zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: What American folk hero, steel drivin' man that he is, is best known for having raced against a steam powered hammer and won?
Answer: John Henry
Question: Active from 1973 to the present, what Bellevue based sisters front the rock band Heart?
Answer: Ann and Nancy Wilson
Question: Who was convicted of the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr?
Answer: James Earl Ray
Question: Which U.S. President was first Secretary of State, then vice president before finally holding the office of president, the only man to hold all 3 offices?
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
Question: On Feb 20, 1962, aboard Friendship 7, which astronaut became the first from the US to orbit the earth, a feat he repeated 36 years later?
Answer: John Glenn
Question: The counterpart of the Greek god Eros, what Roman god is frequently depicted toting a bow and arrow?
Answer: Cupid
Question: What science fiction author, author of the Dune series, among others, was born in Tacoma and attended the University of Washington?
Answer: Frank Herbert
Question: Played by the late Earl Hindman, what was the name of Tim's wise neighbor on the TV show Home Improvement?
Answer: Wilson W. Wilson, Jr.
Question: Today marks the anniversary of one of the most the iconic moments in US history when US marines (and a Navy corpsman), raised a flag on top of Mt Suribachi, during the WWII battle for which island?
Answer: Iwo Jima
Question: Also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, who was assassinated on Feb 21, 1965 in Manhattan's Audubon Ballroom, during a meeting of the Organization of Afro-American Unity?
Answer: Malcom X
Question: What disorder is defined in DSM IV by: (1)Repeated theft of objects that are unnecessary for either personal use or monetary value. (2)Increasing tension immediately before the theft. (3)Pleasure or relief upon committing the theft. (4)The theft is not motivated by anger or vengeance, and is not caused by a delusion or hallucination. (5)The behavior is not better accounted for by a conduct disorder , manic episode , or antisocial personality disorder.
Answer: Kleptomania
Question: 21 years ago today, supreme Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini offered a $3 million bounty for the death of what British author of The Satanic Verses?
Answer: Salman Rushdie
Question: Area 51 is a supposed hotbed of alien activity. In what US state is it located?
Answer: Nevada
Question: 10:54 am on February 28 of what year saw Seattle rocked by an earthquake that measured 6.8 on the MMS scale?
Answer: 2001
Question: George Holliday famously videotaped the LAPD violating the civil rights of whom, on March 3, 1991?
Answer: Rodney King
Question: Sunday saw the Seattle Mariners play their first spring training game. In what Arizona city do they have their training camp?
Answer: Peoria
Question: Although born Claudia Alta Taylor, by what name is President Lyndon Johnson's first lady better known as?
Answer: Lady Bird Johnson
Question: March 2, 1904 marked the birth of one Theodore Geisel, best remembered as what famed literary genius?
Answer: Dr Seuss
Question: The US lead the world in winning medals at this years winter Olympics. Which country came in next?
Answer: Germany
Question: March 9, 1959 saw the introduction of the Barbie doll at the American International Toy Fair in New York. What company produces the Barbie doll?
Answer: Mattel
Question: On March 4th 1918, the first known case in the US of which pandemic was observed at Fort Riley, Kansas?
Answer: Spanish Flu
Question: Accounting for up to 25% of the yearly sales, what is the most popular Girl Scout cookie sold?
Answer: Thin Mints
Question: The 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo officially ended what 2 year long war?
Answer: Mexican-American war
Question: American author William Sydney Porter, known for his wit, wordplay, and clever twist endings, wrote under what famous pseudonym while in prison for embezzlement?
Answer: O. Henry
Question: Based in Seattle, the TV show Fraiser was a spinoff of what long running series?
Answer: Cheers
Question: His nickname having come from his dog, what is Indiana Jones's real first name?
Answer: Henry
Question: What state, known as The Mother of Presidents, was the 10th state to join the Union, on June 25, 1788?
Answer: Virginia
Question: First commercially available as a toothbrush (1938), Nylon is a thermoplastic material trademarked by what company?
Answer: DuPont
Question: Known as the Thane of Fife, what character does Macduff kill in the final act of a famous play by William Shakespeare?
Answer: Macbeth
Question: March 23, 1775 saw what revolutionary hero deliver his famous “give me liberty, or give me death!” speech at St. John’s church in Richmond, Virginia?
Answer: Patrick Henry
Question: What Norwegian playwright, known as “the father of modern theater”, is responsible for works such as A Doll’s House, An Enemy of the People, and Peer Gynt?
Answer: Henrik Ibsen
Question: According to the Shakespeare play, a seer warned Julius Ceasar to beware what?
Answer: The Ides of March
Question: When Snoopy takes to the skies in his doghouse/Sopwith Camel, who does he do battle against?
Answer: The Red Baron
Question: Which of the original colonies was the first to declare its independence from Great Britain in 1776, and was the first to secede from the Union 84 years later?
Answer: South Carolina
Question: The Starry Night, The Potato Eaters, and Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear are all paintings by what famed artist?
Answer: Vincent Van Gogh
Question: The secret police force created by Papa Doc Duvalier, the Tonton Macoute terrorized the citizens of what country?
Answer: Haiti
Question: March 28, 1987 saw the death, at age 82, of one Maria von Trapp, who was the inspiration behind what Rogers and Hammerstein musical?
Answer: The Sound of Music
Question: March 31, 1917 saw the US purchase what is now known as the US Virgin Islands from what European country?
Answer: Denmark
Question: Tamed by Bellerophon, what was the name of the winged horse of Greek mythology?
Answer: Pegasus
Question: Commonly thought to have been coined from the French word for egg, what word is used to describe a score of 0 in a tennis or badminton game?
Answer: Love
Question: What cereal mascot, the voice behind Frosted Flakes, is famous for his “They’re grrrreat!” motto?
Answer: Tony the Tiger
Question: On April 9 of what year did Robert E. Lee surrender the Army of Northern Virginia to U.S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse?
Answer: 1865
Question: Naan, corn, and focaccia are all types of what?
Answer: Bread
Question: On April 5, 1792, George Washington became the first president to do what to a bill, in this case one designed to apportion representatives among several states?
Answer: veto
Question: Having been published since 1927, what were the names of the two Hardy Boys
Answer: Frank and Joe
Question: What does the DSM IV define as:     A. Recurrent episodes of binge eating. An episode of binge eating is characterized by both of the following:
Answer: Bulimia Nervosa
Question: The worlds largest single structure made by living organisms, and visible from space, what is the name of the major tourist attraction off the coast of Queensland?
Answer: Great Barrier Reef
Question: The youngest person in the world to earn $1,000,000,000, who is the CEO, President, and Co-founder of Facebook?
Answer: Mark Zuckerberg
Question: Billing itself as “Soft Rock For The Great Northwest”, what radio station do you find at 96.1 on your local FM dial?
Answer: KXXO
Question: Broad, Claymore, and Epee are types of what?
Answer: swords
Question: April 12 was the anniversary of the passing at age 62 of which US president, the 32nd office holder?
Answer: FDR
Question: Dying on April 12, 1981, what boxer, nicknamed the Brown Bomber, was named the greatest heavyweight of all time by the International Boxing Research Organization?
Answer: Joe Louis
Question: Marked by a violent fear of watter, what is the common name for the disease hydrophobia?
Answer: Rabies
Question: Made famous by Catherine Bach (and I guess later by Jessica Simpson), tight and very abbreviated cut-off jean shorts have come to affectionately known as what?
Answer: Daisy Dukes
Question: According to witnesses, what did John Wilkes Booth shout after shooting Abraham Lincoln?
Answer: Sic semper tyrannis
Question: Daughter of police commissioner Gordon, Batgirl's alter ego Barbara Gordon has what day time profession?
Answer: Librarian
Question: How many states surround New Mexico?
Answer: 5
Question: The first income tax in the United States, 3% on incomes over $800, was levied to finance what conflict?
Answer: Civil War
Question: In the Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, what symbol of a heavy burden does the Mariner have to wear around his neck?
Answer: An Albatross
Question: Although not making it as an official EON production until the 21st film, what was the first James Bond novel published in April, 1953?
Answer: Casino Royale
Question: What can be a NATO phonetic alphabet letter, a landform at the mouth of a river, or a plumbing fixture company?
Answer: Delta
Question: The first world's fair in the United States since World War II, what city hosted the 1962 World's Fair, known as Century 21 Exposition?
Answer: Seattle
Question: The second oldest ballpark in the Major Leagues, where do the Chicago Cubs play their home games?
Answer: Wrigley Field
Question: What is the highest grade used for valuing collectible coins and trading cards?
Answer: Mint
Question: What authors books includes such works as The Pale Horse, The Body in the Library, The Man in the Brown Suit, and Death on the Nile
Answer: Agatha Christie
Question: What does the DSM-IV define as:     A. A pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others such that their motives are interpreted as malevolent, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by four (or more) of the following: (1) suspects, without sufficient basis, that others are exploiting, harming, or deceiving him (2) is preoccupied with unjustified doubts about the loyalty or trustworthiness of friends or associates (3) is reluctant to confide in others because of unwarranted fear that the information will be used maliciously against him (4) reads hidden demeaning or threatening meanings into benign remarks or events (5) persistently bears grudges, i.e., is unforgiving of insults, injuries, or slights (6) perceives attacks on his character or reputation that are not apparent to others and is quick to react angrily or to counterattack (7) has recurrent suspicions, without justification, regarding fidelity of spouse or sexual partner B. Does not occur exclusively during the course of Schizophrenia, a Mood Disorder With Psychotic Features, or another Psychotic Disorder and is not due to the direct physiological effects of a general medical condition.
Answer: Paranoid Personality Disorder
Question: April 24, 1800 saw the founding what institution when President John Adams sign an act of congress appropriating $5,000 “for the purchase of such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress …, and for fitting up a suitable apartment for containing them….”
Answer: Library of Congress
Question: The African countries of Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged on April 26, 1964 to form what new country?
Answer: Tanzania
Question: What kind of animal does “The Ugly Duckling” turn out to be in Hans Christian Andersen’s children’s story?
Answer: Swan
Question: Doctor Who is back! Currently played by Matt Smith, how many different actors have portrayed the Doctor on the TV series (from 1963 to today)
Answer: 11
Question: Who was the captain of the HMS Bounty, set adrift with 18 of his loyal officers by Fletcher Christian, on April 28, 1789?
Answer: William Bligh
Question: Who famously owned a bicycle shop at 22 South Williams Street, Dayton, Oh?
Answer: The Wright Brothers
Question: Named for the developer of the steel plow, what Moline, Il. company is the largest producer of agricultural machinery in the world?
Answer: John Deere
Question: May 4, 1970 saw 4 students killed and an additional 13 wounded when National Guard soldiers opened fire on unarmed students at what mid-western University?
Answer: Kent State
Question: Located in Holyoke, Ma, the town in which the sport was created, what Hall of Fame is located at 444 Dwight St?
Answer: Volleyball
Question: What letter is The Scarlet Letter in Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel of the same name?
Answer: A
Question: What NPR staple, set in a fictional Minnesota town "where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average", debuted in 1974?
Answer: A Prairie Home Companion
Question: May 4, 1970 saw 4 students killed and an additional 13 wounded when National Guard soldiers opened fired on unarmed students at what mid-western University?
Answer: Kent State
Question: Which comic strip, created by Bil Keane, focuses on parents Bill and Thelma, and kids Billy, Dolly, Jeffy, and P.J.?
Answer: The Family Circus
Question: May 5, 1821 saw Emperor Napoleon I die of what was likely stomach cancer on what British possession?
Answer: Saint Helena
Question: Who is missing: April O'Neil, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael
Answer: Donatello
Question: What is the name of the single cell that results from the union of the parents sex cells at fertilization?
Answer: Zygote
Question: Early prospectors often confused pyrite (FeS2) with what mineral they were seeking?
Answer: Gold
Question: Jurisprudence is the study and theory of what?
Answer: The Law
Question: Scottish author Sir James Matthew Barrie, wrote what famous book, subtitled “The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up”?
Answer: Peter Pan
Question: First proposed by Ann Jarvis (1868) and Julia Ward Howe (1872), Mother's Day was officially proclaimed on May 9, 1914, by which US President?
Answer: Woodrow Wilson
Question: May 19, 1869 saw what two railroads meet at Promontory Summit, Utah, creating the first Transcontinental Railroad?
Answer: Union Pacific and Central Pacific
Question: Born Karl Friedrich Hieronymus on May 11, 1720, what German born member of the nobility was well known for outrageous tall tales, such as riding cannonballs, travelling to the Moon, and escaping from a swamp by pulling himself up by his own hair?
Answer: Baron von Munchhausen
Question: For a point each, name the “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television”
Answer: Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker, Tits
Question: A barnstormer performs stunts using what type of vehicle or craft?
Answer: Airplane
Question: Featuring prominently in the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie, the pirate Edward Teach is better known by what name?
Answer: Blackbeard
Question: A squabble over a pig started a famous 13 year feud between what two Appalachian families?
Answer: Hatfields and McCoys
Question: What entertainer, who was commonly known as Ol' Blue Eyes, or The Chairman of the Board, died on May 14, 1998?
Answer: Frank Sinatra
Question: What comic strip, created by Gary Trudeau in 1970, features characters such as Zonker Harris, B.D., Boopsie, and Mark Slackmeyer?
Answer: Doonesbury
Question: May 15, 1928 saw what iconic film character introduced in the animated cartoon Plane Crazy?
Answer: Mickey Mouse
Question: Rennet, an enzyme obtained from the lining of the 4th stomach of young, unweaned calves, is a key ingredient in the production of what?
Answer: cheese
Question: May 15, 1940 saw the first restaurant in what fast food franchise, now the worlds largest, open in San Bernadino, Ca?
Answer: McDonalds
Question: The golden spike, driven at Promontory Summit, Utah on May 10, 1869, is famous for completing what?
Answer: The Transcontinental Railroad
Question: If you are driving around the streets of Liberty City shooting people, which computer game series are you playing?
Answer: Grand Theft Auto
Question: Members of which branch of the U.S. military are sometimes referred to as jarheads?
Answer: Marines
Question: Which cable station is home to Dirty Jobs, American Chopper, and Man vs. Wild, among many others?
Answer: Discovery
Question: The singer known as Moby got his nickname because what famed writer was his great-great-great-granduncle?
Answer: Herman Melville
Question: Who is the famous moneylender in Shakespeare’s tragic comedy “The Merchant of Venice”?
Answer: Shylock
Question: Offering service from Tacoma to Seattle and Seattle to Everett, what is the name of the train service offered by Sound Transit?
Answer: Sounder
Question: Coming in various shades of amber, blue, brown, gray, green, hazel, and red, what portion of the eye is responsible for eye colors?
Answer: Iris
Question: At what Montana battle did Lt. Col George Custer famously loose his life?
Answer: Battle of the Little Big Horn
Question: On this date in 1927, Charles Lindbergh became the first pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Where did he land?
Answer: Paris
Question: The ancient Aztecs called it the testicle tree. What do we know it as?
Answer: The Avacado
Question: May 22, 1826 saw Charles Darwin leaving on his first voyage. Aboard what ship was he sailing?
Answer: HMS Beagle
Question: If you have a small red heart on your Washington State drivers license, what have you agreed to be a donor of?
Answer: Organs
Question: What is the name of the field on which a rousing game of Cricket is played?
Answer: Pitch
Question: Often used in making pillows and comforters, what are the small feathers of the eider duck known as?
Answer: Down
Question: What does the body secrete from the lacrimal glands?
Answer: Tears
Question: In the travel business, the "rack rate" refers to the published price for what commodity?
Answer: Hotel room
Question: The religion of vodou (or voodoo) originated in what country?
Answer: Haiti
Question: In standard poker, what name is given to a hand consisting of 3 matching cards of one rank and two matching cards of another rank?
Answer: Full House
Question: What nation was eventually held liable for the bombing of the Navy destroyer U.S.S. Cole in 2000?
Answer: Sudan
Question: On May 24, 1844, Alfred Vail received the message “WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT” in Baltimore, MD, sent via what means?
Answer: Telegraph
Question: May 23, 1969 saw the release of the world's first rock opera, when the English rock band The Who released what album?
Answer: Tommy
Question: May 28, 1787 saw the death of an Austrian composer, most famous as the father of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. What was his first name?
Answer: Leopold
Question: What nursery rhyme character “runs through the town, Up stairs and down stairs in his night-gown, Tapping at the window, crying at the lock, Are the children in their bed, for it’s past ten o’clock?”
Answer: Wee Willie Winkie
Question: Triggered by Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat, the public transportation system in what US city was devastated by a year long boycott of their busses?
Answer: Montgomery, Al
Question: Incooking, to cook quickly in boiling water, often to soften or loosen skin is called what?
Answer: Blanch
Question: Used primarily in business presentations, what type of graphic consists of multi-colored wedges?
Answer: Pie Chart
Question: What was the name of the small, green space alien that visited Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble?
Answer: The Great Gazoo
Question: Where on an engine would you find a needle, a float, diaphragm, and a throttle plate?
Answer: Carburetor
Question: Now permanently moored in Long Beach, CA, and serves as a hotel and restaurants, what famed Cunard liner first sailed on May 27, 1937 and was retired in 1967?
Answer: RMS Queen Mary
Question: The June 3, 1888 edition of the San Francisco Examiner included a baseball poem by Ernest Thayer, which featured the exploits of what member of the Mudville Nine?
Answer: The Mighty Casey
Question: Based upon a 1987 historical fantasy novel by Tim Powers, what is the name and inspiration for the fourth installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean film series?
Answer: On Stranger Tides
Question: What is the name of the astromech droid companion of Anakin Skywalker, Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars franchise?
Answer: R2-D2
Question: Won by a Scotsman this year, how many laps does it take to complete the Indianapolis 500?
Answer: 200
Question: "Pop Goes the Cafe Coronary", an article published in the June, 1974 issue of Emergency Medicine, describes what potentially life saving maneuver, also known as abdominal thrusts?
Answer: Heimlich Maneuver
Question: Who's missing: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith?
Answer: Return of the Jedi
Question: In addition to stinging like a bee, Muhammed Ali described his fighting style as floating like a what?
Answer: butterfly
Question: Coined during Winston Churchill's Sinews of Peace speech, what was the name given to the boundary between the Warsaw Pact and NATO during the cold war?
Answer: Iron Curtain
Question: In an apiary or hive, feeding a bee larvae royal jelly will result in it developing into what?
Answer: Queen Bee
Question: Published today in 1949, which George Orwell novel features Winston Smith and Big Brother?
Answer: 1984
Question: What popular sandwich consists of a hamburger patty, sautĂŠed onions, and Swiss cheese on rye bread, which is then grilled?
Answer: Patty Melt
Question: Which newspaper heiress was kidnapped by a left-wing urban guerilla group, called the SLA, and spent a year and a half enmeshed in the group?
Answer: Patty Hearst
Question: Finished up earlier this week, what is the only of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments currently played on clay?
Answer: French Open
Question: What's missing: Gold, Sword, Juno, Utah?
Answer: Omaha
Question: May 10, 1975 saw Sony release what, which later lost in the first modern format war against its rival from JVC?
Answer: Betamax
Question: What Latin phrase, which translates as “from the latter”, is taken to mean “based upon actual observation or upon experimental data”?
Answer: a posteriori
Question: Often used by sailors to pass the time, the art of carving on bones and ivory is known as what?
Answer: Scrimshaw
Question: Voiced by Harry Shearer, what Simpsons character was modeled after Ted Koppel?
Answer: Kent Brockman
Question: The original Monopoly game was based upon the street names of what US city?
Answer: Atlantic City, NJ
Question: What Big East university, located in Washington, D.C., is nicknamed The Hoyas, from the Latin Hoya Saxa?
Answer: Georgetown
Question: Pullet describes the young (less than 1 year of age) of what species of domesticated animal?
Answer: Chicken
Question: Following a much televised low-speed chase down Interstate 405, OJ Simpson was arrested on June 17, 1994, in connection with the murder of what two people?
Answer: Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman
Question: Which type of plant did Gregor Mendel use in his famous genetic experiments?
Answer: Peas
Question: In Greek mythology, what is the name of the multi-headed monster slain by Heracles as his second labor?
Answer: Hydra
Question: In drafting (and elementary school math), you would use a compass to draw what geometric shape?
Answer: A circle
Question: What is the name of the cooking technique where vegetables are cut into narrow fine sticks?
Answer: Julienne
Question: Who is the spokescat for 9 Lives cat food?
Answer: Morris
Question: First introduced commercially by Wham-O in 1957, what toy, which consistently makes the list of top toys ever, consists of a plastic ring 28 inches or 40 inches in diameter?
Answer: Hula hoop
Question: Hernando de Soto was the first European documented to have crossed what U.S. river?
Answer: Mississippi
Question: What can be a color (pinkish-orange), a marine animal, and a type of snake?
Answer: Coral
Question: The face of the Great Seal of the United States, adopted on June 20, 1782, features an eagle clutching 13 arrows in one talon, and what in the other?
Answer: Olive branch
Question: What revolutionary war general, whose name is now synonymous with being a traitor, offered to surrender West Point to the British in 1780?
Answer: Benedict Arnold
Question: The Gregorian calendar, which was adopted by papal bull in 1582, replaced which other western calendar?
Answer: Julian calendar
Question: On June 25, 1991, Slovenia and Croatia declared their independence from what country?
Answer: Yugoslavia