the Noble Gases?
Answer: 6
Question: Graphology is the study of what?
Answer: HANDWRITING
Question: Who joined Roy Jenkins, Bill Rogers and Shirley Williams as the Social Democrats "Gang of Four"?
Answer: DAVID OWEN
Question: In "Les Miserables", what is the name of the little orphan girl adopted by the hero Jean Valjean ?
Answer: COSETTE
Question: The controversial book "The Naked Ape" appeared in 1967. Who was the author ?
Answer: DESMOND MORRIS
Question: Which famous western movie ends with the line :- "The old man was right- only the farmers won. We lost. We will always lose " ?
Answer: THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
Question: The highly acclaimed stage comedy "Noises Off" was written by which playwright ?
Answer: MICHAEL FRAYN
Question: What is the S.I. Unit of radioactivity ?
Answer: BECQUEREL
Question: Horse racing - Welsh trainer Rebecca Curtis trained which horse to come third in the 2013 Grand National ?
Answer: TEAFORTHREE
Question: Rugby union - for which club team do England internationals Stevens, Farrell and Vunipola play ?
Answer: SARACENS
Question: James Stewart played the character Elwood P. Dowd in which classic 1950 film ?
Answer: HARVEY
Question: What surname is shared by a member of the cabinet and of the shadow cabinet ?
Answer: ALEXANDER
Question: Geology - what word is used to describe rocks formed from volcanoes or from magma within the earth's crust ?
Answer: IGNEOUS
Question: Which British male athlete won an olympic gold medal in London 2012, at age 24 winning the Triathlon event ?
Answer: ALISTAIR BROWNLEE
Question: In which Dickens novel would you find the characters :- Esther Summerson, Allan Woodcourt, and Harold Skimpole ?
Answer: BLEAK HOUSE
Question: Which Rogers and Hart musical was based on Shaespeare's Comedy of Errors?
Answer: THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE
Question: Which name links a Yorkshire power station with a Bond villain?
Answer: DRAX
Question: What insect acts as the transmitting agent in the spread of the infectious disease "Bubonic Plague"?
Answer: FLEA
Question: Who was the British Prime Minister during the War of American Independence? He was blamed for the inept policy and military failures leading to the loss of the American colonies?
Answer: LORD NORTH
Question: Football - former Italian star Paulo de Canio became manager of which football club in 2011 ?
Answer: SWINDON
Question: One of the most successful children's TV shows of all time was The Magic Roundabout. Which French animator created the show?
Answer: SERGE DANOT
Question: The pop group "Simply Red" had over 20 hit records in the top twenty. What was their only Number One?
Answer: FAIRGROUND
Question: John Newcombe was one half of a famous tennis pairing who were Wimbledon Doubles Champions three times. Who was his partner ?
Answer: TONY ROCHE
Question: Golf - Which Australian golfer won the 1960 British Open, beating Arnold Palmer into second place ?
Answer: KEL NAGLE
Question: Who painted "Girl reading a letter" ?
Answer: Jan VERMEER
Question: The species name Picea as in Picea Abies and Picea Sitchensis has the common English name for which tree ?
Answer: SPRUCE
Question: The "Electraglide" is a famous motor-cycle model, produced by which company ?
Answer: HARLEY DAVIDSON
Question: The capital of Uganda is Kampala. What was its former capital ?
Answer: ENTEBBE
Question: What is the name of Sherlock Holmes's housekeeper ?
Answer: MRS HUDSON
Question: In which country is Fiordland National park, established in 1952 and one of the largest in the world ?
Answer: NEW ZEALAND
Question: Which singer won the BRIT award for "Best British single record" in the years 1999, 2000 and 2001 ?
Answer: ROBBIE WILLIAMS
Question: What undersea rail tunnel, 33.5 miles long is the longest operational underground railway tunnel in the world ? It was completed in 1988 and connects the islands of Honshu and Hokkaido in Japan.
Answer: SEIKAN Tunnel
Question: What type of foodstuff is a MOREL ?
Answer: MUSHROOM
Question: Which American pop group, who did not reach the number 1 spot in the U.K., had their most successful number 1 hit in America with "Livin' on a Prayer" in 1986 ?
Answer: BON JOVI
Question: In a John Betjeman poem, what lady was... "burnished by the Aldershot sun" ?
Answer: JOAN HUNTER DUNN
Question: Geography - which "Strait" in the North Atlantic lies between Greenland and Iceland ?
Answer: DENMARK STRAIT
Question: What was the Roman name for Wales ?
Answer: CAMBRIA
Question: The Co-operative acquired which building society in 2009 ?
Answer: THE BRITANNIA
Question: Which Roman poet's famous work is known simply as "SATIRES" ?
Answer: JUVENAL
Question: Who wrote tyhe Barchester novels ?
Answer: ANTHONY TROLLOPE
Question: On this day in 1968, the first two decimal coins were introduced in the UK. Name either of them.
Answer: 5p and 10p
Question: Born on this day in 1775, what was the first name of the painter JMW Turner?
Answer: JOSEPH
Question: What was the surname of the German chemist who, in 1867, established the chemical works in Cefn Mawr, which later became part of Monsanto and then Flexsys ?
Answer: (Robert) GRAESSER
Question: Which ground in West London is shared by Harlequins (rugby union) and London Broncos (rugby league) ?
Answer: (Twickenham) STOOP
Question: Ljubljana is the capital of which European country ?
Answer: SLOVENIA
Question: Which letter from the Greekalphabet is the symbol of the most penetrating type of radiation containing no particles ?
Answer: GAMMA
Question: In the Radio quiz Just a Minute, contestants must talk for a minute without repetition, hesitation and .. what else ?
Answer: DEVIATION
Question: In pre decimal coinage how many farthings were in a Half Crown?
Answer: 120
Question: Which English King was married to Elizabeth Woodville from 1464 to 1483?
Answer: EDWARD IV
Question: Which English town is the home of te comic-strip character, Andy Capp?
Answer: HARTLEPOOL
Question: By what name is the TV character Colt Seavers more famously known?
Answer: THE FALL GUY
Question: Reggae superstar Bob Marley died in which year?
Answer: 1981
Question: Which metaphysical poet famously wrote 'No man is an island'?
Answer: JOHN DONNE
Question: In 1983, Lady Donaldson was the first woman to be elected as what?
Answer: LORD MAYOR OF LONDON
Question: Which iconic U.S. detective agency used the motto 'We Never Sleep'?
Answer: PINKERTONS
Question: What is the name of the Nazi musical featured in the film The Producers?
Answer: SPRINGTIME FOR HITLER
Question: The Simpsons cartoon series was originally part of who's TV show ?
Answer: TRACY ULLMAN
Question: What is a Californian Buckeye ?
Answer: A TREE
Question: Which coffee chain opened its first branch in Seattle in 1971 ?
Answer: STARBUCKS
Question: For how long does Rip Van Winkle sleep in Washington Irving's story ?
Answer: 20 YEARS
Question: In 2012 , who became the first woman writer to win the Booker Prize for the second time ?
Answer: HILARY MANTEL
Question: Which composer married Clara Wieck ?
Answer: (Robert) SCHUMANN
Question: Which city in Russia is the world's largest north of the Arctic Circle ?
Answer: MURMANSK
Question: Which Roman emperor is said to have made his horse Incitatus a senator ?
Answer: CALIGULA
Question: What island lies immediately to the south of Martinique in the Caribbean ?
Answer: SAINT LUCIA
Question: In Roman myth , what type of animal suckled Romulus and Remus ?
Answer: WOLF
Question: What name for a self-propelled airship or balloon comes from the French ' to steer ' ?
Answer: DIRIGIBLE
Question: In which street in the City of London did the Great Fire of London break out in 1666 ?
Answer: PUDDING LANE
Question: What was the name of the King's horse that caused the death of suffragette Emily Davison at the Epsom Derby in 1913 ?
Answer: ANMER
Question: The Cavendish Laboratory houses the Physics Department of which major British university ?
Answer: CAMBRIDGE
Question: What is the chief ingredient of the drink Mead ?
Answer: HONEY
Question: What was the surname of the French brothers who invented the hot - air balloon in the 18'th century ?
Answer: MONTGOLFIER
Question: Who is credited with the authorship of the book known as the Acts of the Apostles in the Bible ?
Answer: (St) LUKE
Question: What was the name of the ' white horse ' who famously helped to keep the crowds in order at the first Wembley F.A. Cup Final in 1923 ?
Answer: BILLIE
Question: Who was the First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 ?
Answer: ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
Question: Which Mediterranean herb is also known as wild marjoram ?
Answer: OREGANO
Question: What word is given to the thin leather straps used in falconry to tether the bird ?
Answer: JESSES
Question: Which Monty Python film features the exploding Mr Creosote ?
Answer: THE MEANING OF LIFE
Question: Which composer , when just 17, wrote the Overture A Midsummer Night's Dream ?
Answer: MENDELSSOHN
Question: The novel Notre Dame de Paris, by Victor Hugo, is better known by what title in the English-speaking world ?
Answer: THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
Question: Who, for a time, was the wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta ?
Answer: HELEN
Question: In which century was the mausoleum known as the Taj Mahal built ?
Answer: 17th
Question: In what academic discipline does Queen guitarist Brian May hold a PhD from Imperial College , London ?
Answer: ASTROPHYSICS
Question: BBC TV science presenter Brian Cox played keyboards with which nineties band ?
Answer: D-REAM
Question: An "event horizon" is the defining feature of which astronomical phenonmenon ?
Answer: BLACK HOLE
Question: The Old Kent Road in London follows the line of which Roman road ?
Answer: WATLING STREET
Question: On a menu, what does ' Au Poivre ' mean ?
Answer: WITH PEPPER
Question: How many different fences are jumped in the Aintree Grand National ?
Answer: SIXTEEN
Question: Name the last film in which Sean Connery played the role of James Bond.
Answer: NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN
Question: Who painted ' The Surrender at Breda ' and ' Las Meninas ' ?
Answer: VELASQUEZ
Question: Who painted ' Supper at Emmaus ' and ' The Anatomy Lesson ' ?
Answer: REMBRANDT
Question: Which film, released in 1969 and starring Dustin Hoffman is unique in the fact that it was the first X-rated film ever to win best picture Oscar ?
Answer: MIDNIGHT COWBOY
Question: Usually causing face pain and most common in children aged 2 - 12, whic disease has the alternative name 'Epidemic Parotitus' ?
Answer: MUMPS
Question: Which year saw the birth of the sextuplets 'The Waltons'?
Answer: 1983
Question: Alma Reville who died in 1982 was the wife and collaborator of which famous British character who was knighted in 1980 ?
Answer: ALFRED HITCHCOCK
Question: Ridden by jockey Pat Taffe, which horse won the 1970 Grand National at odds of 15 / 1 ?
Answer: GAY TRIP
Question: Which town in Malta contains the replica of a World War II bomb in the roof of its local dome ?
Answer: MOSTA
Question: Which brand of beer was advertised on TV with the slogan 'The pint that thinksit's a quart' ?
Answer: WHITBREAD TROPHY BITTER
Question: What is the more common eight letter name of the common human condition known as Seborrheic Dermatitus ?
Answer: DANDRUFF
Question: What is the morecommon three word name of the human condition that is known as Spastic Colon ?
Answer: IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME
Question: Which American tennis player won his only Wimbledon Singles title in 1975 ?
Answer: ARTHUR ASHE
Question: In which month of 1941 did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbour ?
Answer: DECEMBER
Question: In which month of 1945 did the USA drop the atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki ?
Answer: AUGUST
Question: Which popular card game takes its name from the Spanish for 'Basket' ?
Answer: CANASTA
Question: The 1956 film "Lust for Life", starring Kirk Douglas, centred on the life of who ?
Answer: VINCENT VAN GOGH
Question: Which famous Manhattan attraction has been iconified as 'The Crossroads of the World' ?
Answer: TIMES SQUARE
Question: Which of the Carry On films was set in an establishment called Paradise ?
Answer: CAMPING
Question: Raila Odinga, aged 68, is the current Prime Minister of which country ?
Answer: KENYA
Question: What six letter word is used to describe a fish's tail fin located at the end of its body and used for propulsion ?
Answer: CAUDAL
Question: In which film of 1958 did Janet Leigh play a character named Morganna ?
Answer: THE VIKINGS
Question: Which famous crime duo were killed on May 23rd 1934 on a rural road in Bienville Parish, Louisiana?
Answer: BONNIE AND CLYDE
Question: Which male singer reached number one in the UK charts in February 1977 with a record entitled When I Need You?
Answer: LEO SAYER
Question: Which British multinational drinks restaurant chain, established in 1971, is adertised by featuring three beans inside a circle?
Answer: COSTA COFFEE
Question: Which American author wrote the 1985 book The Cider House Rules?
Answer: John IRVING
Question: With Michael Landon and Karen Grassle as the mother and father, what was the surname of the main family in the TV series Litle House on the Prairie?
Answer: INGALL
Question: Gary Lightbody is the lead vocalist of which pop band formed in 1994 ?
Answer: SNOW PATROL
Question: What eight letter word do Americans use to describe what we British call a pavement?
Answer: SIDEWALK
Question: Which actor played the part of Wayne the father in the 1989 film Honey I Shrunk the Kids?
Answer: RICK MORANIS
Question: Which year of the 20th century saw the British General Strike?
Answer: 1926
Question: Which actor played the role of killer Max Cady in the 1991 film Cape Fear?
Answer: ROBERT DE NIRO
Question: What is the name of the editor of BBC's Newsnight who recently resigned following a Panorama probe into the Jimmy Saville affair?
Answer: Peter RIPPON
Question: What is the much more common name of the British Royal named Baroness Marie Christine Anna Hedwig Ida Von Reibbitz?
Answer: PRINCESS MICHAEL OF KENT
Question: As in the film TORA TORA TORA which five letter word does the Japanes word Tora mean in English?
Answer: TIGER
Question: Living from 1911 to 1995, what is the more famous name of american born Virginia Katherine McMath?
Answer: GINGER ROGERS
Question: Three British towns were awarded city status in 2012. Perth and Chelmsford were two, which was the other one?
Answer: ST ASAPH
Question: Which British town was awarded city status in 1969 so affecting the name of its football league team?
Answer: SWANSEA
Question: In which building were the Proms held before World War II?
Answer: QUEEN'S HALL
Question: Which British opera venue was used as a dance hall during World War II?
Answer: COVENT GARDEN
Question: What was the original name of the 'London Times' newspaper?
Answer: DAILY UNIVERSAL REGISTER
Question: Who was lead singer with late-Sixties rock group The Doors ?
Answer: JIM MORRISON
Question: Which model married both George Harrison and Eric Clapton ?
Answer: PATTY BOYD
Question: Oak Apple Day , commemorating the restoration of the monarchy to England in 1660 , is on which date ?
Answer: 29th MAY
Question: What was the name of the submarine in the novel ' 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea ' by Jules Verne ?
Answer: NAUTILUS
Question: Which musical instrument was patented in Hawaii in 1917 ?
Answer: UKELELE
Question: Which Wagner opera features the Good Friday music ?
Answer: PARSIFAL
Question: What was the name of the U.S. Space station , launched into Earth orbit in May 1973 ?
Answer: SKYLAB
Question: In 2012 , which town became the first in Essex to be granted city status ?
Answer: CHELMSFORD
Question: Scamper is a dog in which series of Enid Blyton stories ?
Answer: SECRET SEVEN
Question: Which type of pastry canape's name literally means ' flight in the wind ' ?
Answer: VOL-AU-VENT
Question: What name did the Beckhams give to their fourth child and first daughter ?
Answer: HARPER SEVEN
Question: Which singer duetted with Joe Cocker on their 1982 smash hit record ' Up Where We Belong ' ?
Answer: JENNIFER WARNES
Question: Rudyard Kipling was the cousin of which British Prime Minister ?
Answer: STANLEY BALDWIN
Question: Which was the first horse to complete the Cheltenham Gold Cup-Grand National double in the same season ?
Answer: GOLDEN MILLER
Question: Who is the mother of the actor Toby Stephens ?
Answer: (Dame) MAGGIE SMITH
Question: Who wrote the music of the oratorios The Creation and The Seasons ?
Answer: HAYDN
Question: Two of the planets in our Solar system don't have moons: Venus - and which other ?
Answer: MERCURY
Question: Which peace treaty ended the Russo-Japanes war?
Answer: PORTSMOUTH
Question: What was Lester Piggott's last Derby winner?
Answer: TEENOSO
Question: What name is given to the fur of the Coypu?
Answer: NUTRIA
Question: What is the German name for the Danube?
Answer: DONAU
Question: Which family holds the hereditary right to the office of Earl Marshal of England?
Answer: HOWARD FAMILY
Question: Name the only bachelor President of the U.S.A.
Answer: JAMES BUCHANAN
Question: What name is given to a number system with base sixteen?
Answer: HEXADECIMAL
Question: The Prairie Dog is a member of which family of rodents?
Answer: SQUIRREL