zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: Henry John Temple was better known as which Prime Minister?
Answer: LORD PALMERSTON
Question: Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain at the start of the first Boer War?
Answer: W.E. GLADSTONE
Question: What colour of flowers does the 'Fennel' plant have?
Answer: YELLOW
Question: What was founded by Mary Baker Eddy in 1879?
Answer: CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS
Question: In which Shakespeare play do the characters 'Beatrice' and 'Benedick' appear?
Answer: 'MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING'
Question: What was the name of the craft in which John Glenn first orbited the Earth in 1962?
Answer: FRIENDSHIP 7
Question: Who composed the music for the opera 'Lucia di Lammermoor'?
Answer: DONIZETTI
Question: Where in Merseyside would you find two large Yew trees nicknamed 'Adam & Eve'?
Answer: SPEKE HALL
Question: Who directed the 1982 film 'E.T.'?
Answer: STEVEN SPEILBERG
Question: Which singer first came to public notice when she won 'The X Factor' in 2006?
Answer: LEONA LEWIS
Question: Which city did Delhi replace as capital of India in 1912?
Answer: CALCUTTA
Question: Which singer first came to public notice when she won 'The X Factor' in 2008?
Answer: ALEXANDRA BURKE
Question: Which playwright wrote the screenplay for the 1982 film 'The French Lieutenant's Woman'?
Answer: HAROLD PINTER
Question: In which country did the 'Sepoy Mutiny' of 1857 take place?
Answer: INDIA
Question: Following this year's reshuffle, who is the current Minister of State for Children and Families?
Answer: DAVID LAWS
Question: Leonid Kravchuk became the first President of which former Soviet state in 1991?
Answer: UKRAINE
Question: In which US city do the Basketball team known as the 'Nuggets' play their home games?
Answer: DENVER, Colorado
Question: Which dramatist wrote the trilogy of plays known collectively as 'The Norman Conquests'?
Answer: ALAN AYCKBOURN
Question: Salix babylonica is the Latin name for which British tree?
Answer: WILLOW
Question: From which country does 'Kronenbourg' lager originate?
Answer: FRANCE
Question: Who was the Emperor of the Aztecs at the time of the Spanish conquest?
Answer: MONTEZUMA
Question: Who won the Turner Prize in 1994 with his cast-iron work entitled 'Testing A World View'?
Answer: ANTHONY GORMLEY
Question: 'Model White', 'Goldenball' and 'Green Globe' are all varieties of which vegetable?
Answer: TURNIP
Question: Which duo won the Turner Prize in 1986 with a photo- piece entitled 'Coming'?
Answer: GILBERT & GEORGE
Question: The James Joyce novel Ulysses is set on one day in Dublin in 1904 in which month
Answer: June
Question: Which European golfer was joint runner-up in the 2014 Open Golf Championship?
Answer: Sergio Garcia
Question: The Boys from Syracuse is a musical based on which Shakespeare play?
Answer: The Comedy of Errors
Question: Which character was played by Peter Capaldi in the recent TV drama The Musketeers?
Answer: Cardinal Richelieu
Question: In which month is the Feast of the Annunciation in the Christian church
Answer: March
Question: Author Candida Lycett Green died in August. Which poet was her father
Answer: John Betjeman
Question: Where was cartographer Gerardus Mercator born - the modern name of the country where he was born?
Answer: Belgium
Question: On which day of the week did Mo Farah win both of his gold medals at the 2012 Olympics?
Answer: Saturday
Question: What was the name of the only female emperor of China (690 to 705) to rule the country in her own right?
Answer: Wu
Question: Rugby Union club London Wasps play their home games at Adams Park in which town?
Answer: High Wycombe
Question: 'Bingo Little', 'Gussie Fink-Nottle' and 'Catsmeat Potter- Pirbright' are friends of which fictional character?
Answer: 'BERTIE WOOSTER'
Question: Who played computer expert 'Professor Simon Peach' in the 1969 film 'The Italian Job'?
Answer: BENNY HILL
Question: At which decisive battle in 31 BC did the forces of Octavian defeat the combined forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra?
Answer: ACTIUM
Question: 'Beatrice et Benedict' is an opera by Berlioz, based on which play by Shakespeare?
Answer: 'MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING'
Question: On which island is the country of Brunei?
Answer: BORNEO
Question: Which river flows over High Force Waterfall, one of the highest in England?
Answer: RIVER TEES
Question: Which actor rowed for Cambridge in the 1980 Boat Race?
Answer: HUGH LAURIE
Question: Who wrote the 1897 poem 'Drake's Drum'?
Answer: HENRY NEWBOLT
Question: Which TV Game Show has been presented by Bob Monkhouse, Max Bygraves and Les Dennis?
Answer: 'FAMILY FORTUNES'
Question: Which TV Game Show has been presented by Leslie Crowther, Bruce Forsyth and Joe Pasquale?
Answer: 'THE PRICE IS RIGHT'
Question: Which vegetable has the following varieties: 'Boltardy', 'Cylindra' and 'Forono'?
Answer: BEETROOT
Question: In which was the Battle of Tewkesbury fought?
Answer: WAR OF THE ROSES
Question: Which former Beirut hostage wrote 'An Evil Cradeling'?
Answer: BRIAN KEENAN
Question: Which US state was originally going to be called the 'Territory of Columbia'?
Answer: WASHINGTON
Question: Which cleaning product, later made by Reckitt & Coleman, was invented and named by Harry Pickup?
Answer: HARPIC
Question: 'Eric the Eel' and 'Paula the Trawler' represented which country at the Sydney Olympics?
Answer: EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Question: 'Air Pacific' is the national airline of which Pacific island country?
Answer: FIJI
Question: 'Copa Airlines' is the national airline of which Central American country?
Answer: PANAMA
Question: What was the name of the queen of King John 1199- 1216?
Answer: ISABEL
Question: 'White Lipped Banded', 'Heath' and 'White Ramshorn' are varieties of what?
Answer: SNAILS
Question: In the film 'The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe', who is the voice of 'Aslan'?
Answer: LIAM NEESON
Question: What wood was traditionally used to make Chippendale furniture?
Answer: MAHOGANY
Question: Which French Hussar is the hero of several short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
Answer: 'BRIGADIER GERARD'
Question: Lack of vitamin B1 causes what disease in humans?
Answer: Beri-Beri
Question: What is the real name of wrestler turned actor "The Rock"?
Answer: Dwayne Johnson
Question: In which sport do Scotland play Canada for the Strathcona Cup?
Answer: Curling
Question: Which is North America's largest desert?
Answer: Sonoran
Question: Baltimore is the largest city in which American state?
Answer: Maryland
Question: In which capital city was nerve-gas released on the Underground in 1995?
Answer: Tokyo
Question: Which office has been held by Horace King, Selwyn Lloyd and George Thomas?
Answer: SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
Question: Who married Wendy Deng in 1999?
Answer: RUPERT MURDOCH
Question: Suzanne Packer who plays 'Tess Bateman' in 'Casualty' is the sister of which now retired, World Champion athlete?
Answer: COLIN JACKSON
Question: Which harbour is the setting for the painting 'Impression, Sunrise', which gave rise to the name of the art movement?
Answer: LE HAVRE
Question: Which castle overlooks the village of Castleton in Derbyshire?
Answer: PEVERIL CASTLE
Question: Which composer (1913 to 1976) wrote the music used in the 1936 GPO film 'Night Mail'?
Answer: BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Question: In the 2003 film 'Sylvia', Blythe Danner played 'Aurelia Plath', the mother of the title character. Who is her daughter who played 'Sylvia' in the film?
Answer: GWYNETH PALTROW
Question: 'Banyana Banyana' which translates as 'Girls Girls' is the nickname of which nation's women's football team?
Answer: SOUTH AFRICA
Question: In which Nottinghamshire town, the largest in the county, is the Rebecca Adlington Swimming Centre?
Answer: MANSFIELD
Question: 'Killer Queen' is a villainess in which musical?
Answer: 'WE WILL ROCK YOU'
Question: Which office has been held by Stuart Blanch, Donald Coggan and Michael Ramsey?
Answer: ARCHBISHOP OF YORK
Question: Of which football club was Sammy McIlroy Caretaker Manager, then Manager from 2005 until this year?
Answer: MORECAMBE
Question: In which county is Holkham Hall?
Answer: NORFOLK
Question: Which instrument is played by classical musician Lang Lang?
Answer: PIANO
Question: Which word completes the full title of the book, 'The Life And Opinions Of Tristram Shandy ....... '?
Answer: 'GENTLEMAN'
Question: ‘La donna è mobile’ comes from which Verdi opera?
Answer: RIGOLETTO
Question: In which city will the 2014 Tour de France begin?
Answer: LEEDS
Question: The title of which radio programme of the 1960s and 1970s always ended with the song ‘My name is Angus Prune and I always listen to ....................................’?
Answer: I’M SORRY, I’LL READ THAT AGAIN
Question: Who is the drummer with the Rolling Stones?
Answer: CHARLIE WATTS
Question: Who won four consecutive Commonwealth Singles Gold medals in Bowls for England from 1962 to 1978 – the event was not held in 1966?
Answer: DAVID BRYANT
Question: Which composer was born at Lowestoft in November 1913?
Answer: BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Question: What nationality is Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce who won both the 100 metres and 200 metres at the 2013 IAAF World Athletics Championships?
Answer: JAMAICAN
Question: The Bovespa index is the main index on the stock market in which South American country?
Answer: BRAZIL
Question: ‘Nessun dorma’ comes from which Puccini opera?
Answer: TURANDOT
Question: Which British player won the ladies singles title at Wimbledon in 1961?
Answer: Angela Mortimer
Question: Which former West Indian fast bowler was nicknamed Whispering Death?
Answer: Michael Holding
Question: What is the western terminus of the West Highland Railway line in Scotland?
Answer: Mallaig
Question: Which science is the study of the origin of the Universe?
Answer: Cosmology
Question: Malev was the national airline of which European country from 1946 to 2012?
Answer: Hungary
Question: The Azed crossword puzzle appears in which newspaper?
Answer: Observer
Question: Who bowled the one millionth ball in test cricket in England at the Ashes match at Trent Bridge in 2015?
Answer: Ben Stokes
Question: Which city, once the capital of Spain is now the regional capital of Castilla La Mancha?
Answer: Toledo
Question: Which tree has the Latin word Taxus?
Answer: Yew
Question: Who was wearing the Armour of Achilles when he was killed by Hector at the Siege of Troy?
Answer: Patroclus
Question: Which Austrian composer was shot and killed by an American soldier in 1945?
Answer: Anton Webern
Question: 19th century surgeon Dr Joseph Bell was the inspiration for which literary character?
Answer: Sherlock Holmes
Question: How many symphonies did Mozart write?
Answer: 41
Question: Who wrote the song "God bless America"?
Answer: Irving Berlin
Question: Named by the BFI in 2000 as the best TV series of all time, which sitcom only had two six-episode series, the first in 1975, the second in 1979?
Answer: Fawlty Towers
Question: In which spacecraft did Yuri Gagarin orbit the earth in April 1961?
Answer: Vostok (I)
Question: What type of vehicle is a Pashley Princess?
Answer: Bicycle
Question: I Capuleti e i Montecchi is an opera by Vincenzo Bellini based on which story?
Answer: Romeo And Juliet
Question: Help the Aged merged with which other charity in 2009 to form Age UK?
Answer: Age Concern
Question: The Formula One Canadian Grand Prix is held at a circuit on Île Notre- Dame in Montréal, named after which former driver?
Answer: Gilles Villeneuve
Question: Which Indian was conductor for the Three Tenors concert in Rome in 1990 and in Los Angeles four years later?
Answer: Zubin Mehta
Question: Saint Peter was martyred in about 64AD during the reign of which Roman Emperor?
Answer: Nero
Question: Which country, along with the UK, obtained special opt-outs from joining the euro in the original Maastricht Treaty?
Answer: Denmark
Question: In May 1961 who was the first American in space?
Answer: Alan Shepard
Question: Chandrika Kumaratunga was the first female President of which Asian country from 1994 to 2005?
Answer: Sri Lanka
Question: Which chef created Melba toast and Peach Melba at the Savoy in London?
Answer: Auguste Escoffier
Question: Which abstract expressionist painter married Lee Krasner in 1945?
Answer: Jackson Pollock
Question: What is the capital city of Puerto Rico?
Answer: San Juan
Question: Bridget Riley is one of the foremost exponents of which style of art?
Answer: Op Art
Question: Boxers Randolph Turpin, Terry Downes and Alan Minter were British World champions at which weight?
Answer: Middleweight
Question: In which Shakespeare play is Launcelot Gobbo the servant to Shylock?
Answer: The Merchant Of Venice
Question: To which family do Max and his daughters Lauren, and Abi belong in EastEnders?
Answer: Branning
Question: Charles Fortnum is the eponymous character in whose 1973 novel The Honorary Consul?
Answer: Graham Greene
Question: To which family do Eileen and her sons Jason, and Todd belong in Coronation Street?
Answer: Grimshaw
Question: The flag of Cambodia features a depiction of which temple complex?
Answer: Angkor Wat
Question: In which Shakespeare play is Miranda the fifteen year old daughter of Prospero?
Answer: The Tempest
Question: Panivorous means eating what food?
Answer: Bread
Question: There are only two surviving examples of monotremes. One is the echidna (or spiny anteater). What is the other?
Answer: Platypus
Question: “I hate you Butler!” was one of the catchphrases of Inspector Cyril Blake played by Stephen Lewis in which sitcom?
Answer: On The Buses
Question: Who directed the films; "The Fisher King" (1991), "12 Monkeys" (1995) and the "Brothers Grimm" (2005)?
Answer: Terry Gilliam
Question: Where in the body would you find the Scalens muscles?
Answer: The Neck
Question: Which car manufacturer makes the models "Felicia", "Octavia" and "Superb"?
Answer: Skoda
Question: """Say what you want"" (1997) and ""In our lifetime"" (1998) were hits for which group?"
Answer: Texas
Question: In the Natural World what is Ornithophily?
Answer: Pollination by birds
Question: In which constellation would you find the Crab Nebula?
Answer: Taurus
Question: Who gave Hampton Court Palace to Henry VIII as a gift in 1528?
Answer: Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
Question: Which World Heavyweight Champion boxer (1944-2011) won Olympic Gold in 1964?
Answer: Joe Frazier
Question: Terrible Tudors and Awesome Egyptians are the first two titles in which series of illustrated books by Terry Deary?
Answer: Horrible Histories
Question: Which ‘Doctor Who’ played the title character in the film Carry On Sergeant?
Answer: William Hartnell
Question: What was the stage name of American ecdysiast Rose Louise Hovick (1911- 1970)?
Answer: Gypsy Rose Lee
Question: Which species of penguin is named after the cold water current that it swims in?
Answer: Humboldt
Question: Which bowler took the final wicket when England won the Ashes in the fourth test at Trent Bridge this month?
Answer: Mark Wood
Question: George Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford is heir to which Dukedom?
Answer: Marlborough
Question: A simple statement of Boyle’s Law is that the pressure of a gas is inversely proportional to its what?
Answer: Volume
Question: Guitarist David Gilmour joined which rock band in 1967?
Answer: Pink Floyd
Question: Who created the private detective Philip Marlowe?
Answer: Raymond Chandler
Question: What was the first hit for Roxy Music
Answer: Virginia Plain
Question: What was the first name of Terry Collier's often seen sister in The Likely Lads
Answer: Audrey
Question: In which British city is Waverley Railway Station
Answer: Edinburgh
Question: Which car manufacturer make the Fabia
Answer: Skoda
Question: Who took over as captain of England from Nasser Hussain for the one day series against Sri Lanka in 2001
Answer: Graham Thorpe
Question: Who beat Chris Eubank in two World Title fights in 1995
Answer: Steve Collins
Question: Which member of the cuckoo family can run at 15 m.p.h.
Answer: Roadrunner
Question: What is the largest of Saturn's moons
Answer: Titan
Question: What is the hardest mineral known to man
Answer: Diamond
Question: Broderick Crawford won an Oscar as best actor for his part in which 1949 film
Answer: All The King's Men
Question: Which Everley Brothers hit was the best selling single in Britain in the year 1958
Answer: All I Have to do is Dream
Question: What was the name of the ITV pop show hosted by Marty Wilde in 1958
Answer: Boy Meets Girl
Question: Who was assassinated in a Harlem ballroom in Feb. 1965
Answer: Malcolm X
Question: In what year was Lord Mountbatten murdered
Answer: 1979
Question: What was the name of the security firm that was robbed of £26 million at Heathrow in 1983
Answer: Brinks Matt
Question: For which cosmetic company did Liz Hurley become the model face in 1995
Answer: Estee Lauder
Question: What was the name of the restaurant opened in London in 1993 by Bruce Willis Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger
Answer: Planet Hollywood
Question: On what day of the week is the Jewish Sabbath
Answer: Saturday
Question: What was the water that Jesus walked on
Answer: Sea of Galilee
Question: What were the names given to the two sides in the American Civil War
Answer: Union and Confederate
Question: What is the name of the special pack of cards used in the telling of fortunes
Answer: Tarot cards
Question: What is the Sunday before Easter called
Answer: Palm Sunday
Question: Which car company made the Vanquish
Answer: Aston Martin
Question: At which battle did Nelson hold his telescope to his blind eye and say "I see no signal"
Answer: Battle of Copenhagen
Question: What was Priscilla in Priscilla of the Desert
Answer: A bus
Question: By what other name is a barking deer known
Answer: Muntjack
Question: Which dogs are mostly used at sheep dog trials
Answer: Border Collies
Question: Which Sam Cooke hit had the same name as a Roman god
Answer: Cupid
Question: Which country traditionally plays bouzouki music
Answer: Greece
Question: In which film did Paul Newman eat fifty hard boiled eggs for a bet
Answer: Cool Hand Luke
Question: Who has a summer palace at Castel Gandolfo
Answer: The Pope
Question: Which TV family lived at 518 Crestview Drive Beverley Hills
Answer: The Clampetts
Question: The didgeridoo comes from which country
Answer: Australia
Question: Which British medal now ranks second to the V.C.
Answer: The Conspicuous Gallantry Cross
Question: Which boxer was nicknamed the Clones Cyclone
Answer: Barry McGuigan
Question: What was TV chef Graeme Kerr nicknamed
Answer: The Galloping Gourmet
Question: What is the medical term for an artificial limb
Answer: A prosthesis
Question: By what name do we know Hannah, Bradley, Jo, Paul, Tina. Rachel and Jon
Answer: S Club 7
Question: What were the christian names of the Davies brothers who were members of the Kinks
Answer: Ray and Dave
Question: On which American river is the Grand Coulee Dam
Answer: Columbia
Question: What was the name of the pleasure boat that sank in the Thames in 1989
Answer: The Marchioness
Question: Which US president has a statue in Parliament Square
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
Question: Who was the only one of the Nazis to plead guilty at the Nuremberg trials
Answer: Albert Speer
Question: Who captained Liverpool in the F.A. Cup Final when they won the double in 1986
Answer: Alan Hansen
Question: Which racing team did Jim Clark race for during all of his career
Answer: Lotus
Question: Into which ocean does the river Congo flow
Answer: Atlantic
Question: Ted Dexter was a Cambridge blue at two sports, cricket was one what was the other
Answer: Golf
Question: What did the Beverley Hillbillies call their swimming pool
Answer: The Cee-ment pond
Question: Which bird is associated with Guinness advertising
Answer: Toucan
Question: In which country was Chris de Burgh born
Answer: Argentina
Question: What is the name given to a seagoing vessel with two banks of oars
Answer: Bireme
Question: What is the flowing hair on the lower legs of a Clydesdale draught horse called
Answer: Feathers
Question: What is the correct name for moonstone
Answer: Feldspar
Question: In newspaper slang what section of the paper is known as Hatches, Matches and Dispatches
Answer: Births, marriages and deaths
Question: Which row on a typewriter contains the most vowels
Answer: The top row
Question: What letters preceded the name on the Royal Yacht Britannia
Answer: H.M.Y.
Question: What is the name given to the 29th of February
Answer: Leap Day
Question: What is the bony neck end of mutton commonly called
Answer: Scrag end
Question: Which test cricket pitch did the George Davis supporters dig up in 1975
Answer: Headingly
Question: How many times was John Francome champion National Hunt jockey
Answer: Seven
Question: In what year did Britain join The Common Market
Answer: 1973
Question: In which county is the Prime Minister's stately home Chequers
Answer: Buckinghamshire
Question: Which planet did Mork come from
Answer: Ork
Question: What is cartography the study of
Answer: Map making
Question: What song was a top 10 for Michael Jackson in 1972 and for Marti Webb in 1985
Answer: Ben
Question: How many reeds are there in an oboe
Answer: One
Question: What is a perfect score in gymnastics
Answer: Ten
Question: At which English cricket ground could you watch from the Warwick Road end
Answer: Old Trafford
Question: Thereze Bazar and David van Day were better known as which duo
Answer: Dollar
Question: Who was the first American to orbit the Earth
Answer: John Glenn
Question: What is the third letter of the Greek alphabet
Answer: Gamma
Question: In which country is the city of Bulawayo
Answer: Zimbabwe
Question: What is the main handicraft made on the Venetian island of Burano
Answer: Lace
Question: In which 1999 Grand Prix did Michael Schumacher break his leg
Answer: British
Question: What is measured by the Stanford Binet test
Answer: Intelligence
Question: Garnet comes in many colours but what is the commonest
Answer: Red
Question: In which country is the Bay of Pigs
Answer: Cuba
Question: Who was the last Viceroy of India
Answer: Lord Mountbatten
Question: Who said (when speaking of cars) you can have any colour you want as long as its black
Answer: Henry Ford
Question: Which Roman road ran from Chester to Dover
Answer: Watling Street
Question: What is the official religion of Benin (formerly Dahomey)
Answer: Voodoo
Question: Which German battleship was scuttled at the River Plate in 1939
Answer: Graf Spee
Question: What type of weapon was the German nebelwerfer
Answer: Rocket launcher
Question: Which French Noblewoman murdered Jean-Paul Marrat in his bath
Answer: Charlotte Corday
Question: From which American soap was The Colbys a spin off
Answer: Dynasty
Question: What is Blofeld’s christian name in the Bond films
Answer: Ernst
Question: What does B.B. King call his favourite guitar
Answer: Lucille
Question: In which town did Mrs. Simpson get her divorce before marrying Edward V111
Answer: Ipswich
Question: What was the number of the last manned moon mission
Answer: Apollo 17
Question: What was the name of Gene Vincent’s backing group
Answer: The Blue Caps
Question: What was the name of Nana Mouskouri’s backing group
Answer: The Athenians
Question: In which war were there two battles of Bull Run
Answer: American Civil War
Question: Which city has the largest underground railway system in the world
Answer: London
Question: In which American state is Martha's Vineyard
Answer: Massachusetts
Question: What was the name of George Washington's house where he is buried
Answer: Mount Vernon
Question: Who had a No 1 in the 90's with Ebeneezer Goode
Answer: The Shamen
Question: What was the name of Dumbo's mother in the Disney cartoon
Answer: Mrs Jumbo
Question: What is the distance between the axles on a car called
Answer: The wheelbase
Question: On which TV quiz show was Carol Smillie a hostess
Answer: Wheel of Fortune
Question: On which famous golf course would you find the twelfth hole at the edge of Rae's Creek
Answer: Augusta
Question: On which river would you find Luxor
Answer: Nile
Question: Which animal has species called Plainss, Mountain and Grevy's
Answer: Zebra
Question: In which country is Baja California
Answer: Mexico
Question: Which famous landmark stands in the Champs de Mars
Answer: Eiffel Tower
Question: In which country would you see the emu in its natural habitat
Answer: Australia
Question: How many Grand Nationals did Red Rum run in
Answer: Five