zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: Prior to Padraig Harrington in 2008, who was the last European golfer to win two of golf's major titles in the same season?
Answer: NICK FALDO
Question: According to tradition, the Greek mythological monsters, Scylla and Charybdis, menaced seafarers in which stretch of water?
Answer: STRAITS OF MESSINA
Question: Who became heir to the throne of France as a result of the Treaty of Troyes in 1420?
Answer: Henry V of England
Question: Which actress failed to win an Academy Award despite having been nominated 6 times?
Answer: Deborah Kerr
Question: Which year saw the very first Edinburgh Festival?
Answer: 1947
Question: A Sugar anniversary celebrates how many years of marriage?
Answer: 6
Question: Who was the male star of the film "Man Of La Mancha"?
Answer: Peter O'Toole
Question: What is the name of the currency used in Sudan?
Answer: Pound
Question: Give a year in the life of the writer Franz Kafka.
Answer: 1883 - 1924
Question: What is the name of the currency used in Malaysia?
Answer: Ringgit
Question: Will's Neck is the highest point in which range of hills?
Answer: Quantocks
Question: What type of fruit is a 'Merton Pride'?
Answer: Pear
Question: Which actor was a Dad's Army regular and also appeared in the film 'Ben Hur'?
Answer: John le Mesurier
Question: Who said 'I am not afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens'?
Answer: Woody Allen
Question: The Bryce Canyon and Zion National Parks are in which US state?
Answer: Utah
Question: In which Shakespeare play does the character Custard appear?
Answer: Love's Labours Lost
Question: Which chocolate bar, has had its name changed to 'Snickers'?
Answer: MARATHON
Question: Which fictional human character was known as the 'Napoleon of Crime'?
Answer: MORIARTY
Question: 'Glass's Guide' is a publication to interest a buyer of what?
Answer: A CAR
Question: What is the American equivalent of the 'Financial Times'?
Answer: WALL STREET JOURNAL
Question: Which radio comedian's catch-phrase was 'right monkey'?
Answer: AL READ
Question: Which model of Rolls-Royce motor car has the same name as a bomber aircraft?
Answer: PHANTOM
Question: Which Belgian city hosted the 1920 summer Olympics?
Answer: ANTWERP
Question: Which town is "celebrated" in the song "Dirty Old Town"?
Answer: SALFORD
Question: In Stevenson's classic book, "Treasure Island" who was the captain of the Hispaniola"?
Answer: CAPTAIN SMOLLETT
Question: Which famous battle took place four hundred years before Waterloo in 1815?
Answer: AGINCOURT
Question: Which Californian city takes its name from the patron saint of Spain?
Answer: SAN DIEGO
Question: Which actor founded London's "Mermaid" Theatre?
Answer: BERNARD MILES
Question: Which creature has a chemical in its saliva which prevents blood from clotting?
Answer: VAMPIRE BAT
Question: Name the piece of classical music associated with the advertising slogan "Happiness is a cigar called Hamlet"?
Answer: Air on a G String
Question: Which four letters are added to the end of another word to mean inflammation?
Answer: -itis
Question: Which 1969 film told the story of contestants in a 1920s dance marathon, the title is also that of a 1977 top 20 hit for Racing Cars?
Answer: They Shoot Horses Don't They?
Question: What is the name of Shakespeare's shrew?
Answer: Katharina
Question: What is the boiling point of water on the Fahrenheit scale?
Answer: 212°
Question: Which four letters are added to the end of another word to mean a diseased condition?
Answer: -osis
Question: What is the boiling point of water on the Reamur scale?
Answer: 80°
Question: Which male name means 'lover of horses'?
Answer: Philip
Question: Sauce Bigarade is made with which fruit?
Answer: Oranges
Question: What is the name of the famous cartoon strip drawn by Scott Adams?
Answer: Dilbert
Question: Who presented the TV game show 'Wipeout'?
Answer: Paul Daniels
Question: Which car company make a model called Fox?
Answer: VW
Question: Which historical figure was executed by emasculation, evisceration and beheading at Smithfield in 1305?
Answer: WILLIAM WALLACE
Question: Which car manufacturer produces a model called "Legacy"?
Answer: SUBARU
Question: Due to his flamboyant style, which nickname was attributed to the conductor, Sir Malcolm Sargent?
Answer: FLASH HARRY
Question: Who is the only American born motor racing driver to win the Formula 1 World Championship?
Answer: PHIL HILL
Question: What is the occupation of Adam Bede in the book by George Eliot?
Answer: A CARPENTER
Question: Genuine Moroccan leather is made from the hide of which animal?
Answer: THE GOAT
Question: The Grand National and which flat race together comprise "The Spring Double"?
Answer: THE LINCOLN HANDICAP
Question: In which English county is Savernake Forest?
Answer: WILTSHIRE
Question: To celebrate which event were Britain's first set of commemorative stamps issued?
Answer: THE BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION
Question: Which U.S. City is served by O'Hare International airport?
Answer: CHICAGO
Question: Which rock star is nicknamed "Slowhand"?
Answer: Eric Clapton
Question: In which country was the dance the Polka invented?
Answer: Poland
Question: Photophobia is a fear of what?
Answer: Light
Question: Which UK football team plays home games at the Stadium of Light?
Answer: Sunderland
Question: Who scored the most tries in the 2007 Rugby World Cup?
Answer: Brian Habana
Question: In which country does football team Penarol play?
Answer: Uruguay
Question: What was pasteurisation first used to process?
Answer: Wine
Question: What was the occupation of The Admiral's Men?
Answer: Actors
Question: Who regularly delivered the monologue 'Albert and the Lion'?
Answer: Stanley Holloway
Question: Who presents 'Any Questions' on BBC Radio 4?
Answer: Jonathan Dimbleby
Question: In which country will the 2010 Winter Olympic Games be held?
Answer: Canada
Question: Which luxury car marque produces the Veyron?
Answer: Bugatti
Question: Which journalist presents This Week on BBC One?
Answer: Andrew Neil
Question: Which comedian was born Chris Collins?
Answer: Frank Skinner
Question: Which chemical element (atomic number 36)'derives its name from the Greek meaning hidden?
Answer: Krypton
Question: Which number 1 hit from 1995 begins "I guess now it's time for me to give up, I feel it's time. Got a picture of you beside me, got your lipstick mark still on your coffee cup"
Answer: Back for Good
Question: In cookery, which herb is the traditional main ingredient of pesto?
Answer: Basil
Question: Frederick Gibberd won the competition to design which Liverpool building?
Answer: Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King
Question: What is the birthstone for May?
Answer: Emerald
Question: How many stars were there on the flag of the USA at the turn of the twentieth century?
Answer: 45
Question: Which English Playwright was awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 2005?
Answer: Harold Pinter
Question: What does "su doku" mean in English?
Answer: Single number
Question: Who is the present King of Jordan?
Answer: Abdullah II
Question: In Irish folklore what is a merrow?
Answer: A mermaid
Question: Which university opened in Birmingham in 1966?
Answer: Aston
Question: What was the name of the character played by Geoffrey Palmer in "Butterflies"?
Answer: Ben Parkinson
Question: What is the Celtic name for Edinburgh?
Answer: Dunedin
Question: To which family of birds does the blackcap belong?
Answer: Warbler
Question: Which romantic novelist's first book was "Jigsaw", published in 1921?
Answer: Barbara Cartland
Question: The song "Send in the Clowns" comes from which musical?
Answer: """A Little Night Music"""
Question: Who is the Speaker of the House of Commons?
Answer: Michael Martin
Question: Which actor plays the title character in the TV series "Judge John Deed"?
Answer: Martin Shaw
Question: Who is the only person in Britain allowed to have a private army?
Answer: Duke of Atholl
Question: What is the Royal Navy rank equivalent to Air Marshal in the Royal Air Force?
Answer: Vice Admiral
Question: Which sport did Mark Twain describe as 'a good walk ruined'?
Answer: Golf
Question: Which former Prime Minister died in 1947?
Answer: Stanley Baldwin
Question: Sister Sledge got to number 1 in June 1985 with which song?
Answer: Frankie
Question: Sciophobia is the fear of what?
Answer: Shadows
Question: Which US TV cartoon features a cat and a chihuahua?
Answer: The Ren and Stimpy Show
Question: What is the highest rank in the Royal Air Force?
Answer: Marshal of the Royal Air Force
Question: Who dominated women's swimming in the mid-70s winning 4 gold medals in the 1976 Olympics?
Answer: Kornelia Ender
Question: N'djamena is the capital of which country?
Answer: Chad
Question: What is added to gin to make a pink gin pink?
Answer: Angostura Bitters
Question: Who as at August 2008 is the Lord Chancellor?
Answer: Jack Straw
Question: What is the name of the electronic line judge at Wimbledon?
Answer: Cyclops
Question: What is the world's northernmost capital city?
Answer: Reykjavik
Question: Who wrote the books 'The Devil Wears Prada' and 'Chasing Harry Winston'?
Answer: Lauren Weisberger
Question: What do you call the form of textile-making using knotting rather than weaving or knitting?
Answer: Macrame
Question: What is the collective noun for a group of gorillas?
Answer: A Band
Question: New Hall Prison is situated close to which English town or city?
Answer: Wakefield
Question: What colour is a UK domestic 5 amp electrical appliance fuse?
Answer: Black
Question: What is the English translation of the Latin phrase 'In Utero'?
Answer: In the womb
Question: In geometry, how many sides does a hendecagon have?
Answer: Eleven
Question: Seoul is the capital of South Korea. What is the capital of North Korea?
Answer: Pyongyang
Question: What is the collective noun for a group of flamingos?
Answer: A Stand
Question: Which elite car company manufacture the Europa model of car?
Answer: Lotus
Question: What is the English translation of the Latin in Vitro"?
Answer: In Glass
Question: On which river is High Force Waterfall?
Answer: Tees
Question: In the novels by Baroness Orczy what was the real name of the Scarlet Pimpemel?
Answer: Sir Percy Blakeney
Question: In which country is the Bolivar the main unit of currency?
Answer: Venezuela
Question: Of what is Vexillology the study?
Answer: Flags
Question: Who was the first black player to captain England's football team, in 1994?
Answer: Paul Ince
Question: What is the name of the nightclub singer who is the central character of the musical 'Cabaret'?
Answer: Sally Bowles
Question: To which family of birds does the though (pronounced chuff) belong?
Answer: Crow
Question: Which fruit is used to make the drink Kirsch?
Answer: Cherries
Question: In the TV sitcom Rising Damp, what was the name of Rigsby's cat?
Answer: Vienna
Question: In which city is the HQ of Interpol?
Answer: Lyon
Question: Which jockey won the Derby two years running in 2003 and 2004?
Answer: Kieron Fallon
Question: Who released the 1970 album called Atom Heart Mother?
Answer: Pink Floyd
Question: Who was England's football manager from 1947 to 1963?
Answer: Walter Winterbottom
Question: In which city is the University of Aston situated?
Answer: Birmingham
Question: To which family of birds does the fieldfare belong?
Answer: Thrush
Question: Members of the Irish Parliament have which two letters after their names?
Answer: TD
Question: Who wrote the 'Just William' books?
Answer: Richmal Crompton
Question: Bundesliga football team Schalke 04 plays home games in which German town or city?
Answer: Gelsenkirchen
Question: Which manufacturer makes a small car called the 'Note'?
Answer: Nissan
Question: 'One Night in Bangkok' and 'I Know Him So Well' are songs from which musical?
Answer: Chess
Question: La Liga football team Real Sociedad plays home games in which Spanish town or city?
Answer: San Sebastian
Question: Why is a small sachet of silica gel often used in packaging?
Answer: To absorb moisture
Question: Which actor played 'Mr Pastry' on children's TV?
Answer: Richard Hearne
Question: What, in physics, is defined as 'the amount of electrical charge stored for a given electrical potential'?
Answer: Capacitance
Question: What is lacking by definition in an anhydrous substance?
Answer: Water
Question: In which country was the West Indian cricket captain Sir Vivian Richards born?
Answer: Antigua
Question: Which brand of coffee is named after a hotel in Nashville, Tennessee?
Answer: Maxwell House
Question: In which English county is Osborne House?
Answer: Isle of Wight
Question: What does the prefix `xylo' mean, as in xylophone?
Answer: Wood
Question: In which month do the London Promenade Concerts start?
Answer: July
Question: Who composed the ballets, "Billy the Kid" and "Rodeo"?
Answer: AARON COPELAND
Question: Which transport feature disappeared from the Liverpool waterfront in 1956?
Answer: THE OVERHEAD RAILWAY
Question: Which TV personality hosted the Eurovision Song Contest when it was held in Britain in the 1960's and 70's?
Answer: KATIE BOYLE
Question: In which European city is the Pergamon Museum, which houses the Ishtar Gate?
Answer: BERLIN
Question: Which was the title of the 7th and final book in the "Chronicles of Narnia" by C.S. Lewis?
Answer: THE LAST BATTLE
Question: Licence plates from which U.S. state, include the phrase, "Sweet Home"?
Answer: ALABAMA
Question: Who is currently the Speaker of the House of Commons?
Answer: MICHAEL MARTIN
Question: Who was lead singer with the 1960's pop group, "Amen Corner"?
Answer: ANDY FAIRWEATHER LOW
Question: The Mall links Buckingham Palace and where?
Answer: Admiralty Arch
Question: What time was anticipated by Will Kane?
Answer: High Noon
Question: A group of female seals is called what?
Answer: Harem
Question: Who is the MP for Sheffield Hallam?
Answer: Nick Clegg
Question: Who lives at Gracie Mansion?
Answer: Mayor of New York
Question: The codename 'Corporate' was give to which post war British military operation?
Answer: Falklands War
Question: Whose official residence is Number One Observatory Circle?
Answer: US Vice President
Question: Which Dickens character was apprenticed to 'Old Fezziwig'?
Answer: Ebenezer Scrooge
Question: Burr Point is the easternmost point of which country?
Answer: Northern Ireland
Question: Whose motto is 'broadcast yourself?
Answer: YouTube
Question: Give a year in the reign of Ivan the Terrible (Ivan 4th) of Russia?
Answer: 1533 - 1584
Question: Which London theatre was the first public building to be lit entirely by electricity?
Answer: Savoy
Question: In which town or city is the 'Land of Green Ginger?
Answer: Hull
Question: What is the nickname of new Premiership football team Stoke City?
Answer: The Potters
Question: Which government organisation is responsible for the maintenance of motorways and trunk roads?
Answer: Highways Agency
Question: Which Yorkshire town or city has a daily newspaper called the Telegraph & Argus?
Answer: Bradford
Question: What is combined with potato to create the dish 'Pommes Dauphine'?
Answer: Choux Pastry
Question: On a suit of armour, the couter would protect which part of the body?
Answer: Elbow
Question: Name the famous male ballet dancer who defected to the west in 1974 while dancing with the Kirov Ballet in Toronto?
Answer: Mikhail Baryshnikov
Question: What name is given to the dot on top of the letter 'i'?
Answer: Tittle
Question: Which woman, far more famous in another field, wrote the children's books, "Mr Peabody's Apples" and "The English Roses"?
Answer: MADONNA
Question: Which long running TV series is based on "The Constable" series of novels by author Nicholas Rhea?
Answer: HEARTBEAT
Question: Which Mexican girl is currently the world's No.1 lady golfer?
Answer: LORENA OCHOA
Question: On TV, which actor played the parts of Rebus and also D.I. Pat Chappell in "The Vice"?
Answer: KEN STOTT
Question: How many moons has the planet Mercury?
Answer: NONE
Question: Which is the only letter in the game of Scrabble to score five points?
Answer: THE LETTER K
Question: Whose theme song was 'Minnie the Moocher'?
Answer: CAB CALLOWAY
Question: In which year in the 20th Century were there three Popes?
Answer: 1978
Question: What Is the SI unit of power?
Answer: Watt
Question: Which flower has varieties which include, pompom, ball, decorative and cactus?
Answer: Dahlia
Question: In Morse code what letter is signified by dash dash?
Answer: M
Question: What does the adjective taurine signify?
Answer: Bull Like
Question: As at 1.2.2009 who is the coach of St Helens RLFC?
Answer: Mick Potter
Question: Who is the only Croatian to win men's singles at Wimbledon?
Answer: Goran Ivanisevic
Question: As at 1.2.2009. Who is the coach of Warrington Wolves RLFC?
Answer: James Lowes
Question: Of what are you afraid of if you suffer from chromophobia?
Answer: Colour(s)
Question: Who is the main Patron Saint of France?
Answer: Denis
Question: Who was the Greek sorceress who turned Odysseus' men into swine?
Answer: Circe
Question: Howard Schultz owner of Starbucks prompted which political figure to ask "Who the f**k is he?
Answer: Peter Mandelson
Question: What part of the human body is the lingua?
Answer: TONGUE
Question: What is the collective noun for budgerigars?
Answer: CHATTER
Question: What is the young of a beaver called?
Answer: KITTEN
Question: Which element has the symbol Na?
Answer: SODIUM
Question: Which spirit is mixed with orange juice to make the cocktail known as a screwdriver?
Answer: VODKA
Question: Which football league club is known as "The Bees"?
Answer: BRENTFORD
Question: What is the collective noun for moles?
Answer: LABOUR
Question: Carson City is the state capital of which American state?
Answer: NEVADA
Question: Which spirit is mixed with Drambuie to make the cocktail known as 'A Rusty Nail'?
Answer: WHISKY
Question: Which field game is played 10 a side for men but 12 a side for women?
Answer: LACROSSE
Question: In music what is Dr Thomas Arne's most famous composition?
Answer: RULE BRITANNIA
Question: On which national radio station would you listen to Jane Jones, Jamie Crick and John Brunning?
Answer: CLASSIC FM
Question: From which plant does natural vanilla flavouring come from?
Answer: ORCHID
Question: In which town or city is Murphy's original brewery located?
Answer: CORK
Question: From which musical does the song "The Impossible Dream" come from?
Answer: MAN OF LA MANCHA
Question: In which country in 2008 was the first night time Fl Grand Prix held?
Answer: SINGAPORE
Question: Who became Chief Scout in 2009?
Answer: BEAR GRYLLS
Question: Who in the 2005 film "Alexander" played Alexander the Great?
Answer: COLIN FARRELL
Question: In which sport do participants use a mawashi?
Answer: SUMO WRESTLING
Question: As at June 2009 who is the first Minister of Northern Ireland?
Answer: PETER ROBINSON
Question: There are two ski jumps used in Winter Olympic competition, one is 90m what length is the other?
Answer: 120m
Question: Who is the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland?
Answer: HUGH ORDE
Question: In the rhyme 'The Owl and the Pussycat' which animal performed the wedding?
Answer: The Turkey
Question: Name a year in Lord Liverpool's tenure as Prime Minister.
Answer: 1812-1827
Question: How was Erik Weiss better known?
Answer: (Harry) Houdini
Question: Who wrote the play 'Major Barbara' in 1905?
Answer: G B Shaw
Question: Which fruit has varieties Merton Pride and Williams?
Answer: Pears
Question: What is the equivalent rank of an army colonel in the RAF?
Answer: Group Captain
Question: What is the name for the study of hormones?
Answer: Endocrinology
Question: Which US President was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919?
Answer: Woodrow Wilson
Question: Who was the principal guitarist with the Quintette du Hot Club de France?
Answer: Django Reinhardt
Question: What was the middle name of Princess Diana?
Answer: Frances
Question: Which South American country was named after an Italian City?
Answer: Venezuela
Question: In which year was the first London Marathon?
Answer: 1981
Question: By what name is the bird the yaffle more commonly known?
Answer: Green Woodpecker
Question: Which artist painted Bubbles in 1886?
Answer: John Everett Millais
Question: What is the capital of the Seychelles?
Answer: Victoria
Question: Name the area of the Adriatic Sea into which the Rive Po flows?
Answer: Gulf of Venice
Question: If a food dish is called navarine, what must it have in it?
Answer: Lamb
Question: What is the state capital of South Dakota?
Answer: Pierre
Question: Give a year in the life of Charlotte Bronte?
Answer: 1816 - 1855
Question: Where would you apply to become a keeper of an English lighthouse?
Answer: Trinity House
Question: Which fish is used to make an Arbroath Smokie?
Answer: Haddock
Question: Which English writer, best known for his science fiction, published 'Outline of History' in the 1920s?
Answer: HG Wells
Question: What type of weapon is a 'Katana'?
Answer: (long, single edged) Sword
Question: Standing for words meaning "which is what was to be proved", which 3 letters appear at the end of a mathematical theorem?
Answer: QED
Question: Bundaberg rum is produced in which country?
Answer: Australia
Question: The last line of which blockbuster film was "Good, for a moment there I thought we were in trouble"?
Answer: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Question: Which famous ex-sportsman provides the voice for the children's TV programme 'Roary the Racing Car'?
Answer: Stirling Moss
Question: Theodore Roosevelt was the first US President to receive a Nobel Peace Prize, who was the second?
Answer: Woodrow Wilson
Question: Who succeeded John Prescott as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party in 2007?
Answer: Harriet Harman
Question: Which Shakespearean character said "Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war"?
Answer: Mark Antony
Question: Who wrote the 1798 treatise 'An Essay on the Principle of Population'?
Answer: Thomas Malthus
Question: Which Roman Genera is reputed to have been executed by having molten gold poured down his throat by his Parthian captors?
Answer: (Marcus Licinius) Crassus
Question: What type of weapon is a 'twibill'?
Answer: (double-bladed) Axe
Question: In the old road safety advertisements, what kind of animal was Tufty?
Answer: SQUIRREL
Question: Which actor, who achieved worldwide fame in a television series of the late 1970s and 80s was the son of the actress and singer Mary Martin?
Answer: LARRY HAGMAN
Question: Which Russian newspaper had a title that translated into English as 'Truth'?
Answer: PRAVDA
Question: Sandwich, Little Whiskered and Arctic are all types of which bird?
Answer: TERN
Question: Who is the present Prime Minister of Canada?
Answer: STEPHEN HARPER
Question: Whereabouts in the human body is the zygomatic bone situated?
Answer: THE CHEEK
Question: Which is the largest moon, orbiting the planet Neptune?
Answer: TRITON
Question: Give a year in the life of the composer, Henry Purcell?
Answer: 1659-1695
Question: Which author wrote the classic Russian novel, "The Brothers Karamazov"?
Answer: FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY
Question: Who or what is "The Telegraph Toughie"?
Answer: A CROSSWORD PUZZLE
Question: What was the name of the comic book character, "The Tough of The Track"?
Answer: ALF TUPPER
Question: Which author wrote the classic French novel, "Therese Raquin"?
Answer: EMILE ZOLA
Question: Originating in Italy, what kind of food is pecorino?
Answer: CHEESE
Question: Name the German born, British art historian, who wrote a series of books entitled, "The Buildings of England", between 1951 and 1974?
Answer: NIKOLAUS PEVSNER
Question: In an alphabetical list of world countries, what comes between The Maldives and Malta?
Answer: Mali
Question: What would you be afraid of if you suffered from demophobia?
Answer: Crowds
Question: In 1924, which was the first country ever to host the Summer and Winter Olympics in the same year?
Answer: France
Question: Which model was married to photographer David Bailey for 10 years, from 1975?
Answer: Marie Helvin
Question: Found in the human body, what is the more common name for myeloid tissue?
Answer: Bone Marrow
Question: Situated in Cheshire, on what canal would you find the Anderton Boat Lift?
Answer: Trent & Mersey
Question: Members of which London gentleman's club wear a pink and green tie known as the "Salmon & Cucumber"?
Answer: Garrick Club