zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: What is the name for electronic toll collection system implemented by the WADOT for the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, SR-167, and the 520 floating bridge?
Answer: Good To Go!
Question: The countries of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, and Sweden all share a border with what large body of water?
Answer: Baltic Sea
Question: Who spent the last 19 years turning letters on the nightly TV show Wheel of Fortune?
Answer: Vanna White
Question: Born with the first name of George, what English author, who is one of the claimed Fathers of Science Fiction, wrote The Time Machine, and The Invisible Man, among many other works?
Answer: HG Wells
Question: Jared Fogle became a spokesperson for what fast food chain, following his dramatic weight loss by eating their products?
Answer: Subway
Question: First introduced in 1939, what “law” states “in a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to their level of incompetence”, with the corollaries that “in time, every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out their duties”
Answer: Peter Principle
Question: A mere 17 days after a previous attempt, Sara Jane Moore took a shot at which US president outside San Francisco's St. Francis Hotel on Sep 22?
Answer: Gerald Ford
Question: In which country did the Contras battle the Sandinistas throughout most of the 1980s?
Answer: Nicaragua
Question: What is the name of the asshat, English judge on American Idol, notorious for his blunt and often controversial criticisms, insults and wisecracks about contestants and their abilities?
Answer: Simon Cowell
Question: A Hoosier is a native of which state?
Answer: Indiana
Question: What Latin phrase, which translates as "let the buyer beware", is taken to mean that the purchaser of an item is responsible for checking whether the goods suit his need?
Answer: Caveat emptor
Question: It is generally believed that what Philadelphia widow created the first Stars and Stripes in 1776?
Answer: Betsy Ross
Question: The first of the 59 ordered Boeing 787s was delivered Monday to All Nippon Airways. By what name is the aircraft known?
Answer: Dreamliner
Question: Anchored by the star Hamal, the constellation Aries represents what animal?
Answer: The Ram
Question: President George Washington sent the proposed first ten amendments to the US Constitution to the senate for ratification on October 2, 1789. By what name are these amendments commonly known?
Answer: Bill of Rights
Question: Which president’s son founded the political magazine ‘George’, started in 1995, before his untimely death in a 1999 plane crash?
Answer: JFK Jr
Question: Sept 30, 1966 saw the public unveiling of which popular model of Boeing aircraft?
Answer: 747
Question: The Pepsi Center is home to a professional basketball and hockey teams, as well as the National Lacrosse League team, the Mammoths, and also hosted the 2008 Democratic National Convention. In what major US city is it located?
Answer: Denver, CO
Question: What famed daredevil, who failed in a 1974 motorcycle jump, is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the survivor of "most bones broken in a lifetime"?
Answer: Evel Knievel
Question: On Oct 1, 1975 the world saw Joe Frazier drop a bout to who in a battle that came to be known as the Thrilla in Manilla?
Answer: Muhammed Ali
Question: Oct 4, 1927 saw sculptor Gutzon Borglum begin work on what major national memorial?
Answer: Mount Rushmore
Question: Oct 4, 1957 saw the launch of the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth. By what name do we commonly know this satellite as?
Answer: Sputnik 1
Question: What can be a political concept, a bell, and a ship?
Answer: Liberty
Question: What long running TV variety show, broadcast from 1948 to 1971, was responsible for introducing acts such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Supremes, The Beach Boys, The Jackson 5, The Rolling Stones, The Lovin' Spoonful and The Doors to the US?
Answer: The Ed Sullivan Show
Question: October 2, 1959 saw the introduction of the long running CBS TV series The Twilight Zone. Who hosted and created the series?
Answer: Rod Serling
Question: On Oct 4, 1927, Idahoan Gutzon Borglum began carving on what South Dakota mountain that the Lakota Sioux called Six Grandfathers?
Answer: Mount Rushmore
Question: What TV game show, which ran from 1965 to 2004, featured an array of celebrities seated in a tic-tac-toe board?
Answer: Hollywood Squares
Question: 8 years ago today saw the US begin the invasion of what country?
Answer: Afghanistan
Question: What country singer has been known as The Red Headed Stranger since the 1975 album of the same name went multi-platinum?
Answer: Willie Nelson
Question: What is the name for the helical grooves in the barrel of a gun designed to impart spin on the projectile to improve its aerodynamic stability and accuracy?
Answer: Rifling
Question: October 9th, 1967, saw the execution of major asshat Ernesto “Che” Guevara by soldiers from which South American Country?
Answer: Bolivia
Question: For a point each, name the 2 countries surrounding the Kingdom of Swaziland.
Answer: Mozambique and South Africa
Question: October 10, 1973 saw the resignation of which Maryland politician, Nixon's first vice president, following charges of tax evasion?
Answer: Spiro T. Agnew
Question: What was the name of the gypsy girl that Quasimodo fell in love with in Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame?
Answer: Esmeralda
Question: Oct 11, 1975 saw the introduction of what TV staple, hosted by George Carlin, with Andy Kaufman, Janis Ian and Billy Preston as guests?
Answer: Saturday Night Live
Question: What legendary singer, dubbed the Prince of Motown, had his life cut a little short when he was gunned down by his father in 1984 following an argument?
Answer: Marvin Gaye
Question: What artist, along with his wife, is best known for wrapping large structures in cloth, such as wrapping the Reichstag, islands in Biscayne Bay, and a bridge in Paris?
Answer: Christo
Question: With a vote of 52-48, which US Supreme Court justice was confirmed on Oct 14, 1991, in spite of the allegations of sexual harassment by attorney Anita Hill?
Answer: Clarence Thomas
Question: October 12, 1492 saw Christopher Columbus make landfall in the New World. In what current country did he touch shore?
Answer: The Bahamas
Question: What type of screw and screwdriver, designed to aid in automated manufacturing lines, features a small cross on the head of the screw?
Answer: Phillips
Question: Name the 1979 movie from its’ IMDB plot summary: “A Los Angeles Rams quarterback, accidentally taken away from his body by an over-anxious angel before he was supposed to die, comes back to life in the body of a recently-murdered millionaire.”?
Answer: Heaven Can Wait
Question: What lifted the capsule that Felix Baumgartner rode some 24 miles into the stratosphere before his historic jump this week?
Answer: Helium Balloon
Question: Futurama chef Elzar is a parody of what celebrity chef, whose catchphrases include “kick it up a notch” and “BAM!”?
Answer: Emeril Lagasse
Question: October 20, 1944, saw General Douglas MacArthur fulfill his famous "I shall return" promise when he landed where?
Answer: Philippines
Question: What super hero, born Steve Rogers, wields a shield made of vibranium alloy?
Answer: Captain America
Question: What is the name for the common alloy of silver that consists of 92.5% by mass of silver and 7.5% by mass of other metals, usually copper?
Answer: Sterling silver
Question: Old Ironsides, so called because cannon balls seemed to bounce off her sides, is the nickname for what famous frigate, launched on Oct 21, 1797?
Answer: USS Constitution
Question: October 21, 1833 saw the birth of what Swedish chemist, engineer, and inventor, responsible for creating dynamite?
Answer: Alfred Nobel
Question: Although the awards ceremony is not until December, the winners of the Nobel prizes have been announced. The US has had the most number of recipients with 325. Which country ranks second with 115?
Answer: UK
Question: The surveying for the Mason-Dixon line was complete on Oct 18, 1767. Which two states does the line separate?
Answer: Maryland and Pennsylvania
Question: First introduced by the Peter Paul Company in 1929, what candy bar consists of a coconut center surrounded by luscious chocolate?
Answer: Mounds
Question: Usually made of wood or plastic, what is the name for the tool which billiard players use to organize their balls at the beginning of a game?
Answer: Rack
Question: Oct 20, 1977 saw a plane crash that killed Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, Dean Kilpatrick and the pilot and co-pilot, ripping the heart out of what Southern band?
Answer: Lynyrd Skynyrd
Question: With a length of up to 10 feet, what name is given to the largest of concert pianos?
Answer: Grand Piano
Question: After 21 years on the PBS, what wood working show, hosted by master craftsman Norm Abrams, is going off the air?
Answer: The New Yankee Workshop
Question: During WWII, General Douglas MacArthur famously declared “I shall” what, which he did on Oct 20, 1944?
Answer: Return
Question: Henry Wells and William Fargo, before they got into banking, made their mark on the world operating what service in the west in the 1850s?
Answer: Stagecoach
Question: October 25, 1957 was the birthday of actress and comedian Nancy Cartwright. What TV character is she best know for?
Answer: Bart Simpson
Question: October 30, 1938 saw Orson Wells induce widespread public panic with his radio broadcast of what HG Wells classic?
Answer: War of the Worlds
Question: According to legend, Henry Ford famously stated "Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as" what?
Answer: It is black
Question: Shepard Faireys Barack Obama poster, which has been in the news of late because of copyright issues, began life sporting a word other than hope. What was it?
Answer: Progress
Question: According to the classic poem The Raven, what is the name of the lost love that the unnamed narrator is trying to forget?
Answer: Lenore
Question: On Oct 28, 1919, the United States Congress shat upon the American people by passing the Volstead Act, which lead the way to what 14 year period of darkness and despair?
Answer: Prohibition
Question: 21 October, 1833 saw the birth of Swedish scientist Alfred Nobel, who amassed his considerable fortune following his invention of what?
Answer: Dynamite
Question: Immortalized in an 1854 poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, the Charge of the Light Brigade, a military disaster for the English, occurred during what 1854 war?
Answer: Crimean War
Question: What classic American family featured a disembodied hand, named Thing, a manservant named Lurch, and a large ball of hair known as Cousin Itt?
Answer: The Addams Family
Question: Al, Peggy, Kelly, and Bud Bundy were the main characters in what long running FOX sitcom?
Answer: Married...with children
Question: What famed magician, born Erik Weisz in Budapest, Hungary, died on Oct 31, 1926 of peritonitis, secondary to a ruptured appendix?
Answer: Harry Houdini
Question: According to the proverb, One swallow does not make what?
Answer: A summer
Question: November 3, 1979 saw the invasion of the US embassy in what country, with the result that 53 Americans were taken hostage for 444 days?
Answer: Iran
Question: A blocking maneuver, what is the fencing move that attempts to deflect or block an incoming attack?
Answer: Parry
Question: Google was founded by fellow Stanford students Sergey Brin and whom, who ranked as the 11th richest man in America last year?
Answer: Larry Page
Question: What position did Merlin hold in King Arthur's court?
Answer: Wizard
Question: Founded on Nov 4, 1984 as PC's Limited, what Round Rock, Tx based PC manufacturer is the #2 computer seller in the US?
Answer: Dell Computer
Question: The artifacts from what famous tomb, discovered on Nov 4, 1922 by one Howard Carter, are currently on display at the Pacific Science Center?
Answer: King Tut
Question: In the Marvel universe, what is the name of the physicist who becomes the Incredible Hulk?
Answer: Dr. Bruce Banner
Question: Although current evidence suggests that he was a maltster, not a brewer, what Founding Father lends his name to a brand of beer?
Answer: Samuel Adams
Question: November 6, 1860 saw the election of the first ever Republican president when who won the right to lead our great nation?
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
Question: According to the common saying, what is nine-tenths of the law?
Answer: Possession
Question: The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month saw the signing of the armistice that put an end to the violence of WWI in what year?
Answer: 1918
Question: Ishmael is the only survivor of the Pequod, following a fateful encounter with whom?
Answer: Moby Dick
Question: With examples such as Panama and Suez, what is the name for a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas with water on each side?
Answer: Isthmus
Question: What company was (more or less) responsible for the creation of the first silicon transistor, first integrated circuit, the first microprocessor, and a host of other firsts?
Answer: Texas Instruments
Question: Robert Ludlum authored a series of best selling books featuring what retrograde amnesia stricken assassin?
Answer: Jason Bourne
Question: Which cult/religion was formed by science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard?
Answer: Scientology
Question: What is the horse race betting term for picking the first and second place finishers in a race in the correct order?
Answer: Exacta
Question: D.C. sniper John Allen Muhammad was executed last night for his role in terrorizing the nation's capital in October 2002. In what state was he executed?
Answer: Virginia
Question: A wah-wah pedal is attached to what instrument in order alter the tone to make it mimic a human voice?
Answer: Guitar
Question: Based on his nickname, what is the name of the next installment of the Superman movie series, staring Henry Cavill, slated to hit the theaters next year?
Answer: Man of Steel
Question: Which animated Disney classic features a mandrill named Rafiki, a warthog named Pumbaa, and Timon the meerkat?
Answer: The Lion King
Question: November 18, 1928 saw the introduction of first fully synchronized sound cartoon, Steamboat Willie, which featured what iconic cartoon character?
Answer: Mickey Mouse
Question: The State Department of Health recently announced the top baby names for the year 2009. Isabella was the top girls name. What named topped the list for boys?
Answer: Alexander
Question: In what nursery rhyme was the main character born on Monday, Christened on Tues, Married on Wed, Took ill on Thurs, Grew Worse on Fri, Died on Sat, and was buried on Sun?
Answer: Solomon Grundy
Question: What long running TV sci-fi series had it's debut on Nov 23, 1963 and ran until 1989, and then returned in 2006?
Answer: Doctor Who
Question: Nov 24, 1859 saw the first edition of On The Origin of Species, under the authorship of who?
Answer: Charles Darwin
Question: What Disney Channel star, and favorite of everyone here tonight, was born on Nov 23, 1992 with the first names Destiny Hope?
Answer: Miley Cyrus
Question: The 2009 Major League Soccer title game, pitting Real Salt Lake against the Los Angeles Galaxy, was hosted in what US city this year?
Answer: Seattle
Question: What movie, a staple of the midnight circuit, is the longest running theatrical release in film history, having first been released on September 26, 1975?
Answer: Rocky Horror Picture Show
Question: Nov 25, 1867 saw Alfred Nobel patent what famous invention that led to the immense fortune that allowed him to endow the various prizes that bear his name?
Answer: Dynamite
Question: Paul Shaffer, Canadian and bandleader, was born on Nov 28, 1949. On which entertainers show does he provide the music?
Answer: The Late Show with David Letterman
Question: Released on Nov 22, 1995, what Oscar nominated movie was the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery?
Answer: Toy Story
Question: Given its own glass, what drink consists of 4 parts whisky, 1 sugar cube, 2 dashes Angostura bitters, and a splash of soda water?
Answer: An Old Fashioned
Question: That totally bad-assed mariner known as Popeye sports tattoos of what on his massive forearms?
Answer: Anchors
Question: Which famous bodybuilder advertised his ability to transform a "97 pound weakling" into a muscle man?
Answer: Charles Atlas
Question: Who's missing? Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer ,John G. Roberts, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor. A bonus point if you can tell me why the missing person is missing.
Answer: John Paul Stevens
Question: What presidential candidate suspended his campaign on Saturday, following allegations of adultery among his many other woes?
Answer: Herman Cain
Question: What common Latin phrase literally translates as To the point of disgust
Answer: Ad Nauseam
Question: Featuring Steven Van Zandt, Nils Lofgren, and Patti Scialfa, what is the name of the group that backs up Bruce Springsteen?
Answer: E Street Band
Question: What J. D. Salinger book was Mark David Chapman carrying with him when he shot John Lennon outside the Dakota apartments on Dec 8, 1980?
Answer: The Catcher in the Rye
Question: According to the nursery rhyme, who is to blow his horn, because the sheeps in the meadow and the cows in the corn?
Answer: Little Boy Blue
Question: On December 10, 1906, which totally badassed US president won the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating an end to the Russo-Japanese War, the first American ever to win a Nobel Prize?
Answer: Teddy Roosevelt
Question: Following a year trial, Seattle resident Amanda Knox had her fate decided at the hands of an Italian jury. How did they find her?
Answer: Guilty
Question: December 11, 1941 saw what 2 countries declare war on the United States?
Answer: Germany, Italy
Question: Los Angeles is the largest city in California? What city holds the honor of being the second largest?
Answer: San Diego
Question: December 14, 2003, saw the capture of The Ace of Spades, Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, near what town, his home town?
Answer: Tikrit
Question: What is the name given to the meteorological phenomenon which is characterized by a strong and persistent flow of atmospheric moisture and associated heavy rainfall from the waters adjacent to the Hawaiian Islands, which resulted in record rainfall at Seatac airport this week.
Answer: Pineapple Express
Question: December 14, 1903 saw the first attempt at what, from Big Kill Devil Hill, North Carolina, which was not successfully accomplished until 3 days later, following necessary repairs from the previous attempt?
Answer: First flight of the Wright Flyer
Question: Roald Amundsen, along with Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, became the first to reach the South Pole on December 14, 1911. What countries flag did they fly over the pole?
Answer: Norway
Question: The American ad writer Robert L. May introduced what popular Christmas character when he designed a new coloring book for Montgomery Ward in 1939?
Answer: Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Question: Named for the day of its discovery by Captain William Mynors, Christmas Island, a land mass in the Indian Ocean, is a territory of what nation?
Answer: Australia
Question: March 9, 1959 saw the introduction of what Mattel favorite, an 11.5 inch tall fashion doll which saw controversy when a later talking model exclaimed such phrases as Will we ever have enough clothes?, and Math class is tough!?
Answer: Barbie
Question: On January 16, 2001, President Bill Clinton awarded what former president a posthumous Medal of Honor, the only president to have received one?
Answer: Theodore Roosevelt
Question: July 27, 1940 saw the introduction of what beloved cartoon character in the 8:15 short A Wild Hare?
Answer: Bugs Bunny
Question: What is the name of the volcanic valley that runs from the Sinai peninsula to central Mozambique?
Answer: Great Rift Valley
Question: Between 1952 and 1954 did the number of TV stations in the USA double, triple or quadruple?
Answer: Triple
Question: What was the name of the she-ape that rescued the infant Tarzan and raised him to be Lord of the Apes?
Answer: Kala
Question: The Last Of The Really Great Whangdoodles and Mandy are children's books written by what well-known Oscar-winning actress?
Answer: Julie Andrews
Question: In the Little Orphan Annie comic strip, what was the name of Daddy Warbucks's Giant bodyguard who wore a turban?
Answer: Punjab
Question: Who took the assumed name Sebastian Melmoth when living in Paris?
Answer: Oscar Wilde
Question: Dorothy, Rose, Sophia and who else formed the Golden Girls?
Answer: Blanch
Question: Who did Jane Fonda play in the 60s movie of the same name where she repeatedly lost her clothes.
Answer: Barbarella
Question: In the 1940s, the University of North Carolina was founded at Charlotte and where else?
Answer: Wilmington
Question: Which of London's four airports is the only one to be connected to the city Underground system?
Answer: Heathrow
Question: What was the Aristocrat record label renamed?
Answer: Chess
Question: In which sport's globalization plan includes the ' Dream Team,' playing in the McDonald's Classic and the Three-on-Three Challenge?
Answer: Basket ball
Question: """The early days of which sport featured the Renshaw twins, the Baddeley twins and the Doherty brothers?"
Answer: Tennis
Question: Who did the Americans recognize as ruler of Vietnam in 1950 when the Soviets acknowledged Ho Chi Min?
Answer: Bao Dai
Question: Who wrote the novel The Left Hand Of Darkness?
Answer: Ursula Le Guin
Question: Who did Pope John Paul II succeed as Pope?
Answer: John Paul I
Question: Which Austrian wrote The Psychopathology of Everyday Life?
Answer: Freud
Question: Which Russian imposed a reign of terror during the 30s and 40s?
Answer: Stalin
Question: Which winter sports venue, home of the Cresta Run, has hosted two Olympic Games in the 20th century?
Answer: St. Moritz
Question: Where in Lybia did Australian troops take a seaport occupied by the Italians in 1941?
Answer: Tobruk
Question: Which widow of a rock star appeared in Dallas?
Answer: Priscilla Presley
Question: Which soap had people asking. "Who shot JR?"
Answer: Dallas
Question: In the first ever Bugs Bunny cartoon, which character tried to kill him?
Answer: Elmer Fudd
Question: Which 13th-century Mongol warlord controlled probably a larger area than anyone in history, from the Yellow Sea to the Black Sea?
Answer: Genghis Khan
Question: """What was the name of the Austrian-born dictator who succeeded Hindenburg as Germany's head of state?"
Answer: Adolf Hitler
Question: Which Axis Power changed sides during World War II, declaring war on Germany in October 1943?
Answer: Italy
Question: What was enforced by Parliament in 1379 and was the trigger that caused the Peasants' Revolt?
Answer: Poll tax
Question: Israel was proclaimed an independent state in 1948. Who was its prime minister from then until 1963?
Answer: Ben-Gurion
Question: Which Conservative MP was a middle-distance runner who won two Olympic gold medals and set eleven world records during the 1970s and 1980s?
Answer: Sebastian Coe
Question: Who said: "The customer is always right"?
Answer: Harry Gordon Selfridge
Question: What pen name was used by the Spanish orator Dolores Ibarruri, who said "It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees"?
Answer: La Pasionaria
Question: For what purpose did Melvil Dewey devise his decimal system in 1876?
Answer: Classifying books
Question: What is the sticky wax obtained from sheep?
Answer: Lanolin
Question: By which name is the drug acetylsalicylic acid better known?
Answer: Aspirin
Question: Which bird, a member of the cuckoo family, is often seen dashing along the highways of the southern USA and Mexico... hence its name?
Answer: Roadrunner
Question: Which landlocked Asian country is described as the world's 'highest rubbish dump' because of all the refuse left behind by expeditions?
Answer: Nepal
Question: Which objects in space emit energy in pulses?
Answer: Pulsars
Question: Which type of celestial object emits bursts of energy at regular intervals?
Answer: Pulsar