zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: What was Elvis Presley's first film?
Answer: Love Me Tender
Question: What 1945 film won best picture, actor and director at the Oscars ?
Answer: The Lost Weekend
Question: Which treaty in 1957 led to the creation of the EEC?
Answer: Treaty of Rome
Question: By what name was the heavyweight fighter, Cassius Clay, better known?
Answer: Muhammad Ali
Question: What is the largest known encyclopaedia, made up of 22,877 volumes in 11,095 books?
Answer: The Yongle Dadian
Question: What was the original name of Cliff Richard's backing group The Shadows before they realised there was already an American group with the same name?
Answer: The Drifters
Question: The skin of a shark was once used commercially as sandpaper. True or false?
Answer: True
Question: Which Henry 8th warship was salvaged on 8th October 1981?
Answer: Mary Rose
Question: In what country would you find the capital city of Jakarta?
Answer: Indonesia
Question: Wilfred Rhodes took 4.187 wickets in a brilliant career. For which county did he take the most?
Answer: Yorkshire
Question: Who did 'Frances Ethel Gumm' become?
Answer: Judy Garland
Question: Which TV series featured a character called 'Face'?
Answer: The A Team
Question: The two best selling singles in 1964 in the UK were by the recently deceased singer Jim Reeves. What were the titles?
Answer: I Love You Because and I Won't Forget You
Question: According to the nursery rhyme, where would you be going if you rode 'a cock horse'?
Answer: Banbury Cross
Question: What is Julie Andrews real name?
Answer: Julia Elizabeth Wells
Question: Who wrote 'The ABC Murders' on which the 1965 movie 'The Alphabet Murders' was based?
Answer: Agatha Christie
Question: Policemen no longer use the traditional truncheon what is the new instrument called?
Answer: An asp
Question: What was the first thing that Scrooge purchased after his change of heart?
Answer: A turkey
Question: What was the name of the horse ridden by Dick Francis that fell while leading in the 56 Grand National?
Answer: Devon Loch
Question: What is the SI unit of frequency (used in measuring audio and radio transmissions among many others)?
Answer: Hertz
Question: Which English composer wrote A Sea Symphony and A London Symphony?
Answer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Question: In 'The Fellowship of the Ring', how many hobbits are there?
Answer: 4
Question: In which famous film would first have come across the character of Dorothy Gale?
Answer: The Wizard Of Oz
Question: January 5, 1993 saw the execution of total asshat, serial killer Westley Allan Dodd, the last man to be executed by what means?
Answer: Hanging
Question: Which basketball team played its first game on January 7, 1927, having lost a total of 345 games out of the 22,000+ that they've played?
Answer: Harlem Globetrotters
Question: January 3, 1938 saw Franklin D. Roosevelt found the charity March of Dimes. What epidemic disease was it targeting?
Answer: Poliomyelitis
Question: In the world of ungulates, if it's called a reindeer in Europe, what is it called in North America?
Answer: Caribou
Question: In what 80s arcade game were you armed with a lance and mounted upon an ostrich or a stork?
Answer: Joust
Question: January 4, 2010 saw the official opening of the worlds tallest building, at 2717 feet (828 meters). In what country is it built?
Answer: Dubai, U.A.E.
Question: Executed in 2005, Nobel Peace Prize nominee Stanley “Tookie” Williams co-founded what L.    A. gang?
Answer: Crips
Question: January 15, 1967 saw the first ever Super Bowl as the Kansas City Chiefs lost to whom, by a score of 35-10?
Answer: Green Bay Packers
Question: January 11, 2008 saw the death of what New Zealand explorer, who along with Tenzing Norgay became the first known people to reach the top of Mt. Everest?
Answer: Sir Edmund Percival Hillary
Question: Heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio first gained major fame after replacing vocalist Ozzy Osbourne in what band?
Answer: Black Sabbath
Question: Including sections describing legislative, executive, and judicial powers, how many articles does the US Constitution have?
Answer: 7
Question: The Gremlin, Matador, Pacer, and AMX were models produced by what car company?
Answer: AMC
Question: The mechanism of using 2 flags held in different positions to communicate between ships at sea is called what?
Answer: Semaphore
Question: What American writer, buried in Baltimore, had his gravesite mysteriously visited every January 19th, to receive
Answer: Edgar Allen Poe
Question: January 17 marks the anniversary of the opening of the First Gulf War, aka Operation Desert Storm, which happened in what year?
Answer: 1991
Question: What SI unit of power, equivalent to one Joule per second, is named after a Scottish Inventor who was born on January 19, 1736?
Answer: Watt
Question: John Schnatter is the founder and chairman of what pizza chain, the 3rd largest takeout and delivery pizza chain in the United States?
Answer: Papa Johns
Question: Scheduled to do it's flyby on July 14, 2015, the NASA launched probe New Horizons was launched on January 19, 2006 to do explore what heavenly body?
Answer: Pluto
Question: Who pondered The Road Ahead and advocated Business at the Speed of Thought?
Answer: Bill Gates
Question: Frontier legend William H. Bonney, ultimately killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett, gained notoriety under what pseudonym?
Answer: Billy the Kid
Question: Before being overthrown by Zeus and the Olympians, what race of powerful deities ruled the Greek world during the legendary Golden Age?
Answer: Titans
Question: With a representative from 4 of the 5 branches of the military, what is the name of the group of military leaders whose role is to guide the civilian government of the US?
Answer: Joint Chiefs of Staff
Question: An Admiral in the Great Navy of the State of Nebraska, Johnny Carson, who died on Jan 23, 2005, hosted what NBC show from 1962 to 1992?
Answer: The Tonight Show
Question: In printing, orientation such that the height of the display area is greater than the width is known as portrait. What is it called when the width is greater than the height?
Answer: Landscape
Question: What Russian city had its name changed first to Petrograd, then Leningrad, before returning to its original name?
Answer: St Petersburg
Question: Anna Nicole Smith gained notoriety after her short lived marriage to what Texas oil billionaire sparked a major court case, which continues to this day?
Answer: J. Howard Marshall
Question: Used to assess the effect of an atomic bomb, how many people must die to be qualified as a megadeath?
Answer: 1 million
Question: In economics, which four countries are known as the BRIC countries, grouped as being at a similar stage of newly advanced economic development?
Answer: Brazil, Russia, India, China
Question: Which cartoon character, who cooks at the Krusty Krab, calls Bikini Bottom home?
Answer: Spongebob Squarepants
Question: Feb 2, 1905, saw the birth of what Russian born American author who founded the philosophical system called Objectivism?
Answer: Ayn Rand
Question: What Canadian band sang about a modern warrior named Tom Sawyer who had a mean, mean stride?
Answer: Rush
Question: Feb 4th marks the anniversary of the election of George Washington to the nation's highest office. In what year did he become the first US president?
Answer: 1789
Question: Generally considered the first recorded speculative bubble, trade in what commodity collapsed in February 1637, devastating the economy of The United Provinces (now the Netherlands)?
Answer: Tulips
Question: In a national TV embarrassment, the vault of which Chicago gangster, nicknamed Scarface, was excavated live by Geraldo Riveria and his crew but was found to contain nothing?
Answer: Al Capone
Question: What noted magician, who has offered $1 million to anyone who could prove they had psychic powers, made a similar offer this week to any manufacturer who could prove that their homeopathic drugs worked as advertised?
Answer: James Randi
Question: Featuring the Oscar winning song When You Wish Upon A Star, what 1940 Disney movie release was the second full length animated movie, following Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?
Answer: Pinocchio
Question: What action figure, the first to be marketed to boys, was modified in 1974 with the addition of "kung fu grip"?
Answer: G.I. Joe
Question: An extreme diplomatic measure, what is the partial or complete prohibition of commerce and trade with a particular country, in order to isolate it, called?
Answer: Embargo
Question: For which delivery company does Philip Fry work in that awesome TV series Futurama?
Answer: Planet Express
Question: Feb 15, 1954 saw the birth of what famed cartoonist, who got his start with the comic strip Life In Hell before moving on to a couple of mildly successful TV shows?
Answer: Matt Groening
Question: Feb 18, 1885 saw the first US publication of what Mark Twain classic, notable for a recently announced version that will make liberal use of the word indian and slave?
Answer: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Question: What American inventor and industrialist, father of the modern assembly line, held 161 patents in his own name and started a moderately successful car company along the way?
Answer: Henry Ford
Question: Feb 18, 2001 saw the death of what famed NASCAR driver, known as The Intimidator, a loss that is still mourned today by those who follow the sport?
Answer: Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr
Question: What deposed leader, who met his end on Dec 30, 2006 at the end of a rope, has sons Uday and Qusay, and 3 daughters?
Answer: Sadam Hussein
Question: What blued hairEd, glasses wearing geek is the best friend of Bart Simpson?
Answer: Milhouse Van Houten
Question: Sunday marks the 83rd Academy Awards, otherwise known as the Oscars. Which 2010 film had the most number of nominations, with 12?
Answer: The Kings Speech
Question: Lasting for 13 days before the final battle, Mexican revolutionaries began a siege of what Texas mission on Feb 23, 1836?
Answer: The Alamo
Question: Known for their thumbs up/thumbs down review summaries, who hosted Sneak Previews (on PBS) and later At the Movies, along with Rogert Ebert, until his death in 1999?
Answer: Gene Siskel
Question: In what 1982 #1 hit did Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney profess a desire to be part of a piano?
Answer: Ebony and Ivory
Question: Feb 23, 1945 saw one of the iconic moments in US history when US marines (and a Navy corpsman), were photographed raising the flag atop was Iwo Jima mountain?
Answer: Mt Suribachi
Question: On Feb 23, 1836, the Mexican army, under the command of Santa Anna, set siege to what mission?
Answer: The Alamo
Question: Chimichurris, Dagwood, Hot Brown, Shawarma, and Muffuletta are all types of what?
Answer: Sandwiches
Question: On Feb 21, 1953 British scientist Francis Crick and American James D. Watson unlocked the structure of what?
Answer: DNA
Question: On Feb 28, 1993, agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms raided the Branch Davidian complex, headed by David Koresh, in what Texas city?
Answer: Waco
Question: Working in military intelligence during WWII, eventually achieving the rank of major, Diana Prince is the alter ego of what DC Comics superhero?
Answer: Wonder Woman
Question: At the end of every episode of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, Robin Leach wished the viewer what kind of wishes?
Answer: Champagne
Question: Formerly under the US Department of the Treasury, the US Secret Service, currently operates under the watchful eye of what agency?
Answer: Homeland Security
Question: March 12, 1894 saw the first bottles of what beverage, concocted by Atlanta pharmacist John Pemberton, sold for the first time?
Answer: Coca Cola
Question: Born on March 6, 1475, which Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, and poet was responsible for works such as The Sistine Chapel ceiling, and the dome of St. Peters Bascilica?
Answer: Michaelangelo
Question: March 6, 1836 saw the death, in one day, of Jim Bowie, David Crockett, William B. Travis, and 112 others, at what event?
Answer: Battle of the Alamo
Question: Voiced by Stephen Root, who is the overweight, balding, over the hill boss of Hank Hill on TV's King of the Hill?
Answer: Buck Strickland
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: What disease does the DSM-IV define as: (1) has a grandiose sense of self-importance (2) is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love (3) believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (4) requires excessive admiration (5) has a sense of entitlement, (6) is interpersonally exploitative (7) lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others (8) is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her (9) shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes
Answer: Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Question: Played on the big screen by Fay Wray, Jessica Lange, and Naomi Watts, Ann Darrow was the object of what creature's affection?
Answer: King Kong
Question: At the end of every episode of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, who wished the viewer "champagne wishes and caviar dreams"?
Answer: Robin Leach
Question: 5. This morning saw actress and nutjob Elizabeth Taylor pass away at age 79. How many times was she married during her life?
Answer: 8
Question: On March 21, 1980, President Jimmy Carter announced the boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics to protest the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan. Which country was hosting those Olympics?
Answer: U.S.S.R.
Question: According to the rules of Monopoly, how many consecutive rolls of doubles does it take to get sent directly to jail?
Answer: 3
Question: Of which nursery rhyme character do we ask “how does your garden grow”?
Answer: Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
Question: What television show features the last human in the universe, Lister, a creature descended from the common feline, known as Cat, a computer called Holly, and a holographic projection of a human known as Rimmer?
Answer: Red Dwarf
Question: March 16, 1802 saw the founding of the United States Military Academy. By what name is it better known?
Answer: West Point
Question: March 26, 1971 saw the formation of what country, when East Pakistan declared their independence from Pakistan?
Answer: Bangladesh
Question: What does DSM-IV define as:     A. Refusal to maintain body weight at or above a minimally normal weight for age and height   B. Intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat, even though underweight.     C. Disturbance in the way in which one’s body weight or shape is experienced, undue influence of body weight or shape on self-evaluation, or denial of the seriousness of the current low body weight. D. In postmenarcheal females, the absence of at least three consecutive menstrual cycles.
Answer: Anorexia Nervosa
Question: March 24, 1989 saw one of the worst man-made ecological disasters when what oil tanker ran aground on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound Alaska?
Answer: Exxon Valdez
Question: March 21, 1963 saw the last inmate, Frank Wathernam, leave what famous federal prison, closed by order of then attorney general Robert F. Kennedy?
Answer: Alcatraz
Question: Although the majority of the teams are in the US, the hall of fame for what sport is located at 30 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada?
Answer: Hockey
Question: The Fed Cup is premier women's international tennis match, pitting teams from various countries against each other. What is the equivalent men's contest?
Answer: Davis Cup
Question: What name was given to the practice which tried to turn lead, copper, and other base metals into gold?
Answer: Alchemy
Question: On March 30, 1981, noted asshat John Hinckley, Jr., took a shot at which US official?
Answer: Ronald Reagan
Question: April 1, 1976 saw Ronald Wayne, Steve Wozniak, and whom, start a company to sell a computer mother board (including CPU, RAM, and video chip) for a mere $666.66?
Answer: Steve Jobs
Question: As of March 28, 1930, the city formerly known as Byzantium and then Constantinople became what known as what?
Answer: Istanbul
Question: Thinking his assassination attempt on then President Ronald Reagan would impress her, with which actress was John Hinkley, Jr supposedly obsessed?
Answer: Jodie Foster
Question: April 3, 1882 saw Robert Ford shoot what Wild West legend in the back of the head as he stood to clean a picture hanging on the wall?
Answer: Jesse James
Question: What larger than life American World War II general was affectionately known as Old Blood and Guts?
Answer: George Patton
Question: What fictional character, created by Margret and Hans Rey, allows his inquisitive nature to get him in trouble?
Answer: Curious George
Question: What world famous architect designed Seattle’s Experience Music Project to look somewhat like a “smashed guitar”?
Answer: Frank Gehry
Question: Supported by a consortium of 26 organizations from all over the world, and unusual in that it holds both the mens and womens halls of fame, what sport has its HoF in St. Augustine, Fl?
Answer: Golf
Question: April 10, 1912 saw a “moderately famous” ship, some called the Titanic, leave what English port on its’ first and only voyage?
Answer: Southhampton
Question: ‘The outlook wasn’t brilliant for the Mudville Nine that day;’ opens what 1888 poem by Ernest Thayer?
Answer: Casey at the Bat
Question: Active up until the late 90s, when he switched to a successful acting career, who headlined the group known as the Funky Bunch?
Answer: Marky Mark
Question: Ultimately resulting in the deaths of over 620,000 soldiers, what war broke out on April 12, 1861?
Answer: American Civil War
Question: April 21 1962 saw the opening of Century 21 Exposition, the first worlds fair held in the US since the start of WWII, right here in the Emerald City. What was the name of the Elvis Presley movie filmed during the 6 months of the fair?
Answer: It Happened at the World's Fair
Question: According to the comic books, Superman fights for Truth, Justice, and what?
Answer: The American Way
Question: In the world of the machinist, a die is used to create the male portion of the threads (e.g. the screw). What is used to create the female portion (e.g. the nut)?
Answer: Tap
Question: What was the name of the Federal building destroyed by total asshats Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995?
Answer: Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building
Question: Following the sinking of the USS Maine, April 23, 1898 saw the beginning of what conflict when war was declared on the United States following a 2 day naval blockade of Cuba?
Answer: Spanish-American War
Question: A precursor to today's United Nations, what inter-governmental organization was pushed by President Woodrow Wilson and disbanded itself on April 20, 1946?
Answer: The League of Nations
Question: What TV staple had its debut on April 19, 1987 as a short on The Tracy Ullman Show?
Answer: The Simpsons
Question: What comic strip, created by Lee Falk, tells the story of a line of costumed crime fighters who operate from the fictional African country of Bangalla?
Answer: The Phantom
Question: An erupting volcano in what country has blanketed most of Northern Europe with a layer of ash that is making air travel particularly difficult at the moment?
Answer: Iceland
Question: An official Disney Princess, what is the name of the princess of Agrabah, heroine of the film Aladdin?
Answer: Jasmine
Question: What diet, developed by Dr. Arthur Agatston at the Mount Sinai Medical Center & Miami Heart Institute, focus on foods with a low glycemic index and foods rich in unsaturated fats and omega-3 fatty acids?
Answer: South Beach Diet
Question: Capable of flattening mountains with a single blow, who wields a hammer known as Mjollnir?
Answer: Thor
Question: Which film director, who died today in 1980, directed the films “Marnie”, “Rear Window”, “The Trouble With Harry”, and “Frenzy”, among many others?
Answer: Alfred Hitchcock
Question: The goal of what popular Nintendo game is to navigate through the Mushroom Kingdom on a quest to save Princess Toadstool?
Answer: Super Mario Brothers
Question: What comic strip, created by Mort Walker, tells the tale of a goldbricking US Army private?
Answer: Beetle Bailey
Question: The Treaty of San Francisco, which came into effect on April 28, 1952, officially ended what?
Answer: World War II
Question: May 5, 1925 saw one John T. Scopes of Dayton, TN, charged with violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of what?
Answer: Evolution
Question: Which planet, which received its name on May 1, was named for the Roman god of the underworld, appropriate for such a presumably dark and cold world?
Answer: Pluto
Question: What American author, a founding influence on the school of transcendentalism, is perhaps best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings?
Answer: Henry David Thoreau
Question: “But wait, there’s more!” May 3, 1935 saw the birth of what prolific inventor and marketing personality, known for such products as Mr. Microphone, Showtime Rotisserie, and GLH-9 Hair in a Can spray, among many others?
Answer: Ron Popeil
Question: What name was given to the team consisting of Iron Man, Ant-Man, Wasp, Thor, and the Hulk?
Answer: The Avengers
Question: May 6, 1856 saw the birth of what Austrian neurologist, credited as the father of psychoanalysis?
Answer: Sigmund Freud
Question: What noted author of books such as Bumble-Ardy, Seven Little Monsters, and In the Night Kitchen, among others, died yesterday of complications of a stroke at age 83?
Answer: Maurice Sendak
Question: What famed Yankee, widely regarded as one of the greatest catchers ever, was known for his malapropisms, such as “It ain’t over till it’s over,” and “It’s deja vu all over again”.
Answer: Yogi Berra
Question: Which controversial politician of the 1950s earned the nickname Tail-gunner Joe, from his service during WWII?
Answer: Joseph McCarthy
Question: The 2004 film “The Motorcycle Diaries” was a biopic about what asshat South American revolutionary, who was born on May 14, 1928?
Answer: Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara
Question: What company was operating the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling platform that recently began spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico following an explosion?
Answer: BP
Question: On May 14, 1804, what group broke their winter camp, at Camp DuBois, before heading up the Missouri river to start their 2 1/2 year journey?
Answer: Lewis and Clark
Question: What country was formerly known as Siam until June 23, 1939, and again from 1945 to May 11, 1949?
Answer: Thailand
Question: May 14, 1973 saw the US launch what first ever space station, which orbited the earth for 6 years, even though it was only visited 3 times?
Answer: Skylab
Question: What does the DSM-IV define as: A pervasive pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by four (or more) of the following: (1) avoids occupational activities that involve significant interpersonal contact, because of fears of criticism, disapproval, or rejection (2) is unwilling to get involved with people unless certain of being liked (3) shows restraint within intimate relationships because of the fear of being shamed or ridiculed (4) is preoccupied with being criticized or rejected in social situations (5) is inhibited in new interpersonal situations because of feelings of inadequacy (6) views self as socially inept, personally unappealing, or inferior to others (7) is unusually reluctant to take personal risks or to engage in any new activities because they may prove embarrassing
Answer: Avoidant Personality Disorder
Question: Acting as labor companions, what word, originally meaning female slave in Greek, describes women who gives support and help to a pregnant woman before, during and after childbirth?
Answer: Doula