zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: What did Pope John XX1 use as effective eyewash?
Answer: Babies Urine
Question: Rhodopsis the original Egyptian Cinderella had what job?
Answer: Prostitute - bird stole her shoe
Question: In golf, what is the amateur equivalent of the Ryder Cup?
Answer: The Walker Cup
Question: In Boxing, name the referee who angered the crowd by giving the decision to Joe Bugner against Henry Cooper?
Answer: Harry Gibbs
Question: In horse racing, who was nicknamed 'The Long Fella'?
Answer: Lester Piggott
Question: Whose autobiography was titled 'The Sport of Queens'?
Answer: Dick Francis
Question: The Trotters is the nickname for which football club?
Answer: Bolton Wanderers
Question: What's the Italian word to describe photographers looking for celebrities?
Answer: Paparazzi
Question: What was the controversial book written by Peter Write in 1987?
Answer: Spycatcher
Question: Can you name the first 'Carry On' film?
Answer: Carry On Sergeant
Question: Winker Watson is a character in which comic?
Answer: The Dandy
Question: What were introduced to London's streets on 19th September 1960?
Answer: Parking meters
Question: With which classic song did Bruce Willis have a UK No 2 hit in 1987?
Answer: Under The Boardwalk
Question: In 1979 who sang about Walking on the Moon?
Answer: The Police
Question: Who was the lead singer with T-Rex?
Answer: Marc Bolan
Question: Name the 1980's hit sung by Tina Turner and Rod Stewart?
Answer: It Takes Two
Question: What word beginning with a 'P' means 'noticeable and recognizable'?
Answer: Perceptible
Question: What word is used to describe a tube shaped toy containing small pieces of glass and mirrors which when turned changes the patterns?
Answer: Kaleidoscope
Question: What word describes 'Spying on or exposing enemy spies'?
Answer: Counterespionage
Question: 'The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog', uses every letter of what?
Answer: The English 'Alphabet'
Question: What word beginning with 'G' means 'Meaningless or nonsensical language.?
Answer: Gobbledygook
Question: What word beginning with 'C' means Bad tempered or grumpy?
Answer: Cantankerous
Question: What word beginning with 'F' means 'To perplex or bewilder'?
Answer: Flummox
Question: At which racecourse would you watch both the 'Oaks' and the 'Derby'?
Answer: Epsom racecourse
Question: How many 'double-score' squares are there on a standard scrabble board?
Answer: 17
Question: What is the capital of Nova Scotia?
Answer: Halifax
Question: What was the name of John F Kennedy Airport before it was re-named?
Answer: Idlewild
Question: Which cricketer was the first to score a century and take ten wickets in the same Test Match?
Answer: Ian Botham
Question: How did Van Gogh commit suicide?
Answer: He shot himself
Question: On whose life is Somerset Maugham's "The Moon and Sixpence" based on?
Answer: Paul Gauguin
Question: How many balls are on the table (including the cue ball) at the start of a snooker game?
Answer: 22
Question: Name the two tiles with the highest score in Scrabble?
Answer: Q and Z
Question: Hans Christian Andersen had what job before writing?
Answer: Actor
Question: What colour is named after a battle fought in Italy in 1859?
Answer: Magenta
Question: Which authors books are most borrowed from libraries?
Answer: Catherine Cookson
Question: On the London Underground map, what colour is the 'Circle Line?
Answer: Yellow
Question: What stone is used to make the flat bed of a snooker table?
Answer: Slate
Question: What is the largest state in the USA?
Answer: Alaska
Question: What is the name of Mickey Mouse's dog?
Answer: Pluto
Question: What colour dust do you get from diamonds?
Answer: Black
Question: Can you name the 'Seven Dwarfs' from the 1937 Disney film of that name?
Answer: Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy, Dopey
Question: What is the English word for the Japanese word 'Otemoto'?
Answer: Chopsticks
Question: What is the largest city on the Mississippi?
Answer: St Louis
Question: What was the subject of Bob Hope's book 'Confessions of a Hooker'?
Answer: Golf
Question: Which soul singer was 'Sittin on the Dock of the Bay'?
Answer: Otis Redding
Question: Who wrote the best selling book 'The Thorn Birds'?
Answer: Colleen McCullough
Question: In China, in a restaurant, what are you ordering if you ask for 'fragrant meat'?
Answer: Dog
Question: Who wrote the children's book 'George's Marvellous Medicine'?
Answer: Roald Dahl
Question: In what year was the World Snooker Championship first televised?
Answer: 1973
Question: In which hemisphere does the majority of the land area of Africa lie?
Answer: Northern hemisphere
Question: Edward VI, who ruled from 1547-1553 was the son of Henry VIII by which wife?
Answer: Jane Seymour
Question: Complete this English proverb, 'A volunteer is worth'?
Answer: 'twenty pressed men'
Question: What two colours make up the national flag of Singapore?
Answer: Red and white.
Question: Capers are pickled seeds of what plant?
Answer: Nasturtium
Question: FT (London) Dow Jones (USA) what is Japans Share Index called?
Answer: Nikkei
Question: Nobody Does it Better was sung in which Bond film?
Answer: The Spy Who Loved Me
Question: What is the commonest name for a pub in Britain?
Answer: The Red Lion
Question: A lepidopterist studies what kind of creatures?
Answer: Butterflies and moths
Question: What did Scotland acquire from Norway in 1290?
Answer: Hebrides
Question: In what year did the 'Barbican' arts centre open?
Answer: 1982
Question: What kind of creature is a 'devil's coach horse'?
Answer: Beetle
Question: To the nearest square mile, what is the area of Gibraltar?
Answer: 2Square miles
Question: Barcelona in the principle city of which autonomous region of Spain?
Answer: Catalonia
Question: Who is the mother of comedienne Jennifer Saunders?
Answer: June Whitfield
Question: In what year did Prince Charles become the 'Prince of Wales?
Answer: 1969
Question: What is Hansens disease commonly known as?
Answer: Leprosy
Question: Which Israeli was famous for bending cutlery?
Answer: Uri Geller
Question: Between which two places does the annual Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race take place?
Answer: Putney and Mortlake
Question: What do most humans lose 15 million of every second?
Answer: Blood Cells
Question: Who hosted every second counts?
Answer: Paul Daniels
Question: Which battle saw the final defeat of the Huns?
Answer: CHALONS
Question: In which year did the dodo become extinct?
Answer: 1681
Question: The Cembalo or Clavicembalo is what type of musical instrument?
Answer: HARPSICHORD
Question: What was Elvis Presley's first British Top 10 hit?
Answer: Heartbreak Hotel
Question: Which African country brews Bati beer?
Answer: Ethiopia
Question: What is the most southerly point on the British mainland?
Answer: Lizard Point, Cornwall
Question: David Seaman made his league debut for which football club?
Answer: Peterborough United
Question: Which country is bordered by both the Atlantic and Indian Oceans?
Answer: South Africa
Question: In which book would you find the manservant Pas Partout?
Answer: Around the World in 80 Days
Question: Which country is known as 'the roof of the world'?
Answer: Tibet
Question: Which country is known as 'the land of the rising sun'?
Answer: Japan
Question: According to the rhyme, what is 'Monday's child'?
Answer: fair of face
Question: Who, when asked at US customs if he had anything to declare, replied 'only my genius'?
Answer: Oscar Wilde
Question: In which Republic of Ireland county would you find Killarney?
Answer: County Kerry
Question: Who had a hit single called French Kissing in the USA?
Answer: Debbie Harry
Question: What is the surname of TV's Judge Judy?
Answer: Judge Judy
Question: Pteronophobia is the fear of what?
Answer: Being tickled by feathers
Question: What is contained in a dish described as Lyonnais?
Answer: Onions
Question: Which duo had a hit with 'Something Stupid'?
Answer: Frank and Nancy Sinatra
Question: Who's famous catch-phrase is 'How tickled I am'?
Answer: Ken Dodd
Question: What does a 'bouquet garni' consist of?
Answer: Herbs
Question: What does the Spanish word 'Manana' mean in English?
Answer: Tomorrow
Question: What's the common name for the Chile Pine tree?
Answer: Monkey Puzzle
Question: What colour is the car on monopoly's free parking space ?
Answer: Red
Question: What combines with a Tia Maria to make a Tia Moo Moo ?
Answer: Milk
Question: What in horse racing terms are a jockeys hat and shirt called?
Answer: Silks
Question: What is the predominant colour of a Harrods carrier bag ?
Answer: Green
Question: Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died on what date in October?
Answer: 5th
Question: On 4th June Pour Moi beat which horse in the Derby?
Answer: Carlton House
Question: 'All my Yesterdays' is which actors autobiography?
Answer: Edward G Robinson
Question: In Kipling's poem Gunga Din what job had Gunga Din?
Answer: Water Carrier
Question: Name only boxer to win a world title who never had a manager?
Answer: Jake La Motta
Question: What country in distance is furthest from New Zealand?
Answer: Spain
Question: What word is in 1200 different languages without changing?
Answer: Amen
Question: Name Ernest Hemmingway's book dealing with bullfighting?
Answer: Fiesta
Question: The Old Aztecs played ollamalitzi what game does it resemble?
Answer: Basketball
Question: Jan Lodvik Hock changed his name to what?
Answer: Robert Maxwell
Question: Dr Deidrich Knickerbocker invented which famous character?
Answer: Rip Van Winkle
Question: Which annual world championship is held at Coxheath Kent?
Answer: Custard Pie throwing
Question: Musical terms - what does De Capo mean on a score?
Answer: From the beginning
Question: There are 4.5 gallons of ale in what container?
Answer: Pin
Question: The musical instrument piccolo means what in Italian?
Answer: Small
Question: What links Dr Spock Errol Flynn and Emperor Nero?
Answer: Olympics Rowing Boxing Chariot
Question: In what series of books did The Empress of Blandings appear?
Answer: Jeeves and Wooster a pig
Question: Who founded ASH ( Action on Smoking and Health ) in 1971?
Answer: Royal College of Physicians
Question: What was the first complete symphony to be recorded?
Answer: Beethoven's fifth
Question: Thomas Minton at Stoke on Trent created what in 1789?
Answer: The Willow Pattern
Question: What is the capital city of Hawaii?
Answer: Honolulu
Question: Calcium carbonate is better known as what?
Answer: Chalk
Question: Who plays Harry Potter in the Harry Potter films?
Answer: Daniel Radcliffe
Question: In what year did Queen Elizabeth II Become Queen?
Answer: (February) 1952
Question: From which member of the Royal Family is David Cameron (British PM) directly descended?
Answer: Cameron descends from King William IV and his mistress Dorothea Jordan through their illegitimate daughter Lady Elizabeth FitzClarence
Question: Who was the last Viceroy of India prior to India gaining independence?
Answer: Earl Mountbatten
Question: Who played the original 'Granddad' in Only Fools and Horses?
Answer: Lennard Pearce
Question: Can you name the actress who links 'The Darling Buds of May' and 'Rosemary and Thyme'?
Answer: Pam Ferris
Question: After appearing in 11 films together, including: The Long, Hot Summer (1958) Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958) From the Terrace (1960) Paris Blues (1961) A New Kind of Love (1963) What a Way to Go! (1964), the couple lived their private life together away from Hollywood's glare?
Answer: Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward
Question: Former 'Darling Buds of May ' star and son of acting legend Kirk?
Answer: Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas
Question: A British married couple who are both television presenters and columnists. They are well known for presenting the daytime television programme This Morning from 1988 until 2001 and are still regulars on our screen?
Answer: Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan
Question: This couple were iconic dance partners who made motion pictures together from 1933 - 1949. They made a total of 10 movies?
Answer: Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899- June 22, 1987) and Ginger Rogers (July 16, 1911 - April 25, 1995)
Question: Like many celebrity couples, they first starred together (in the popular TV sitcom Family Ties) before getting married in 1988 and having four children. He was diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson's disease in 1991 and went public with the news in 1998?
Answer: Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan
Question: Most of us know this actor from his blockbuster movies, ranging from comedies such as Big and Forrest Gump to dramas including The DaVinci Code and Saving Private Ryan. Ironically, it was during the filming of one of his lesser-known films, Volunteers that he started a relationship with his co-star. Their happy marriage began in 1985 and they have two children?
Answer: Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson
Question: Who sang 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart' with Elton John?
Answer: Kiki Dee
Question: Who became the owner of The Times newspaper in 1981?
Answer: Rupert Murdoch
Question: Which British club had the first all seater stadium?
Answer: Aberdeen
Question: Which English football team are known as the Tykes?
Answer: Barnsley
Question: What is the name of the home of Clydebank?
Answer: Kilbowie Park
Question: If you were a superstitious English cricketer what may you call a score of 111?
Answer: Nelson
Question: Which sport is normally played on a pitch that is 300 yards long?
Answer: Polo
Question: If you start your sport with a face-off, what are you playing?
Answer: Ice Hockey
Question: In what year did legendary British jockey Lester Piggott ride his last winner?
Answer: 1994
Question: Who was the first man to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year twice?
Answer: Henry Cooper
Question: Which TV interviewer wrote 'Cricket Mad' and 'Football Daft'?
Answer: Michael Parkinson
Question: There are only two landlocked countries in South America. Which are they?
Answer: Paraguay and Bolivia
Question: What's the capital of 'Monaco'?
Answer: Monaco
Question: In what country would you find the 'Krishna River'?
Answer: India
Question: What colour is the female blackbird?
Answer: Brown
Question: What was the former name of the famous ship 'The Golden Hind'?
Answer: The Pelican
Question: Which English all-rounder announced his retirement from cricket in July 1993?
Answer: Ian Botham
Question: Nicotine patches were introduced in which year (UK)?
Answer: 1992
Question: Up to 50 People would have been buried in an ancient Stone Age Tomb. What name is given to such a tomb?
Answer: Barrow
Question: How many years would you have been married to celebrate your Crystal Wedding anniversary?
Answer: 15
Question: The 1988 album 'First of a Million Kisses' was the first album by which group?
Answer: Fairground Attraction
Question: Swimming; running and cycling are the three disciplines of what sport?
Answer: Triathlon
Question: If you were a numismatist, what would you be studying?
Answer: Coins and Medals
Question: Where in London will you find the Cenotaph memorial?
Answer: Whitehall
Question: Which musical film soundtrack was in the charts for a staggering 382 weeks?
Answer: Sound of Music
Question: What is the biggest selling copyright book ever?
Answer: The Guinness Book of Records
Question: In which US state will you find Arlington, the national cemetery?
Answer: Virginia
Question: Mariah Carey was joined by which group on the 2000 single 'Against All Odds'?
Answer: Westlife
Question: Lancelot Brown,"England's greatest gardener". Born: August 30, 1716, Northumberland. By what name was he better Known?
Answer: Capability Brown
Question: What sporting club is based at Smiths Lawn, in Windsor Great Park?
Answer: Guards Polo Club
Question: The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories by which English author?
Answer: Rudyard Kipling
Question: Who wrote the book "I'm a Stranger Here Myself: The Story of a Welsh Farm"?
Answer: John Seymour
Question: The world's tallest grass can grow to 35 metres, what is it called?
Answer: Bamboo
Question: In what country will you finf the port of Frey Bentos?
Answer: Uruguay
Question: To the nearest hour, how long is a day on the planet Uranus?
Answer: 11 hours
Question: Which country has the northernmost point of Africa?
Answer: Tunisia
Question: Vodka, Galliano and orange juice make up which cocktail?
Answer: Harvey Wallbanger
Question: What is classified by the A B O system?
Answer: Blood Groups
Question: Ray Bolger played who in The Wizard of Oz?
Answer: Scarecrow
Question: Genuphobia is the fear of what?
Answer: Knees
Question: Percy LeBaron Spencer invented what in 1945 in USA?
Answer: Microwave Oven
Question: The Devil is usually associated with which piece of garden equipment?
Answer: Pitchfork
Question: What was the name of the taxi company, shown on TV's TAXI?
Answer: The Sunshine Cab Company
Question: Tiger Bay is an area of which British city?
Answer: Cardiff
Question: Which doctor discovered Penicillin by accident?
Answer: Dr Alexander Fleming
Question: In what year did Sunderland become a city?
Answer: 1992
Question: From which continent did Paddington Bear come?
Answer: South America
Question: Which was the first Harry Potter book to be published?
Answer: The philosopher's Stone
Question: In the Bible, which miracle can be found in all four Gospel's?
Answer: Feeding of the Five Thousand
Question: What was the name of the triathlete who sadly died during a race on Saturday 29th of August 2015?
Answer: Paul Gallihawk
Question: Boss Hog featured in which TV series?
Answer: The Dukes of Hazard
Question: What was the name of the little girl who owned Bagpuss?
Answer: Emily
Question: What is the name of Snoopy's brother?
Answer: Spike
Question: In the song, Solomon Grundy was born on Monday, what happened to him on Thursday?
Answer: Took ill
Question: What did Jack Horner pull from his pie?
Answer: Plum
Question: Who played Alison in At Home With The Braithwaiteâs?
Answer: Amanda Redman
Question: What daytime job did Corporal Jones have in Dadâs Army?
Answer: Butcher
Question: London store Selfridges opened in what year?
Answer: 1909
Question: The ring-ousel belongs to which family of birds?
Answer: Thrush
Question: Who wrote the 'Brer Rabbit' books?
Answer: Joel Chandler Harris
Question: What is the name of Nottingham's test cricket ground?
Answer: Trent Bridge
Question: What is measured by a pluviometer?
Answer: Rainfall
Question: In shillings and pence, how much did the Mad Hatter pay for his hat?
Answer: 10 shillings and 6 pence
Question: What is the surname of the character played by Windsor Davis in 'It Ain't Half Hot Mum'?
Answer: Williams
Question: Who was Norman Stanley Fletcher's cellmate?
Answer: Lennie Godber
Question: How many rings on the Olympic flag?
Answer: Five
Question: What colour is vermilion a shade of?
Answer: Red
Question: Where can you find London bridge today?
Answer: USA
Question: What would you do with a Yashmak?
Answer: Wear it - it's an Arab veil
Question: On television what was Flipper?
Answer: Dolphin
Question: Who was Dan Dare's greatest enemy in the Eagle?
Answer: Mekon
Question: In the movie 'Castaway' what was the mute character called Wilson?
Answer: A basketball
Question: Which Disney movie first featured the song 'When You wish Upon A Star'?
Answer: Pinocchio
Question: What does a funambulist do?
Answer: Tightrope walker
Question: What is the name of Dennis the Menace's dog?
Answer: Gnasher
Question: Who would use a mashie niblick?
Answer: Golfer
Question: In the song who killed Cock Robin?
Answer: Sparrow
Question: Can you name the singer of the title track for 'You Only Live Twice'?
Answer: Nancy Sinatra
Question: Can you name the singer of the title track for '1963 - From Russia With Love,?
Answer: Matt Monro
Question: What was Erich Weiss better known as?
Answer: Harry Houdini
Question: Who has won the most Oscars?
Answer: Walt Disney
Question: Who won an Oscar for the African Queen?
Answer: Bogart
Question: Which country grows the most fruit?
Answer: China
Question: What would you do with a maris piper?
Answer: Eat it - it's a potato
Question: In what country are the Drakesberg mountains?
Answer: South Africa
Question: Venice stands on what river?
Answer: The Arno
Question: What was the first Beatles song licensed for use in a Nike advert?
Answer: Revolution
Question: Who won the Tour de France 4 times 1961 to 1964?
Answer: Jacques Anquetil
Question: What year were all these people born: Stevie Wonder, Phil Collins and Sting?
Answer: 1950
Question: What year were all these people born: singer Boy George, singer KD.Lang and actor George Clooney?
Answer: 1961
Question: Which country has the longest alphabet?
Answer: Cambodia
Question: What is the most common place name in Britain?
Answer: Newton
Question: What does the French phrase BEAU GESTE mean?
Answer: Noble gesture
Question: Who presents BBC TV's Dragon's Den?
Answer: Evan Davies
Question: What do sumo wrestlers throw in the ring before they engage in combat?
Answer: Salt
Question: What did the Queen do for the first time on April 6th 1993?
Answer: Pay Income Tax
Question: Where would you find a 'Bullet Train'?
Answer: Japan
Question: Who discovered the Grand Canyon?
Answer: Francisco Coronado
Question: On what date was John Lennon murdered in New York?
Answer: 8 December 1980
Question: In what year were first and second class stamps introduced in Britain?
Answer: 1968
Question: Who was the first newsreader to appear on television in 1955?
Answer: Kenneth Kendal
Question: What is the largest city in South Africa?
Answer: Johannesburg
Question: Who played 'Nellie Dingle in Emmerdale?
Answer: Sandra Gough
Question: You would use Crème de Cacao, Cream and Brandy to make which cocktail?
Answer: Brandy Alexander
Question: What does the term 'per diem' mean?
Answer: daily
Question: What does the term 'ad infinitum' mean?
Answer: forever
Question: A 'xenophobe' dislikes or is afraid of what?
Answer: Strangers
Question: What word beginning with 'B' means the highest degree of happiness?
Answer: Bliss
Question: Complete this proverb, 'The spirit is willing but the...'?
Answer: flesh is weak
Question: What does a 'Vintner do?
Answer: Sells wine
Question: 'Nom de plume' means what?
Answer: Pen name
Question: The Japanese word 'sayonara' means what?
Answer: Good-bye
Question: What name is given to the profession of barrel making?
Answer: Cooper
Question: Who played 'Eddie' in 'The Rocky Horror Show'?
Answer: Meatloaf
Question: Which actress took the lead roll in the 1988 film 'Working Girl'?
Answer: Melanie Griffith
Question: Which jockey rode 'Shergar' to Derby victory in 1981?
Answer: Walter Swinburne
Question: Who was England's only dictator?
Answer: Oliver Cromwell
Question: In 1893 which country were the first to allow women to vote?
Answer: New Zealand
Question: Which member of the Royal Family was banned from driving for speeding in 1987?
Answer: Viscount Linley
Question: Fidel Castro made the longest speech ever at the 'United Nations' in 1960. How long was the speech?
Answer: 4 hours and 29 minutes
Question: What is the world's biggest fish?
Answer: The whale shark.
Question: In what year was Sir Cliff Richard born?
Answer: 1940
Question: What is the title of the song that Nick Berry took to No. 1 in 1986?
Answer: Every Loser Win's
Question: In the TV series 'Pennies From Heaven' who played the character Arthur Parker?
Answer: Bob Hoskins
Question: Who played Pink in the movie The Wall?
Answer: Bob Geldof
Question: Sufferers of cynanthropy think they are a what?
Answer: Dog
Question: Comedian Arthur Jefferson is better known as who?
Answer: Stan Laurel
Question: What is the Roman Numeral for 1000?
Answer: M
Question: Hey Big Spender is a song from which musical?
Answer: Sweet Charity
Question: Amerigo Vespucci airport is in which city?
Answer: Florence
Question: In which Musical would you find the song 'There is Nothing Like a Dame'?
Answer: South Pacific
Question: How many man-hours does it take to make the body of a Phantom VI?
Answer: over 800
Question: And in what year did they part company?
Answer: 2002
Question: What name is given to the famous flying lady mascot adorning the radiator grill on a Rolls-Royce?
Answer: The 'Spirit of Ecstasy'
Question: In January of which year was the first episode of 'Z Cars' aired?
Answer: 1962
Question: Who was the Governor of The Bank of England between 1983 and 1993?
Answer: Robert Leigh Pemberton