zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: Which major Russian naval base is situated in the Republic of the Ukraine?
Answer: Sevastopol
Question: The historical area of Pomerania is in which country?
Answer: Poland
Question: Which Welsh railway became, in 1951, the first in the world to be preserved as a heritage railway by volunteers?
Answer: Talyllyn
Question: Who was lead singer with the group 'The Pretenders'?
Answer: Chrissie Hynd
Question: In 1942, Vic Oliver was the first guest on which radio interview programme?
Answer: Desert Island Discs
Question: Which area of Czechoslovakia was transferred to Germany after the Munich Conference of September 1938?
Answer: Sudetenland
Question: CS Lewis died on 22nd November 1963, the same day that President JF Kennedy was assassinated. Which other famous author also died that day?
Answer: ALDOUS HUXLEY
Question: Which country did Charlene, now Princess of Monaco, represent at swimming in the 2000 Sydney Olympics?
Answer: SOUTH AFRICA
Question: What is the name of the strait that separates the north and south islands of New Zealand?
Answer: THE COOK STRAIT
Question: Which former US First Lady died in July 2011 at the age of 93?
Answer: BETTY FORD
Question: Which letter in Morse Code is represented by a single dash?
Answer: T
Question: Who trained Ballabriggs to Grand National victory in 2011, following a family trend?
Answer: DONALD MCCAIN
Question: Dundee is on which Firth?
Answer: TAY
Question: What are Bruce, Danforth and Plough types of?
Answer: BOAT ANCHORS
Question: In which musical do we find the character Roxie Hart?
Answer: CHICAGO
Question: Which European Country has the oldest State Flag, dating back to the 14th century?
Answer: DENMARK
Question: What in 1985 did the oceanographer Robert Ballard discover 370 metres south west of Nistaken Point, Newfoundland?
Answer: WRECK OF THE TITANIC
Question: During 20th century what was the longest period in years between General Elections in Britain?
Answer: 10 YEARS
Question: Which device was originally a Louisette, named after its surgeon/inventor Antoine Louis?
Answer: GUILLOTINE
Question: Which British monarch was 'Elector of Hanover' from 1698-1727?
Answer: GEORGE I
Question: In which state was US President William McKinley assassinated?
Answer: NEW YORK
Question: In the Diamond Jubilee Thames Pageant what was the name of the boat carrying the Queen?
Answer: THE SPIRIT OF CHARTWELL
Question: What was the name of Helen of Troy's mother?
Answer: LEDA
Question: Which villain killed James Bond's wife on their wedding day?
Answer: ERNST STAVRO BLOFELD
Question: What word is used to descibe the position of a planet when it is closest to the sun?
Answer: PERIHELION
Question: In which state was US President John F Kennedy assassinated?
Answer: TEXAS
Question: Which composer had the first name Modest?
Answer: Mussorgsky
Question: In Physics and Mathematics what name is given to a quantity that has magnitude but no direction?
Answer: Scalar
Question: Who was the President of the Republic of Ireland between 1959 and 1973?
Answer: Eamon de Valera
Question: Which cocktail was devised by the barman Ngiam Tong Boon?
Answer: Singapore Sling
Question: Which former England wicketkeeper has his own art gallery in Chipping Sodbury?
Answer: Jack Russell
Question: In which year did Elvis Presley die?
Answer: 1977
Question: Who wrote the play "Miss Julie" in 1888?
Answer: August Strindberg
Question: In weather terms what is a haboob?
Answer: Sandstorm
Question: Which former Labour MP and government minister contested the election for Mayor of London with Ken Livingstone?
Answer: Frank Dobson
Question: Into which other war did the War of Jenkins Ear merge?
Answer: War of Austrian Succession
Question: In which war were the battles of Lutzen and White Mountain?
Answer: Thirty Years War
Question: What was the first name of Denis Compton's elder brother?
Answer: Leslie
Question: In which town was Oliver Cromwell born, in 1599?
Answer: Huntingdon
Question: How many points are scored for potting a red ball in billiards?
Answer: 3
Question: Before being ennobled Lord Sebastian Coe was MP for which constituency?
Answer: Falmouth
Question: Sabah is a state of which SE Asian independent federation?
Answer: Malaysia
Question: (Stephen Patrick) Morrissey came to prominence in the 1980's with which alternative rock band?
Answer: The Smiths
Question: Which Irish group released the albums "Talk on Corners", "Home", etc?
Answer: The Corrs
Question: The Princess Royal's daughter Zara is married to which English sportsman?
Answer: MIKE TINDALL
Question: Which ship rescued the majority of the survivors of the Titanic sinking in 1912?
Answer: CARPATHIA
Question: In chemistry, the measure of acidity and alkalinity is the pH. For what does the letter H stand?
Answer: (POTENTIAL) HYDROGEN
Question: Which poem contains the line 'If winter comes can spring be far behind'?
Answer: ODE TO THE 'WEST WIND
Question: In Canterbury Tales, who is the first pilgrim to tell their story?
Answer: THE KNIGHT
Question: Which actress has played Lady Dedlock and Miss Havisham in BBC adaptations of Dickens' novels?
Answer: Gillian Anderson
Question: Which garden plant or shrub belongs to the genus Lonicera?
Answer: Honeysuckle
Question: Which charity has been supported by the comedy called The Secret Policeman's Balls?
Answer: Amnesty International
Question: Jim Kerr is lead singer of which band, who had 1985 hit with "Don't You (Forget About Me)"?
Answer: Simple Minds
Question: Cambodia is bordered by Thailand, Vietnam, and which other country?
Answer: Laos
Question: According to Greek myth, which queen was condemned by Poseidon to be tied to a chair in the heavens for eternity?
Answer: Cassiopeia
Question: Who designed the Team GB uniforms for the 2012 Olympic Games?
Answer: Stella McCartney
Question: Who was the leader of the Labour Party when they were defeated in the 1979 General Election?
Answer: James Callaghan
Question: Which outlaw was shot and killed by Bob Ford?
Answer: Jesse James
Question: Which author, in 1859, founded the weekly magazine 'All The Year Round', a successor to 'Household Words'?
Answer: Charles Dickens
Question: Which car company produced the Karmann-Ghia between 1955 and 1974?
Answer: VW
Question: Margrethe II is currently queen of which country?
Answer: Denmark
Question: Kett's Rebellion of 1549 took place in which county?
Answer: Norfolk
Question: Who was the director of 'Twelve Angry Men', 'Serpico' and 'Network' who died in 2011?
Answer: Sidney Lumet
Question: A character with what nickname appeared in "Absolutely Fabulous," "The Wire" and in the second series of Big Brother in 2001?
Answer: Bubble
Question: Which 2008 musical film directed by Phyllida Lloyd is the highest grossing movie of all time in the UK?
Answer: Mamma Mia
Question: What single word can be a piece in chess and in draughts and a playing card?
Answer: King
Question: What is the name of the huge pre-Roman hill fort near Dorchester?
Answer: Maiden Castle
Question: From which musical does the song 'If My Friends Could See Me Now' come?
Answer: Sweet Charity
Question: At the end of October 2012, New York and the east coast of America were battered by which hurricane?
Answer: Sandy
Question: Who was known as 'The Million Dollar Mermaid'?
Answer: Esther Williams
Question: The car company Auto Union was formed in 1932 by the amalgamation of four manufacturers, by what name is it now known?
Answer: Audi
Question: Which composer wrote a 'German Requiem'?
Answer: Brahms
Question: Three generations of which family have won Oscars?
Answer: Huston
Question: In which film did George Lazenby star as James Bond?
Answer: ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
Question: Which Master of the Rolls produced the 1963 report into the Profumo Affair?
Answer: LORD DENNING
Question: What is the name of the Royal Horticultural Society's garden in Surrey?
Answer: WISLEY
Question: Who was the father of the disciples James and John?
Answer: ZEBEDEE
Question: What is the name of the monument in the New Forest which is supposedly at the site of the death of King William II?
Answer: RUFUS STONE
Question: Which Tamla Motown group had a hit in 1966 with '(I'm A) Road Runner'?
Answer: JUNIOR WALKER AND THE ALL STARS
Question: In which year did two jumbo jets collide at Tenerife airport, killing 583 people?
Answer: 1977
Question: Who was the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Athena?
Answer: MINERVA
Question: Thomas Gradgrind and Josiah Bounderby are characters in which Charles Dickens novel?
Answer: HARD TIMES
Question: Who was the Government Chief Whip who resigned in October 2012, following accusation that he swore at police officers and called them 'plebs'?
Answer: ANDREW MITCHELL
Question: Which British fashion designer was sacked after an alleged anti-Semitic rant in a Paris bar?
Answer: JOHN GALLIANO
Question: In which Puccini opera does Minnie own a saloon called The Polka?
Answer: THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST
Question: The columns of the Parthenon in Athens are a famous example of which architectural style?
Answer: DORIC
Question: Which author created the detective Harry Hole?
Answer: Jo Nesbo
Question: Unst, Yell and Fetlar are part of which island group?
Answer: Shetland
Question: In Greek mythology who was the husband of Hecuba?
Answer: Priam
Question: Leeds stands on the banks of which river?
Answer: River Aire
Question: Which composer wrote a Faust Symphony in 1857?
Answer: Franz Liszt
Question: In Greek myth, who was the husband of Helen of Troy?
Answer: Menelaus
Question: Which horse won the 2013 Grand National?
Answer: Auroras Encore
Question: Which daughter of the King of Tyre traditionally founded Carthage?
Answer: Dido
Question: Which group had No. 1 albums with OK, Computer in 1997 and In Rainbows in 2007?
Answer: Radiohead
Question: Who, in 1871, painted the picture Nocturne; Blue and Silver - Chelsea now in the Tate?
Answer: James Whistler
Question: The name of which chemical element means 'acid-producing'?
Answer: Oxygen
Question: Inquest juries in England must consist of a minimum of how many members?
Answer: Seven
Question: Which actor was nominated for the best actor Oscar eight times but never won the award?
Answer: Peter O'Toole
Question: Which novel begins with the line "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way"?
Answer: Anna Karenina
Question: What is the_ minimum number of darts needed to-complete a game of 501 (finishing but not starting with a double)?
Answer: Nine
Question: Which novel begins with the line "The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there"?
Answer: The Go-Between
Question: Who is the famous businessman husband of Wendy Deng?
Answer: Rupert Murdoch
Question: David Niven won his only Oscar for which film?
Answer: Separate Tables
Question: Which French neo-impressionist painted Sunday Afternoon at the Island of La Grande Jatte?
Answer: Georges Seurat
Question: Which Dickens novel features Pecksniff and Mrs Gamp?
Answer: Martin Chuzzlewit
Question: In which country are 'The Mountains of the Moon'?
Answer: Uganda
Question: What is the name of the 1971 Spielberg film which pits Dennis Weaver against an unseen truck driver?
Answer: Duel
Question: How many symphonies did Johannes Brahms write?
Answer: Four
Question: What was the real name of 'Phiz', the illustrator of some of Charles Dickens' works?
Answer: (Hablot Knight) Browne
Question: What was the codename for the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941?
Answer: Operation Barbarossa
Question: What is the historical name for the disease scrofula?
Answer: King's Evil
Question: Which was the first country, in 1960, to elect a female prime minister?
Answer: Sri Lanka
Question: Amman is the capital city of which country?
Answer: Jordan
Question: The astronauts "Taylor", "Landon" and "Donovan" are characters in which 1969 science fiction film?
Answer: Planet of the Apes
Question: Which band was formed by former Housemartins members Paul Heaton and David Hemmingway, their only Number One UK hit was "A Little Time"?
Answer: The Beautiful South
Question: In 2013, Justin Rose became the first Englishman in 43 years to win golf's US Open, who won in 1970?
Answer: Tony Jacklin
Question: What was the name of the German who invented the first practical internal combustion engine?
Answer: Nikolaus August Otto
Question: Alex Keedis is the lead singer with which American funk-rock band?
Answer: Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Question: Which class of submarines is currently being built at Vickers to replace Britain's "Trafalgar" class of submarines?
Answer: Astute
Question: The Barisan National party has ruled which country since 1957, winning every election since then, winning its last election in 2013?
Answer: Malaysia
Question: Which non-test playing cricket nation bowled out the West Indies for 25 runs in 1969?
Answer: IRELAND
Question: On which Mediterranean Island did the Knights Templars have the Fort of St Johns?
Answer: MALTA
Question: In which musical is Roxy Hart one of the characters?
Answer: CHICAGO
Question: Which Lionel Bart flop musical was based on Robin Hood?
Answer: TWANG
Question: Which presenter was sacked from Blue Peter after it was discovered he had taken cocaine?
Answer: RICHARD BACON
Question: Who played Sir James Bond in the original version of Casino Royale?
Answer: DAVID NIVEN
Question: Which type of lady's hat was banned at Ascot in 2012?
Answer: FASCINATORS
Question: What was the name of the punk group that had 3 members arrested for criticising Valdimir Putin?
Answer: PUSSY RIOT
Question: What was the name of the member of the crew of Apollo 11 who did NOT walk on the Moon in 1969?
Answer: MICHAEL COLLINS
Question: Who was British Prime Minister at the time of the accession of Elizabeth II?
Answer: WINSTON CHURCHILL
Question: What is the main metallic element in pewter?
Answer: TIN
Question: Botswana was formerly known by what name?
Answer: (BRITISH) BECHUANALAND
Question: Name the island separated from the mainland by the Juan de Fuca, Georgia and Queen Charlotte Straits?
Answer: Vancouver Island
Question: In which of the Gulf States is Al-Jazeera based?
Answer: Qatar
Question: With which English university does the John Innes Centre share a campus?
Answer: EAST ANGLIA
Question: In which European country is the site of the Battle of Blenheim?
Answer: GERMANY
Question: In which country where the Lord's Resistance Army first active?
Answer: UGANDA
Question: In which month of the year is Martinmas?
Answer: November
Question: For which high street clothing chain did Kate Middleton work as an accessory buyer in 2006?
Answer: Jigsaw
Question: In which modern country is the ancient Roman province of Africa?
Answer: Libya
Question: 'Hoochie Coochie Man' and 'Got my mojo working' were originally recorded by which Chicago blues singer?
Answer: Muddy Waters
Question: The song Burning Bridges by the Mike Curb Congregation is sung over the opening credits of which film?
Answer: KELLY'S HEROES
Question: What nationality was the painter Joan Miro?
Answer: SPANISH
Question: Classical Noh drama is an art form from which country?
Answer: JAPAN
Question: On an Indian restaurant menu what ingredient is found in a dish with `aloo' in its name?
Answer: Potato
Question: Who replaced Judas Iscariot as one of the twelve disciples?
Answer: Matthias
Question: What is the surname of singer Adele?
Answer: Adkins
Question: Which TV presenter was married to Lady Carina Fitzalan-Howard, daughter of the late Duke of Norfolk?
Answer: David Frost
Question: The fashion retailer 'Zara' has its headquarters in which country?
Answer: Spain
Question: On an Indian restaurant menu what ingredient is found in a dish with `murgh' in its name?
Answer: Chicken
Question: Who wrote the poem that begins "April is the cruellest month"?
Answer: TS Eliot
Question: Usually black and white, what kind of creature is a Jacob?
Answer: Sheep
Question: The rock musical 'Rent' is based on which Puccini opera?
Answer: La Boheme
Question: In what year was the first British Census undertaken?
Answer: 1801
Question: In the Bible, Peter was the brother of which other apostle?
Answer: Andrew
Question: Whose gang were the victims of the St Valentine's Day Massacre of 1929?
Answer: Bugs Moran
Question: In the Bible, who was the wife of Abraham?
Answer: Sarah
Question: What is the main alcoholic content of the cocktail Cosmopolitan?
Answer: VODKA
Question: Who played the part of Sir Humphrey Appleby in the TV series Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister?
Answer: NIGEL HAWTHORNE
Question: In which South American country is Mount Chimborazo the highest mountain?
Answer: ECUADOR
Question: Which cabinet minister is MP for Chingford and Woodford Green?
Answer: IAIN DUNCAN SMITH
Question: Which artist painted A Wheatfield With Cypresses in 1889?
Answer: VINCENT VAN GOGH
Question: In which US State did the Hindenburg Airship crash?
Answer: NEW JERSEY
Question: Of which protein are hair and nails made?
Answer: KERATIN
Question: How many points are given to a driver for winning a Formula One Grand Prix?
Answer: 25
Question: Who was the English monarch from 1399 to 1413?
Answer: HENRY IV
Question: Who was the green skinned Egyptian God of the underworld and afterlife?
Answer: OSIRIS
Question: Who is credited with the invention of the World Wide Web?
Answer: TIM BERNERS-LEE
Question: Which team did Alan Ball manage and win promotion to the First Division in 1987?
Answer: PORTSMOUTH
Question: What was opera singer Maria Callas' nickname?
Answer: LA DIVINA
Question: Which town in Greater Manchester has a railway station called Mumps?
Answer: OLDHAM
Question: In which city was David Lloyd George born?
Answer: MANCHESTER
Question: Which sporting event, first held in July 1903, was the idea of Geo Lefevre, a journalist on L'Auto newspaper?
Answer: TOUR DE FRANCE
Question: Which was the first group to win 'The X Factor'?
Answer: LITTLE MIX
Question: Bertha Mason is a barely seen but important character in which 19th Century novel?
Answer: JANE EYRE
Question: The radio telescope at Jodrell Bank is named after which physicist and astronomer?
Answer: (Sir Bernard) Lovell
Question: Who wrote the plays The Caretaker' in 1959 and 'The Birthday Party' in 1957?
Answer: Harold Pinter
Question: Who assassinated Robert Kennedy in June 1988?
Answer: Sirhan Sirhan
Question: Who did the then Cassius Clay defeat to win the heavyweight boxing championship of the world in 1964?
Answer: Sonny Liston
Question: Which former Nazi war criminal was the subject of Ira Levin's 1976 novel The Boys from Brazil'?
Answer: (Josef) Mengele
Question: Who directed the 1975 film 'Jaws'?
Answer: Steven Spielberg
Question: Agrippina the Younger was the mother of which Roman Emperor?
Answer: Nero
Question: Which Oscar-winning actress was born Susan Abigail Tomalin?
Answer: Susan Sarandon
Question: Which site, a location for one of the seven ancient wonders of the world, is near the modern city of Bodrum in Turkey?
Answer: Halicarnassus
Question: At the end of the 2012-13 season, The New Saints and Airbus UK finished first and second in which football league?
Answer: Welsh Premier League
Question: Wales won the Rugby Union Six Nations competition in 2013, which country finished bottom?
Answer: France
Question: Which writer, bom in 1865, observed that 'the female is more deadly than the male'?
Answer: RUDYARD KIPLING
Question: As at April 2013, who presents the Saturday afternoon Radio 2 show 'Pick of the Pops'?
Answer: TONY BLACKBURN
Question: Who wrote under the pen name Currer Bell?
Answer: CHARLOTTE BRONTE
Question: Who wrote the children's book The Gruffalo?
Answer: JULIA DONALDSON
Question: Which English King fought at the battle of Bannockburn?
Answer: EDWARD II
Question: First published in 1929, for which character is Belgian George Remi best known?
Answer: TINTIN
Question: In The Goodies TV series a martial art form known as 'Eckythump' was practised using which foodstuff as a weapon?
Answer: BLACK PUDDING
Question: John James Audubon is famous for his paintings of what?
Answer: BIRDS
Question: Which Italian painter killed an opponent in a duel in 1606?
Answer: CARAVAGGIO
Question: Name the character played by Bruce Willis in the 'Die Hard' films?
Answer: JOHN McCLANE
Question: Monophobia is a fear of what?
Answer: BEING ALONE
Question: Name the ship on the voyage in 1907 in which Ernest Shackleton located the magnetic South Pole?
Answer: NIMROD
Question: Which film did the Oscar winning song 'Secret Love' come from?
Answer: CALAMITY JANE
Question: Buckland Abbey was the home of which historical figure?
Answer: SIR FRANCIS DRAKE
Question: Which major waterfall lies on the River Tees at Forest-in-Teesdale?
Answer: HIGH FORCE
Question: In 1759 two generals died as a result of the battle of Quebec, General Wolfe was one, name the other.
Answer: GENERAL MONTCALM
Question: Which author created the fictional character "Horrid Henry"?
Answer: FRANCESCA SIMON
Question: What was the nationality of the artist Rene Magritte?
Answer: BELGIAN
Question: What name, geometrically, is given to a circle which rolls around inside or outside another circle?
Answer: EPICYCLE
Question: In which Italian region is the port and city of Genoa located?
Answer: LIGURIA
Question: 1950-60s pop star Reg Smith is better known by what name?
Answer: MARTY WILDE
Question: The space station 'Deep Space Nine' is encountered in which TV series?
Answer: STAR TREK
Question: Which 1953 play by Arthur Miller is based on the Salem witch trials?
Answer: THE CRUCIBLE
Question: What was the name of the son in the TV series 'The Munsters' played by Butch Patrick?
Answer: Eddie
Question: Who is the Roman god of gates, doors and beginnings, represented with a two-faced head?
Answer: Janus
Question: What was the name of the son in the TV series 'The Addams Family' played by Ken Weatherwax?
Answer: Pugsley
Question: Native to Australia, what type of creature is a bandy-bandy?
Answer: Snake
Question: Which England cricketer holds the record for the highest individual score for his country - 364 versus Australia in 1938?
Answer: Sir Len Hutton
Question: Which singer was lead singer with band Frankie Goes to Hollywood in the mid 1980s?
Answer: Holly Johnson
Question: Arundel Castle in Sussex is the family seat of which Dukes?
Answer: Dukes of Norfolk
Question: Which island is referred to by its inhabitants as Kalaalit Nunaat?
Answer: Greenland
Question: Members of the Wormwood family are some of the leading characters in which 2011 musical that won an Olivier award?
Answer: Matilda
Question: Which celestial body is the only dwarf planet and largest asteroid found in the inner solar system?
Answer: Ceres
Question: Which British artist active since the 1970's has released albums entitled Never for Ever and Aerial?
Answer: Kate Bush
Question: Which spirit is used as the base for a Mai Tai cocktail?
Answer: Rum
Question: In which year was the Palestine Liberation Organisation formed?
Answer: 1964
Question: Which American playwright 1897-1975 said 'The best part of married life is the fights, the rest is merely so-so'?
Answer: THORNTON WILDER
Question: Dulcibella is the name of the boat in which classic novel?
Answer: THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS
Question: Whales, porpoises and dolphins belong to which group of aquatic mammals?
Answer: CETACEANS
Question: What is the first forename of actor Robert Redford?
Answer: CHARLES
Question: Who was called the King of Ragtime?
Answer: SCOTT JOPLIN
Question: Which city is the capital of the German State of Saxony?
Answer: DRESDEN
Question: What fictional Scottish village featured in a Lerner and Loewe musical?
Answer: BRIGADOON
Question: Which type of barometer that does not involve liquid was invented by Lucien Vidi in 1844?
Answer: ANEROID
Question: Who won the Men's Singles at the 2014 US Open?
Answer: MARIN CILIC
Question: The wines Latour and Margaux are produced in which region of France?
Answer: BORDEAUX
Question: Who was British Prime Minister between 1924 and 1929?
Answer: STANLEY BALDWIN
Question: Who successfully piloted the spacecraft Vostok Six in 1963?
Answer: Valentina Tereshkova
Question: Proposed in 1983, what was President Reagan's 'Strategic Defense Initiative', or SDI, more popularly known as?
Answer: Star Wars
Question: Which vegetable is also known as the eggplant in the United States?
Answer: Aubergine
Question: What nationality was painter Piet Mondrian?
Answer: Dutch