zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: Formerly the capital, which is the largest city in Tanzania?
Answer: DAR ES SALAAM
Question: The name of which former US Treasury Secretary completes this banking corporation 'J P Morgan ......'?
Answer: 'CHASE'
Question: Moving to Australia when he was 4, in which country was Russell Crowe born?
Answer: NEW ZEALAND
Question: Which river can be crossed using the Scotswood Bridge or the Shields Ferry?
Answer: RIVER TYNE
Question: In 2010 who was created Baron Bannside of North Antrim, in the County of Antrim?
Answer: IAN PAISLEY
Question: In which month of 1789 was the Storming of the Bastille?
Answer: JULY
Question: All stations on the National Rail network have a 3-letter code. Which London station has the code LST?
Answer: LIVERPOOL STREET
Question: What is the original title of the book translated into Spanish as ‘Harry Potter y el Cáliz de Fuego’?
Answer: (HARRY POTTER AND) THE GOBLET OF FIRE
Question: Travelling along the coast of Africa – which country is next – Somalia, Kenya, ..........?
Answer: TANZANIA
Question: Six special stamps issued in February featured the novels of which author marking the bicentenary of the publication of her most famous work?
Answer: JANE AUSTEN
Question: Travelling along the coast of South America – which country is next – Chile, Peru, .......?
Answer: ECUADOR
Question: In which month of 1805 was the Battle of Trafalgar?
Answer: OCTOBER
Question: How was the bird Pinguinus impennis commonly known?
Answer: GREAT AUK
Question: Which UK instrumental group had top 20 hit singles in the 1960’s with “Globetrotter” and “Robot”?
Answer: The Tornados
Question: Which award bears the inscription “For Bravery in the Field”?
Answer: Military Medal
Question: In which horserace did Lester Piggott ride his last English Classic winner?
Answer: 2000 Guineas
Question: Which actor played the villainous swordsman Archie Cunningham in the 1995 film “Rob Roy”?
Answer: Tim Roth
Question: What nationality was 16th century astrologer Nostradamus?
Answer: French
Question: What is the name of the perfect city built in the sky in the play The Birds by Aristophanes?
Answer: CLOUD CUCKOO LAND
Question: What is the name of the loyalty card launched by Boots in 1997?
Answer: ADVANTAGE
Question: Which composer's Piano Concerto was famously conducted by Andre Previn on the 1971 Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show?
Answer: EDVARD GRIEG
Question: The aye-aye, a small mammal with a thin extended middle finger used to find food, is a native of which island country?
Answer: MADAGASCAR
Question: The Battle of Flodden took place in September 1513 in which English county?
Answer: NORTHUMBERLAND
Question: Which county cricket club has been captained by Percy Fender, Peter May and Micky Stewart?
Answer: SURREY
Question: Which actor, comedian, writer and musician rowed for Cambridge in the 1980 Boat Race?
Answer: HUGH LAURIE
Question: What is the capital of the former Russian state of Georgia?
Answer: TBILISI
Question: Who won the 2001 Turner Prize for his exhibit of empty gallery space with lights turned on and off?
Answer: MARTIN CREED
Question: Which town was the Roman soldier in the Victorian painting "Faithful Unto Death", guarding?
Answer: POMPEII
Question: In architecture, what is the name given to a column in the form of a female figure?
Answer: CARYATID
Question: Tom Paton was the manager of which famous Scottish teeny-bop group in the 1970's?
Answer: BAY CITY ROLLERS
Question: How is the common shrub Ligustrum more usually known?
Answer: PRIVET
Question: How is the common shrub Syringamore usually known?
Answer: LILAC
Question: At which port was the French fleet scuttled in November 1942, to stop it falling into German hands?
Answer: TOULON
Question: What was the name of the pirate ship captained by 'Blackbeard'?
Answer: QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE
Question: Which English explorer died off the coast of Canada in 1611 after being cast adrift by his mutinous crew?
Answer: HENRY HUDSON
Question: In September 1989,which Anglo-Irish footballer became the first non-Basque player to sign for Real Sociedad?
Answer: JOHN ALDRIDGE
Question: Which Englishman led the 'Pilgrimage of Grace' in 1536?
Answer: ROBERT ASKE
Question: On which planet is NASA's 'Phoenix' spacecraft due to land later this month?
Answer: MARS
Question: Which American criminal was shot and killed by the FBI in 1934 after being betrayed by 'The Lady In Red'?
Answer: JOHN DILLINGER
Question: The chemical elements Erbium, Terbium, Ytterbium and Yttrum areall named after a village in which European country?
Answer: SWEDEN
Question: Which French painter left Europe to live in the Tahitian village of Mataiea, where he created many famous paintings?
Answer: PAUL GAUGIN
Question: Galena is an important ore of which metallic element?
Answer: LEAD
Question: The 'Mezuzah', which is affixed to the doorframe of Jewish homes, is inscribed with Hebrew verses taken from which book of the 'Torah' ('Old Testament')?
Answer: DEUTERONOMY
Question: According to the closing line of T.S. Eliot's poem 'The Hollow Men'," the world ends not with a bang but with a ...", what?
Answer: """WHIMPER"""
Question: The Catskill Mountains lie mainly in which state?
Answer: NEW YORK
Question: Which singer founded the 'Rocket' record label in the 1970's?
Answer: ELTON JOHN
Question: 'Dr. Who's' assistant played by Karen Gillan is called 'Amy'. What is her surname?
Answer: 'POND'
Question: Which future Prime Minister first entered Parliament as MP for Ormskirk in 1945?
Answer: HAROLD WILSON
Question: Who directed the 2002 film 'The Pianist'?
Answer: ROMAN POLANSKI
Question: """NOW, what I want is Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts"", are the opening sentences of Dickens' 'Hard Times'. Who says them?"
Answer: 'THOMAS GRADGRIND'
Question: Which jockey rode the winner of the 2010 Grand National?
Answer: A.P. McCOY
Question: Who was the Prime Minister of Prussia from 1862 to
Answer: OTTO VON BISMARK
Question: Which was the first film made by 'The Beatles'?
Answer: 'A HARD DAY'S NIGHT'
Question: What was Malcolm X's surname, before converting to Islam?
Answer: LITTLE
Question: Moorfields Hospital in London is the oldest and largest hospital in the world caring for which part of the body?
Answer: EYE
Question: Who did Queen Victoria succeed on the throne?
Answer: WILLIAM IV
Question: Which singer's 2011 album is called '21'?
Answer: 'ADELE'
Question: Clarissa, Countess of Avon, aged 90 is the widow of which Prime Minister?
Answer: ANTHONY EDEN
Question: Who was the Pope throughout World War II?
Answer: PIUS XII
Question: Which 1950's/60's ITV series was set in the fictional 'Oxbridge General Hospital'?
Answer: 'EMERGENCY - WARD 10'
Question: Nigel Ogden presents a BBC Radio Two programme featuring music played on which instrument?
Answer: ORGAN
Question: Which English football club, who currently play in the Northern Premier League Division One South, are the world's oldest football club, having been founded in 1857?
Answer: SHEFFIELD F.C
Question: In which city did Adolf Hitler and Erich Ludendorff launch the unsuccessful 'Beer Hall Putsch' in 1923?
Answer: MUNICH
Question: From the 14th to the 19th centuries, the 'Janissaries' were the infantry units that formed the household troops and bodyguards of the Sultans of which Empire?
Answer: OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Question: In which classic book and film does the character of Mrs Danvers appear?
Answer: Rebecca
Question: In which country did the Battle of Majuba Hill take place in 1881?
Answer: South Africa
Question: Where did the worst rail disaster in British history occur in November 1952, when 112 people lost their lives?
Answer: Harrow & Wealdstone
Question: Which planet in the Solar System has diameter nearest to that of Earth?
Answer: VENUS
Question: What is the English name of Tintin’s dog?
Answer: SNOWY
Question: The International New York Times was known by what title until last October?
Answer: INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE
Question: Which runner took the 100 metres gold at the Atlanta Olympics, only a year after she overcame Grave's Disease
Answer: GAIL DEVERS
Question: What cotton cloth, woven from coloured yarns into stripes or checks, takes its name from the Malay word for striped?
Answer: GINGHAM
Question: William, Duke of Gloucester, was the only one of which monarch's twelve children to survive infancy?
Answer: QUEEN ANNE
Question: Which sister of Lazarus and Mary gave Jesus hospitality at her home in Bethany?
Answer: MARTHA
Question: In 1542, whose last words were supposedly, "I die a queen, but I would rather die the wife of Culpepper"?
Answer: CATHERINE HOWARD
Question: Which world leader was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990?
Answer: MIKHAEL GORBACHEV
Question: What is meant by the suffix "-algia", as in neuralgia?
Answer: PAIN
Question: Which Africancapital city is served by 'Bole Airport'?
Answer: ADDIS ABABA (Ethiopia)
Question: 'Meniere's Disease' affects which part of the human body?
Answer: THE EAR
Question: How was musician Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe better known?
Answer: 'JELLY ROLL' MORTON
Question: Which American singer-songwriter's only British hit was in 1965 with the song'Eve Of Destruction'?
Answer: BARRY McGUIRE
Question: In 'Doctor Who', who came from the planet 'Mondas'?
Answer: CYBERMEN
Question: Who wrote the best seller 'The Lovely Bones'?
Answer: ALICE SEBOLD
Question: Which mythical creature had the head of an Eagle and the bodyand legs of a Lion?
Answer: GRIFFIN
Question: What is the MKSA or SI unit of electric charge?
Answer: COULOMB
Question: Who was the Leader of the Labour Party from 1931 to 1935, when he resigned because of his pacifist views?
Answer: GEORGE LANSBURY
Question: Which famous malt whisky distilled on Speyside by Seagrams, has the name George Smith & Sons on its labels?
Answer: GLENLIVET
Question: Which French king was known as 'The King Consort of Scotland'because of his marriage to Mary Queen of Scots?
Answer: FRANCIS II
Question: The treacherous architect 'Seth Pecksniff' appears in which Dickens novel?
Answer: 'MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT'
Question: In Egyptian mythology, 'Sobek' was the personification of which animal?
Answer: CROCODILE
Question: In Egyptian mythology, 'Hathor’ was the personification of which animal?
Answer: COW
Question: In 'The Simpsons', by what name is the evil genius 'Robert Underdunk Terwilliger' better known?
Answer: 'SIDESHOW BOB'
Question: The constellation 'Draco' is said to represent which mythical creature?
Answer: DRAGON
Question: Robert Downey Jnr. was nominated for the 2008 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as 'Kirk Lazarus' in which film?
Answer: 'TROPIC THUNDER'
Question: Philip Seymour Hoffman was nominated for the 2008 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as 'Father Brendan Flynn' in which film?
Answer: 'DOUBT'
Question: Who wrote the novels 'Go Tell It On The Mountain' and 'Giovanni's Room'?
Answer: JAMES BALDWIN
Question: UNITA was the name of the guerrilla army that fought for independence for which African country?
Answer: ANGOLA
Question: Which title, referring to a story from Greek mythology, is shared by paintings by Bouguereau, Cabanel and Botticelli?
Answer: THE BIRTH OF VENUS
Question: In 'The Simpsons', what is the name of the shop owned by 'Ned Flanders' that caters for left-handed people?
Answer: 'THE LEFTORIUM'
Question: Which element takes its name from the Greek word for 'light bearer'?
Answer: PHOSPHORUS
Question: What name for the Devil is taken from the Latin word for 'light bearer'?
Answer: LUCIFER
Question: Which BAFTA Award winning TV series stars Kenneth Branagh as the eponymous Swedish police inspector?
Answer: 'WALLANDER'
Question: Which duo had number one hits during the 1990's with 'Block Rockin' Beats' and 'Setting Sun'?
Answer: 'CHEMICAL BROTHERS'
Question: Which famous poem by Allen Ginsberg begins with the line "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness"?
Answer: 'HOWL'
Question: Which famous poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson begins with the lines, "On either side the river lie, long fields of barley and rye"?
Answer: 'THE LADY OF SHALOT'
Question: What was the name of the former England international cricketer who became Bishop of Liverpool in 1975?
Answer: DAVID SHEPPARD
Question: In Greek mythology, which god of travel, language and trade served as the messenger to the gods?
Answer: HERMES
Question: One of only two moons in our solar system larger than Mercury, which is the largest satellite of Jupiter?
Answer: GANYMEDE
Question: In Greek mythology, which god of fire, metal working and stonemasonry served as the smith to the gods?
Answer: HEPHAESTUS
Question: Which British snooker commentator died on 1st. May 2011 at the age of 90?
Answer: TED LOWE
Question: Which alliteratively-named politician served as Abraham Lincoln's Vice-President between 1861 and 1865?
Answer: HANNIBAL HAMLIN
Question: Which city in southeast France lies at the confluence of the Rhone and Durance rivers?
Answer: AVIGNON
Question: Which English city shares its name with the capital of the Caribbean island of Monserrat that was destroyed by the Soufriere Hills volcanic eruption in 1995?
Answer: PLYMOUTH
Question: In which English county is Flodden Field, the site of the famous battle of the same name?
Answer: NORTHUMBERLAND
Question: Who voiced the character 'Buzz Lightyear' in 'Toy Story'?
Answer: TIM ALLEN
Question: On which lake or inland sea does Buffalo stand?
Answer: LAKE ERIE
Question: The Egyptian goddess Bast (or Bastet) had the head of which animal?
Answer: CAT
Question: Which South Wales castle is the largest in Wales and second largest, after Windsor, in the UK?
Answer: Caerphilly
Question: In which country is the HQ of clothing retailer H&M?
Answer: Sweden
Question: Which breed of terrier derives its name from a mining town in Northumberland and is often described as looking like “a lamb on a leash”?
Answer: Bedlington
Question: Which American band leader first formed a band in 1934, had the signature tune “Let’s Dance” and died in 1986?
Answer: Benny Goodman
Question: Who did Andy Murray beat to win the 2012 US Open?
Answer: Novak Djokovic
Question: Neil Tennant is the lead singer of The Pet Shop Boys, but who is the other member of the band?
Answer: Chris Lowe
Question: In film making what name is given to the assistant chief lighting technician?
Answer: Best Boy
Question: Which pre-decimal coin, never minted after decimalisation, was legal tender until 1980?
Answer: Sixpence
Question: Tarom is the national airline of which European country?
Answer: Romania
Question: On which river does Rangoon stand?
Answer: Irrawaddy
Question: What structure, designed by John Paxton for Prince Albert, was destroyed by fire on the 30th November 1936?
Answer: Crystal Palace
Question: Which river is Hamburg on?
Answer: Elbe
Question: Of which high street retailer was Kate Swann the Chief Executive until July 2013?
Answer: W H Smith
Question: Which London Rail station is the terminus of the Midland Main Line?
Answer: St. Pancras
Question: The 'Ounce' is the alternative name for which large feline predator?
Answer: THE SNOW LEOPARD
Question: In UK politics, who first challenged Margaret Thatcher for leadership of the Conservative Party in 1990?
Answer: MICHAEL HESELTINE
Question: Which English King's favourite dog had the inscription "I an Caesar, I belong to Caesar" on its collar?
Answer: EDWARD VII
Question: Which artists' works include the 1899 painting, 'Three Tahitians'?
Answer: PAUL GAUGIN
Question: At which venue in the USA did Malcolm Campbell break the land speed record in 1935?
Answer: DAYTONA BEACH
Question: Cricket. The winners of the last Benson & Hedges Cup Final in 1998 were also the winners of the first in 1972. Which county was this?
Answer: LEICESTERSHIRE
Question: Who divorced Ronald Regan in 1948?
Answer: JANE WYMAN
Question: Which Belgian city was the site of the first battle between Britain and Germany in World War I?
Answer: MONS
Question: Which country is South East Asia has a red rectangular flag surmounted by a gold star?
Answer: VIETNAM
Question: Which country of the Caribbean has a rectangular flag of blue and red, halved horizontally?
Answer: HAITI
Question: In literature, who wrote 'Salem's Lot' and 'Carrie'?
Answer: STEPHEN KING
Question: Which Middle Eastern country's flag is a rectangle divided horizontally into three equal bands green (top) on white on black with a broader vertical red band at the hoist side?
Answer: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.
Question: Who was appointed commander-in-chief of the Parliamentary forces in the English Civil War in 1645?
Answer: SIR THOMAS FAIRFAX
Question: Politics. Who was the Russian President after Yuri Andropov and before Mikhail Gorbachev?
Answer: KONSTANTIN CHERNENKO
Question: In which magazine was Dickens' "Oliver Twist" first serialised?
Answer: BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY
Question: Which country has Slovakia to the north, The Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia & Montenegro and Croatia to the south, and Austria to the west?
Answer: HUNGARY
Question: Which organisation were the arch-enemies of 'Napoleon Solo', 'Ilya Kuriakin' and the 'U.N.C.L.E.' agency?
Answer: T.H.R.U.S.H
Question: What title did Edward I confer on his eldest son in 1301?
Answer: PRINCE OF WALES
Question: What is the name of the fictitious brewery that supplies the 'Rovers Return' in 'Coronation Street'?
Answer: 'NEWTON & RIDLEY'
Question: In which battle of World War I were angels reported to have fought beside British troops?
Answer: THE BATTLE OF MONS
Question: 'Proud Mary', 'Bad Moon Rising', 'Green River' were all in the UK charts in 1969, who released them?
Answer: 'CREEDANCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL'
Question: Which Lancashire town features three bees on its coat- of-arms?
Answer: BLACKBURN
Question: In which port was much of the French navy destroyed by the Royal Navy in July 1940?
Answer: ORAN
Question: According to Genesis,how old was Methuselah when he died (within 10 years)?
Answer: 969
Question: 'Sushi' is freshfish or other seafood served with rice, but what is usually added to the rice?
Answer: VINEGAR
Question: Which Canadian Province has a Pacific coastline?
Answer: BRITISH COLUMBIA
Question: If 'Statics' is the branch of Physics concerned with objects at rest, which branch is concerned with moving objects?
Answer: DYNAMICS
Question: Of which Canadian Province is Labrador a part?
Answer: NEWFOUNDLAND
Question: Now known as the 'Assistant Brownie Guider', what name was previously given to the assistant leader of a Brownie Pack?
Answer: TAWNY OWL
Question: What was the former name of 'The Maze' prison?
Answer: LONG KESH
Question: Which is the smaller of Mars' moons?
Answer: DEIMOS
Question: Which Shakespeare play is subtitled 'All Is True'?
Answer: 'HENRY VIII'
Question: In reaction to which British Prime Minister's speech on African affairs was the 'Monday Club' formed?
Answer: HAROLD MACMILLAN
Question: What is another name for the star we know as 'Sirius'?
Answer: DOG STAR
Question: What was the former name of Kiribati?
Answer: THE GILBERT ISLANDS
Question: How many tiles are there in a game of 'Scrabble'?
Answer: 100
Question: Which motor car manufacturer produced models called the 'Cerbera' and 'Chimeara'?
Answer: TVR
Question: Which Hungarian composer lived from 1881-1945 - his only opera was 'Duke Bluebeard's Castle'?
Answer: BELA BARTOK
Question: In which country was President Bashir Gemayel assassinated in 1982?
Answer: LEBANON
Question: Which pop group consists of Gaz Coombes, Bob Coombes, Danny Goffey, and Mickey Quinn?
Answer: 'SUPERGRASS'
Question: Which trailing plant of the Nightshade family produces red or yellow edible fruit?
Answer: TOMATO
Question: Which architect designed the Pompidou Centre, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, the Millennium Dome and Heathrow's, Terminal Five?
Answer: RICHARD ROGERS
Question: Who became Emperor of Rome after Tiberius?
Answer: CALIGULA
Question: Who was the American serial killer, nicknamed 'The Green River Killer', who, at his trial in 1983, confessed to the murders of 48 women in Washington State?
Answer: GARY RIDGEWAY
Question: Who was the English dressmaker, nurse and housekeeper who was hanged in 1873 for the murder of 20 people, including 3 of her husbands, by arsenic poisoning?
Answer: MARY ANN COTTON
Question: In which ex-Soviet state was Eduard Shevardnadze displaced as President after the 'Rose Revolution' of 2003?
Answer: GEORGIA
Question: According to legend, who was King Arthur's illegitimate son who fought against Arthur at the Battle of Camlann?
Answer: MORDRED
Question: Which pretender to the English throne landed in England in 1495 in an attempt to overthrow King Henry VII, and was hanged at Tyburn?
Answer: PERKIN WARBECK
Question: Who was the ten-year-old child pretender to the throne of England during the time of Henry VII who claimed, falsely, to be the Earl of Warwick?
Answer: LAMBERT SIMNEL
Question: Deriving from the Turkish for 'black ear' because of its distinctive black ears, what is the common name for the cat that is also known as the 'Persian or African Lynx'?
Answer: CARACAL
Question: Which ecumenical Christian community was founded by the Scottish clergyman Reverend George MacLeod in 1938?
Answer: IONA COMMUNITY
Question: What term describes the point at which a celestial object in orbit around the Earth, such as the Moon, makes its closest approach to Earth?
Answer: PERIGEE
Question: Which Liberal Democrat has been appointed Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, in David Cameron's first Cabinet?
Answer: CHRIS HUHNE
Question: The explorer Mungo Park died whilst exploring which African river?
Answer: NIGER
Question: Which legislation, passed in 1701, banned Roman Catholics from the British throne?
Answer: ACT OF SETTLEMENT
Question: This is the only medieval English cathedral to preserve the original traditional English arrangement of two western spires and one central spire. Where is it?
Answer: LICHFIELD
Question: In which of Dickens' novels does 'Jerry Cruncher' appear?
Answer: 'A TALE OF TWO CITIES'
Question: With which art movement was Georges Braque associated?
Answer: CUBISM
Question: Who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with John Hulme in 1998?
Answer: DAVID TRIMBLE
Question: In the classic 1933 film 'King Kong', what is the name of the island where 'Kong' is discovered?
Answer: 'SKULL ISLAND'
Question: Preceding 'Cubs', what name is given to the youngest section of the Scouting movement in the UK?
Answer: 'BEAVERS'
Question: What is the North African dish of crushed wheat or course flour steamed over broth called?
Answer: COUSCOUS
Question: Which starchy staple food of Africa, used to make 'Farofa Flour', also known as 'Manioc'?
Answer: CASSAVA
Question: In which English town or city is Her Majesty's Prison Featherstone?
Answer: WOLVERHAMPTON
Question: Which part of a church building, situated near the altar, is reserved for the clergy and choir, and is typically separated from the nave by steps or a screen?
Answer: THE CHANCEL
Question: What is the more common name of the garden plant Calendula?
Answer: Marigold
Question: Which vitamin is also known as Retinol/
Answer: Vitamin A
Question: Which British Prime Minister is buried in Spynie churchyard, Lossiemouth?
Answer: Ramsay McDonald
Question: Chastity Sun is the child of which female pop singer and actress?
Answer: Cher
Question: Which comic actor died on stage (literally) at the Sunderland Empire in April 1976?
Answer: Sid James
Question: Which type of grass is extensively used in the binding together of sand dunes?
Answer: Marram
Question: Which Thames dredger made the headlines in 1989 when it rammed the Marchioness pleasure boat?
Answer: The Bowbelle
Question: What was the name of the model tragically shot by Oscar Pretorius?
Answer: Reeva Steenkamp
Question: When the rock band Free disbanded, Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke went on to form which other group?
Answer: Bad Company
Question: Which Austrian racing driver was the posthumous Formula One world champion in 1970?
Answer: Jochen Rindt
Question: Which rock group did Steve Marriot form with Peter Frampton after leaving The Small Faces?
Answer: Humble Pie
Question: In November 1943 Winston Churchill met the other allied leaders for a conference in which capital city?
Answer: Tehran
Question: Who wrote the recent historical novel The King’s Curse?
Answer: PHILIPPA GREGORY