zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: On a mobile phone keypad, the letters ‘MNO’ are on which number button?
Answer: 6
Question: What does a cordwainer make?
Answer: Shoes
Question: Douglas, Fraser and Noble are all which type of tree?
Answer: Fir
Question: Porphyrophobia is the irrational fear of which colour?
Answer: Purple
Question: Donatien Alphonse Francois were the first names of which French aristocrat, born in 1740?
Answer: Marquis de Sade
Question: Who played Richard Hillman in the British tv soap ‘Coronation Street’?
Answer: Brian Capron
Question: Cosmo Smallpiece was a character played by which English comedian?
Answer: Les Dawson
Question: Which US author said ‘ Habit is not to be thrown out of the window, but it is to be coaxed down the stairs one step at a time’?
Answer: Mark Twain
Question: Who was the captain of Brazil’s national football team when they won the 1970 FIFA World Cup?
Answer: Carlos Alberto
Question: In the US, Black Friday occurs during which month of the year?
Answer: November
Question: A cottage pie is traditionally made with with meat?
Answer: Minced beef
Question: In the game of Monopoly, what is the name of the character on the board who is locked behind bars?
Answer: Jake the Jailbird
Question: Which line of dolls, created by American art student Xavier Roberts in 1978, was originally called ‘Little People’?
Answer: Cabbage Patch Kids
Question: Which executive toy, named after an English physicist and mathematician, demonstrates conservation of momentum and energy via a series of swinging spheres?
Answer: Newton’s Cradle
Question: Who wrote the poem ‘Funeral Blues’ (Stop All the Clocks)?
Answer: W.H.Auden
Question: What relation was German-born British painter Lucian Freud to Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud?
Answer: Grandson
Question: What is the medical term for the condition in which one or both of the testes fail to descend from the abdomen to the scrotum?
Answer: Cryptorchidism
Question: Which English model was married to musicians George Harrison and Eric Clapton?
Answer: Pattie Boyd
Question: Banana cut, Dingle and Swingman are terms used in which sport?
Answer: Basketball
Question: In the game of Scrabble, the ‘M’ tile is worth how many points?
Answer: 3
Question: A ‘Scouser’ is a native of which English city?
Answer: Liverpool
Question: Logan International Airport serves which US city?
Answer: Boston
Question: What type of animal is a karakul?
Answer: Sheep
Question: Marie Antoinette was married to which French King?
Answer: Louis XVI
Question: Who was replaced by Sid Vicious as bassist in the punk rock band The Sex Pistols?
Answer: Glen Matlock
Question: Which singer released the single ‘Lonely’ in 2005?
Answer: Akon
Question: Which Austrian composer wrote the music for the German National Anthem?
Answer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Question: Muharram is the first month in which religious calender?
Answer: Islamic
Question: A Scotch Argus is what type of creature?
Answer: Butterfly
Question: Oscar Wilde wrote about which English prison?
Answer: Reading
Question: Los Pumas is the nickname of which country’s national rugby union team?
Answer: Argentina
Question: What is the name of the colliery in the 1939 film ‘The Stars Look Down’?
Answer: Neptune Colliery
Question: ‘Do not go gentle into that good night…..Rage, rage against the dying of the light’  is from a poem by which British poet?
Answer: Dylan Thomas
Question: Who wrote the thriller novel ‘Birds of Prey’?
Answer: Wilbur Smith
Question: Who played Mike Young in the Australian tv soap ‘Neighbours’?
Answer: Guy Pearce
Question: Which British illustrator who illustrated the gift book of Peter Pan, was known for her cute drawings of children based on her daughter Peggy?
Answer: Mabel Lucie Atwell
Question: ‘The Boarding House’, ‘Two Gallants’ and ‘Eveline’ are short stories from which James Joyce novel?
Answer: Dubliners
Question: Which US author won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962?
Answer: John Steinbeck
Question: Doramania is an obsession with what?
Answer: Fur
Question: Ovine relates to which animal?
Answer: Sheep
Question: If something is ‘septennial’, it lasts or recurs every how many years?
Answer: Seven
Question: ‘The fault…….is not in our stars, but in ourselves…’ is a quote from which play by William Shakespeare?
Answer: Julius Caesar
Question: What is the official language of Austria?
Answer: German
Question: Who became governor of The Bank of England in July 2003?
Answer: Sir Mervyn King
Question: What is the colour of the rose that is the historic symbol of the House of York?
Answer: White
Question: ‘Gooners’ are supporters of which London football club?
Answer: Arsenal
Question: ‘Moab is My Washpot’ is an autobiography by which British actor and television presenter?
Answer: Stephen Fry
Question: What was the name of the horse on which jockey Richard Dunwoody won the 1986 Grand National?
Answer: West Tip
Question: Poland, Russia, Sweden, Latvia, Germany and Finland all have a border on which body of water?
Answer: Baltic Sea
Question: The ‘Osborne Bull’ is the unofficial national symbol of which European country?
Answer: Spain
Question: In Irish mythology, what is a ‘Pooka’ (or Puca)?
Answer: Goblin
Question: Phobos and Diemos are the moons of which planet in our solar system?
Answer: Mars
Question: Who wrote the short story ‘Rip Van Winkle’, published in 1819?
Answer: Washington Irving
Question: Which US singer had hits with ‘Crazy in Love’ and ‘Baby Boy’?
Answer: Beyonce Knowles
Question: What is the official language of the Dominican Republic?
Answer: Spanish
Question: How many fluid ounces are in one quarter of an imperial pint?
Answer: Five
Question: Who played the role of ballerina Victoria Page in the 1948 film ‘The Red Shoes’?
Answer: Moira Shearer
Question: Austrian-born Hermann Maier is a former world champion in which sport?
Answer: Skiing
Question: What does the Latin phrase ‘Ab hinc’ translate to in English?
Answer: From here on
Question: Who played Will Hunting in the 1997 film ‘Good Will Hunting’?
Answer: Matt Damon
Question: In the UK television game show ‘The Exit List’, how many rooms are there altogether?
Answer: 26
Question: Who played Blott in the 1985 British tv comedy series ‘Blott on the Landscape’?
Answer: David Suchet
Question: The 1987 film ‘Roxanne’ was adapted by actor Steve Martin from which Edmond Rostand play?
Answer: Cyrano de Bergerac
Question: What is the capital of the Northern Cape Province in South Africa?
Answer: Kimberley
Question: The famous Cobblers Cove Hotel is on which Caribbean island?
Answer: Barbados
Question: What is the title of singer Beyonce’s album, released in June 2011?
Answer: 4
Question: Which Olympic event is Ben Ainslie famous for competing in?
Answer: Sailing
Question: Which actor starred opposite Claire Bloom in the 1952 film ‘Limelight’?
Answer: Charlie Chaplin
Question: In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first men to reach the summit of which mountain?
Answer: Everest
Question: What type of animal was Laika, who was the first living animal to orbit the Earth in Sputnik 2, launched by Russia?
Answer: Dog
Question: Named after her daughter, Ruth Handler invented which doll in 1959?
Answer: Barbie
Question: Who wrote the 1934 novel ‘I, Claudius’?
Answer: Robert Graves
Question: Which former US President had a pet Labrador Retriever called Buddy?
Answer: Bill Clinton
Question: Who played Jenna Wade in the US tv series ‘Dallas’?
Answer: Priscilla Presley
Question: Poul Schluter became Prime Minister of which country in September 1982?
Answer: Denmark
Question: Philip Morris launched which cigarette brand in 1924?
Answer: Marlboro
Question: What is the title of William Shakespeare’s longest play?
Answer: Hamlet
Question: ‘Where Everybody Knows Your Name’ is the theme tune to which US tv series?
Answer: Cheers
Question: Which actress played the Red Queen in the 2010 film ‘Alice in Wonderland’?
Answer: Helena Bonham Carter
Question: John Ridd is the hero of which novel by R D Blackmore?
Answer: Lorna Doone
Question: Dina Ruiz married which Hollywood actor and director in March 1996?
Answer: Clint Eastwood
Question: In the 2009 animated film ‘Up’ who is the voice of explorer Charles F Muntz?
Answer: Christopher Plummer
Question: Convalleria majalis is the Latin name for which flower?
Answer: Lily of the Valley
Question: Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde are the enemies of which game character?
Answer: Pac-Man
Question: In which year was women’s football officially introduced into the Summer Olympics?
Answer: 1996
Question: The format of which British television show is based on the American show ‘College Bowl’?
Answer: University Challenge
Question: Euronext is an electronic stock exchange based in which European city?
Answer: Amsterdam
Question: On a mobile phone keypad, the letters ‘tuv’ are on which number button?
Answer: 8
Question: Which cigarette brand was launched in 1924 with the slogan ‘Mild As May’?
Answer: Marlboro
Question: ‘On Stranger Tides’ and ‘Dead Man’s Chest’ are subtitles of which series of films?
Answer: Pirates of the Caribbean
Question: How many pins are on a SCART connector, used to connect video equipment?
Answer: 21
Question: Russian dessert ‘Pashka’ is traditionally eaten during which religious holiday?
Answer: Easter
Question: In the UK television series ‘Sharpe’, starring Sean Bean, what is Sharpe’s first name?
Answer: Richard
Question: In the nursery rhyme, who met a Pieman going to the fair?
Answer: Simple Simon
Question: In Britain, ‘The Habeas Corpus Act’ of 1679 was passed during the reign of which monarch?
Answer: King Charles II
Question: In the 1990 film ‘Misery’, what occupation does Paul Sheldon, played by James Caan, have?
Answer: Novelist
Question: Daniel Radcliffe stars as solicitor Arthur Kipps in which 2012 film?
Answer: The Woman in Black
Question: What is the profession of Bill Murray’s character in the 1993 film ‘Groundhog Day’?
Answer: Weatherman
Question: The controversial Boruca Dam is in which South American country?
Answer: Costa Rica
Question: What was the first scheduled television programme to be shown in the UK on BBC2?
Answer: Play School
Question: The Australian city of  Melnbourne lies at the mouth of which river?
Answer: Yarra River
Question: How many bones are in the human neck?
Answer: Seven
Question: In which European city was writer and poet Oscar Wilde born?
Answer: Dublin
Question: What is the title of the theme tune to BBC radio’s ‘Desert Island Discs’?
Answer: By the Sleepy Lagoon
Question: Which energy drink is advertised with the slogan ‘…..gives you wings’?
Answer: Red Bull
Question: A Schick test is a skin test for previously acquired immunity to which disease?
Answer: Diptheria
Question: Who became the Mayor of New York City in 2002?
Answer: Michael Bloomberg
Question: The Scales represent which sign of the Zodiac?
Answer: Libra
Question: Which 20th Century American artist was well known for his unique style of ‘Drip Painting’?
Answer: Jackson Pollock
Question: Gary Burrell and Min Kao founded which US-based navigation systems company in 1989?
Answer: Garmin
Question: Morty and Ferdie are the nephews of which cartoon character?
Answer: Mickey Mouse
Question: The city of Samara is in which European country?
Answer: Russia
Question: What is the geometric figure or design which represents the universe in Hindu or Buddhist symbolism?
Answer: Mandala
Question: Which tennis player won the 2005 Wimbledon Men’s Finals?
Answer: Roger Federer
Question: Footvolley, a variation of football, originated in which country?
Answer: Brazil
Question: In religion, what is the name of the place where Sikhs come together for congregational worship?
Answer: A Gurdwara
Question: Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson play the head butler and housekeeper in which 1993 film?
Answer: The Remains of the Day
Question: Isaan is the northeast region of which Asian country?
Answer: Thailand
Question: The town of Ilkley in Yorkshire lies on which river?
Answer: River Wharfe
Question: Who was Prime Minister of Australia at the outbreak of World War I?
Answer: Andrew Fisher
Question: Ehud Olmert became Prime Minister of which country in 2006?
Answer: Israel
Question: An 18th Century dandy and a type of pasta share which name?
Answer: Macaroni
Question: The 1988 film ‘Frantic’, starring Harrison Ford, is set in which European city?
Answer: Paris
Question: ‘Jam and Jerusalem’ is associated with which British institution?
Answer: Women’s Institute
Question: Jenny Pitman was the trainer of which 1995 Grand National winning horse?
Answer: Royal Athlete
Question: Which novelist won the 1993 Booker Prize for his novel ‘Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha’?
Answer: Roddy Doyle
Question: Barbara Pierce is married to which former US President?
Answer: George H W Bush
Question: The bull represents which sign of the Zodiac?
Answer: Taurus
Question: What is the surname of rowing brothers Greg and Jonny, who won Olympic Gold Medals in 1992?
Answer: Searle
Question: Soft, Rigid Gas Permeable and Plano are all types of what?
Answer: Contact Lenses
Question: Zermatt and Verbier are ski resorts in which European country?
Answer: Switzerland
Question: The island of Gran Canaria lies in which body of water?
Answer: Atlantic Ocean
Question: What is the name of the wizarding pub in London in the Harry Potter novels?
Answer: The Leaky Cauldron
Question: In the Harry Potter series of books what make and model is the Weasley family’s flying car?
Answer: Ford Anglia
Question: The 1999 film ‘Topsy Turvy’ by Mike Leigh is about which playwright and composer duo?
Answer: Gilbert and Sullivan
Question: What was the name of the prison from which anti-apartheid campaigner Nelson Mandela was released in February 1990?
Answer: Victor Verster
Question: Dhaka is the capital of which Asian country?
Answer: Bangladesh
Question: Virologist Max Theiler won a 1951 Nobel Prize for developing a vaccine against which disease?
Answer: Yellow Fever
Question: Which prolific English Novelist’s first book was entitled ‘Jigsaw’?
Answer: Barbara Cartland
Question: The Apo Reef lies off the coast of which country?
Answer: Philippines
Question: Femicide is the killing of which members of society?
Answer: Women
Question: In September 2011, which British comedian swam the length of the River Thames for charity?
Answer: David Walliams
Question: Which British athlete won a Gold Medal in the heptathlon at the 2009 IAAF World Championships in Berlin?
Answer: Jessica Ennis
Question: In the novel Peter Pan, what are the first names of Wendy’s two brothers?
Answer: Michael and John
Question: Former Olympic athlete and Gold Medallist Michael Duane Johnson was born in which US state?
Answer: Texas
Question: Jodie Foster sings ‘My Name is Tallulah’ in which 1976 film?
Answer: Bugsy Malone
Question: Philip Pirrip is the lead character in which Charles Dickens novel?
Answer: Great Expectations
Question: Which English monarch was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?
Answer: Henry II
Question: In which South American city is Sugarloaf Mountain?
Answer: Rio de Janiero
Question: Who wrote the 1950 novel ‘A Town Like Alice’?
Answer: Neville Shute
Question: Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero was elected Prime Minister of which country in March 2004?
Answer: Spain
Question: Who recorded the 1965 song ‘Eve of Destruction’, a protest song against the Vietnam War?
Answer: Barry McGuire
Question: In humans the atlas and axis bones are in which part of the body?
Answer: Neck
Question: A polyglot is someone who uses or knows several what?
Answer: Languages
Question: ‘Podshaving’ is the art of hand-making which piece of sports equipment?
Answer: Cricket bat
Question: How many ounces are in a US (short) ton?
Answer: 32,000
Question: In the Batman series of films, what is Alfred the butler’s surname?
Answer: Pennyworth
Question: In which part of the human body are the metatarsus bones?
Answer: Foot
Question: What breed of animal is a Chester White?
Answer: Pig
Question: Bocconi University is in which European city?
Answer: Milan
Question: What is the system of sending messages by holding the arms, or two flags, in certain positions according to an alphabetic code?
Answer: Semaphore
Question: Who are the rival gangs in the 1961 film ‘West Side Story’?
Answer: Sharks and Jets
Question: Who was the first Children’s Laureate?
Answer: Quentin Blake
Question: The ceibo is the national flower and tree of which South American country?
Answer: Argentina
Question: Which footballer claimed that his hand-ball goal against England in 1986 was ‘The hand of God’?
Answer: Diego Maradona
Question: Juliette Norton married which British television chef in 2000?
Answer: Jamie Oliver
Question: Which famous race horse was stolen from the Ballymany Stud in Ireland in February 1983?
Answer: Shergar
Question: Mount Huascaran is in which South American country?
Answer: Peru
Question: The Bossa Nova dance originated in which country?
Answer: Brazil
Question: David Evans is the real name of which Irish musician?
Answer: The Edge
Question: What is the name of the Japanese form of therapy that uses simple hands-on, no touch, and visualisation techniques, with the goal of improving the flow of life energy in a person?
Answer: Reiki
Question: Which fruit is the main ingredient of the liqueur Quetsch?
Answer: Plum
Question: Which make of car has the advertising slogan ‘Zoom, Zoom’?
Answer: Mazda
Question: The Olympic Torch is lit at which ancient site?
Answer: Olympia
Question: The distance of the Olympic marathon is 26 miles and how many yards?
Answer: 385 yards
Question: What are the names of the two 2012 London Olympic Games mascots?
Answer: Wenlock and Mandeville
Question: What was the name of the horse that Zara Phillips (Tindall) should have ridden at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but had to pull out because of an injury to the horse?
Answer: Toytown
Question: Which British rower won five gold medals in five consecutive Olympic Games?
Answer: Steve Redgrave
Question: Who directed the 1997 film ‘Jackie Brown’?
Answer: Quentin Tarantino
Question: In which 1976 horror film did John Travolta appear with Sissy Spaceck?
Answer: Carrie
Question: Which chemical element is represented by Zr on the Periodic Table?
Answer: Zirconium
Question: Sauternes wine comes from which country?
Answer: France
Question: A ‘Fresh Breeze’ is what number on the Beaufort Scale?
Answer: 5
Question: The ‘Tennis Court Oath’ was signed at the beginning of which revolution?
Answer: French Revolution
Question: Who wrote the novel ‘The Hunt For Red October’?
Answer: Tom Clancy
Question: What type of paper changes colour when testing whether a substance is acid or alkali?
Answer: Litmus paper
Question: Who played Queen Victoria in the 1997 film ‘Mrs Brown’?
Answer: Dame Judi Dench
Question: In poetry, a sonnet consists of how many lines?
Answer: 14
Question: What is the name of the twin sister of the Disney character Donald Duck?
Answer: Della
Question: Comma, Peacock and Swallowtail are all types of which insect?
Answer: Butterfly
Question: Brown Windsor is what type of food dish?
Answer: Soup
Question: Which country will host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games?
Answer: Russia
Question: The Ashmolean Museum is in which English city?
Answer: Oxford
Question: ‘Odette’ is a character in which ballet?
Answer: Swan Lake
Question: In cookery, the traditional Austrian Wiener Schnitzel is made with which meat?
Answer: Veal
Question: Dustin Hoffman plays army medic Colonel Sam Daniels in which 1995 film?
Answer: Outbreak
Question: Who plays crime boss John Rooney in the 2002 film ‘Road to Perdition’?
Answer: Paul Newman
Question: In cookery, what are the two ingredients of ganache?
Answer: Chocolate and cream
Question: What is the medical term for the shoulder blade?
Answer: Scapula
Question: Royal Gala is a variety of which fruit?
Answer: Apple
Question: In which country was the 1990 FIFA World Cup held?
Answer: Italy
Question: Which is the hottest planet in our solar system?
Answer: Venus
Question: What is the hardest substance known to man?
Answer: Diamond
Question: Which element makes iron rust?
Answer: Oxygen
Question: What is the name of actor Vin Diesel’s character in the 2002 film xXx?
Answer: Xander Cage
Question: The medical condition arthralgia affects which parts of the human body?
Answer: Joints
Question: On a mobile phone keypad, the letters ‘jkl’ are on which number button?
Answer: 5
Question: Which band released a 2007 album entitled ‘Favourite Worst Nightmare’?
Answer: Arctic Monkeys
Question: Which channel of water separates the two parts of Istanbul?
Answer: The Bosphorus
Question: British comedian John Bishop was born in which city?
Answer: Liverpool
Question: Who plays Michael Douglas brother Conrad in the 1997 film ‘The Game’?
Answer: Sean Penn
Question: What is the duration of a round in men’s professional boxing?
Answer: Three minutes
Question: Dunkery Beacon is the highest point in which English National Park?
Answer: Exmoor
Question: A ‘Bloody Maria’ cocktail traditionally contains which spirit?
Answer: Tequila
Question: Sri Lanka lies in which ocean?
Answer: Indian Ocean
Question: Who plays Batman in the 2005 film ‘Batman Begins’?
Answer: Christian Bale
Question: Which rugby union team play their home games at the Madejski Stadium?
Answer: London Irish
Question: Asiago is what type of food product?
Answer: Cheese
Question: The headquarters of fashion house Hardy Amies is in which London street?
Answer: Savile Row
Question: A ‘Sackbut’ was a medieval forerunner of which musical instrument?
Answer: Trombone
Question: Reginald Doherty, Arthur Gore and Fred Perry are associated with which sport?
Answer: Tennis
Question: Which child of British monarch Queen Elizabeth II was born on 19th February 1960?
Answer: Prince Andrew
Question: What is the name of the dog in Enid Blyton’s ‘Famous Five’?
Answer: Timmy
Question: American singer Frank Castelluccio is better known by what name?
Answer: Frankie Valli
Question: Who shot former US President Ronald Reagan in March 1981?
Answer: John Hinckley Jr
Question: The International Olympic Committee is based in which European city?
Answer: Lausanne
Question: Which word represents the letter M in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet?
Answer: Mike
Question: The English town of Tewkesbury is in which county?
Answer: Gloucestershire
Question: Which US-based retail company has the motto ‘Save Money. Live Better’?
Answer: Walmart
Question: Which British author created the fictional character George Smiley?
Answer: John Le Carre
Question: Which comedy duo starred in the 1942 film ‘Rio Rita’?
Answer: Abbott and Costello
Question: On the UK television game show ‘The Chase’, which chaser is known as the Dark Destroyer?
Answer: Shaun Wallace
Question: A fugu is what type of creature?
Answer: Fish
Question: What is the name of the scarecrow in the children’s television series ‘Bob the Builder’?
Answer: Spud
Question: Dipsomania is an uncontrollable craving for what?
Answer: Alcohol
Question: Lillehammer, the host of the 1994 Winter Olympic Games, is in which country?
Answer: Norway
Question: Pseudocarp relates to which type of crop?
Answer: Fruit
Question: What is a young pilchard called?
Answer: Sardine
Question: Who was appointed Creative Director of Paris fashion house Chloe in 1997?
Answer: Stella McCartney
Question: Heathrow Airport is on which London underground line?
Answer: Piccadilly Line
Question: Which book by Harper Lee won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?
Answer: To Kill a Mocking Bird
Question: Which country hosted the 1962 FIFA World Cup?
Answer: Chile
Question: Phantom IV, Silver Wraith and Silver Dawn are all models of which car?
Answer: Rolls Royce
Question: Which sportsman was known as the ‘Louisville Lip’?
Answer: Muhammed Ali
Question: Helena Bonham Carter and Meat Loaf appear in which 1999 film starring Brad Pitt?
Answer: Fight Club
Question: Which film starring Judy Garland was based on a novel by L Frank Baum?
Answer: The Wizard of Oz
Question: Francois Fillon was appointed Prime minister of which country in May 2007?
Answer: France
Question: Harry, Liam, Niall, Louis and Zayn are all members of which British boy band?
Answer: One Direction
Question: What is the the first name of the Hungarian inventor of the Rubik’s Cube?
Answer: Erno
Question: Babcock, Elberta and Rubidoux are all varieties of which fruit?
Answer: Peach
Question: What is the art of preparing, stuffing and mounting the skins of animals for display called?
Answer: Taxidermy