zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: Who played the leading roll in the film 'Dirty Dancing'?
Answer: Patrick Swayze
Question: In what year were the Blackpool Illuminations first switched on?
Answer: 1879
Question: What is the name of Cleo Laine's husband who died in February 2010?
Answer: Johnny Dankworth
Question: Who played James Herriot in the TV drama series 'All Creatures Great and Small'?
Answer: Christopher Timothy
Question: Which member of the Royal Family married Katherine Worsley?
Answer: The Duke of Kent
Question: Who was Transport Minister in 1967 when 'Breathalyser tests were introduced?
Answer: Barbara Castle
Question: What word would describe a type of shoe and and Irish accent?
Answer: Brogue
Question: Who first demonstrated TV in public?
Answer: John Logie Baird
Question: Can you name the tallest grass which can grow to around 25m?
Answer: Bamboo
Question: What song did Cliff Richard sing in the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest in which he came third?
Answer: Power To All Our Friends
Question: Which English Palace was almost destroyed by fire in 1834?
Answer: The Palace of Westminster
Question: In what year was King George 1 Crowned?
Answer: 1714
Question: Born in 1945, who was the front man of the group 'The Mindbenders'?
Answer: Wayne Fontana
Question: Famous composer Handel originally studied which profession?
Answer: The Law
Question: New Zealand hosted the 'Commonwealth Games' in which city in 1974?
Answer: Christchurch
Question: Why will you never open an ashtray in a modern Rolls-Royce and find a cigarette end?
Answer: It empties automatically
Question: In what year did Rolls-Royce acquire Bentley?
Answer: 1931
Question: Off the coast of which county would you find the 'Goodwin Sands'?
Answer: Kent
Question: The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, where is it located?
Answer: Arlington County, Virginia
Question: Who won the gold medal for the woman's heptathlon?
Answer: Jessica Ennis
Question: In cycling who won the gold medal for the men's time trial?
Answer: Bradley Wiggins
Question: In Sailing, who won gold in the Men's Finn class?
Answer: Ben Ainslie
Question: Who won gold for the Taekwondo - Women's Lightweight (57 kg)?
Answer: Jade Jones
Question: At the fabulous closing ceremony, who sang from the top of 5 London cabs?
Answer: The Spice Girls
Question: What name is given to the festival that is held in the Valencian town of Buñol, Spain, in which participants throw tomatoes and get involved in this tomato fight purely for fun. It is held on the last Wednesday of August.?
Answer: La Tomatina
Question: In which country would you find the city of St. Moritz?
Answer: Switzerland
Question: Who wrote the WW11 novel 'The Cruel Sea'?
Answer: Nicholas Monsarrat
Question: When is a racehorse's official birthday?
Answer: January 1st
Question: Who played 'Private Pike' in Dad's Army?
Answer: Ian Lavender
Question: In which country would you find 'Lake Como'?
Answer: Italy
Question: Bewick and Hooper are which type of bird?
Answer: Swans
Question: The vacation destinations of Pattaya and Phuket are in which country?
Answer: Thailand
Question: Can you name South Africa's national animal?
Answer: Springbok
Question: What is the Caribbean island of St Christopher commonly known as?
Answer: St. Kitts
Question: An 'Oryx' is what kind of animal?
Answer: An antelope
Question: What would you process in a ginnery?
Answer: Cotton
Question: What colour is an amethyst?
Answer: Purple
Question: The disease 'Pertussis' is more commonly known as what?
Answer: Whooping cough
Question: Who's horse was called Marengo?
Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte
Question: What is the US Presidents Maryland retreat called?
Answer: Camp David
Question: In 1999 Richard Branson sold just under half of Virgin Atlantic shares to which other airline?
Answer: Singapore Airlines
Question: The Painting 'La Giaconda' is better know as what?
Answer: The Mona Lisa
Question: Lanzarote belongs to which group of islands?
Answer: Canary Islands
Question: King Zog was the last ruler of which European country?
Answer: Albania
Question: The Mountain Ash is also known as the What tree?
Answer: The Rowan Tree
Question: Diplopia is the medical term for what condition?
Answer: Double vision
Question: The 2002 Winter Olympics were held in which city?
Answer: Salt Lake City
Question: Yellowstone National Park is located in which US state?
Answer: Wyoming
Question: When 'World War 1' broke out who was Britain's prime Minister?
Answer: Herbert Asquith
Question: Which iconic car was designed by Alec Issigonsis?
Answer: Morris Minor
Question: Who gave up the title 'Viscount Stansgate'?
Answer: Tony Benn
Question: Who is the current Earl of Chester?
Answer: Prince Charles.
Question: The novel 'The Water Babies' was written by whom?
Answer: Charles Kingsley
Question: A camel with two humps is a?
Answer: Bactrian
Question: Which US state has the largest population?
Answer: California
Question: Heather Small was the lead singer in which band?
Answer: M People
Question: A film star and cousin to two former New Zealand cricket captains, who is he?
Answer: Russell Crowe
Question: The Von Trapp family were immortalised in which film in 1965?
Answer: The Sound Of Music
Question: Iceland became independent from which country in 1944?
Answer: Denmark
Question: 'Ag' is the chemical symbol for which precious metal?
Answer: Silver
Question: The word 'BASIC' in computing terms means what?
Answer: Beginners All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
Question: Seismology is the study of what?
Answer: Earthquakes
Question: Fe is the chemical symbol for what metal?
Answer: Iron
Question: Handmade Films was formed to produce which film?
Answer: Life of Brian
Question: What character did Bruce Willis play in 'Last Man Standing'?
Answer: John Smith
Question: Who played 'Velvet Brown' in the 1944 film 'National Velvet'?
Answer: Elizabeth Taylor
Question: The song 'White Christmas' first featured in which film starring Bing Crosby?
Answer: Holiday Inn
Question: A velodrome hosts what kind of event?
Answer: Cycling
Question: Only one sign of the zodiac starts and ends with the same letter, what's the sign?
Answer: Sagittarius
Question: Imagine it's Friday the 13th, what day of the week was the 1st?
Answer: Sunday
Question: What was the first vehicle registration plate in Britain?
Answer: A1
Question: Which creature has the largest eyes in the world?
Answer: Giant Squid
Question: Which phenomenon might you be interested in if you visit Drumnadrochit?
Answer: The Loch Ness Monster
Question: What is the worlds most common blood type?
Answer: Type O
Question: Can you name the Queens eldest grandchild?
Answer: Peter Phillips
Question: 'The Importance of Being Earnest' was written by whom?
Answer: Oscar Wilde
Question: In which US city do the 'Yankees' play their baseball?
Answer: New York
Question: Where were the 1948 Olympics held?
Answer: London
Question: What is the longest race in the heptathlon?
Answer: 800m
Question: Which rugby union players sister was killed on the Marchioness?
Answer: Lawrence Dallaglio
Question: Zagreb is the capital city of which country?
Answer: Croatia
Question: 'The Wall Street Crash' happened in which year?
Answer: 1929
Question: Which of the Wombles shares his name with a South American river?
Answer: Orinoco
Question: Who wrote the novel 'Tom Sawyer'?
Answer: Mark Twain
Question: Who was the author ofÂ 'Man in the Iron Mask'?
Answer: Alexandre Dumas
Question: By what name is Annie Mae Bullock better known?
Answer: Tina Turner
Question: On which country's national flag would you find an eagle and a snake?
Answer: Mexico
Question: Chep Lap Kok airport is located where?
Answer: Hong Kong
Question: 'Pyrophobia' is the fear of what?
Answer: Fire
Question: A violin has how many strings?
Answer: 4
Question: According to the saying what is paved with good intentions?
Answer: The road to hell
Question: Which World War II commander had the Christian name Erwin?
Answer: Rommell
Question: What travels by conduction, convection and radiation?
Answer: Heat
Question: Which king is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card?
Answer: King of Hearts
Question: A group of larks is called what?
Answer: An exaltation
Question: In which county would you find 'The Lost Gardens of Heligan'?
Answer: Cornwall
Question: Three types of which plant are termed 'Cactus'; 'Ball' and 'Pompon'?
Answer: Dahlia
Question: What's the common name for your trachea?
Answer: Windpipe
Question: Cistercians of the Strict Observance are commonly known as what?
Answer: Trappists
Question: St Denis is the patron Saint of which country?
Answer: France
Question: Which human bone is the Clavicle?
Answer: Collar Bone
Question: The French actress Camille Javal is better known as who?
Answer: Brigitte Bardot
Question: If you were suffering from scurvy what would you most likely be lacking?
Answer: Vitamin C
Question: What do the Americans call the aubergine?
Answer: Eggplant
Question: What term is used when cutting vegetables into matchstick shapes?
Answer: Julienne
Question: I you are trying the national dish of Morocco, what are you eating?
Answer: Tajine
Question: In which year was the humble tea bag introduced by Thomas Sullivan?
Answer: 1908
Question: Haloumi is a type of what?
Answer: Cheese
Question: Name the stretch of water separating Anglesey from the Welsh mainland?
Answer: Menai Strait
Question: St Helier is the largest town in which islands?
Answer: Channel Islands
Question: """When You Walk In The Room"" was a hit for which group in 1964?"
Answer: The Searchers
Question: Which group had a hit with "Rhythm of the Rain" in 1963?
Answer: The Cascades
Question: Who were "Lonely This Christmas" with their No.1 hit in 1974?
Answer: Mud
Question: Who had a Top 10 hit with "Mustang Sally" in 1966?
Answer: Wilson Picket
Question: What colour shirts did the winning team wear 1966 World cup?
Answer: Red
Question: Apart from tennis, which other sport considers 'The All England Club', Wimbledon it's home?
Answer: Croquet
Question: Which Grand Slam event did tennis player Pete Sampras fail to win?
Answer: The French Open
Question: Who captained Europe's winning Ryder Cup team in 2006?
Answer: Ian Woosnam
Question: The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to what?
Answer: seven
Question: Possibly the most famous anecdotes reports that Lady Astor once told Winston Churchill 'if you were my husband, I would poison your coffee'. What was his reply?
Answer: 'If you were my wife, I would drink it'
Question: Who was the only unmarried president of the US?
Answer: James Buchanan
Question: What boxer answers to the nickname "Sweet Pea"?
Answer: Pernell Whitaker
Question: Who was the first sports announcer to address Muhammad Ali by his Muslim name?
Answer: Howard Cosell
Question: What did boxer Nelson Azumah change his name to?
Answer: Azumah Nelson
Question: What boxing promoter's favourite expression is "Only in America"?
Answer: Don King's
Question: What is the tallest existing mammal?
Answer: Giraffe
Question: In Thunderbirds what type of car does Lady Penelope own?
Answer: Rolls Royce
Question: Which of the seven dwarfs has the longest name?
Answer: Bashful
Question: What was Beethoven's first name?
Answer: Ludwig
Question: Which country is the largest producer of cheese?
Answer: USA
Question: Which city is also known as 'The Big Apple'?
Answer: New York
Question: The Scottish Parliament banned which sport in 1457?
Answer: Golf
Question: What sport do pugilists' take part in?
Answer: Boxing
Question: What is the name of the trophy given to the winner of the ladies singles at Wimbledon?
Answer: The Venus Rosewater Dish
Question: Who beat Goran Ivanisevic to win the 1992 Wimbledon men's Final?
Answer: Andre Agassi
Question: In Star Wars, what species is Chewbacca?
Answer: A Wookie
Question: What is the study of plants called?
Answer: Botany
Question: What is the vegetable used to make Eggs Florentine?
Answer: Spinach
Question: How old is a filly when she officially becomes a mare?
Answer: 4
Question: What was its nickname given to the 1969 Dodge Charger in "Dukes of Hazard"?
Answer: The General Lee
Question: What type of car was "KITT" from the "Knightrider" series?
Answer: Pontiac Trans-Am
Question: Which 1984 movie stars Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray and a 1959 Cadillac Miller Meteor Ambulance?
Answer: Ghostbusters
Question: Which bird is sacred in Peru?
Answer: Condor
Question: Affenpinscher, Keeshond and Leonberger are all types of what?
Answer: Dog
Question: Anthony Stark is the alter-ego of which super-hero?
Answer: Iron-Man
Question: On which date do we celebrate 'Boxing Day'?
Answer: 26th December
Question: Following the Twelve days of Christmas, on what date is the twelfth night?
Answer: 6th January
Question: Often called German measles, what is the proper name for this disease?
Answer: Rubella
Question: Hanoi is the capital of which country?
Answer: Vietnam
Question: Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable?
Answer: A fruit
Question: What is the Roman numeral for 50?
Answer: L
Question: What is a camel with two humps called?
Answer: Bactrian
Question: What was the name of the character played by Eddie Murphy in the 1984 film Beverley Hills Cop?
Answer: Axel Foley
Question: In what year did 'Prohibition' officially end in America?
Answer: 1933
Question: Which 'future pop star' played Ena Sharples' grandson in Coronation Street?
Answer: Davy Jones
Question: What is the capital city of Kenya?
Answer: Nairobi
Question: What character did Bernard Hill play in the TV series 'Boys From The Black Stuff'?
Answer: Yosser Hughes
Question: What type of animal is an Ibex?
Answer: Goat
Question: Which was the last of the seven 'Road' films starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby?
Answer: The Road to Hong Kong
Question: Which anniversary is celebrated upon 25 years of marriage?
Answer: Silver
Question: What sort of fish is a kipper?
Answer: (Smoked) Herring
Question: What type of animal is an ocelot?
Answer: Cat
Question: What is studied in the science of somatology ?
Answer: The Body
Question: What was Hugh Hefner's jet plane called ?
Answer: Big Bunny
Question: Famous composer, Handel, originally studied what?
Answer: The Law
Question: In which series does Kiefer Sutherland play CTU agent Jack Bauer?
Answer: 24
Question: Who plays Mrs Overall in Acorn Antiques?
Answer: Julie Walters
Question: What nationality is actor Russell Crowe?
Answer: New Zealander
Question: Who won an Oscar for his portrayal of Ray Charles in the film Ray?
Answer: Jamie Foxx
Question: Which 1962 film starring Frank Sinatra was remade in 2004 starring Denzel Washington?
Answer: The Manchurian Candidate
Question: The Pebbles and Bam Bam Show is a spin-off from which animated series?
Answer: The Flintstones
Question: What is the name of the canal linking Lake Erie and Lake Ontario in Canada?
Answer: Welland Ship Canal
Question: Who fronted the band Culture Club?
Answer: Boy George
Question: Which golfer Jack was nicknamed 'The Golden Bear'?
Answer: Jack Nicklaus
Question: What began operating at Calder Hall in 1956?
Answer: A nuclear power station
Question: In which year did the Blitz on London start?
Answer: 1940
Question: In which English city was Dick Turpin hanged?
Answer: York
Question: Name the British Prime Minister at the outbreak of WW1?
Answer: Herbert Asquith
Question: Which Olympic Games first featured women's weightlifting?
Answer: Sydney 2000
Question: What's the lower age limit to join the Senior Golf Tour?
Answer: 50
Question: Who is depicted atop the Ryder Cup trophy (golf)?
Answer: Abe Mitchell
Question: Which US pop artist created ?100 Campbells Soup Cans??
Answer: Andy Warhol
Question: Who was known as the 'Sultan of Swat'?
Answer: Babe Ruth
Question: Who missed the penalty for France in the 2006 World Cup final?
Answer: David Trezeguet
Question: Which actress played Mrs Overall in Acorn Antiques?
Answer: Julie Walters
Question: Who starred in the title role in the 2002 film, Mr Deeds?
Answer: Adam Sandler
Question: What is the first name of the character Crocodile Dundee?
Answer: Mick
Question: In which year did Tom Hanks fall in love with a mermaid in the film Splash?
Answer: 1984
Question: What other common name is used for Halloween?
Answer: All Hallows Eve
Question: If you Suffer from Samhainophobia, what do you fear?
Answer: Halloween
Question: Which famous actor in the film 'Ghostbusters' also co-wrote the film?
Answer: Dan Aykroyd
Question: Which Yorkshire fishing/seaside town features in the 1897 novel, Dracula?
Answer: Whitby
Question: Who had a hit in 1984 with '99 Red Balloons'?
Answer: Nena
Question: Who wrote the music and lyrics to the musical `Anything Goes`?
Answer: Cole Porter
Question: Joan of Arc was also known as The Maid of 'where'?
Answer: The Maid of Orleans
Question: Which composer wrote the operas Tosca, Madame Butterfly and Turandot?
Answer: Puccini
Question: Which Marquis, are the rules that govern the sport of boxing, named after?
Answer: The Marquis of Queensberry
Question: What was the nickname of 60's singer Brenda Lee?
Answer: Little Miss Dynamite
Question: George Michael was one. Who was the other member of the duo 'Wham'?
Answer: Andrew Ridgely
Question: The 1960s/70s singer 'Junior Walker' was backed by what group?
Answer: The All Stars
Question: In 1984 Tina Turner had a hit with 'Private Dancer'. Who wrote it?
Answer: Mark Knopfler
Question: Who played the starring role in the 1992 film 'Malcolm X'?
Answer: Denzel Washington
Question: Louis the XVI France only two what were recorded in his lifetime?
Answer: Baths
Question: How many people were reported to have died in the Great Fire of London in 1666?
Answer: 6
Question: Who said - "One more drink and Ill be under the host"?
Answer: Dorothy Parker
Question: What animal provides 50% of all the protein eaten in Peru?
Answer: Guinea Pigs
Question: An Arab/Israeli band Abu Hafla - record called 'Humping' meaning what?
Answer: Enjoyable Gathering
Question: Which US city is the home of the 'Liberty Bell'?
Answer: Philadelphia
Question: The islands of the Azores belong to which country?
Answer: Portugal
Question: The plant 'Ananas comosus provides us with which fruit?
Answer: Pineapple
Question: Which was the second James Bond movie?
Answer: From Russia With Love
Question: Who was the first woman to reach the summit of Mt. Everest?
Answer: Junko Tabei
Question: Which Python was appointed Rector of St. Andrews University in 1971?
Answer: John Cleese
Question: Which Royal's Birthday is June 10th?
Answer: Prince Philip
Question: Capulet and Montague are the family names of which well known characters?
Answer: Romeo and Juliet
Question: Which dictator gave himself the title 'Big Daddy'?
Answer: Idi Amin
Question: Paprika is the Hungarian word for what?
Answer: Pepper
Question: In what country would you find the mountain range 'The Apennines'?
Answer: Italy
Question: In what country was St. Patrick born?
Answer: Wales
Question: 'The Dambusters' is a true story about which RAF squadron?
Answer: 617 Squadron
Question: What 1990 film starred Gary and Martin Kemp?
Answer: The Krays
Question: In 'Batman and Robin' what character was played by Arnold Schwarzenegger?
Answer: Mr Freeze
Question: The song 'Eye of the Tiger' featured in which Rocky movie?
Answer: Rocky 3
Question: Glen Campbell appeared in which film with John Wayne?
Answer: True Grit
Question: Which 1993 Disney film starred Bet Middler as a witch?
Answer: Hocus Pocus
Question: In which month is the Ascot race meeting held?
Answer: June
Question: How many squares are there on a traditional Snakes and Ladders board?
Answer: 100
Question: In ice hockey, how many players from each side are allowed on the ice at any one time?
Answer: 6
Question: In 'The Vicar of Dibley' what is the vicars name?
Answer: Geraldine Grainger
Question: Who was the original presenter of University Challenge?
Answer: Bamber Gascoigne
Question: Which popular daytime show was hosted by Des O'Connor and Melanie Sykes?
Answer: Today With Des and Mel
Question: In 'Dad's Army' who played the part of Reverend Timothy Farthing?
Answer: Frank Williams
Question: In what year did 'Pudsey Bear' become the Children in Need mascot?
Answer: 1985
Question: In which month is the Royal Ascot race meeting held?
Answer: June
Question: What is the English term for the drink known in Scotland as Heavy?
Answer: Bitter
Question: Gatcombe Park is the home of which member of the royal family?
Answer: Princess Anne
Question: In which city would you travel in a gondola?
Answer: Venice
Question: 'Chim Chim Cheree' is a line from a song in which film?
Answer: Mary Poppins
Question: In what year was athlete and politician Sebastian Coe born?
Answer: 1956
Question: The Jodrell Bank radio telescope in Cheshire was completed in which year?
Answer: 1957
Question: Lucille Le Sueure, actress, died in 1977. By what name was she known?
Answer: Joan Crawford
Question: How did Her Majesty the Queen describe 1992 in her Christmas speech?
Answer: Annus Horribilis -
Question: Reef, sheepshank and granny are all types of what?
Answer: Knots
Question: Name the first two letters of the Greek alphabet?
Answer: alpha, beta
Question: How many is an octet?
Answer: 8
Question: What is the name of the 1978 movie starring Clint Eastwood and an orang-utan called Clyde?
Answer: Every Which Way but Loose
Question: Which 1995 'Space' move starred Tom Hanks; Bill Paxton and Kevin Bacon?
Answer: Apollo 13
Question: Who directed the 1982 'ET' movie?
Answer: Steven Spielberg
Question: What was the title of the third 'Dirty Harry' movie released in 1976?
Answer: The Enforcer
Question: What nationality is actress Claudia Cardinale?
Answer: Italian
Question: What is the name of a tremor that occurs after an earthquake?
Answer: Aftershock
Question: What was advertised with the slogan "This dirt says hot, the label says not"?
Answer: Ariel
Question: What was the pop-up figure called in the fun house in The Man With the Golden Gun?
Answer: Al
Question: Which British motor manufacturer used to make the Ruby?
Answer: Austin
Question: Jean Dominique Larrey developed which type of vehicle?
Answer: Ambulance
Question: What is the state capital of Texas?
Answer: Austin
Question: In which Scottish county is Glamis Castle?
Answer: Angus
Question: A polyorchid man has at least three what?
Answer: Testicles
Question: In 'The Guns of Navarone' who played the demolitions expert?
Answer: David Niven
Question: Which British motor cycle manufacturer's motto was "Made like a gun, goes like a bullet"?
Answer: Royal Enfield
Question: Who was Cassius Clay's / Muhammad Ali's manager?
Answer: Angelo Dundee
Question: Which English artist painted The Blue Boy and The Hay Wagon?
Answer: Thomas Gainsborough
Question: For what team did Michael Schumacher drive in his first grand prix?
Answer: Jordan
Question: What does the Latin phrase caveat emptor mean?
Answer: Let the buyer beware
Question: What creature is the symbol of the American Democratic Party?
Answer: Donkey
Question: What is the second largest rodent in the world, the capybara is first?
Answer: Beaver
Question: What is the main street of Edinburgh called?
Answer: Princes Street
Question: On what date is Saint George's day?
Answer: April 23rd
Question: What was Bruce Springsteen's first number one album in the UK titled?
Answer: Born In The USA
Question: What is a baby hippopotamus called?
Answer: Calf
Question: Which British car manufacturer made the Rebel?
Answer: Reliant
Question: Who was lost in France in 1976?
Answer: Bonnie Tyler
Question: What is the minimum age that you could become President of the United States?
Answer: 35
Question: Tony Blair has two middle names. What are they?
Answer: Charles Lynton
Question: What's the name of the river in John Constable's painting 'The Haywain'?
Answer: Stour
Question: Which planet of the solar system has its 27 moons named after characters from the works of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope?
Answer: Uranus
Question: What colour is the sky on the Moon?
Answer: Black
Question: On the Mohs scale of hardness, what is the second hardest mineral, after diamond?
Answer: Corundum
Question: Who flew in Vostok 1?
Answer: Yuri Gagarin
Question: What's the name given to lines of equal underwater depth on maps?
Answer: Isobath
Question: What was the Wright Brother's first successful aeroplane called?
Answer: Flyer