zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: Killing thousands, the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were buried on Aug 24, 79AD when what volcano erupted?
Answer: Vesuvius
Question: Name the 1995 movie from the IMDB plot summary: "A boat has been destroyed, criminals are dead, and the key to this mystery lies with the only survivor and his twisted, convoluted story beginning with five career crooks in a seemingly random police lineup."?
Answer: The Usual Suspects
Question: On TV, “Ace” Duff Goldman and “Boss” Buddy Valastro both work in what medium?
Answer: Cake
Question: September 1, 1939 saw the start of World War II when Germany invaded what country?
Answer: Poland
Question: What's missing: Denial, Anger, Depression, Acceptance
Answer: Bargaining
Question: On Sept 2, 1945, the Instrument of Surrender was signed by the Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu, officially ending World War II, aboard what US battleship moored in Tokyo Bay?
Answer: USS Missouri
Question: Tuesday saw the 70th anniversary of the start of WWII when Germany invaded what country?
Answer: Poland
Question: In literature, who is John Clayton III, son of Lord and Lady Greystroke?
Answer: Tarzan
Question: Ottawa is the national capitol of Canada. In what province is Ottawa located?
Answer: Ontario
Question: What product was advertised with the slogan “Does she…or doesn’t she?”
Answer: Clairol
Question: The Sleeper, Around the World, and Walking the Dog are tricks performed with what?
Answer: A Yo-yo
Question: Dewey Decimal Classification, Universal Decimal Classification and Library of Congress Classification are three methods of coding and organizing what?
Answer: Library materials
Question: What type of animal is a skink?
Answer: Lizard
Question: What “magician”, born Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos, is the “genius” behind the Mindfreak tv show and the Believe Las Vegas show?
Answer: Criss Angel
Question: According to Greek mythology, what was the only virtue that remained in Pandora's Box after she opened it?
Answer: Hope
Question: What comedy duo made their feature film debut in 1978's Up in Smoke?
Answer: Cheech & Chong
Question: Two letters in American Sign Language require movement. Name either one.
Answer: J and Z
Question: What fictional detective is featured in the novel/movie "The Hound of the Baskervilles"?
Answer: Sherlock Holmes
Question: Sailor Jack and Bingo are the mascots for what prize awarding snack food, now produced by Frito Lay?
Answer: Cracker Jack
Question: Have raised over $1.46 billion to date, Jerry Lewis' annual Labor Day telethon raises money for what group?
Answer: Muscular Dystrophy Association
Question: The Marquis of Queensberry rules govern what sport?
Answer: Boxing
Question: “When You Wish Upon a Star” was recorded for what classic Disney film?
Answer: Pinocchio
Question: What soft drink advertised itself as the Uncola?
Answer: 7Up
Question: Worn by the likes of Slash, Abraham Lincoln, and The Mad Hatter, what is the name for tall, flat-crowned, broad-brimmed headwear popular from the 19th century through today?
Answer: Top Hat
Question: Now the largest back in the US (by assets), what investment bank merged with Chase Manhattan in 2000?
Answer: JP Morgan
Question: The world's largest hot desert, what is the name of the barren expanse that covers most of North Africa?
Answer: Sahara
Question: What is a seismometer used to measure?
Answer: Earthquakes
Question: What color consists of the longest wavelengths of lights visible by the human eye?
Answer: Red
Question: What was the eastern starting point of the Oregon Trail?
Answer: Missouri
Question: What flavor is the 80 proof liqueur Grand Marnier, used in such drinks at a B-52?
Answer: Orange
Question: White dwarfs, red giants, and blue stragglers are all types of what?
Answer: Stars
Question: What moderately famous ship, a Dutch cargo fluyt, set sail from Plymouth, England on Sep 16, 1620, with 102 passengers and 40 crew?
Answer: Mayflower
Question: September 22, 1961 saw the passage of Public Law 87-293, which declares "To promote world peace and friendship through a [blank], which shall make available to interested countries and areas men and women of the United States qualified for service abroad and willing to serve, under conditions of hardship if necessary, to help the peoples of such countries and areas in meeting their needs for trained manpower."
Answer: Peace Corps
Question: Osiris was the god of the underworld in the mythology of which ancient civilization?
Answer: Egypt
Question: Which comedy team was famous for its “Who’s On First?” baseball routine?
Answer: Abbott & Costello
Question: The tallest man-made monument in the US, the Gateway Arch is the centerpiece of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in what US city, which recognizes the cities importance in the westward expansion?
Answer: St. Louis, MO
Question: What Nestle candy bar consists of a flaky, orange-colored center with a peanut butter taste, coated in chocolate?
Answer: Butterfinger
Question: What is the common name for the part of the chicken egg known as the albumen?
Answer: Egg white
Question: Yesterday marked the first day of fall. Was it a solstice? Or an equinox?
Answer: Equinox
Question: Of Oscar Madison and Felix Unger, which one was the slob?
Answer: Oscar Madison
Question: The 24th Amendment to the US constitution makes what illegal?
Answer: Poll taxes
Question: What Revolutionary War hero, who regretted that he had but one life to give his country, was hung by the British on Sept 22, 1776?
Answer: Nathan Hale
Question: Riverside, Iowa proclaims itself to be the "official future birthplace" of what fictional captain?
Answer: James T. Kirk
Question: Winning all 13 tricks in a hand of Contract Bridge is known as what?
Answer: Grand Slam
Question: What part of the human body is affected by meningitis?
Answer: Brain
Question: Former Seahawks all pro receiver Steve Largent is formerly a US representative from what state?
Answer: Oklahoma
Question: “Wocka Wocka Wocka” was the catchphrase of the Muppet Fozzie, who was what kind of animal?
Answer: A bear
Question: How many points are awarded for a safety in a football game?
Answer: 2
Question: Which was domesticated first? The dog? Or the Cat?
Answer: The dog
Question: 94 years ago today, what New York born oil baron became the worlds first billionaire?
Answer: John D. Rockefeller
Question: Honeycrisp, Ambrosia, Pippin, Gravenstein, and McIntosh are varieties of what?
Answer: Apple
Question: Oct 1, 1924 was the birth of what former US President, winner of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize?
Answer: Jimmy Carter
Question: What long running ABC sports program promised viewers 'the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat'?
Answer: The Wide World of Sports
Question: In what state was Mayberry located on the Andy Griffith Show?
Answer: North Carolina
Question: Founded in New York in 1853, Steinway & Sons manufactures what type of musical instrument?
Answer: Pianos
Question: "We all fall down" is the last line of what nursery rhyme or playground singing game?
Answer: Ring Around the Rosie
Question: According to Norse mythology, who is the wife of Odin?
Answer: Frigg
Question: Known as Operation Enduring Freedom, what war began on Oct 7th, 2001?
Answer: Afghanistan war
Question: Daisywheel, dot-matrix, and laser are all types of what?
Answer: Printers
Question: A human with X and Y sex chromosomes is usually which gender?
Answer: Male
Question: Which family lives at 742 Evergreen Terrace?
Answer: The Simpsons
Question: Finish this line from a popular kids’ song: “There was a farmer had a dog, and ____ was his name-o!”
Answer: Bingo
Question: A human with two X sex chromosomes is usually which gender?
Answer: Female
Question: What is the minimum age required to become a member of the U.S. House of Representatives?
Answer: 25
Question: What is the most common eye color in human beings?
Answer: Brown
Question: The Proboscis Monkey is known for its very long what?
Answer: Nose
Question: What is the trademarked name for the distinctive logo used Nike?
Answer: Swoosh
Question: Slaughterhouse-Five, the 1969 novel by Kurt Vonnegut, is set against the backdrop of the Allied bombing of which German city during World War II?
Answer: Dresden
Question: What Latin word, which means “word for word” is taken to mean a perfect transcription or quotation?
Answer: Verbatim
Question: Which sport announced a recent hiatus in the beginning of their season due to the inability to adopt on a new collective bargaining agreement?
Answer: NBA
Question: The Vitruvian Man, a famous drawing of a nude man in two superimposed positions with arms and legs apart, inscribed in a circle within a square, was drawn by whom?
Answer: Leonardo DaVinci
Question: Traditionally, the concertmaster of a symphonic orchestra plays what instrument?
Answer: Violin
Question: “Sometimes you feel like a nut / Sometimes you don’t /Almond Joy’s got nuts,” who don’t?
Answer: Mounds
Question: Formerly used in navigation, and now a tool used in surveying, a theodolite is used to measure what?
Answer: Angles
Question: Which East Coast body of water has given its name to a breed of retriever?
Answer: Chesapeake Bay
Question: What is the name of the 6 year-old star of the TLC series Here Comes Honey Boo?
Answer: Alana
Question: Prohibition era gangster Al Capone was convicted of what crime on Oct 17, 1931, and subsequent sentenced to 11 years in federal prison?
Answer: Tax evasion
Question: "More saving. More doing." is the current advertising slogan for what home improvement behemoth?
Answer: The Home Depot
Question: What is the name of the sugar found in milk?
Answer: Lactose
Question: What male singing voice lies between bass and tenor?
Answer: Baritone
Question: Crenshaw, crane, musk, horned, and honeydew are all types of what?
Answer: Melons
Question: Officially designated the M9, what was the unofficial name of the shoulder fired rocket deployed by US soldiers during WWII?
Answer: Bazooka
Question: Oct 23 is the anniversary of the release of the first iPod from Apple. What year was it?
Answer: 2001
Question: Athos, Porthos, and Aramis are collectively known as whom?
Answer: The Three Musketeers
Question: What famous TV family got their start with short vignettes on the variety show, The Tracey Ullman Show?
Answer: The Simpsons
Question: Which Peanuts character waits up every Halloween night for a visit from the Great Pumpkin?
Answer: Linus
Question: Who penned the classic mystery novel And Then There Were None?
Answer: Agatha Christie
Question: Played by Lee Majors, Steve Austin, astronaut, A man barely alive, becomes who?
Answer: The Six Million Dollar Man
Question: In the Star Wars universe, what rank falls between Padawan and Jedi Master?
Answer: Jedi Knight
Question: What large hospitality chain owns and operates the mid-priced Courtyard hotel chain?
Answer: Marriott
Question: What is the name for money paid out to shareholders of a company out of the corporate profits, based on the number of owned shares?
Answer: Dividend
Question: Hyundai, LG, Kia, and Samsung are all companies based in what country?
Answer: South Korea
Question: What can be a powered drink, a fish, and a highly decorated WWII US submarine?
Answer: Tang
Question: Bullwinkle J. Moose was the sidekick of which cartoon character?
Answer: Rocky the Flying Squirrel
Question: What animal was once called a camelopard because it was thought to be a cross between a camel and a leopard?
Answer: Giraffe
Question: Whole, Universal, and Term are all types of what?
Answer: Life Insurance
Question: What country and western singer recently lost his lucrative gig singing the theme to Monday Night Football based on an ill-considered Hitler reference?
Answer: Hank Williams, Jr.
Question: What is the only marsupial native to North America?
Answer: Opossum
Question: What is it called in basketball when the player with the ball illegally moves one or both feet, usually by moving his pivot foot or taking too many steps without dribbling?
Answer: Traveling
Question: A professional mining engineer, who was the President of the US at the start of the Great Depression?
Answer: Herbert Hoover
Question: What has been on the air longer? Jeopardy? Or Wheel of Fortune?
Answer: Jeopardy
Question: What is tracked by the Web site Where's George?
Answer: Money
Question: In what reality TV show, recently won by Jordan Lloyd, features group of people live together in a large house, isolated from the outside world but continuously watched by television cameras?
Answer: Big Brother
Question: Opening in 1995, the Rock and Roll hall of fame is located in what major U.S. city?
Answer: Cleveland, Ohio
Question: Which country is home to the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay?
Answer: Cuba
Question: What did noted asshat Charles Manson carve into his forehead when he got bored with the x?
Answer: Swastika
Question: Mountain, touring, and BMX are all types of what?
Answer: Bicycles
Question: Originating in China, a sampan is a type of what?
Answer: Boat
Question: Today is World Diabetes day, designed to bring awareness of the disease, which is caused by a shortage of what hormone?
Answer: Insulin
Question: Sonic, the mascot for Sega corporation, is what type of animal?
Answer: Hedgehog
Question: The name of what popular German rye sandwich bread translates as “devil’s fart”?
Answer: Pumpernickel
Question: What Egyptian pharaoh was immortalized in a 1978 song by Steve Martin and the Toot Uncommons?
Answer: King Tut
Question: What playing card was introduced by US players in the 1860's as the ultimate trump card (the best bower) in the game of Euchre?
Answer: Joker
Question: Known as the Equality State, what was the 44th state to join the Union on Jul 10, 1890?
Answer: Wyoming
Question: With examples such as tulip, South Sea company, and .com, what is the name for the economic condition characterized by "trade in high volumes at prices that are considerably at variance with intrinsic values"?
Answer: Bubble
Question: For a point each, name the country surrounding the Republic of The Gambia.
Answer: Senegal
Question: What NFL team calls Reliant Stadium home?
Answer: Houston Texans
Question: Saturday is the annual football game between UW and WSU. For what do they compete?
Answer: The Apple Cup
Question: November 27, 1701 saw the birth of a Swedish astronomer, who proposed what temperature scale where in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees?
Answer: Celsius
Question: Whos missing: Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz, Portland Trail Blazers, Minnesota Timberwolves?
Answer: Oklahoma City Thunder
Question: “4 out of 5 dentists surveyed would recommend sugarless gum to their patients who chew gum.” was used to advertise what company’s product?
Answer: Trident
Question: According to the proverb every man for himself, and the Devil take what?
Answer: the hindmost
Question: What can be a plot, a projectile propellant, and a type of green tea?
Answer: Gunpowder
Question: Taking her stage name from a Queen song, what singer was born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta in 1986?
Answer: Lady Gaga
Question: Qualcomm stadium is the home to what NFL team?
Answer: San Diego Chargers
Question: What long running PBS staple features a purple, anthropomorphic Tyrannosaurus Rex known for his "I love you" song?
Answer: Barney and Friends
Question: Known as the Sooner State, what was the 48th state to join the Union on Nov 16, 1907?
Answer: Oklahoma
Question: Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance is used by what insurance company?
Answer: Geico
Question: What was the name by which we called Thailand before 1939 and between 1945 and 1949?
Answer: Siam
Question: Which president’s policy was to “speak softly and carry a big stick”?
Answer: Teddy Roosevelt
Question: Who authored the 1823 immortal poem, "A Visit from St. Nicholas"?
Answer: Clement Moore
Question: In the numbering system used in baseball scorekeeping (where the pitcher is #1, shortstop #6, etc), what position is #2?
Answer: Catcher
Question: Ralph Wilson Stadium is home to what NFL team?
Answer: The Buffalo Bills
Question: How the Grinch Stole Christmas was written by who?
Answer: Dr. Seuss
Question: If Misogyny is the hatred of women, what is the hatred of men?
Answer: misandry
Question: Dec 18, 1620 is the official landing date of the Mayflower. At what Massachusetts location did they make land?
Answer: Plymouth
Question: In the classic 1990 movie Home Alone, where is the McCallister family headed on vacation when 8 year old Kevin is mistakenly left behind?
Answer: Paris
Question: Who found the remains of the Titanic?
Answer: Robert Ballard
Question: Who directed the movie La Dolce Vita?
Answer: Federico Fellini
Question: Which port lies between Puget Sound and Lake Washington?
Answer: Seattle
Question: Where is the multinational Nestle based?
Answer: Switzerland
Question: Where was the first battle with US involvement in the Korean War?
Answer: Suwon
Question: Which Amendment to the Constitution brought in prohibition in 1920?
Answer: 18th
Question: Which country does musician Alfred Brendel come from?
Answer: Austria
Question: In which soap did Demi Moore find fame?
Answer: General Hospital
Question: In what year were US ground troops first dispatched to Vietnam?
Answer: 1965
Question: Neil Armstrong was a pilot in which war?
Answer: Korean
Question: Which newspaper did Jackie Kennedy work for just before her marriage?
Answer: Washington Times Herald
Question: Who wrote The Turn Of The Screw in the 19th century and The Ambassadors in the 20th?
Answer: Henry James
Question: What was John Glenn/'s first spacecraft called?
Answer: Friendship 7
Question: What breakfast food gets its name from the German word for "stirrup"?
Answer: The Bagel
Question: Which country has the rand as its currency?
Answer: South Africa
Question: In which country are Tangier and Casablanca?
Answer: Morocco
Question: Which British general was killed at Khartoum in 1885?
Answer: Gordon
Question: Which country is the island of Zanzibar part of?
Answer: Tanzania
Question: Who was the woman sentenced to six years in jail after the murder of Stompei Seipi?
Answer: Winnie Mandela
Question: Who was the founder of the Back to Africa movement who largely inspired Rastafarianism?
Answer: Marcus Garvey
Question: In which country did General Jaruzelski impose marital law in 1981?
Answer: Poland
Question: Florence Ballard was a member of which girl group?
Answer: Supremes
Question: Lunar 10's Lunar Excursion Module was named after which famous character?
Answer: Snoopy
Question: Which company was responsible for the oil spill in Alaska in 1989?
Answer: Exxon
Question: In which year was Bloody Sunday in Londonderry?
Answer: 1972
Question: Which lawyer made Raymond Burr famous?
Answer: Perry Mason
Question: Which broadcasting company did Edward J Noble found?
Answer: ABC
Question: What was the Statue of Liberty originally called?
Answer: Liberty Enlightening the World
Question: """Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again,"" was the first line of what Daphne du Maurier novel?"
Answer: Rebecca
Question: The title of what poetic drama by Robert Browning was used to name a Kentucky town?
Answer: Pippa Passes
Question: In what language was the New Testament originally written?
Answer: In Greek
Question: What was Al Pacino's first movie?
Answer: Me Natalie
Question: Who had a 70s No 1 hit with The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia?
Answer: Vicki Lawrence
Question: What is Nelson Mandela's middle name?
Answer: Rolihlahla
Question: How old would James Dean have been had he lived to the end of the 20th century?
Answer: 68
Question: Who founded the Organization of Afro American Unity?
Answer: Malcolm X
Question: Sarah Vaughan first joined which band as singer?
Answer: Earl Hines
Question: Which British political figure became Baroness Kesteven?
Answer: Margaret Thatcher
Question: Jomo Kenyatta was born into which tribe?
Answer: Kikuyu
Question: Bryan Abrams, Sam Walters, Mark Calderon and Kevin Thornton formed which group?
Answer: Color Me Badd
Question: What year was the centenary of Arkansas joining the Union?
Answer: 1936
Question: In which country was Julie Christie born?
Answer: India
Question: Who directed Back To The Future?
Answer: Robert Zemeckis
Question: What was Oliver Reed's real first name?
Answer: Robert
Question: What was Elvis's last No 1 in his own lifetime?
Answer: Suspicious Minds
Question: In which decade was the Oral Roberts University founded at Tulsa?
Answer: 1960s
Question: Whose musical works included Composition For Orchestra and Philomel?
Answer: Milton Babbit
Question: In what year was Oliver Stone born?
Answer: 1946
Question: In which year was Nigel Mansell Indy Car Champion?
Answer: 1993
Question: Thomas Marshal was Vice President to which US President?
Answer: Woodrow Wilson
Question: Which year was the first after 1927 that the USA lost the Ryder Cup on home soil?
Answer: 1987
Question: Golfer Bobby Jones was born in which state?
Answer: Georgia
Question: Who was the defending champion when Virginia Wade won the Wimbledon singles?
Answer: Chris Evert
Question: How many 'victories' did The Red Baron claim in aerial dogfights?
Answer: 80
Question: What was Dorothy Parker's maiden name?
Answer: Rothschild
Question: In which month in 1997 was The Notorious B.I.G. gunned down?
Answer: March
Question: Which famous name was accused f the abduction of Stompie Seipei?
Answer: Winnie Mandela
Question: What was the highest rank Charles Lindbergh attained?
Answer: Brigadier General
Question: Which terrorist group murdered Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro?
Answer: Red Brigade
Question: In what year did Saddam Hussein become President of Iraq?
Answer: 1979
Question: Who became chair of Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1989?
Answer: Colin Powel
Question: Who was creator and executive producer of Magnum PI?
Answer: Donald P. Bellisario
Question: What was the first spin-off from The Beverly Hillbillies called?
Answer: Petticoat Junction
Question: In which year did Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form Tanzania?
Answer: 1964
Question: What was Rambo's first name?
Answer: John
Question: What was Paul Newman's first movie?
Answer: The Silver Chalice
Question: What is Diane Keaton's real name?
Answer: Diane Hall
Question: Which role as 'the other woman' won Glenn Close her first Oscar nomination?
Answer: Fatal Attraction
Question: By the end of the 20th century how many times had Meryl Streep been nominated for an Oscar?
Answer: Nine
Question: Albert Giacometti found fame as what?
Answer: Sculptor
Question: What sort of Menace was the 1999 Star Wars movie?
Answer: Phantom
Question: Which King did Leonardo Di Caprio play in The Man in the Iron Mask?
Answer: Louis XIV
Question: Who played the young Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel?
Answer: Ewan McGregor
Question: Which 1996 film has its climax on 4th of July?
Answer: Independence Day
Question: Which Apollo mission was filmed in 1995 with Tom Hanks?
Answer: 13
Question: Who won his second Oscar for the role of Raymond in Rain Man?
Answer: Dustin Hoffman
Question: In which film did Jodie Foster play FBI agent Clarice Starling?
Answer: The Silence of the Lambs
Question: Which 1997 movie equaled Ben Hur's record 11 Oscars?
Answer: Titanic
Question: I Could Go on Singing was the last film of which screen legend?
Answer: Judy Garland
Question: Who was the first actress to receive four Oscars?
Answer: Katharine Hepburn
Question: Which lyricist who has worked with Elton John and Andrew Lloyd Webber won an award for A Whole New World from Aladdin?
Answer: Tim Rice
Question: About which British politician did Francois Mitterrand say, "She has the mouth of Marilyn Monroe and the eyes of Caligula?"
Answer: Margaret Thatcher
Question: Which Russian-born American wrote I, Robot?
Answer: Isaac Asimov
Question: What relation was "Waldorf Astor, who became a British member of Parliament, to US millionaire John Jacob Astor?
Answer: Great-grandson
Question: What was the profession of Thomas Eakins?
Answer: Photographer
Question: Who was the defending champion when Andre Agassi first won Wimbledon singles?
Answer: Michael Stich
Question: Where did Johnny Ace die in 1954?
Answer: Houston, Texas
Question: Christa McAuliffe died in an accident in what type of vehicle in 1986?
Answer: Space Shuttle
Question: Who was Benazir Bhutto's Father who was executed in 1988?
Answer: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto