zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: The only US Vice President in US history to have to resign because of criminal charges, the void created by what former governor of Maryland started Gerald Ford down the path to the presidency?
Answer: Spiro T Agnew
Question: Originally a separate town before being annexed by Seattle in 1891, what neighborhood refers to itself as "The Center of the Universe"?
Answer: Fremont
Question: What folk tale character is a young Chinese lad who is tricked into trying to retrieve a magic lamp from a booby trapped cave?
Answer: Aladdin
Question: On Sept 17, 1916, WWI's highest scoring German ace, Manfred von Richthofen, scored his first aerial kill. By what name is he better known?
Answer: Red Baron
Question: What is the name of the resident jailbird and all around lawbreaker on The Simpsons?
Answer: Snake
Question: Name the book and the author of this 1895 classic: 'The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting'
Answer: The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
Question: In flight training, what is it called when the student pilot lands on a runway and takes off again without coming to a full stop, and repeats this circuit multiple times to allow for many landing practices?
Answer: Touch and go
Question: In the Sherlock Holmes stories, what is the name of the gang of street urchins employed by Sherlock Holmes to help solve crimes?
Answer: The Baker Street Irregulars
Question: What guitarist and Experience frontman, considered the greatest guitarist of all time, died on September 18, 1970 at a London flat of a suspected drug overdose?
Answer: Jimi Hendrix
Question: What color was the 1993 Ford Bronco that Al Cowlings used to take O.J. Simpson on a low-speed chase up and down the LA freeway system?
Answer: White
Question: Called the Queen of the Skies, the first of what widebody airliner rolled out of the Everett assembly plant on September 30, 1968?
Answer: 747
Question: Born John Chapman on Sept 27, 1774, what pioneer nurseryman spent most of his life wandering through the Midwest, planting fruit orchards?
Answer: Johnny Appleseed
Question: Dying of kidney failure on Sept 28, 1914, which business magnate partnered with Alvah Roebuck to found a still existing department store?
Answer: Richard Sears
Question: Last week, the Department of Justice released a detailed report on Operation Fast and Furious, which allowed what to be smuggled across the Mexican border?
Answer: Guns
Question: Now a National Historic Site, at what Washington DC location (10th St NW) did the first presidential assassination take place?
Answer: Ford's Theater
Question: Robert's Rules of Order is considered to be the ultimate authority on what?
Answer: Parliamentary procedure
Question: October 2, 1950 saw the debut of what comic strip which ran until creator Charles M. Schulz's death on Feb 12, 2000?
Answer: Peanuts
Question: Monday marked the anniversary internet giant Google, started in 1998, while its founders were attending what PAC-10 school?
Answer: Stanford
Question: Which US National Park is spread across the most states?
Answer: Yellowstone
Question: Immortalized in 2001 movie Black Hawk Down, the battle in what Somali city cost the list of 18 soldiers in an attempt to capture officials of warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid?
Answer: Mogadishu
Question: October 2, 1950 saw the introduction of the "moderately famous" comic strip known as Peanuts. Who was the creative genius behind the long running strip?
Answer: Charles M. Shultz
Question: Which nursery rhyme character is supposed to come blow his horn, since the sheep's in the meadow and the cows in the corn?
Answer: Little Boy Blue
Question: What American Romantic writer, poet, editor and literary critic, known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, was found wandering the streets of Baltimore, incoherent and wearing clothes that were not his own, on Oct 3, 1849?
Answer: Edgar Allan Poe
Question: What long running comic strip, introduced on Oct 2, 1950, was drawn by the same cartoonist, Charles M. Schultz, during its' entire run?
Answer: Peanuts
Question: According to the nursery rhyme, who lost their mittens, thereby obligating their mother to with hold pie?
Answer: Three Little Kittens
Question: Starring Sean Connery, who would later make his fame playing Zed in Zardoz, what was the name of the first James Bond movie, released on October 5, 1962?
Answer: Dr. No
Question: Played by Gary Cooper in the 1941 movie, what Tennessee born Medal of Honor winner killed 28 and captured 132 soldiers during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive and was the most decorated US soldier of WWI?
Answer: Alvin York
Question: October 12, 1901 saw the old moniker of Executive Mansion replaced with the more familiar White House, when what total badass declared it so?
Answer: Teddy Roosevelt
Question: Originally known as the Executive Mansion (until the greatest man ever, Teddy Roosevelt, made its nickname official), the cornerstone of what building was laid on Oct 13, 1792?
Answer: The White House
Question: What semi-aquatic, fish eating mammal, related to the weasel, is prized for its fur and enjoyed for its playful nature?
Answer: Otter
Question: According to the comic strip Peanuts, whom does Linus await each year, only to be disappointed when he never seems to visit the pumpkin patch?
Answer: The Great Pumpkin
Question: What former Los Angeles Lakers cheerleader gained stardom as a singer with her debut album Forever Your Girl, and has subsequently managed to milk her 15 minutes for the last 9+ years?
Answer: Paula Abdul
Question: A cultural, retail, manufacturing, health care, and educational hub for the region, what is the most populous city in all of North Dakota?
Answer: Fargo
Question: Oct 24, 1964 saw Northern Rhodesia gained independence from the United Kingdom and promptly changed its' name. By what name do we now know it?
Answer: Zambia
Question: Although debunked as an urban legend, what model of Chevrolet car supposedly would not sell in Spanish speaking countries because the name of the car means “won’t run” in Spanish?
Answer: Nova
Question: Due to his small stature and looks, 1930s murder and bank robber George Nelson was commonly known by what nickname?
Answer: Baby Face
Question: Citizens of Mexico know it as Rio Bravo del Norte. What do we call the 4th longest river system in the US?
Answer: Rio Grande
Question: Everyone's favorite childhood book, Where the Wild Things Are, saw the movie version dominate the box office last weekend. What is the name of the main protagonist in the book?
Answer: Max
Question: Who wrote the novel It, which sees Derry, Maine terrorized at 28 year intervals by a entity that calls itself "Pennywise the Dancing Clown?
Answer: Stephen King
Question: Monster Charles Manson carved an X into his forehead for his trial in 1970. After getting bored with it, what did he transform it into?
Answer: A swastika
Question: October 26, 1972, saw the death of Igor Sikorsky, the man responsible for what mode of transport?
Answer: The helicopter
Question: October 27, 1858 saw the birth of what total badass, who spent time as New York City Police Commissioner, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 33rd Governor of New York, and 25th Vice President of the US, before going on to a few other impressive jobs?
Answer: Teddy Roosevelt
Question: What is the name for the affluent district in southwest Seoul, Korea, which boasts the highest land values in the entire country?
Answer: Gangnam
Question: What Latin phrase, which translates as "you should have the body" is taken to mean a legal action which requires a person under arrest to be brought before a judge.
Answer: Habeas corpus
Question: The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral pitted the Earps against the Clantons. In what territorial city did the gunfight take place?
Answer: Tombstone, Az
Question: A group of producers acting together to fix prices are known as what?
Answer: Cartel
Question: Which legendary royal figure, the son of Uther Pendragon, was ably assisted by the wizard Merlin and rode a horse named Llamrei?
Answer: King Arthur
Question: "Remember, remember the fifth of November" is a British nursery rhyme that commemorates what historical figure? A. Sir Francis Drake B. Guy Fawkes C. Henry VIII D. Oliver Cromwell
Answer: Guy Fawkes
Question: Combining corned beef, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese and Thousand Island dressing and sticking it rye produces what kind of sandwich?
Answer: A Reuben
Question: In what trick taking card game does a player score 1500 (vulnerable) or 1000 (Non-vulnerable) extra points for taking all of the tricks, an act known as a grand slam?
Answer: Contract Bridge
Question: Nov 2, 1947 saw the first flight of the H4 Hercules, the flying boat with the largest wingspan ever produced, better known by what name?
Answer: The Spruce Goose
Question: November 4, 1861, saw the opening of the Territorial University, now ranked #16 in the world's top universities, according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities, which is now better known as what?
Answer: University of Washington
Question: October 27, 1858 saw the birth of what totally bad assed US president, the 26th, who spent time as a South Dakota rancher before becoming assistant Secretary of the Navy in 1899?
Answer: Theodore Roosevelt
Question: Nov 7, 1940 saw the original Tacoma Narrows bridge take a little dip. What alliterative nickname was it given?
Answer: Galloping Gertie
Question: Due to various sulfur compounds, the ingestion of what green vegetable causes urine to take on a very distinctive aroma within 30 minutes of eating it?
Answer: Asparagus
Question: What sleepy little Washington town is home to the characters in Twilight, that popular entry in the young-adult vampire-romance novel/movie genre?
Answer: Forks
Question: Now that the US Mint has finished with the state quarters program, they are adding a few others in honor of 5 US territories and what/where?
Answer: Washington D.C.
Question: What major US University (ranked the 16th best university in the world), which began life as the Territorial University, first opened it's doors on Nov 4, 1861?
Answer: University of Washington
Question: Which automobile company, which recently announced it was discontinuing the sale of cars in the US, makes a model called the Sidekick or Grand Vitara?
Answer: Suzuki
Question: Introduced in 1823, which president lent his name to a doctrine declaring that Europe would no longer be allowed to interfere with the affairs of the Americas?
Answer: James Monroe
Question: What former representative from the state of Wyoming, White House Chief of Staff, and Secretary of Defense, seemed to attain the maximum amount of controversy as his role as Vice President?
Answer: Dick Cheney
Question: What boxer, nicknamed Boom Boom, faced off against Duk Koo Kim in 1982, earning the TKO in the 14th round, and it ended with Kim lapsing into a coma before dying 4 days later?
Answer: Ray Mancini
Question: Useful while pondering the intricacies of a case, what musical instrument is Sherlock Holmes known to play?
Answer: Violin
Question: Known mostly for his invention of the mobile, what American artist, born in 1898, has an exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum through April, 2010?
Answer: Alexander Calder
Question: Voiced by Phil Hartman, before his untimely death, Lionel Hutz is the hapless lawyer on what TV series?
Answer: The Simpsons
Question: The famous sign on Harry S Truman’s desk read what on the front, while the back said “I’m from Missouri”?
Answer: The buck stops here
Question: Monday marked the birth of what total asshat, the "pastor" behind Topeka, KS based Westboro Baptist Church?
Answer: Fred Phelps, Sr
Question: The winner of Sundays matches between the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Edmonton Eskimos and BC Lions will meet on Nov 27 in Vancouver to vie for what trophy?
Answer: Grey Cup
Question: Crossing the Rubicon can either be considered passing the point of no return or walking in front of a Jeep. In what country does one find the Rubicon River?
Answer: Italy
Question: Sunday marked the birthday of what noted French/American mathmetician, who was known as the father of fractal geometry?
Answer: Benoit Mandelbrot
Question: Saturday marks the 104 gridiron meeting between UW and WSU, when this years Apple Cup takes place at what stadium?
Answer: CenturyLink Field
Question: Nov 24, 1963 saw the death of reputed JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald at the hands of which Dallas night club owner?
Answer: Jack Ruby
Question: Featuring William Hartnell in the title role, Nov 23, 1963 saw the debut of what BBC sci-fi series, the world's longest running series in that genre?
Answer: Doctor Who
Question: Dan (D. B.) Cooper leapt from a 727 operated by what airline, disappearing into the inky dark with $200,000 cash, the only unsolved U.S. aircraft hijacking?
Answer: Northwest
Question: In response to the crappy reputation High Fructose Corn Syrup has these days, the Corn Refiners Association has applied for permission to rename it to what?
Answer: Corn Sugar
Question: Nov 27, 1942 saw the birth of what legendary musician, who Rolling Stoned named their top guitarist on their 100 greatest of all time list?
Answer: Jimi Hendrix
Question: Sparking a 1970s TV show, which military branch conducted the Project Blue Book UFO study?
Answer: Air Force
Question: Consisting of 20 quires of 25 sheets, the ream is a common retail unit of what product?
Answer: Paper
Question: November 30, 2004 saw what Jeopardy! champion, who holds the record for the most consecutive wins on the show, lose to Nancy Zerg on his 75th appearance?
Answer: Ken Jennings
Question: On December 1, 1955, who was famously arrested on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to obey bus driver James Blake's order to move to the back of the bus, sparking a year long boycott of the bus service?
Answer: Rosa Parks
Question: Dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic, today is World AIDS day. What color ribbon is worn to mark the day?
Answer: Red
Question: March 3, 1991 saw George Holliday videotaped what event that eventually lead to a series of riots that resulted in 53 deaths?
Answer: The beating of Rodney King
Question: The role that would eventually become synonymous with Peter Falk, Lt. Columbo, was originally offered to what legendary crooner, who turned it down?
Answer: Bing Crosby
Question: What 1984 slasher film featured a fedora wearing main villain wearing a red and green sweater with a metal-clawed brown leather glove on his right hand?
Answer: A Nightmare on Elm Street
Question: Dec 7, 1941 saw the attack on the US Naval facilities at Pearl Harbor, HI. The sinking of what battleship, now the site of a major memorial, accounted for over half the loss of life during the attack when 1,177 sailors died?
Answer: USS Arizona
Question: According to a once-popular myth, oysters could only be eaten in months containing what letter in their names?
Answer: R
Question: After clashing with Zeus and his allies, what race of Greek gods was banished to Tartarus, the pit of torment lying beneath the depths of Hades?
Answer: Titans
Question: As portrayed in the 1984 movie Amadeus, what classical composer is accused of having had a hand in the death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, on Dec 5, 1791?
Answer: Antonio Salieri
Question: Dec 6, 1850 saw the invention of the Ophthalmoscope, a device that allows doctors to examine what part of the body?
Answer: The eyes
Question: What famous Christmas icon was created by Montgomery Ward employee Robert L. May in 1939 for one of their catalogs?
Answer: Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Question: Dec 13, 1953 saw the birth of Ben Bernanke, Harvard grad with a PhD from MIT. What position does he hold, and rather poorly at that?
Answer: Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve
Question: Arch enemey of Count Dracula, what is the name of the vampire hunter in Bram Stokers 1897 novel Dracula?
Answer: Professor Abraham Van Helsing
Question: What 1963 Alfred Hitchcock movie, which introduced the ever so talented Tippi Hedren, took place at the lovely Northern California town of Bodega Bay?
Answer: The Birds
Question: Arch enemy of Count Dracula, what is the name of the vampire hunter in Bram Stokers 1897 novel Dracula?
Answer: Professor Abraham Van Helsing
Question: Since a misprinted telephone number in 1958, NORAD, the joint US/Canadian organization that provides aerospace intrusion warning, among other actions, has spent no public money tracking what?
Answer: Santa Claus
Question: The word anchorman was credited by Sig Michelson about which CBS News Legend?
Answer: Walter Cronkite
Question: Which national park, famous for aboriginal rock paintings, is near Darwin?
Answer: Kakadu National Park
Question: What did Arthur Blessitt carry with him on an around-the-world walk taking in 277 nations?
Answer: A wooden cross
Question: Where did teenager Matthias Rust land his plane in 1987 much to the surprise of the country's authorities?
Answer: Red Square
Question: Which Japanese company bought CBS records in 1988?
Answer: Sony
Question: In which naval battle did Rome decisively defeat the forces of Antony and Cleopatra?
Answer: Battle of Actium
Question: In 1785, Blanchard and Jeffries became the first to cross the English channel using which method of transport?
Answer: Balloon
Question: Mary's father has got four daughters. The first is called Ann, the second is called Anna and the third is called Annie. What is the name of the other daughter?
Answer: Mary.
Question: What type of food is John Montagu credited with inventing in 1765, who said that he liked this food because be could continue to gamble at the same time as eating it?
Answer: Sandwich
Question: Which shop did Anita Roddick open in Brighton in 1976, leading to a highly successful chain of stores now trading in over 40 countries worldwide?
Answer: The Body Shop
Question: What was the name of the act comprising of Gemma Abbey and Chris Cromby who became the first UK act to receive no points overall?
Answer: Jemini
Question: Who first coined the words madcap, hobnob and swagger?
Answer: William Shakespeare
Question: What two colours were the stripes of Newcastle United's original football kit, before they changed it in 1904 to avoid confusion with another nearby football club?
Answer: Red and White
Question: Ignoring the words football and club, which is the only team in the 2006/07 Premiership whose name contains all of the letters from the phrase red card?
Answer: Manchester United
Question: Born on Valentine's Day in 1951, who is the only English footballer to have named European Footballer of the Year twice?
Answer: Kevin Keegan
Question: In which sport or pastime might you see six chinamen in a maiden or a nightwatchman out with a duck?
Answer: Cricket
Question: Which Beatles song did Bananarama featuring La Na Nee Nee Noo Noo cover for Red Nose Day in 1989?
Answer: Help
Question: Which character in the TV series MASH dresses as a woman in an attempt to be dismissed from the army?
Answer: Klinger
Question: Which pop singer has had perfumes called Curious, Fantasy, Midnight Fantasy, Hidden Fantasy  and Circus Fantasy?
Answer: Britney Spears
Question: In 2007, contoversy surrounded the naming of a new pet, when "Cookie" was the most popular vote, but staff chose "Socks" instead. What was the animal?
Answer: A kitten.
Question: Which Mexican dish which translates as little donkey is based around folded soft tortillas and is now a favourite breakfast dish in the USA?
Answer: Burrito
Question: Who was the biggest-selling female solo artist of the 1990's in the USA?
Answer: Mariah Carey
Question: The Profumo affair is frequently blamed for bringing down the Conservative government in 1964. Who created the scandal by introducing John Profumo to Christine Keeler?
Answer: Stephen Ward
Question: Which English explorer popularised tobacco in England and ia credited with planting the first potatoes in ireland/
Answer: Sir Walter RALEIGH
Question: Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, shares his better known title with which Southern Hemisphere capital city?
Answer: Wellington
Question: What is the meaning of the nautical term avast?
Answer: Stop
Question: Which theory of behavioural science states that 'Positive reinforcement and indirect suggestion to achieve non-forced compliance can be more effective than direct legislation'?
Answer: Nudge
Question: Who wrote the novel Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man?
Answer: James Joyce.
Question: Ronnie Barker in Open All Hours, or a craftsman who produced wooden chests?
Answer: Arkwright
Question: Peter Howitt is probably best known for playing the part of Joey Boswell in Bread, but what film did he write the screenplay for, and direct in 1998?
Answer: Sliding Doors
Question: The Franklin River is in which Australian state?
Answer: Tasmania
Question: What items were issued to British pilots in World War ll, which could be soaked in water and unfold to reveal a map for escape if the pilot was captured?
Answer: Playing cards
Question: In Greek mythology, what is the name of the giant watchman with 100 eyes, also adopted as the name of a UK retail chain?
Answer: Argos
Question: Rashin-Coatie is the Scottish version of which fairy tale?
Answer: Cinderella
Question: Alice Springs is in which Australian state?
Answer: Northern Territory
Question: The ‘Order of the Sun’ is the highest award bestowed by which South American country for notable civil and military merit?
Answer: Peru
Question: In video gaming, what is the name of the princess whom Mario repeatedly stops Bowser from kidnapping?
Answer: Princess Peach
Question: In which Gilbert and Sullivan opera does Frederic only count his Leap Year birthdays, so his apprenticeship would not end until he is in his eighties?
Answer: The Pirates of Penzance
Question: The ‘Pastry War’ of 1838 was an invasion of which country by France, after a French pastrycook accused local officers of looting his shop?
Answer: Mexico
Question: The Flinders Mountain Range is in which country?
Answer: Australia
Question: In Greek mythology, the 100 eyes of watchman Argus were placed on the tail of which bird by Juno, after he fell asleep, closing all of his eyes?
Answer: Peacock
Question: What is the title of Samuel Beckett’s play which consists of about 25 seconds of screams and heavy breathing?
Answer: Breath
Question: Lynn Reid Banks debut novel was entitled ‘The…’what’-Shaped Room’?
Answer: L
Question: In America, a run-down part of a town, frequented by vagrants and alcoholics, is known informally as ‘Skid…what’?
Answer: Row
Question: A Sharif, a descendant of Muhammed through his daughter Fatima, is entitled to wear which colour turban or veil?
Answer: Green
Question: In the International Morse Code which letter is represented by two dashes?
Answer: M
Question: How many players are on the court in a korfball team?
Answer: Eight
Question: Bogus, Cachet, Phosphor and Albino are all terms used in which hobby?
Answer: Stamp Collecting
Question: In 1692, on the orders of William III, nearly 80 members of which Scottish clan were massacred at Glen Coe?
Answer: MacDonald
Question: The Pushkin Prize, established in 1881, is awarded for the highest standard of literary excellence to authors from which country?
Answer: Russia
Question: Foinaven, Valentines and the Canal Turn are all features of which British racecourse?
Answer: Aintree
Question: From which country did Russia finally withdraw its troops in 1989, after an unsuccessful campaign that lasted nearly ten years?
Answer: Afghanistan
Question: In October 2011, which planet in our solar system was mistaken for a distress flare by a member of the public in Tynemouth, England?
Answer: Jupiter
Question: Which four letter word beginning with H is a Romanian or Israeli dance in which the performers form a ring?
Answer: Hora
Question: Which four letter word beginning with U is the pigmented layer of the eye, lying beneath the sclera and cornea, and comprising of the iris, choroid and ciliary body?
Answer: Uvea
Question: What are the name of the green flower buds used in tartar sauce?
Answer: Capers
Question: In the board game ‘Operation’, which part of ‘Cavity Sam’s’ body lights up if the player touches the metal edge with the tweezers while removing a body part?
Answer: Nose
Question: What is the state capital of Tasmania?
Answer: Hobart