zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: Lyon (or Lyons) is the capital of which French departement?
Answer: Rhone
Question: What relation was Napoleon III of France to Napoleon I of France?
Answer: Nephew
Question: What is the piece of turf called which is cut out of the ground by a golf club striking a ball?
Answer: Divot
Question: Caravane, Paneer and Mondseer are all types of what?
Answer: Cheese
Question: Which John Steinbeck novel is based on the Biblical story of Cain and Abel?
Answer: East of Eden
Question: Published in 1687, who wrote ‘Philosophae Naturalis Principa Mathematica’?
Answer: Isaac Newton
Question: Who was the first Prime Minister of Australia?
Answer: Edmund Barton
Question: Hedonophobia is the irrational fear of ‘what’ that should be good for people?
Answer: Pleasure
Question: In humans, the deficiency of which vitamin causes pellagra?
Answer: B3
Question: Sila and Majella are national parks in which European country?
Answer: Italy
Question: In the Harry Potter series of books, what is the name of Harry’s pet owl?
Answer: Hedwig
Question: What is the name of the highly toxic protein obtained from the pressed seeds of the castor oil plant?
Answer: Ricin
Question: ‘Down and Out in Paris and London’ was written by which British author?
Answer: George Orwell
Question: Who assassinated US President Abraham Lincoln in 1865?
Answer: John Wilkes Booth
Question: The President of which African country resigned in February 2011 after widespread protests calling for his departure?
Answer: Egypt
Question: Which actress won the 2011 Best Actress Oscar for her role in the film ‘Black Swan’?
Answer: Natalie Portman
Question: On 11th March 2011 a 9.1 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the east of which country?
Answer: Japan
Question: On January 1st 2011, which country became the 17th Eurozone country, when it adopted the Euro as its currency?
Answer: Estonia
Question: What type of animal is a Lhasa Apso?
Answer: Dog
Question: School Master Thomas Gradgrind is a character in which Charles Dickens novel?
Answer: Hard Times
Question: Which 1945 film was adapted from Noel Coward’s play ‘Still Life’?
Answer: Brief Encounter
Question: Grace Anna Goodhue was the wife of which US President?
Answer: Calvin Coolidge
Question: In which year did play first take place on the middle Sunday at Wimbledon?
Answer: 1991
Question: ‘Fidelio’ is the only opera written by which composer?
Answer: Beethoven
Question: Actor Charles Buchinsky was better known by what name?
Answer: Charles Bronson
Question: The annual Latitude Music Festival takes place in which English county?
Answer: Suffolk
Question: The Ptolemies were ancient rulers of which country?
Answer: Egypt
Question: Which US state is known as the ‘Hawkeye State’?
Answer: Iowa
Question: Which opera did Guiseppe Verdi supposedly compose for the opening of the Suez Canal?
Answer: Aida
Question: Cilantro is the leaf of which herb?
Answer: Coriander
Question: The islands of Bass and Pelee lie in which of North America’s Great Lakes?
Answer: Lake Erie
Question: Irish actress Mrs Dorothea Jordan was the mistress of which British monarch?
Answer: William IV
Question: During which year was Mary, Queen of Scots, executed?
Answer: 1587
Question: Which writer invented the fictional detective C. Auguste Dupin?
Answer: Edgar Allan Poe
Question: What is the name of Earl’s band in the US tv series ‘My Name Is Earl’?
Answer: Van Hickey
Question: Who directed the 2002 film ‘Minority Report’, which is set primarily in the year 2054?
Answer: Steven Spielberg
Question: What is the first bird mentioned in the Bible?
Answer: Raven
Question: English monarch King John, who died in 1216, was the youngest son of which king?
Answer: Henry II
Question: In which country was the ancient city of Ecbatana?
Answer: Iran
Question: Columbus Day is celebrated in Chile during which month of the year?
Answer: October
Question: Robert Timothy French created which type of condiment, which debuted at the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904?
Answer: Mustard
Question: In Greek mythology, musician and poet Arion was kidnapped by pirates and saved by which creatures?
Answer: Dolphins
Question: Which US actor’s film company founded the Sundance Film Festival?
Answer: Robert Redford
Question: Who was the last English monarch to enter the House of Commons?
Answer: Charles I
Question: Who was the first presenter of UK tv’s ‘National Lottery Live’ on 19th November 1994?
Answer: Noel Edmonds
Question: In May 1938, which South American country withdrew from the League of Nations?
Answer: Chile
Question: Who created the comic strip ‘Blondie’, published in newspapers since 1930?
Answer: Chic Young
Question: How many Wimbledon singles titles did US tennis player Billie Jean King win?
Answer: 6
Question: How many wives did actor and film director Charlie Chaplin have?
Answer: 4
Question: Pteridology is the study of which type of plants?
Answer: Ferns
Question: According to the Bible, what was the name of Noah’s second son?
Answer: Ham
Question: In June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austria-Hungary throne, was assassinated in which Bosnian province?
Answer: Sarajevo
Question: A piculet is which type of creature?
Answer: Bird
Question: Army Day, the memorial day for the foundation of the People’s Liberation Army, is celebrated in China during which month of the year?
Answer: August
Question: Which English monarch was killed at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485?
Answer: Richard III
Question: Gallipoli is in which European country?
Answer: Turkey
Question: Blenheim Palace is in which English county?
Answer: Oxfordshire
Question: In Greek mythology, Boreas, Eurus, Notus and Zephryus were all what?
Answer: Winds
Question: Vladimir Kramnik became World Champion in November 2000 in which game?
Answer: Chess
Question: German army officer Erwin Rommel was known by what nickname?
Answer: Desert Fox
Question: ‘Papaver’ is the Latin name for which flower?
Answer: Poppy
Question: What was the first name of Russian monk Rasputin, who befriended Nicholas II and his family?
Answer: Grigori
Question: In the game ‘Mortal Kombat’, what phrase is heard when Scorpion uses his spear?
Answer: ‘Get over here’
Question: Jumpman’s goal is to save the Lady from the giant ape in which 1981 arcade game?
Answer: Donkey Kong
Question: The Covenant are fictional military alien races in which game series?
Answer: Halo
Question: Ascham, Clout and Limbs are all terms used in which sport?
Answer: Archery
Question: In the Bible, what are the names of the two cities destroyed by God for their sins?
Answer: Sodom and Gomorrah
Question: What is the name of the sharp-toothed wheel inserted into the end of a spur?
Answer: Rowel
Question: Who did actress Marilyn Monroe marry in January 1954?
Answer: Joe DiMaggio
Question: Reggie, Jughead, Betty and Veronica were members of which fictional band?
Answer: The Archies
Question: What is the name of the light porous form of solidified lava used a skin abrasive?
Answer: Pumice
Question: Sadie Hawkins Day, usually celebrated in the US on 29th February, is named after a character in which Al Capp comic strip?
Answer: Li’l Abner
Question: Which word represents the letter ‘E’ in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet?
Answer: Echo
Question: Daisy, Rose and Violet are fictional sisters in which UK tv comedy series?
Answer: Keeping Up Appearances
Question: On January 1st of which year did Spain stop using the peseta as its national currency?
Answer: 2000
Question: South Africa is divided into how many provinces?
Answer: Nine
Question: Which US Vice President had a pet Cocker Spaniel called Checkers?
Answer: Richard Nixon
Question: What was the first name of Paddy Maguire’s wife in the UK tv series ‘Shameless’?
Answer: Mimi
Question: Which animal is the symbol of the Rastafari religion?
Answer: Lion
Question: Who is considered to be the founder of the modern method of freezing food?
Answer: Clarence Birdseye
Question: Which men’s sport was transferred permanently from the Summer Olympics to the Winter Olympic Games from 1924?
Answer: Ice hockey
Question: In 1930, Australian cricketer Don Bradman scored a world record how many runs in 415 minutes at Sydney Cricket Ground?
Answer: 452
Question: The two small pieces of dark meat at the back of poultry near the thigh are commonly known by what name?
Answer: Oysters
Question: Which British Prime Minister declared ‘Peace in our time’ in September 1938?
Answer: Neville Chamberlain
Question: Which female swimmer won six Olympic Gold Medals for East Germany in 1988?
Answer: Kristin Otto
Question: The Davis Cup is a challenge trophy contested by men in which sport?
Answer: Tennis
Question: The Russian seaport Novorossiysk lies on which body of water?
Answer: Black Sea
Question: Who was the last member of The Beatles to marry?
Answer: Paul McCartney
Question: Who played Lorry Jones/Laura Lorraine in the 1944 musical film ‘Pin Up Girl’?
Answer: Betty Grable
Question: Former Spice Girl Melanie Chisholm dueted with which Canadian singer-songwriter on the 1998 single ‘When You’re Gone’?
Answer: Bryan Adams
Question: In 1889 which American inventor devised the first flexible transparent film suitable for motion pictures?
Answer: George Eastman
Question: In humans, emesis is more commonly known as what?
Answer: Vomiting
Question: Who was the first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa?
Answer: Louis Botha
Question: Ergasiomania is the obsessive need to do what?
Answer: Work
Question: In Greek mythology, who was the beautiful youth loved by Aphrodite?
Answer: Adonis
Question: The Cerrado is a tropical savanna ecoregion in which South American country?
Answer: Brazil
Question: An antipyretic drug reduces what in humans?
Answer: Fever
Question: The Bank of England was established during the reign of which British monarch?
Answer: William III
Question: Which fraternal organisation has a square and compasses, with or without a letter ‘G’, as its logo?
Answer: Freemasons
Question: How many hoops are in a game of association croquet?
Answer: Six
Question: ‘Mehefin’ is Welsh for which month of the year?
Answer: June
Question: What type of creature is a quelea?
Answer: Bird
Question: In humans, hirsutism is an overabundance of what?
Answer: Hair
Question: Which metal is obtained from the ore cinnabar?
Answer: Mercury
Question: Who was the first British reigning monarch to visit Australia?
Answer: Queen Elizabeth II
Question: In cookery, what is the mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour called, used in making sauces?
Answer: Roux
Question: Decompression Sickness in SCUBA divers is more commonly known by what name?
Answer: The bends
Question: What is the name of the perpetual murder victim in the English version of ‘Cleudo’?
Answer: Dr Black
Question: What is the name of the British board game which has Treasure Island in the centre of the board, upon which is placed realistic looking treasure, such as diamonds, rubies and pearls?
Answer: Buccaneer
Question: A sallet, part of Medieval armour, was worn on which part of the body?
Answer: Head
Question: In horse racing, during which month is the Cheltenham Cup run?
Answer: March
Question: In 1907, which ill-fated liner of the Cunard Line made its maiden voyage?
Answer: RMS Lusitania
Question: The drug ‘Reyataz’ is used for treating which medical condition?
Answer: HIV
Question: According to the Bible, Ham was the second son of who?
Answer: Noah
Question: In Greek mythology, who unwittingly became the wife of her son Oedipus, and hanged herself when the relationship was discovered?
Answer: Jocasta
Question: The 1999 film ’10 Things I Hate About You’ is based on which Shakespeare play?
Answer: Taming of the Shrew
Question: Which American comedian always ended his CBS variety show with the phrase ‘Say goodnight, Gracie’?
Answer: George Burns
Question: In religion, which King is referred to as the ‘Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah’?
Answer: Haile Selassie I
Question: Who wrote ‘The Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’?
Answer: Douglas Adams
Question: What were the first names of dramatist, poet and literary critic T.S.Eliot?
Answer: Thomas Stearns
Question: Eveline Hanska was married to which French novelist?
Answer: Honore de Balzac
Question: Prince Lev Nikolaevich Myshkin was created by which author?
Answer: Fydor Dostoyevsky
Question: What is golfer Tiger Woods first name?
Answer: Eldrick
Question: Who became quizmaster of the BBC’s ‘University Challenge’ in 1994?
Answer: Jeremy Paxman
Question: What is the name of the girlfriend of cartoon character Donald Duck?
Answer: Daisy Duck
Question: Which religious reformer and theologian appeared before the ‘Diet of Worms’ in Germany in 1521?
Answer: Martin Luther
Question: In Greek mythology, sisters Stheno, Euryale and Medusa were the three what?
Answer: Gorgons
Question: Rhythm and Blues musician and vocalist Ellas Otha Bates was better known by what name?
Answer: Bo Diddley
Question: Who plays Malcolm Tucker in the BBC comedy series ‘The Thick Of It’, which satirises the British modern government?
Answer: Peter Capaldi
Question: Which heavyweight boxing champion retired in April 1956 without losing a professional boxing match?
Answer: Rocky Marciano
Question: First developed by John Salk, the vaccine for which childhood illness was first tested in 1952?
Answer: Poliomyelitis
Question: What was the name of the 42 year old African-American who became famous for refusing to give her seat up to a white bus passenger in Alabama in 1955?
Answer: Rosa Parks
Question: In which US state did the first Disney theme park open in 1955?
Answer: California
Question: Which US actor, who appeared in the film ‘East of Eden’, died in a car accident in 1955?
Answer: James Dean
Question: Who played Dorothy Zbornak in the US tv show ‘The Golden Girls’?
Answer: Bea Arthur
Question: What is the name of the small town in Australia which is famous for outlaw Ned Kelly’s Last Stand?
Answer: Glenrowan
Question: Who was the father of English monarch Queen Mary I?
Answer: Henry VIII
Question: In medicine, glomerulonephritis affects which part of the body?
Answer: Kidneys
Question: In entertainment, which Marx Brothers real name was Leonard?
Answer: Chico
Question: What is fictional Inspector Maigret’s first name?
Answer: Jules
Question: ‘A thing of beauty is a joy forever’ is the first line of ‘Endymion’ by which poet?
Answer: John Keats
Question: In the novel ‘The Lord of the Rings’ by Tolkein, what is the name of the horse given to Gandalf by King Theoden?
Answer: Shadowfax
Question: In January 1986 who did George Younger succeed as British Secretary of State for Defence?
Answer: Michael Heseltine
Question: An Aswang, or Asuwang, is a mythical vampire-like creature in the folklore of which Asian country?
Answer: Philippines
Question: Actress Betty Joan Perske is better known by what name?
Answer: Lauren Bacall
Question: In which 1984 film did Johnny Depp make his debut film appearance?
Answer: A Nightmare On Elm Street
Question: Who played the title roles in the 1941 film ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’?
Answer: Spencer Tracy
Question: Which UK-based film company, founded in 1934, was best known for producing horror films between the mid 1950’s until the 1970’s?
Answer: Hammer Film Productions
Question: Which US musician launched ‘Mansinthe’, his own brand of Absinthe in 2007?
Answer: Marilyn Manson
Question: Austria is divided into how many states?
Answer: Nine
Question: Which chemical element is also know as ‘Inflammable Air’?
Answer: Hydrogen
Question: In cookery, ‘agneau’ is French for which meat?
Answer: Lamb
Question: Jafar, Abu and Iago are all characters in which Disney film?
Answer: Aladdin
Question: What is the name given to a word or sentence which reads the same forwards and backwards?
Answer: Palindrome
Question: In which country was actress Audrey Hepburn born?
Answer: Belguim
Question: What is the name of the traditional Japanese hand-concealed weapon, often in the form of a star with projecting blades or points?
Answer: Shuriken
Question: Which English poet wrote ‘The Prisoner of Chillon’?
Answer: Lord Byron
Question: Which American philosopher built a hut near Walden pond, Concord in 1845, and lived there as a hermit for a few years?
Answer: Henry David Thoreau
Question: The 17th Century explorer Robert Cavelier (or Robert de la Salle) canoed down which American river and claimed the entire river basin for France?
Answer: Mississippi River
Question: Pumba is what type of animal in the film ‘The Lion King’?
Answer: Warthog
Question: In the Harry Potter series of books what are the names of Molly Weasley’s brothers who were killed by Death Eaters in the First Wizarding War?
Answer: Gideon and Fabian Prewett
Question: What is the title of the third Harry Potter book?
Answer: The Prisoner of Azkaban
Question: In the Harry Potter series of books what is the name of the Charms Master at Hogwarts School?
Answer: Filius Flitwick
Question: How many ‘Books’ make up the Old Testament of the Bible?
Answer: 39
Question: In the 1990 film ‘White Hunter, Black Heart’, Clint Eastwood’s character is based on which film director?
Answer: John Huston
Question: Which US businessman funded the Standard Oil Company?
Answer: John D Rockefeller
Question: Who did actor Jack May play in the BBC radio series ‘The Archers’?
Answer: Nelson Gabriel
Question: What was British Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s first name?
Answer: James
Question: Acute Coryza is a medical term for which common complaint?
Answer: A cold
Question: How many players are on the field in a team during a game of Canadian Box Lacrosse?
Answer: Six
Question: Fictional character Cruella De Vil is associated with which breed of dog?
Answer: Dalmation
Question: Which fictional doctor lives in Puddleby-on-the-Marsh?
Answer: Dr Doolittle
Question: In sport, what is the informal name of the box or bench to which offending players be sent as a penalty during a game?
Answer: Sin bin
Question: What is the last book of the Old Testament of The Bible?
Answer: Malachi
Question: A polliwog (or pollywog) is an old English word for which creature?
Answer: Tadpole
Question: In card games, a prial is a set of how many cards of the same value?
Answer: Three
Question: Which actor was singer Madonna’s first husband?
Answer: Sean Penn
Question: The length of the Olympic marathon was extended for which British monarch, so that the competitors finished in front of where the monarch was seated?
Answer: King Edward VII
Question: In 1960, who became the first Sub-Saharan African to win an Olympic Gold Medal?
Answer: Abebe Bikila
Question: On which Greek island did Jacqueline Kennedy marry shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis in October 1968?
Answer: Skorpios
Question: Which human sub-species was named after a valley near Dusseldorf in Germany, where they were known to have lived?
Answer: Neanderthals
Question: Which scientist was appointed as Chemical Assistant at the Royal Institution by Humphrey Davy in March 1813?
Answer: Michael Faraday
Question: In the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, what is the name of Mr Rochester’s housekeeper?
Answer: Mrs Fairfax
Question: Which country won the FIFA Award for Most Entertaining Team at the 2006 World Cup?
Answer: Portugal
Question: What does the Latin phrase ‘Ad libitum’ translate to in English?
Answer: At one’s pleasure
Question: US actress Courtney Cox became famous after appearing in the 1984 video of which US singer/songwriter?
Answer: Bruce Springstein
Question: What were the first names of British politician Rab Butler?
Answer: Richard Austen
Question: Which tennis player beat Andre Agassi in the Men’s Wimbledon Singles Finals in three straight sets in 1999?
Answer: Pete Sampras
Question: The ‘Great Bells of Bow’ church were used to time the executions at which London prison?
Answer: Newgate
Question: Slovenia was once part of which former European country?
Answer: Yugoslavia
Question: In the UK, during which year were women first allowed to vote in a General Election?
Answer: 1918
Question: A ‘Scissor Hold’ is used in which sport?
Answer: Wrestling
Question: English singer Sandie Shaw married which fashion designer in March 1968?
Answer: Jeff Banks
Question: The Carnation Revolution took place in which European country in the 1970’s?
Answer: Portugal
Question: Which American actress was born Ruth Elizabeth Davis?
Answer: Bette Davis
Question: Which chemical element is also known as Hydrargyrum?
Answer: Mercury
Question: According to the Bible, who was King Solomon’s father?
Answer: King David
Question: By what name was Mongol leader Temujin better known?
Answer: Genghis Khan
Question: Originating in France, what is the name of the small ball of choux pastry, usually filled with cream and often covered with chocolate?
Answer: Profiterole
Question: The disused Vajont (or Vaiont) Dam is in which European country?
Answer: Italy
Question: A Shavian is an admirer of which dramatist and his work?
Answer: George Bernard Shaw
Question: In Sumo wrestling, a handful of what is thrown into the ring before combat?
Answer: Salt
Question: Which scientist discovered the radioactive element Radium in 1898?
Answer: Marie Curie
Question: Anglophobia is the fear of which country and its people?
Answer: England
Question: Lady Jane Grey, known as the ‘Nine Day Queen’, was executed during the reign of which English monarch?
Answer: Mary I
Question: Which US entertainer had a twin brother named Jesse Garon, who died at birth?
Answer: Elvis Presley
Question: Mike Costin and Keith Duckworth founded which British-based engineering company in 1958?
Answer: Cosworth
Question: How many years make up a vicennial period?
Answer: 20
Question: What is the name of the pub at Topsham near Exeter to which Queen Elizabeth made her first official pub visit, in 1998?
Answer: The Bridge Inn
Question: Which Victorian author lived at number 14 Great Russell Street, London?
Answer: Charles Dickens
Question: According to the Bible, which of Jacob’s sons was sold into slavery by his jealous brothers?
Answer: Joseph
Question: Sandra, Gerry, Jack and Brian are all characters in which UK television fictional crime series?
Answer: New Tricks
Question: Sarafina, Banzai and Shenzi are all characters in which Disney series of films?
Answer: The Lion King
Question: The character Miss Froy goes missing on a train in which 1938 Hitchcock film?
Answer: The Lady Vanishes
Question: In Greek mythology, who fell in love with and appeared in the form of a white bull to Europa and carried her off to Crete?
Answer: Zeus
Question: Xylography is the art of engraving on which natural substance?
Answer: Wood
Question: A Poorwill is what type of creature?
Answer: Bird
Question: The country of Sri Lanka was formerly known by what name?
Answer: Ceylon
Question: Arthur Balfour was British Prime Minister during the reign of which monarch?
Answer: Edward VII
Question: Theravada and Mahayana are the main branches of which religion?
Answer: Buddhism
Question: What is the US state capital of Maryland?
Answer: Annapolis
Question: In UK pre-decimal coinage, how many farthings were in one penny?
Answer: Four
Question: Who was Britain’s last Liberal Prime Minister?
Answer: David Lloyd George
Question: Which animal is known as the Ship of the Desert?
Answer: Camel
Question: What was the name of the supertanker that ran aground between Land’s End and the Scilly Isles in March 1967?
Answer: Torrey Canyon
Question: In 1964, murderers Gwynne Owen Evans and Peter Anthony Allen were the last people to be hanged in which UK country?
Answer: England
Question: What is the name of the temple on the Athenian Acropolis?
Answer: The Parthenon
Question: Who wrote the ‘Discworld’ Series of books?
Answer: Terry Pratchett
Question: In Greek mythology what is the drink of the gods?
Answer: Nectar
Question: Which post in the UK did Rowan Williams take up in February 2003?
Answer: Archbishop of Canterbury
Question: Persephone is the Greek goddess of which season?
Answer: Spring
Question: British actor Henry Cavill has been chosen to play which superhero in a film due to be released in 2013?
Answer: Superman
Question: A grunion is what type of creature?
Answer: Fish
Question: Who did Ringo Starr replace as the Beatles drummer in August 1962?
Answer: Pete Best
Question: According to the Bible, Jesus was at a wedding in Cana when he turned water into what?
Answer: Wine
Question: In London, the Lord Mayor’s Show takes place on the second Saturday of which month?
Answer: November