zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: Name the town in South Central France which has made hard-paste porcelain since 1771.
Answer: LIMOGES
Question: Which North American State has the nickname The Peach State ?
Answer: GEORGIA
Question: Which astronaut, part of the Apollo 12 mission on November 19th 1969 became the 4th person to walk on the moon after Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Pete Conrad ?
Answer: Alan BEAN
Question: Which chemical element, a strong, light metal with the atomic number 22 takes it’s name from the Greek for "First Sons On Earth" ?
Answer: TITANIUM
Question: Ex US President George H W Bush was born in 1924, the same year as which other still living ex US President ?
Answer: JIMMY CARTER
Question: Which was the first English football club that Liverpool legend Bill Shankly managed ?
Answer: CARLISLE UNITED
Question: In which European country are the head-quarters of the telecommunications company Nokia ?
Answer: FINLAND
Question: Which Doctor Who actor did David Bradley play in the recent TV drama An Adventure In Space and Time ?
Answer: WILLIAM HARTNELL
Question: Hansen's disease is another name for which bacterial infection ?
Answer: LEPROSY
Question: Deciduous dentition, seen in children, is better known by what name ?
Answer: MILK TEETH
Question: Which of the territories of Canada has the city of Yellowknife as its capital ?
Answer: THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
Question: In which year did Argentina's Maradona score his infamous 'hand of God' goal?
Answer: 1986
Question: The radio telescope at Jodrell Bank is named after which physicist and astronomer ?
Answer: SIR BERNARD LOVELL
Question: Which city, the largest on the Australian west coast, is the capital of the state of Western Australia ?
Answer: PERTH
Question: Which spirit forms the basis of a Pina Colada cocktail ?
Answer: RUM
Question: What is the longest book in the Old Testament ?
Answer: PSALMS
Question: Which King of England was married to Anne of Bohemia ?
Answer: RICHARD II
Question: In the Bible who was the father of twin sons, Jacob and Esau ?
Answer: ISAAC
Question: Which organ of the body is affected by nephritis ?
Answer: THE KIDNEYS
Question: Which jazz singer was known as 'The King of Hi de Ho' ?
Answer: CAB CALLOWAY
Question: Pashto and Dari are the two official languages of which country ?
Answer: AFGHANISTAN
Question: Which musical is based on the play The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder ?
Answer: HELLO DOLLY
Question: What is a young eel usually called ?
Answer: ELVER
Question: In the Arabian Nights, what was the name of the giant bird of prey supposedly able to carry off elephants ?
Answer: ROC
Question: An orrery is a mechanical device used to illustrate what ?
Answer: SOLAR SYSTEM
Question: What is a cloud of gas and dust called in space ?
Answer: NEBULA
Question: Which Conservative MP resigned as Government Chief Whip after the 'Plebgate' scandal ?
Answer: ANDREW MITCHELL
Question: What is the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury ?
Answer: LAMBETH PALACE
Question: Which Australian marsupial has 3 species, the Common, the Southern Hairy-nosed, and the Northern-Hairy nosed ?
Answer: WOMBAT
Question: On 60's TV who had the nickname 'The Galloping Gourmet'?
Answer: GRAHAM KERR
Question: What part of a crustacean or turtle is the carapace ?
Answer: SHELL
Question: Grossglockner is the highest mountain in which country ?
Answer: AUSTRIA
Question: What's the famous tourist attraction to be found at a castle founded by Cormac McCarthy in County Cork ?
Answer: THE BLARNEY STONE
Question: Which chemical element is named after the Greek for 'hidden one' ?
Answer: KRYPTON
Question: Which sporting venue was known for a time as Billy Williams' Cabbage Patch ?
Answer: TWICKENHAM
Question: Which country has launched its Mars Orbiter spacecraft, also known as Mangalyaan, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre ?
Answer: INDIA
Question: What was the title of the only U.K. No.1 hit for the group The Dave Clark Five ?
Answer: GLAD ALL OVER
Question: Which actor was the first director of the National Theatre ?
Answer: LAURENCE OLIVIER
Question: Which Conservative politician has used the pseudonyms Michael Green and Sebastian Fox in his business life ?
Answer: GRANT SHAPPS
Question: What is the more familiar Biblical name for Lake Tiberias in Israel ?
Answer: SEA OF GALILEE
Question: In the Bible, who was described as "mighty hunter before the lord" ?
Answer: NIMROD
Question: Arthur Thistlewood led which failed conspiracy in 1820 ?
Answer: CATO STREET CONSPIRACY
Question: In which South American country is Mount Chimborazo the highest mountain ?
Answer: ECUADOR
Question: Who introduced the 'New Look' in women's fashion in February 1947 ?
Answer: CHRISTIAN DIOR
Question: On a rail journey from London to Brighton, from which London terminus station do you depart ?
Answer: VICTORIA
Question: Who played the title role in the 1962 Hammer film version of The Phantom of the Opera ?
Answer: HERBERT LOM
Question: Which is the world's largest retailer ?
Answer: WALMART
Question: In which American state was the first atomic bomb detonated ?
Answer: NEW MEXICO
Question: On a rail journey from London to Dover, from which London terminus station do you depart ?
Answer: CHARING CROSS
Question: Which composer married the celebrated pianist Clara Wieck in 1840 ?
Answer: ROBERT SCHUMANN
Question: In a quote often attributed to Mark Twain, which sport is described as 'a good walk spoiled' ?
Answer: GOLF
Question: What is the more formal name for the shinbone ?
Answer: TIBIA
Question: At which fast food chain did British teenagers first start to go out for a hamburger and a coffee in 1955 ?
Answer: WIMPEY
Question: What was the German codename for the proposed invasion of Great Britain in 1940 ?
Answer: OPERATION SEALION
Question: In the Hans Christian Andersen tale, of what were the Emperor's new clothes made ?
Answer: NOTHING
Question: Which metal , with the atomic number 30, is used to coat iron or steel in the galvanizing process ?
Answer: ZINC
Question: Which UK city has the motto Virtute et Industria ?
Answer: BRISTOL
Question: Which member of the Pre - Raphaelite group of artists painted the canvas known as The Scapegoat ?
Answer: (William Holman) HUNT
Question: What's the name of the seven branched candelabrum a traditional symbol of Judaism ?
Answer: MENORAH
Question: Holding the position from 1979 to 1983, who was the first Chancellor Of The Exchequer Under Margaret Thatcher ?
Answer: GEOFFREY HOWE
Question: Holding the position from 1993 to 1997, who was the last Chancellor Of The Exchequer Under Margaret Thatcher ?
Answer: KENNETH CLARKE
Question: What was the name of the treaty that was signed by Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg Netherlands and West Germany on March 25th 1957 that was an international agreement That led to the founding of the EEC ?
Answer: TREATY OF ROME
Question: Which famous American author who lived from 1904 to 1997 had the first christan name Theodor and the surname Geisel ?
Answer: DR SEUSS
Question: Which is the next prime number that is greater than 90 ?
Answer: 97
Question: Published in 1992, which American author wrote the famous book Men Are From Mars Women Are From Venus ?
Answer: John GRAY
Question: Which village in Lincolnshire is home to the aerobatics display team The Red Arrows ?
Answer: SCAMPTON
Question: Which famous song from the musical Oklahoma contains the lyrics "The Corn Is High As An Elephant’s Eye" ?
Answer: OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING
Question: What is the money currency of the country of Hungary ?
Answer: FORINT
Question: In which year was corporal punishment officially banned in British State Schools ?
Answer: 1986
Question: A Long Walk To Freedom, published in 1995 was the autobiography of which famous Political figure ?
Answer: NELSON MANDELA
Question: Which year of the 20th century saw the Iranian Embassy siege in London ?
Answer: 1980
Question: Which year of the 20th century saw the Chernobyl disaster ?
Answer: 1986
Question: Which American TV producer who died in 1987 was responsible for 1960'S TV shows such as "The Untouchables", "The Fugitive" and "The Invaders" ?
Answer: QUINN MARTIN
Question: Which unit of measurement is defined as being exactly 1,852 metres ?
Answer: NAUTICAL MILE
Question: Which was the first English football club to be beaten in a European Cup Final ?
Answer: LEEDS UTD
Question: An arm of the Mediterranean Sea In the Eastern part of which sea can you find the Greek island of Corfu ?
Answer: IONIAN
Question: What nationality was Jules Rimet, the presenter of football's first world cup in 1930 ?
Answer: FRENCH
Question: What nationality is current FIFA President Sepp Blatter ?
Answer: SWISS
Question: The trio The Andrews Sisters consisted of Patty, Maxine and which other ?
Answer: LAVERNE
Question: In Greek mythology, the Titan Mnemosyne was the personification of what ?
Answer: MEMORY
Question: Which British-born aviatrix is credited with being the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic from east to west ?
Answer: BERYL MARKHAM
Question: Coir is the name given to the fibre from which fruit ?
Answer: COCONUT
Question: The Statue of Zeus, sculpted by Phidias , was located at which place in Greece ?
Answer: OLYMPIA
Question: Who is the mother of actress Rachel Stirling ?
Answer: DAME DIANA RIGG
Question: Name the only English monarch to belong to the House of Blois.
Answer: STEPHEN
Question: Which American singer was known as 'The Big O' ?
Answer: ROY ORBISON
Question: From which plant is the Mexican drink tequila distilled ?
Answer: (The blue) AGAVE
Question: How is the plant monstera deliciosa better known ?
Answer: SWISS CHEESE PLANT
Question: Which city hosted the 1976 Summer Olympic Games ?
Answer: MONTREAL
Question: Telly Savalas played the role of Ernst Stavro Blofeld in which James Bond film?
Answer: ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
Question: Which country is home to a train service known as the Ghan ?
Answer: AUSTRALIA
Question: Once known as 'the Jerusalem of the North', which city is the capital of Lithuania ?
Answer: VILNIUS
Question: The character of Beryl the Peril originally appeared in which comic ?
Answer: TOPPER
Question: According to a 16th-century law, what colour must all Venetian gondolas be painted ?
Answer: BLACK
Question: Which scientist became Master of the Royal Mint in 1699 ?
Answer: (SIR) ISAAC NEWTON
Question: Who became prima ballerina at the Maryinsky Theatre in 1906 ?
Answer: (ANNA) PAVLOVA
Question: What kind of animal is a Peruvian cavy ?
Answer: GUINEA PIG
Question: Who was British Prime Minister when Stanley met Livingstone ?
Answer: GLADSTONE
Question: What kind of bridge is the Golden Gate Bridge ?
Answer: SUSPENSION
Question: Which author created the character Hannibal Lecter ?
Answer: THOMAS HARRIS
Question: Which famous actor played the killer of PC Dixon in the film The Blue Lamp?
Answer: DIRK BOGARDE
Question: What name is usually given to the larva of a click beetle ?
Answer: WIREWORM
Question: Who wrote the novel To Kill a Mocking-bird ?
Answer: HARPER LEE
Question: In Norse mythology, what is the hall of the slain known as ?
Answer: VALHALLA
Question: Which Lincolnshire town on the River Trent was at one time England's most inland port being over 55 miles from the North Sea ?
Answer: GAINSBOROUGH
Question: Maddox, Zahara and Pax (adopted) and Shiloh, Knox and Vivienne (natural) are the children of which Hollywood actress ?
Answer: ANGELINA JOLIE
Question: Which 1988 action movie - the first in a series of five - was based on a novel called Nothing lasts forever by Roderick Thorpe ?
Answer: DIE HARD
Question: Of the five Marx brothers who appeared on film, who was the oldest ?
Answer: CHICO
Question: Which city was awarded the 2020 Summer Olympics last month, beating Istanbul and Madrid ?
Answer: TOKYO
Question: Which European capital city was known as Kristiana from 1877 to 1925 ?
Answer: OSLO
Question: What was the stage name of the operatic soprano who was born Helen Porter Mitchell in 1861 ?
Answer: NELLIE MELBA
Question: In which year were TV licences introduced in the UK?
Answer: 1946
Question: In which country are the Sutherland Falls?
Answer: New Zealand
Question: In the US TV comedy show Everybody Loves Raymond, what is Raymond's brother's first name?
Answer: Robert
Question: Which artist painted The Potato Eaters?
Answer: Vincent Van Gogh
Question: In architecture, what is a lancet?
Answer: A window
Question: Which European city had the Roman name Lutetia?
Answer: Paris
Question: What is the green pigment found in most plants that is responsible for absorbing light energy?
Answer: Chlorophyll
Question: In which London pub did Ronnie Kray murder George Cornell?
Answer: The Blind Beggar
Question: What note do orchestras typically tune up to?
Answer: A
Question: What is the bodyguard character played by Kevin Costner in the 1992 film 'The Bodyguard'?
Answer: Frank Farmer
Question: Which European country ceased to be a monarchy in 1910?
Answer: Portugal
Question: Orzo is what type of foodstuff?
Answer: Pasta
Question: The city of Lisbon in Portugal lies on which river?
Answer: The Tagus
Question: Diastema is the medical term for the gap between what in the human body?
Answer: Two teeth
Question: In early UK beer production what is a kiln for drying hops popularly called?
Answer: Oast
Question: In the Bible, who was the sister of Mary and Lazarus?
Answer: Martha
Question: Ben Drew achieved a 2010 number one album fronting which band?
Answer: Plan B
Question: Ehud Barak succeeded Binyamin Netanyahu as prime minister of which country in 1999?
Answer: Israel
Question: What acid occurs naturally in bee and ant venom?
Answer: Formic acid
Question: What number is a hurricane-force storm on the conventional Beaufort Wind Force Scale?
Answer: 12
Question: In Scrabble what points value is a letter K tile?
Answer: Five
Question: The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela is in which country?
Answer: Spain
Question: What is a small lift called which carries food and other goods between floors in a building?
Answer: Dumbwaiter
Question: A narthex is part of which type of building?
Answer: Church
Question: What is the corolla of a flower commonly known as?
Answer: Petals
Question: Who played Claus Von Bulow in the 1990 film Reversal of Fortune?
Answer: Jeremy Irons
Question: Which many-times champion golfer is known as the Golden Bear?
Answer: Jack Nicklaus
Question: What is the reciprocal of one-and-two-thirds (in other words, what fraction when multiplied by one-and-two-thirds produces one)?
Answer: Three-fifths
Question: Which war was the subject of the 1978 film The Deerhunter?
Answer: Vietnam War
Question: Which day of the week is named after the Norse god of thunder?
Answer: Thursday
Question: The mineral and ore pitchblende is rich in what radioactive element, after which it is now named?
Answer: Uranium
Question: Bianca is the younger sister of Katherina in which Shakespeare comedy play?
Answer: The Taming of the Shrew
Question: On which island was Nelson Mandela incarcerated for 27 years, from 1962-90?
Answer: Robben Island
Question: Who is generally considered to have invented the first electric battery cell in 1800?
Answer: Alessandro Volta
Question: Which spice comes from the rhizome (root-stalk) of the plant Zingaber Officionale?
Answer: Ginger
Question: In which famous building are rooms named Vermeil, China, Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow Oval?
Answer: The Whitehouse
Question: How many people (as at 2010) have walked on the moon?
Answer: 12
Question: It is now generally accepted that the human tongue can detect how many basic tastes?
Answer: 5
Question: How many rooms are on the Cluedo game board?
Answer: 9
Question: Pop star Wyclef Jean was a potential but unsuccessful 2010 presidential candidate in which country?
Answer: Haiti
Question: Yitzhak Rabin was the prime minister of which country between 1974 and 1977?
Answer: Israel
Question: What was the nickname of the Parliamentary supporters during the mid 17th century English Civil War?
Answer: Roundheads
Question: What is the title of the fourth Dirty Harry film, starring Clint Eastwood?
Answer: Sudden Impact
Question: Which US president greeted astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin when they got back from the moon?
Answer: Richard Nixon
Question: Bruxism is the medical term for the involuntary habitual grinding of what?
Answer: Teeth
Question: Which common material was invented by Marc Chavannes and Alfred Fielding in 1957 initially as textured wallpaper?
Answer: Bubble-wrap
Question: Holes in a standard round of golf?
Answer: 18
Question: Total dots on a die?
Answer: 21
Question: Days of the average human menstrual cycle?
Answer: 28
Question: Lines traditionally in a sonnet?
Answer: 14
Question: Whole miles in a marathon running event?
Answer: 26
Question: American Presidents assassinated in office?
Answer: 4
Question: Which London Underground line serves Heathrow Airport?
Answer: Piccadilly
Question: Burley is which type of crop?
Answer: Tobacco
Question: In March 2010 artist Spencer Tunick arranged and photographed 5,200 what in front of Sydney Opera House?
Answer: Naked people
Question: Luke Rinehart's cult 1971 novel is called The 'what?' Man?
Answer: Dice
Question: What element, with zirconium, forms the compound zirconia, which is used to make synthetic diamonds?
Answer: Oxygen
Question: What is a brief period of time and a turning effect produced by a force?
Answer: Moment
Question: What chemical element is a pure diamond?
Answer: Carbon
Question: William Van Allan designed which New York building - the tallest brick building in the world in 1930?
Answer: The Chrysler Building
Question: Diacetylmorphine is the technical term for which drug?
Answer: Heroin
Question: How many imperial gallons are in an imperial peck?
Answer: Two
Question: In the human body what is the Trachea?
Answer: Windpipe
Question: What does an acrophobic fear?
Answer: Heights
Question: What colours are the flowers of the flax plant?
Answer: Blue
Question: When is St Patrick's Day celebrated?
Answer: 17th March
Question: In what year were dog licences abolished in England?
Answer: 1987
Question: What type of creature is a mouthbrooder?
Answer: Fish
Question: Who wrote the opera Cosi fan Tutte?
Answer: Mozart
Question: Olfactory relates to which of the senses?
Answer: Smell
Question: How many players does an American Football team normally have on the field at one time?
Answer: Eleven
Question: In March 1971, who defeated boxer Muhammad Ali at Madison Square Garden?
Answer: Joe Frazier
Question: Mutter is the Indian term for which type of foodstuff?
Answer: Peas
Question: The Abominable Snowman is said to inhabit which mountain range?
Answer: Himalayas
Question: An aileron is found on which part of an aircraft?
Answer: Wing
Question: Whose memoir 'Decision Points' was published in late 2010?
Answer: George W Bush
Question: In anatomy, the dorsum is better known as which part of the body?
Answer: Back
Question: In 1947, who was the first person to break the sound barrier?
Answer: Chuck Yeager
Question: What colour is the flower of the milk thistle?
Answer: Purple
Question: Which European airport has the code name LHR?
Answer: London Heathrow
Question: What is the process in which hair and small blemishes are removed from the body by the application of heat using electric current?
Answer: Electrolysis
Question: What was the tribe of ancient Britons of Eastern England whose queen was Boudica (Boadicea)?
Answer: Iceni
Question: What food has the varieties Elstar, Almata and Cortland?
Answer: Apple
Question: What is the play by Shakespeare featuring the court jester Touchstone?
Answer: As You Like It
Question: A hazzan, or chazzan, leads the congregation in songful prayer in which religion?
Answer: Jewish
Question: French farmer's wife, Marie Harel, reputedly invented which cheese in 1791?
Answer: Camembert
Question: Which southern central US state, whose capital city has the same name, was the last to recognize Christmas as an official holiday?
Answer: Oklahoma
Question: The surname Chandler derives from the making or selling of what?
Answer: Candles
Question: Name the long-standing Rwanda president in the news during 2010 after human rights criticisms?
Answer: Paul Kagame
Question: What was Tony McCoy's winning mount in the 2010 Grand National?
Answer: Don't Push It
Question: The 1600cc Thunderbird, voted 2010 Bike of the Year in the USA, is made by which iconic motorbike manufacturer?
Answer: Triumph
Question: British Airways announced a merger with which other airline in 2010?
Answer: Iberia
Question: Name the US general and commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan sacked by Barack Obama in 2010?
Answer: Stanley McChrystal
Question: Name the sixteen year old Australian who completed her (claimed youngest ever) round-the-world sailing in May 2010?
Answer: Jessica Watson
Question: Who in May 1935 for Boston Braves played his last career baseball game?
Answer: Babe Ruth
Question: Who was the first British-born chef, and at the time the youngest ever, to win three Michelin Stars?
Answer: Marco Pierre White
Question: Who captained England's last Ashes winning cricket team in Australia prior to their 2010 victory?
Answer: Mike Gatting
Question: By which other name (alias) was the American outlaw Robert LeRoy Parker better known?
Answer: Butch Cassidy
Question: What is a filbert nut more commonly called, from the name of the tree bearing it?
Answer: Hazelnut
Question: On a western-style Qwerty keyboard, what number shares the key with the % symbol?
Answer: 5
Question: In which country was astronomer and scientist Nicolaus Copernicus born?
Answer: Poland
Question: Astigmatism affects which part of the human body?
Answer: Eye
Question: In April 1940, author and political leader Booker T Washington became the first African American to be depicted on an American what?
Answer: Postage stamp
Question: The village of Tolpuddle, the home of the 19th century Tolpuddle Martyrs, is in which English county?
Answer: Dorset
Question: In 2011 the notorious ex-dictator Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier returned to and was arrested in which country?
Answer: Haiti
Question: Which fish is known in the British fishing industry as 'Silver Darlings'?
Answer: Herring
Question: In which year was the first British vehicle registration issued?
Answer: 1903
Question: Who was British ex-prime minister Tony Blair's press secretary and influential strategist?
Answer: Alistair Campbell
Question: Claret wine comes from which wine region of France?
Answer: Bordeaux
Question: Brougham, Hackney, Buckboard, and Phaeton are horse-drawn vehicles with how many wheels each?
Answer: Four
Question: Who beat Andy Murray in final of the Australian Open tennis championship in January 2011?
Answer: Novak Djokovic
Question: Which British film secured the most Oscar nominations, and top commendation at the Directors Guild of American Awards, in January 2011?
Answer: The King's Speech
Question: Bayern is the German name for which region of Germany?
Answer: Bavaria
Question: The Middle Eastern dish falafel or felafel usually contains onions, parsley, coriander and what main ingredient?
Answer: Chickpeas
Question: Where did Panama hats originate?
Answer: Ecuador
Question: How many people were in the band The Thompson Twins?
Answer: Three
Question: What is the main ingredient of the dish Welsh Rabbit?
Answer: Cheese
Question: In what continent did camels first evolve?
Answer: North America
Question: What is the lead in a lead pencil made from?
Answer: Graphite
Question: What is the foodstuff head cheese made from?
Answer: Meat
Question: What type of insect is a velvet ant?
Answer: Wasp
Question: What creatures are the Canary Islands named after?
Answer: Dogs
Question: What colour is a (male) purple finch?
Answer: Red
Question: Hatha, Jnana, Bhakti and Karma are all branches of which activity?
Answer: Yoga
Question: In British politics, what is the only one of the 'Four Great Offices of State' never (at at Feb 2011) held by a woman?
Answer: Chancellor of the Exchequer
Question: Which European capital city is known as 'Pearl of the Danube'?
Answer: Budapest
Question: Galena is the primary ore mineral of which metal?
Answer: Lead
Question: In which African country is the town of Lassa, where Lassa fever was first identified?
Answer: Nigeria