zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: What plastic drawing toy, produced by Hasbro, Inc, puts pen to paper to produce complex curves known mathematically as hypotrochoids and epitrochoids?
Answer: Spirograph
Question: Name the 1966 movie from its' IMDB summary: "A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery."
Answer: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Question: What is the name of the crew member who steers the boat in competitive rowing?
Answer: Coxswain
Question: May 27, 1949 saw the death of Robert Ripley, who made his fame by publishing what newspaper series?
Answer: Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Question: According to the legend, in which city did the Pied Piper lure all the children away?
Answer: Hamelin
Question: What is the name of the stick used by a conductor to control an orchestra?
Answer: Baton
Question: What area of the Yukon Territory experienced the gold rush of 1897?
Answer: Klondike
Question: How many laps does it take to take to complete the Indianapolis 500
Answer: 200
Question: What is the traditional victory beverage guzzled in the Winner's Circle of the Indianapolis 500?
Answer: Milk
Question: Waylon Smithers is the personal assistant to what well known fictional character?
Answer: C. Montgomery Burns
Question: Won by Ray Harroun at the amazing speed of 74.602mph, the first Indianapolis 500 race was held in what year?
Answer: 1911
Question: How many dice are used in the games of Yahtzee?
Answer: 5
Question: Chum, pink, and Chinook are all types of what?
Answer: Salmon
Question: With a June, 1938 cover date, Action Comics #1 introduced what iconic character created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster?
Answer: Superman
Question: Last week saw the end of the line for the Oprah Winfrey Show, after how many years on the air?
Answer: 25
Question: What name is given to the process where machines are used to artificially simulate the function of the kidneys?
Answer: Dialysis
Question: DC Comics recently announced that what long running comic character, introduced in 1940, is gay?
Answer: The Green Lantern
Question: Who’s missing: Ray Combs, Louie Anderson, Richard Karn, John O’Hurley, Steve Harvey
Answer: Richard Dawson
Question: On June 5, 1968, noted asshat Sirhan Sirhan killed what presidential candidate in the kitchen of The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles?
Answer: Robert F Kennedy
Question: June 7, 1866 saw the death of Chief Seattle, after whom some city somewhere is probably named. What tribe was he the chief of?
Answer: Duwamish
Question: Considered the father of the US Navy, what Revolutionary War hero is famous for his "I have not yet begun to fight!" quote?
Answer: John Paul Jones
Question: For a point each, name the state(s) bordering Maine
Answer: New Hampshire
Question: What former U.S. president, and Nobel Peace Prize winner, is known for his staunch support of Habitat for Humanity?
Answer: Jimmy Carter
Question: Not that OJ did it, but who was murdered along side Nicole Brown Simpson on June 12, 1994?
Answer: Ronald Goldman
Question: A current member of the staff at Stanford, who became the first American woman in space on June 18, 1983?
Answer: Sally Ride
Question: Sunday saw a class that included Julio Cesar Chavez, Joe Cortez, and Sylvester Stallone inducted into what Hall of Fame?
Answer: Boxing
Question: June 16 is a day to celebrate the life of Irish writer James Joyce and to relieve the events in which of his novels?
Answer: Ulysses
Question: Used primarily for stability, where on a fish, whale, dolphin, or porpoise, do you find the dorsal fin?
Answer: Back
Question: Popular among California surfers, what is the name of the style of station wagon in which the rear portion of the car's bodywork is made of wood?
Answer: Woodie
Question: Grammy award-winning musician Yo-Yo Ma is famous for his virtuosity on what instrument?
Answer: Cello
Question: Also known as mother's ruin, which alcoholic drink is distilled from juniper berries?
Answer: Gin
Question: A member of the horseradish family, wasabi is made from which part of the wasabi plant? Roots, Leaves, or Stems?
Answer: Roots
Question: What is the current name for the stadium formerly known as Qwest Field, home of the Sounders and the Seahawks?
Answer: CenturyLink Field
Question: The liqueur Frangelico and the spread Nutella get their distinctive flavor from what?
Answer: Hazelnut
Question: Which food of the Gods is said to bestow immortality?
Answer: Ambrosia
Question: What is the name of the largest gem quality diamond in the world, at 3,106.75 carats (rough), discovered on June 26, 1905?
Answer: Cullinan Diamond
Question: June 7 saw the 63rd annual ceremony for what award given to recognize achievement in live American theatre?
Answer: Tony Award
Question: Which space probe, launched in 1977, is set to reach the edge of the known solar system and be the first man made object to experience interstellar space?
Answer: Voyager 1
Question: What can be an invertebrate animal, a screw-like gear, or a piece of malicious software?
Answer: Worm
Question: Native mostly to Mexico, what is the name of the blue cactus used to make Tequila?
Answer: Agave
Question: Ambrosia, Pippin, Gravenstein, and McIntosh are all types of what?
Answer: Apples
Question: 28th June, 1914, saw the assassination of Austrian Archduke, Franz Ferdinand, the triggering event of World War 1. In which European city were the Archduke and his wife, did the assassination take place?
Answer: Sarajevo
Question: Born on July 28, 1866 in London, what author is behind books such as The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, and The Tale of Peter Rabbit?
Answer: Beatrix Potter
Question: The highest ranking hand in straight poker, what name is commonly given to a run of 5 cards, all of the same suit, that rank from Ace to 10?
Answer: Royal Flush
Question: Negev, Atacama, and Namib are all types off what?
Answer: Deserts
Question: Making possible the understanding of Egyptian hieroglyphs, what was discovered outside an Egyptian village by a French soldier on July 15, 1799?
Answer: The Rosetta Stone
Question: Burgess Meredith and Danny Devito have both played which Batman character?
Answer: The Penguin
Question: Cesar Romero and Jack Nicholson have both played which Batman character?
Answer: The Joker
Question: If you are eating salted, unfertilized sturgeon roe, what are you eating?
Answer: Caviar
Question: Obtained from the ore cinnabar, vermilion is a shade of what color?
Answer: Red
Question: Which part of the human body does impetigo affect?
Answer: The skin
Question: Who won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for her only novel, Gone with the Wind, which was subsequent made into a somewhat popular movie?
Answer: Margaret Mitchell.
Question: What amusement park, the second most visited park in the world in 2010, was first opened on July 17, 1955?
Answer: Disneyland
Question: In the Tour de France, the overall leader wears the yellow jersey, the king of the mountain wears the red and white polka dot. What color does the sprint leader wear?
Answer: Green
Question: On July 21, 1873, Jesse James and the James-Younger gang pulled off the first successful what of the American West, in Adair Iowa?
Answer: Train robbery
Question: Michele Obama is the current First Lady of the United States.  If John McCain had won, what would the first lady’s name be?
Answer: Cindy
Question: What is the large pack of bike riders in a race such as the Tour de France called?
Answer: Peloton
Question: What animal is also known as the ship of the desert?
Answer: The camel
Question: Which Rocky Top state was the first Southern state to be readmitted to the Union following the end of the civil war?
Answer: Tennessee
Question: Benjamin Bunny, Mr. Jeremy Fisher, Jemima Puddle-Duck and Squirrel Nutkin were all characters created by what famed children's writer, born July 28, 1866?
Answer: Beatrix Potter
Question: What does a mahout keep or ride?
Answer: An elephant
Question: Hypnos and Somnus were, respectively, the Greek and Roman gods of what?
Answer: Sleep
Question: What war was ended by the Treaty of Panmunjom on July 27, 1953?
Answer: The Korean War
Question: In honey bees, the Queen and workers are all female. What name is given to the males?
Answer: Drones
Question: What former first lady, following a family intervention for her alcohol consumption problem, founded an addiction clinic in Rancho Mirage, Ca in 1982?
Answer: Betty Ford
Question: What unit of measure was once defined as the length of three grains of barley laid end to end?
Answer: The inch
Question: What hormone are Type I diabetics deficient in?
Answer: Insulin
Question: Which cartoon character was introduced on July 27, 1940 in the short "A Wild Hare"?
Answer: Bugs Bunny
Question: July 30, 1956 saw the adoption of what phrase as the official motto of the United States?
Answer: In God We Trust
Question: Malt, wine, rice, and distilled are all types of what?
Answer: Vinegar
Question: Anchored by the star Regulus, what animal does the constellation Leo represent?
Answer: Lion
Question: Tomorrow marks the birthday of our Commander in Chief, Barack Obama. How old will he be?
Answer: 50
Question: What city does Spiderman spend his spare time protecting?
Answer: New York City
Question: What company advertises "We bring good things to life."?
Answer: General Electric
Question: Public Law 62-5, which was passed on August 8, 1911 set the membership of the House of Representatives to what number?
Answer: 435
Question: In which U.S. state is Grand Teton National Park located?
Answer: Wyoming
Question: What product is made at a gristmill?
Answer: Flour
Question: Who was the mythical Greek king of Thebes who killed his father so he could marry his mother?
Answer: Oedipus
Question: What Latin phrase, which translates as "by the fact itself", is taken to mean that a certain phenomenon is a direct consequence, a resultant effect, of the action in question?
Answer: Ipso facto
Question: You dial 911 for emergency services and 411 for information (now taken over by 555-1212). What is the FCC mandated call before you dig number?
Answer: 811
Question: Which of the seven is the smallest (in area) continent?
Answer: Australia
Question: What is the name of the fault line that runs for about 800 miles in California?
Answer: San Andreas Fault
Question: Which now defunct company operated the luxury liner Titanic?
Answer: White Star
Question: What official NFL injury report term means that a player has a 50% chance of playing?
Answer: Questionable
Question: With a history stretching back thousands of years, the age old art of trimming bushes and shrubs into ornamental shapes is called what?
Answer: Topiary
Question: According to the proverb, it's no use crying over what?
Answer: Spilt Milk
Question: Introduced in the episode The Cage, who was the original captain of the USS Enterprise in the Star Trek world?
Answer: Christopher Pike
Question: Sauerkraut, translated from the German as "sour herb", is made from what vegetable?
Answer: Cabbage
Question: Born in Weehawken, N.J. on August 19, 1947, who is the current music director of the Seattle Symphony?
Answer: Gerard Schwarz
Question: What part of a kola tree is used to flavor soft drinks?
Answer: Nut
Question: Ratified on the 18th of August, 1920, the 19th amendment to the US constitution states: The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of what?
Answer: Sex
Question: Shamu, caught in 1965, was what type of animal?
Answer: Orca
Question: Which state grows more oranges and grapefruits than any other state in the U.S.?
Answer: Florida
Question: August 28, 1898 saw the introduction of what popular soft drink, originally called Brad's Drink, named after it's inventor, New Bern, NC pharmacist Caleb Bradham?
Answer: Pepsi-Cola
Question: Which side makes the first move in a game of chess?
Answer: White
Question: The longest floating bridge in the world, the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge is officially named after what former Washington governor?
Answer: Albert D. Rosellini
Question: Genoa, Jib, and Spinnaker are all types of what?
Answer: Sails
Question: Before being surpassed by Michael Phelps, which American swimmer held the records for most gold medals won during a single Olympics when he won 7 (all world records) in 1972?
Answer: Mark Spitz
Question: In golf, what is the opposite of a slice (a shot that curves toward the side of the swing)?
Answer: A hook
Question: Sept 10, 1963 saw the birth of what former Mariner, and Geico pitch man, known as The Big Unit?
Answer: Randy Johnson
Question: In poker, what is the name of a behavioral tick that gives away a players hand?
Answer: A tell
Question: With over 6 million sold, the Roomba is an autonomous what?
Answer: Vacuum cleaner
Question: What Latin phrase, which translates as "unknown land", is used in cartography to denote regions that have not been mapped or documented?
Answer: Terra Incognita
Question: What is the name for the large canvas, or more recently plastic, tent under which a circus performs?
Answer: Big Top
Question: What battleship was sunk in harbor of Havana, Cuba to start the Spanish-American War in 1898?
Answer: The U.S.S. Maine
Question: According to Andy Warhol, in the future, how long will everyone be famous for?
Answer: 15 minutes
Question: Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo. In which country is Waterloo?
Answer: Belgium
Question: September 17, 1859, saw Joshua Norton declare himself Norton 1st, Emperor of what?
Answer: United States
Question: Each star on the US flag has how many points?
Answer: 5
Question: What civil war battle, the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, took place near Sharpsburg, MD on Sept 17, 1862?
Answer: Battle of Antietam
Question: If you were a parrothead, of what musician would you be a fan of?
Answer: Jimmy Buffet
Question: September 20, 1973, saw the famous Battle of the Sexes tennis match when former world #1 tennis player Bobby Riggs dropped his match against what female tennis star?
Answer: Billie Jean King
Question: Who was the president for all but the last 6 months of the Korean war?
Answer: Harry S Truman
Question: What Southern staple, a savory bread product often served as a side dish in seafood restaurants, is made from cornbread batter that is deep fried in small ball shapes?
Answer: Hushpuppy
Question: A hero to the Swiss, William Tell shot what from the head of his son in a feat of crossbow marksmanship?
Answer: An apple
Question: September 27, 1821 saw Mexico gain its independence from what European country?
Answer: Spain
Question: A feature of the thyroid cartilage, what is the common name of the laryngeal prominence?
Answer: Adams Apple
Question: According to Greek legend, what was the only thing left in the box after Pandora released all the evils of mankind?
Answer: Hope
Question: Which red-headed orphan was adopted by Daddy Warbucks?
Answer: Annie
Question: At the start of a game of checkers, each player starts with how many pieces?
Answer: 12
Question: Finish this line from a popular kids song: There was a farmer had a dog, and ____ was his name-o!
Answer: Bingo
Question: Feta cheese is made primarily from the milk of what animal?
Answer: Sheep
Question: Disc, drum, and air are all types of what?
Answer: Brakes
Question: According to Greek mythology, the great weaver Arachne was turned into what by the goddess Athena, as punishment for her hubris?
Answer: Spider
Question: Cinder Cone, composite, and shield are all types of what?
Answer: Volcanoes
Question: Kimchi, a fermented dish usually based on cabbage, radishes, green onions, or cucumber, is a staple of what country's food?
Answer: Korea
Question: Combining equal parts of yellow and blue produce what color?
Answer: Green
Question: The catchphrase of what Toy Story character was “To Infinity and Beyond”?
Answer: Buzz Lightyear
Question: "Om nom nom nom" is one of the favorite phrases of which Sesame Street character, known for his voracious appetite?
Answer: Cookie Monster
Question: Describing a verb used as a noun, a gerund must end in what letters?
Answer: ING
Question: October 26th, 1881, was the famous shootout at the OK Corral. In what Arizona town was it located?
Answer: Tombstone, Az
Question: The Treehouse of Horror episodes are the Halloween specials of what long-running TV series?
Answer: The Simpsons
Question: A mere 2,134 feet shorter than Mt. Rainier, what is the second tallest peak in Washington?
Answer: Mt Adams
Question: On Oct 28, 1886, the rotund one himself, Grover Cleveland, officially dedicated what US Landmark?
Answer: The Statue of Liberty
Question: What's missing: The Gathering Storm, The Grand Alliance, The Hinge of Fate, Closing the Ring, Triumph and Tragedy
Answer: Their Finest Hour
Question: What cocktail consists of 5 parts Rye Whiskey, 2 parts Sweet Red Vermouth, a dash of Angostura Bitters, and garnished with a Maraschino Cherry?
Answer: Manhattan
Question: What is the only chess piece that can jump over other pieces?
Answer: Knight
Question: The fifth planet in the solar system, which planet is the largest?
Answer: Jupiter
Question: With the album cover being a parody of the Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1998s The Yellow Album is the second album of original songs from what long running TV series?
Answer: The Simpsons
Question: Beefsteak, plum, cherry, and grape are all types of what?
Answer: Tomatoes
Question: In anatomy, what is the flap of elastic cartilage that prevents food from going down the wrong tube?
Answer: Epiglottis
Question: Friday is Veterans Day, first proclaimed as a way to honor those US citizens who participated in what war?
Answer: World War I
Question: What animated film character said “I’m not bad, I’m just drawn that way”?
Answer: Jessica Rabbit
Question: What 1985 album, by the British rock group Dire Straits, was the first to sell a million copies in CD format?
Answer: Brothers in Arms
Question: What is the name of the video game that is home to Ralph in the Disney movie Wreck-it Ralph?
Answer: Fix-It Felix, Jr
Question: What is the name for sugar containing between 3.5% and 6.5% molasses?
Answer: Brown Sugar
Question: In a traditional suit of armor, where on the body was a greave worn?
Answer: Leg
Question: Appointed by G. W. Bush in 2005, who is the current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
Answer: John Roberts
Question: Which cereal grain tails only corn and wheat in worldwide production?
Answer: Rice
Question: FIFA is an international organization governing what sport?
Answer: Soccer
Question: What is the more common name for toxicodendron radicans, a poisonous vine known for its production of urushiol (oo-roo-shee-awl), a substance that causes an itching rash in most people who touch it?
Answer: Poison Ivy
Question: Originally started in 1956 by Pauline Phillips, what advice column is now written by her daughter, Jeanne Phillips?
Answer: Dear Abby
Question: Father and son Baby Doc Duvalier and Papa Doc Duvalier spent 30 years as leaders of which country?
Answer: Haiti
Question: Broadcast on live TV, what Dallas nightclub owner shot and killed total asshat Lee Harvey Oswald?
Answer: Jack Ruby
Question: What bow-tie wearing TV host and comedian, who got his start on Almost Live!, is known as the Science Guy?
Answer: Bill Nye
Question: In what US city did seamstress Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat on a bus to a white man, thereby getting arrested and starting a year long bus boycott?
Answer: Montgomery, AL
Question: What is the name of the whaling ship that is the focus of the classic Moby Dick?
Answer: Pequod
Question: Taught to children, what are the 3 recommended steps one takes when one spontaneously catches on fire?
Answer: Stop, drop, and roll
Question: Former Representative from the 5th district, Rahm Emanuel was born on Nov 29, 1959. What government position does he hold?
Answer: White House Chief of Staff
Question: What New Orleans Jazz Legend was commonly known as Satchmo, short for Satchelmouth?
Answer: Louis Armstrong
Question: There are no member countries of the United Nations that begin with the letter x or what other letter?
Answer: W
Question: Poseidon, the god of the sea in Greek mythology, was known by what name in Roman mythology?
Answer: Neptune
Question: Originally titled Your Radio Playhouse, what long running PBS radio series is hosted by Ira Glass?
Answer: This American Life
Question: Keith Moon, Ginger Baker, Charlie Watts, Buddy Rich, Phil Collins and Karen Carpenter are all what type of musician?
Answer: Drummers
Question: The male is a cob, the female a pen, & the young a cygnet: which bird are we talking about?
Answer: Swans
Question: Who memorialized a battle of the Crimean War in his 1854 poem The Charge of the Light Brigade?
Answer: Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Question: Dec 13, 1953 saw the birth of Ben Bernanke, Harvard grad with a PhD from MIT. What governmental position does he hold?
Answer: Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve
Question: Who was the first American to win a Nobel prize?
Answer: Teddy Roosevelt
Question: What is the name of the King of Halloween Town who tries to take over Christmas in the Disney movie The Nightmare Before Christmas?
Answer: Jack Skellington
Question: In the O. Henry story “The Gift of the Magi”, what did Della sell to buy a chain for her husband’s prized pocket watch?
Answer: Her hair
Question: December 20, 1860 saw which state secede from the Union, the first of 11?
Answer: South Carolina
Question: According to the song The Twelve Days of Christmas, what is given on the seventh day and what are they doing?
Answer: Seven swans a-swimming
Question: According to the Bart Simpsons TV ad, Nobody better lay a finger on my what??
Answer: Butterfinger
Question: At which university did Joseph Goebbels become a doctor of philosophy?
Answer: Heidelberg
Question: Which prince is Queen Elizabeth II's youngest son?
Answer: Edward
Question: Who was the only Spice Girl not to have a middle name?
Answer: Posh Spice
Question: What star sign is Michael Caine?
Answer: Pisces
Question: Banting and Best pioneered the use of what?
Answer: Insulin
Question: In which city were Rotary Clubs set up in 1905?
Answer: Chicago
Question: Which George invented the Kodak roll-film camera?
Answer: Eastman
Question: Who along with Philips developed the CD in the late 70s?
Answer: Sony
Question: In the 90s how many points have been awarded for finishing second in a Grand Prix?
Answer: 6
Question: In which decade was Arnold Schwarzenegger born?
Answer: 1950s
Question: Which Oscar-winning actress was born on exactly the same day as actress Lindsay Wagner?
Answer: Meryl Streep
Question: Which oil scandal hit the US in 1924?
Answer: Teapot Dome Scandal
Question: Which ship was sunk by a German submarine in 1915 with a loss of 1400 lives including 128 Americans?
Answer: Lusitania
Question: In what decade were video recorders first developed?
Answer: 50s
Question: What was CBS TV news broadcaster Walter Cronkite's stock closing phrase?
Answer: And that's the way it is
Question: Which element along with polonium did the Curies discover?
Answer: Radium
Question: Where did Idi Amin rule from 1971-1979?
Answer: Uganda
Question: From which European country did Angola achieve independence in 1975?
Answer: Portugal
Question: Which country mainly makes up the Horn of Africa?
Answer: Somalia
Question: Which African country is sandwiched between Ghana and Benin?
Answer: Togo
Question: On a computer keyboard which letter on the same line is between C and B?
Answer: V
Question: Which American wrote The Game of Chess in 1959?
Answer: Bobby Fischer
Question: Who lived under the pseudonym of Harriet Brown in New York form the 40s to the 90s?
Answer: Greta Garbo
Question: Richard Nixon was Vice President to which US state?
Answer: Dwight Eisenhower
Question: Which country did Albert Einstein move to as the Nazis rose to power?
Answer: America
Question: In the 90s how many points have been awarded for finishing first in a Grand Prix?
Answer: 10
Question: How many vice presidents did Franklin D Roosevelt have?
Answer: Three
Question: Bill Berry retired through ill health as a drummer in which band?
Answer: REM
Question: What went with Blood and Sweat in the name of the 60s rock band?
Answer: Tears
Question: In which decade of the 20th century was James Caan born?
Answer: 1930s