zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: What name is given to the sound hole on a violin?
Answer: F-Hole
Question: Which Australian psychedelic rock group won the Best International Group award and the 2016 Brit awards?
Answer: Tame Impala
Question: Which architect found the Bauhaus School in Weimar in 1919?
Answer: (Walter) Gropius
Question: Constantine XI Palaiologos was the last ruler of which empire?
Answer: Byzantine
Question: Rising to fame in Geordie Shore, reality TV star Scotty T. won which reality TV competition on 5th February 2016?
Answer: Celebrity Big Brother
Question: The 2015 film Straight Outta’ Compton was a biopic of which rap/hip hop group?
Answer: N.W.A.
Question: Name the American Political Movement which began in 2009 after Barack Obama's inauguration, it called for a reduction in the National Debt, lower taxes and opposes healthcare?
Answer: The Tea Party
Question: What name is given to Mohammed's flight from Mecca to Medina?
Answer: The Hegira
Question: Which Australian golfer had his first major success when he won the US PGA title in 2015?
Answer: Jason Day
Question: Actress Patricia Neal, who won a best actress Oscar for her role in "Hud" in 1963, was married to which famous writer?
Answer: Roald Dahl
Question: In which layer of the atmosphere would you find "The Ozone Layer?
Answer: Stratosphere
Question: """Galliwasp"" and ""Horned toad"" are types of which creature?"
Answer: Lizard
Question: The "Elephanta" is a strong southerly wind off the coast of which country?
Answer: India
Question: What is produced in a Solera?
Answer: Sherry
Question: The hovercraft service across the Solent is between Southsea and which Isle of Wight town?
Answer: Ryde
Question: How many rugby union teams took part in the 2015 Rugby World Cup?
Answer: 20
Question: In which recent film does Leonardo DiCaprio play Hugh Glass and Tom Hardy play John Fitzgerald?
Answer: The Revenant
Question: Which England cricketer scored 258 against South Africa in the second test in January?
Answer: Ben Stokes
Question: Which letter comes between delta and zeta in the Greek alphabet?
Answer: Epsilon
Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1971 for the invention of holography?
Answer: Dennis Gabor
Question: Which singer and actress is known as The Divine Miss M?
Answer: Bette Midler
Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1945 for discovery of the exclusion principle?
Answer: Wolfgang Pauli
Question: The children Bella, Fizz, Jake and Milo are characters in which children's TV series?
Answer: The Tweenies
Question: """For he tonight shall lie with Mistress Ford"" is a line from which Shakespeare play?"
Answer: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Question: Who was twice married to actress Natalie Wood?
Answer: Robert Wagner
Question: The Laphroaig & Bowmore whisky distilleries are found on which Scottish island?
Answer: Islay
Question: At which Yorkshire football club was Bill Shankly manager between 1956 and 1959, before he left to begin his legendary tenure at Liverpool?
Answer: Huddersfield Town
Question: Coimbra is the oldest university in which European country?
Answer: Portugal
Question: In which ocean are the Seychelles located?
Answer: Indian Ocean
Question: Which was the first musical to be penned by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice?
Answer: The Likes of Us
Question: The French white wine Sancerre is made from which grape?
Answer: Sauvignon Blanc
Question: Which Disney film features the Greek god Bacchus and his little pet donkey Jacchus?
Answer: Fantasia
Question: Tiranga is the name given to which country’s national flag?
Answer: India
Question: Septimus Harding is the title character in which Anthony Trollope novel?
Answer: The Warden
Question: What was the name of the Cyclops who captured Odysseus and was blinded by him when he escaped?
Answer: Polyphemus
Question: Which actress, born Henriette Kaminker in 1921, won an Oscar in 1960 for the film "Room at the Top"?
Answer: Simone Signoret
Question: Which musician and songwriter was a member of the groups Depeche Mode, Yazoo and Erasure?
Answer: Vince Clark
Question: Which supermarket has the loyalty card "Match and More"?
Answer: Morrisons
Question: In the news recently, in which country is the ancient city of Palmyra?
Answer: Syria
Question: Which football league team are nicknamed "The Cod Army"?
Answer: Fleetwood Town
Question: Finish the proverb "He is a fool who makes his doctor...."?
Answer: His Heir
Question: Which historical character has been played in film by Norma Shearer (1938), Jane Seymour (1989) and Kirsten Dunst (2006)?
Answer: Marie Antoinette
Question: The island of New Guinea is split between Papua New Guinea to the east and which country to the west?
Answer: INDONESIA
Question: Reading down group 1 (alkali metals) on the periodic table, the symbols for elements 3 and 11 form the name of which Chinese tennis player?
Answer: Li Na
Question: Swimmers Cameron van der Burgh and Chad le Clos won gold medals and athlete Caster Semenya won a silver medal for which country at the 2012 Olympics?
Answer: SOUTH AFRICA
Question: Which animal of the Chinese Zodiac represents the year that began this February?
Answer: MONKEY
Question: Which much loved British actress portrayed Mollie Weasley, mother of Ron in the Harry Potter series of films?
Answer: (Julie) Walters
Question: A Tayberry is a hybrid of a Raspberry and which other fruit?
Answer: Blackberry
Question: On July 1st 1867 Sir John A. Macdonald became the first Prime Minister of which country?
Answer: Canada
Question: Bassanio, Portia, and Shylock are characters in which Shakespeare play?
Answer: The Merchant of Venice
Question: In Astronomy what name is given to the supermassive Black-Hole at the centre of our Galaxy?
Answer: Sagittarius A
Question: Hola Mahalla is an annual festival celebrated in which religion?
Answer: Sikh
Question: Asmara is the capital city of which country?
Answer: Eritrea
Question: Dr. Christian Barnard was the first person to successfully perform which type of human to human transplant?
Answer: Heart
Question: Which Gloucestershire country estate is the ancestral home of the Duke of Beaufort is famous for annual trials held there?
Answer: Badminton
Question: The World Heritage site Cichén Itzá is in which country?
Answer: Mexico
Question: Which musical features the lawyer Billy Flynn?
Answer: CHICAGO
Question: Who was Poet Laureate between Henry James Pye and William Wordsworth?
Answer: ROBERT SOUTHEY
Question: Which boy band released their first studio album Up All Night in 2011?
Answer: ONE DIRECTION
Question: Who invented the spinning mule that built on the work of James Hargreaves and Richard Arkwright?
Answer: SAMUEL CROMPTON
Question: The work of graffiti artist Banksy was first seen in which English city?
Answer: BRISTOL
Question: Which Asian country has the fourth largest population after China, India and Indonesia?
Answer: PAKISTAN
Question: Of which Kansas town was Tex Tucker the sheriff in a Gerry Anderson T V puppet show?
Answer: FOUR FEATHER FALLS
Question: Who plays both of the Kray twins in the 2015 film Legend?
Answer: TOM HARDY
Question: In the first two series of which TV comedy drama did Ben Miller play D I Richard Poole?
Answer: DEATH IN PARADISE
Question: What colour is the head of an adult male mallard?
Answer: GREEN
Question: In the Disney film Fantasia, who takes the role of the sorcerer's apprentice?
Answer: Mickey Mouse
Question: A blue jay named Mordecai and a raccoon named Rigby are the main protagonists of which Cartoon Network series, first broadcast in 2010, other appearing characters include Skips, a yeti who works as a groundskeeper, voiced by Mark Hamill?
Answer: The Regular Show
Question: Rioja Wines come from a region in which country?
Answer: Spain
Question: Despina and Proteus are moons orbiting which planet of the solar system?
Answer: Neptune
Question: Which company manufactured the 'Halifax' bomber, a mainstay of the RAF during WW2?
Answer: Handley-Page
Question: Smith's Lawn is a famed venue in which sport?
Answer: Polo
Question: Crown and Anchor, a gambling game traditionally played by sailors, is played using what equipment?
Answer: Dice
Question: Which boxer did Mike Tyson defeat in 1986 to win his first professional world title?
Answer: (Trevor) Berbick
Question: What is the stage name of US comedian Louis Szekely?
Answer: Louis CK
Question: The electronics and white goods brand Beko originated, and is still based in which country?
Answer: Turkey
Question: In a suit of armour what body part do pieces called poleyns protect?
Answer: The Knees
Question: A blepharoplasty is a cosmetic surgical procedure to remove skin from where?
Answer: Eyelids
Question: In which American city zoo was a gorilla named Harambe shot and killed when a four year old fell into his enclosure on 28th May (2016)?
Answer: Cincinatti
Question: What does a Calorimeter measure?
Answer: Heat
Question: How was Charles Ogier De Batz better known in an Alexandre Dumas novel of 1844?
Answer: D'Artagnan
Question: Which Scottish King was killed at the battle of Lumphanan in 1057?
Answer: Macbeth
Question: Which country's flag has a Condor and Llama on it?
Answer: Bolivia
Question: In astronomy, what name is given to the remnant of a star that once exploded as a supernova?
Answer: Neutron Star
Question: Papershell, Wonderful and Spanish Ruby, are all types of which fruit?
Answer: Pomegranate
Question: Which company produced the first mail order catalogue?
Answer: Sears and Roebuck
Question: Name the Oscar winning actor who is the voice of King Louie in the 2016 version of the "Jungle Book"?
Answer: Christopher Walken
Question: 2016 is the Chinese New Year of which creature?
Answer: Monkey
Question: Francis Galton pioneered which aid to crime detection?
Answer: Fingerprints
Question: The "Adventure Galley" was the name of which legendary pirate's ship?
Answer: Captain Kidd
Question: Which insects are threatened by colony collapse disorder?
Answer: Bee
Question: In the novel Animal Farm what type of animal is Snowball?
Answer: Pig
Question: The Battlefield Line Railway that runs between Shackerstone and Shenton in Leicestershire is named after which battle?
Answer: Bosworth
Question: Which three time world champion is the non-executive chairman of the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team?
Answer: Niki Lauda
Question: The last two editors of which reference book, known as the ‘Bible of Cricket’ have been Lawrence Booth and Scyld Berry?
Answer: Wisden (Cricketers’ Almanack)
Question: What was the name of the Scottish theme park, on the Motherwell side of Strathclyde Park, where 9 people were injured after the ‘Tsunami’ roller coaster derailed on Sunday 26th June?
Answer: M & D’s
Question: Which legendary rock band was formed in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young?
Answer: AC/DC
Question: The Kingdom of Navarre is the setting for which one of Shakespeare’s plays?
Answer: Love’s Labour’s Lost
Question: The city of London in Ontario, Canada stands on which river?
Answer: The Thames
Question: Who wrote the novel Thus Spoke Zarathustra?
Answer: (Friedrich) Nietzsche
Question: The U.S. horseracing Triple Crown is a title awarded to a three-year-old Thoroughbred horse who wins the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and which other race?
Answer: Belmont Stakes
Question: Who was known as "The Father of Antiseptic Surgery"?
Answer: Joseph Lister
Question: Who wrote The Charlie Chan detective novels?
Answer: Earl Biggers
Question: Who was the architect of the Albert Memorial in Kensington gardens?
Answer: George Gilbert Scott
Question: Where in Paris would you find The Richelieu Wing, The Sully Wing and The Napoleon Hall?
Answer: The Louvre
Question: In the human body, what is the 'Trachea more commonly known as?
Answer: The Windpipe
Question: Turkish Van, Ragamuffin and Devon Rex are all breeds of which animal?
Answer: Cats
Question: Airbaltic is an airline of which country?
Answer: Latvia
Question: In which country is the Tower of Hercules, the oldest roman lighthouse still in use today?
Answer: Spain
Question: Which character in Vladimir Nabokov's classic novel is obsessed with Lolita?
Answer: Humbert Humbert
Question: Which French General was Supreme Allied Commander at the end of World War One?
Answer: Ferdinand Foch
Question: In ancient Greece whose warriors were called The Myrmidons?
Answer: Achilles
Question: What name is given to the speed it is necessary for a rocket to achieve in order for it to overcome the Earth's gravitational pull?
Answer: ESCAPE VELOCITY
Question: Although Maple bats are becoming increasingly popular, which wood is traditionally used to make Baseball bats?
Answer: ASH
Question: What was the nickname of the American serial killer John Wayne Gacy who was executed in 1994 for the rape and murder of 33 boys and young men?
Answer: 'KILLER CLOWN'
Question: Which 13th century English philosopher and scientist was known as 'Doctor Mirabilis'?
Answer: ROGER BACON
Question: Who played the title character in the 2009 film 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine'?
Answer: HUGH JACKMAN
Question: What was the name of the British ocean liner sunk by a German U-boat in 1915, killing over 1100 people?
Answer: LUSITANIA
Question: Which famous Greek wine is flavoured with pine resin?
Answer: RETSINA
Question: Which element is added to iron to make steel?
Answer: CARBON
Question: The group of French composers known as 'Les Six' were, Francis Poulenc, Georges Auric, Louis Durey, Germaine Tailleferre and which other?
Answer: DARIUS MILHAUD
Question: The group of Russian composers known as 'The Five' or 'The Mighty Handful' were Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Modest Mussorgsky, Mily Balakirev, Cesar Cui and which other?
Answer: ALEKSANDR BORODIN
Question: Which city is the administrative centre of the French region of Lorraine?
Answer: NANCY
Question: By what name was Music Hall entertainer Matilda Wood known to the general public?
Answer: MARIE LLOYD
Question: What's the "best preserved Stone Age village in Europe", on Mainland in Orkney, called?
Answer: SKARA BRAE
Question: What is the better known name of the bird Cygnus olor?
Answer: MUTE SWAN
Question: In which war did the battles of 'Cold Harbour' and 'The Wilderness' take place?
Answer: AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
Question: In which country does 100 Xu equal 1 Dong?
Answer: VIETNAM
Question: Which opera has 'Count Alvaviva' as one of the central characters?
Answer: 'MARRIAGE OF FIGARO'
Question: In which vessel did Joshua Slocum circumnavigate the Earth single handed?
Answer: 'SPRAY'
Question: Which motor racing team was created by Colin Chapman?
Answer: LOTUS
Question: What is the better known name of the bird Tyto Alba?
Answer: BARN OWL
Question: Which Archbishop of Canterbury crowned Elizabeth II?
Answer: GEOFFREY FISHER
Question: For which type of entertainment are 'Annies' awarded?
Answer: ANIMATED FILM
Question: An icosahedron has how many faces?
Answer: 20
Question: What is the name of the largest moon of Saturn?
Answer: Titan
Question: What is the length, in kilometres, of the run which is the final part of the Olympic triathlon?
Answer: 10
Question: Seretse Khama was the first President of which country (from 1966 to 1980)?
Answer: Botswana
Question: Haematite is the main ore of which metal?
Answer: Iron
Question: Which religious order runs Stonyhurst College in Lancashire?
Answer: Jesuits
Question: In which country was Mo Farah born?
Answer: Somalia
Question: In which country is the city of Samarkand?
Answer: Uzbekistan
Question: What is the first Christian name of astronaut 'Buzz' Aldrin?
Answer: EDWIN
Question: 2010 will be the Chinese year of what?
Answer: TIGER
Question: Which American state has a border with only one other state?
Answer: MAINE
Question: Who drowned close to Catalina Island, California, in 1981?
Answer: NATALIE WOOD
Question: In January 1985, the rock group 'Foreigner' had their only UK number one. What was the name of the song?
Answer: 'I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS'
Question: The production of which iconic passenger aircraft ceased in 1991, after being in production for 37 years?
Answer: BOEING 707
Question: Who wrote 'Imajica', 'Coldheart Canyon' and 'Galilee'?
Answer: CLIVE BARKER
Question: 'Rock Salmon' or 'Dogfish' is a member of which family of fish?
Answer: SHARK
Question: By what name is the drug MDMA more commonly known?
Answer: ECSTACY
Question: Whose autobiography is entitled 'Rum, Bum and Concertina'?
Answer: GEORGE MELLEY
Question: What is the official language of Mozambique?
Answer: PORTUGUESE
Question: Which island is the burial place of many Scottish kings and Labour leader John Smith?
Answer: IONA
Question: In which city is the largest football stadium in Germany, home to the 2010-2011 Bundesliga champions?
Answer: DORTMUND
Question: At which circuit in 1955 did Stirling Moss win his first British Grand Prix, the race's debut at that circuit?
Answer: AINTREE
Question: Which isotope of Carbon is used in 'Carbon Dating'?
Answer: Carbon 14
Question: Which Italian region is surrounded by four others - Lazio, Tuscany, Marche and Abruzzo?
Answer: UMBRIA
Question: Which chemical element is named after the Latin for Copenhagen where it was discovered?
Answer: HAFNIUM
Question: Which Dickens novel features a Cricket match between 'All-Muggleton' and 'Dingley Dell'?
Answer: 'THE PICKWICK PAPERS'
Question: Who plays ex-policeman 'Gerry Standing' in 'New Tricks'?
Answer: DENIS WATERMAN
Question: 'Adria Airways' is based in which EU country?
Answer: SLOVENIA
Question: Who wrote the book 'The Kalahari Typing School For Men'?
Answer: ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH
Question: Which explorer, in 1858, was the first European to disciver Lake Victoria?
Answer: John Speke
Question: Which cheese, made from ewe's milk, comes from the Aveyron region of France?
Answer: Roquefort
Question: Who was offered, but declined, the post of Poet Laureate in 1984 after the death of Sir John Betjeman?
Answer: Philip LARKIN
Question: On board which ship did explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton die in 1922?
Answer: Quest
Question: Which city was the capital of the USA from 1790 to 1800?
Answer: PHILADELPHIA
Question: What letter is at the top of an optometrist's eye chart?
Answer: E
Question: In which English cathedral were scenes of The Da Vinci Code filmed?
Answer: Lincoln
Question: Which punishment involved the beating of the soles of the feet with a baton or stick?
Answer: Bastinado
Question: The 1979 film 'Apocalypse Now* was based on which story by Joseph Conrad?
Answer: Heart of Darkness
Question: Which heavyweight boxing champion was known as The Cincinnati Cobra'?
Answer: Ezzard Charles
Question: Which car company made the Javelin and the Jupiter models?
Answer: Jowett
Question: Bornite and Azurite are ores of which metallic element?
Answer: Copper
Question: What flavour of jam is used to make a traditional Sachertorte cake?
Answer: Apricot
Question: What is the capital of Dominica?
Answer: Roseau
Question: Which cheese is normally used in a Caesar Salad?
Answer: Parmesan
Question: Which Greek goddess was the mother of Achilles?
Answer: Thetis
Question: How many Eleanor Crosses were erected by Edward the First?
Answer: Twelve
Question: Siderite and Limonite are ores of which metallic element?
Answer: Iron
Question: In which constellation is the bright star Vega?
Answer: Lyra
Question: In the church calendar what name is given to the first Sunday after Easter Sunday?
Answer: Low Sunday
Question: Who played the Doctor Who companion Donna Noble??
Answer: Catherine Tate
Question: Which composer's second symphony is known as The Resurrection Symphony'?
Answer: Gustav Mahler
Question: In which battle did Edward the Black Prince 'win his spurs'?
Answer: Crecy
Question: At the 2009 'Oscars' ceremony, which film received 10 nominations and won 8 awards?
Answer: 'SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE'
Question: 'Cold Mountain Penitentiary' features in which book and film? In the book it is in Maine, but in the film it is in Louisiana?
Answer: 'THE GREEN MILE'
Question: Edward V, Edward VI, and Elizabeth I were all unmarried. Who is the only other British monarch since 1066 to have never married?
Answer: WILLIAM II (William Rufus)
Question: Gladwyn Jebb served as acting Secretary-General of which organisation until the election of Trygve Lie in 1946?
Answer: UNITED NATIONS
Question: Which landlocked Asian country has a name that means 'Land of the Thunder Dragon'?
Answer: BHUTAN
Question: Who composed the operas 'La Cenerentola' and 'The Barber of Seville'?
Answer: GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Question: Who painted 'The Last Supper' on the back wall of the
Answer: LEONARDO da VINCI
Question: In terms of population, which is the largest city in Pennsylvania?
Answer: PHILADELPHIA
Question: What name is given to the bone and cartilage partition that separates right and left nostrils?
Answer: SEPTUM
Question: In which river was Rasputin drowned in 1916?
Answer: NEVA
Question: The 1980 film 'Coal Miner's Daughter', starring Sissy Spacek. portrayed which country singer's rise to fame?
Answer: LORETTA LYNN
Question: Which Scottish castle, near Dundee, is thought to have been the setting for Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'?
Answer: GLAMIS CASTLE
Question: The 2001 film 'Black Hawk Down' told the story of a US military campaign in which country?
Answer: SOMALIA
Question: In which of the Marx Brothers' films did Groucho Marx play the character 'Rufus T. Firefly, Prime Minister of Freedonia'?
Answer: 'DUCK SOUP'
Question: Which country declared independence from France after the 'August Revolution' of 1945?
Answer: VIETNAM
Question: In 1937, Salvador Dali designed a sofa in the shape of the lips of which famous Hollywood actress?
Answer: MAE WEST
Question: In which city does the Jacques Cartier Bridge span the St. Lawrence River?
Answer: MONTREAL
Question: Which Soviet politician and diplomat was the principal Soviet signatory of the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact of 1939?
Answer: VYACHESLAV MOLOTOV
Question: Which French soldier was the Supreme Allied Commander at the end of World War I?
Answer: FERDINAND FOCH
Question: Which author created the characters 'Veruca Salt', 'Augustus Sloop' and 'Arthur Slugworth'?
Answer: ROALD DAHL
Question: 'Point Guard' and 'Centre' are positions in which sport?
Answer: BASKETBALL
Question: The Rugby League club Hunslet is based in which city?
Answer: LEEDS
Question: On which island in 1191 did King Richard I marry Berengaria?
Answer: CYPRUS
Question: What sort of animal is 'Marty' in the 'Madagascar' series of animated films?
Answer: ZEBRA
Question: George Entwistle was announced in July as the next Director-General of which organisation?
Answer: B.B.C.
Question: '4.50 From Paddington' and 'Murder At The Vicarage' are novels featuring which detective?
Answer: 'MISS MARPLE'
Question: For which film did Woody Allen win the 'Oscar' for Best Original Screenplay earlier this year?
Answer: 'MIDNIGHT IN PARIS'
Question: Galena is a major ore of which metal?
Answer: LEAD
Question: Who was the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Hephaestus?
Answer: VULCAN
Question: Which word completes the title of MOCA in Los Angeles: Museum of???????????? Art?
Answer: Contemporary
Question: What is the first name of Doctor Zhivago in the Boris Pasternak novel
Answer: Yuri
Question: Which American photographed the Queen on her visit to the USA in 2007 and Demi Moore nude and pregnant for Vanity Fair in 1991?
Answer: Annie Leibovitz
Question: Which street in Wigan is the home of Wallace and Gromit?
Answer: West Wallaby Street
Question: Roskilde Cathedral has been the burial site of the monarchs of which European country since the 15th century?
Answer: Denmark
Question: Which ancient road linked Wroxeter to Dover via St Albans
Answer: Watling Street
Question: Who won the Marathon T54 for wheelchair athletes at the 2012 Paralympics?
Answer: David Weir
Question: Which British Prime Minister was born in the colony of New Brunswick on September 16th 1858?
Answer: Andrew Bonar Law
Question: Who created the detective Mike Hammer?
Answer: Mickey Spillane
Question: Hans Holbein the Younger was court painter to which King?
Answer: Henry VIII
Question: Marie Antoinette, the wife of King Louis XVI, was born in the Hofburg Palace in which city
Answer: Vienna
Question: Which Sir Walter Scott novel has the same name as a Scottish football team?
Answer: 'HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN'
Question: Which 19th century composer shares his surname with a character from the TV show 'Are You Being Served'?
Answer: BRAHMS