zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: Jerzy Buzek was elected Prime Minister of which European country in October 1997?
Answer: Poland
Question: In Arthurian legend, who was the faithful wife of Geraint?
Answer: Enid
Question: Eamon de Valera founded which political party in 1926?
Answer: Fianna Fail
Question: Which female singer starred as Astrid Peth in the 2007 ‘Dr Who’ Christmas special?
Answer: Kylie Minogue
Question: What is the name of the short-sleeved midriff-baring bodice worn under a sari?
Answer: Choli
Question: In the UK, ‘The Trial of the …’what’, is the procedure for ensuring that newly minted coins conform to required standards?
Answer: Pyx
Question: John Patrick ‘Jack’ Ryan is a fictional character who appears in many novels by which author?
Answer: Tom Clancy
Question: Who wrote the opera ‘The Barber of Seville’?
Answer: Gioachino Rossini
Question: Illusionist Ehrich Weiss was better known by what name?
Answer: Harry Houdini
Question: What type of creature is a crappie?
Answer: Fish
Question: Which US organisation has the motto ‘Fidelity, Bravery and Integrity’?
Answer: FBI
Question: In Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ who does Beatrice agree to marry in the end?
Answer: Benedick
Question: Which element is added to steel to make it stainless?
Answer: Chromium
Question: Which American boxer was known as ‘The Manassa Mauler’?
Answer: Jack Dempsey
Question: Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain all died at what age?
Answer: 27
Question: What number is the title of singer Beyonceâs album, released in June 2011?
Answer: 4
Question: In computing, how many bits are in one byte?
Answer: 8
Question: Which famous British author used the pen name Mary Westmacott?
Answer: Agatha Christie
Question: What are the name of the veins on each side of the neck which drain blood from the head and neck to larger veins passing to the heart?
Answer: Jugular
Question: Who directed the 1987 film ‘Full Metal Jacket’?
Answer: Stanley Kubrick
Question: The magazine Marie Claire was first published in 1937 in which country?
Answer: France
Question: In which year was the Sydney Harbour Bridge officially opened?
Answer: 1932
Question: In mathematics, whose theorem states that the square on the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal in area to the sum of the squares on the other two sides?
Answer: Pythagoras
Question: An apple seed contains which poisonous substance?
Answer: Cyanide
Question: Habib Bourguiba became the first President of which North African country in 1957?
Answer: Tunisia
Question: Shantung is a type of which fabric?
Answer: Silk
Question: In the human body, what does dermal relate to?
Answer: The skin
Question: Nairobi is the capital of which country?
Answer: Kenya
Question: Which singer plays Chicago police officer Sharon Pogue in the 2001 film ‘Angel Eyes’?
Answer: Jennifer Lopez
Question: Which tennis player won the 2011 Women’s Wimbledon Championship?
Answer: Petra Kvitova
Question: What type of creature is a flying fox?
Answer: Bat
Question: Enid Lyons was the first woman to be appointed to the federal cabinet in which country?
Answer: Australia
Question: Mr Barkis, Edward Murdstone and Tommy Traddles are all characters in which Charles Dickens novel?
Answer: David Copperfield
Question: What was the first product sold by Heinz in 1869?
Answer: Horseradish
Question: The Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral is in which European city?
Answer: Florence
Question: The Nou Camp Football Stadium is in which Spanish city?
Answer: Barcelona
Question: Equinophobia is the abnormal fear of which animals?
Answer: Horses
Question: Which British musician hosts their Annual Hootenanny on television on New Year’s Eve?
Answer: Jools Holland
Question: ‘The Thought Police’ feature in which 1949 novel?
Answer: 1984
Question: Who wrote the children’s story ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’?
Answer: Hans Christian Anderson
Question: In which castle was English monarch Henry VII born?
Answer: Pembroke Castle
Question: ‘Songs of Love’ by The Divine Comedy is the theme tune to which UK tv comedy series?
Answer: Father Ted
Question: What is the name of the fictional English archaeologist in the game ‘Tomb Raider’?
Answer: Lara Croft
Question: Who played the title role in the 1971 film ‘Klute’?
Answer: Donald Sutherland
Question: What is a person who makes barrels or casks called?
Answer: Cooper
Question: Red Max, Professor Pat Pending and Blubber Bear are characters in which children’s tv series?
Answer: Wacky Races
Question: British athlete Jonathan Edwards competed in which event?
Answer: Triple jump
Question: Pico da Neblina is the highest mountain in which South American country?
Answer: Brazil
Question: Tahir Square is in which North African city?
Answer: Cairo
Question: Basque, Aranese and Galician are all languages spoken in which European country?
Answer: Spain
Question: Which is the longest motorway in Britain?
Answer: M6
Question: The town of Anthony in which US state was known as ‘The Leap Year Capital of the World’?
Answer: Texas
Question: Which Roman Emperor was said to be behind the origin of the Leap Year?
Answer: Julius Caesar
Question: Which famous London building was destroyed by fire in 1834?
Answer: Houses of Parliament
Question: Which island was previously named Van Dieman’s Land?
Answer: Tasmania
Question: Which popular board game was originally called ‘Criss Cross Words’?
Answer: Scrabble
Question: In medicine, dystocia is difficulty in doing what?
Answer: Giving birth
Question: The island of Lampedusa belongs to which European country?
Answer: Italy
Question: Which playing card is known as ‘Big Casino’?
Answer: Ten of Diamonds
Question: How many points is a ‘Try’ worth in a game of rugby union?
Answer: Five
Question: Which band released the 2011 single ‘Moves Like Jagger’, featuring Christina Aguilera?
Answer: Maroon Five
Question: Green, Oolong, Black and Jasmine are all varieties of what?
Answer: Tea
Question: Which author created the character Tracy Beaker?
Answer: Jacqueline Wilson
Question: In the game of darts, what score is known as ‘Not old’?
Answer: 37
Question: What is the first name of Rene’s wife in the UK tv series ‘Allo ‘Allo!?
Answer: Edith
Question: If something is sigmate, it is in the shape of which letter of the English alphabet?
Answer: S
Question: Which bird is traditionally depicted delivering newborn babies?
Answer: Stork
Question: What was the name of the airship that burst into flames at Lakenhurst Naval Station, New Jersey in 1937?
Answer: Hindenburg
Question: Who wrote the novel ‘Tess of the D’Urbervilles’?
Answer: Thomas Hardy
Question: The perfume L’Interdit by Givenchy was created in 1957 for which actress?
Answer: Audrey Hepburn
Question: What does ‘Habeas corpus’ translate to in English?
Answer: You have the body
Question: Traditionally made in Mexico, ‘bolillo’ is a type of what?
Answer: Bread
Question: Who played Davy Crockett in the 1960 film ‘The Alamo’?
Answer: John Wayne
Question: The Rimac River is in which South American country?
Answer: Peru
Question: In humans, glossitis is the inflammation of which part of the body?
Answer: Tongue
Question: The Coco Cola prototype recipe was formulated in a drugstore in which US state?
Answer: Georgia
Question: How many stars are on the national flag of Turkey?
Answer: One
Question: Napoleon and Snowball appear in which 1945 novel?
Answer: Animal Farm
Question: Campanology is the study and art of what?
Answer: Bell ringing
Question: Fanny Price is the main character in which Jane Austen novel?
Answer: Mansfield Park
Question: Who composed the opera ‘Madame Butterfly’?
Answer: Giacomo Puccini
Question: What is the lowest female singing voice?
Answer: Contralto
Question: Which river runs past Balmoral Castle in Scotland?
Answer: River Dee
Question: Who did Venus Williams defeat in the 2000 Ladies Singles Finals at Wimbledon?
Answer: Lindsay Davenport
Question: Omar Suleiman was the Vice President of which African country?
Answer: Egypt
Question: The ram represents which sign of the Zodiac?
Answer: Aries
Question: In British politics, who was described as ‘The Chingford Skinhead’?
Answer: Norman Tebbit
Question: A Rockhopper is what type of bird?
Answer: Penguin
Question: ‘Cuneiform’ relates to which shape?
Answer: Wedge
Question: Bezique is a card game for how many players?
Answer: Two
Question: Which singer was born Gloria Fowles in September 1948?
Answer: Gloria Gaynor
Question: Which heavyweight boxer won a gold medal in the 1964 Olympic Games?
Answer: Joe Frazier
Question: In humans, what is the name of the fibrous protein found in the outer layer of the skin and is a major constituent of hair and nails?
Answer: Keratin
Question: Boo, Randall Boggs and Celia Mae are all characters in which 2001 animated film?
Answer: Monsters Inc.
Question: Which Denys Fisher geometric, plastic drawing toy produces mathematical curves of the variety technically known as hypotrochoids and epitrochoids?
Answer: Spirograph
Question: What is the title of the 1971 film in which Clint Eastwood plays DJ Dave Garver?
Answer: Play Misty For Me
Question: Saqqara is an ancient burial site in which country?
Answer: Egypt
Question: Perkin, Posie and Pootle were characters in which children’s tv programme?
Answer: The Flumps
Question: Who developed bifocal spectacles in 1784?
Answer: Benjamin Franklin
Question: In which part of the human body would you find the obturator muscles?
Answer: Pelvis
Question: Which British explorer arrived in Tahiti in 1769?
Answer: Captain James Cook
Question: Aravind Adiga’s novel ‘The White Tiger’ won which prestigious award in 2008?
Answer: The Man Booker Prize
Question: NaCl is the chemical compound of which common substance?
Answer: Salt (Sodium Chloride)
Question: Which actress played the role of identical twins, Susan and Sharon, in the 1961 film ‘The Parent Trap’?
Answer: Hayley Mills
Question: Actor Nicholas Cage plays gun-runner Yuri Orlov in which 2005 film?
Answer: Lord of War
Question: The first Stock-Exchange in America was founded in which city?
Answer: Philadelphia
Question: Which 18th Century scientist and politician invented a glass harmonica (or ‘armonica) in 1761?
Answer: Benjamin Franklin
Question: British tv ‘Dragon’ Theo Paphitis was the chairman of which London football club for eight years until 2006?
Answer: Millwall
Question: Which US city is the setting for the 1987 film ‘Robocop’?
Answer: Detroit
Question: The Karoo is a semi-desert region of which country?
Answer: South Africa
Question: The substance propolis is also known as ‘what’ glue?
Answer: Bee
Question: Joe Pesci, Robert De Niro and Ray Liotta played gangsters in which 1990 film?
Answer: Goodfellas
Question: Who invented the Miner’s Safety Lamp?
Answer: Humphry Davy
Question: Markswoman and entertainer Phoebe Anne Mozee (or Moses) was better known by what name?
Answer: Annie Oakley
Question: Who was the longest-serving Australian Prime Minister?
Answer: Sir Robert Menzies
Question: The plant ‘Helianthus Annuus’ is more commonly known by what name?
Answer: Sunflower
Question: A probang is used to remove an object from, or apply medication to, which part of the body?
Answer: Throat
Question: ‘Albrecht Discount’ supermarket is better known by what name?
Answer: Aldi
Question: What type of bird is a pochard?
Answer: Duck
Question: Who wrote the children’s novel ‘Mary Poppins’?
Answer: P.L. Travers
Question: What was English author Graham Greene’s first name?
Answer: Henry
Question: In the Paddington Bear books by Michael Bond, Mr. Gruber owns an antique shop in which London road?
Answer: Portobello Road
Question: Which American author, born in 1892, whose novels include ‘The Good Earth’, is also known by her Chinese name Sai Zhenzhu?
Answer: Pearl S. Buck
Question: James Bond is sent to which island at the beginning of the film ‘Dr No’?
Answer: Jamaica
Question: What is the collective name for a group of trout?
Answer: Hover
Question: Poet Wendy Cope wrote ‘Making Cocoa For……’who’?
Answer: Kingsley Amis
Question: What is the surname of the family in the tv series ‘Bonanza’?
Answer: Cartwright
Question: Cynology is the study of which animals?
Answer: Dogs
Question: Hepatitis is the inflammation of which part of the body?
Answer: Liver
Question: Which car manufacturer is named after the Latin translation of the founder’s surname, Horch?
Answer: Audi
Question: The medical condition anhidrosis is the inability to do what?
Answer: Sweat
Question: In the human body, erythrophobia is the abnormal fear of doing what?
Answer: Blushing
Question: Which composer wrote the music for the ballet ‘Mother Goose’ in 1910?
Answer: Maurice Ravel
Question: What is the name of the literary magazine launched by Francis Ford Coppola in 1997?
Answer: Zoetrope
Question: In British history, how many Tolpuddle Martyrs were there?
Answer: Six
Question: ‘Homage to Catalonia’ was written by which British author?
Answer: George Orwell
Question: In which year did Oliver Cromwell become Lord Protector?
Answer: 1653
Question: ‘The River of Woe’ is the nickname of which Underworld river in Greek mythology?
Answer: Acheron
Question: The first credit card charge, using which credit card, was made in February 1950 at Major’s Cabin Grill in New York?
Answer: Diners Club
Question: What was Elvis Presley’s first number one hit single, released in January 1956?
Answer: Heartbreak Hotel
Question: ‘The Kiss’ is an 1889 work by which French sculptor?
Answer: Auguste Rodin
Question: Which country hosted the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup?
Answer: South Africa
Question: Which element does Zn represent in the Periodic Table?
Answer: Zinc
Question: Which British monarch is portrayed in the 1940 film ‘The Sea hawk’, starring Errol Flynn?
Answer: Queen Elizabeth I
Question: Who played hitman Martin Q Blank in the 1997 film ‘Grosse Pointe Blank’?
Answer: John Cusack
Question: What is the nickname of the Beijing National Stadium?
Answer: The Bird’s Nest
Question: What is the first name of Mildred’s sister in the UK television sitcom ‘George and Mildred’?
Answer: Ethel
Question: The alcoholic drink Absinthe originated in which European country?
Answer: Switzerland
Question: The company ‘Longines’ are famous for manufacturing which luxury items?
Answer: Watches
Question: Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock play sisters from a long line of witches in which 1998 film?
Answer: Practical Magic
Question: What was the name of the tavern in London where the Masonic Grand Lodge of England was founded in the 18th Century?
Answer: Goose and Gridiron
Question: In the game of darts, what is the name of the line behind which the players stand to throw their darts?
Answer: Oche
Question: Which English actor played Pinhead in eight of the ‘Hellraiser’ series of films?
Answer: Doug Bradley
Question: The 1957 film ‘The Curse of Frankenstein’ was based on a novel by which author?
Answer: Mary Shelley
Question: The 1992 film ‘Candyman’ is based on which short story by Clive Barker?
Answer: The Forbidden
Question: What type of fruit is a Comice?
Answer: Pear
Question: A Saturniid is what type of creature?
Answer: Moth
Question: In British politics, who had the nickname ‘The Beast of Bolsover’?
Answer: Dennis Skinner
Question: Avian influenza affects which type of creatures?
Answer: Birds
Question: Bubble Eye, Shubunkin and Oranda are all types of which creature?
Answer: Goldfish
Question: Ornithophobia is the irrational fear of which creatures?
Answer: Birds
Question: Which English agriculturalist developed a horse-drawn seed drill in 1701?
Answer: Jethro Tull
Question: British comedian Michael Joseph Pennington is better known by what name?
Answer: Johnny Vegas
Question: Which King of Sparta was the husband of Helen of Troy?
Answer: Menelaus
Question: Which famous monument stands in the centre of the ‘Place Charles de Gaulle’ in Paris?
Answer: Arc de Triomphe
Question: In Greek mythology, who was condemned to the eternal task of rolling a large stone up to the top of a hill, from which it always rolled down again?
Answer: Sisyphus
Question: Which member of The Beatles used the pseudonym L’Angelo Misterioso?
Answer: George Harrison
Question: What type of bird is a kookaburra?
Answer: Kingfisher
Question: Pruritus is the medical name for which skin condition in humans?
Answer: Itching
Question: In which 1979 film did Pierce Brosnan make his movie debut as an IRA hitman?
Answer: The Long Good Friday
Question: Pearl and Moonstone are traditional modern birthstones for which month of the year?
Answer: June
Question: Josephine Cochran(e) made which first practical mechanical household appliance in 1886?
Answer: Dishwasher
Question: The European city of Rome lies on which river?
Answer: The Tiber
Question: The medical condition ‘epicondylitis’ is better known by what name?
Answer: Tennis elbow
Question: Which English football team is nicknamed ‘The Cobblers’?
Answer: Northampton Town FC
Question: Villain Hugo Drax appears in which 1979 James Bond film?
Answer: Moonraker
Question: What is the title of the 1978 sequel to the 1970 film ‘Love Story’, starring Ryan O’Neal’?
Answer: Oliver’s Story
Question: ‘The Postage Stamp’ is a hole on which Scottish golf course?
Answer: Royal Troon
Question: Which British actor played the role of Leon Trotsky in the 1972 film ‘The Assassination of Trotsky’?
Answer: Richard Burton
Question: In the Harry Potter series of books what is the name of the driver of the Knight Bus?
Answer: Ernie Prang
Question: In the Harry Potter series of books what is the name of Harry Potter’s pet owl?
Answer: Hedwig
Question: In the Harry Potter series of books which animal is James Potter’s ‘Patronus’
Answer: A stag
Question: Malacology is the branch of zoology concerned with which type of creatures?
Answer: Molluscs
Question: Which band had a 1959 hit with the song ‘I Only Have Eyes For You’?
Answer: The Flamingos
Question: In March 1935 which cartoon character made his debut in Looney Tunes ‘I Haven’t Got a Hat’?
Answer: Porky Pig
Question: The vitelus is which part of an egg?
Answer: Yolk
Question: Chartwell was the family home of which British Prime Minister?
Answer: Winston Churchill
Question: Which English pop artist created The Beatles ‘Sgt Pepper’ album cover?
Answer: Peter Blake
Question: Which beverage, introduced in 1898, was originally called ‘Brad’s Drink’?
Answer: Pepsi-Cola
Question: According to Greek mythology, who was the first woman on Earth?
Answer: Pandora
Question: What is the highest level Dan in judo?
Answer: 10th
Question: ‘Bankable Productions’, an independent film and television production company, was founded by which former model?
Answer: Tyra Banks
Question: A ‘Destrier’ was the name of what, used by a medieval knight in battle?
Answer: War horse
Question: In poetry, a tercet is a stanza in a poem made up of how many lines?
Answer: Three
Question: French playwright Jean-Baptiste Poquelin was better known by what name?
Answer: Moliere
Question: The 1963 film ‘The Birds’ is based on a story by which novelist?
Answer: Daphne du Maurier
Question: The medical condition priapism is a persistent and usually painful what?
Answer: Erection
Question: Rozencrantz and Gildenstern are characters in which Shakespeare play?
Answer: Hamlet
Question: Which British politician introduced the expression ‘Terminological inexactitude’, a euphemism for a lie or untruth?
Answer: Winston Churchill
Question: Who is the host of British television panel show ‘Eight Out of Ten Cats’?
Answer: Jimmy Carr
Question: What was the pen name of US crime writer Frederic Dannay?
Answer: Ellery Queen
Question: Who was the founder of the modern Olympic Games?
Answer: Pierre de Coubertin
Question: At the 1896 Athens Summer Olympic Games, the winners were given a silver medal and a branch from which type of tree?
Answer: Olive
Question: What is the name of the ‘cake’ which is flat, round, made of licorice and named after a Yorkshire town?
Answer: Pontefract Cake
Question: In the game of Scrabble, the ‘C’ tile is worth how many points?
Answer: 3
Question: How many red stripes are on the national flag of Austria?
Answer: Two
Question: Which epic poem by John Milton tells the story of the Fall of Adam and Eve?
Answer: Paradise Lost
Question: What was the name of the horse that won the 1990 English Grand National?
Answer: Mr Frisk
Question: ‘The Clockwork Orange’ is the nickname of which British city’s underground railway system?
Answer: Glasgow
Question: Doi Inthanon is the highest mountain in which country?
Answer: Thailand
Question: What was the name of the London pub in which gangster Ronnie Kray murdered Geroge Cornell in March 1966?
Answer: The Blind Beggar
Question: Arboreal animals live in or among which habitat?
Answer: Trees
Question: Sevruga, Sterlet and Ossetra are all types of which delicacy?
Answer: Caviar
Question: According to the nursery rhyme, what did Tom the Piper’s son steal?
Answer: A pig
Question: Which British poet wrote ‘Kubla Khan’?
Answer: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Question: Which artist designed the logo for UK television children’s show ‘Blue Peter’?
Answer: Tony Hart
Question: Saxony is a region of which European country?
Answer: Germany
Question: Which planet lies between Jupiter and Uranus?
Answer: Saturn
Question: In Greek mythology, the ‘Grey Sisters’, or Graeae, shared one eye and one ‘what’ among them?
Answer: Tooth
Question: Aristotle Bolt, Tia Malone and Biff Jenkins are all characters in which 1975 Disney film?
Answer: Escape to Witch Mountain
Question: What is the name of the cow in the television series ‘The Magic Roundabout’?
Answer: Ermintrude
Question: Kyudo is the Japanese art of which sport?
Answer: Archery
Question: Which American-born engineer invented the first portable, fully automatic machine gun?
Answer: Hiram Stevens Maxim
Question: Oberon, Puck and Lysander are characters in which Shakespeare play?
Answer: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Question: Who wrote the 1963 novel ‘The Bell Jar’?
Answer: Sylvia Plath
Question: Painter Joshua Reynolds was knighted by which British monarch?
Answer: King George III
Question: Fictional character Detective Inspector John Rebus was created by which author?
Answer: Ian Rankin
Question: On the UK television game show ‘The Chase’ which chaser is known as ‘The Governess’?
Answer: Anne Hegerty
Question: What is the first name of fictional character Sherlock Holmes friend and assistant Dr Watson?
Answer: John
Question: Tartarology is the study of what?
Answer: Hell
Question: Which 1945 film was based on the Noel Coward play ‘Still Life’?
Answer: Brief Encounter
Question: What is the highest number on a Euromillions lottery ticket?
Answer: 50
Question: What was the name of the first American space station, which fell to Earth in 1979?
Answer: Skylab
Question: In 1907 Belgian-born chemist Leo Baekeland created which type of plastic?
Answer: Bakelite
Question: Relating to mobile phones, what is the area covered by a base station (or aerial) called?
Answer: A cell
Question: What is the science that deals with the origin, nature, chemistry, effects and use of drugs?
Answer: Pharmacology
Question: What is the official language of Uruguay?
Answer: Spanish
Question: Which British comedian has a character called ‘The Pub Landlord’?
Answer: Al Murray
Question: Who won the Yashin Award for the Best Goalkeeper in the 1998 World Cup?
Answer: Fabien Barthez
Question: Which was the first English football club to win the European Cup Final?
Answer: Manchester United
Question: The laws of cricket state that the length of a cricket bat must be no more than how many inches?
Answer: 38
Question: A Gold Medal is traditionally awarded for which place in a race or competition?
Answer: First
Question: 18th Century artist Samuel Hieronymous Grimm was born in which European country?
Answer: Switzerland
Question: Which alcoholic drink is often referred to in historical literature as ‘The Green Fairy’?
Answer: Absinthe
Question: Which spirit is traditionally used to make a Daiquiri cocktail?
Answer: White rum
Question: Dulcinea was the love of which fictional character?
Answer: Don Quixote
Question: Varsovians are natives of which European city?
Answer: Warsaw
Question: Rigatoni is what type of foodstuff?
Answer: Pasta
Question: What is the name of the lion in the children’s television programme ‘The Herbs’?
Answer: Parsley
Question: Which puppet hero is described as ‘Indestructible’?
Answer: Captain Scarlet
Question: Who was the only US President to have resigned from office?
Answer: Richard Nixon