zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: Whose "Very Best of" album released in 2009, made her the oldest person at the time ever to appear in the top 20 album charts?
Answer: Vera Lynn
Question: Grupo Modelo and Femsit are the two major brewing companies in which country?
Answer: Mexico
Question: Many cities, including Sofia, Tallinn, St Petersburg, Warsaw, Jerusalem and Belgrade, have cathedrals dedicated to which Russian saint?
Answer: Alexander Nevsky
Question: The Mariinsky Ballet was formerly known by which name?
Answer: The Kirov Ballet
Question: In which city would you find the following; Aventine, Caelian, Capitoline, Esquiline, Palatine, Quirinal and Viminal?
Answer: Rome
Question: Who played the part of Mel Hutchwright on 'Coronation Street'?
Answer: Sir Ian McKellen
Question: Which author wrote 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' and was known as the inventor of `gonzo' journalism?
Answer: Hunter S Thompson
Question: Published in 1925, ' The Reckoning' was the first volume of which work?
Answer: Mein Kampf
Question: Who had a no. 1 hit in 2005 with the song 'You 're Beautiful'?
Answer: James Blunt
Question: Cassius Coolidge painted pictures of dogs playing which game?
Answer: Poker
Question: The world's oldest film festival awards the 'Golden Lion', in which city?
Answer: Venice
Question: Which American singer died in Cardiff in April 2006, whilst on tour?
Answer: Gene Pitney
Question: Which US city is known as the 'Crescent City'?
Answer: New Orleans
Question: In which sport was the 'Gordon Bennett Cup' contested?
Answer: Motor Racing
Question: Who wrote the line 'The Child is Father of the Man'?
Answer: WORDSWORTH
Question: Which German City was once head of the Hanseatic League, and is known for its marzipan?
Answer: LUBECK
Question: The magazine 'Private Eye' gave the nickname 'The Bouncing Czech' to which man?
Answer: ROBERT MAXWELL
Question: The Spanish drink calimocho consists of red wine mixed with what?
Answer: COLA
Question: Which newspaper introduced the Sudoku Puzzle to the UK in 2004?
Answer: THE TIMES
Question: What is the highest peak in the Republic of Ireland?
Answer: CARRAUNTOOHIL
Question: Alphabetically, which is the first team in cricket's County Championship?
Answer: DERBYSHIRE
Question: Which poet wrote the line 'Gather Ye Rosebuds Whilst Ye May'?
Answer: ROBERT HERRICK
Question: From which club did Everton sign winger David Ginola in 2002?
Answer: ASTON VILLA
Question: What was the real name of the criminal known as 'The Monster of Dusseldorf?
Answer: PETER KURTEN
Question: Name the Oscar winning song from Mary Poppins?
Answer: CHIM CHIM CHER-EE
Question: Who has played Queen Elizabeth I on TV and Queen Elizabeth II in film in the last decade?
Answer: HELEN MIRREN
Question: Name the only Quaker to be elected President of the United States?
Answer: RICHARD M NIXON
Question: Name the castle in the Isle of Wight where Charles I was imprisoned.
Answer: CARISBROOKE
Question: FITA is the World Governing Body in which sport?
Answer: ARCHERY
Question: Which tennis player holds the record of 24 Grand Slam singles titles?
Answer: MARGARET COURT
Question: The Rodgers and Hart musical 'The Boys from Syracuse' is based on which Shakespeare play?
Answer: THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
Question: Of which country is Vaclav Klaus the current President?
Answer: CZECH REPUBLIC
Question: Ben Fogle, the TV presenter and adventurer is the son of which well-known actress?
Answer: JULIA FOSTER
Question: Who speaks the only word in Mel Brooks' 1976 film 'Silent Movie'?
Answer: MARCEL MARCEAU
Question: Shirley, Harbinger and Moneymaker are varieties of what?
Answer: TOMATOES
Question: What is the name of Prospero's daughter in Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?
Answer: MIRANDA
Question: In which country is El Alamein?
Answer: EGYPT
Question: Give a year in the life of Edward I (Longshanks).
Answer: 1239-1307
Question: Which European country has land borders with Austria, Hungary, Italy and Croatia?
Answer: SLOVENIA
Question: In the Scottish folk song and nursery rhyme, who was 'the man who lived in the moon'?
Answer: AIKEN DRUM
Question: Limestone is classed as which of the three main rock types?
Answer: Sedimentary
Question: Which concert venue is the home of the Northern Sinfonia?
Answer: The Sage Gateshead
Question: Who was the founder and first Artistic Director of the Royal Ballet?
Answer: Dame Ninette de Valois
Question: What is the nationality of record-breaking sprinter Usain Bolt?
Answer: Jamaican
Question: Which common wildflower has the Latin name Bellis Perennis?
Answer: Daisy
Question: With what type of shop is Charing Cross Road in London traditionally associated?
Answer: Bookshop
Question: To which order of mammals does the lemur belong?
Answer: Primates
Question: Who painted The Ambassadors, which hangs in the National Gallery?
Answer: Hans Holbein
Question: With which trade is Hatton Garden in London traditionally associated?
Answer: Jewellery
Question: What is the nationality of Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius?
Answer: South African
Question: Which surrealist experimental and fashion photographer was born in Philadelphia in 1890?
Answer: Man Ray
Question: For which sporting trophy is competition still rooted in a challenge to the holders?
Answer: Americas Cup
Question: Which common wildflowers belong to the Galanthus family?
Answer: Snowdrop
Question: According to Homer, who was the Queen of Troy?
Answer: Hecuba
Question: In mobile phone technology, for what does the G stand in 3G?
Answer: Generation
Question: Which 3 letter word beginning with S has the longest entry in the Oxford English Dictionary (2nd edition)?
Answer: Set
Question: On which day of the week are US presidential elections traditionally held?
Answer: Tuesday
Question: Which famous scientist married his cousin Emma Wedgwood?
Answer: Charles Darwin
Question: What is the common name of the lymphatic tissue between the back of the nose and the throat?
Answer: Adenoids
Question: Half of the world's mountain gorillas live in the Virunga National Park, in which country?
Answer: (Democratic Republic of the) Congo
Question: Which TV programme has been presented by Lisa Riley, Jonathan Wilkes and Harry Hill?
Answer: You've Been Framed
Question: In 1929 which American bootlegger and gangster lost seven members of his gang in the St Valentine's Day Massacre?
Answer: George 'Bugs' Moran
Question: What name is given to a second full moon in a month?
Answer: Blue Moon
Question: Who or what is known as 'Topolino' in Italy?
Answer: Mickey Mouse
Question: Who played Arthur Seaton in the 1960 film "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning"?
Answer: ALBERT FINNEY
Question: Which British dress designer popularised the "mini skirt" in 1960's?
Answer: MARY QUANT
Question: In gastronomy the name of which popular dish stems from the Portuguese for wine and garlic?
Answer: VINDALOO
Question: In which month of the year is the Super Bowl final played in the USA?
Answer: FEBRUARY
Question: Who is the TUC General Secretary?
Answer: BRENDAN BARBER
Question: Who is the husband of Harriet Harman who has just been elected as an MP (May 2010)?
Answer: JACK DROMEY
Question: Who played The Prisoner in the recent TV remake?
Answer: JIM CAVIEZEL
Question: In the J. M. Barrie play who was the resourceful butler to the Earl of Loam?
Answer: THE ADMIRABLE CRICHTON
Question: In 1961 who was enthroned as the 100th Archbishop of Canterbury?
Answer: MICHAEL RAMSEY
Question: Who said "Claret is the liquor for boys, port for men, but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy?
Answer: DR JOHNSON
Question: Which county will host the 2016 European Football Championships?
Answer: FRANCE
Question: Who lived and had a photographic studio at 59 Rodney Street, Liverpool?
Answer: EDWARD CHAMBRE HARDMAN
Question: John Shepherd-Barron who died in May 2010 is credited with being the inventor of what, which was first used in 1967 by Reg Varney?
Answer: ATM
Question: In which US state is the Dollywood Theme Park?
Answer: TENNESSEE
Question: Raita is an Indian sauce or dip, what is always used as a base?
Answer: YOGHURT
Question: What is Britain's oldest colony?
Answer: BERMUDA
Question: Which entertainer was originally billed, as a child, as 'The Mighty Atom'?
Answer: Bruce Forsyth
Question: Which online bank was established by the Prudential in 1998?
Answer: Egg
Question: Which type of pasta literally takes its name from the Italian for 'butterfly'?
Answer: Farfalle
Question: Which flag is flown by a vessel about to leave port?
Answer: Blue Peter
Question: According to the nursery rhyme who 'kissed the girls and made them cry'?
Answer: Georgie Porgie
Question: Who wrote "He who can does. He who cannot, teaches"?
Answer: George Bernard Shaw
Question: Historically which royal figure was known as Farmer George?
Answer: King George III
Question: Klagenfurt International Airport is located in which country?
Answer: Austria
Question: What is the mascot for the 2012 London Paralympic Games called?
Answer: Mandeville
Question: Which comedian's catchphrases included "Shut that door"?
Answer: Larry Grayson
Question: What kind of acid is normally used in a car battery?
Answer: Sulphuric Acid
Question: Which composer's oratorios include 'The Kingdom' and 'The Dream of Gerontius'?
Answer: Edward Elgar
Question: What is the Spanish word for the colour yellow?
Answer: Amarillo
Question: Which newspaper did Piers Morgan edit from 1995 to 2004?
Answer: Daily Mirror
Question: In which Asian country is the resort of Pattaya?
Answer: Thailand
Question: Which TV series features the Sterling Cooper advertising agency?
Answer: Mad Men
Question: Guy Garvey is the lead vocalist of which award-winning Bury-based band?
Answer: Elbow
Question: In which town or city does the Rugby Union team Ospreys play its home games?
Answer: Swansea
Question: Which politician said in 2000, 'I know the human being and fish can co-exist peacefully.'?
Answer: George W Bush
Question: Name the Dubai tower officially opened in 2010 which is now the world's tallest building.
Answer: Burj Khalifa
Question: PH Newby was the winner of the first what in 1969?
Answer: Booker Prize
Question: Which religion has holy books called the Vedas?
Answer: Hinduism
Question: Which former Royal Mail Chief Executive was appointed Chief Executive of ITV in 2010?
Answer: Adam Crozier
Question: Natrium was the original name for which element?
Answer: Sodium
Question: What did chef Gino D'Acampo win in 2009?
Answer: I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Question: By what name is the building 30 St Mary Axe in the City of London colloquially known?
Answer: The Gherkin
Question: The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde was a no.1 hit in 1967 for which singer?
Answer: Georgie Fame
Question: Which element has the atomic number 55 and the chemical symbol Cs?
Answer: Caesium
Question: In which English county are the towns of Wiveliscombe and Watchet?
Answer: Somerset
Question: Give a year in the life of composer Antonio Vivaldi?
Answer: 1678-1741
Question: For what does the 'P' stand in the computer file format pdf?
Answer: Portable
Question: Who wrote the poem How They Brought The Good News From Ghent To Aix?
Answer: Robert Browning
Question: Which element has the atomic number 42 and the chemical symbol Mo?
Answer: Molybdenum
Question: The malleus, incus, and stapes (the hammer, the anvil, and the stirrup) are the three smallest bones in the human body, how are they collectively known?
Answer: The Ossicles
Question: Which fictional detective, created by Caroline Graham in novels such as Faithful Unto Death and The Killings at Badger Drift, features in a popular TV series?
Answer: (Chief Inspector Tom) Barnaby
Question: At the 2010 football World Cup who won the Golden Ball for best player?
Answer: Diego Forlan
Question: During 2009, in order to highlight 'global warming', which country held an underwater cabinet meeting?
Answer: Maldives
Question: How is 'King Rudolf 5th of Ruritania' known in the title of a book?
Answer: The Prisoner of Zenda
Question: In which English county are the towns of Daventry and Brixworth?
Answer: Northamptonshire
Question: Which city will host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games?
Answer: Sochi
Question: Bowman's Capsule is found in which organ of the body?
Answer: Kidney
Question: How many countries were founder members of the EEC in 1957?
Answer: Six
Question: In 1931 which Hungarian actor played Count Dracula in films?
Answer: Bela Lugosi
Question: In which year was the first English FA cup final held?
Answer: 1872
Question: Who was the first person to appear on a British postage stamp other than royalty?
Answer: William Shakespeare
Question: In the USA how many senators represent each state?
Answer: Two
Question: Which river flows through Maidstone?
Answer: Medway
Question: In 2009 who was elected speaker of the House of Commons?
Answer: John Bercow
Question: Sturnus Vulgaris is the scientific name for which common bird?
Answer: Starling
Question: Who played Hawkeye Pierce in the film version of MASH?
Answer: Donald Sutherland
Question: At which university was Samuel Beckett from 1923 to 1927?
Answer: Trinity College Dublin
Question: In the RAF, what is the rank immediately above Squadron Leader?
Answer: Wing Commander
Question: What is the narne of the late playwright husband of the actress Maureen Lipman?
Answer: Jack Rosenthal
Question: Which racing driver won the Formula One Championship in 1981, 1983 and 1987?
Answer: Nelson Piquet
Question: Where would you find a pauldron and a vambrace?
Answer: Suit of Armour
Question: Which vegetable has the Latin name solanum tuberosum?
Answer: Potato
Question: Which building complex in Liverpool was designed by Jesse Hartley in 1846?
Answer: Albert Dock
Question: Who composed the opera 'Emilia di Liverpool' in 1824?
Answer: Gaetano Donizetti
Question: Who designed the crypt and original design of the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral in 1933?
Answer: Edwin Lutyens
Question: Who composed the oratorio 'Carmina Burana' in 1935?
Answer: Carl Orff
Question: What is the oldest structure within the Tower of London, built by William the Conqueror in 1086?
Answer: White Tower
Question: What is the name of the area in Central Park dedicated to the memory of John Lennon?
Answer: Strawberry Fields
Question: Who played guitar and was a founder of the 'Hot Club of France' (Quintette du Hot Club de France)?
Answer: Django Reinhardt
Question: What type of foodstuff is Port Salut?
Answer: Cheese
Question: Which classic 1952 film was based on a short story called The Tin Star?
Answer: High Noon
Question: How many chromosomes are in a human body cell?
Answer: 46
Question: Which golfing accessory was patented by George Grant in 1899?
Answer: THE TEE
Question: Which Charlie Chaplin film satirized Adolf Hitler?
Answer: THE GREAT DICTATOR
Question: What is the name of the hero in the play Death of a Salesman?
Answer: WILLIE LOMAN
Question: Which aircraft company built a model called the Comet?
Answer: DE HAVILLAND
Question: In which harbour did the Mary Rose sink in 1545?
Answer: PORTSMOUTH
Question: Border, Corriedale and Leicester are all breeds of which animal?
Answer: SHEEP
Question: What was the capital of Brazil before Brasilia?
Answer: RIO DE JANEIRO
Question: On which body of water does Kampala stand?
Answer: LAKE VICTORIA
Question: On which Island is the Japanese Capital Tokyo to be found?
Answer: HONSHU
Question: Which London landmark now stands on the site of the Tyburn Tree/Gallows?
Answer: MARBLE ARCH
Question: Which waterproof material was produced by Joseph Kagan in the 1950's?
Answer: GANNEX
Question: The Paris-Dakar rally stars in France but end in which country?
Answer: SENEGAL
Question: Which river runs through the Vale of Evesham?
Answer: RIVER AVON
Question: Simon Woodruffe started which food chain in 1998?
Answer: YO SUSHI
Question: In which English county are the Howardian Hills?
Answer: NORTH YORKSHIRE
Question: Who is the British director of the 1994 film 'Shallow Grave'?
Answer: DANNY BOYLE
Question: The former Labour minister Charles Clarke had his constituency in which English city?
Answer: NORWICH
Question: Which island, home to a monastery, lies off the coast of South Wales opposite Tenby?
Answer: CALDEY
Question: Give one year during the lifetime of actor David Garrick.
Answer: 1717 -1779
Question: Cullet is a waste version with impurities of which material?
Answer: GLASS
Question: Chianti must contain at least 75% of which Italian grape variety?
Answer: SANGIOVESE
Question: The Wanderers Stadium is a cricket venue in which South African city?
Answer: JOHANNESBURG
Question: Which bird do the French know as `hibou'?
Answer: THE OWL
Question: Which actor played Inspector George Gently in the TV series of that name?
Answer: MARTIN SHAW
Question: 'The Potato Eaters' was a work of which famous artist?
Answer: VINCENT VAN GOGH
Question: What is the capital of Surinam?
Answer: PARAMARIBO
Question: Which horse was the winner of the 2010 Cheltenham Gold Cup?
Answer: IMPERIAL COMMANDER
Question: What is the surname of Florence of the pop group Florence and the Machine?
Answer: WELCH
Question: Which is the oldest of London's present Football League and Premiership clubs?
Answer: FULHAM
Question: The TV series 'Lark Rise to Candleford' is based on whose stories?
Answer: FLORA THOMPSON
Question: Which artist produced many paintings of Jane Avril at The Moulin Rouge?
Answer: HENRI TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
Question: Which is the only country outside the USA where alligators are found in the wild?
Answer: CHINA
Question: The flower Campanula rotundifolia is commonly known as the bluebell in Scotland; how is it known in England?
Answer: HAREBELL
Question: At which place in the Peak District does the Pennine Way start?
Answer: EDALE
Question: Natasha Khan is better known by which stage name?
Answer: BAT FOR LASHES
Question: Who, with the real name Corynne Elliot, won the 2009 Mercury Music Prize?
Answer: SPEECH DEBELLE
Question: Which term for Swiss bankers was used by Labour politicians in the 1950s and 1960s?
Answer: GNOMES OF ZURICH
Question: On which date in 1952 did the Queen ascend to the throne?
Answer: 6TH FEBRUARY
Question: By what name is the white Florentine Iris known when used in perfumery?
Answer: ORRIS
Question: On which date is the Queen's actual birthday?
Answer: 21ST APRIL
Question: In January 2010 Cadburys advised shareholders to accept a bid from which food company?
Answer: KRAFT
Question: Who was the leader of the British Liberal Party before Jeremy Thorpe?
Answer: JO GRIMMOND
Question: For which minor sport do the USA and Europe compete annually for the Mosconi Cup?
Answer: POOL
Question: Who was the author of the 2009 bestseller "Look Back in Hunger - the Autobiography"?
Answer: JO BRAND
Question: Wednesday is named after the god Woden but with which Roman god is Woden associated?
Answer: MERCURY
Question: In modern technology SatNays use the GPS system. For what does the "P" stand in GPS
Answer: POSITIONING
Question: Who in 1984 had a hit record with 'Time After Time"?
Answer: CYNDI LAUPER
Question: Which actress was born with the real name Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra?
Answer: MEG RYAN
Question: Which celebrity's autobiography "Learning to Fly" was released in September 2001?
Answer: VICTORIA BECKHAM
Question: In which English county would you find the site of the Battle of Naseby?
Answer: NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
Question: Which children's comic strip character was created in 1928 by Mary Tourtel?
Answer: RUPERT BEAR
Question: Which metal is obtained from the mineral ore galena?
Answer: LEAD
Question: Who in 1984 had a hit record with "Hold Me Now"?
Answer: THOMPSON TWINS
Question: What type of creatures would you find in the reptilian order "Ophidia"?
Answer: SNAKES
Question: What is the state capital of Oregon?
Answer: Salem
Question: Which Scottish loch is the largest in area?
Answer: Loch Lomond
Question: Which British Player won the 2009 British Women's Open Golf Championship held at Royal Lytham and St. Annes?
Answer: Catriona Matthew
Question: What was the Christian name of Harold McMillan's wife?
Answer: Dorothy
Question: Who plays Sergeant Hathaway in the television series Lewis?
Answer: Lawrence Fox
Question: What is ombrophobia a fear of?
Answer: Rain
Question: What is the longest snake in the world?
Answer: The Reticulated Python.
Question: What was the home of the gods in Norse mythology?
Answer: Asgard.
Question: What is the capital of Mali?
Answer: Bamako .
Question: Stockport in Greater Manchester has a museum dedicated to what item of clothing?
Answer: Hats
Question: In which US state is Biscayne Bay?
Answer: Florida
Question: Who occasionally hosts BBC TV's Eggheads in the absence of Dermot Murnaghan?
Answer: Jeremy Vine
Question: In the game of bingo, what number can be called as "was she worth it"?
Answer: 76
Question: What is the name of the 'social networking' website, on which messages are restricted to 140 characters, founded by Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone and Evan Williams in 2006?
Answer: Twitter
Question: Who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in `Precious'?
Answer: Mo'Nique
Question: Who was the famous Scottish rugby union commentator who died in January 2010?
Answer: Bill McLaren
Question: Who was the Test Match Special scorer who died in January 2009?
Answer: Bill Frindall
Question: Gary Lightbody is the singer with which group?
Answer: Snow Patrol
Question: Which river rises in the Vosges mountains on the border of Alsace and Lorraine and flows through both France and Germany into the Moselle at Konz?
Answer: Saar
Question: Who was Poet Laureate for 37 years, from 1930 to 1967?
Answer: John Masefield
Question: Who was the architect of the new Wembley stadium?
Answer: Norman Foster
Question: What make of car does Inspector Morse drive in the TV series?
Answer: Jaguar
Question: Which common garden flower, often used in salads, belongs to the genus Tropaeolum?
Answer: NASTURTIUM
Question: If a piece of music is described as 'adagio' how should it be played?
Answer: SLOWLY
Question: On which island of New York City is the borough of Brooklyn located?
Answer: LONG ISLAND
Question: In which play does the character Jimmy Porter appear?
Answer: LOOK BACK IN ANGER
Question: In chess how many different opening moves are there?
Answer: 20
Question: What is the SI-derived unit of frequency?
Answer: THE HERTZ
Question: Who wrote the books on which TVs Inspector Alleyn was based?
Answer: NGAIO MARSH
Question: Which famous statue by Michelangelo is held in the Galleria dell' Academia in Florence?
Answer: DAVID
Question: What was the name of the Wright brothers' first aeroplane?
Answer: Flyer
Question: What is the name of the Japanese verse form of 17 syllables arranged in 3 lines?
Answer: Haiku
Question: In the world of transport what is a VLCC?
Answer: Very Large Crude Carrier
Question: Which legal term meaning "as a favour" indicates something not intended to create a legal binding obligation?
Answer: Ex Gratia
Question: Which 1992 Quentin Tarantino film featured the song 'Stuck in the middle with you'?
Answer: Reservoir Dogs
Question: In the Royal Navy what is the equivalent rank to a Flight Sergeant in the Royal Air Force?
Answer: Chief Petty Officer
Question: What was the main instrument of the jazz musician Art Tatum?
Answer: Piano
Question: Who succeeded King John in 1216?
Answer: Henry III
Question: Tiger, Turks Cap and Stargazer are all types of which plant?
Answer: Lily
Question: The mandible is more commonly known as the lower jaw bone. What is the correct name for the upper jaw bone?
Answer: Maxilla
Question: What was the name of the first Rolls Royce model?
Answer: Silver Ghost
Question: On which novel by HG Wells was the 1963 musical 'Half a Sixpence' based?
Answer: Kipps
Question: In which town are the administrative headquarters of North Yorkshire?
Answer: Northallerton
Question: What is the state capital of the New England state of New Hampshire?
Answer: Concord
Question: What would you fear if you suffered from Astraphobia?
Answer: Lightning
Question: Which culinary vegetable has the scientific name `solanum tuberosum'?
Answer: Potato
Question: Which instrument is most closely associated with jazz musician Charlie Mingus?
Answer: Double Bass
Question: The Galton-Henry system is a method of classifying what?
Answer: Fingerprints
Question: What is a Mexican Black Howler?
Answer: A monkey
Question: Fado music originated in which country?
Answer: Portugal