zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: Who wrote the horror stories "The Fog", "The Dark" and "The Rats"?
Answer: (James) HERBERT
Question: Founded in 1932 by J.R.D. Tata as Tata Airlines what is it now called?
Answer: AIR INDIA
Question: What is the SI unit of conductance?
Answer: SIEMENS
Question: Jamaican born nurse Mary Seacole was a heroine of what war?
Answer: CRIMEAN
Question: Who painted "The Light of the World" and "The Lady of Shallot"?
Answer: (William Holman) HUNT
Question: A "Tom Collins" cocktail consists of gin, soda water, sugar and what other ingredient?
Answer: LEMON JUICE
Question: Regarded as their Nobel Prize the Pritzker Prize is awarded in what field?
Answer: ARCHITECTURE
Question: The serial killer Albert de Salvo was given what nickname?
Answer: BOSTON STRANGLER
Question: Who played Sheriff Sam McCloud in the 1970s TV series "McCloud"?
Answer: (Dennis) WEAVER
Question: Sacha is a diminutive form of what name?
Answer: ALEXANDER
Question: Who played Christ in the 1977 TV drama "Jesus of Nazareth"?
Answer: (Robert) POWELL
Question: With what is Beurre Noisette flavoured?
Answer: HAZELNUTS
Question: Which company makes the Wii games console?
Answer: NINTENDO
Question: Because of its location in Washington DC which US government department is nicknamed "Foggy Bottom"?
Answer: STATE DEPARTMENT
Question: On what London thoroughfare is the finish of the London marathon?
Answer: THE MALL
Question: In the Gerry Anderson TV series who piloted Stingray?
Answer: Troy Tempest
Question: Who was appointed Professor of Drawing at the Royal Academy in December 2011?
Answer: Tracey Emin
Question: In which U.S. state were Henry Ford, Magic Johnson and Berry Gordy all born?
Answer: Michigan
Question: Who had the original 1958 hit with the song 'Magic Moments'?
Answer: Perry Como
Question: Bradley Walsh hosts which ITV quiz programme?
Answer: The Chase
Question: 'Aquatint' is a process of etching which alloying metal with acid?
Answer: Copper
Question: Which veteran pastry chef and writer is the female judge of the Great British Bake-Off on TV?
Answer: Mary Berry
Question: Seahouses is a town in which county?
Answer: Northumberland
Question: What colour is the top band on the flag of Libya?
Answer: Red
Question: Who was the editor of the Spectator magazine from 1999 to 2005?
Answer: BORIS JOHNSON
Question: In February 2011 an earthquake killed over 180 people in which New Zealand city?
Answer: CHRISTCHURCH
Question: Whose first novel in a famous series was 'The Colour of Magic' in 1983?
Answer: TERRY PRATCHETT
Question: 'Up in the Sky', 'Supersonic' and 'Shakermaker' are three of the tracks on which Oasis album?
Answer: DEFINITELY MAYBE
Question: Which prominent Mexican painter was married to Frida Kahlo?
Answer: DIEGO RIVERA
Question: Which country is home to Tooheys beer?
Answer: AUSTRALIA
Question: Which was the only EU country to reject the Lisbon Treaty after holding a referendum?
Answer: IRELAND
Question: The Department of Constitutional Affairs combined with some functions of The Home Office to form which present government department?
Answer: MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
Question: Which South African city is the judicial centre of the country?
Answer: BLOEMFONTEIN
Question: How is singer Francesco Castelluccio, born in Newark, New Jersey in 1934 better known?
Answer: FRANKIE VALLI
Question: Paul Pond, pop and blues singer and radio presenter is better known by which stage name?
Answer: PAUL JONES
Question: What is the common name of plants of the genus Galanthus, which is Greek for 'milk flower'?
Answer: SNOWDROP
Question: What is the popular name for the flower Strelitzia?
Answer: BIRD OF PARADISE
Question: From what is Tahini paste made?
Answer: SESAME
Question: Who took the role of W C Fields in the 1976 film 'W C Fields and Me'?
Answer: ROD STEIGER
Question: Who wrote the Billy Bunter stories?
Answer: Frank Richards
Question: Madeline Bell was a singer in which pop group of the 1960s and 70s?
Answer: Blue Mink
Question: Which village lies to the north of Esthwaite Water, William Wordsworth was educated at the grammar school there?
Answer: Hawkshead
Question: Downton Abbey is filmed at which stately home?
Answer: Highclere Castle
Question: The Central Criminal Court is in which London street?
Answer: Old Bailey
Question: Which TV personality has written the best-selling autobiography 'Camp David'?
Answer: David Walliams
Question: In which city is the Prado Art Gallery?
Answer: Madrid
Question: Which animated characters live at 62, West Wallaby Street, Wigan?
Answer: Wallace & Gromit
Question: Who is the only person to win an acting Oscar in a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock?
Answer: Joan Fontaine
Question: In which city is the Uffizi Art Gallery?
Answer: Florence
Question: What is the capital of Guernsey, Channel Islands?
Answer: St Peter Port
Question: The proverbially wealthy Croesus was king of where?
Answer: Lydia
Question: The Wilderness Years and The Prostrate Years are volumes in which literary series?
Answer: The Adrian Mole Diaries
Question: Singers Terry Hall, Neville Staple and Lynval Golding took what name in the early '80's?
Answer: Fun Boy Three
Question: What is the name of the broad sash worn as part of traditional Japanese dress?
Answer: Obi
Question: Which US boxing world champion founded 'Golden Boy Promotions' in 2001?
Answer: Oscar De la Hoya
Question: Which US city is home to the HQ of CNN, Coca Cola, and Delta Airlines?
Answer: Atlanta, Georgia
Question: Spurn Head (or Point) stretches across which estuary?
Answer: Humber
Question: The Pilgrim's Way ends in Canterbury - where does it start?
Answer: Winchester
Question: In sport, whose victory song is 'Under the Southern Cross I Stand"?
Answer: Australian Cricket Team
Question: The musical "Jersey Boys" tells the story of which rock 'n roll group?
Answer: The Four Seasons
Question: The US horse racing Triple Crown comprises the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and which othee?
Answer: Belmont Stakes
Question: When salted, smoked and cured, what fish is known as a bloater?
Answer: Herring
Question: Which is the heaviest natural occurring element?
Answer: Uranium
Question: What was the deadly cargo of the B-29 Bockscar?
Answer: An 'A' Bomb
Question: Who had a not hit in 1983 with the song 'Electric Avenue'?
Answer: Eddy Grant
Question: Members of which pop group were jailed in Russia after performing an anti Putin song in Moscow Cathedral?
Answer: Pussy Riot
Question: Who is the former Formula 1 racing driver who won a Paralympics Cycling Gold Medal at London 2012?
Answer: Alex Zanardi
Question: The first space satellite 'Sputnik' was launched in which year?
Answer: 1957
Question: How is the term "If anything can go wrong, it will" commonly known?
Answer: Murphy's Law
Question: Which British warship was sent to patrol the Falkland Islands in 2012?
Answer: HMS Dauntless
Question: Joel Tomkins was transferred from Wigan to which rugby union club in 2011?
Answer: Saracens
Question: In German politics who was known as the Iron Chancellor?
Answer: Bismarck
Question: Which TV character had the catchphrase "Listen very carefully; I shall say zis only once"?
Answer: Michelle
Question: Who had a hit in 2012 with the song and video 'Gangnam Style'?
Answer: Psy
Question: Which cricketer was killed by a Tube train in Wimbledon in June 2012?
Answer: Tom Maynard
Question: Which word can be a fruit, a language, a country's one-time ruler or a type of duck?
Answer: Mandarin
Question: Who has written the novels 'A Tiny Bit Marvellous' and 'Oh Dear, Silvia'?
Answer: Dawn French
Question: Which ex-policeman, played by Denis Lawson is the new character in the TV series 'New Tricks'?
Answer: Steve McAndrew
Question: In which Bond film does his car convert to a submarine to enable him to escape?
Answer: The Spy Who Loved Me
Question: Oryx, Kudu and Gnu are types of which creature?
Answer: Antelopes
Question: Who was the Australian opening batsman who faced the first ball, scored the first run and the first century in Test cricket?
Answer: Charles Bannerman
Question: The Salk vaccine is administered to combat which disease?
Answer: POLIO(MYELITIS)
Question: What are the 'corns' in corned beef?
Answer: SALT
Question: Anne Frank wrote her diary in the loft of a house in which city?
Answer: AMSTERDAM
Question: What is the name from a nursery rhyme, of the drink made from orange juice and bitter lemons?
Answer: ST CLEMENTS
Question: Esparto is a variety of which plant?
Answer: GRASS
Question: On which Mediterranean Island is the city of Ajaccio?
Answer: CORSICA
Question: Who in 1968 founded the electronics company Amstrad?
Answer: ALAN SUGAR
Question: Which comedienne had the catchphrase 'She knows, y'know'?
Answer: HILDA BAKER
Question: How many days are there in Lent?
Answer: 40
Question: In which modern country was the capital of Aztec Empire sited?
Answer: MEXICO
Question: The island of Mauritius was home to which extinct bird?
Answer: DODO
Question: 'Last Train to Clarkesville' was the first hit for which sixties group?
Answer: THE MONKEES
Question: Which vegetable gives lasagne verde its green colour?
Answer: SPINACH
Question: Which singer was born in Lubbock Texas in 1936?
Answer: BUDDY HOLLY
Question: In which year did the slogan "Not a penny off the pay, not a second on the day" become prominent?
Answer: 1926
Question: 'Clean and jerk' and 'snatch' are terms used in which sport?
Answer: Weight-lifting
Question: By which of his Christian names is the French composer Debussy (1862-1918) known?
Answer: Claude
Question: Which Ryder Cup golfer founded IJP Design, a golf clothing company?
Answer: Ian Poulter
Question: Which internationally renowned classical pianist and conductor collaborated with Morecambe and Wise in a 1971 TV show?
Answer: Andre Previn
Question: What is the capital of Belize?
Answer: Belmopan
Question: Which African country was successfully invaded and occupied by Italy in the period 1934-36?
Answer: Abyssinia
Question: Which politician was nicknamed 'Tarzan'?
Answer: Michael Heseltine
Question: Naraka is the name given to Hell in which religion?
Answer: Hinduism
Question: David Attenborough, in 2012, became the second person to have appeared four times as a castaway on Desert Island Discs; which Liverpool born comedian was the first?
Answer: Arthur Askey
Question: Who were the first winners of the FA Cup at the new Wembley Stadium?
Answer: CHELSEA
Question: Which horse won its fifth King George VI chase at Kempton Park on Boxing Day 2011?
Answer: KAUTO STAR
Question: Lincoln's Inn, Middle Temple and Inner Temple are three of the four Inns of Court. What is the fourth?
Answer: GRAY'S INN
Question: For which clothing company did the former Kate Middleton work as an accessory buyer?
Answer: JIGSAW
Question: Fringillidae is the Latin name for which family of birds?
Answer: FINCHES
Question: What was the name of the official mascot for the 2012 Olympic Games?
Answer: WENLOCK
Question: Which fruit is found in the dish 'Sole Veronique'?
Answer: (WHITE) GRAPES
Question: Which classical author wrote the Georgics?
Answer: VIRGIL
Question: In a lava lamp, of what type of substance is the 'lava'?
Answer: WAX
Question: Who has had dogs called Ruby, Teddy, Offa, Lucy and Sadie?
Answer: DAVID BLUNKETT
Question: Which garden plant has the varieties 'Brutus', 'Dollar Princess' and 'Eva Boerg'?
Answer: FUCHSIA
Question: Which 2010 film told the story of a group of women striking for equal pay in the British motor industry?
Answer: MADE IN DAGENHAM
Question: Who illustrated most of Roald Dahl's children's books?
Answer: QUENTIN BLAKE
Question: Whose only number 1 was in 1966 with 'You Don't Have to Say You Love Me'?
Answer: DUSTY SPRINGFIELD
Question: Who was Harper Lee's childhood friend and neighbour, the inspiration for the character of Dill in 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?
Answer: TRUMAN CAPOTE
Question: Bradley Wiggins won the 2012 Tour de France on which manufacturer's bicycles?
Answer: PINARELLO
Question: Who was the main enemy of Flash Gordon?
Answer: MING THE MERCILESS
Question: If a white van man was driving a Ducato, which company would have made it?
Answer: FIAT
Question: Which George Eliot character is a weaver in the village of Raveloe?
Answer: SILAS MARNER
Question: The 1969 novel 'The Siege of Trencher's Farm', by Gordon Williams, was adapted into which controversial film?
Answer: STRAW DOGS
Question: In scrabble how many points is the letter K worth?
Answer: 5
Question: In the body which strong flexible tissue holds bones together where they form a joint?
Answer: LIGAMENT
Question: What was Clementine Churchill's maiden name?
Answer: HOZIER
Question: Which sovereign state comprises about 1% of the land area of Brneo?
Answer: BRUNEI
Question: Sergeant John Bacchus assists which detective?
Answer: GEORGE GENTLY
Question: Which boxer's real name was Walker Smith?
Answer: SUGAR RAY ROBINSON
Question: Which famous pop duo originally went under the name of Tom and Jerry?
Answer: SIMON AND GARFUNKEL
Question: Te Papa is the national museum of which Commonwealth country?
Answer: NEW ZEALAND
Question: Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone and Evan Williams created what in 2006?
Answer: TWITTER
Question: Which actor played the parts of Mick Shipman in Gavin and Stacey and Archie Mitchell in Easterners?
Answer: LARRY LAMB
Question: Whernside is the highest point in which national park?
Answer: YORKSHIRE DALES
Question: Who in 1964 became the first female group to have a Number 1 hit in the UK?
Answer: THE SUPREMES
Question: Who created "Facebook in 2004?
Answer: MARK ZUCKERBERG
Question: Which actress played the parts of Sheila Grant in Brookside and Barbara Royle in the Royle Family?
Answer: SUE JOHNSTON
Question: Which country has the only flag that is not rectangular or square?
Answer: NEPAL
Question: In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales the pilgrims met at which inn?
Answer: THE TABARD INN
Question: What was the name of the oil tanker that ran aground off the coast of Brittany in 1978?
Answer: AMOCO CADIZ
Question: The "House" is the target in which Winter Olympic Sport?
Answer: CURLING
Question: What was the former name of Harare, the capital city of Zimbabwe?
Answer: SALISBURY
Question: What is the more common name of the Chilean Pine?
Answer: MONKEY PUZZLE TREE
Question: Which football club's original name was Small Heath Alliance?
Answer: BIRMINGHAM CITY
Question: The Mexican beaded lizard is one of only two species of poisonous lizard. What is the other?
Answer: GILA MONSTER
Question: What was the name of the dog which won `Britain's Got Talent' in 2012?
Answer: PUDSEY
Question: Which currently running London musical holds the West End record for the longest continuous run?
Answer: LES MISERABLES
Question: In the Patrick O'Brian novels about Jack Aubrey, who is his doctor companion?
Answer: STEPHEN MATURIN
Question: On which British island are Brighstone Forest and Parkhurst Forest?
Answer: ISLE OF WIGHT
Question: In which town are the headquarters of Derbyshire County Council?
Answer: MATLOCK
Question: How many points does it take to win a game of table tennis?
Answer: 11
Question: Which talent show was won in 2012 by Leanne Mitchell?
Answer: THE VOICE
Question: The African capital cities of Kinshasa and Brazzaville lie on opposite banks of which river?
Answer: CONGO
Question: Who captained the US team in the 2012 Ryder Cup?
Answer: DAVIS LOVE
Question: During a 1973 boxing match, who broke Muhammad Ali's jaw?
Answer: KEN NORTON
Question: Which woman is the MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington?
Answer: Diane Abbott
Question: Which actress played the title role in the film Barbarella?
Answer: Jane Fonda
Question: Sgurr Alasdair is the highest point of which British island?
Answer: Skye
Question: Which breakfast cereal was invented by Henry Perky in 1893?
Answer: Shredded Wheat
Question: Which well known singer was born Clementina Campbell in 1927?
Answer: Cleo Laine
Question: Which sub species of brown bear is the largest member of the bear family?
Answer: Kodiak bear
Question: To within a year, when did Tom Watson win his last Open Championship?
Answer: 1983
Question: Which subspecies of tiger is the largest member of the cat family?
Answer: Siberian tiger
Question: In which English county is Alnwick?
Answer: Northumberland
Question: In which US state is the Mohawk river situated?
Answer: New York State
Question: Which author's first autobiography was entitled "Boy:Tales of Childhood"?
Answer: Roald Dahl
Question: Who chairs the BBC radio and TV panel show 'Just A Minute'?
Answer: Nicholas Parsons
Question: Which musical features the song 'Getting to know you'?
Answer: The King and I
Question: Shakespeare's play Measure for Measure is mainly set in which city?
Answer: Vienna
Question: In Dad's Army' what is the forename of Captain Mainwaring's wife?
Answer: Elizabeth
Question: Who was the writer of the novels 'Sad Cypress', 'N or M' and 'Sparkling Cyanide'?
Answer: Agatha Christie
Question: Who wrote the novels The Light that Failed', 'Captains Courageous' and 'Stalky and Co'?
Answer: Rudyard Kipling
Question: In which Australian state is Mount Kosciusko?
Answer: New South Wales
Question: Who was the oldest man to become Poet Laureate?
Answer: William Wordsworth
Question: Who was Poet Laureate for the longest period of time?
Answer: Alfred Lord Tennyson
Question: Who succeeded Nikita Khrushchev as leader of the Soviet Union in 1964?
Answer: Leonid Brezhnev
Question: Who took over the Radio 2 breakfast show in 2010 succeeding Terry Wogan?
Answer: Chris Evans
Question: Prior to the US Dollar, what was the currency of Ecuador?
Answer: The Sucre
Question: Stephen Hester is the CEO of which bank?
Answer: Royal Bank of Scotland
Question: Who provided the voice of Charlie Townsend in TV's "Charlie's Angels"?
Answer: John Forsyth
Question: Of what is a carrick bend a type?
Answer: A knot
Question: Who had a 1995 hit album with "Stanley Road"?
Answer: Paul Weller
Question: Which NW Algerian town was the HQ of the French Foreign Legion?
Answer: Sidi-Bel-Abbes
Question: Which Italian cheese is made from cream, coagulated with citric acid or acetic acid?
Answer: Mascarpone
Question: Which Wiltshire town was twinned with Walt Disney World, Florida, in 2009?
Answer: Swindon
Question: Opened in July, 1955, where is Disneyland Park, Disney's first?
Answer: Anaheim, Ca
Question: Jess Oakroyd, Elizabeth Trant and Inigo Jollifant are the central characters in which J.B Priestly novel?
Answer: THE GOOD COMPANIONS
Question: What was the name of the owner of Grand National legend Red Rum?
Answer: NOEL LE MARE
Question: What cricket score is nicknamed 'Nelson'?
Answer: 111
Question: What was the name of the character played by Penelope Keith in 'To the Manor Born'?
Answer: AUDREY FFORBES-HAMILTON
Question: Seals, sea lions and walrus belong to which suborder of manunals?
Answer: PINNIPEDIA
Question: What is the most northerly point on mainland Britain?
Answer: DUNNET HEAD
Question: What was the name of Robert Falcon Scott's ship on his ill fated Antarctic expedition?
Answer: TERRA NOVA
Question: Who is the regular appointed captain of the England Twenty20 cricket team as at September 2012?
Answer: STUART BROAD
Question: Which actor's roles include the 'Man from Atlantis' and Bobby Ewing in 'Dallas'?
Answer: PATRICK DUFFY
Question: Name the musical composer of 'The Mother Goose Suite'?
Answer: MAURICE RAVEL
Question: After which explorer is the international airport at Venice named?
Answer: MARCO POLO
Question: An omelette with smoked haddock and cheese was perfected at the Savoy Hotel, and named after which novelist?
Answer: Arnold Bennett
Question: In the CYMK colour model for printing, for what does the C stand?
Answer: Cyan
Question: Which Australian-brn brothers played cricket for Surrey and England in the 1990's?
Answer: Hollioake
Question: In measurement, which Greek letter is applied to the prefix micro-, equal to 10-6?
Answer: Mu
Question: The South Downs Way runs from Winchester to which Sussex town?
Answer: Eastbourne
Question: Who has played Jack Worthing and Lord Henry Wotton in films by Oscar Wilde?
Answer: Colin Firth
Question: Of what is philology the study?
Answer: Language
Question: Which Verdi opera includes 'The Anvil Chorus"?
Answer: Il Trovatore
Question: Which Premiership football side are nicknamed the Canaries?
Answer: Norwich City
Question: Who wrote the novels "A Week in December" and 'Birdsong"?
Answer: Sebastian Faulks
Question: Vocalist Roland Orzabal had the 1985 hit "Everybody Wants to Rule the World' with which band?
Answer: Tears For Fears
Question: Who was re-elected Prime Minister of Canada in May 2011?
Answer: Stephen Harper
Question: Which left-handed golfer won the US Masters three times, in 2004, 2006, and 2010?
Answer: Phil Mickelson
Question: Lady Day (The Feast of the Annunciation) is on what date?
Answer: March 25th
Question: Which of the Mr Men has extremely long arms?
Answer: Mr Tickle
Question: Albert II is currently king of which country?
Answer: Belgium
Question: Grey Street, named after Prime Minister Earl Grey, is a major street in which British city?
Answer: Newcastle-on-Tyne
Question: Who presents the TV quiz show 'The Chase'?
Answer: Bradley Walsh
Question: The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct carries which canal over the River Dee?
Answer: Llangollen Canal
Question: Who was the manager of Burnley FC when they won promotion to the Premier League in 2009?
Answer: Owen Coyle
Question: Who was the captain of the Pakistan Test cricket team sentenced in 2011 to 30 months imprisonment for betting irregularities?
Answer: Salman Butt
Question: What kind of fish is a wobbegong?
Answer: Shark
Question: What kind of creature is a tanager?
Answer: Bird
Question: The world's only swing aqueduct carries which British canal?
Answer: Bridgewater
Question: In 260, who was the only Roman Emperor captured as a prisoner of war?
Answer: Valerian
Question: Who wrote the ballet 'The Box of Toys' first performed in Paris in 1919?
Answer: Claude Debussy
Question: Which Welsh-born woman became Australian Prime Minister in June 2010?
Answer: Julia Gillard
Question: What country moved west of the International Date Line in and dropped a day from the calendar in 2011?
Answer: Samoa
Question: What type of creature is a lumpsucker?
Answer: Fish
Question: Which country deposed King Gyanendra in 2008?
Answer: Nepal
Question: FENSA is a registration system that regulates the installation of what in houses?
Answer: Windows
Question: In Roald Dahl's book, what is the name of Matilda's teacher, who is the niece of headmistress, Miss Trunchbull?
Answer: Miss Honey
Question: Who was appointed Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs after the 2010 General Election?
Answer: Caroline Spelman
Question: The 2011 Athletics World Championship took place in which Korean city?
Answer: Daegu
Question: Which festival originated in 1810 in celebration of the marriage of the crown prince of Bavaria, who later became King Ludwig I, to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen?
Answer: Oktoberfest
Question: Which town in County Fermanagh has a famous pottery works?
Answer: Belleek
Question: What household item has varieties called tumbler, cylinder and mortice?
Answer: Lock
Question: What is the smallest Asian country in both population and land area?
Answer: Maldives
Question: Who was second oldest man in Bible living to the age of 962?
Answer: Jarred
Question: What is the name of the rock from which traitors were hurled to their death in Ancient Rome?
Answer: Tarpeian
Question: Portia Simpson-Miller became the first woman Prime Minister of which Commonwealth country?
Answer: Jamaica
Question: What veteran singer songwriter released the 2011 album "50 Words For Snow"?
Answer: Kate Bush
Question: Which American painter and illustrator born in 1894, was famous for scenes of everyday life that appeared in Saturday Post magazine?
Answer: Norman Rockwell
Question: What form of food poisoning is derived from the Latin word for a sausage?
Answer: Botulism
Question: Which word is used for an unnatural craving for unsuitable food, often exhibited during pregnancy?
Answer: Pica
Question: In which sport or game can there be 'Open Pairs' and 'Swiss Teams' tournaments?
Answer: Bridge
Question: Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem claims to be the oldest pub in England, in which city is it?
Answer: Nottingham
Question: In which county is Peveril Castle?
Answer: Derbyshire