zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: Who was the director of the 1997 blackbuster film Titanic?
Answer: James CAMERON
Question: What is the name of the strait that separates Tasmania from the south of the Australian mainland, specifically the state of Victoria?
Answer: BASS Strait
Question: Which North West football club have won the FA Cup on two occasions, the years in question being 1900 and 1903?
Answer: BURY
Question: Born in Cork in Ireland on July 26th 1927 what was the more famous name of the TV entertainer Daniel Patrick Carroll?
Answer: DANNY LA RUE
Question: On which English motorway can you find services called Heston, Membury and Leigh Delamere?
Answer: M4
Question: What is the christian name of the title character in the 1857 novel Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens?
Answer: AMY
Question: Which American author, born in 1922, wrote the novel "Slaughterhouse Five" in 1969?
Answer: Kurt VONNEGUT
Question: Which book of the Old Testament contains the story of the plagues of Egypt?
Answer: EXODUS
Question: Created by Arthur Conan Doyle, what is the christian name of the famous character, professor Moriarty?
Answer: JAMES
Question: Which isolated British island is half way between Easter Island and Tahiti?
Answer: PITCAIRN ISLAND
Question: Which Oasis album became a million seller within days of its release in 1997?
Answer: BE HERE NOW
Question: Which popular TV series of the 1960s and 1970s developed from an earlier programme called Police Surgeon?
Answer: THE AVENGERS
Question: What is the name of the theatre in Scarborough which has staged the premieres of Alan Ayckbourn's plays?
Answer: STEPHEN JOSEPH
Question: The Swaythling Cup for men and the Corbillon Cup for women are the World Team Championships in which racket sport?
Answer: TABLE TENNIS
Question: In the Bible, which son of Cush and grandson of Ham is described as 'a mighty hunter before the Lord'?
Answer: NIMROD
Question: Which car manufacturer produced models including the XJS and the E-type?
Answer: JAGUAR
Question: Which highly alcoholic spirit, historically referred to as 'the green fairy' was linked with Bohemian culture?
Answer: ABSINTHE
Question: In films, which actress was the object of the original King Kong's affections?
Answer: FAY WRAY
Question: Which writer coined the phrase 'Serendipity' to denote the faculty of making lucky and unexpected finds by accident?
Answer: HORACE WALPOLE
Question: Which planet's two largest moons have the suitably watery names of Triton and Nereid?
Answer: NEPTUNE
Question: Of the eight British kings called Henry, which one had the longest reign?
Answer: HENRY III
Question: In which Dutch town or city will you find the Peace Palace?
Answer: THE HAGUE
Question: What name, from the Greek for 'in low relief', is given to a plain white wallpaper with a raised pattern which can be painted over?
Answer: ANAGLYPTA
Question: What name is given to the type of wallpaper produced by applying wool fibres to the paper to give a velvety surface?
Answer: FLOCK
Question: Composed by Eric Coates, what is the title of the signature tune of Radio 4's Desert Island Discs?
Answer: BY THE SLEEPY LAGOON
Question: Which stately home in Derbyshire was once described as "more glass than wall"?
Answer: HARDWICK HALL
Question: What term used in the USA to describe a piebald horse means 'painted' in Spanish?
Answer: PINTO
Question: Which British boxer was involved in a fracas with Derek Chisora at a press conference in Munich in 2012?
Answer: DAVID HAYE
Question: What was the name of the government payment that was replaced in 1975 by 'Child Benefit'?
Answer: FAMILY ALLOWANCE
Question: What is the alternative title of the WH Auden poem which begins 'Stop all the clocks ....'?
Answer: FUNERAL BLUES
Question: In Which We Serve, This Happy Breed and Brief Encounter are early films by which director?
Answer: DAVID LEAN
Question: Which American composer was working on the music for a film called The Goldwyn Follies at the time of his death in 1937 ?
Answer: GEORGE GERSHWIN
Question: Na is the chemical substance for which element used in the manufacture of soap?
Answer: SODIUM
Question: Peter Parker was the secret identity of which super-hero of TV and big-screen?
Answer: SPIDERMAN
Question: The Willets, The Vardens and The Chesters are all families that appear in which Charles Dickens novel?
Answer: BARNABY RUDGE
Question: What is the name of the notorious villain who, in 1996, fled to Spain after killing a fellow motorist named Stephen Cameron following an altercation near the M25 motorway?
Answer: KENNETH NOYE
Question: Who won the 2010 Man-Booker Prize with the novel The Finkler Question ?
Answer: HOWARD JACOBSON
Question: Edward Fairfax Rochester is a character in which 19th century novel?
Answer: JANE EYRE
Question: Which 1975 film features a boat called the Orca ?
Answer: JAWS
Question: Which 1981 film features a suave French villain named Belloq?
Answer: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
Question: 'Fair Maid of February' was a once popular name for which small, white flower?
Answer: SNOWDROP
Question: What type of leaf forms the bulk of a silkworm's diet?
Answer: MULBERRY
Question: Which two word term is commonly used to describe a cocktail consisting of vodka and tomato juice?
Answer: BLOODY MARY
Question: Which year of the 20th century saw the deaths of Linda McCartney, Frank Sinatra, Catherine Cookson and Justin Fashanu?
Answer: 1998
Question: Which British comedian, now aged 56, played the role of a bingo hall manager named Ray Temple in a BBC1 series called "Eyes Down" in 2003 and 2004
Answer: PAUL O'GRADY
Question: Wikipedia is a familiar internet website, but specifically which film is the subject of the website Wookieepedia?
Answer: STAR WARS
Question: In Greek mythology, what was the name of the three headed dog that guards the gates of the Underworld?
Answer: CERBERUS
Question: What was the famous name of English singer Terence Edward Parsons? Born in 1930, he once represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Answer: MATT MONRO
Question: Which actor played the role of Julius Caesar in the 1963 film "Cleopatra"?
Answer: REX HARRISON
Question: In the Old testament which book follows Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers?
Answer: DEUTERONOMY
Question: What is the name of the curved knife traditionally used by Gurkha soldiers?
Answer: KUKRI
Question: In which range of mountains are the two highest peaks Aconcagua and Ojos Del Salado?
Answer: THE ANDES
Question: Which is England's most southerly mainland city?
Answer: TRURO
Question: Lansing is the capital of which US state?
Answer: MICHIGAN
Question: Richard Wayne Penniman is the real name of which famous singer who was born on December 5th 1932?
Answer: LITTLE RICHARD
Question: Walden Robert Cassotto was the real name of which famous singer who died in December 1973 aged 37?
Answer: BOBBY DARIN
Question: What eight letter word do americans use to call what we British call a dressing gown?
Answer: BATHROBE
Question: What type of bird is a 'Silver Trumpeter'?
Answer: SWAN
Question: A skillet is an alternative name for which cooking item?
Answer: FRYING PAN
Question: In mythology, what was the name of the Greek Goddess of Wisdom?
Answer: ATHENA
Question: Dubris is the Roman name for which coastal town in England?
Answer: DOVER
Question: What was the name of the horse ridden by Herbert Jones that trampled and killed suffragette Emily Davison during the 1913 Derby?
Answer: ANMER
Question: Which film starring Dustin Hoffman won the award for Best Picture Oscar for 1969?
Answer: MIDNIGHT COWBOY
Question: Stretching a total of 264 miles, which is New Zealand's longest river?
Answer: WAIKATO
Question: Maggie Pollit and her husband Brick were the central characters in which classic play and later film
Answer: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
Question: In which battle of 1403 was Henry Percy, known as Hotspur, killed?
Answer: SHREWSBURY
Question: The film director Oliver Stone won 2 "Best Director" oscars. His first in 1987 was for "Platoon". His second, in 1990, was for what film?
Answer: BORN ON THE 4th OF JULY
Question: Who was the East German leader tried for high treason in 1993?
Answer: Erich HONECKER
Question: At the recent Cheltenham festival, the horse "Bob's Worth" won the Cheltenham Gold cup. Who trains this horse ?
Answer: NICKY HENDERSON
Question: What was the Roman name for Ireland ?
Answer: HIBERNIA
Question: Who wrote the opera "Les Troyens" ?
Answer: BERLIOZ
Question: In Italy, if you were served "Pomodori", what foodstuff would you be about to eat ?
Answer: TOMATOES
Question: Who wrote the opera "Dido and Aeneas" ?
Answer: PURCELL
Question: Which Irish actor, born in Dublin, starred in the movies "in Bruges" "Fright Night" and "Total Recall" ?
Answer: COLIN FARRELL
Question: The trilogy of comedy plays known as "The Norman Conquests" were written by which playwright ?
Answer: ALAN AYCKBOURN
Question: When asked about the role of Prime Minister, which 20th century prime minister replied "The main essentials required for this job are sleep and a sense of history" ?
Answer: HAROLD WILSON
Question: Which female singer had a number 1 hit record with "I'll never fall in love again"which topped the charts in August 1969 ?
Answer: BOBBY GENTRY
Question: Rugby union - for which club team do England internationals Care, Easter and Robshaw play ?
Answer: HARLEQUINS
Question: In 1862, the Guinness company adopted the harp as its' advertising logo. From 1935 till 1982 what creature was adopted as the main Guinness advertising symbol, becoming as synonymous with Guinness as the harp?
Answer: TOUCAN
Question: In what decade was the Scottish National party founded ?
Answer: 1930's
Question: Which name links that of a cricket commentator with a Bond villain?
Answer: BLOFELD
Question: Selcuk (pronounced SELCHOOK) - a Turkish town, is home to one of the seven ancient wonders of the world. What was the city's name in ancient times?
Answer: EPHESUS
Question: Bodrum - a Turkish town, is home to one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. What was its name in ancient times?
Answer: HALICARNASSUS
Question: Bourbon whiskey is named after a county in which US state?
Answer: KENTUCKY
Question: Who was the chief executive of Barclays bank who resigned in July 2012 after Barclays had been severely fined for fixing LIBOR rates ?
Answer: BOB DIAMOND
Question: Which poet laureate wrote the poems "Mount Zion", "New bats in old belfries" and "A nip in the air" ?
Answer: JOHN BETJEMAN
Question: In the classic TV comedy series 'Men Behaving Badly', what were the first names of the to men ?
Answer: GARY AND TONY
Question: What is the world's largest poisonous snake, at up to 5 metres long ?
Answer: KING COBRA
Question: Tennis - Who was the first black person to win a Wimbledon championship, in 1957 ?
Answer: ALTHEA GIBSON
Question: Which group won the BRIT award for "Best British single record" in the years 1993, 1994 and 1996 ?
Answer: TAKE THAT
Question: What is the name of the substance obtained from the dried bladders of fish, used in brewing and wine-making ?
Answer: ISINGLASS
Question: In which Eastern Mediterranean country is the city of Tyre ?
Answer: LEBANON
Question: Which 30 year old pop diva gave birth to daughter called Blue Ivy Carter on 7th January 2012 ?
Answer: BEYONCE
Question: Released last month, People, Hell and Angels is a posthumous album made up of songs recorded by which artist in 1969 ?
Answer: JIMI HENDRIX
Question: Which British pop star was born Jessica Ellen Cornish on March 27th 1988?
Answer: JESSIE J
Question: In which city was London Mayor, Boris Johnson born ? Was it New York, Calcutta or Warsaw ?
Answer: NEW YORK
Question: In which South African city is the Wanderers test ground ?
Answer: JOHANNESBURG
Question: Which colour is on the left of the three colours on the flag of Italy ?
Answer: GREEN
Question: Which two-word name is given to INVICTA, the symbol of Kent ?
Answer: WHITE HORSE
Question: How many times per second does mains electricity change from positive to negative ?
Answer: 50
Question: In which decade of the 20th century did Emile Gagnan and Jacques Cousteau develop and first sell their aqualung now more commonly called Scuba gear ?
Answer: 1940s
Question: Which common piece of medical equipment is named from two Greek words for "chest" and "to look at" ?
Answer: STETHOSCOPE
Question: Which English music hall performer, who died in 1952, is probably best remembered for his 1922 song The Laughung Policeman?
Answer: CHARLES PENROSE
Question: In which US state can you find the area named "The Valley of the 10,000 Smokes"?
Answer: ALASKA
Question: How many canonical gospels are there in the New Testament?
Answer: FOUR
Question: In which Scottish castle was Mary Stuart crowned Queen of Scots in 1543?
Answer: STIRLING
Question: Which British military institution has the motto; "Serve To Lead"?
Answer: SANDHURST
Question: In the forthcoming trilogy of films based on Tolkien's The Hobbit , which British actor plays Bilbo Baggins ?
Answer: MARTIN FREEMAN
Question: What's the name of King Lear's eldest daughter in the Shakespeare play ?
Answer: GONERIL
Question: Which actor plays the villain, Silva, in the 2012 James Bond film Skyfall ?
Answer: JAVIER BARDEM
Question: Which farm dog watches over the home of Shaun the Sheep ?
Answer: BITZER
Question: Which James Bond film features two female bodyguards named Bambi and Thumper ?
Answer: DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
Question: What is the nautical term bosun short for ?
Answer: BOATSWAIN
Question: Which cast member played the piano in the original Beyond the Fringe satirical revue of the early Sixties ?
Answer: DUDLEY MOORE
Question: In 1960 , Alberto Korda took an iconic photograph of which revolutionary leader ?
Answer: CHE GUEVERA
Question: The drug digitalis comes from which plant ?
Answer: FOXGLOVE
Question: Sean Connery's first Oscar was awarded for his role in which film ?
Answer: THE UNTOUCHABLES
Question: Who exercises power in a stratocracy ?
Answer: THE MILITARY
Question: On which island did the actor Oliver Reed die in 1999 ?
Answer: MALTA
Question: Even though he only lasted for three weeks, who succeeded Adolph Hitler as President of Germany in 1945 ?
Answer: (Karl) DONITZ
Question: Which Englishman was the very first footballer to score a goal for Liverpool in a European Cup Final, the year in question being 1977 ?
Answer: TERRY McDERMOTT
Question: What was the name of the husband and manager of TV star Cilla Black who died in 1999, ending over 30 years of marriage ?
Answer: BOBBY WILLIS
Question: Bamako is the capital of which country ?
Answer: MALI
Question: Which motorway links the cities of Leicester and Coventry ?
Answer: M69
Question: In which city was singer Gene Pitney found dead by his tour manager on April 5th, 2006 ?
Answer: CARDIFF
Question: Where in the human body can you find the Trapezium bone ?
Answer: WRIST
Question: On a standard London Monopoly board which is the most expensive of the Orange properties, costing £200 to purchase?
Answer: VINE STREET
Question: Who was the last Englishman to score in a Champion's League Final?
Answer: WAYNE ROONEY
Question: Taking place in 1644, the Battle of Marston Moor took place in which English county?
Answer: YORKSHIRE
Question: Native to America, what type of creature is a 'Bobolink'?
Answer: BIRD
Question: Which two word titled film of 1971 sees Barry Newman as a car delivery seviceman named Kowalski who takes control of a 1970 Dodge Challenger car to take him from Colorado to San Francisco?
Answer: VANISHING POINT
Question: Which cricket county finished runners-up to champions Warwickshire this year, despite losing only one match all season in Division One?
Answer: SOMERSET
Question: What C was the Christian name of Mr Rolls, founder of the car company Rolls Royce?
Answer: CHARLES
Question: In which series of books, first published in 1942, did many of the adventures take place on Kirrin Island?
Answer: THE FAMOUS FIVE
Question: Which ex snooker world champion died on July 24th 2010 aged 61 ?
Answer: ALEX HIGGINS
Question: What is the name of the girlfriend of Bill Sykes who he murders in the Dickens novel 'Oliver Twist'?
Answer: NANCY
Question: Which vegetable is usually mixed with potatoes to make the Irish dish, Colcannon?
Answer: CABBAGE
Question: How many masts does the vessel known as a Ketch have?
Answer: TWO
Question: Who was the first woman in space, a feat she achieved in June 1963?
Answer: (Valentina) TERESHKOVA
Question: In which year did the Bank of England 10 shilling note cease to be legal tender?
Answer: 1970
Question: Which Englich king was the father of the two boys known as 'The Princes in the Tower'?
Answer: EDWARD IV
Question: In the pop music world whose nickname is 'Madge'?
Answer: MADONNA
Question: Kashmir is a classic track on a 1975 album by which British rock band?
Answer: LED ZEPPELIN
Question: In the novel by Jules Verne , where did the expedition , led by Professor Linden-brock , set out to reach ?
Answer: CENTRE OF THE EARTH
Question: If a dish were to be described as ' du lapin ' in a French restaurant , what animal's meat should it contain ?
Answer: RABBIT
Question: Which actor's last TV appearance before his death in 1985 was as Daniel Reece in Dynasty ?
Answer: ROCK HUDSON
Question: Who in the Bible's Book of Judges is the son of Manoah ?
Answer: SAMSON
Question: What rank does an officer in the British Army hold who wears the insignia of a crown and two stars on his shoulder straps ?
Answer: COLONEL
Question: Which was the second bridge to be built over the Thames in central London?
Answer: WESTMINSTER
Question: Which reptile's name comes from the Spanish ' el lagarto ' , meaning ' the lizard ' ?
Answer: ALLIGATOR
Question: Which bridge in central London was originally known as the Strand Bridge when opened in 1817 ?
Answer: WATERLOO
Question: Which music hall star was known as "The Cheeky Chappie"?
Answer: MAX MILLER
Question: Which native American tribe were also known as the Dakota?
Answer: SIOUX
Question: Which horse, the 1977 Grand National winner, was owned by Fred Pontin?
Answer: SPECIFY
Question: Who succeeded to the English throne in 1422 at the age of nine months?
Answer: HENRY VI
Question: Who is the only U.S. President to have been divorced?
Answer: RONALD REAGAN
Question: Which famous film actor, singer, music composer and author provided the voice of Shere Khan the tiger in the 1967 Disney animated film The Jungle Book ?
Answer: GEORGE SANDERS
Question: What is the name of the all female Russian punk band that in 2012 were jailed for two Years for staging an anti Vladimir Putin protest in a Moscow Cathedral ?
Answer: PUSSY RIOT
Question: In which children’s comic did the character "Roy Of The Rovers" first appear in September 1954 ?
Answer: THE TIGER
Question: Deborah Kerr played the female lead in the film version of which musical ?
Answer: THE KING AND I
Question: In Greek mythology, who rejected the nymph Echo who pined away until only her voice was left ?
Answer: NARCISSUS
Question: When Lord Salisbury left office as Prime Minister in 1902, he was succeeded by his nephew. Who was that ?
Answer: ARTHUR BALFOUR
Question: In 1860, which Englishman invented an electric lamp some time before Edison registered his patent for the same device ?
Answer: (SIR JOSEPH) SWAN
Question: Which British rock group had a 1970 No.1 hit with In the Summertime ?
Answer: MUNGO JERRY
Question: Curacao, off the Venezuelan coast, is a constituent country of which European kingdom ?
Answer: NETHERLANDS
Question: What type of pie is particularly associated with American Thanksgiving dinners?
Answer: PUMPKIN PIE
Question: Which sharp-tasting red fruit is used to make a sauce popular at Xmas and at Thanksgiving dinners ?
Answer: CRANBERRY
Question: The four bronze lions that surround Nelson's column in Trafalgar Square were sculpted by which British artist ?
Answer: (Sir Edwin) LANDSEER
Question: Which sporting event, first held in July 1903, was the idea of Geo Lefevre, a journalist on L'Auto newspaper ?
Answer: TOUR DE FRANCE
Question: In the coalition government who is the Business Secretary ?
Answer: VINCE CABLE
Question: Which character in a novel by Charles Dickens lived at Satis House ?
Answer: MISS HAVISHAM
Question: In which Italian region is the port and city of Genoa located ?
Answer: LIGURIA
Question: In which region of Italy is the city of Turin ?
Answer: PIEDMONT
Question: Which city is called Baile Atha Cliath in its native language ?
Answer: DUBLIN
Question: What was the name of the Benedictine monk who became the first Archbishop of Canterbury ?
Answer: ST AUGUSTINE
Question: What was the title of the only UK No. 1 hit for Dusty Springfield ?
Answer: YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME
Question: In the Muppett shows, what is the name of Kermit the Frog's nephew ?
Answer: ROBIN
Question: Which area of Czechoslovakia was transferred to Germany after the Munich conference of September 1938 ?
Answer: SUDETENLAND
Question: In 1956, who became the first European Footballer of the Year ?
Answer: (Sir) STANLEY MATTHEWS
Question: What is the star sign for the 1st August ?
Answer: LEO
Question: In the George Orwell novel Animal Farm, what sort of animal was Napoleon ?
Answer: PIG
Question: Which piece of classical music was heard at the beginning of the Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey ?
Answer: ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA
Question: Which Yorkshire model village is named after its founder, Victorian industrialist Titis Salt, and a local river ?
Answer: SALTAIRE
Question: In which year did rank outsider Foinavon unexpectedly win the Grand National?
Answer: 1967
Question: In Greek mythology, which Titan supported the sky on his shoulders ?
Answer: ATLAS
Question: Of which artistic movement was Aubrey Beardsley a leading member ?
Answer: THE AESTHETIC MOVEMENT
Question: The Minoan civilization was based on which island ?
Answer: CRETE
Question: What is the Australian equivalent of the mythical beast known in the U.S. as Bigfoot and in the Himalayas as the yeti ?
Answer: THE YOWIE
Question: What is a more familiar name for deuterium oxide ?
Answer: HEAVY WATER
Question: Which Northern English city has districts called Manningham, Heaton and Little Horton ?
Answer: BRADFORD
Question: If you were to order Rochebaron in a French restaurant, which food would you be served ?
Answer: CHEESE
Question: Marion Crane was the name of the leading female character of which famous film of The 1960’s ?
Answer: PSYCHO
Question: Who was editor of the News Of The World newspaper at the time of it’s closure ?
Answer: COLIN MYLER
Question: What is the money currency of the country of Croatia ?
Answer: KUNA
Question: Who was executed in 1953 at Wandsworth Prison for the murder of Police Constable Sidney Miles ?
Answer: DEREK BENTLEY
Question: Which 1974 novel by Frederick Forsyth features a small group of African and European mercenary soldiers hired by a British industrialist to depose the government of the fictional African country of Zangaro ?
Answer: THE DOGS OF WAR
Question: On how many occasions did John McEnroe win the men's singles title at Wimbledon ?
Answer: THREE
Question: In the human body, what seven letter word describes the loss of the sense of taste ?
Answer: AGEUSIA
Question: Sixty three year old Sebastian Pinera is the current president of which South American country ?
Answer: CHILE
Question: Which football club have appeared in 13 FA Cup finals, winning five and losing eight their first final appearance was in 1893 ?
Answer: EVERTON
Question: Which football club have appeared in 14 FA Cup finals, winning seven and losing seven. Their first final appearance was in 1914 ?
Answer: LIVERPOOL
Question: Which Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland who was born in 1626 had The nickname 'Tumbledown Dick' ?
Answer: RICHARD CROMWELL
Question: Which actor played the role of Tom The Policeman, one of the travelling companions of Dr Who in the 1966 film Daleks Invasion Earth 2150 AD ?
Answer: BERNARD CRIBBINS
Question: Made in July 2006, which city saw US President George W Bush famously say the words ‘Yo Blair, how are you doing‘ at a G8 meeting ?
Answer: ST PETERSBURG
Question: Which stage show with music by Claude  Michael Schonberg ends with an emotional song entitled 'Do You Hear The People Sing' ?
Answer: LES MISERABLES
Question: In the Spanish language, what sort of meat is jamon ?
Answer: HAM