zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: The axiom that "anything that can go wrong, will go wrong" is commonly known as what?
Answer: Murphy's law
Question: Into what body of water does the Nile River drain?
Answer: The Mediterranean Sea
Question: Which of the 4 annual Grand Slam tennis events is played first?
Answer: Australian Open
Question: Which PGA golfer, considered one of the best of all times, was nicknamed "The Golden Bear"?
Answer: Jack Nicklaus
Question: Of the 4 types of Treasury Securities issued, Treasury Bills, Treasury Notes, Treasury Bonds, and Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, which one has the shortest maturation date of only a year?
Answer: Treasury Bills
Question: Who's missing: Alice Walton, Jim Walton, Christy Walton, Larry Ellison, Warren Buffett
Answer: Bill Gates
Question: What type of dog has breeds called Welsh, Scottish and Irish?
Answer: Terriers
Question: A UNESCO heritage site, the major Peruvian tourist attraction Machu Picchu was built by what pre-Columbian civilization?
Answer: Incans
Question: The 1983 James Bond film Never Say Never Again is a remake of what 1965 Bond film?
Answer: Thunderball
Question: 1936 saw Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson the first inductees into what?
Answer: Baseball Hall of Fame
Question: The 1993 file Cool Runnings is based on a Jamaican team trying to compete in what sport at the 1988 Winter Olympics?
Answer: Bobsled
Question: Located between 3rd and 4th Ave, what building is home to Seattle Symphony?
Answer: Benaroya Hall
Question: First issued by Bank of America in 1958, the BankAmericard is now known by what name?
Answer: Visa
Question: February 3, 1959 was known as The Day the Music Died, as a plane crash in Clearlake, Ia, took the life of Roger Peterson, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and who?
Answer: J. P. Richardson
Question: Who's missing? Roger Peterson, J. P. Richardson, Ritchie Valens?
Answer: Buddy Holly
Question: On a map, are the lines that run parallel to the equator called lines of longitude or lines of latitude?
Answer: Latitude
Question: Which president, and, according to some, noted vampire hunter, had a birthday on Feb 12?
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
Question: What television program began "There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission."?
Answer: The Outer Limits
Question: Which painter was married to Mexican artist Diego Rivera?
Answer: Frida Kahlo
Question: One half of the duo known as President's Day, which former president had his birthday on Feb 12th?
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
Question: The Greek goddess of forests and hills, childbirth, virginity, fertility, and the hunt, who is the twin sister of Apollo?
Answer: Artemis
Question: On Feb 16, 1923, archeologist Howard Carter uncovered the tomb of whom?
Answer: Tutankhamun
Question: According to the Chinese zodiac, what animal represents the current year?
Answer: Rabbit
Question: Known as The Bay State, what was the 6th state to join the union on Feb 6, 1788?
Answer: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Question: Going Rogue is a personal and political memoir, and NY Times #1 best seller, of what political figure?
Answer: Sarah Palin
Question: With a height of 3212 feet, what Venezuelan waterfall is the tallest in the world?
Answer: Angel Falls
Question: In an act that became known as the St. Valentine's Day massacre, what Chicago crime boss had 6 rivals gunned down in the back of a garage?
Answer: Al Capone
Question: Naval Support Facility Thurmont, in rural Maryland, is a presidential retreat known as what?
Answer: Camp David
Question: A popular cryptid in Latin American communities, the beast known as the Cupacabra makes its livelihood sucking the blood of what animals?
Answer: Goats
Question: What was the name of the computer that faced off against Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter last week on Jeopardy!?
Answer: Watson
Question: Which atom, with atomic number 6, is present in all known life forms?
Answer: Carbon
Question: Bib, iceberg, oak leaf, and romaine are all types of what?
Answer: Lettuce
Question: Currently, the oldest flying space shuttle in the fleet, which shuttle was launched last week on mission STS-133 to the International Space Station?
Answer: Discovery
Question: The name Julie is French form of what classic Latin name meaning youthful, soft-haired, beautiful or vivacious?
Answer: Julia
Question: Played by Jay Silverheels on the TV series, what is the name of The Lone Ranger's faithful companion?
Answer: Tonto
Question: Which of the two main political parties had it's founding on Feb 28, 1854 in Ripon, WI?
Answer: Republican
Question: March 4, 1791 saw the first state after the 13 colonies to join the union. What state was it?
Answer: Vermont
Question: Published in 1957, On The Road is a famous novel by which American beat poet, who was born on March 12, 1922?
Answer: Jack Kerouac
Question: Which term in economics is represented by the initials GDP?
Answer: Gross Domestic Product
Question: "Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you" was the first message sent by what medium on March 10, 1876?
Answer: Telephone
Question: The directions to what location are either “second to the right and straight on till morning’ (according to the book), or ‘second star to the right, and straight on till morning’ (says the film)?
Answer: Neverland
Question: What part of the body is afflicted by gingivitis?
Answer: Gums
Question: March 10, 1804 saw the US officially take possession of what property, which they purchased from France for a mere $15,000,000?
Answer: Louisiana Purchase
Question: What name is given to the art of trimming trees and shrubs into ornamental shapes?
Answer: topiary
Question: What tuna brand uses a cartoon mascot known as Charlie the Tuna to advertise their product?
Answer: StarKist
Question: In chess, what piece is limited only to diagonal moves?
Answer: Bishop
Question: Saturday marked the start of the Iditarod dogsled race. In what Alaska city does the race start?
Answer: Willow
Question: What fictional town was home to Fred and Wilma Flintstone?
Answer: Bedrock
Question: Which First Lady suggested "just say no" to drugs?
Answer: Nancy Reagan
Question: "The first rule of fight club is you do not talk about fight club". What is the second rule?
Answer: You DO NOT talk about Fight Club!
Question: What American composer, and head of the Marine Band from 1880 to 1892, was known as The March King?
Answer: John Phillip Sousa
Question: Lexus is the luxury vehicle division of what car maker?
Answer: Toyota
Question: What island does Puff the Magic Dragon call home?
Answer: Honalee
Question: A former advertising executive, who is the "creative genius" behind the Garfield comic strip?
Answer: Jim Davis
Question: The counterpart to Aphrodite, the Roman goddess Venus was the god of what?
Answer: Love
Question: Originally played by Ted Cassidy, what was the name of the butler in The Addams Family'?
Answer: Lurch
Question: Who is missing: Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon
Answer: Freddie Mercury
Question: The Italian automaker Lamborghini uses what animal as its logo?
Answer: Bull
Question: What was the first program shown on Fox when the network started broadcasting in prime time in April 1987?
Answer: Married...with Children
Question: The Moai, large stone carvings of mysterious origin, inhabit what south Pacific island
Answer: Easter Island
Question: What cartoon character's alter ego was the humble and loveable Shoe Shine Boy?
Answer: Underdog
Question: Born April 4, 1973, what illusionists feats included such stunts as being buried alive for 7 days, 63 hours encased in ice, and 44 days spent suspended over the city of London?
Answer: David Blaine
Question: April 4th, 1968 saw the assassination of which civil rights leader?
Answer: Martin Luther King, Jr
Question: What can be a chess piece, a card game, or a bird?
Answer: Rook
Question: Which of the Great Lakes does not border on Canada?
Answer: Michigan
Question: The largest electric power-producing facility and the largest concrete structure in the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Lake was created by the construction of what dam?
Answer: Grand Coulee Dam
Question: Where must a boxer stand when his opponent is knocked down?
Answer: Neutral corner
Question: In the pre-history of man, what age followed the Bronze Age?
Answer: Iron Age
Question: What MLB team calls Fenway Park home?
Answer: The Boston Red Sox
Question: Deerstalker, Homburg, and trilby are all types of what?
Answer: Hats
Question: What desert consists of ice cream placed in a pie dish lined with slices of sponge cake and topped with meringue, which is baked in a very hot oven just long enough to firm the meringue?
Answer: Baked Alaska
Question: The most popular breed in the United States, what horse was bred to excel at sprinting short distances, of a quarter mile or less, and has been clocked at speeds up to 55 mph?
Answer: Quarter Horse
Question: Which of the essential knots, used extensively in climbing, consits of two opposed half hitches?
Answer: Clove hitch
Question: That dietary staple of seafarers for over 400 years, hard tack is a type of what?
Answer: Biscuit
Question: Who was the first US president to be assassinated?
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
Question: The Louisiana Purchase was signed today in 1803. Which country sold the land to the USA?
Answer: France
Question: In April, 1967, what boxer was stripped of his title after refusing induction into the US Army?
Answer: Muhammed Ali
Question: Known as the Gentle Giant, name the breed of dog that is recognized as the tallest of all dogs?
Answer: Irish Wolfhound
Question: According to legend, who fell asleep in the Catskill Mountains for 20 years, following a game of 9-pins with the ghosts of Henry Hudson's crew?
Answer: Rip Van Winkle
Question: The Hippocratic Oath is taken by what profession?
Answer: Doctors
Question: Asgard is home to the gods of what culture?
Answer: Norse
Question: What is the official call sign of the Boeing 747 that carries the president?
Answer: Air Force One
Question: May 8 is known as Victory in Europe day when the Allies accepted the unconditional surrender of Germany, in what year?
Answer: 1945
Question: Paul Revere, patriot and midnight rider, actually made his living in what profession?
Answer: Silversmith
Question: How many gold stars are there on the blue background of the European Union flag?
Answer: 12
Question: When setting the table for a formal dinner, does the fork(s) go on the left or the right of the plate?
Answer: Left
Question: On May 10, 1893, the Supreme Court of the United States decided the case of Nix v. Hedden, which address the issue of whether the tomato is a fruit or a vegetable. Which one is it?
Answer: Vegetable
Question: What is the name for the biology discipline that deals with the science of plant life?
Answer: Botany
Question: In what century did the Renaissance begin?
Answer: 14th
Question: Which car company manufactures an SUV called the Outback?
Answer: Subaru
Question: May 20, 1873, saw a patent granted to Jacob Davis and what San Francisco business man for using copper rivets to strengthen the pockets of work pants?
Answer: Levi Strauss
Question: Historically categorized by their shape, what is a massive, gravitationally bound system that consists of stars and stellar remnants, an interstellar medium of gas dust, and some dark matter?
Answer: Galaxy
Question: What member of Public enemy, known for always being able to tell what time it was, had his own VH1 reality show?
Answer: Flavor Flav
Question: How many bonus points does a Scrabble player receive when playing all 7 of their tiles in a single turn?
Answer: 50
Question: What is the wife of an Earl called?
Answer: Countess
Question: Which of the Nobel prizes is awarded in Norway, not Sweden?
Answer: Peace
Question: Hatha, Bikram, and Integral are all types of what?
Answer: Yoga
Question: "What hath God wrought" was sent from Washington D.C. to Baltimore, MD on May 24, 1844, the first message sent by what new technology?
Answer: The electrical telegraph
Question: Are you in good hands?
Answer: Allstate
Question: In Morse code, what international distress signal replaced the original CQD in 1908?
Answer: SOS
Question: Which holiday, which had its first official recognition in 1868, was originally called Decoration Day?
Answer: Memorial Day
Question: With a weight limit of 200 pounds, what boxing class comes between light heavyweight and heavyweight?
Answer: Cruiserweight
Question: What comic strip, created by Brant Parker and Johnny Hart, follows the antics of a large cast of characters in a shabby medieval kingdom, featuring a King who refers to his subjects as "idiots"?
Answer: The Wizard of Id
Question: Who is the only US president to win the Nobel Peace Prize after leaving office?
Answer: Jimmy Carter
Question: Who is missing: Catherine of Aragon, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr?
Answer: Anne Boleyn
Question: Say Hey was the autobiography of what San Francisco Giants Hall of Fame baseball player?
Answer: Willie Mays
Question: Who “took an axe and gave her mother 40 whacks”?
Answer: Lizzie Borden
Question: May 25, 1787 saw the sitting of the Constitutional Convention. In what city did the delegates meet?
Answer: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Question: What is the halo around an eclipse called?
Answer: Corona
Question: Oncology is the study of what?
Answer: Cancer
Question: What was the awesome nickname of depression era bank robber Charles Arthur Floyd?
Answer: Pretty Boy
Question: “Sugar… spice… and everything nice” plus a healthy dose of a mysterious substance called “Chemical X” is responsible for creating what cartoon crime fighters?
Answer: The Powerpuff Girls
Question: A group of street urchins, the Baker Street Irregulars are employed by whom?
Answer: Sherlock Holmes
Question: A deficiency in what mineral causes anemia?
Answer: Iron
Question: In the world of blood donations, O- types are considered to be universal donors (blood compatible with all types). What blood type is considered to be a universal recipient (can accept any blood type)?
Answer: AB+
Question: Hosni Mubarak, who spent 20 years as the leader of what country, received a life sentence last week on charges of killing protesters during last year's revolution?
Answer: Egypt
Question: Which famed Viennese composer, who died on June 3, 1899, was known as the Waltz King?
Answer: Johann Strauss II
Question: What day of the week is named for the Norse god of single combat, victory, and heroic glory?
Answer: Tuesday
Question: Winner of 5, what is the only nation who has sent a team to every World Cup?
Answer: Brazil
Question: Which instrument can separate two liquids by spinning them at high speed?
Answer: Centrifuge
Question: The terms curds and whey are associated with making what?
Answer: Cheese
Question: Ruby, C, and Fortran are all examples of what?
Answer: Computer programming languages
Question: What is the name of the chief muscle used in breathing, which separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity?
Answer: Diaphragm
Question: Born Annelies Marie on June 12, 1929, who famously received a diary for her 13th birthday?
Answer: Anne Frank
Question: Who famously opined that "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes"?
Answer: Andy Warhol
Question: What boxer was, who holds the record as the youngest to win the WBC, WBA, and IFB world heavyweight titles, was banned from boxing for a year for biting off a portion of Evander Holyfield's ear?
Answer: Mike Tyson
Question: June 18, 1812 saw the start of the War of 1812 when the US Congress declared war on who?
Answer: Great Britain
Question: Had an eponymous show on MTV in 1999-2000; Had a short lived marriage to Drew Barrymore
Answer: Tom Green
Question: Grover Cleveland was the only US president to serve non-consecutive terms. Which president, the 23rd, served in between his two terms?
Answer: Benjamin Harrison
Question: Which Knight of the Round Table found the Holy Grail?
Answer: Sir Galahad
Question: How is the score of a forfeited baseball game reported?
Answer: 9-0
Question: If you wanted to let more light into a camera lens, would you choose a lower or a higher aperture number (f-stop)?
Answer: Lower
Question: What is the name of the recording label founded by the Beatles?
Answer: Apple
Question: Traditionally, what does a cooper make?
Answer: Barrels
Question: Who gnawed a chunk from Evander Holyfield's ear on June 28, 1997?
Answer: Mike Tyson
Question: In response to a Soviet blockade, June 26th, 1948, saw the Western Allies begin an airlift to what city?
Answer: Berlin
Question: What currency was used in the Netherlands until 2002 and in Suriname until 2004?
Answer: Guilder
Question: Double Dutch is a variation of what children's game?
Answer: Jump Ropes
Question: Sarajevo is the capital of what modern country?
Answer: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Question: What university summoned the National Guard after protesters set the ROTC building on fire on May 2, 1970?
Answer: Kent State
Question: On July 5, 1996, scientists from the Roslin Institute near Edinburgh, Scotland, created Dolly, the first cloned mammal. What type of animal was she?
Answer: Sheep
Question: Beluga, Ossetra, Sterlet, and Sevruga are all types of what?
Answer: Caviar
Question: "You got peanut butter in my chocolate! You got chocolate in my peanut butter! Two great tastes that taste great together." was the advertising slogan for what product?
Answer: Reeses Peanut Butter Cups
Question: What is the common name for the upper incisors of the elephant?
Answer: Tusk
Question: Sunday saw the conclusion of which of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the oldest such tournament in the world?
Answer: The Championships, Wimbledon
Question: A falling object which ceases to accelerate due to the forces of drag and gravity being equal reaches what rate of descent (speed)?
Answer: Terminal Velocity
Question: The young of what animal are known as fawns?
Answer: Deer
Question: On what type of surface is the Wimbledon tournament held?
Answer: Grass
Question: When applied to (sparkling) wine, what does brut mean?
Answer: Dry
Question: What was the name of the character who owned Mayberry's only barber shop on The Andy Griffith Show?
Answer: Floyd
Question: STS-135, the last planned mission for NASA's space shuttle fleet, launched which shuttle on a 13 day trip to international space station?
Answer: Atlantis
Question: According to the myth, how many lives does a cat have?
Answer: 9
Question: Which metal is extracted from the ore bauxite?
Answer: Aluminium
Question: In what country did the Sandinista National Liberation Front overthrow the Somoza regime in 1979?
Answer: Nicaragua
Question: "In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime, and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders. These are their stories."
Answer: Law and Order
Question: What, according to legend, did Davey Crocket name his rifle?
Answer: Betsy
Question: What does one have a pocketful of in the nursery rhyme “Sing a Song of Sixpence”?
Answer: Rye
Question: Which author of books such as The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, First Things First, Principle-Centered Leadership, and The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Families, died on Monday due to complications from a bicycle accident?
Answer: Stephen R. Covey
Question: Signed on July 16, 1790, the Residence Act established what as the US Capitol?
Answer: Washington DC
Question: Named for the founder, what is the name given to the upscale luxury hotels and resorts operated by the Hilton hotel chain?
Answer: Conrad.
Question: July 20, 1969 saw the landing of what NASA mission, the first to land men on the moon?
Answer: Apollo 11
Question: What futuristic cartoon character had a daughter Judy and a boy named Elroy?
Answer: George Jetson
Question: What is the name of the British comedian behind the characters Bruno and Borat?
Answer: Sasha Baron Cohen
Question: Second only to Zeus, who is the Greek god of light and the sun; truth and prophecy; archery; medicine and healing; music, poetry, and the arts; and more?
Answer: Apollo
Question: Because they can donate to anyone, people with what blood type are known as universal donors?
Answer: O-
Question: Sheet, ribbon, forked, and ball are all types of what?
Answer: Lightning
Question: Known as The Hawkeye State, what was the 29th state to join the Union on December 28, 1848?
Answer: Iowa
Question: In what country would you find the 4,700 square-mile Negev Desert?
Answer: Israel
Question: What influential show, which paved the way for the future of cooking shows on TV, was hosted by Julia Child?
Answer: The French Chef
Question: Ricardo Montalban extolled the "soft Corinthian leather" in what model of car, produced from 1975 to 1983?
Answer: Chrysler Cordoba
Question: True or False - Between 1937 and 1945 Heinz produced a version of Alphabet Spaghetti especially for the German market that consisted solely of little pasta swastikas?
Answer: False
Question: What are you if you are hirsute?
Answer: Hairy
Question: What is the name of the membership only warehouse club owned and operated by Wal-Mart that ranks second to Costco in sales volume?
Answer: Sam's Club
Question: Which character in the film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory turned into a giant blueberry?
Answer: Violet Beauregarde
Question: In what sport (also in the Olympics) do the participants use a foil or a sabre?
Answer: Fencing
Question: From the Latin for "to become pale", what element with an atomic number of 4, uses the symbol Be?
Answer: Beryllium
Question: August 6, 1945 saw the US bomber Enola Gay drop the first atomic bomb on what Japanese city?
Answer: Hiroshima
Question: Known as The Badger State or America's Dairyland, what was the 30th state to join the Union on May 29, 1848?
Answer: Wisconsin
Question: Of the three types of rock, lava is falls under which type?
Answer: Igneous
Question: What American actress became Princess of Monaco following her 1956 wedding to Prince Rainier?
Answer: Grace Kelly
Question: What was the name of the NASA rover that touched down on the surface of Mars Sunday night?
Answer: Curiosity
Question: What can be a brand of shoe polish, a fruit, or a bird?
Answer: Kiwi
Question: What serial killer, who buried the remains of 26 of his victims in his Chicago crawl space, was known as the "Killer Clown"?
Answer: John Wayne Gacy
Question: In the Peanuts comic strip, which of Snoopy's brothers wears a fedora and lives in the California desert?
Answer: Spike
Question: Known as the Golden State, what was the 31st state to join the Union on Sept. 9, 1850?
Answer: California
Question: What is the DVD region code for the US?
Answer: 1
Question: Box-end, monkey, and crescent are all types of what?
Answer: Wrenches
Question: Steinway & Sons has been manufacturing what type of musical instrument for over 150 years?
Answer: Pianos
Question: In which sport did teams first compete for the America's Cup today in August, 1851?
Answer: Yachting
Question: August 14, 2000 saw the introduction of what kids animated character, known for a monkey named Boots, a fox named Swiper, and her frequent use of Spanish?
Answer: Dora the Explorer
Question: After a Compromise, what state was admitted to the union as the 24th, on August 10, 1821?
Answer: Missouri
Question: What is the general legal term for “unlawful taking and carrying away of another’s property”?
Answer: Larceny
Question: Which herb is usually used as the main ingredient in traditional pesto?
Answer: Basil
Question: What serial killer dubbed himself the “Son of Sam”?
Answer: David Berkowitz
Question: Who's missing: Dorothy, Tin Woodman, Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion?
Answer: Toto
Question: NASA launched the Viking 1 probe on August 20, 1975. To what planet was the spacecraft headed?
Answer: Mars
Question: What are the small indentations on a golf ball called?
Answer: Dimples
Question: What do you call a ring-shaped coral island surrounding a central lagoon?
Answer: Atoll
Question: Connect Four, Battleship, Twister, Yahtzee, Hungry Hungry Hippos, and The Game of Life are all games produced by what US game company?
Answer: Milton Bradley
Question: August 21st was the anniversary of Hawaii joining the union, the last state to do so, in what year?
Answer: 1959