zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: What-is the official residence of the Mayor of New York City?
Answer: Gracie Mansion
Question: Which shipping forecast area lies to the south of Fair Isle and to the west of Forties?
Answer: Cromarty
Question: In which British town or city is the National Railway Museum?
Answer: York
Question: By what name is the medical condition adhesive capsulitis more commonly known?
Answer: Frozen shoulder
Question: Which 1980s pop group, lead singer Dave Gahan, took its name from a French fashion magazine?
Answer: Depeche Mode
Question: What is the occupation of Figaro in the opera by Rossini?
Answer: Barber
Question: Who has played Dick Tracy, Bugsy Siegel and Clyde Barrow on film?
Answer: Warren Beatty
Question: Which TV period drama is based on the writings of Flora Thompson and features the characters Dorcas Lane, Thomas Brown and Laura Timmins?
Answer: Larkrise to Candleford
Question: Who was named 'Person of the Year 2010' by Time Magazine, the youngest winner since the first award in 1927?
Answer: Mark Zuckerberg
Question: Whose last words were "Tomorrow I shall no longer be here"?
Answer: Nostradamus
Question: Goodwood racecourse is in which county?
Answer: (WEST) SUSSEX
Question: What is the SI unit of magnetic flux?
Answer: WEBER
Question: What month in 1961 did the Bay of Pigs attack on Cuba take place?
Answer: APRIL
Question: A ratel is what type of animal?
Answer: BADGER
Question: Who composed the opera "The Merry Widow"?
Answer: FRANZ LEHAR
Question: Edward Heath was MP for which constituency?
Answer: BEXLEY
Question: The dunnock is more commonly known as what bird?
Answer: HEDGE SPARROW
Question: Name the cricketer who played for Gloucestershire and England who scored 7,249 runs and 22 centuries in test matches?
Answer: WALLY HAMMOND
Question: Lady's Slipper is a member of which plant family?
Answer: ORCHID
Question: The cult film "Assault on Precinct 13" was directed by whom?
Answer: JOHN CARPENTER
Question: What was the nationality of 2011 Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship winner?
Answer: CZECH
Question: The port of Pusan is in which country?
Answer: SOUTH KOREA
Question: Which licence, costing 37p, was abolished in 1987?
Answer: Dog licence
Question: What name is given to the Mafia code of silence?
Answer: Omerta
Question: Who plays Reggie Perrin in the BBC TV remake of the classic comedy series?
Answer: Martin Clunes
Question: Who made his directorial debut with the 1998 film 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'?
Answer: Guy Ritchie
Question: What is the major ingredient in the curry dish 'Dopiaza'?
Answer: Onion
Question: Which large island lies off the coast of Los Angeles?
Answer: (Santa) Catalina
Question: In which ballet is there a 'sugar plum fairy'?
Answer: Nutcracker
Question: Which island lies off the coast of Barrow-in-Furness?
Answer: Walney
Question: In which ballet is Swanhilde jealous of a mechanical doll?
Answer: Coppelia_
Question: In the current series of car registration plates (2 letters, a 2 digit number then 3 letters), which was the first 2 digit number to be used?
Answer: 51
Question: What name is given to scouts aged between 6 and 8 years old?
Answer: Beavers
Question: Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) was famous for her work in which field?
Answer: Gardens
Question: Which British alternative rock band won the Mercury Prize in 2008 with the album "The Seldom Seen Kid"?
Answer: Elbow
Question: Which animal is the smallest true monkey?
Answer: Pygmy Marmoset
Question: How many arms has a starfish?
Answer: Five
Question: How many Parliamentary constituencies are there in the UK?
Answer: 650
Question: Which patron saint was believed to have lived on locusts and honey?
Answer: St. John the Baptist
Question: The Dutch Super Cup, played between the Eredivisie winners and the winner of the KNVB Cup, is named after which footballer?
Answer: Johan Cruyff
Question: Plovdiv and Varna airports, et al, are in which European country?
Answer: Bulgaria
Question: Which of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland is called The Navigator', "The Voyager', or The Bold'?
Answer: St. Brendan
Question: Which German developed the concept of the kindergarten?
Answer: (Friedrich) Froebel
Question: Tarbes and Pau airports serve which French town?
Answer: Lourdes
Question: Allium sativum is the Latin name for which vegetable?
Answer: Garlic
Question: Sant Francesc Xavier is the capital of which Balearic island?
Answer: Formentera
Question: Jazz fusion musician Pat Metheny plays which instrument?
Answer: Guitar
Question: What is the family name of the Dukes of Bedford?
Answer: Russell
Question: Ludlow, Shropshire lies on the bend of which river?
Answer: Teme
Question: In which year did Beethoven die?
Answer: 1827
Question: Jazz musician McCoy Tyner plays which instrument?
Answer: Piano
Question: In the UK, which creature is often known as a 'Rumpy'?
Answer: A Manx Cat
Question: Who played Jean Harlow in the 1965 film "Harlow"?
Answer: Carroll Baker
Question: Who directed the 1980 film "Ordinary People"?
Answer: Robert Redford
Question: To which animal does the adjective aquiline refer?
Answer: Eagle
Question: Verulamium is the Roman name for which English city?
Answer: St Albans
Question: What Hindi name is given to a keeper or driver of elephants?
Answer: Mahout
Question: Which American invented the Polaroid camera in 1947?
Answer: Edwin Land
Question: What is the SI unit of pressure?
Answer: Pascal
Question: Which author wrote "If not actually disgruntled, he was far from gruntled"?
Answer: P G Wodehouse
Question: How many players are there in a tug of war team?
Answer: 8
Question: Who described cauliflower as a "cabbage with a college education"?
Answer: Mark Twain
Question: How many cards are there in a Tarot pack?
Answer: 78
Question: Who was the Irish dancer who was the founder of the Bluebell Girls?
Answer: Margaret Kelly
Question: How long is allowed between games in an APT (professional) tennis match?
Answer: 90 SECONDS
Question: The National Gallery is situated in which London square?
Answer: TRAFALGAR
Question: Who wrote the Elvis Presley song "Blue Suede Shoes"
Answer: CARL PERKINS
Question: How long is allowed between serves in an APT tennis match i.e. between 1st and 2nd serve?
Answer: 20 SECONDS
Question: Which celebrity named his son (nickname) 'Blanket'?
Answer: MICHAEL JACKSON
Question: The cornet, trombone, tuba and euphonium are instruments in a brass band. Name one other?
Answer: FLUGELHORN
Question: Which Indian City is known as the Silicon Valley of India?
Answer: BANGALORE
Question: Which drink has major commercial types called Robusta and Arabica?
Answer: COFFEE
Question: The Trevi Fountain scene in "La Dolca Vita" featured which Swedish starlet?
Answer: ANITA EKBERG
Question: Where was Hitler's mountain hideout?
Answer: BERCHTESGADEN
Question: Adria Airways is the airline of which former Yugoslav State?
Answer: SLOVENIA
Question: The Butcher bird is another name for which bird? T
Answer: SHRIKE
Question: Which British Army rank comes after Brigadier?
Answer: MAJOR GENERAL
Question: Who is the Prime Minister of Canada?
Answer: Stephen Harper
Question: Which greyhound won 32 consecutive races in the 1980s?
Answer: Ballyregan Bob
Question: The Starlight Barking was a 1967 sequel to which children's novel?
Answer: 101 Dalmatians
Question: What is formed by the confluence of the Ouse and Trent rivers?
Answer: Humber
Question: Which of the United States was the 14th to join the Union (i.e. the first to join after the original 13)?
Answer: Vermont
Question: In the books by Sue Townsend, Adrian Mole was supposedly born in which English county?
Answer: Leicestershire
Question: In the Enid Blyton stories-what is the name of Noddy's house?
Answer: House for One
Question: Which British city's assay office uses a castle as its hallmark for precious metals?
Answer: Edinburgh
Question: Which unit of length is equal to 3.26 light years?
Answer: Parsec
Question: What was the exact London address of Sherlock Holmes?
Answer: 221B Baker Street
Question: Melissophobia is the fear of what?
Answer: Bees
Question: Which line on the London Underground has the most stations?
Answer: District
Question: Which musician lived at 9 Madryn Street Liverpool?
Answer: Ringo Starr
Question: What is the capital of Tanzania?
Answer: Dodoma
Question: Who wrote the poem The Wreck of the Hesperus"?
Answer: (Henry Wadsworth) Longfellow
Question: Before the 20th century, what nationality was the last non-Italian Pope?
Answer: Dutch
Question: In which 2002 film did Richard Gere play the part of Billy Flynn?
Answer: Chicago
Question: In the Royal Navy which rank is below Commodore and above Commander?
Answer: Captain
Question: Which chemical element, atomic no. 41, is named after the daughter of King Tantalus?
Answer: Niobium
Question: Who directed the 1947 film "It's a Wonderful Life"?
Answer: Frank Capra
Question: Who wrote the poem "Samson Agonistes"?
Answer: John Milton
Question: The Battle of Shiloh took place during which war?
Answer: US Civil War
Question: What is the middle name of ex-US President Jimmy Carter?
Answer: Earl
Question: In which 1980 film did John Hurt play the part of John Merrick?
Answer: The Elephant Man
Question: Which US state is known as the Keystone State?
Answer: Pennsylvania
Question: Which car company makes the model 'Zafira'?
Answer: Vauxhall
Question: Who directed the 2011 film "The King's Speech"?
Answer: Tom Hooper
Question: John Maus died in May 2011, of which pop group had he been a member?
Answer: THE WALKER BROTHERS
Question: Which novelist is known as 'The Queen of the Aga saga'?
Answer: JOANNA TROLLOPE
Question: Which French General and statesman took part in the Battle of Yorktown?
Answer: LAFAYETTE
Question: What type of bird is a gadwall?
Answer: DUCK
Question: What is the name of the straight line joining any two points on the circumference of a circle?
Answer: A CHORD
Question: What title is held by the heir to the Spanish throne?
Answer: PRINCE of ASTURIAS
Question: Who, better known as an actor and comedian, released his debut blues album in 2011 called 'Let Them Talk'?
Answer: HUGH LAURIE
Question: Differentiation and what are the two main operations of calculus?
Answer: INTEGRATION
Question: To whom was Catherine of Aragon married before she married Henry 8th?
Answer: PRINCE ARTHUR
Question: According to the rhyme, what is a 'swarm of bees in June' worth?
Answer: A SILVER SPOON
Question: Stoke City FC now play their home games at the Britannia Stadium. What was the name of their previous stadium?
Answer: VICTORIA GROUND
Question: For a constituency in which town is Ed Miliband an MP?
Answer: DONCASTER
Question: On which racecourse is the King George VI Chase run?
Answer: KEMPTON
Question: Who together with Nicholas Crane has been the main presenter of 'Coast'?
Answer: NEIL OLIVER
Question: Who is the author of the 'Shopaholic' series of 'Chick Lit' books?
Answer: SOPHIE KINSELLA
Question: Which is the highest number used in a Sudoku puzzle?
Answer: Nine
Question: Which company's red triangle trademark was the first to registered in England (in 1876)?
Answer: Bass
Question: Which bird has the Latin name Erithacus Rubecula?
Answer: Robin
Question: Who wrote the 1989 Booker Prize winning novel "The Remains of the Day"?
Answer: Kazuo Ishiguro
Question: What specifically is the alcoholic ingredient of the drink Cuba Libre?
Answer: White Rum
Question: In which Gilbert and Sullivan opera do fairies take over Parliament?
Answer: Iolanthe
Question: Which daily newspaper was founded in 1909, but closed in 1971 when it merged with the Daily Mail?
Answer: Daily Sketch
Question: Which religious organisation's newspaper is called "The War Cry"?
Answer: Salvation Army
Question: In addition to the emu, which other flightless bird is native to Australia?
Answer: Cassowary
Question: What type of food is Cullen Skink?
Answer: (Fish) Soup
Question: Prior to Howard Webb in 2010, who was the last Englishman to referee a World Cup Final?
Answer: Jack Taylor
Question: A 'gnomon' is a pointer on which device?
Answer: Sundial
Question: Under which tree did the swagman camp in the song "Waltzing Matilda"?
Answer: Coolibah tree
Question: Singer Rihanna, and cricketer Sir Garfield Sobers are from which island?
Answer: Barbados
Question: """Gates of Hell"" and ""The Burghers of Calais"" are by which sculptor?"
Answer: (Auguste) Rodin
Question: Which novel is set on one day - 16th June 1904?
Answer: Ulysses
Question: Which author was born in Higher Brockhampton, near Dorchester, in 1840?
Answer: (Thomas) Hardy
Question: In the TV programme '24', what is the name of the character played by Kiefer Sutherland?
Answer: Jack Bauer
Question: Who won the 1968 US presidential election?
Answer: (Richard) Nixon
Question: Alan Hansen joined Liverpool from which club in 1977?
Answer: Partick Thistle
Question: Which famous American film star had the middle name DeForest?
Answer: Humphrey Bogart
Question: Which regular feature in Private Eye covers pretentious or pompous statements from the arts, academia and business?
Answer: Pseuds Corner
Question: Who wrote the novel 'Cold Comfort Farm' in 1932?
Answer: Stella Gibbons
Question: In which English county was Charles Darwin born?
Answer: Shropshire
Question: The steel pan (or drum) is the national instrument of which island nation, where it was invented?
Answer: Trinidad and Tobago
Question: Which Shakespeare play is set in Sicilia and Bohemia?
Answer: The Winter's Tale
Question: On which London thoroughfare is the Cenotaph situated?
Answer: Whitehall
Question: Who was British Prime Minister when the American Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776?
Answer: Lord North
Question: Who is the Patron Saint of accountants etc?
Answer: St. Matthew
Question: Of what is ergophobia the fear?
Answer: Work
Question: How is the building 30 St. Mary Axe better known?
Answer: The Gherkin
Question: Who was the Queen consort of King George the Fourth of England?
Answer: Caroline of Brunswick
Question: In which country was the architect Richard Rogers born?
Answer: Italy
Question: It was announced early in 2011 that which British author and screen writer will write a new "Sherlock Holmes" novel?
Answer: Anthony Horowitz
Question: In pre-decimal currency, what was depicted on the back of a farthing from 1936 until it was withdrawn in 1960?
Answer: A WREN
Question: What type of bird is a maribou?
Answer: A STORK
Question: Cosette, Marius and Fantine are characters in which book and musical?
Answer: LES MISERABLES
Question: Who wrote 'Capriccio Italien' in 1880?
Answer: TCHAIKOWSKY
Question: After whose father was Prince Edward Island named?
Answer: QUEEN VICTORIA
Question: Who painted The Boyhood of Raleigh' in 1870?
Answer: John Everett MILLAIS
Question: Which Dickens novel has a first chapter called 'I am born'?
Answer: DAVID COPPERFIELD
Question: Who was the first President of Tanzania? (1961-1985)
Answer: JULIUS NYERERE
Question: What type of animal is a sifaka?
Answer: LEMUR
Question: What is the name of the new group, founded in 2010 by Liam Gallagher and other members of Oasis?
Answer: BEADY EYE
Question: Who benefits from the royalties from 'Peter Pan'?
Answer: GREAT ORMOND STREET CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
Question: Simoon, haboob and tramontane are types of what?
Answer: WINDS
Question: Guitarist David Evans uses which stage name?
Answer: THE EDGE
Question: What is the highest mountain on the island of Crete?
Answer: Mount IDA
Question: The Latitude Festival of music, theatre and comedy is held annually in which county?
Answer: SUFFOLK
Question: For which country was Emanuel Adebayor playing football when they withdrew from the African Cup of Nations in 2010?
Answer: TOGO
Question: Which MP was made the Minister for Drought in 1976 and then it rained three days later?
Answer: DENIS HOWELL
Question: In which Australian city is the WACA Cricket Ground found?
Answer: PERTH
Question: What was the apt name of the largest armoured vehicle that the Germans had in World War II?
Answer: ELEFANT
Question: Which US TV comedy is set in the Sacred Heart Hospital?
Answer: SCRUBS
Question: Lynne Frederick was the last wife of which comic actor?
Answer: PETER SELLERS
Question: Which mythical creature had the head and body of a lion and eagles wings?
Answer: GRIFFIN
Question: Which restaurant chain was founded in 1998 by Simon Woodroffe?
Answer: YO SUSHI
Question: Singer Crispian Mills is the son of which famous actress?
Answer: HAYLEY MILLS
Question: What was Taiwan formerly known as?
Answer: FORMOSA
Question: In the film Cool Running which comic actor played the coach of the Jamaican Bobsleigh Team?
Answer: JOHN CANDY
Question: Lisa Dobriskey is a world silver medallist in which athletics event?
Answer: 1500m
Question: Who wrote the 1955 novel 'The Ginger Man'?
Answer: J P Donleavy
Question: What kind of creature is a White Leghorn?
Answer: Chicken
Question: In Greek Mythology what was the name of the prophetess daughter of Priam whose predictions were never believed?
Answer: Cassandra
Question: Which computer company was set up in 1968 by Alan Sugar?
Answer: Amstrad
Question: In which National Park is the geyser Old Faithful?
Answer: Yellowstone
Question: Matthew Syed was a British champion in which sport?
Answer: Table Tennis
Question: Which company devised a walking robot called Asimo?
Answer: Honda
Question: In connection the US Constitution what was the effect of the 18th Amendment?
Answer: Prohibition
Question: From which Shakespeare play do the lines 'Sans teeth, sans taste, sans everything' come?
Answer: As You Like It
Question: Nowroz Mangal is the captain of which international cricket team?
Answer: Afghanistan
Question: What is the state capital of California?
Answer: Sacramento
Question: Who directed the 2010 film "127 Hours"?
Answer: Danny Boyle
Question: In Dan Brown's "Angels and Demons" what is given as Robert Langdon's profession?
Answer: Symbologist
Question: Who wrote the epic poem "The Song of Hiawatha"?
Answer: Longfellow
Question: Which river flows through Galway City in Ireland?
Answer: Corrib
Question: Tegel airport serves which European capital city?
Answer: Berlin
Question: Who is Australia's first female Prime Minister?
Answer: Julia Gillard
Question: Which is Britain's smallest songbird?
Answer: Goldcrest
Question: What was the name of the official match ball for the 2010 World Cup?
Answer: Jabulani
Question: Which TV series was filmed in the Irish village of Avoca?
Answer: Ballykissangel
Question: Which TV series was filmed in the Scottish village of Plockton?
Answer: Hamish Macbeth
Question: At 4132 miles long, which is regarded as the longest river in the world?
Answer: Nile
Question: The CEO of which company said in 2010: 'There is no one who wants this over more than I do. I want my life back'?
Answer: BP
Question: What nationality was the only non-Australian, US or Swedish man to win the Wimbledon Singles title in the 1970's?
Answer: Czech
Question: Who was crowned by Pope Leo III on Christmas Day 800?
Answer: Charlemagne
Question: In the works of Beatrix Potter, what kind of creature is Jeremy Fisher?
Answer: A Frog
Question: Which sauce is created with butter, egg yolks, seasoning and lemon juice?
Answer: Hollandaise
Question: Which veteran British singer was born Clive Powell in Leigh, Lancashire in 1943?
Answer: Georgie Fame
Question: Who won the 1978 Booker Prize with the novel The Sea, The Sea'?
Answer: Iris Murdoch
Question: What is the largest active volcano in Europe?
Answer: Mount Etna
Question: Originally a symbol of St Peter and now featured on the flag of the Vatican, which emblem is often used as a pub sign in Britain?
Answer: The Cross Keys
Question: What moved to Nine Elms in 1974?
Answer: Covent Garden Market
Question: According to legend, on which Mediterranean island did the Cyclops, Polyphemus, live?
Answer: Sicily
Question: Which English painter had a pug called Trump?
Answer: William Hogarth
Question: Which 1874 novel has the subtitle "A Study of Provincial Life"?
Answer: Middlemarch
Question: Which war was ended by the 1905 Treaty of Portsmouth?
Answer: The Russo-Japanese War
Question: Who wrote the best-selling book The Lost Symbol?
Answer: DAN BROWN
Question: Who played the title character in the 2010 film Harry Brown?
Answer: MICHAEL CAINE
Question: At the 2011 Oscars the song "We Belong Together" won the Oscar for best original song, from which film did it came?
Answer: TOY STORY 3
Question: Which series of guide books was founded by Tony and Maureen Wheeler in 1973?
Answer: LONELY PLANET
Question: Who played Mattie Ross in the 1969 film True Grit?
Answer: KIM DARBY
Question: In which US State is Yuma?
Answer: ARIZONA
Question: The Order of Merit is limited to how many members?
Answer: 24
Question: Who wrote the book Beau Geste?
Answer: P C WREN
Question: The Grossglockner is the highest mountain in which country?
Answer: AUSTRIA
Question: Who was David Cameron addressing when he said "Calm down dear" at Prime Minister's Question Time?
Answer: ANGELA EAGLE
Question: In the film The Great Escape who played the character Ashley Pitt, Dispersal?
Answer: DAVID MCCALLUM
Question: Who wrote Tom Brown's Schooldays?
Answer: THOMAS HUGHES
Question: What was the original name of the Hoover Dam?
Answer: BOULDER DAM
Question: The Royal Marine Barracks, Lympstone, are in which county?
Answer: DEVON
Question: Give a year in the life of the poet and writer John Milton.
Answer: 1608 - 1674
Question: What name is given to a young elephant?
Answer: CALF
Question: Mohamed Al Fayed erected a statue of whom outside Craven Cottage in 2011?
Answer: MICHAEL JACKSON
Question: Which official is sometimes referred to by the acronym POTUS?
Answer: PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Question: What was the real name of Lewis Carroll?
Answer: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
Question: There are believed to be over 1,000 languages spoken on which island?
Answer: New Guinea
Question: Element 112, Cn, is named after which astronomer?
Answer: Copernicus
Question: In 1969 which Irish woman became Britain's youngest ever female MP?
Answer: Bernadette Devlin
Question: What was the first Apollo mission to leave Earth orbit and orbit the moon, in 1968?
Answer: Apollo 8
Question: What is Miss Marple's first name?
Answer: Jane
Question: In what year did Harold Macmillan introduce Premium Bonds?
Answer: 1956
Question: Callisto and Io are moons of which planet?
Answer: Jupiter
Question: Mussorgsky's opera 'Boris Godunov' was based on a play by whom?
Answer: Alexander Pushkin
Question: 'Hello darkness my old friend' are the first words of which Simon and Garfunkel song?
Answer: The Sound of Silence
Question: Who wrote the novel 'Fahrenheit 451' in 1953?
Answer: Ray Bradbury
Question: Best known for 'The Gruffalo', who was appointed the new Children's Laureate in June 2011?
Answer: JULIA DONALDSON
Question: Which country's Prime Minister lives at 24 Sussex Drive?
Answer: CANADA
Question: The Sahara is Africa's largest desert, what is its second largest?
Answer: KALAHARI
Question: Which part of the body does a reflexologist most commonly focus on?
Answer: FEET
Question: For what did the 'O' originally stand in the name of the breakfast cereal, Cheerios?
Answer: OATS
Question: Which author's first novel begins; 'The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning'?
Answer: IAN FLEMING
Question: The 'Saladin Tithe' was a tax levied to finance the third of nine what?
Answer: CRUSADES
Question: What is the common name for a Cydia moth larva inside a seed of the Sebastiana shrub?
Answer: (MEXICAN) JUMPING BEAN
Question: Which moon of the solar system is named after the Greek god of fear?
Answer: PHOBOS
Question: In which country was tennis player Juan Martin del Potro born?
Answer: ARGENTINA
Question: Who was the 20th-21st century composer of the 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs'?
Answer: HENRYK GORECKI
Question: Who is the author of the children's book 'The Story of Tracy Beaker'?
Answer: JACQUELINE WILSON
Question: Who has become the first Muslim woman to serve in the Cabinet?
Answer: BARONESS WARSI
Question: Who is the author of the novel 'The Horse Whisperer'?
Answer: NICHOLAS EVANS
Question: The only stadium to host two soccer World Cup Finals is in which city?
Answer: MEXICO CITY
Question: The scaup is a species of what kind of bird?
Answer: A DUCK
Question: Buchanan is a major city in which West African country?
Answer: LIBERIA