zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: Name the 1960 movie from its’ IMDB plot summary: “A young woman steals $40,000 from her employer’s client, and subsequently encounters a young motel proprietor too long under the domination of his mother.”
Answer: Psycho
Question: In music, what name is given to a note that is neither sharp nor flat?
Answer: Natural
Question: What long running PBS series features Norm Abram as Master Carpenter, Roger Cook as the Landscape contractor, Tom Silva as the General ContraCtor and Richard Trethewey as the Plumbing and Heating contractor?
Answer: This Old House
Question: Olfactory refers to which of the senses?
Answer: Smell
Question: Anchored by the star Altair, what does the constellation Aquila represent?
Answer: An eagle
Question: What form of communication is an epistle?
Answer: a letter
Question: The rare semi-precious gemstone known as lapis lazuli is what color?
Answer: Blue
Question: What Russian physiologist and psychologist documented his experiments in the book Conditioned Reflexes: An Investigation of the Physiological Activity of the Cerebral Cortex. in 1927?
Answer: Ivan Pavlov
Question: Oct 9 celebrates what famed explorer, who brought the first Europeans known to have set foot in North America?
Answer: Leif Erikson
Question: The Rainbow Coalition and Operation PUSH were 2 non-profits founded by which activist and Baptist minister?
Answer: Jesse Jackson
Question: The Seattle Mariners managed to win more games than they lost this year. How many games did they actually win?
Answer: 85
Question: What is the planet that Superman came from?
Answer: Krypton
Question: What is the name of former Beatle Paul McCartney's fashion designing daughter?
Answer: Stella
Question: What type of food is Nori, which is often seen around sushi?
Answer: Seaweed
Question: If the TV parental warning includes the letters FV, what are they warning against?
Answer: Fantasy Violence
Question: Played by Denver Pyle during the 6 year run of the show, who was the patriarch of the Duke clan on The Dukes of Hazzard?
Answer: Uncle Jesse Duke
Question: What is the name of the horse ridden by The Lone Ranger?
Answer: Silver
Question: What insurance company uses an umbrella in its logo?
Answer: Travelers
Question: Walmart is selling bags of Cheesy Poofs to promote the latest season of what popular TV show?
Answer: South Park
Question: October 11, 1975 saw the debug of SNL with what famed comedian as the host?
Answer: George Carlin
Question: According to the pangram, what jumps over the lazy dog?
Answer: The Quick Brown Fox
Question: What is the name of the race car driven by Speed Racer in the late 1960s series of the same name?
Answer: Mach 5
Question: From the French for bottom of the bag, what is the name for a dead end street, usually circular at the end?
Answer: Cul-de-sac
Question: “We Report. You Decide.”, “The Most Powerful Name in News” , and “Fair & Balanced” are among the slogans used by what cable TV news channel?
Answer: Fox News
Question: October 12, 1997 saw the death of what famed singer, born Henry Deutschendorf, when he lost control of his aircraft and crashed into the ocean near Pacific Grove, CA?
Answer: John Denver
Question: Who was the Secretary of State under both Presidents Lincoln and Johnson, best remembered for negotiating the purchase of Alaska from the Russians in 1867?
Answer: William H Seward
Question: On Oct 12, 1901 which great US president gave the Executive Mansion its current name, The White House?
Answer: Teddy Roosevelt
Question: Wings sang behind what singing legend, which Guinness calls the most successful songwriter in the history of popular music?
Answer: Paul McCartney
Question: If you were a teenager living on Elm Street in 1984, what should you never do?
Answer: Go to sleep
Question: The Nobel Peace Prize is the only Nobel prize not awarded in Stockholm, Sweden. In what city does the ceremony actually take place?
Answer: Oslo, Norway
Question: What mountain range separates the continents of Europe and Asia?
Answer: Ural Mountains
Question: In 1998, what name did Frito Lay add to its line of snack products that used the artificial fat substitute Olestra (anal leakage not withstanding)?
Answer: Wow!
Question: A peach / Looks good / With lots of fuzz / But man's no peach / And never wuz and Your shaving brush / Has had its day / So why not / Shave the modern way were roadside signs advertising what product from 1925 to 1963?
Answer: Burma Shave
Question: On Oct 17, 1976, the Seattle Seahawks won their first ever game by beating which other expansion team?
Answer: Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Question: Judged by Nigel Lythgoe and Mary Murphy, what Fox show features a panel of finalists who dance with and against each other for fan votes?
Answer: So You Think You Can Dance
Question: Which insect, native to central Africa, is notorious for causing the sleeping sickness?
Answer: Tsetse fly
Question: The Japanese art of growing meticulously groomed miniature trees in indoor containers is known as what?
Answer: Bonsai
Question: What brand of gum, packaged in a red, white, and blue wrapper, includes a small comic featuring a black eye patch, blue hat wearing character with each individually wrapped piece?
Answer: Bazooka bubble gum
Question: Consisting of a metal bob, or ring, and a strike plate, what ornamental door furniture is used in place of a door bell?
Answer: Door knocker
Question: What Rocky Mountains range forms part of the border between Idaho and Wyoming, and created the valley known as Jackson Hole?
Answer: Tetons
Question: Known as the Peace Garden State or the Roughrider State, what was the 39th state to join the Union on November 2, 1889?
Answer: North Dakota
Question: A member of the family Characidae, the omnivorous freshwater fish known as the piranha is native to the waters of which continent?
Answer: South America
Question: What famous brand of shortening gets its name from the phrase crystallized cottonseed oil?
Answer: Crisco
Question: Although he pines for the little red haired girl, which Peanuts character, who has an October birthday, has a crush on Charlie Brown?
Answer: Peppermint Patty
Question: Oct 21, 1797 saw the launch of what famous frigate, the world's oldest commissioned warship, in Boston Harbor?
Answer: USS Constitution
Question: What English poet, founder of the Romantic Movement (along with William Wordsworth), wrote such works as Kubla Khan and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner?
Answer: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Question: According to the nursery rhyme, who's pocket did Kitty Fisher find?
Answer: Lucy Locket
Question: A viscous byproduct from its manufacture, what is the syrup drained from raw sugar called?
Answer: Molasses
Question: Which NFL team plays its games in the newest stadium in the NFL, opening just this year?
Answer: The Cowboys
Question: What is the name of the scrawny, superstitious schoolmaster who is pursued by the Headless Horseman in the Washington Irving story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"?
Answer: Ichabod Crane
Question: We know (and love) Shrek from his many movies. What type of mythical creature is he?
Answer: An ogre
Question: What religious holiday immediately follows Halloween?
Answer: All Saints day
Question: As part of a purification ritual, what is it that sumo wrestlers throw in the ring before they engage in combat?
Answer: Salt
Question: Having originated in Germany, what is the name of the dog breed that competes in the eponymous wiener dog races?
Answer: Dachshund
Question: October 26, 1919 saw the birth of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, the last man to hold what title, as ruler of Iran?
Answer: Shah
Question: Dale Carnegie's best-selling 1936 book is titled How to Win Friends and what People?
Answer: Influence
Question: In what city was the Motown record label founded?
Answer: Detroit
Question: November 6, 1861 saw the birth in Almonte, Ontario, of future YMCA director James Naismith, who is responsible for the creation of what popular sport?
Answer: Basketball
Question: November is unofficially National Novel Writing Month, when people are encouraged to write a story of at least how many words?
Answer: 50,000
Question: Known as Little Miss Sure Shot, what member of Buffalo Bills Wild West show was an outstanding sharpshooter who continued to set records almost up to her death on November 3, 1926?
Answer: Annie Oakley
Question: Whom did Muhammed Ali best in the famous Rumble in the Jungle, which took place in Kinsasha, Zaire?
Answer: George Forman
Question: What is the name of the documentary movie of the rehearsals for Michael Jackson's last tour, before his timely death, which is the highest grossing concert movie in history?
Answer: This Is It
Question: That famous American folk hero, Paul Bunyan, traveled around with an ox of exceptional size and strength known as what?
Answer: Babe the Blue Ox
Question: Name the artist and title of this 1969 hit: "I thought I was The Bally table king. But I just handed my pin ball crown to him. Even on my favorite table He can beat my best. His disciples lead him in And he just does the rest."
Answer: Pinball Wizard by The Who
Question: KITT, standing for Knight Industries Two Thousand, is a Pontiac Trans Am controlled by a computer with artificial intelligence in what mid-1980s TV program?
Answer: Knight Rider
Question: What American photographer and environmentalist is best remembered for his black and white photos of the West, especially Yosemite National Park in the early half of the 20th century?
Answer: Ansel Adams
Question: Much maligned for his handling of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which Tony was the CEO for BP until October 1, 2010?
Answer: Hayward
Question: The classic Muffuletta sandwich, filled with capicola, salami, provolone cheese and olive salad, originated in what southern U.S. city?
Answer: New Orleans
Question: November 7, 1970 saw the birth of Morgan Spurlock, director of the "documentary" Super Size Me, a film about his 30 day diet of food from what fast food restaurant?
Answer: McDonalds
Question: Born on November 10, 1919, Mikhail Kalashnikov saw his most famous creation, the AK-47, introduced into service in what year?
Answer: 1947
Question: Which studio owns the rights to Bugs Bunny?
Answer: Warner Bros
Question: Columbus, Ohio resident Dave Thomas opened the first of what restaurant chain on November 15, 1969?
Answer: Wendys
Question: What Latin phrase, which translates as always faithful, is best recognized as the motto of the US Marine Corp?
Answer: Semper fidelis
Question: What celebrity TV chef, who currently hosts Iron Chef America, got his start as the genius behind the show Good Eats!, which ran for 14 season?
Answer: Alton Brown
Question: Jacob Black, Edward Cullen, and Bella Swan are characters in what fictional book series?
Answer: Twilight
Question: For a point each, name the 2 countries that share a physical border with the Democratic Republic of Nepal.
Answer: China and India
Question: Awake and The Watchtower are two magazines distributed by what religious group in the door-to-door ministries business?
Answer: Jehovah's Witness
Question: Which U.S. President was examined in the 2000 TV special Sally Hemings: An American Scandal?
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
Question: A hero to the Swiss, William Tell supposedly shot what from the head of his son in a feat of crossbow marksmanship?
Answer: An apple
Question: Which chain of ice-cream parlors, the world's largest, is known for their little pink spoons which are used to offer a taste of any of the available flavors?
Answer: Baskin-Robbins
Question: What is the name of alloy that consists mostly of iron and has a carbon content between 0.2% and 2.1% by weight?
Answer: Steel
Question: What boxer, ranked number 8 on The Ring's list of greatest punchers, was nicknamed The Manassa Mauler or Kid Blackie, during his 7 years of holding the World Heavyweight title, starting in 1919?
Answer: Jack Dempsey
Question: What is the name of the street, in the fictional town of Fairview, where TV's Desperate Housewives live?
Answer: Wisteria Lane
Question: What is the chosen profession of serial comic hero Tintin?
Answer: Reporter
Question: Draining into the Atlantic, what is the largest river in the world BY VOLUME, exceeding the next 8 rivers combined?
Answer: Amazon
Question: Which Wizard of Oz character was searching for brains?
Answer: Scarecrow
Question: What Japanese automaker became the first to open a U.S. plant when they began producing cars in a facility in Marysville, Ohio, in November 1982?
Answer: Honda
Question: Nov 22, 1995 saw the theatrical release of one of the top grossing films of that year, the first feature film to be made entirely with CGI?
Answer: Toy Story
Question: Nov 21, 1980 answered the question "Who shot J.R.?", when the season premiere of what long running TV drama was shown?
Answer: Dallas
Question: “I yam what I yam, and that’s all what I yam” was the motto of what popular cartoon character?
Answer: Popeye
Question: What part of the turkey is saved, dried, and ceremoniously snapped as part of a good luck custom?
Answer: Wishbone
Question: In Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe, what does the title character name the native he befriends?
Answer: Friday
Question: November 22, 1955 saw the untimely death of Shemp Howard. With what group is he more famously linked?
Answer: The Three Stooges
Question: First published on November 24, 1859, what book had the alternate title the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life?
Answer: On The Origin of Species
Question: Bill Bixby starred as the human Dr. Bruce Banner in the 1970's TV series The Incredible Hulk. Which former Mr. Universe portrayed the Hulk in that very same series?
Answer: Lou Ferrigno
Question: According to the pangram, the quick what jumps over the lazy dog?
Answer: brown fox
Question: On November 22, 1986, which boxer became the youngest WBC Heavyweight champion, at age 20 years, 4 months, when he scored a TKO over Trevor Berbick in the second round?
Answer: Mike Tyson
Question: Arboreal describes a creature which commonly lives in what?
Answer: trees
Question: Popularized in a speech by Winston Churchill, what was the popular name for the ideological and physical boundary between Western and Eastern Europe during the Cold War?
Answer: Iron Curtain
Question: What school does Harry Potter attend?
Answer: Hogwarts
Question: How many players per team are there in a game of beach volleyball?
Answer: 2
Question: Used to carry oxygen throughout your body, you create billions of new red blood cells every day. Where in your body are those red blood cells created?
Answer: Bone marrow
Question: Who's missing: Carrie Bradshaw, Samantha Jones, Charlotte York
Answer: Miranda Hobbes
Question: The 4th largest fast food chain, and second largest hamburger chain (by store numbers), what company opened its first store in Miami, Fla on December 4, 1954?
Answer: Burger King
Question: In the world of Skeet shooting, also known as Inanimate Bird Shooting, what is the name of the small round disk that serves as the target?
Answer: Clay pigeon
Question: Commonly used as a derogatory term, what name is sometimes given to children born in the US to illegal immigrants who, given their citizenship, are thought to be used as a means of obtaining citizenship for the parents?
Answer: Anchor Baby
Question: “Dirty Harry” Callahan is a cop in what city’s police department?
Answer: San Francisco
Question: Doctor Julius Hibbert is the resident General Practitioner on what TV series?
Answer: The Simpsons
Question: For a point each, name the 2 countries surrounding the Republic of Equatorial Guinea.
Answer: Cameroon, Gabon
Question: The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons, the story (and movie) about a boy/man who ages in reverse, was written by what great Jazz Age writer?
Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Question: What drink consists of equal parts of stout beer and champagne, usually served in a champagne flute?
Answer: Black Velvet
Question: Who is missing: Benjamin Franklin, Ulysses S. Grant, Andrew Jackson, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln?
Answer: George Washington
Question: The Green Bay Packers play at what storied stadium?
Answer: Lambeau Field
Question: On December 7, 1787, which US state became the first to ratify the US Constitution, a fact that they display on their license plates?
Answer: Delaware
Question: December 12, 2003 saw the death of Keiko, an Orca whale, off the coast of Finland. Keiko achieved fame as a star in what movie series?
Answer: Free Willy
Question: MTV's The Real World is still on the air after 26 seasons. What city hosts the current incarnation, whose season finale is tonight?
Answer: San Diego, CA
Question: What can be a Greek god, a Paris-based, high-fashion luxury-goods manufacturer, and a Futurama character?
Answer: Hermes
Question: December 13, 1636 saw The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians. This is recognized today as the founding of what branch of the military?
Answer: United States National Guard.
Question: Served in a traditional cocktail glass, what drink consists of equal parts brandy (or cognac), Contreau, and lemon juice?
Answer: A Sidecar
Question: According to the proverb, you should look before you do what?
Answer: Leap
Question: What’s missing: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Silver Chair, The Horse and His Boy, The Magician’s Nephew, The Last Battle?
Answer: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Question: What chapter from Kenneth Grahame's 1908 book The Wind in the Willows lent its' name to the 1967 debut album from Pink Floyd?
Answer: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Question: According to the tongue twister, who picked a peck of pickled peppers?
Answer: Peter Piper
Question: Yesterday saw the maiden flight of the new Boeing Dreamliner. What model number is it given?
Answer: 787
Question: What is the name of the Christmas Poo, who emerges from the toilet bowl on Christmas Eve and brings presents to good boys and girls whose diets have been high in fiber, who appears on TVs South Park?
Answer: Mr Hankey
Question: The Saint Nicholas who served as the inspiration for Santa Claus, also known as Nicholas of Myra, hailed from what country?
Answer: Greece
Question: What holiday, created by a future Cal State Long Beach professor in 1966, is celebrated the day after Christmas for 7 days?
Answer: Kwanzaa
Question: When did the founder of Jehovah's Witnesses say the world would end?
Answer: 1914
Question: Which parallel was the truce line in the Korean War?
Answer: 38th Parallel
Question: What was Hitchcock's first sound movie?
Answer: Blackmail
Question: Which American nuclear submarine was the first to sail across the North Pole under the ice cap?
Answer: Nautilus
Question: What American city produces most of the egg rolls sold in grocery stores in the United States?
Answer: Houston Texas
Question: Italy leads the world in pasta consumption with 61.7 pounds eaten per person per year. What country is second?
Answer: Venezuela, where the annual pasta consumption is 27.9 pounds
Question: Which actor won an Academy Award for his performance in The African Queen?
Answer: Humphrey Bogart
Question: What did Fort Dearborn, Indian Territory change its name to?
Answer: Chicago, Illinois
Question: In which country was Arnold Schwarzenegger born?
Answer: Austria
Question: Shakespeare wrote that "brevity is the soul of wit." What did noted wit Dorothy Parker say it was?
Answer: The soul of lingerie
Question: How many times did Ernest Hemingway revise the last page of A Farewell To Arms?
Answer: 39 times
Question: What famous comic strip character was inspired by the 1936 Henry Fonda film Trail of the Lonesome Pine?
Answer: Al Capp's Li'l Abner
Question: How much time did Jonah spend in the belly of the whale?
Answer: Three days and three nights
Question: For what event in February 1964 did evangelist Billy Graham break his strict rule against watching TV on Sunday?
Answer: The Beatles' first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show
Question: Who was Clark Kent's high school sweetheart?
Answer: Lana Lang
Question: To whom did the Bee Gees pay tribute in Tapestry Revisited?
Answer: Carole King
Question: Ron Bower and John Williams set a speed record for going round the world in a what?
Answer: Helicopter
Question: In ancient Athens, what tree was considered sacred -- with all its fruit belonging to the state, and death the penalty for anyone caught cutting one down?
Answer: The olive tree
Question: In Greek mythology, who was the queen of the underworld and wife of Hades?
Answer: Persephone
Question: Who was the first white music star to record on Atlantic, through its sister label Atco?
Answer: Bobby Darin
Question: Who brought to an end Jahangir Khan's long unbeaten run of success in squash in the 80s?
Answer: Ross Norman
Question: On which label did the Beach boys record most of their 60s hits?
Answer: Capitol
Question: What was the name of NASA's manned space project whose astronauts were chosen in 1959?
Answer: Project Mercury
Question: Which soap boasted a cafe called the Hot Biscuit?
Answer: Dallas
Question: Who became commanding general of the First Armored Corps in 1941?
Answer: George Patton
Question: Which 90s sitcom character was said to be a symbol of failing values which caused LA riots, according to Dan Quayle?
Answer: Murphy Brown
Question: To which interviewer did Richard Nixon say, "I never cry except in public?
Answer: David Frost
Question: What was the first film Alfred Hitchcock made in Hollywood?
Answer: Rebecca
Question: Bob Dole trained for which profession although he didn't qualify?
Answer: Doctor
Question: Which country did Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki set sail from on its journey to Eastern Polynesia?
Answer: Peru
Question: Which The Bridges of Madison County star became a father again aged 65?
Answer: Clint Eastwood
Question: Which important US building has its roof ripped off in Superman II?
Answer: The White House
Question: In the 70s which gangster film won an Oscar as did its sequel?
Answer: The Godfather
Question: The multi-Oscar winning The Deer Hunter was about steelworkers who went to fight where?
Answer: Vietnam
Question: Which First Lady had to give evidence over the Whitewater scandal?
Answer: Hillary Clinton
Question: What was The Zaire River called before 27th October 1971.
Answer: Congo
Question: Which album was said to have reflected the end of Bob Dylan's marriage?
Answer: Blood On The Tracks
Question: In 1978 US Masters, who was leading Gary Player by seven strokes, only to lose by a single stroke?
Answer: Hubert Green
Question: Which team has not won a World Series since Babe Ruth stopped pitching for them?
Answer: Boston Red Sox
Question: Warren Beatty was offered full college scholarships in which sport?
Answer: Football
Question: Kirk Douglas supplemented his acting earnings in his early years as what type of professional sportsman?
Answer: Wrestler
Question: Which sporting world championship has been held at the Kuusinski and Kitka Rivers in Finland?
Answer: Fly Fishing
Question: In which state was Quincy Jones born?
Answer: Illinois
Question: Which incident escalated US involvement in Vietnam?
Answer: Tonkin Gulf incident
Question: Who did Mrs. Thatcher describe as "a man we can do business with?"
Answer: Gorbachev
Question: Who was Oliver North's immediate boss who admitted authori8zing funding the Contra rebels in Nicaragua?
Answer: John Poindexter
Question: How many races did Ed Moses win in succession between '77 and '87?
Answer: 122
Question: Which name of something used by avid readers is the Netscape Navigator name for Favorites?
Answer: Bookmarks
Question: What name is given to a program designed to cause damage by attaching itself to other programs?
Answer: Virus
Question: Who described a Hollywood studio set as, "The biggest train set a boy ever had?"
Answer: Orson Wells
Question: Which country's invasion of Ethiopia in 1935 forced Haile Selassie to flee?
Answer: Italy
Question: Under which name did Leonard Slye ride across the silver screen?
Answer: Roy Rogers
Question: Who was the most recent Democrat before Clinton to be reelected for a second term as US President?
Answer: Roosevelt
Question: Who led India to overthrow British rule by non-violent means?
Answer: Gandhi