zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: In May 1994, the Channel Tunnel was formally opened by Queen Elizabeth II and which French President?
Answer: Francois Mitterrand
Question: What was the name of the famous steam locomotive built by Robert Stephenson and Company in 1829?
Answer: Rocket
Question: Which US President nationalized American railways in 1917 under the Federal Possession and Control Act?
Answer: Woodrow Wilson
Question: Which 1945 film, starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard, was shot mostly at Carnforth Station in Lancashire?
Answer: Brief Encounter
Question: Who was named the Greatest Briton of All Time in a 2002 poll?
Answer: Winston Churchill
Question: Which is the northernmost and westernmost station on the London Underground rail system?
Answer: Chesham
Question: Nancy Astley and Kitty Butler are the main characters in which historical novel by Sarah Waters?
Answer: Tipping the Velvet
Question: English architect Sir Horace Jones designed which London bridge?
Answer: Tower Bridge
Question: In which year was gender testing introduced in the Olympic Games?
Answer: 1968
Question: The Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) is named after the Roman goddess of what?
Answer: The Dawn
Question: A sculpin is what type of creature?
Answer: Fish
Question: Which grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II was the first to marry?
Answer: Peter Phillips
Question: Balham, Clapham and Peckham are districts of which British city?
Answer: London
Question: US comedian Joan Alexandra Molinsky is better known by what name?
Answer: Joan Rivers
Question: In which US state did Bill Gates found Microsoft in April 1975?
Answer: New Mexico
Question: Which car manufacturer has a logo featuring a red cross and a green snake?
Answer: Alfa Romeo
Question: The 1999 book ‘Black Hawk Down’ by Mark Bowden chronicles the events of which 1993 battle?
Answer: Battle of Mogadishu
Question: Jake, Ben and Karen Brockman are the three children in which UK television series?
Answer: Outnumbered
Question: Which natural facial feature does the ‘Mona Lisa’ not have?
Answer: Eyebrows
Question: What style of coat was referred to in the Royal Navy as a ‘Convoy Coat’?
Answer: Duffle coat
Question: In 1958, ‘His Clothes’ was the first boutique to open in which London street?
Answer: Carnaby Street
Question: Which British luxury brand has a logo featuring an equestrian knight and the Latin word ‘Prorsum’?
Answer: Burberry
Question: ‘Neither a borrower nor a lender be’ is a line from which Shakespeare play?
Answer: Hamlet
Question: How long, in feet, is a regulation NBA basketball court?
Answer: 94 feet
Question: What type of creature is a koel?
Answer: Bird
Question: What is the title of the 2000 film in which Bruce Willis plays a security guard who is the sole survivor of a train crash?
Answer: Unbreakable
Question: Cranial nerves emerge directly from which organ in the human body?
Answer: Brain
Question: What is the name of Kathy Burke’s character in the UK television series ‘Gimme Gimme Gimme’?
Answer: Linda La Hughes
Question: The Chao Phraya River is in which Asian country?
Answer: Thailand
Question: Bare-nosed and Hairy-nosed are the two basic kinds of which marsupial?
Answer: Wombat
Question: Which religion calls outsiders ‘The English’?
Answer: Amish
Question: Auld Reekie is the nickname for which Scottish city?
Answer: Edinburgh
Question: Which Cardinal gave Hampton Court Palace to King Henry VIII?
Answer: Cardinal Wolsey
Question: Which animal has the highest known blood pressure of any mammal in the world?
Answer: Giraffe
Question: Who was appointed manager of the England football team in May 2012?
Answer: Roy Hodgson
Question: Which British singer and musician is known as ‘The Modfather’?
Answer: Paul Weller
Question: What is a female hippopotamus called?
Answer: Cow
Question: In 1960, which actress received the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles?
Answer: Joanne Woodward
Question: Who is the voice of chief mechanic ‘Big Chris’ in the children’s UK television series ‘Roary the Racing Car’?
Answer: Peter Kay
Question: What was discovered in the American River in California in 1848 by carpenter and sawmill operator James W Marshall?
Answer: Gold
Question: Bess Wallace was the wife of which US President?
Answer: Harry S Truman
Question: The latissimus muscle is in which part of the human body?
Answer: Back
Question: What is the name of the drunken tinker in and for who the play ‘The Taming of the Shrew’, by William Shakespeare, is performed?
Answer: Christopher Sly
Question: Which Shakespeare play is set in the port of Messina, on the island of Sicily?
Answer: Much Ado About Nothing
Question: Which Shakespeare play is also known under the title ‘What You Will’?
Answer: Twelfth Night
Question: What is the title of Abba’s last UK number one hit single?
Answer: Super Trouper
Question: At the age of 22 years and 47 days who was the youngest captain of the England football team?
Answer: Bobby Moore
Question: Which is the only state in the US that commercially grows coffee?
Answer: Hawaii
Question: ‘The ‘what’ Tree’ is a 1987 album by U2?
Answer: Joshua
Question: Teatro La Fenice opera house is in which European city?
Answer: Venice
Question: The 2009 album ‘Journal for Plague Lovers’ was released by which band?
Answer: Manic Street Preachers
Question: Which element changes a person’s voice when inhaled, making it sound much higher?
Answer: Helium
Question: Which English author drowned in 1941, after filling her pockets with stones and walking into the River Ouse?
Answer: Virginia Woolf
Question: Which UK television game show is the setting for the novel ‘Starter For 10’ by David Nicholls?
Answer: University Challenge
Question: Hipolito Yrigoyen was the President of which South American country from 1928 to 1930?
Answer: Argentina
Question: Teri Hatcher played Paris Carver in which James Bond film?
Answer: Tomorrow Never Dies
Question: Cee Lo Green is one half of which US soul duo?
Answer: Gnarls Barkley
Question: In February 1938, what was the first commercial product to be made with nylon yarn?
Answer: Toothbrush
Question: The Scottish village of Ullapool lies on which loch?
Answer: Loch Broom
Question: What is the name of a small curve over a vowel which symbolises a short sound?
Answer: Breve
Question: ‘Stone walls do not a ‘what’ make’ is a line from a poem by 17th Century poet Richard Lovelace?
Answer: Prison
Question: Who was Bill Clinton’s running mate in the 1992 US Presidential election?
Answer: Al Gore
Question: In November 1990, British Satellite Broadcasting merged with which television service?
Answer: Sky (Television plc)
Question: Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair was born in which British city?
Answer: Edinburgh
Question: Who plays Jack Regan in the 2012 film ‘The Sweeney’?
Answer: Ray Winstone
Question: Who was the father of American singer-songwriter Norah Jones?
Answer: Ravi Shankar
Question: What is the nickname of the UFC (Uniting For Consensus), which was developed in the 1990’s in opposition to the possible expansion of the United Nations Security Council?
Answer: The Coffee Club
Question: What is the highest number on a UK National Lottery ticket?
Answer: 49
Question: The Henley Royal Regatta takes place over the first weekend of which month?
Answer: July
Question: The name of which region in India means ‘Land of Five Rivers’?
Answer: Punjab
Question: Who succeeded Henry Cooper as British Heavyweight Boxing Champion?
Answer: Joe Bugner
Question: US actor/director Jerome Silberman is better known by what name?
Answer: Gene Wilder
Question: Who became Scotland’s longest-serving first minister in November 2012?
Answer: Alex Salmond
Question: Who directed and co-starred in the 1958 film ‘Touch of Evil’?
Answer: Orson Welles
Question: ‘Say hello to my little friend’ is a quote from which film starring Al Pacino?
Answer: Scarface
Question: Who directed the 1982 film ‘Gandhi’?
Answer: Richard Attenborough
Question: National Heroes Day is celebrated in Barbados during which month of the year?
Answer: April
Question: Which fictional bear’s favourite food is marmalade sandwiches?
Answer: Paddington Bear
Question: What is the largest gulf in the world?
Answer: Gulf of Mexico
Question: How many squares are on a Spear’s Games Snakes and Ladders board?
Answer: 100
Question: How many Jokers are in a standard pack of cards?
Answer: Two
Question: Tipperary is in which European country?
Answer: Ireland
Question: Madras was the former name of which Indian city?
Answer: Chennai
Question: What is Philip Treacy famous for designing?
Answer: Hats
Question: The caber, kilts and bagpipes are all associated with with European country?
Answer: Scotland
Question: Bald-Faced Hornet is another name for which insect?
Answer: Wasp
Question: Which British politician was the first person to be made an Honorary Citizen of the United States of America?
Answer: Winston Churchill
Question: The heart of the 19th Century composer Chopin is said to be preserved in which liquid?
Answer: Cognac
Question: In October 2012, what did the minimum hourly wage rise to, in pounds sterling, for over 21 year olds in the UK?
Answer: 6.19
Question: Which US duo performed ‘The Concert in the Park’, a free benefit concert in New York in September 1981?
Answer: Simon and Garfunkel
Question: How many bottles of Champagne are in a Rehoboam?
Answer: Six
Question: What is the capital of the principality of Lichtenstein?
Answer: Vaduz
Question: Christopher Eccleston, Kerry Fox and Ewan McGregor played flatmates in which 1994 film?
Answer: Shallow Grave
Question: Which US state is known as the Sooner State?
Answer: Oklahoma
Question: Astraphobia is the irrational fear of which weather condition?
Answer: Thunder and lightning
Question: How many violins are in a string quartet?
Answer: Two
Question: What was the first name of Marconi, Italian inventor known for his pioneering work on long-distance radio transmission?
Answer: Guglielmo
Question: The Bay of Fundy, which has the highest tides in the world, is mainly in which country?
Answer: Canada
Question: Who directed and starred in the 2000 film ‘Pollock’, about the artist Jackson Pollock?
Answer: Ed Harris
Question: How many times did Stanley Baldwin become British Prime Minister?
Answer: Three
Question: The 1972 film ‘Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex (But Were Afraid To Ask)’ was directed by and featured who?
Answer: Woody Allen
Question: Who wrote the 18th Century novels ‘Justine, or the Misfortunes of Virtue’ and ‘Philosophy in the Bedroom’?
Answer: Marquis de Sade
Question: What is the name of the female friend of children’s television puppet Andy Pandy?
Answer: Looby Loo
Question: In 2000, British television chef Jamie Oliver became the face of which supermarket chain?
Answer: Sainsbury
Question: What is the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet?
Answer: Psi
Question: The Mangla Dam is in which Asian country?
Answer: Pakistan
Question: In the US television show ‘The Simpson’s’, what colour are Bart’s shorts?
Answer: Blue
Question: Scaramanga’s servant Nick Nack is a character in which James Bond film?
Answer: The Man With the Golden Gun
Question: In poetry, an alexandrine is a line of verse comprising how many syllables?
Answer: 12
Question: The United Nations was created in which US city?
Answer: San Francisco
Question: Which British television chef has ‘Kitchen Nightmares’?
Answer: Gordon Ramsay
Question: Who played Lara Croft in the 2001 film ‘Tomb Raider’?
Answer: Angelina Jolie
Question: Lutraphobia is the fear of which animal?
Answer: Otter
Question: Who wrote the novel ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles?
Answer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Question: In the US television show ‘The Sopranos’, who plays Adriana La Cerva?
Answer: Drea De Matteo
Question: In the US television show ‘The Sopranos’, what is the title of the Christopher Moltisanti’s film which premiered in 2007 at a private screening?
Answer: Cleaver
Question: The ‘Chorleywood Process’ is used in the making of which foodstuff?
Answer: Bread
Question: During which month of the year is Oak Apple Day  (Royal Oak Day) celebrated?
Answer: May
Question: Who plays Fanny Brice in the 1968 film ‘Funny Girl’?
Answer: Barbra Streisand
Question: An excerpt from the composition ‘Gran Vals’ by classical guitarist Francisco Tarrega is commonly known as The ‘what’ Tune?
Answer: The Nokia Tune
Question: Which English monarch founded Eton College?
Answer: King Henry VI
Question: Rhode Island Red is a breed of which bird?
Answer: Chicken
Question: English artist Damien Hirst was born in which city?
Answer: Bristol
Question: In which James Bond film did Sean Connery wear the Bell Rocket Belt (Jet Pack)?
Answer: Thunderball
Question: Myoglobin is the primary oxygen-carrying pigment of which type of body tissue in humans?
Answer: Muscle tissue
Question: The House of Grimaldi has ruled which European principality since 1927?
Answer: Monaco
Question: Jack Dawson is a character in which 1997 Oscar-winning film?
Answer: Titanic
Question: Ailurophobia is the irrational fear of which animals?
Answer: Cats
Question: Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of which other country?
Answer: Denmark
Question: What is the title of the third film in the ‘Twilight Saga’ series?
Answer: Eclipse
Question: The islands of Oahu, Molokai and Lanai are part of which US state?
Answer: Hawaii
Question: A group of which animals is known as a cackle?
Answer: Hyenas
Question: Annapolis is the capital of which US state?
Answer: Maryland
Question: Ophidian relates to which creature?
Answer: Snake
Question: Which British rhythm and blues/jazz singer and keyboard player was born Clive Powell in June 1943?
Answer: Georgie Fame
Question: Which four herbs are mentioned in the Simon and Garfunkel song ‘Scarborough Fair’?
Answer: Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
Question: Members of the 1966 World Cup winning English football team, Bobby Moore, Martin Peters and Geoff Hurst played for which league team?
Answer: West Ham FC
Question: The Notting Hill Carnival in London is held during which month of the year?
Answer: August
Question: Stonewall is a CDP (Census-designated place) in which US state?
Answer: Texas
Question: What is the first name of former world number one professional tennis player McEnroe?
Answer: John
Question: Film producer, director and writer Gerry Anderson was born in which city in April 1929?
Answer: London
Question: What is the name of the Doctor of Space Medicine, voiced by Sylvia Anderson, in the children’s television series ‘Fireball XL5’?
Answer: Doctor Venus
Question: What is the surname of Joe in the children’s television series ‘Joe 90’?
Answer: McClaine
Question: What is the name of the ‘hoverchair’ bound commander in the children’s television series ‘Stingray’?
Answer: Samuel Shore
Question: What is the name of the pilot of The Battlehawk in the children’s television series ‘Terrahawks’?
Answer: Captain Mary Falconer
Question: Which boyband represented the UK in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest?
Answer: Blue
Question: English sportswoman Laura Davies is associated with which sport?
Answer: Golf
Question: US jazz Musician Thelonious Monk played which instrument?
Answer: Piano
Question: What is the main ingredient of the dish falafel?
Answer: Chick peas
Question: What is the first name of Captain Mainwaring in the UK television series ‘Dad’s Army’?
Answer: George
Question: Sharon Stone plays Ginger McKenna Rothstein in which 1995 film?
Answer: Casino
Question: In the children’s nursery rhyme, where was ‘The Cock Horse’ ridden to?
Answer: Banbury Cross
Question: Who wrote the 1881 novel ‘The Prince and the Pauper’?
Answer: Mark Twain
Question: Chinstrap, Macaroni, Humboldt and Gentoo are all species of which creature?
Answer: Penguin
Question: Pediophobia is the irrational fear of which playthings?
Answer: Dolls
Question: Which number Amendment to the United States Constitution outlaws slavery?
Answer: Thirteenth
Question: Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia is the fear of which number?
Answer: 666
Question: Who directed the 1993 film ‘Much Ado About Nothing’?
Answer: Kenneth Branagh
Question: The Bermuda Bowl is a biennial world championship tournament in which game?
Answer: Contract Bridge
Question: Actor Kenneth Branagh was born in which UK city?
Answer: Belfast
Question: Supermodel Elle McPherson was born in which country?
Answer: Australia
Question: What is the legal minimum age for marriage for men in India?
Answer: 21 years
Question: Soeur is French for which member of the family?
Answer: Sister
Question: Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood are judges on which UK television cookery show?
Answer: The Great British Bake Off
Question: Charlotte Bronte wrote the novel Jane Eyre under which pen name?
Answer: Currer Bell
Question: British novelist Zadie Smith won the 2006 Orange Prize for Fiction for which novel?
Answer: On Beauty
Question: Which novel by Charles Dickens has sold the most copies?
Answer: A Tale of Two Cities
Question: ‘What a lot of hairy-faced men there are around nowadays’ is the opening line of which book by Roald Dahl?
Answer: The Twits
Question: What is the first name of Gatsby in the novel ‘The Great Gatsby’ by F Scott Fitzgerald?
Answer: Jay
Question: Greenburst, Zohar, Munchkin and Kong are all varieties of which flower?
Answer: Sunflower
Question: Which chemical compound  has the molecular formula H2O2?
Answer: Hydrogen peroxide
Question: The disease bovine spongiform encephalopathy is commonly known by what name?
Answer: Mad Cow Disease
Question: The unicorn on the British coat of arms represents which country?
Answer: Scotland
Question: A ‘Gordie Howe Hat Trick’ is when a player scores a goal, notches an assist and gets into a fight all in the same game while playing what?
Answer: Ice Hockey
Question: The statue of Eros in Piccadilly Circus London is cast in which metal?
Answer: Aluminium
Question: Who was the English voice of television cartoon character Danger Mouse?
Answer: David Jason
Question: ‘Dogsbody’ was the radio call sign for which World War II British fighter pilot?
Answer: Douglas Bader
Question: The 1857 Sepoy Mutiny took place in which country?
Answer: India
Question: Bohol, Masbate, Luzon and Jolo are all part of which island group?
Answer: Philippines
Question: Which US boxer, born February 1977, has the nickname ‘Pretty Boy’?
Answer: Floyd Mayweather Jr
Question: Which year saw the first commercial Concorde flight?
Answer: 1976
Question: In the US, National Ice Cream Day, the third Sunday in July, was designated by which President?
Answer: Ronald Reagan
Question: How many cards are in each suit in a standard deck of cards?
Answer: 13
Question: Who sang the 1964 hit single ‘Chapel of Love’?
Answer: The Dixie Cups
Question: Who played the chimney sweep Bert in the 1964 film ‘Mary Poppins’?
Answer: Dick Van Dyke
Question: Harry Redknapp is associated with which British sport?
Answer: Football
Question: How many events make up a pentathlon?
Answer: Five
Question: How many ‘Steps’ are there in the novel by John Buchan?
Answer: Thirty-nine
Question: By what name is British DJ Norman Cook better known?
Answer: Fatboy Slim
Question: An Austringer is a person who hunts with which creature?
Answer: Hawks
Question: What is the surname of Roger Daltry’s character Tommy in the 1975 film ‘Tommy’?
Answer: Walker
Question: During which year did the first RHS Chelsea Flower Show take place?
Answer: 1913
Question: Who played George Russell in the 1960’s UK television series ‘George and the Dragon’?
Answer: Sid James
Question: What was the middle name of late US author Truman Capote?
Answer: Streckfus
Question: A Spartan is what type of fruit?
Answer: Apple
Question: Bee, Giant and Broad-tailed are all species of which bird?
Answer: Hummingbird
Question: Zimt is German for which spice?
Answer: Cinnamon
Question: The Hilsa is the national fish of which Asian country?
Answer: Bangladesh
Question: On which island is the 2001 film ‘The Others’ set?
Answer: Jersey
Question: What is the name of the fictional Italian tenor in the UK ‘Go Compare’ television adverts?
Answer: Gio Compario
Question: Which US actor did Elvis Presley’s daughter, Lisa Marie, marry in 2002?
Answer: Nicholas Cage
Question: Alana Hamilton, Penny Lancaster and Rachel Hunter have all been married to which British singer?
Answer: Rod Stewart
Question: The aria ‘Un bel di vedremo’ (One fine day) is from which opera by Giacomo Puccini?
Answer: Madame Butterfly
Question: What was the first name of Italian tenor Caruso, born in 1873?
Answer: Enrico
Question: Tamino, Sarastro, Pamina and Papageno are all characters from which opera by Mozart?
Answer: The Magic Flute
Question: In the human body, Inguinal, Femoral, Epigastric ans Spigelian are all types of what?
Answer: Hernias
Question: What was the name of American frontiersman Davy Crockett’s rifle which was presented to him for his service in the Tennessee State Assembly?
Answer: Old Betsy
Question: What is the national bird of India?
Answer: Peacock
Question: What type of tool is a Stillson?
Answer: Wrench
Question: Charles Ryder and Sebastian Flyte are characters in which 1980’s UK television drama series?
Answer: Brideshead Revisited
Question: In June 1987, which country introduced a one dollar coin nicknamed the ‘Loonie’?
Answer: Canada
Question: Silicon Alley is a nickname for an area with a concentration of Internet and new media companies in which city?
Answer: New York
Question: Manor Farm at Dingley Dell features in which novel by Charles Dickens?
Answer: The Pickwick Papers
Question: Former professional footballer Neil Ruddock played for which English club from 1986 to 1988?
Answer: Tottenham Hotspur FC
Question: Australian sportsman Ricky Ponting is associated with which sport?
Answer: Cricket
Question: What is the name of the dog in Enid Blyton’s ‘Secret Seven’?
Answer: Scamper
Question: Which word replaced ‘Bachelor’ and ‘Spinster’ on UK marriage certificates?
Answer: Single
Question: Sphagnum is what type of plant?
Answer: Moss
Question: What is the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet?
Answer: Chi
Question: Who won the 1990 Wimbledon Ladies Singles Tennis Championship?
Answer: Martina Navratilova
Question: Which French President was nicknamed ‘The Great Asparagus’?
Answer: Charles De Gaulle
Question: What is the nickname of the London building at 30, St Mary Axe?
Answer: The Gherkin
Question: The River Cafe Restaurant in London specialises in the cuisine of which country?
Answer: Italy
Question: British television puppet Lenny the Lion belonged to which ventriloquist?
Answer: Terry Hall
Question: Barouche, Phaeton, Surrey and Curnicle are all types of what?
Answer: Horse-drawn carriage
Question: What is a male honey bee called?
Answer: Drone
Question: The Scottish dish Kilted Sausages is sausages wrapped in what?
Answer: Bacon
Question: Film actor Jeanne Claud van Dam is nicknamed The ‘what’ From Brussels?
Answer: Muscles
Question: Which US space probe completed the first mission to the planet Jupiter?
Answer: Pioneer 10
Question: What does the Latin phrase ‘Suum cuique’ translate to in English?
Answer: To each his own
Question: Spessartine (or Spessartite) is what type of gemstone?
Answer: Garnet
Question: Yellowstone National Park is located primarily in which US state?
Answer: Wyoming
Question: Which song from the 1934 film ‘The Gay Divorcee’, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, won the first Academy Award for Best Original Song?
Answer: The Continental
Question: In the 1982 film ‘Blade Runner’, what are the genetically engineered organic robots called?
Answer: Replicants
Question: What is the surname of Carlito, played by Al Pacino, in the 1993 crime drama film ‘Carlito’s Way’?
Answer: Brigante
Question: Which vowel is on the middle letter row on a computer keyboard?
Answer: A
Question: What process was banned temporarily in Blackpool after is was blamed for causing two earth tremors in 2011?
Answer: Fracking
Question: What is the name of the fictional strip club in the US television series ‘The Sopranos’?
Answer: Bada Bing
Question: What is the national animal of Singapore?
Answer: Lion
Question: In nature, what are active, dormant and extinct?
Answer: Volcanoes
Question: Gainsboro is a pale shade of which colour?
Answer: Grey
Question: Javier Sotomayor set the world record in 1993 for which athletics event?
Answer: High Jump
Question: Lima is the capital of which country?
Answer: Peru