zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: 'One-Eyed Jacks' (1961) is whose only film as a Director?
Answer: MARLON BRANDO
Question: In metallurgy, the coating process known as anodising is associated with which metal?
Answer: ALUMINIUM
Question: Which 16th century English composer's works include 'Gaude Gloriosa Dei Mater' and the Christmas mass Puer Natus est Nobis"?
Answer: THOMAS TALLIS
Question: Which planet has a 'great red spot'?
Answer: JUPITER
Question: Which Scottish artist painted the picture 'The Singing Butler'?
Answer: JACK VETTRIANO
Question: Which space agency built the 'Ariane' rocket?
Answer: EUROPEAN
Question: In which city was the 'Encyclopaedia Britannica' first published in 1768?
Answer: EDINBURGH
Question: What was the name of the Manchester horse racecourse that closed in 1963?
Answer: Castle Irwell
Question: Which city near Luxor in Egypt is the site of the huge temple of Amon?
Answer: Karnak
Question: Who replaced Matt Smith to become the latest Dr Who?
Answer: Peter Capaldi
Question: Which book includes the characters Dr Primrose, Squire Thornhill and Mr Burchell?
Answer: The Vicar of Wakefield
Question: What is the name of the channel that separates Mexico and Cuba?
Answer: Yucatan Channel
Question: Who founded the Kelmscott Press?
Answer: William Morris
Question: Which English cathedral, dedicated to St. Mary, has an original copy of Magna Carta?
Answer: Salisbury
Question: The blue giant star, Spica, lies in which constellation?
Answer: Virgo
Question: Which company produces the 'Whimsies' series of small solid porcelain animal figures?
Answer: Wade
Question: Who composed the opera Lucia di Lammermoor?
Answer: Donizetti
Question: Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire is the resting place of which Tudor queen?
Answer: Katherine Parr
Question: Which pop singer's maiden name was Lawrie and is now Kennedy Cairns?
Answer: Lulu
Question: On which river does the Suffolk town of Dedham stand?
Answer: Stour
Question: In the Jewish religion, by what name are the first five books of the Tanakh collectively known?
Answer: Torah
Question: What kind of books are published by Frommer's?
Answer: Travel
Question: Who produced the design, seen on textiles and wallpaper, known as 'The Strawberry Thief?
Answer: William Morris
Question: Who composed the opera The Girl of the Golden West?
Answer: Puccini
Question: Gadwell, Garganey and Scaup are all species of which bird?
Answer: Duck
Question: By what name is actor and comedian Sir David John White better known?
Answer: David Jason
Question: In 2012 Vincent Tan rebranded which football club, changing its home colours?
Answer: Cardiff City FC
Question: What kind of animal is a Corriedale?
Answer: Sheep
Question: Who won the Euro 2012 soccer tournament, beating Italy 4-0 in Kiev?
Answer: Spain
Question: Who created the Charlie Brown and Snoopy comic strip characters in 1948?
Answer: Charles M Schultz
Question: What is the nautical measurement of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour?
Answer: Knot
Question: A top tourist attraction, a 150 mile long barrier reef, is off the coast of which Central American country?
Answer: Belize
Question: What does the USA celebrate on the first Monday in September?
Answer: Labor Day
Question: What is the traditional material used to make the Chinese cooking utensil the wok?
Answer: Iron
Question: Who is the founder and Chairman of Wetherspoon plc, the British pub chain?
Answer: Tim Martin
Question: Which author created the detective Harry Bosch?
Answer: Michael Connelly
Question: Which series of 1713 peace treaties ceded Gibraltar and Minorca to Britain?
Answer: Treaty of Utrecht
Question: What type of transport was featured in the film 'The Fastest Indian'?
Answer: MOTORBIKE
Question: The UN Organisation UNHCR is concerned with which type of people?
Answer: REFUGEES
Question: Who was the creator of Wallace and Gromit?
Answer: NICK PARK
Question: When Leroy Rosenior was appointed as manager of Torquay for the second time for how many minutes did he last?
Answer: TEN
Question: Who founded the SAS in 1941?
Answer: DAVID STIRLING
Question: During which war did the Glorious Gloucesters earn their nickname?
Answer: KOREAN
Question: Before Yvette Fielding presented most haunted on which children's TV program was she also a presenter?
Answer: BLUE PETER
Question: Between 1995 and 2002 which suitably named actress played Miss Moneypenny on film?
Answer: SAMANTHA BOND
Question: El Capitan was free climbed is January 2015 - in which US National Park is it found?
Answer: YOSEMITE
Question: Who was the last leader of the Liberal Part?
Answer: DAVID STEEL
Question: Which musician and songwriter is the subject of the 2015 film Love and Mercy?
Answer: BRIAN WILSON
Question: What is the name of the Egyptian Staff which had a cross and handle on it?
Answer: ANKH
Question: In which country was the celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck brn?
Answer: AUSTRIA
Question: Madame Arcati appears in which Noel Coward play?
Answer: BLITHE SPIRIT
Question: What is the name of the Italian island close to the North African coast that was first to have an influx of refugees?
Answer: LAMPEDUSA
Question: In which year was Martin Luther King Jnr assassinated?
Answer: 1968
Question: Which character was played on film by Robert Taylor and on TV by Roger Moore?
Answer: IVANHOE
Question: Mount Kinabalu is the highest peak in which Asian country'?
Answer: MALAYSIA
Question: After having a sex change what Christian name did Frank Maloney use?
Answer: KELLIE
Question: Which Shakespearian tragedy was turned into a 2011 film starring Ralph Fiennes in the title role?
Answer: CORIOLANUS
Question: For which film at the 2015 Oscar Awards did Patricia Arquette win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress?
Answer: Boyhood
Question: Who was the female designer of Kate Middleton’s wedding dress for her marriage to Prince William?
Answer: Sarah Burton
Question: 'Swear It Again’ was the first No. 1 album for which group in 1999?
Answer: Westlife
Question: Who won the 2015 Betfred World Snooker Championship, held at the Crucible Theatre Sheffield?
Answer: Stuart Bingham
Question: Which US state is nicknamed the 'Wolverine State’?
Answer: MICHIGAN
Question: What is the main grape used in the production of Chianti wine?
Answer: SANGIOVESE
Question: Who is the Roman goddess of luck and chance?
Answer: FORTUNA
Question: Which port is situated at the mouth of the Yangtze River?
Answer: SHANGHAI
Question: Which author created the FBI forensic psychologist Alex Cross?
Answer: (James) PATTERSON
Question: How many vertebrae are there in the human neck?
Answer: Seven
Question: In darts, a three dart finish requiring a treble, single and double of the same number is given what name?
Answer: Shanghai
Question: Which car company is/was named after the man who invented the carburettor?
Answer: Daimler
Question: Who was the first Olympic boxing gold medallist (middleweight in 1952) to go on to become heavyweight champion of the world?
Answer: Floyd Patterson
Question: Which director’s last film was Family Plot in 1975?
Answer: Alfred Hitchcock
Question: Which actor won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in 2007?
Answer: Johnny Depp
Question: The author Andrea Camilleri created which Sicilian detective?
Answer: (Salvo) Montalbano
Question: Bob Hoskins played crime boss Harold Shand in which film?
Answer: The Long Good Friday
Question: Who won the 2015 Tour de France?
Answer: CHRIS FROOME
Question: How many digits are on the “long number” seen on the front of a credit or debit card?
Answer: 16
Question: Since its adoption in 2000, the US dollar has been the official currency of which mainland South American nation?
Answer: ECUADOR
Question: Only three people served continuously in the Labour cabinet from 1997 to 2010; Alistair Darling and Gordon Brown were two, who was the third?
Answer: JACK STRAW
Question: New Guinea and Borneo are the two largest “divided” islands in the world. What is the third largest island which is divided between two or more nations?
Answer: IRELAND
Question: William Boyd’s 2013 novel Solo is the latest outing for which character?
Answer: BOND
Question: Who is the director of the 2015 film Cinderella?
Answer: KENNETH BRANAGH
Question: What city is regarded as the eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway?
Answer: VLADIVOSTOK
Question: In April 2014, Pope Francis canonised two former popes; John Paul II was one, who was the other?
Answer: JOHN XXIII
Question: In which Bond film did Judi Dench first play the role of M?
Answer: GOLDENEYE
Question: Kate Winslet won an Academy Award for Best Actress in which 2008 film?
Answer: THE READER
Question: Name the female spirit considered the harbinger of death in Irish folklore?
Answer: BANSHEE
Question: In which year was the Channel Tunnel opened?
Answer: 1994
Question: What is the first name of the young witch, heroine of The Wee Free Men and A Hat Full of Sky books in the Discworld series?
Answer: TIFFANY
Question: In 1960 who became President of the newly independent Cyprus?
Answer: ARCHBISHOP MAKARIOS
Question: The Boy in The Dress and Gangsta Granny are books written by which actor/writer?
Answer: DAVID WALLIAMS
Question: Which pensioner is played by Caroline Aherne?
Answer: MRS MERTON
Question: Which actor provides the voice for Gru in the film Despicable Me?
Answer: STEVE CARRELL
Question: In the song 'The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down' what was the name of the soldier the song was about?
Answer: VIRGIL KANE
Question: In which language was the book Babar The Elephant originally written?
Answer: FRENCH
Question: The mastodon, which was similar to the mammoth, was found on which continent?
Answer: NORTH AMERICA
Question: Which mythical creature is on the flag of Bhutan?
Answer: A DRAGON
Question: Who was known as God's Banker?
Answer: ROBERTO CALVI
Question: Which club team is regarded as the first to have pioneered the concept of total football?
Answer: AJAX
Question: In which field of the arts would you find Mario Testino?
Answer: PHOTOGRAPHY
Question: In World War II, the German radar Freya was named after a god from which mythology?
Answer: NORSE
Question: Who composed the Symphonie Fantastique?
Answer: Hector Berlioz
Question: Name the last battleship commissioned by the USA, it is now a museum ship in Pearl Harbour, Hawaii?
Answer: USS Missouri
Question: In which country is Unity Day celebrated on October 3rd?
Answer: Germany
Question: Keith Relf was the singer with which 1960s group, three of their guitarists are some of the most famous in rock music?
Answer: The Yardbirds
Question: In the Asterix stories, what is the name of the druid who brews the magic potion?
Answer: Getafix
Question: Who was the comic script-writing partner of Marty Feldman?
Answer: Barry Took
Question: In September 2013, a plaque was unveiled at the Pier Head, Liverpool commemorating the loss of which ship, sunk in June 1940 with the loss of at least 4000 lives?
Answer: RMS Lancastria
Question: Who plays singer Paul Potts in the 2013 biopic One Chance?
Answer: James Corden
Question: Who directed the 2013 film 12 Years a Slave?
Answer: Steve McQueen
Question: In Downton Abbey, who plays the Earl of Grantham?
Answer: Hugh Bonneville
Question: Which Liverpool born writer penned the comedy series Butterflies?
Answer: Carla Lane
Question: Who played Nelson Mandela in the 2013 film A Long Walk to Freedom?
Answer: Idris Elba
Question: Which small country has the official language of Catalan?
Answer: ANDORRA
Question: Charles X Gustav ruled which Kingdom from 1654 to 1660?
Answer: SWEDEN
Question: Which land was Cain banished to after he slew Abel?
Answer: LAND OF NOD
Question: Taraxacum Officinale is the Latin name of which common wild flower?
Answer: DANDELION
Question: Who lived at the TV address, 698 Candlewood Lane, Cabot Cove, Maine?
Answer: JESSICA FLETCHER
Question: According to Flanders and Swann what is the G-nicest work of G-nature in the zoo?
Answer: A GNU
Question: Who preceded Menzies Campbell as Leader of the Liberal Democrats?
Answer: CHARLES KENNEDY
Question: In which Shakespeare play would you find the character Touchstone?
Answer: AS YOU LIKE IT
Question: Who wrote the poem Dulce et Decorum est?
Answer: WILFRED OWEN
Question: Who co-wrote the sitcom Gavin and Stacey and starred in the original cast of the stage play One Man, Two Guvnors?
Answer: JAMES CORDEN
Question: Which French author declined to accept his Nobel Prize for Literature in 1964?
Answer: JEAN PAUL SARTRE
Question: The chemical symbol for which element is derived from hydrargyrum meaning watery silver?
Answer: MERCURY
Question: Salem?s Lot published in 1975 was which writer?s second novel?
Answer: STEPHEN KING
Question: Which American singer-songwriter who was born on February 17th 1940 died in a Cardiff hotel in 2006?
Answer: GENE PITNEY
Question: Who plays Bella Swan in the Twilight films?
Answer: KRISTEN STEWART
Question: Which African lake, the longest freshwater lake in the world, has the same name as a former country?
Answer: TANGANYIKA
Question: James Stewart played the part of George Bailey in which film?
Answer: It's a Wonderful Life
Question: In the passing of a Government Bill, what follows the Third Reading?
Answer: Royal Assent
Question: Which spirit is the base of a Sidecar cocktail?
Answer: Brandy
Question: Which poet guided Dante through Hell in "The Divine Comedy"?
Answer: Virgil
Question: What is the capital city of Yemen
Answer: Sana'a
Question: In the 2014 Oscars, who won the Oscar for Best Actor in a leading role??
Answer: MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY
Question: Ted Hughes became Poet Laureate in 1984 after which other poet refused the honour?
Answer: PHILIP LARKIN
Question: For which Formula One team do Roman Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado drive?
Answer: LOTUS
Question: Izzy wizzy, let?s get busy was a catchphrase of which children?s TV favourite?
Answer: SOOTY
Question: The fictional character Don Diego de la Vega is better known by what nickname?
Answer: ZORRO
Question: Rod Stewart was the lead singer of which band from 1969 to 1975?
Answer: THE FACES
Question: Which imaginary creature was described by Lewis Carroll as with jaws that bite and claws that catch?
Answer: THE JABBERWOCKY
Question: What is the English name for the river known in Wales as Afon Dyfrdwy?
Answer: THE DEE
Question: Which scholar is known as the Father of Geometry?
Answer: EUCLID
Question: In 2008 for which player did Manchester City pay 32,500,000 pounds?
Answer: ROBINHO
Question: In the early 1980s Marc Almond was half of which pop duo?
Answer: SOFT CELL
Question: Who was the father of King Richard II?
Answer: EDWARD THE BLACK PRINCE
Question: Which type of tree form the Genus Betula?
Answer: BIRCH TREES
Question: Who were the first sponsors of the Premier League, starting in 1993?
Answer: CARLING
Question: What is the surname of the only father and son to both become Formula One World Champion?
Answer: HILL
Question: The River Avon has an old Celtic name, what does it mean?
Answer: RIVER
Question: The remains of King Richard 3rd Were found under a car park in which city?
Answer: Leicester
Question: A deficiency of which element causes goitre?
Answer: Iodine
Question: What is the name of the mountain above Rio de Janeiro where the statue of Christ the Redeemer stands?
Answer: Corcovado
Question: Which English novelist had an early career as a policeman in Burma?
Answer: George Orwell
Question: Which US city is known as the Big Orange?
Answer: Los Angeles
Question: The 15-a-side sport Camogie is the female equivalent of which sport?
Answer: Hurling
Question: Which 1924 Sigmund Romberg operetta features the Drinking Song?
Answer: The Student Prince
Question: What was the first name of the silent film comedian Fatty'Arbuckle?
Answer: Roscoe
Question: Apple pips contain which toxic substance?
Answer: Cyanide
Question: Which US state was the first to give women the vote?
Answer: Wyoming
Question: How many symphonies did the composer Sir Edward Elgar complete?
Answer: 2
Question: Which painter said "I am a simple man, and I use simple materials"?
Answer: L S Lowry
Question: Name the metal pin used in mountaineering as a support or belaying pin?
Answer: Piton
Question: Where were the 1976 Winter Olympics held?
Answer: Innsbruck
Question: Who provided the voice of Mr Fox in the animated film The Fantastic Mr Fox?
Answer: George Clooney
Question: Which bird was the symbol of the goddess Athena?
Answer: Owl
Question: Who was the architect of The Shard building in Southwark London?
Answer: Renzo Piano
Question: Valerie Trierweiler was the partner for some years of which politician?
Answer: Francois Hollande
Question: Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson and which other actor starred in both The Magnificent Seven and The Great Escape films?
Answer: James Coburn
Question: The MP4-12c super car is made by which manufacturer?
Answer: McLaren
Question: Who was the Swedish scientist 1814-1874 who has a unit of length named after him?
Answer: Anders Jonas Angstrom
Question: Which comedienne and TV actress's 2008 autobiography is entitled Dear Fatty?
Answer: Dawn French
Question: Who was the director of the 2012 James Bond film Skyfall?
Answer: Sam Mendes
Question: Sophia Dorothea of Celle was married to which British king?
Answer: George I
Question: Which Frenchman was awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize for Literature but refused it?
Answer: Jean Paul Sartre
Question: Which fruit has varieties called Lady de Coverly and Kishmish?
Answer: Sultana
Question: What is featured on the central yellow stripe of the flag of Ghana?
Answer: (Black) Star
Question: Miriam Gonzalez Durantez married which UK politician in 2000?
Answer: Nick Clegg
Question: In The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, what kind of creature is Rikki-Tikki-Tavi?
Answer: A Mongoose
Question: Henry Cavendish discovered which element?
Answer: HYDROGEN
Question: Who invented the original 'little black dress'?
Answer: COCO CHANEL
Question: What did William Herschel discover in 1781?
Answer: URANUS
Question: William Oughred invented which mathematical instrument in 1622?
Answer: SLIDE RULE
Question: What did Tim Berners Lee found?
Answer: WORLD WIDE WEB
Question: What beverage was invented by Joseph Priestley?
Answer: SODA WATER
Question: What do we call what the French call an ordinateur?
Answer: Computer
Question: Which brand was marketed with the slogan I'm only here for the beer?
Answer: Double Diamond
Question: What was the name of the Greenpeace ship sunk in Auckland harbour in 1985?
Answer: Rainbow Warrior
Question: The king of which country has ruled since 9th June 1946?
Answer: Thailand
Question: In which Hitchcock film did Ingrid Bergman play Dr Constance Peterson and Gregory Peck play Dr Anthony Edwards?
Answer: Spellbound
Question: The Jule Styne song Let Me Entertain You comes from which musical?
Answer: Gypsy
Question: Where is the oldest cathedral in England?
Answer: Canterbury
Question: What is the official London residence of HRH Prince Charles?
Answer: Clarence House
Question: Raki, Pernod and Ouzo contain what aromatic herb?
Answer: Aniseed
Question: The memoirs of which US politican are called Decision Points?
Answer: George W. Bush
Question: Which US born blues musician has a Gibson guitar called Lucille?
Answer: B. B. King
Question: Princess Aurora, Prince Philip, and Maleficent feature in which pantomime?
Answer: Sleeping Beauty
Question: Who founded Gordonstoun Boarding School in 1934?
Answer: Kurt Hahn
Question: Sitting Bull was the leader of which native American tribe?
Answer: Sioux
Question: How many strings has the Russian balalaika?
Answer: Three
Question: Which Irish sitcom, produced by Hat Trick Productions, was mostly filmed in County Clare?
Answer: Father Ted
Question: What is the name of the dog in Enid Blyton?s novels The Famous Five?
Answer: Timmy
Question: Which Royal residence is situated between Dersingham and King's Lynn?
Answer: Sandringham House
Question: In which city was the American Declaration of Independence signed?
Answer: Philadelphia
Question: How was Derek McCulloch known to listeners of BBC?s Children's Favourites and Children's Hour?
Answer: Uncle Mac
Question: Which is the major city of the Italian region of Piedmont?
Answer: Turin
Question: 1985 was the last year that the Scottish football league title was not won by either Celtic or Rangers, which team won it that year?
Answer: Aberdeen
Question: Which building is the home of the Northern Sinfonia orchestra?
Answer: Sage
Question: Which famous playwright acted under the name David Baron?
Answer: Harold Pinter
Question: The USA bought the American Virgin Islands in 1917, from which country?
Answer: Denmark
Question: Which musical instrument has a name which derives from the Greek for good sound or sweet voice?
Answer: Euphonium
Question: Guinea-Bissau is a former colony of which country, represented in its official language?
Answer: Portugal
Question: In 1916 the USA purchased the Virgin Islands from which country?
Answer: Denmark
Question: In 2013 Yahoo purchased which pictures and video microblogging website business that was founded in 2007 in New York City by David Karp?
Answer: Tumblr
Question: Twihards are Twitter followers of which movie franchsie based on a series of novels?
Answer: Twilight
Question: Coventry Cathedra! is dedicated to which Saint?
Answer: St Michael
Question: Which planet in the solar system has a mass which is 318 times that of the earth?
Answer: JUPITER
Question: Which car manufacturer produces the Yeti?
Answer: SKODA
Question: Who is the lead singer with Procol Harum?
Answer: GARY BROOKER
Question: In which decade was the novel The Great Gasby set?
Answer: 1920s
Question: Which isotope of hydrogen with a half-life of 12.32 years has a nucleus that contains one proton and two neutrons?
Answer: TRITIUM
Question: Infiniti is the luxury brand of which car maker?
Answer: NISSAN
Question: What is the name of the ship that sails to the island in Treasure Island?
Answer: HISPANIOLA
Question: The band McFly formed a supergroup in 2013 with members of which other band?
Answer: BUSTED
Question: Which 1461 battle of the Wars of the Roses, the bloodiest fought on English soil, took place between Leeds and York?
Answer: Towton
Question: The Emperor Showa was known by what name during his lifetime?
Answer: Hirohito
Question: Plovdiv and Varna are respectively the second and third biggest cities in which European country?
Answer: Bulgaria
Question: Prior to the introduction of the franc in 1795 what was the currency of France?
Answer: Livre
Question: Which 6 letter English word is derived from the Greek meaning ten thousand?
Answer: Myriad
Question: Highciere Castle is the main exterior location of which ITV TV series?
Answer: DOWNTON ABBEY
Question: Name the author of the 1982 Booker Prize-winning novel 'Schindlers Ark'.
Answer: THOMAS KENEALLY
Question: Cristina Kirchner has been the President of which country since 2007?
Answer: ARGENTINA
Question: Which racecourse hosts the Scottish Grand National in April each year?
Answer: AYR
Question: In the eponymous Channel 4 TV comedy what was the surname of Father Ted?
Answer: CRILLY
Question: In the animated children's TV series, what is the surname of the character Postman Pat?
Answer: CLIFTON
Question: Give any year in which Golda Meir was Prime Minister of Israel.
Answer: 1969-1974
Question: Which heritage railway featured on the original film of The Railway Children?
Answer: keighley and worth valley railway
Question: The French wine growing areas of Macon, Beaujolais and Chablis are in which region?
Answer: Burgundy
Question: In the grounds of which building would you find the Eisenhower putting green?
Answer: The White House
Question: Which heritage railway runs from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster?
Answer: The Severn Valley Railway
Question: Golfer Rory Mcllroy has a contract endorsement for 10 years reputedly worth $100 million from which company?
Answer: Nike
Question: Hans-Gert Pottering first elected in 1979 is the longest serving member of what?
Answer: The European Parliament
Question: Which French region produces Camembert cheese, Benedictine and Calvados?
Answer: Normandy
Question: Which Shakespeare character's final words are "The Rest is Silence"?
Answer: Hamlet
Question: In mathematics what term is given to the middle value in a series of values ordered by size?
Answer: Median