zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: What replaced the iron in the board game Monopoly?
Answer: Cat
Question: Zoey Barkow, Kevin Peyton, Eddie Walzer and Fitch Cooper are all characters in which US television series?
Answer: Nurse Jackie
Question: Hinge, Saddle, Pivot and Gliding are all types of what in the human body?
Answer: Joint
Question: What is the first name of US actor and film director Spike Lee?
Answer: Shelton
Question: Which British monarch donated the King’s Cup for the Cowes Week Race?
Answer: King George IV
Question: Which country is bordered by the Gaza Strip, Israel, Libya and Sudan?
Answer: Egypt
Question: What is the name of the US electric car manufacturer, founded in 2003, whose cars include the Model S and the Model X?
Answer: Tesla Motors Inc
Question: The Mossbauer effect refers to which sort of radiation?
Answer: Gamma
Question: Which country originated the motor scooter?
Answer: Italy
Question: What was the German WWII air force called?
Answer: Luftwaffe
Question: The 2005 US film ‘Fever Pitch’, starring Drew Barrymore, is about which sport?
Answer: Baseball
Question: What was the first name of Irish author Bram Stoker?
Answer: Abraham
Question: Templeton Peck is a character in which US television series?
Answer: The A Team
Question: Which British politician was dubbed ‘Big Beast’ by the press, and was also known for his fondness for Hush Puppies’?
Answer: Kenneth Clarke
Question: Who designed the wedding dress worn by Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge?
Answer: Sarah Burton
Question: What is the title of the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle?
Answer: The Sign of Four
Question: Comedian Larry David starred in the US television show ‘Curb Your ‘what’?
Answer: Enthusiasm
Question: According to Dart Board Regulations, how high should the centre of the bullseye be from the floor in feet and inches?
Answer: 5 feet 8 inches
Question: In the novel ‘Martin Chuzzlewit’ by Charles Dickens, what is the name of the inn run by Mrs Lupin?
Answer: The Blue Dragon Inn
Question: ‘Blue Monday’, said to be the most depressing day of the year, falls during which month?
Answer: January
Question: Aurora, Chandler, Legacy and Reka are all varieties of which fruit?
Answer: Blueberry
Question: Emetophobia is the irrational fear of which bodily function?
Answer: Vomiting
Question: In the Scottish expression ‘Lang may yer lum reek’, what is a ‘lum’?
Answer: CHIMNEY
Question: With whom are pirates having an adventure in the title of a 2012 animated film?
Answer: SCIENTISTS
Question: Politics. Who was Leader of the Opposition in the U.K. from 1994 to 1997?
Answer: TONY BLAIR
Question: In what year did Princess Diana die?
Answer: 1997
Question: In which English county will you find Wisbech?
Answer: CAMBRIDGESHIRE
Question: What is the first name of Bill Gates’s wife?
Answer: MELINDA
Question: Which jockey won the Derby in 1979, 1980, 1989 and 1994?
Answer: WILLIE CARSON
Question: What was Miss Piggy’s surname on the Muppet Show?
Answer: Lee
Question: Which Northumberland heroine was the daughter of the keeper of the Longstone lighthouse?
Answer: Grace Darling
Question: Who has the Jack Regan role in the new movie version of The Sweeney?
Answer: Ray Winstone
Question: Who won the first ever women’s boxing gold at any Olympics?
Answer: Nicola Adams
Question: Natalie Bennett was announced as the new leader of what?
Answer: The Green Party
Question: Which famous song was composed by Claude Roget de Lisle?
Answer: Le Marseillaise
Question: Which authority looks after Britain’s lighthouses?
Answer: Trinity House
Question: Who was the last Roman Catholic king of England?
Answer: James II
Question: In which sitcom did Dorien Green appear?
Answer: Birds of a Feather
Question: What is a line that joins two points of a circle?
Answer: Chord
Question: Of which race was Delilah a member?
Answer: Philistine
Question: Lake Vanern is the largest lake in which country?
Answer: Sweden
Question: What is the capital of Sardinia?
Answer: Cagliari
Question: Tasseomancy is the reading of what?
Answer: Tea Leaves
Question: Who plays the chief villain in the new James Bond film Skyfall?
Answer: Javier Bardem
Question: In which city is the Topkapi Palace?
Answer: Istanbul
Question: Created in 1872, what was the name of the world’s First National Park?
Answer: YELLOWSTONE
Question: LM The first film Oscar winner to have both parents who both also won film Oscars?
Answer: LIZA MINELLI
Question: Where in the body is the Malleus bone?
Answer: EAR
Question: Who was the first President of the Royal Academy in 1768?
Answer: JOSHUA REYNOLDS
Question: Tom, Tom the piper’s son could only play which tune?
Answer: OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY
Question: Near which city did Julie Andrews sing ‘The Hills are alive to the sound of music’?
Answer: SALZBURG
Question: Hephaestion was the very close, personal friend & companion of which King?
Answer: Alexander the Great
Question: Which is the only state of the USA that is named after an American President?
Answer: Washington
Question: Known as “la Superba”, which seaport is the capital of Liguria?
Answer: Genoa
Question: Corundum, widely used as an abrasive, is a crystalline form of an oxide of which metal?
Answer: Aluminium
Question: Which singer was known as the Brazilian Bombshell?
Answer: Carmen Miranda
Question: Which Benjamin Britten opera is based on a short novel by Herman Melville?
Answer: BILLY BUDD
Question: In September 2006, which Welshman captained Europe's victorious Ryder Cup team?
Answer: Ian WOOSNAM
Question: What is the technical term for a coral island consisting of a reef surrounding a lagoon?
Answer: ATOLL
Question: In the 1920’s, which French designer created the ‘little black dress’?
Answer: Coco Chanel
Question: What religion was accepted in the Roman Empire in AD313 by the Edict of Milan?
Answer: Christianity
Question: Arthur Wynne of Liverpool invented which teaser in 1913?
Answer: The Crossword Puzzle
Question: In which county of Northern Ireland is the Giant’s Causeway?
Answer: Antrim
Question: Which current BBC drama sees Anne Reid and Derek Jacobi rekindle an old romance?
Answer: Last Tango in Halifax
Question: Haneda Airport is one of the busiest in the world - which city does it serve?
Answer: Tokyo
Question: Anosmia is the loss of what?
Answer: Sense of Smell
Question: Which world figure is married to quantum chemist Joachim Sauer?
Answer: Angela Merkel
Question: Who thought Sebastian Moran ‘the second most dangerous man in London?
Answer: Sherlock Holmes
Question: Which Dickens hero went to Salem House School under headmaster Mr Creakle?
Answer: David Copperfield
Question: What do ‘scandent’ plants do?
Answer: Climb
Question: Who plays Miss Havisham in Mike Newell’s latest film adaptation of Great Expectations?
Answer: Helena Bonham Carter
Question: Which boxer was The Bronx Bull?
Answer: Jake la Motta
Question: Which boxer was The Brockton Blockbuster?
Answer: Rocky Marciano
Question: The author of “The Snowman” wrote which novel about a nuclear attack ?
Answer: When The Wind Blows
Question: Which female swimmer won two Gold and one Silver for GB ?
Answer: Ellie Simmonds
Question: London Olympics 200 metres, who did Pistorius accuse of cheating ?
Answer: Alan Oliveira
Question: Which playing card is ‘the curse of Scotland’?
Answer: Nine of Diamonds
Question: Which type of road crossing allows bicycles to be ridden across?
Answer: Toucan Crossing
Question: In which opera does Mimi fall for Rodolfo?
Answer: La Boheme
Question: What was created by the Limehouse Declaration of 1981?
Answer: The SDP
Question: Which country is home to the majority of species of Bird of Paradise?
Answer: New Guinea
Question: Which best selling Norwegian author created the detective Harry Hole?
Answer: Jo Nesbo
Question: Which band’s 2007 reunion concert attracted 20 million ticket applications?
Answer: Led Zeppelin
Question: The Golden Wattle is one of the national symbols of which country?
Answer: Australia
Question: Which tree is sometimes called the false plane?
Answer: Sycamore
Question: What was the stage name of jazz pianist Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe?
Answer: Jelly Roll Morton
Question: Which hunter is the arch-enemy of Bugs Bunny?
Answer: Elmer Fudd
Question: Which is the only mammal able to kneel on all fours?
Answer: Elephant
Question: Which England football manager has the highest win percentage (67%) of all?
Answer: Fabio Capello
Question: Who took over as Governor of the Bank of England on July 1st 2013?
Answer: MARK CARNEY
Question: Who was the first female D.J. on Radio 1?
Answer: ANNE NIGHTINGALE
Question: In which city will you find the Jacques Cartier Bridge?
Answer: MONTREAL
Question: In 1967, who got to no. 2 in the charts with ‘Excerpt from a Teenage Opera’?
Answer: KEITH WEST
Question: Who wrote the 1911 novel ‘The Secret Garden’?
Answer: FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT
Question: Whose catchphrases included ‘Hello, playmates’ and ‘Ay thang yaw’?
Answer: ARTHUR ASKEY
Question: In 1984, who became the first comedian to die during a live performance on tv?
Answer: TOMMY COOPER
Question: Which city is at the northern end of the Suez Canal?
Answer: PORT SAID
Question: Which Hollywood star died of a drug overdose in June 1969, aged 47?
Answer: JUDY GARLAND
Question: Who had a hit with ‘Raining in My Heart’ in 1959?
Answer: BUDDY HOLLY
Question: Which musical centres around the Kit Kat Club?
Answer: Cabaret
Question: Which group was formed by Billy Connolly and Gerry Rafferty?
Answer: The Humblebums
Question: Where would you find the towns of Ramsey, Peel and Port Erin?
Answer: Isle of Man
Question: Where could you ride ‘The Smiler’ ‘Oblivion’ and ‘Nemesis’?
Answer: Alton Towers
Question: Which cities name was one of the first few words spoken on the moon?
Answer: Houston
Question: Which trees leaves are the symbol of the National Trust?
Answer: Oak
Question: Chianti wine comes from which region of Italy?
Answer: Tuscany
Question: The American woodchuck or whistle-pigis also known by what name?
Answer: Groundhog
Question: What was the band Madness’s only UK No.1?
Answer: House of Fun
Question: If a doctor gave you the Ishihara Test for what condition would he be testing you?
Answer: Colour Blindness
Question: What is the country of origin of the yeastless beer called ‘faro’?
Answer: Belgium
Question: What is the common name of Hansen’s Disease?
Answer: Leprosy
Question: Where in the British Isles is Ronaldsway Airport?
Answer: Isle of Man
Question: Which monarch moved the royal residence from St James Palace to Buckingham Palace?
Answer: Queen Victoria
Question: Which mountain is also known as Mont Cervin?
Answer: The Matterhorn
Question: Who made a risqué joke about Hugo Boss and the Nazis at the GQ Magazine awards?
Answer: Russell Brand
Question: Sir John Houblon was the first Governor of what?
Answer: Bank of England
Question: Which crime used to be called ‘lese-majeste’ meaning injured majesty in French?
Answer: Treason
Question: Who composed the Scottish and Italian Symphonies?
Answer: Mendelssohn
Question: We call it a spanner – what do Americans call it?
Answer: Wrench
Question: What was founded by Allen Lane in 1935?
Answer: Penguin Books
Question: What kind of creature is an addax?
Answer: Antelope
Question: Sterling silver contains 92.5 parts silver and 7.5 parts ……what?
Answer: Copper
Question: Which European capital is situated at the point where Lake Malar joins the Baltic Sea?
Answer: Stockholm
Question: Which relative of the giraffe has zebra-like stripes?
Answer: Okapi
Question: Polydactylism is distinguished by extra what?
Answer: Fingers or Toes
Question: From which cereal is polenta now mainly made?
Answer: Maize
Question: What is the chief ingredient of passata?
Answer: Tomatoes
Question: In Hockney’s Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy – who or what is Percy?
Answer: Cat
Question: What is the surname of Aleksandr, the chief meerkat in the comparethemarket.com ads?
Answer: Orlov
Question: What is the total if you add the number shirts of the two flankers in rugby union?
Answer: thirteen
Question: Which of the four provinces of Ireland is the most populous?
Answer: Leinster
Question: Which straits separate Tierra del Fuego from mainland South America?
Answer: Magellan
Question: In which year did Maggie Thatcher become Prime Minister?
Answer: 1979
Question: What was the surname of the President of Egypt at the time?
Answer: Nasser
Question: Nike was a Greek goddess who personified what?
Answer: victory
Question: Which of the Muses was responsible for dance?
Answer: Terpsichore
Question: The book and the musical ‘Phantom of the Opera’ are set in which city?
Answer: Paris
Question: Who linked ‘Only When I Laugh’ and ‘The Beiderbecke Affair’?
Answer: James Bolam
Question: To which land did Cain go after killing Abel?
Answer: The Land of Nod
Question: What was the predominant decorative style of the 1920s and 30s?
Answer: Art Deco
Question: Who did England beat by two runs in a 2005 Edgbaston Test Match?
Answer: Australia
Question: Bernard Hinault was the last Frenchman to do what?
Answer: Win the Tour de France
Question: What kind of flower is a Lady’s Slipper?
Answer: Orchid
Question: What is the alternative name for the larkspur?
Answer: Delphinium
Question: Which element Atomic Number 19 was originally called Kalium?
Answer: Potassium
Question: Who wrote The Tracks of My Tears and My Guy?
Answer: Smokey Robinson
Question: Which Irish province includes the counties of Cork, Kerry and Limerick?
Answer: Munster
Question: What is the administrative HQ of the Welsh region of Ceredigion?
Answer: Aberystwyth
Question: Which body of water separates mainland Scotland and the Orkneys?
Answer: Pentland Firth
Question: Which educational movement was initiated by Robert Raikes in 1780?
Answer: Sunday Schools
Question: The A15 crosses which major bridge?
Answer: Humber Bridge
Question: The Golden Spurtle is awarded for champion makers of what?
Answer: Porridge
Question: Muslims traditionally break the fast of Ramadan by eating which fruit?
Answer: Dates
Question: Which poet had a dog called Boatswain?
Answer: Lord Byron
Question: Which series saw Ben Wishaw as a gay man whose new partner is murdered?
Answer: London Spy
Question: Who was killed when Gloria Jones’ mini left the road and hit a tree in 1977?
Answer: Marc Bolan
Question: What kind of clothing is a toque?
Answer: Hat
Question: Which common bird is also called the dunnock?
Answer: Hedge Sparrow
Question: When TNT is expanded into the full word, how many letters does it contain?
Answer: FIFTEEN
Question: What were the Goons doing for Christmas in 1956?
Answer: WALKING BACKWARDS
Question: Bewdley, Tenbury Wells, and Droitwich Spa are all towns in which English county?
Answer: WORCESTERSHIRE
Question: Which actor in silent films, 1887-1933, had the first names Roscoe Conkling?
Answer: FATTY ARBUCKLE
Question: Where is David Cameron’s Oxfordshire constituency?
Answer: WITNEY
Question: Laura Massaro and Nick Matthew are 2016 British champions at which sport?
Answer: SQUASH
Question: Where in the human body would you find the mitral valve?
Answer: HEART
Question: What is the capital of Paraguay?
Answer: ASUNCION
Question: Who was the ecclesiastical figure who founded Winchester College in 1382?
Answer: WILLIAM OF WYKEHAM
Question: Which ‘jukebox’ musical ran at London’s Prince of Wales Theatre from 2004 until 2012?
Answer: MAMMA MIA
Question: Which forest features in Shakespeare’s As You Like It?
Answer: Forest of Arden
Question: For which county side does record-breaking batsman Ben Stokes play?
Answer: Durham
Question: Which rugby union side play home games at Kingsholm?
Answer: Gloucester
Question: Who is killed by Kylo Ren in a recently released movie?
Answer: Han Solo
Question: Who plays the title role in the film The Lady In The Van?
Answer: Maggie Smith
Question: Which synth pop trio topped the UK singles chart in 2015 with the song ‘King’?
Answer: Years and Years
Question: What is the more common name of methanoic acid?
Answer: Formic Acid
Question: Cape St Vincent is the most southwestern point of which country?
Answer: Portugal
Question: Who wrote The Interpretation of Dreams in 1899?
Answer: Sigmund Freud
Question: The tune Duelling Banjos featured in which 1972 film?
Answer: Deliverance
Question: Which god rode an eight-legged horse called Sleipnir?
Answer: Odin
Question: In the Bible what instrument did David play?
Answer: Harp
Question: Who took the Leonard Cohen song Hallelujah to No.1 in 2008?
Answer: Alexandra Burke
Question: Who is lead singer with The Killers?
Answer: Brandon Flowers
Question: Which TV detective was assisted by Inspector Mike Burden?
Answer: Inspector Wexford
Question: Who played detectives Charley Farley and Piggy Malone?
Answer: The Two Ronnies
Question: Paul Cezanne, Paul Gaugin and Vincent van Gogh belonged to which school of painting?
Answer: Post-Impressionists
Question: Which family was portrayed as the Magi in Botticelli’s Adoration of the Magi?
Answer: Medici
Question: In a top ten hit for Dusty Springfield who was Billy Ray?
Answer: The Son of a Preacher Man
Question: What is the family name of the ruling dynasty of Monaco?
Answer: Grimaldi
Question: What breed of dog’s evidence is admissible in an American court?
Answer: Bloodhound
Question: Which TV programme featured the Olympic Hide and Seek Final?
Answer: Monty Python’s Flying Circus
Question: Australia has two flightless birds – the emu and which other?
Answer: Cassowary
Question: A shubunkin is a variety of what kind of fish?
Answer: Goldfish
Question: In which country was the late actor Leo McKern born?
Answer: Australia
Question: Who composed the symphonic poem Scheherezade?
Answer: Rimsky-Korsakov
Question: Which Yorkshire company introduced the crinkle cut crisp in 1956?
Answer: Seabrook
Question: 'The Professor' was a novel by which of the Bronte sisters?
Answer: Charlotte
Question: What is the address of the White House in Washington DC?
Answer: 1600 Pennsylvania Ave
Question: A statue of which nurse stands on the north-east corner of Trafalgar Square?
Answer: Edith Cavell
Question: Which language gave us the word 'Germanic'?
Answer: Latin
Question: Which Scottish village appears for only one day every one hundred years?
Answer: Brigadoon
Question: The Roman Via Appia ends in which modern coastal city?
Answer: Brindisi
Question: Robert Maxwell founded which weekly newspaper in 1990?
Answer: The European
Question: In July 1963 which osteopath was convicted of living off immoral earnings?
Answer: Stephen Ward
Question: In which eastern county is Holme Fen, the lowest point in the UK?
Answer: Cambridgeshire
Question: Which of the Balearic Islands has a name that means 'biggest'?
Answer: Majorca
Question: Which revealing item of clothing was invented by Louis Reard in 1946?
Answer: Bikini
Question: Which rebel was stabbed to death by the Lord Mayor of London in 1381?
Answer: Wat Tyler
Question: Kalamata is a variety of which food item?
Answer: Olive
Question: Which kiddies dolls were created by American art student Xavier Roberts in 1978?
Answer: Cabbage Patch Kids
Question: The Strait of Malacca separates the Malay Peninsula from what Indonesian island?
Answer: Sumatra
Question: Who own a greyhound called Santa’s Little Helper?
Answer: The Simpsons
Question: What is the sporting interest of a ‘wet bob’ at Eton?
Answer: Rowing
Question: Which English racecourse has a ‘Glorious’ summer meeting?
Answer: Goodwood
Question: Which annual census takes place in the third week of July on the river Thames?
Answer: Swan Upping
Question: Which Oscar-winning actor pulled a man from a burning car in California, saving his life?
Answer: Jamie Foxx
Question: Which architectural style was widely promoted by the famous Inigo Jones?
Answer: Baroque
Question: Penelope was the wife of which Greek hero?
Answer: Odysseus
Question: The song Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands is about which singer’s wife?
Answer: Bob Dylan
Question: What is absorbed in an endothermic reaction?
Answer: Heat
Question: Which country finally joined the United Nations in 2002?
Answer: Switzerland
Question: Providence is the capital of which US state?
Answer: Rhode Island
Question: The tomb of which English king is in Worcester Cathedral?
Answer: King John
Question: Egg; Larva; Adult – which stage of complete metamorphosis is missing?
Answer: Pupa
Question: Who wrote the songs Camptown Races and Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair?
Answer: Stephen Foster
Question: Who wrote the songs Keep The Home Fires Burning and We’ll Gather Lilacs?
Answer: Ivor Novello
Question: A cronut is a cross between a doughnut and a what?
Answer: CROISSANT
Question: In which country is the Hryvnia the currency?
Answer: UKRAINE
Question: Who played the part of Sybil Fawlty?
Answer: PRUNELLA SCALES
Question: What was the code name for the Normandy landings?
Answer: OPERATION OVERLORD
Question: What was the two-word title of Dawn French’s 2007 autobiography?
Answer: DEAR FATTY
Question: Who was the author of the 1996 work, ‘Angela’a Ashes’?
Answer: FRANK McCOURT
Question: In Chesterfield, the crooked spire is that of St. who, and All the Saints?
Answer: MARY
Question: “Some dance to remember, some dance to forget” – in which hotel?
Answer: Hotel CALIFORNIA
Question: Who played the male human lead in the 1951 film, ‘Bedtime for Bonzo’?
Answer: RONALD REAGAN
Question: Which teenage high school student is Spiderman’s alter ego?
Answer: PETER PARKER
Question: Na2SO4 is the chemical formula for what compound?
Answer: SODIUM SULPHATE
Question: Cancer and Scorpio are two of the water signs. What is the third?
Answer: PISCES
Question: Elizabeth of Glamis and Dorothy Perkins are both types of what?
Answer: ROSES
Question: Which actress played the lead role in the 1988 film ‘Gorillas in the Mist’?
Answer: SIGOURNEY WEAVER
Question: Formed in October 2013, where is St Peter’s Cricket Club based?
Answer: The Vatican
Question: Ergophobia is an inordinate fear of what?
Answer: Work
Question: Ivy League member Brown University is situated in which US state?
Answer: Rhode Island
Question: Which colour gets its name from the Persian word for dust?
Answer: Khaki
Question: In South Africa and Cape Town in particular, what do locals call a Cape Doctor?
Answer: A Wind
Question: Published in 1928, Who wrote the novel Point Counter Point?
Answer: Aldous Huxley
Question: What is the correct term for an auctioneer’s hammer?
Answer: Gavel
Question: The Third Foot and Mouth Regiment featured in which Carry On film?
Answer: Carry On Up The Khyber
Question: Which word means ‘thing to wear’ in Japanese?
Answer: Kimono
Question: By what process do plants absorb moisture through their roots?
Answer: Osmosis
Question: What name is given to the carved seashells or whalebone fashioned by sailors?
Answer: Scrimshaw
Question: For which paper merchants did David Brent work in The Office?
Answer: Wernham Hogg
Question: A ‘Boilermaker’ is whisky chased with what?
Answer: Beer
Question: Patricia Kennedy was divorced from which English actor?
Answer: Peter Lawford
Question: Who is commemorated by a museum at Alloway, Strathclyde?
Answer: Robbie Burns
Question: On which river does Peterborough stand?
Answer: Nene
Question: In which English city are Park Hill Flats, the largest listed building in Europe?
Answer: Sheffield
Question: Which baseball legend is the subject of the 2013 biopic, “42”?
Answer: Jackie Robinson
Question: Which 1989 baseball movie had the tagline “If you build it, he will come”?
Answer: Field of Dreams
Question: Which instrument accompanied “Silent Night”’s first performance?
Answer: Guitar
Question: What term can be both a highly energised state of matter and a bodily fluid?
Answer: Plasma
Question: Anatomy. What can be true, false, or floating?
Answer: RIBS
Question: In the Just William stories by Richmal Crompton, what is the name of William’s gang?
Answer: OUTLAWS
Question: In 1996, which New Zealand group got to no. 5 in the UK charts with ‘How Bizarre’?
Answer: OMC
Question: Which ‘Eastenders’ character carried the Olympic torch on the programme?
Answer: BILLY MITCHELL
Question: Which popular sitcom ended on Christmas Eve 1998, after a nine-year run?
Answer: BIRDS OF A FEATHER
Question: Below the ‘out’ line, what is the only part of a squash court that is out of bounds?
Answer: The TIN
Question: Who wrote the series of children’s books about Dr. Dolittle?
Answer: HUGH LOFTING