zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: Amen Corner is a three-hole section on the back nine of which famous American golf course?
Answer: AUGUSTA NATIONAL
Question: In the opera Carmen, what is the name of the soldier who falls in love with Carmen, and ultimately murders her in a fit of jealousy?
Answer: DON JOSE
Question: Which two one act plays, first performed in 1954, are set in the dining room of the Beauregard Hotel in Bournemouth?
Answer: SEPARATE TABLES
Question: Which breed of white or grey horse is used exclusively at The Spanish Riding School in Vienna?
Answer: LIPIZZANER
Question: The film 'Don't Look Now' with Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland was adapted from a book by whom?
Answer: Daphne du Maurier
Question: Which fictional character arrived in Whitby on board the Demeter?
Answer: Dracula
Question: Name the famous male ballet dancer who defected to the west in 1961 while dancing with the Kirov Ballet in Paris?
Answer: Rudolph Nureyev
Question: Who carried out the infamous interview with the Sex Pistols on the Today show in December 1976?
Answer: Bill Grundy
Question: Which is the oldest original London theatre still in regular use?
Answer: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Question: What is the first name of Detective Inspector Rebus, the character created by author Ian Rankin?
Answer: John
Question: Although he started and ended his career with Yorkshire, for which other county did Darren Gough play cricket from 2003-07?
Answer: ESSEX
Question: Which British actress was married to the actor Rod Steiger from 1959 until 1969?
Answer: CLAIRE BLOOM
Question: Which actor, who stars as Mac Taylor in the TV series, CSI New York, played the part of Lt. Dan Taylor in the 1994 film, "Forrest Gump"?
Answer: GARY SINISE
Question: Which famous film actress starred as Victoria Barkley in the TV series, "The Big Valley", the series which spawned the career of actor, Lee Majors?
Answer: BARBARA STANWYCK
Question: Which King of England was crowned on Christmas Day?
Answer: WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR
Question: """Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, and what is more, you'll be a man my son"" is the last line of which very famous poem?"
Answer: IF
Question: In the Beverley Hills Cop films, what is the name of the character played by Eddie Murphy?
Answer: AXEL FOLEY
Question: What Is the first name of the wife of US President Barack Obama?
Answer: Michelle
Question: Burkina Faso was known by which name until 1984?
Answer: Upper Volta
Question: In which English city would you board a train at Thorpe Station?
Answer: Norwich
Question: Which art movement was originally formed by Walter Gropius in 1918 in Weimar?
Answer: Bauhaus
Question: Catherine of Braganza, Portuguese princess, was married to which English king?
Answer: CHARLES II
Question: Pheidippides reportedly ran the first marathon during the war between Greece and which other country?
Answer: PERSIA
Question: In which city were the Winter Olympic Games held when John Curry won a gold medal for men's figure skating?
Answer: INNSBRUCK
Question: Who composed the opera La Boheme?
Answer: PUCCINI
Question: In the film 'Darby O'Gill and the Little People' which actor not known as a singer, sang 'A Sweet Little Irish Girl'?
Answer: SEAN CONNERY
Question: In which US State did the Gunfight at the OK Corral take place?
Answer: ARIZONA
Question: The Argentinean composer Astor Piazzola made an art form of which dance?
Answer: TANGO
Question: Who was world heavyweight boxing champion from 1937 to 1950?
Answer: Joe Louis
Question: Who became Canada's first woman Prime Minister in 1993?
Answer: Kim Campbell
Question: Which painter (1577-1640) was knighted by both Britain and Spain?
Answer: (Sir Peter Paul) Rubens
Question: Who starred as the villain Max Cady in the 1991 remake of the film 'Cape Fear'?
Answer: Robert de Niro
Question: Who captained the first 'rebel' cricket tour of South Africa?
Answer: Graham Gooch
Question: Name the home of the giants visited in Gulliver's Travels?
Answer: Brobdingnag
Question: To which family of birds do canaries and siskins belong?
Answer: Finch
Question: In which English county is Aldeburgh?
Answer: Suffolk
Question: Which device did William Oughtred invent in 1621?
Answer: The Slide Rule
Question: Name the straits which separate Italy and Sicily?
Answer: Messina
Question: The Easter Rising against British rule in Ireland took place in which year?
Answer: 1916
Question: Which sport is played at the top level by Mardy Fish?
Answer: Tennis
Question: Which shellfish is sometimes called a queenie?
Answer: Scallop
Question: Which tenor created the title roles in Benjamin Britten's operas 'Peter Grimes' and 'Albert Herring'?
Answer: Peter Pears
Question: Which Australian state capital is close to the River Torrens?
Answer: Adelaide
Question: Which singer, who had four no.1 hits in the UK, was shot dead by a Los Angeles hotel manageress in 1964?
Answer: Sam Cooke
Question: Who wrote The Origin of Species in 1859?
Answer: CHARLES DARWIN
Question: Which comedian is married to Pamela Stephenson?
Answer: BILLY CONNOLLY
Question: Queen Alexandra was the wife of which British King?
Answer: EDWARD VII
Question: Sir Joshua Reynolds was the first president of which institution, founded in 1768?
Answer: THE ROYAL ACADEMY
Question: The House of Braganza ruled which country from 1640 to 1910?
Answer: PORTUGAL
Question: Which animals make up the mammalian order cetacea?
Answer: WHALES,
Question: Who compiled the significant 1942 report 'Social Insurance and Allied Services'?
Answer: SIR WILLIAM BEVERIDGE
Question: Alfredo Stroessner was a dictator of which South American country from 1954 to 1989?
Answer: PARAGUAY
Question: Which writer was the father of Christopher Robin?
Answer: A A MILNE
Question: In The Tempest, what is the name of Prospero's daughter?
Answer: MIRANDA
Question: Which treaty ended the Franco-Prussian war in 1871?
Answer: TREATY OF FRANKFURT
Question: The M32 motorway connects the M4 to which English town or city?
Answer: BRISTOL
Question: Which film actress, born Tula Finklea in Texas in 1922, died in June 2008, aged 88?
Answer: CYD CHARISSE
Question: In which city was the congress held in 1814-15, which agreed the settlement of Europe after the Napoleonic Wars?
Answer: VIENNA
Question: A native of South America, the pudu is the smallest known species of which animal?
Answer: THE DEER
Question: Whereabouts in the human body is the calcaneus bone situated?
Answer: THE HEEL
Question: Julie Jordan and Mr Snow are both characters in which stage and film musical?
Answer: CAROUSEL
Question: The Great Land Rush of 1889 took place in which state of the USA?
Answer: OKLAHOMA
Question: Who was the Scottish Labour Party leader, who resigned in June 2008, after failing to declare donation to her leadership campaign in 2007?
Answer: WENDY ALEXANDER
Question: The Battle of Bull Run, also called the 1st battle of Manassas, was fought in 1861, in which state of the USA?
Answer: VIRGINIA
Question: Which country singer, whose biggest hit was "Crazy", was killed in a plane crash in 1963?
Answer: Patsy Cline
Question: What variety of grape is used to produce the Italian red wine Chianti?
Answer: Sangiovese
Question: Berengaria of Navarre was the queen of which English King?
Answer: Richard I
Question: Catherine of Braganza was the queen of which English King?
Answer: Charles II
Question: Writer Roald Dahl was the husband of which Oscar-winning actress?
Answer: Patricia Neal
Question: The ancient cities of Leptis Magna and Cyrene can be found in which modern-day country?
Answer: Libya
Question: The ancient cities of Troy and Ephesus can be found in which modern-day country?
Answer: Turkey
Question: When Muttiah Muralitharan took his record-breaking 709th test wicket, which England player was the victim?
Answer: Paul Collingwood
Question: What name is given to an island of coral that surrounds a lagoon?
Answer: Atoll
Question: What name is given to a straight line that joins any two points on the circumference of a circle?
Answer: Chord
Question: On which river does Phnom Penh stand?
Answer: Mekong
Question: On which plateau in 1759 did the British defeat the French and take control of Quebec?
Answer: The Plains of Abraham
Question: Which London thoroughfare gave its name to a 2003 novel by Monica Ali?
Answer: Brick Lane
Question: Which structure links the English towns of Barton and Hessle?
Answer: Humber Bridge
Question: England's longest waterfall, Cauldron Snout, lies on which river?
Answer: River Tees
Question: Which former England international footballer lasted 36 days in charge of Manchester City in 1996?
Answer: Steve Coppell
Question: Caroline of Brunswick, a German Noblewoman was married to which British King?
Answer: GEORGE IV
Question: Who composed the opera " Il Trovatore"?
Answer: VERDI
Question: What do the Americans call what we call a curriculum vitae?
Answer: RESUMÉ
Question: Which Russian composer 1882-1971, wrote the ballets 'Firebird' and 'Petrushka'?
Answer: (Igor) Stravinsky
Question: Who wrote the 'Cadfael' series of novels?
Answer: Ellis Peters
Question: Keswick stands at the northern end of which Lake District lake?
Answer: Derwent Water
Question: Which sea lies to the northwest of the Crimea?
Answer: Sea of Azov
Question: In the 'Goon Show', what is the name of the blustering major?
Answer: Bloodnock
Question: Which river forms part of the border between Namibia and South Africa?
Answer: Orange
Question: In which capital city could one travel on 'klongs' and visit 'wats'?
Answer: Bangkok
Question: In which book of the bible is the collapse of the walls of Jericho told?
Answer: JOSHUA
Question: Michael Winner writes a column called Winners Dinners for which Sunday newspaper?
Answer: SUNDAY TIMES
Question: How many engines were there on Howard Hughes "Spruce Goose"?
Answer: 8
Question: Which bridge in Scotland replaced the much loved ferry at the Kyle of Lochalsh?
Answer: SKYE
Question: Who was British Prime Minister at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Answer: HAROLD MACMILLAN
Question: At which Olympics, city or year, did Eddie the Eagle take part?
Answer: CALGARY
Question: Lord Lucan and John Stonehouse disappeared in the same year, which?
Answer: 1974
Question: Who was Emperor of Rome when Boudicca, queen of the Iceni, led her famous revolt?
Answer: NERO
Question: Phillips Idowu and Nathan Douglas represent Great Britain in which athletics discipline?
Answer: THE TRIPLE JUMP
Question: Mendelssohn's 'Wedding March' was. originally written as incidental music for which Shakespeare play in 1842?
Answer: NIGHT'S DREAM
Question: Which American State is known as the 'Garden State'?
Answer: NEW JERSEY
Question: Who is the patron saint of authors, journalists and deafness?
Answer: ST FRANCIS DE SALES
Question: What was the surname of the poet Dante, author of the Divine Comedy?
Answer: ALIGHIERI
Question: Which North African dish consists of crushed semolina, which can be steamed and served with vegetables, chicken or fish?
Answer: Couscous
Question: What name is given to the hymn of praise by Mary, the Mother of Jesus, found in Luke's gospel?
Answer: Magnificat
Question: Who sang the theme tune to the James Bond film 'The Spy Who Loved Me' in 1977?
Answer: Carly Simon
Question: What name is given to a male guinea pig?
Answer: Boar
Question: Who composed the musical work 'Harold In Italy' in 1834?
Answer: Berlioz
Question: Who won the 2007 Best Actor Oscar for his role in the film 'The Last King Of Scotland'?
Answer: Forest Whitaker
Question: In which year did the Easter Rising, against British rule in Ireland, take place?
Answer: 1916
Question: In WW2, which company made the Halifax bomber?
Answer: HANDLEY PAGE
Question: A sepoy was a soldier from which country?
Answer: INDIA
Question: In 1944, in which New Hampshire town was an agreement drawn up to establish the IMF and World Bank?
Answer: BRETTON WOODS
Question: Who, on 17m October 2008, became the first batsman to score 12,000 runs in Test cricket?
Answer: SACHIN TENDULKAR
Question: Harmsen Van der Beek is the original illustrator of which books by Enid Blyton?
Answer: NODDY
Question: Australian Douglas Mawson, 1882-1958, was famous for exploration on which continent?
Answer: ANTARCTICA
Question: Traditional wattle hurdles were made from the wood of which tree?
Answer: HAZEL
Question: In which country did Victoria Adams marry David Beckham?
Answer: IRELAND
Question: On which island of the Philippines is Manila?
Answer: LUZON
Question: What is tocophobia a fear of?
Answer: CHILDBIRTH
Question: Which famous poet wrote the line 'we are the hollow men'?
Answer: T. S. ELIOT
Question: Whish 1996 multi Oscar winning film was based on a novel by Michael Ondaatje?
Answer: THE ENGLISH PATIENT
Question: Who wrote the opera Wozzeck in 1922?
Answer: ALBAN BERG
Question: In which African country is the deep water port of Lobito?
Answer: ANGOLA
Question: The process of increasing the abundance of a particular isotope in a mixture of isotopes is known by what name?
Answer: Enrichment
Question: In rhyming slang what is a 'Tommy Trinder'?
Answer: Window
Question: The world's first iron bridge was completed in 1781 at Coalbrookdale, which river does it span?
Answer: Severn
Question: What type of whisky has the same name as a French royal family?
Answer: BOURBON
Question: Who wrote the novel "Mansfield Park"?
Answer: JANE AUSTEN
Question: Which famous actor of his day, played the Hunchback of Notre Dame in the 1923 silent film?
Answer: LON CHANEY
Question: Kerstin Hakansson, winner of the first Miss World contest, came from which country?
Answer: SWEDEN
Question: John Jarndyce and Honoria, Lady Dedlock are major characters in which Dickens novel?
Answer: BLEAK HOUSE
Question: Which English poet, (1770-1850), wrote, "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey?
Answer: WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
Question: In the TV comedy series, "Absolutely Fabulous", which actress played the part of Edina's dim-witted assistant, "Bubble"?
Answer: JANE HORROCKS
Question: The star Regulus is in which constellation?
Answer: Leo
Question: Who formulated the laws of electromagnetism?
Answer: Faraday
Question: Who composed the Emperor Concerto?
Answer: Beethoven
Question: Which philosopher founded the Cynics?
Answer: Antisthenes
Question: At which racecourse is the St Leger run?
Answer: Doncaster
Question: """The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole"", was written by which English authoress?"
Answer: SUE TOWNSEND
Question: Name the actress, who played the part of Nurse Chappel in the original TV series, "Star Trek", and married the creator Gene Roddenberry in 1969.
Answer: MAJEL BARRETT
Question: In the 1995, Wallace and Gromit film, "A Close Shave", what is the name of Wendoline's robot dog?
Answer: PRESTON
Question: A theatre in Sale, Greater Manchester, his birthplace, is named after which Robert, a two- time Oscar winning screenwriter?
Answer: ROBERT BOLT
Question: First premiered in 1786, who wrote the music for the opera, "The Marriage of Figaro"?
Answer: MOZART
Question: Longyearbyen is the main town on which island?
Answer: Spitsbergen
Question: Which 20th century novel contains the characters Curly, Crooks and Candy?
Answer: Of Mice and Men
Question: Little Nell is a character in which Dickens novel?
Answer: The Old Curiosity Shop
Question: What is the name of the virus that frequently occurs on cruise ships?
Answer: Norovirus
Question: In which city did Roger Bannister become the first man to break the four minute barrier for the mile?
Answer: Oxford
Question: Whose first novel was Buddenbrooks, published in 1901?
Answer: Thomas Mann
Question: Who wrote the novel Agnes Grey, in 1847?
Answer: Anne Bronte
Question: Machu Picchu is a famous ruin in which South American county?
Answer: Peru
Question: To within one year either way, in which year was Pluto discovered by Clyde Tombaugh?
Answer: 1930
Question: The Irish town of Drogheda stands on which river?
Answer: River Boyne
Question: Which website was founded by Steve and Julie Pankhurst in 1999?
Answer: Friends Reunited
Question: Which English king is buried in Faversham?
Answer: Stephen
Question: Edale is the southern end of which walking trail?
Answer: Pennine Way
Question: The Old Bailey, the Central Criminal Court, in London was opened in 1907. It was built close to the site of which other famous building?
Answer: Newgate Prison
Question: Which TV detective works in the fictional town of Denton?
Answer: Inspector Frost
Question: In Roman mythology who was the father of Romulus and Remus?
Answer: Mars
Question: In Greek mythology who pined away from unrequited love for Narcissus until only her voice was left?
Answer: ECHO
Question: Which artist did Valerie Solanis attempt to murder in 'The Factory'?
Answer: ANDY WARHOL
Question: Who is the elephant-headed Hindu God of good luck?
Answer: GANESH
Question: Which French artist, the son of a nobleman, was famous for his paintings and posters of the night life of the Moulin Rouge?
Answer: TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
Question: By what other name is the German Mastiff known?
Answer: GREAT DANE
Question: Who is the youngest Englishman to score 30 points in a Rugby Union International match?
Answer: JONNY WILKINSON
Question: Which religious figure died in the same week as Princess Diana?
Answer: MOTHER TERESA
Question: Who was the wife of Osiris in Egyptian mythology?
Answer: ISIS
Question: Which Irish rally driver won the 1964 Monte Carlo Rally driving a Mini Cooper?
Answer: Paddy Hopkirk
Question: What term is used in the financial world to describe an investor who buys a security in the hope of selling it at a higher price, believing that the market will go up?
Answer: Bull
Question: The character Charlie Hungerford, played by Terence Alexander, appeared in which TV series?
Answer: Bergerac
Question: Which symbol is represented by a figure 8 on its side, known as a lemniscate?
Answer: Infinity
Question: Which band had hits with Sad Moon Rising' and 'Proud Mary'?
Answer: Creedence Clearwater Revival
Question: Which saint, whose feast day is 25 July, is the patron saint of travellers, sailors and drivers?
Answer: St Christopher
Question: 'The Arnolfini Marriage' is a famous 1434 painting by whom?
Answer: Jan Van Eyck
Question: Which US actress, star of TV and films, died in June 2009 in Santa Monica, aged 62?
Answer: Farrah Fawcett
Question: Who was the Roman goddess of love?
Answer: Venus
Question: Evelyn Glennie achieved musical fame as what type of musician?
Answer: PERCUSSIONIST
Question: Paramaribo is a city and port in which South American country?
Answer: SURINAME
Question: In which English county is Caister-on-Sea?
Answer: NORFOLK
Question: What was the name of the first computer to beat a chess champion?
Answer: DEEP BLUE
Question: Which Dickens novel features Dotheboys Halls?
Answer: NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
Question: Who said "I don't want to belong to any club that will have me for a member"?
Answer: Groucho Marx
Question: What was the first name of the Duke of Wellington?
Answer: Arthur
Question: The commercial name of which fruit cordial is derived from the Latin for blackcurrant?
Answer: Ribena
Question: Which fictional character lived in the village of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh?
Answer: Dr Doolittle
Question: A bipolar illness is another name for what?
Answer: (Manic) Depression
Question: Joey Bishop, who died in October 2007, was the last survivor of a group of people known by which name?
Answer: The 'Rat Pack'
Question: Pongo and Perdita feature in which Disney film?
Answer: 101 Dalmatians
Question: An isotope of which chemical element was used to poison Alexander Litvinenko?
Answer: Polonium
Question: Which country declared itself the first atheist state when all religion was banned in 1967?
Answer: Albania
Question: Born 1888, who composed the song "There's No Business Like Show Business"?
Answer: Irving Berlin
Question: Which US singer/record producer was shot dead by his father in 1984?
Answer: Marvin Gaye
Question: Who played the role of Philip Smith in TV's "Rising Damp"?
Answer: Don Warrington
Question: What is the heraldic name for silver?
Answer: Argent
Question: In Greek myth, which three-headed dog guarded the gate to Hades?
Answer: Cerberus
Question: Who was elected by the Apostles to replace Judas?
Answer: MATTHIAS
Question: Which disease used to be called infantile paralysis?
Answer: POLIOMYELITIS
Question: Who exercises power in a stratocracy?
Answer: THE MILITARY
Question: DS Hathaway works with which TV detective?
Answer: Lewis
Question: Of which nationalised industry was Peter Parker appointed Chairman in 1976?
Answer: British Rail
Question: Which colourful, noisy bird, found across Europe, northwest Africa and Asia, is found in a woodland habitat? The common variety has the scientific name Garrulus Glandarius?
Answer: Jay
Question: The football club BATE Borisov made their debut in the European Champions League this season, in which country do they play?
Answer: Belarus
Question: The seeds of the nux vomica tree contain which poison?
Answer: Strychnine
Question: In which series of films does the character John McClane appear?
Answer: Die Hard
Question: Which is the largest of the asteroids?
Answer: Ceres
Question: Who was the first Prime Minister to live in 10 Downing Street?
Answer: Sir Robert Walpole
Question: In the 2009 Tour de France which British Olympic medallist finished 4th overall?
Answer: Bradley Wiggins
Question: Which country won the most medals at the Paralympics in Beijing?
Answer: China
Question: Which European country has land borders with Greece, Turkey, Romania, Serbia and the Republic of Macedonia?
Answer: Bulgaria
Question: What specific part of the body is affected by phlebitis?
Answer: Veins
Question: During which conflict was the battle of Creçy fought?
Answer: Hundred Years War
Question: In Greek myth, who was the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who killed his mother to avenge his father's death?
Answer: Orestes
Question: Who wrote the incidental music to Ibsen's Peer Gynt, first performed in 1876?
Answer: Edvard Grieg
Question: Which play has tramps Estragon and Vladimir as the main characters?
Answer: Waiting for Godot
Question: What is the name of the road/rail bridge opened in 2000 that links Copenhagen and Malmo?
Answer: Oresund
Question: In which country is the Nobel Peace Prize awarded?
Answer: Norway
Question: Which female politician was assassinated in Pakistan in December 2007?
Answer: Benazir Bhutto
Question: An isotope of which metal was used to poison the Russian Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006?
Answer: Polonium
Question: Which 1942 film features the line "Play it Sam, play 'As time goes by'"?
Answer: Casablanca
Question: Who designed the Bridgewater Canal, opened in 1761?
Answer: James Brindley
Question: Which ship, during the Falklands conflict was nicknamed 'The Great White Whale'?
Answer: CANBERRA
Question: According to Greek mythology, who gave birth to the winged horse 'Pegasus'?
Answer: MEDUSA
Question: Which controversial rock star named his first two children `Moon Unit' and `Dweezil'?
Answer: FRANK ZAPPA
Question: Which is the oldest inhabited walled city in the world?
Answer: JERICHO
Question: What is the name of the hormone which is said to give males their aggressiveness?
Answer: TESTOSTERONE
Question: Who is the Greek equivalent to the Phoenician goddess Astarte, and the Babylonian goddess Ishtar?
Answer: APHRODITE
Question: Which walking path runs for 42 miles from Osmotherley to Ravenscar?
Answer: LYKE WAKE WALK
Question: In which Dickens novel would you find a lawyer named Jaggers?
Answer: GREAT EXPECTATIONS
Question: In November 2008, Madelin Payne Dunham died aged 86. Who is her famous grandson?
Answer: BARACK OBAMA
Question: 'Night of the Hunter'(1955),was the only film directed by which famous actor?
Answer: CHARLES LAUGHTON
Question: Element 94, first synthesized in 1940, was given what name?
Answer: PLUTONIUM
Question: Who played Flash Gordon in the 1936 film of that title?
Answer: Buster Crabbe
Question: From which Cole Porter musical do the songs Wunderbar and Too Darn Hot come?
Answer: Kiss Me Kate
Question: The island of Rapa Nui is better known as what?
Answer: Easter Island
Question: At what battle did Hannibal defeat the Romans in 216 BC?
Answer: Cannae
Question: Who was the president of the USA at the time of the Wall Street Crash?
Answer: Herbert Hoover
Question: With which planet do you associate Cassini's Division?
Answer: Saturn