zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: What nickname, meaning 'The Boys, The Boys', is given to the South African national football team?
Answer: Bafana Bafana
Question: In which year were the FIFA World Cup Soccer Finals held in Chile?
Answer: 1962
Question: Who married Bond actor Daniel Craig in June 2012?
Answer: Rachel Weisz
Question: The MP for Leeds Central is the famous son of which famous politician?
Answer: Tony Benn
Question: The 2010 book Arthur and George by Julian Barnes is a fictional account of a real relationship. Who was the real-life basis for the character of Arthur?
Answer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Question: On a film set what is a gaffer?
Answer: Electrician
Question: In which English city would you find Clifford's Tower?
Answer: York
Question: Who, in 1798, composed the oratorio The Creation?
Answer: Josef Haydn
Question: How many countries are there in OPEC?
Answer: 12
Question: Which American state was admitted to the union in 1876 and is hence known as the Centennial State?
Answer: Colorado
Question: In which year did the UK last win the Eurovision Song Contest with Katrina and the Waves' Love Shine a Light?
Answer: 1997
Question: The songs It Ain't Necessarily So and Summertime are from which stage show?
Answer: Porgy and Bess
Question: In Greek mythology, who were Clotho, Atropos and Lachesis?
Answer: The Three Fates
Question: Who was the last French tennis player to win the men's singles title at the French Open?
Answer: Yannick Noah
Question: What are neon, argon, xenon and krypton?
Answer: Noble gases
Question: In which Scottish city are Salisbury Crags?
Answer: Edinburgh
Question: The songs People Will Say We're in Love and The Surrey with the Fringe on Top are from which stage show?
Answer: Oklahoma!
Question: Which capital city's name means 'smoky bay'?
Answer: Reykjavik
Question: What is the area of a rectangular piece of land with sides of one furlong and one chain?
Answer: One Acre
Question: Which animal is seen on a tin of Tate & Lyle's Golden Syrup?
Answer: Lion
Question: In which craft might you use a crewel and a chenille?
Answer: Embroidery
Question: In what year did Winston Churchill become Prime Minister for the first time?
Answer: 1940
Question: The Ffestiniog Railway runs from Blaenau Ffestiniog to which other Welsh town?
Answer: Porthmadog
Question: On which TV programme do Kelly Hoppen and Piers Linney appear?
Answer: Dragon's Den
Question: Which guitar company make the Stratocaster?
Answer: Fender
Question: Who writes novels about Botswanan detective Precious Ramotswe?
Answer: Alexander McCall Smith
Question: According to Longfellow's poem what stood 'underneath a spreading chestnut tree'?
Answer: The Village Smithy
Question: The aniseed flavoured liqueur 'Sambuca' originated in which country?
Answer: Italy
Question: Anne of Cleves was a wife of Henry 8th, in which country is Cleves?
Answer: Germany
Question: Tartu is the second largest city of which European country?
Answer: Estonia
Question: What is the name of the family in the TV sit-com Outnumbered?
Answer: Brockman
Question: Which English Prime Minister coined the phrase "the unacceptable face of capitalism"?
Answer: Edward Heath
Question: Icthyphobia is the fear of what?
Answer: Fish
Question: Washington State in the USA borders two states, Oregon and which other?
Answer: Idaho
Question: Which Roman philosopher and statesman was tutor to the Emperor Nero?
Answer: Seneca
Question: An Arundel Tomb; the inspiration for Philip Larkin's poem of the same name is in which English cathedral?
Answer: Chichester
Question: To which family of fish does the goldfish belong?
Answer: Carp
Question: Lumley Castle overlooks a cricket ground used by which county?
Answer: Durham
Question: The jazz musician Charles Mingus played which instrument?
Answer: Double Bass
Question: The words admiral and arsenal are derived from which language?
Answer: Arabic
Question: Alfred Wainwright's coast-to-coast walk starts from which point in Cumbria?
Answer: St. Bee's Head
Question: Who was the founder of the Flavian dynasty of Roman emperors?
Answer: Vespasian
Question: Who designed the Princess class of locomotives, commonly called 'Duchesses'?
Answer: Sir William Stanier
Question: The name of which type of beer glass is also the name of a flower?
Answer: Tulip
Question: In 1794 Horatio Nelson lost the sight of his right eye during a battle for which island?
Answer: Corsica
Question: Located in the Lake District and with a maximum depth of 79 metres, what is the deepest freshwater lake in England?
Answer: Wastwater
Question: Who played the title character in the TV series 'Wycliffe'?
Answer: Jack Shepherd
Question: Muscavado is an unrefined form of what?
Answer: Sugar
Question: Which young singer/songwriter was born Jake Edwin Kennedy in Nottingham in 1994, he has released two albums, the first self titled and the second called `Shangri La?
Answer: Jake Bugg
Question: The fifteen highest peaks in the Carpathian Mountains are all in which country?
Answer: Slovakia
Question: Who played the title role in the recent Biblical epic Noah'?
Answer: Russell Crowe
Question: Which wheat is not suitable for bread making because of its low gluten content but is ideal for pasta?
Answer: Durum
Question: Which Greek letter is used in maths or physics to represent a change or difference in a quantity?
Answer: Delta
Question: Having written more than one hundred of them, who is known as the Father of the Symphony?
Answer: Joseph Haydn
Question: What was the surname of the married couple executed for espionage in Sing Sing in June 1953?
Answer: (Julius and Ethel) Rosenberg
Question: Who co-hosts the TV show Pointless with Alexander Armstrong?
Answer: Richard Osman
Question: What was claimed by Sir Humphrey Gilbert in 1583 as Britain's first overseas colony?
Answer: Newfoundland
Question: According to the RSPB which is the most commonly found wild bird in Britain?
Answer: Wren
Question: Name Stevie Wonder's only solo No. 1 hit in the UK.
Answer: I just called to say I love you
Question: The unified atomic mass unit is defined as being one 12th the mass of an atom of which element?
Answer: Carbon
Question: For what does the letter H stand in the pH scale?
Answer: Hydrogen
Question: In which 2013 film did Ben Stiller reprise a role played by Danny Kaye in a 1949 film?
Answer: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Question: Who replaced Carol Vorderman as co-host of Countdown in 2009?
Answer: Rachel Riley
Question: Which country joined the Commonweath in 1996, the only member never to be part of the British Empire?
Answer: Mozambique
Question: The county of West Yorkshire has two Anglican cathedrals, one is in Bradford, where. is the other?
Answer: Wakefield
Question: Who said "Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right"?
Answer: Henry Ford
Question: Which company's advertising slogan states: "It does exactly what is says on the tin."?
Answer: Ronseal
Question: In the film 'The Hunt for Red October' what was 'Red October'?
Answer: A Submarine
Question: What is the capital city of Malaysia?
Answer: Kuala Lumpur
Question: Who said "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former"?
Answer: Albert Einstein
Question: What nationality are the band 'The Cardigans'?
Answer: Swedish
Question: Which letter of the Greek alphabet is used as the trademark of a Swiss luxury watchmaker?
Answer: Omega
Question: Which author lived at Abbotsford House near Galashiels in the Scottish borders?
Answer: Sir Walter Scott
Question: Through which artery does deoxygenated blood flow from the heart to the lungs?
Answer: Pulmonary
Question: What must a dish described as 'Lyonnaise' contain?
Answer: Onions
Question: Which French king was known as 'The Sun King'?
Answer: Louis XIV
Question: Which Swedish prime minister was assassinated in February 1986 in Stockholm?
Answer: Olaf Palme
Question: What is the common name of the flowering plant Helianthus Annuus?
Answer: Sunflower
Question: Which Australian Olympic swimming triple gold medallist announced her retirement in 1973 at the age of 16 years and 9 months?
Answer: Shane Gould
Question: Which fashion designer was murdered outside his Miami home on the I5th July 1997?
Answer: Gianni Versace
Question: What is the common English name for the flowering plant Delphinium?
Answer: Larkspur
Question: In which religion is the Rig Veda a collection of ancient myths, hymns and poems?
Answer: Hinduism
Question: Which country is ruled by the Dragon King?
Answer: Bhutan
Question: Charlotte Amelie is the capital of which island territory?
Answer: US Virgin Islands
Question: Which Apollo 14 astronaut played golf on the moon?
Answer: Alan Shepard
Question: What is the occupation of TV personality Aldo Zilli?
Answer: Chef
Question: The songs 'Summertime' and 'I've Got Plenty of Nothing' feature in which musical?
Answer: Porgy & Bess
Question: Which event takes place nearly every year at Worthy Farm, Pilton in Somerset?
Answer: Glastonbury Festival
Question: Who was the mother of Richard I?
Answer: Eleanor of Aquitaine
Question: What can be mouse-eared, long-eared or whiskered?
Answer: Bats
Question: Which German City is home to the headquarters of the Volkswagen car manufacturer?
Answer: WOLFSBURG
Question: Alice Arnold is the lifetime partner of which other broadcaster?
Answer: CLARE BALDING
Question: Which U.S. President's face is depicted on the $20 dollar bill?
Answer: ANDREW JACKSON
Question: Who designed the Mount Rushmore monument in the U.S.A. to four presidents?
Answer: GUTZON BORGLUM
Question: According to legend Romulus and Remus, founders of the city of Rome, were raised by a she-wolf and fed by what bird?
Answer: A WOODPECKER
Question: Of the original Cinque Ports, which was the only one not in Kent?
Answer: HASTINGS
Question: Which Marx Brother didn't appear in any of their films?
Answer: GUMMO
Question: Which English author and postal service employee was responsible for the introduction of post boxes to the British Isles?
Answer: ANTHONY TROLLOPE
Question: Bella Wilfer is a character in which of Charles Dickens' books?
Answer: OUR MUTUAL FRIEND
Question: Which London building was completed in 1977 from a design by Denys Lasdun?
Answer: The NATIONAL THEATRE
Question: Mocha, a blend of chocolate and coffee made into a drink, originated in which country?
Answer: YEMEN
Question: Which Romanian car manufacturer was bought by Renault in 1999?
Answer: Dacia
Question: Which group recorded the 2008 album 'Perfect Symmetry'?
Answer: Keane
Question: What is the common name of the flowering plant Delphinium?
Answer: Larkspur
Question: The currency units of Iran, Oman and Yemen share which name?
Answer: Rial
Question: Who wrote the 1915 poem 'In Flanders Fields'?
Answer: John McCrae
Question: Which famous group, that have had several instrumental hits in their own name, were Wilson Pickett's backing group in the 1960s?
Answer: Booker T and the MGs
Question: How is the Prince described in the title of a ballet by Bela Bartok first performed in 1917?
Answer: Wooden
Question: Which element, atomic number 12, is named after a district in Greece?
Answer: Magnesium
Question: Poundland started in 1990 as a single store, in which Midlands town?
Answer: Burton-on-Trent
Question: The yellow-Winged Darter is a species of which insect?
Answer: Dragonfly
Question: Who was the Premier League player bitten by Luis Suarez?
Answer: BRANISLAV IVANOVIC
Question: In which country was the 1950 Football World Cup held?
Answer: BRAZIL
Question: In which City is La Fenice Opera House?
Answer: VENICE
Question: Who was the leader of Albania from 1944 to 1985?
Answer: ENVER HOXHA
Question: Who designed the Mini Car?
Answer: ALEC ISSIGONIS
Question: Who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921?
Answer: EINSTEIN
Question: Which is the heaviest naturally occurring element?
Answer: URANIUM
Question: In which city are the Petronas Twin Towers?
Answer: KUALA LUMPUR
Question: What was the name of the school in the TV sitcom 'Please Sir'?
Answer: FENN STREET
Question: Who directed the film 'The Aviator'?
Answer: MARTIN SCORSESE
Question: Which football team does Rafael Benitez manage?
Answer: NAPOLI
Question: In which city is the Liceu Opera House?
Answer: BARCELONA
Question: Which American State has as a nickname 'The Last Frontier'?
Answer: ALASKA
Question: Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009?
Answer: BARACK OBAMA
Question: In which musical was the song 'Summertime' first heard?
Answer: PORGY AND BESS
Question: Who created the character Robert Langdon?
Answer: DAN BROWN
Question: What festival marks the end of Ramadan in the Muslim religion?
Answer: Eid
Question: In a famous 1813 novel, what was the surname of sisters Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty and Lydia?
Answer: Bennet
Question: Which Shakespeare play of 1591 opens with the funeral of King Henry V?
Answer: Henry VI Part 1)
Question: Give any one year in the era known in British history as The Regency?
Answer: 1811-1820
Question: """Infamy, infamy, they've all got it in for me"" is a famous line from what 1964 film?"
Answer: Carry On Cleo
Question: Which London park staged the 2012 Olympic equestrian events?
Answer: Greenwich Park
Question: Which Cambridgeshire town shares its name with a month of the year?
Answer: March
Question: The name of what type of pasta means "little tongues" in Italian?
Answer: LINGUINI
Question: Cassis is a syrup made from which fruit?
Answer: BLACKCURRANT
Question: Paramaribo is the capital of which republic in South America?
Answer: SURINAME
Question: Who won the World Snooker Championship in May 2014?
Answer: MARK SELBY
Question: Which is the only vitamin that the human body can synthesize?
Answer: VITAMIN D
Question: Lester Piggott rode his first and last winners at which racecourse?
Answer: HAYDOCK
Question: In which century did Ivan the Terrible live?
Answer: 16th CENTURY
Question: What type of fruit is a bullace?
Answer: PLUM
Question: Which Lloyd Webber musical is based on a book written by T S Eliot?
Answer: CATS
Question: In which town does Desperate Dan live?
Answer: CACTUSVILLE
Question: Which England rugby union captain resigned in May 1999 over allegation that he took and dealt in illegal hard drugs?
Answer: LAWRENCE DALLAGLIO
Question: Cleeve Hill is the highest point in which English county?
Answer: GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Question: What was the nickname of Arsenal and Republic of Ireland footballer Liam Brady?
Answer: CHIPPY
Question: Which other climber disappeared with George Mallory on Mount Everest in June 1924?
Answer: ANDREW IRVINE
Question: What was the title of the first film that Elvis Presley appeared in?
Answer: LOVE ME TENDER
Question: What is the only song to top the UK charts with four different artists?
Answer: UNCHAINED MELODY
Question: Anthony Joshua and Nicola Adams both won gold medals at the 2012 Olympics in which sport?
Answer: BOXING
Question: What was the name of the policewoman shot dead outside the Libyan embassy in 1984?
Answer: YVONNE FLETCHER
Question: Robert Galbraith is the pen name of which famous novelist?
Answer: J K ROWLING
Question: What was the name of the fictional ship featured in the 1953 film The Cruel Sea?
Answer: HMS COMPASS ROSE
Question: Which county cricket team has its headquarters at the SWALEC Stadium in Sophia Gardens?
Answer: GLAMORGAN
Question: What is the highest prize awarded at the Berlin International Film Festival?
Answer: THE GOLDEN BEAR
Question: Richard Bachman is the pen name of which famous author?
Answer: STEPHEN KING
Question: Which actor played the title role in the ITV detective series Endeavour?
Answer: SHAUN EVANS
Question: Which fashion designer was sacked by Dior in 2011 after being found guilty of making anti-Semitic comments?
Answer: JOHN GALLIANO
Question: Which comedy actor played Charlie Bind in the 1964 film Carry on Spying?
Answer: CHARLES HAWTREY
Question: Bridgeport is the largest city in which New England state?
Answer: CONNECTICUT
Question: Who, is buried in Westminster Abbey, not because he was a poet but because lie was clerk of works to the Palace of Westminster?
Answer: GEOFFREY CHAUCER
Question: The Blue Danube airport serves which Austrian City?
Answer: LINZ
Question: Which island home of the St Aubyn family in the South West is accessed by a causeway at high tide?
Answer: ST MICHAEL'S MOUNT
Question: Which artist, with a famous brother, studied in Paris with Whistler and had a long affair with Rodin?
Answer: GWEN JOHN
Question: What to the Inuit people are mukluks?
Answer: BOOTS
Question: Which children's novel published in 1865 was written by a Fellow of Christ Church, Oxford?
Answer: ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Question: The image of which physicist appears on the New Zealand 100 dollar bill?
Answer: ERNEST RUTHERFORD
Question: Which famous English explorer charted the northern coasts of America in 1819?
Answer: SIR JOHN FRANKLIN
Question: The animal the ratel is better known by what other name?
Answer: HONEY BADGER
Question: Which British monarch made Leamington Spa royal?
Answer: QUEEN VICTORIA
Question: Mollie King sang with which pop group?
Answer: THE SATURDAYS
Question: How many gallons of beer are in an English hogshead?
Answer: 54
Question: Who wrote the novel 'The Name of the Rose'?
Answer: UMBERTO ECO
Question: Who starred on TV as the Newcastle detective 'Spender'?
Answer: JIMMY NAIL
Question: What nickname was given to Sir Henry Percy who was killed in the rebellion of 1403 against Henry IV?
Answer: HOTSPUR
Question: The Hedge Sparrow is commonly known by what one-word name?
Answer: DUNNOCK
Question: In 1956 which scientific concept was demonstrated in Magdeburg by Otto von Guericke?
Answer: ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
Question: The Amalfi Coast is in which Italian region?
Answer: CAMPANIA
Question: Which 17 year old New Zealander won the 2014 Grammy for Song of the Year with 'Royals'?
Answer: LORDE
Question: Which US City is the setting for the original crime series 'CSI, Crime Scene Investigation'?
Answer: LAS VEGAS
Question: What was Reg Vamey's character called in 'On The Buses'?
Answer: STAN BUTLER
Question: The former ground of which football club is depicted in L. S. Lowry's 'Going to the Match'?
Answer: BOLTON WANDERERS
Question: Before it moved to Wales on which London hill was the Royal Mint?
Answer: TOWER HILL
Question: Fado is a type of folk music found in which country?
Answer: PORTUGAL
Question: The leaves of which plant are the traditional antidote to nettle stings?
Answer: Dock
Question: How long, in yards, was a rod, pole or perch?
Answer: 5½
Question: What is the name of the strait that separates India and Sri Lanka?
Answer: Palk Strait
Question: 'Blurred Lines' was the biggest selling single record of 2013, who recorded it?
Answer: Robin Thicke
Question: What do Americans call what we would call a buggy or pushchair?
Answer: Stroller
Question: Which country's flag is similar in design to the Jerusalem Cross or Crusader's Cross?
Answer: Georgia
Question: Who painted 'The Scapegoat' in 1854?
Answer: William Holman-Hunt
Question: The Kyle Railway line runs between Kyle of Lochalsh and which town or city?
Answer: Inverness
Question: Which Spanish painter died in Bordeaux in April 1928?
Answer: Francisco de Goya
Question: Which actor starred as Dr Who in the 1st colour episode?
Answer: Jon Pertwee
Question: Give a year in the life of of the English philosopher, statesman and scientist, Sir Francis Bacon.
Answer: 1561 - 1626
Question: From the Turkish for .stuffed', what name is given to a dish of stuffed vine leaves?
Answer: Dolmades
Question: What does an arenophile collect?
Answer: Sand
Question: Which English cathedral, dedicated to St. Andrew the Apostle, has a famous scissor arch?
Answer: Wells
Question: The white supergiant star, Deneb, lies in which constellation?
Answer: Cygnus
Question: Ecatapec and Merida are cities in which country in the Americas?
Answer: Mexico
Question: Which US entertainer's 1988 autobiography is entitled That's Not All Folks?
Answer: Mel Blanc
Question: On which river does the Cornish town of Lostwithiel stand?
Answer: Fowey
Question: Name the paranoid android in the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams.
Answer: Marvin
Question: In Monopoly, which street completes the green set of Bond Street and Regent Street?
Answer: Oxford Street
Question: Sir Ronald Ross was the first British winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1902 for his research in combating which disease?
Answer: Malaria
Question: Which highly alcoholic spirit is flavoured with wormwood leaves?
Answer: Absinthe
Question: Traditionally what is the dominant colour of a Hindu bride's wedding dress?
Answer: Red
Question: Which American jazz singer was known as 'Lady Day'?
Answer: Billie Holliday
Question: The Silver Fern is the national emblem of which country?
Answer: New Zealand
Question: Who created the fictional St Trinian's Boarding School, in 1941?
Answer: Ronald Searle
Question: Which fish belong to the genus 'Esox'?
Answer: Pike
Question: Which American composer (18541932) was known as the March King?
Answer: John Phillip Sousa
Question: Which Burton on Trent brewery- produces Pedigree Ales?
Answer: Marston
Question: Which Suffolk brewery produces Abbot Ale?
Answer: Greene King
Question: Jamestown is the capital of which British overseas territory?
Answer: St Helena
Question: Which author created the detective Harry Hole (pronounced Holy)?
Answer: Jo Nesbo
Question: Which railway runs from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster?
Answer: Severn Valley Railway
Question: Which TV Presenter originated Mo Farrah's famous `MOBOT' celebration?
Answer: CLAIRE BALDING
Question: What is the name of disgraced MP Chris Huhne's wife who was jailed at the same time as him?
Answer: VICKY PRICE
Question: According to the advert - which drink gives you wings?
Answer: RED BULL
Question: The Egyptian God Sobek had the head of which creature?
Answer: CROCODILE
Question: In Australia what name is given to a crayfish?
Answer: YABBY
Question: Which Nation does Aston Villa Goalkeeper Brad Guzan represent?
Answer: USA
Question: Which author created the fictional Detectives Tommy and Tuppence?
Answer: AGATHA CHRISTIE
Question: What was the name of the operation that resulted from the Jimmy Saville Sex Scandal?
Answer: YEWTREE
Question: By what nickname is broadcaster Henry Blofeld better known?
Answer: BLOWERS
Question: Who was the Manchester City manager who only lasted for 33 days because he couldn't stand the pressure?
Answer: STEVE COPPELL
Question: In which US State is Chapaquidick Island?
Answer: MASSACHUSETTS
Question: Which musical instrument was played by Sugar Kane in Some Like It Hot?
Answer: UKELELE
Question: Which famous singer made this quote "I don't know anything about music, in my line you don't have to"?
Answer: ELVIS PRESLEY
Question: Edward Norton, EricBana and Mark Ruffalo have all played which character on film?
Answer: THE HULK
Question: Which country’s cricket team played for the first time in the 2015 World Cricket Cup?
Answer: AFGHANISTAN
Question: Warwick stands on which river?
Answer: AVON
Question: Whlch board game was invented by Alfred Mosher Butts in 1938?
Answer: SCRABBLE
Question: Who first uttered the phrase "Rainbow Nation” in 1994?
Answer: DESMOND TUTU
Question: The Dwarf Lantern and Spined Pygmy are the smallest types of which sort of fish?
Answer: Shark
Question: The 'Dead Undead’ was the original title of which novel of 1897?
Answer: Dracula
Question: On which motorway would you find the Norton Canes service area?
Answer: M6 Toll
Question: What is lithology the study of?
Answer: Rocks
Question: For which film at the 2015 Oscar Awards did J K Simmons win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor?
Answer: Whiplash
Question: Bandar Seri Begawan is the capital of which Asian country?
Answer: Brunei
Question: Naypyidaw is the capital of which Asian country?
Answer: Myanmar
Question: What score in tennis is known as ‘Double-bagel’?
Answer: 6-0 6-0
Question: Where was Wallace and Gromit's destination in 'A Grand Day Out'?
Answer: THE MOON
Question: Who was the creator of the ceramic poppies placed around the Tower of London?
Answer: (Paul) CUMMINS
Question: Who designed the sculpture ArcelorMittel Orbit, located in London's Olympic Park?
Answer: (Anish) KAPOOR
Question: Which motor manufacturer produces the models Twingo and Captur?
Answer: RENAULT