zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: Drawing on the story of the meeting between the baby Jesus and John the Baptist on the flight into Egypt, what name is given to either of two almost identical paintings by Leonardo da Vinci housed in the Louvre and the National Gallery in London?
Answer: 'VIRGIN OF THE ROCKS'
Question: Who was the Commander of the Luftwaffe who avoided execution by committing suicide by cyanide ingestion the night before he was due to be hanged in October 1946?
Answer: HERMANN GOERING
Question: Initially ruling as part of a troika with Lavrentiy Beria and Vyacheslav Molotov, who became Premier of the Soviet Union upon the death of Josef Stalin in 1953?
Answer: GEORGY MALENKOV
Question: The new musical 'Betty Blue Eyes' is based on the film 'A Private Function' which starred Michael Palin and Maggie Smith 'Betty' is stolen at the time of the 1947 wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip. What kind of animal is 'Betty'?
Answer: A PIG
Question: Which word completes the popular name of the final movement of Handel’s Suite Number 5 for Harpsichord – The ______________ Blacksmith?
Answer: HARMONIOUS
Question: Name the year: Nelson Mandela is sworn in as South African President, Tony Blair becomes new leader of the Labour Party and Martina Navratilova is defeated in her last Wimbledon singles final by Conchita Martinez?
Answer: 1994
Question: In bettingshops, what name is given to clerks who calculate the winnings on betting slips?
Answer: SETTLERS
Question: Although the names of the four Scottish 'Quarter Days' have remained the same, on which date of the respective months do they fall?
Answer: 28th
Question: In which year did the 'Torrey Canyon' sink, Donald Campbell was killed and the 'Colonels' seized power in Greece?
Answer: 1967
Question: On 29th July 2000, Martin Dugard of Eastbourne became the first-ever winner of the British Grand Prix - in which sport?
Answer: SPEEDWAY
Question: Lee Marvin had a number one hit record with 'Wanderin' Star' in 1970, but which actor had a minor hit with the flipside - 'I Talk To The Trees'?
Answer: CLINT EASTWOOD
Question: Which Italian fashion house, founded in 1992, has a silver triangle as its emblem - it is synonymous with opulence and quality?
Answer: PRADA
Question: Which oratorio by Joseph Haydn takes place over seven days, is in three parts, with the third part set in the 'Garden of Eden'?
Answer: (THE) CREATION
Question: Name the year – James Callaghan becomes PM; Britain and Iceland end the C od War; 21st Olympic Games begin in Montreal.
Answer: 1976
Question: Known as “England’s Darling”, who led resistance against William the Conqueror on the isle of Ely in 1070?
Answer: Hereward the Wake
Question: What name is given to Canada’s newest territory, created in 1999 , offering some self-determination to the Inuit people?
Answer: Nunavut
Question: The American television series 'The Lone Gunmen', which centred on a group of investigators who ran a conspiracy theory magazine, was a spin-off of which other succesful series?
Answer: 'THE X-FILES'
Question: In the TV show 'South Park', the boys' classmate 'Leopold Stotch', often the butt of many jokes and pranks, is better known by what one word nickname?
Answer: 'BUTTERS'
Question: In mathematics, which letter of the alphabet is given to the imaginary number equal to the square root of -1?
Answer: (the letter) i
Question: Which city in Cambridge shire was the stronghold of Anglo-Saxon rebel 'Hereward the Wake'?
Answer: ELY
Question: In 1936, Germany re-occupied the officially demilitarised province of the 'Rhineland', in defiance of which treaty?
Answer: TREATY OF VERSAILLES
Question: Keira Knightley and Parminder Nagra appeared on a stamp issued last month in a scene from which 2002 film?
Answer: BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM
Question: Brenda Blethyn and Marianne Jean-Baptiste appeared on a stamp issued last month in a scene from which 1996 film?
Answer: SECRETS AND LIES
Question: Which word completes the tile of a Kerry Greenwood novel about a visit to Sydney to watch cricket by her detective character Phryne Fisher – Death before ________?
Answer: WICKET
Question: Which Oliver Goldsmith play features 'Squire Hardcastle', his wife and his daughters?
Answer: 'SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER'
Question: Name the saint who as abbot of Lindisfarne promoted the cause of Celtic Christianity at the Great Synod of Whitby.His body lies in Durham Cathedral?
Answer: CUTHBERT
Question: In which country is the Nullabor Plain?
Answer: AUSTRALIA
Question: Which politician did English actress Thandie Newton play in the 2008 film 'W' (pron. Dubya)?
Answer: CONDOLEEZA RICE
Question: The quiz arrived in an envelope which measures 229mm by 162mm. What size is this - a letter followed by a number?
Answer: C5
Question: What term is used to describe the practice of delaying or obstructing legislation by means of prolonged speeches, motions or amendments?
Answer: Filibustering
Question: In which west of England city is 'Severn Sound FM' radio station located?
Answer: GLOUCESTER
Question: According to the proverb, what do you need if you are going 'to sup with the Devil'?
Answer: A LONG SPOON
Question: Used to suckle the infant Jupiter what name is given in mythology to the Horn of Plenty?
Answer: Cornucopia
Question: Gary Player is one of three golfers to win both the Open and the Senior Open. New Zealander Bob Charles and which American, a five-time Open winner in the 1970s and 1980s are the others?
Answer: TOM WATSON
Question: What was the name of the Government scientist at the centre of the controversy surrounding the so-called 'dodgy dossier' who was found dead in an Oxfordshire wood in July 2003?
Answer: DAVID KELLY
Question: The Pont d'Arc is a massive natural stone arch spanning which river that gives its name to a French department?
Answer: ARDECHE
Question: Which word completes the title of the 1784 portrait by Joshua Reynolds – “Mrs Siddons as the Tragic ????????”
Answer: MUSE
Question: Name the year; America win the first Ryder Cup, Trotsky is exiled in Stalin purge and Charles Lindbergh flies solo across the Atlantic?
Answer: 1927
Question: What colour is a 20 Euro note?
Answer: Blue
Question: Elvis Presley, with over abillion sales, has sold more records than anyone in the history of pop music.The Beatles are second, who is third?
Answer: MICHAEL JACKSON
Question: Which iconic British author, an MD for eight years in Southsea, who was born in 1859 and dies in 1930, was knighted for his defence of British policy in South Africa?
Answer: Sir ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
Question: Which artisan, who was born in Otley in 1718, has a statue erected in his honour outside the Grammar School. He also has a full size sculpted figure on the facade of the Victoria and Albert Museum?
Answer: THOMAS CHIPPENDALE
Question: Max Planck won the Copley Medal of the Royal Society of London in 1929. Who won in 1936 ‘In recognition of his pioneer work in Crete, particularly his contributions to the history and civilization of its Minoan age’?
Answer: ARTHUR EVANS
Question: With 65 members in the 'Chamber of Counties' and 151members in the 'House of Representatives', the 'Sabor' is the parliament of which Eastern European country?
Answer: CROATIA
Question: 'Charles Bingley' rents 'Netherfield Park'. He and his friend attend a dance where they meet the 'Bennet sisters'. This is the basis for which novel?
Answer: 'PRIDE AND PREJUDICE'
Question: In 1993 who, with Mike Stroud, completed 7 marathons in 7 days on 7 continents, although bad weather meant the Antarctic race was held on the Falklands?
Answer: RANULPH FIENNES
Question: Name the year. South African police kill 56 people in Sharpeville, Israeli intelligence agents capture Adolf Eichmann, and Nigeria gains its independence?
Answer: 1960
Question: Which French Impressionist painter, famed for his portrait 'The Bar At The Folie Bergere', was born in Paris in 1832, and died of a gangrenous leg in 1883?
Answer: EDOUARD MANET
Question: In which country is the Kasserine Pass - scene of a decisive US Army defeat in World War II?
Answer: TUNISIA
Question: Which actor starred with Angelina Jolie in the 1999 film 'The Bone Collector' in which a paraplegic detective had to pit his wits against a sadistic serial killer?
Answer: DENZIL WASHINGTON
Question: Which month is mentioned in the first line of Robert Browning's poem 'Home Thoughts From Abroad'?
Answer: APRIL
Question: Actress Fenella Fielding is often wrongly credited with having a famous brother. Who is he reputed to be?
Answer: MARTY FELDMAN
Question: Which two word French phrase describes small, sweet pastries, often with icing, generally eaten after a meal?
Answer: PETIT FOURS
Question: What was the Japanese name, meaning 'divine wind', that was given to the tornadoes of 1274 and 1281 that destroyed the Mongol fleets carrying Kublai Khan's invasion armies?
Answer: KAMIKAZE
Question: Who was the American engine driver and folk hero on the Cannonball Express who died in 1900 trying to prevent his train from crashing into a freight train?
Answer: CASEY JONES
Question: Jaroslav Drobny who won the Gentlemen's Singles at Wimbledon in 1954 won a Silver Medal for Czechoslovakia at the 1948 Winter Olympics in which sport?
Answer: ICE HOCKEY
Question: Which style of elaborately moulded earthenware, decorated with thick vivid glazes was developed by the English firm Minton in 1850 and popularised during the great exhibition of 1851?
Answer: Majolica
Question: Which 2016 ‘reality’ T.V. competition was won on the 6th March by Ben Cohen, he was presented with the ‘prestigious’ Cow Bell Trophy?
Answer: The Jump
Question: Which 1965 Joe Orton play tells the story of two young thieves, Hal and Dennis who rob a bank together?
Answer: Loot
Question: Name the year - Adolf Hitler's beer hall putsch fails; President Warren Harding dies in office and Bolton beat West Ham in the first Wembley FA cup final?
Answer: 1923
Question: Dilma Rousseff has been under a political cloud recently after allegations of finance tampering have led to a clamour for her impeachment, at the time of writing (20/4) of which country is she president?
Answer: Brazil
Question: Name the year; Harold Wilson resigns as Prime Minister, Rag Trade wins the Grand National and Concorde enters regular passenger service?
Answer: 1976
Question: Roger Mellie, Finbarr Saunders & Buster Gonad are all regular comic strip characters appearing in which publication?
Answer: Viz
Question: Whose "Carry On" film roles include Bungdit Din, Gripper Burke and Abdul Abulbul?
Answer: Bernard Bresslaw
Question: Whose name is missing from the second line of the first verse of the Gospel of Matthew in the Authorized Version of the Bible – ‘Abraham begat _____; and ______ begat Jacob’?
Answer: Isaac
Question: Name the year: Britain joins the Common Market, the Cod war begins and Red Rum wins his 1st Grand National.
Answer: 1973
Question: In poetry, which word, deriving from the Greek for 'carrying back', is given to the repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of several consecutive sentences or verses to emphasize an image or a concept?
Answer: ANAPHORA
Question: Which Italian painter was forced to flee Rome in 1606 after murdering a man in a fit of temper?
Answer: CARAVAGGIO
Question: Which river is the primary inflow and the primary outflow of Lough Derg, the second largest lake in the Republic of Ireland?
Answer: Shannon
Question: Which mode of transport was invented by Sir Christopher Cockerell?
Answer: HOVERCRAFT
Question: What is the name of the Territory of India whose two main islands, after whom it is named, are separated by the Ten Degree Channel?
Answer: Andaman And Nicobar Islands
Question: Stanley Baldwin made the statement "There are three groups that no British Prime Minister should pardon, The Vatican, The Treasury, and.." which other?
Answer: """..THE MINERS"""
Question: The 'Uffington White Horse' is a 370 foot-long prehistoric hill figure located in which county?
Answer: OXFORDSHIRE
Question: Leland Stanford, Earl Warren and Pat Brown (father of the current holder) have held the position of Governor of which US state?
Answer: California
Question: Give the two words that complete the line of the poem 'Night Mail' by W. H. Auden. "This is the Night Mail crossing the border. Bringing the cheque and the ..... ..... ".?
Answer: """POSTAL ORDER"""
Question: What type of creature is 'Great A 'Tuin' which swims through space supporting four huge elephants, which themselves support 'Discworld' in the Terry Pratchett novels?
Answer: TURTLE
Question: What is the surname of Richard and Adam, the Welsh classical singers whose debut album topped the charts throughout August this year?
Answer: JOHNSON
Question: Name the year - Prince Charles marries Camilla Parker Bowles, Pope John Paul II dies and Liverpool beat AC Milan to win the European Cup?
Answer: 2005
Question: In which Shakespeare play does Dogberry, a constable, manage to uncover Don John’s plot to discredit Hero?
Answer: Much Ado About Nothing
Question: On which river do Halifax and Wakefield stand
Answer: Calder
Question: Which insect gives off the froth known as cuckoo spit
Answer: Froghopper
Question: Following a military coup in 1987, which island group in the South Pacific allowed its membership of the Commonwealth to lapse
Answer: Fiji
Question: Which Stratford on Avon brewery is the first to have used the term Keg in the name of one of their products
Answer: Flowers
Question: Julian Pettifer presented a tough quiz on the ITV featuring groups of people who all had something in common. What was it called
Answer: Busman's Holiday
Question: What is the worlds largest sand island northeast of Brisbane?
Answer: Fraser island
Question: Old Honiton Genoese and Mechlin all types of what?
Answer: Lace
Question: What is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia?
Answer: Darwin
Question: What year: Elvis had a hit with Jailhouse Rock, famous musical South Pacific was out at the movies and famous TV lesbian Sandi Toksvig was born?
Answer: 1958
Question: True or False. Toyota currently manufacture about the same number of cars in a week as Rolls-Royce have in their entire 104-year existence?
Answer: True
Question: Buddy Holly, Lyndon Johnston, Janice Joplin were all born in which US State?
Answer: State of Texas
Question: What had to occur for a round to end when John L. Sullivan beat Jake Killrain in 75 rounds, in 1889?
Answer: A knockdown
Question: As a reward, for which skill did Salome demand the gift of John the Baptist's head?
Answer: Dancing
Question: First ad on Radio Luxemburg 1930s for Bile Beans - which are what?
Answer: Laxatives
Question: The world's first themed amusement park, Holiday World, originally called Santa Claus Land, is located in what aptly named Indiana town?
Answer: Santa Claus
Question: According to the Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee, the group that determines the elegibility of subjects to be commemorated on a stamp, how long must a person be dead before they can be honored on a stamp (and then only the anniversary of their
Answer: 10
Question: Jan 4, 1966 saw a military coup take place in the African country Upper Volta. By what name do we know the country now?
Answer: Burkina Faso
Question: In what casino card game is the goal to get the sum of the cards in a hand, modulo 10, to be as close to 9 as possible. The 10, jack, queen and king are each worth 0 points, and the ace is worth 1 point. The rest of the cards are worth their face value of 2 through 9. If the player has an initial total of 6 or 7, the player does not draw additional cards, while the banker follows a complex set of rules to determine if he draws additional cards.
Answer: Baccarat
Question: What is the common name for Fairy Floss, which William Morrison and John Wharton dreamed up in 1897 and introduced to the world at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904?
Answer: Cotton Candy
Question: Brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice (before his untimely death on Jan 12, 2003) Gibbs were better known as what band, who hit their peak during the disco era?
Answer: The Bee Gees
Question: January 17, 1942 saw the birth of one Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. Nicknamed The Louisville Lip, under what name did he achieve boxing immortality?
Answer: Muhammad Ali
Question: January 28, 1841 marked the birth of the famous Welsh explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley, most famous for his trek to find what famed Scottish explorer/missionary, who went missing in Africa for 6 years?
Answer: David Livingstone
Question: The only US president to hold a PhD, Feb 3, 1924 saw the death of Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States. Hailing from New Jersey, under what party was he elected?
Answer: Democrat
Question: The 15th of Feb, 1989 saw the Russians withdraw their troops from what country, following a futile 9 year war?
Answer: Afghanistan
Question: First held in 1877, what dog show, who recently announced a Scottish Deerhound named Hickory as Best in Show, is the longest running dog show, and second longest continuously held sporting event in the US, behind only the Kentucky Derby?
Answer: Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
Question: Feb 18, 1861 saw what man, immortalized on the face of Stone Mountain, Ga, was elected President of the Confederate States of America?
Answer: Jefferson Davis
Question: Feb 14, 1859 saw what state, with an offical motto that translates as "She Flies With Her Own Wings", join the union as the 33rd?
Answer: Oregon
Question: Feb 14, 1948 marked the birth of which half of the comedy magic duo known as Penn and Teller, who would tell you his name himself if he ever spoke?
Answer: Teller
Question: In an attempt to satisfy the angst of an entire generation, Toyota announced this week that what is the official plural of the word Prius?
Answer: Prii
Question: Tuesday marked the birth of Majel Barrett, who made her career voicing the computers in what franchise?
Answer: Star Trek
Question: Friday marks the birthday of old West legend and showman William Cody. By what nickname name was he better known?
Answer: Buffalo Bill
Question: Feb 28, 1993 saw the BATF attempt to raid the Waco, TX compound of what religious cult, sparking a 51 day standoff?
Answer: Branch Dividians
Question: The Academy Awards were last Sunday, with The King's Speech winning 4 out of 12. Since equaled by Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, which film, written by a former governor of New Mexico, was the first to win 11 awards in 1959
Answer: Ben Hur
Question: What was the name of the Independent Counsel who investigated the death of White House Counsel Vince Foster, the Whitewater real estate investment scandal, and Bill Clintons less than stellar grasp of the truth, ultimately leading to Clinton's impeachment?
Answer: Kenneth Starr
Question: March 11, 1958 was the birthday of statutory rapist Joey Buttafuoco, who achieved his fame when what underage mistress, known as the Long Island Lolita, shot his wife?
Answer: Amy Fisher
Question: Mary Josephine Ray, the oldest person in the United States, died Monday, a mere 71 days short of reaching what age?
Answer: 115
Question: On March 22, 1972, Congress sent the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification, of which 35 said yes before the 1982 deadline. Was Washington a yea? or a nay?
Answer: Yea
Question: On March 23, 1909, what totally bad-assed former president left New York for a year long safari in Africa where he, along with his son, Kermit, shot over 500 big game animals during their 13 month long adventure?
Answer: Teddy Roosevelt
Question: Saturday saw the untimely death of former Representative from New York, Ambassador to the UN Commission on Human Rights and first ever female Vice Presidential candidate, Geraldine Ferraro. Who was her presidential running mate?
Answer: Walter Mondale
Question: Dubbed "the most controversial woman in the history of rock" by Rolling Stone, what all around waste of breath fronted the alt band Hole, is barred from having contact with her own daughter, and is probably most famous for making Kurt Cobain want to eat his own shotgun?
Answer: Courtney Love
Question: April 3, 1996 saw the so called unabomber arrested in a remote Montana cabin. What is the actual name of the asshat in question?
Answer: Ted Kaczynski
Question: What country invaded the Falkland Islands on Friday, April 2, 1982, and probably regretted it after Iron Maggie kicked their asses and took the Islands back?
Answer: Argentina
Question: April 10, 1912 saw was "moderately famous" ship leave the docks at Southampton, England heading to Cherbourgh, France on its maiden voyage?
Answer: RMS Titanic
Question: In honor of a story by Mark Twain, Calaveras County, California holds a yearly Jubilee in which what kind of animals are raced?
Answer: Frogs
Question: The first player (since 1880) to break the so-called color barrier in Major League Baseball, Jackie Robinson played his first major league game on April 15, 1947, for what team? And a bonus point if you can tell me what position he played.
Answer: Brooklyn dodgers
Question: The most expensive book ever sold, the Codex Leicester (previously the Codex Hammer), was written by what Italian polymath, who was born on April 15, 1452?
Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
Question: April 8, 1891 saw the birth of Ole Kirk Christiansen who founded a company whose name means either play well in Danish or I put together in Latin. What company are we talking about?
Answer: Lego
Question: April 19, 1961 saw the CIA backed invasion of Cuba fall flat on it's face, when the invasion force met disaster at what southern Cuban location?
Answer: Bay of pigs
Question: Which frequent Saturday Night Live guest talent created such memorable characters as half of the Festrunk Brothers and Theodoric of York, Medieval Barber?
Answer: Steve Martin
Question: May 7, 1915 saw German U-boat U-20 fired a single torpedo at what Cunard passenger liner, sinking it with the loss of 1,198 lives and helped turn public opinion against Germany and contributed to America's entry into WWI?
Answer: RMS Lusitania
Question: Played by Paul Johansson in the recent movie, what is the name of the hero in Ayn Rand's seminal classic Atlas Shrugged?
Answer: John Galt
Question: On Star Trek, Mr. Spock's mother hailed from earth. From what planet did his father hail?
Answer: Vulcan
Question: Cinco de Mayo (the fifth of May), is heavily celebrated in the US as an excuse to drink Corona. In Mexico, however, it's receives a minor nod as a day to commemorate an unexpected Mexican victory at the Battle of Puebla over what European heavyweight?
Answer: The French
Question: Steve Irwin, beloved Australian who died after a stingray mistook his chest for a dart board, was better known as whom?
Answer: The Crocodile Hunter
Question: What famed documentarian, a staple of PBS, has produced films on The Civil War, Baseball, Jazz, World War II, and National Parks?
Answer: Ken Burns
Question: Who, along with fellow reporter Lois, acts as a mentor and role model for young photojournalist Jimmy Olsen?
Answer: Clark Kent
Question: Featured in the musical The King and I, what country was formerly known as Siam until June 23, 1939, and again from 1945 to May 11, 1949?
Answer: Thailand
Question: Friday marks the anniversary of the explosion of Mt. St Helens, claimed to be the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in the history of the US, when it erupted in what year?
Answer: 1980
Question: May 15, 1940 saw brothers Richard and Maurice open their first restaurant in San Bernadino, CA, which later became what moderately famous fast food chain?
Answer: McDonalds
Question: Resulting in being tied to a rock and having his liver eaten on a daily basis by an eagle, the Greek Titan Prometheus stole what from the Greek Gods and gave it to mortals?
Answer: Fire
Question: Headquartered in Bloomington, Il, the logo for State Farm Insurance features the words Auto, Life, and what, inside little red ovals?
Answer: Fire
Question: What soft drink, invented by Charles Hires in 1866, is traditionally flavored with the root of the sassafras plant?
Answer: Root beer
Question: What famous brand of evaporated milk, created in 1899, got its start as the Pacific Coast Condensed Milk Company, in Kent, before changing its name and moving east of Seattle, founding a town in the process?
Answer: Carnation