zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: 'Approaching Menace' composed by Neil Richardson is the title of the piece of music to introduce which TV quiz show?
Answer: 'MASTERMIND'
Question: Great Britain was given which strategic possession in 1713 by the Treaty of Utrecht?
Answer: GIBRALTAR
Question: What was the name of the oil tanker that split into three after running aground off the coast of Brittany in 1978?
Answer: AMOCO CADIZ
Question: Also the name of the dominant ethnic group, what is the most commonly spoken language in Southern Sudan?
Answer: DINKA
Question: What was the name of the former Taoiseach of Ireland who died in May 2011?
Answer: GARRET FITZGERALD
Question: Which 19th century French composer wrote the national anthem of the Vatican City, but is perhaps best remembered for his 'Ave Maria'?
Answer: CHARLES GOUNOD
Question: In recent years a fifth basic taste, in addition to sweet, bitter, sour and salty, has been proposed and given which Japanese name?
Answer: UMAMI
Question: Although they had 9 number ones in their home country, which Dutch group’s only UK hit was “Radar Love”?
Answer: Golden Earring
Question: In which form did Zeus seduce Danae, resulting in the birth of Perseus?
Answer: A SHOWER OF GOLD
Question: Who did David succeed as King of Judah, and later the whole of Israel?
Answer: SAUL
Question: Which heroine of Greek mythology refused to marry any man who could not beat her in a foot race?
Answer: ATALANTA
Question: Which Spanish city houses 'La Mezquita', and was the capital of Muslim Spain from 756 until its capture in 1236?
Answer: CORDOBA
Question: Which thermodynamic concept, defined as the unavailability of a system's energy to do work, or more crudely, the measure of disorder within a system, was introduced by the German physicist Rudolf Clausius?
Answer: ENTROPY
Question: Who had a number one hit in June 2010 with 'Dirtee Disco'?
Answer: DIZZEE RASCAL
Question: 'Operation Anthropoid' was the codename given to the successful plot to assassinate which senior Nazi?
Answer: REINHARD HEYDRICH
Question: What is the name of the Italian tennis player who defeated Samantha Stosur to win the Women's French Open title earlier this month?
Answer: FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE
Question: Which South African was a member of the British War Cabinet between June 1917 and January 1919?
Answer: JAN SMUTS
Question: Gilbertese is an official language of which Pacific island nation?
Answer: KIRIBATI
Question: Which player defeated the reigning champion Neil Robertson in the First Round of the 2011 World Snooker Championships before losing in the Final to John Higgins?
Answer: JUDD TRUMP
Question: What type of creature is a 'Fennec', which is native to North Africa and Arabia, and which has large pointed ears?
Answer: FOX
Question: Which country issues a 1Euro coin showing the famous drawing 'The Vitruvian Man'?
Answer: ITALY
Question: Which country issues 1 and 2 Euro coins showing a tree, drawn by artist Joaquim Jiminez, symbolising life, continuity and growth?
Answer: FRANCE
Question: Which hymn, written by Eleanor Farjeon, 1881-1965, was the inspiration for a 'top ten' hit of 1972?
Answer: 'MORNING HAS BROKEN'
Question: Which Stockport brewery produces Hatters Mild, Old Stockport Bitter, Frederic’s and Old Tom?
Answer: Robinsons
Question: Berengaria, the wife of Richard I of England, came from which European Kingdom, now part of Spain?
Answer: Navarre
Question: Which Persian tentmaker, astronomer, calendar reformer and poet lived from about 1050 to about 1123?
Answer: Omar Khayyam
Question: Which song was a top 40 hit for both the Bee Gees in 1979 and Steps in 1998?
Answer: Tragedy
Question: Which Rogers & Hammerstein musical of 1945 features the songs “June is Busting Out All Over” and “If I Loved You”?
Answer: Carousel
Question: Which British Prime Minister was born in 1883 and first entered Parliament in 1922 as MP for Limehouse?
Answer: Clement Atlee
Question: Which British Prime Minister was born in 1897 and first entered Parliament in 1923 as MP for Warwick and Leamington?
Answer: Anthony Eden
Question: The Martians Have Landed in Wigan and Robin Hood and the Bogey-Rolling Contest are monologues written by which performer known as The Bolton Bullfrog?
Answer: BERNARD WRIGLEY
Question: The Outside-Half Factory and The Pontypool Front Row were written by which Welsh performer?
Answer: MAX BOYCE
Question: At noon on December 31st in which year did Panama gain full control of the Panama Canal?
Answer: 1999
Question: In the year 2000 the pop group Queen last appeared on a No. 1 hit, what was the record?
Answer: 'WE WILL ROCK YOU'
Question: In December 1940 three British ships attacked the German battle cruiser 'Graf Spee', forcing it into Montivideo harbour.'Exeter' and 'Ajax' were two of the ships, but what was the third?
Answer: 'ACHILLES'
Question: What was the popular name fro the American blues singer, composer and guitarist, McKinley Morganfield?
Answer: 'MUDDY WATERS'
Question: The crystals of which element when heated, give off a violet vapour with an irritating odour, similar to chlorine?
Answer: IODINE
Question: On the coast of which English county are Pegwell Bay and St. Margaret's Bay to be found?
Answer: KENT
Question: Native to the Mediterranean and violet in colour, what sort of marine creature is a 'Venus's Girdle'?
Answer: JELLYFISH
Question: The capitulation of Marshal Bazaine's force at Metz was the last critical action of which war?
Answer: THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR
Question: Whose 1923 essay "Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown" attacked the literary realism of Arnold Bennett?
Answer: VIRGINIA WOOLF
Question: In which year was the 'Great Train Robbery' the 'Profumo Affair' hit the headlines and Martin Luther King made his "I have a dream" speech?
Answer: 1963
Question: Picasso's 'Still Life With Chair Caning' in which strips of oilcloth in imitation of chair caning are stuck onto the surface of the work, is an example of which artistic technique?
Answer: ASSEMBLAGE
Question: What is the name of the Japanese port that was devastated by a huge earthquake in 1995. resulting in 4000 deaths?
Answer: KOBE
Question: Who was on the throne immediately before Queen Victoria?
Answer: WILLIAM IV
Question: What is the name of the container used to hold either 108 gallons of beer or 126 gallons of wine?
Answer: BUTT
Question: What was the name of the horse in Orewell's 'Animal Farm'?
Answer: 'BOXER'
Question: Which French realist painter, who lived from 1814 - 1875, specialised in peasant life?
Answer: JEAN MILLET
Question: In 'Coronation Street' which family has, over the years, included 'Valerie', 'Frank', 'Susan' and 'Peter'?
Answer: 'BARLOW'
Question: www.haroldsaxon.co.uk and www.myspace.com/marthajonesuk are websites which link to which TV series?
Answer: 'DOCTOR WHO'
Question: Which of the alkali metals, with the atomic number 19 is missing from - Lithium, Sodium, Rubidium, Caesium and Francium?
Answer: POTASSIUM
Question: By what name do the Italians know the city of Florence?
Answer: FIRENZE
Question: Which member of the 'Archer' family was killed on the night that ITV opened in 1955?
Answer: 'GRACE'
Question: Who was the last King of England not to succeed either father or brother?
Answer: EDWARD VII
Question: What name is given to a picture or pattern made up of several small pieces of glass, stone etc., of various colours?
Answer: MOSAIC
Question: Who did Arthur Bremer shoot and paralyse in an assassination attempt during the US Presidential Election of 1972?
Answer: GEORGE WALLACE
Question: What is the state capital of North Carolina, sharing its name with the surname of a famous historical figure?
Answer: RALEIGH
Question: Which chain store founded by John Hargreaves opened its 200th outlet in Croydon in September 2006?
Answer: MATALAN
Question: What word is used to describe the rearrangement of voting districts in the interests of a particular party or candidate?
Answer: GERRYMANDER
Question: For which party did Lan “Howling Laud” Hope receive 197 votes in the recent South Shields by-election?
Answer: Monster Raving Loony Party
Question: Which Nobel Prize has been won by William Ramsay, Fritz Haber and Otto Hahn?
Answer: Chemistry
Question: Born in Delft in 1632, he painted small detailed domestic scenes notable for their treatment of various tones of daylight. Who was he?
Answer: Jan Vermeer
Question: In which country were Nobel Prize winners Alan MacDiarmid, Maurice Wilkins and Ernest Rutherford born?
Answer: New Zealand
Question: Firenze (Florence) is the capital city of which Italian region?
Answer: Tuscany
Question: Which vitamin is also known as Alpha Tocopherol?
Answer: Vitamin E
Question: Which king did Henry Bolingbroke depose and then succees as Henry IV in 1399?
Answer: Richard II
Question: Name the year: Yasser Arafat new leader of the PLO; Dwight D Eisenhower dies; US Mariner 6 spacecraft launched to Mars.
Answer: 1969
Question: Which European City has Alcala as a main street?
Answer: Madrid
Question: Which striking building in the Manchester area has been designed by architect Daniel Libeskind?
Answer: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM NORTH
Question: Which American General led the 'Confederate' armies in their early run of successes during the Civil War?
Answer: 'STONEWALL' JACKSON.
Question: What power does the title character in the film 'Carrie' possess?
Answer: TELEKINESIS
Question: Who introduced the science of psychoanalysis, the investigation of the unconscious mind?
Answer: SIEGMUND FREUD
Question: St. Peter was the leader of the 'Apostles', he was given this name by Jesus. What did it mean?
Answer: THE ROCK
Question: Which Spanish 'conquistador' burnt his fleet off the coast of Mexico in order to stop his men deserting?
Answer: HERNANDO CORTEZ
Question: Who along with Ernest Saunders was jointly convicted for their roles in the 'Guiness Scandal'?
Answer: GERALD RONSON
Question: From which city did the Portuguese Royal Family rule Portugal between 1808 and 1821?
Answer: RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil
Question: Which Greek heroine was said to have hatched from an egg?
Answer: HELEN OF TROY
Question: In which month did the attack on Pearl Harbour take place?
Answer: DECEMBER
Question: Which pop group had three consecutive Christmas number ones between 1996 and 1998?
Answer: SPICE GIRLS
Question: As cartographers do not consider Chile to have an Atlantic coastline, which is the only South American country to have both Atlantic and Pacific coastlines?
Answer: COLOMBIA
Question: Which Welsh Indie group's 1996 hit 'The Man Don't Give A ..' contained, with 49 examples, the most expletives of any charting song?
Answer: SUPER FURRY ANIMALS
Question: Which Scotch whisky is named after the man who started to sell it in his grocer's shop in Ayreshire in 1820?
Answer: 'JOHNNIE WALKER'
Question: In Greek mythology, Heracles' First Labour was to slay which creature?
Answer: 'NEMEAN LION'
Question: Which battle of 10th October 732 AD saw Charles Martel lead the Franks to a decisive victory against the Moors?
Answer: BATTLE OF TOURS or POITIERS
Question: Which is the only country that has a flag consisting of just one colour?
Answer: LIBYA
Question: In the TV show 'South Park', what is the name of the boys' handicapped classmate whose vocabulary is mostly limited to the enthusiastic shouting of his own name?
Answer: 'TIMMY'
Question: Which small wildcat, native to Central and South America, is sometimes known as the 'Tree Ocelot' because of its skill in climbing?
Answer: MARGAY
Question: In 2000, the International Hydrographic Organisation created Earth's fifth ocean from southern portions of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Which ocean?
Answer: SOUTHERN OCEAN
Question: In Greek mythology, who did Zeus turn into a heifer in fear of the jealous wrath of Hera, his queen?
Answer: IO
Question: What was the name of Nelson's flagship at the Battle of the Nile in 1798?
Answer: VANGUARD
Question: Which of Shakespeare's plays was based loosely on the life of Cunobelinus, a pre-Roman king of England?
Answer: 'CYMBELINE'
Question: Who played the title character in the American t.v. series 'Columbo'?
Answer: PETER FALK
Question: What name was given to the republican political activists who supported the Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland in the US Presidential election of 1884 because they rejected the financial corruption associated with the Republican candidate James Blaine?
Answer: 'MUGWUMPS'
Question: What was the name of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier that was sunk by an Italian torpedo in 1941?
Answer: H.M.S. ARK ROYAL
Question: The Holy Roman Empress Matilda was the daughter of which English king?
Answer: HENRY I
Question: Which fictional detective, created by Caroline Graham in novels such as 'Faithful Unto Death' and 'The Killing at Badgers Drift' features in a popular TV series?
Answer: (Tom) BARNABY
Question: Name the year: Valentina Tereshkova first woman in space; the Great Train Robbery took place; John Profumo resigned?
Answer: 1963
Question: What was first published in Edinburgh between 1768 and 1771 thanks to the efforts of the 'Society of Gentlemen in Scotland'?
Answer: ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA
Question: Which writer wrote novels based on his own youthful experiences, science fiction and, in 1920, the massive "The Outline of History"?
Answer: H.G. WELLS
Question: Which novelist was a King's Scholar at Eton, a policeman in Burma, a dishwasher in Paris and a Republican soldier in Spain?
Answer: GEORGE ORWELL
Question: Name the year- The Beatles awarded the MBE; Winston Churchill died?
Answer: 1965
Question: The peninsula of Istria is shared between Italy, Slovenia and which other country which has about 89%?
Answer: CROATIA
Question: Ali Bongo Ctadimba is the President of which African country - his father Omar Bongo held the position from 1967 to 2009?
Answer: GABON
Question: In the book of Genesis where did the Land of Nod lie?
Answer: EAST OF EDEN
Question: 'Simon Tappertit' appears in which novel by Charles Dickens?
Answer: 'BARNABY RUDGE'
Question: What place near Lewes in Sussex was the site of a famous scientific forgery of 1912?
Answer: PILTDOWN
Question: Which sports goods manufacturer signed a £100m contract with the Brazilian Football Confederation in 1996?
Answer: NIKE
Question: Complete the list of nations for Group 9 in football's 'Euro 2004' tournament - Italy, Wales, Azerbaijan, Yugoslavia, and ...?
Answer: FINLAND
Question: In Greek mythology, who was the sky god, son and husband of Gaia?
Answer: URANUS
Question: What cat-like African mammal has spotted fur and is noted for the powerful-smelling fluid from its anal glands, from which it bears its name?
Answer: CIVET
Question: Made in 1981, which was Jimmy Cagney's last film, in which heplayed the part of a police commissioner?
Answer: 'RAGTIME'
Question: Which parkland overlooking London lies at the southern end of Hampstead Heath?
Answer: PARLIAMENT HILL
Question: Near which Cumbrian lake is Aira Force?
Answer: ULLSWATER
Question: 'Somebody, Someday' is the autobiography of which British showbiz personality?
Answer: ROBBIE WILLIAMS
Question: Which Frenchman did John Isner memorably defeat 70- 68 in the fifth set of this year's Wimbledon Championship?
Answer: NICHOLAS MAHUT
Question: Which Latin phrase, that translates literally as 'at first sight', refers, in law, to evidence in a trial which is suggestive, but not conclusive, of something?
Answer: PRIMA FACIE
Question: According to Greek mythology, who was punished in the underworld by being placed in a pool of water and afflicted with a raging thirst with the waters receding every time he tried to drink?
Answer: TANTALUS
Question: The four bases of DNA are usually referred to by letters. A, C and T are three. Which is the fourth letter?
Answer: G
Question: Alexander Hamilton the first United States Secretary of the Treasury died on July 21st. 1804 after a duel with the Vice President the previous day. Who was the Vice President?
Answer: AARON BURR
Question: Which girl's name completes the title of the 1976 top ten hit by 'Sutherland Brothers & Quiver'; 'Arms Of ....'?
Answer: '..MARY'
Question: 'The Devil Rides Out' is the second book of autobiography of which Birkenhead born comedian and TV presenter?
Answer: PAUL O'GRADY
Question: In which sport was Ivan Mauger (pron. Major) World Champion six times between 1968 and 1979?
Answer: SPEEDWAY
Question: Which football club are known as Los Rojiblancos and wear shirts with the logo Azerbaijan Land of Fire?
Answer: ATLÉTICO MADRID
Question: Which actress appeared as a gangster's mollin 'Singing In The Rain' and also starred with Fred Astaire in 'Silk Stockings'?
Answer: CYD CHARISSE
Question: In 'Drag Racing' a series of lamps indicate a countdown sequence to the start. What is this instrument called?
Answer: A CHRISTMAS TREE
Question: """On they went, singing Rest Eternal and wherever they stopped, their feet, the horses, and gusts of wind seemed to carry on singing"", is the first line of which novel?"
Answer: 'DR. ZHIVAGO'
Question: 'Sir Anthony Absolute' is a principal character from which play by Richard Sheridan?
Answer: 'THE RIVALS'
Question: Name the monk, born a few years after the death of St. Cuthbert, whose great work was his 'Ecclesiastical History of England'?
Answer: BEDE
Question: In which country is Mount Sinai?
Answer: EGYPT
Question: King Hussein of Jordan dies, Chinese embassy in Belgrade bombed by NATO planes, and Prince Edward marries. Which year?
Answer: 1999
Question: In which opera does a hunchback jester help his master seduce the daughter of a courtier?
Answer: 'RIGOLETTO'
Question: In baseball, what word is used when a batsman completely misses the ball?
Answer: STRIKE
Question: Which fictional character, born at 'Daisy Hill Puppy Farm', has two sisters and five brothers including 'Marbles', 'Olaf' and 'Spike'?
Answer: 'SNOOPY'
Question: 'Prog Rock' developed in the late 60's and early 70's. For what word is 'Prog' a short version?
Answer: PROGRESSIVE
Question: In German history 1888 is known as the 'Year of the Three Emperors' (or Kaisers). What was the name of the third Kaiser?
Answer: WILHELM II
Question: Piers Gaveston was a favourite of which king, who made him the first Earl of Cornwall?
Answer: EDWARD II
Question: Which actress played 'Captain Emma Ridley' in the 1980's ITV comedy series 'Hallelujah !', set in a Salvation Army citadel?
Answer: THORA HIRD
Question: Which word completes the name of these British butterflies - 'Lulworth', 'Chequered' and 'Grizzled'?
Answer: 'SKIPPER'
Question: Name the Royal Navy destroyer commissioned 1939 that was commanded by Lord Louis Mountbatten that was sunk during the battle for Crete on May 23rd 1941.
Answer: HMS Kelly
Question: Name the type of illumination originally developed for light houses in 1826 and used in theatres of the day.
Answer: Limelight
Question: Which railway station in London, designed by Edward Wilson and opened in 1874, serves East Anglia?
Answer: Liverpool Street
Question: In which Gilbert and Sullivan Operetta does the Character of Bunthorne appear?
Answer: Patience
Question: Which pop group consists of Tom Evans, Mike Gibbons, Peter Ham, and Joey Malland?
Answer: 'BADFINGER'
Question: During World War II, "Operation Gomorrah" was the codename given to the bombing raids on which German city, by the RAF in July and August 1943?
Answer: HAMBURG
Question: What medical condition is otherwise known as 'Epitaxis'?
Answer: NOSE BLEEDING
Question: In the 'Harry Potter' books pupils of 'Hogwarts' compete at 'Quidditch', each team consists of seven players, three 'Chasers', a 'Keeper', two 'Beaters', and which other player?
Answer: A 'SEEKER'
Question: By what name is actor Larushka Mischa Skikne, better known?
Answer: LAURENCE HARVEY
Question: For which Premier League side did veteran goalkeeper Neville Southall appear in the 1999/00 season?
Answer: BRADFORD CITY
Question: Commonly seen in insects such as Crickets and Grasshoppers, what name is given to the act of producing sound by rubbing certain body parts together?
Answer: STRIDULATION
Question: What was the name of the German Nazi military officer and doctor who personally selected prisoners who would die in the gas chambers at Auschwitz?
Answer: JOSEF MENGELE
Question: During World War II, by what name was William Joyce better known?
Answer: 'LORD HAW-HAW'
Question: What was the name of the Columbian-French politician who was rescued from FARC by Columbian security forces in July 2008?
Answer: INGRID BETANCOURT
Question: In the Bible, what was the name of the prisoner whom Pontius Pilate freed, instead of Jesus, at the Passover feast?
Answer: BARABBAS
Question: Which composer wrote 'TheGoldberg Variations'?
Answer: JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Question: Who was the defeated Republican candidate in the 2008 US Presidential Election?
Answer: JOHN McCAIN
Question: 'High Numbers' was the former name of which pop group?
Answer: 'THE WHO'
Question: On which motorway is the Corley Service Area?
Answer: M6
Question: Dactyography is the study and practice of what?
Answer: FINGER PRINTING
Question: Which religious order was founded by St. Robert, Abbot of Molesme, near Dijon in 1098?
Answer: CISTERCIANS
Question: What was the name of the mini-skirted cartoon character created in 1915, who first appeared on the film 'Dizzy Dishes' in 1930?
Answer: 'BETTY BOOP'
Question: Who is the fictional naval Captain, hero of Alexander Kent's novels?
Answer: 'RICHARD BOLITHO'
Question: What sort of creature is a 'Blue Tongue'?
Answer: LIZARD
Question: If you were attending a 'local derby match' between HSV and St Pauli, in which city would you be?
Answer: HAMBURG
Question: The world's heaviest flying bird has bred successfully in Britain (2009) for the first time since 1832. What is the bird?
Answer: THE GREAT BUSTARD
Question: Who composed the piece 'Four Minutes and Thirty Three Seconds' which is 44 minutes and 33 seconds of silence?
Answer: JOHN CAGE
Question: Who first said or wrote "A little learning is a dangerous thing"?
Answer: ALEXANDER POPE
Question: Later used to advertise Yellow Pages on T.V. which group's most successful hit single was Yellow River?
Answer: Christie
Question: Which T.V. competition was won by Indonesian female Ping Coombes in 2014?
Answer: Masterchef
Question: Before moving to the city of Metropolis in which American town did Superman grow up
Answer: Smallville
Question: For which film did screen tough-guy Lee Marvin win a Best Actor award at the 1966 Oscars?
Answer: Cat Ballou
Question: Later used to advertise Nimble bread which group's most successful single was 'I Can't Let Maggie Go'?
Answer: Honeybus
Question: At which battle of May 1455 was King Henry VI captured, leading to Richard Duke of York being declared Lord Protector?
Answer: ST ALBANS
Question: What is the surname of former rally driver Roger Albert after whom the RAC Rally which began in 2004 is named - it follows a route based on the "classic" RAC Rally first organised by the Royal Automobile Club in 1932?
Answer: (ROGER ALBERT) CLARK
Question: Where was the Marquis de Sade imprisoned after the Chateau de Vincennes closed in 1784, until he was transferred to an asylum on July 4th 1789?
Answer: BASTILLE
Question: What was the name of Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina in 622 AD?
Answer: 'HEGIRA'
Question: Which is the main vitamin found in Liver Worts, butter-fat, green leaves etc.?
Answer: VITAMIN A
Question: What is the name of the Highwayman featured in John Gay's musical play, 'The Beggar's Opera'?
Answer: 'MACHEATH'
Question: What was made by the now defunct companies 'Delarge', 'Delahaye' and 'Hotchkiss'?
Answer: CARS
Question: On TV and radio, which 'couple' were the inhabitants of the village of 'Stackton Tressell'?
Answer: 'HINGE & BRACKET'
Question: What form did Zeus take when he seduced Gannymede?
Answer: EAGLE
Question: What form did Zeus take when he seduced Io?
Answer: CLOUD
Question: Which famous Jewish fortress was captured by the Romans 10th Legion in 73AD?
Answer: MASADA
Question: 'Night Train' was a 2010 UK number one album for which band?
Answer: 'KEANE'
Question: Which ancient dog breed was originally bred in Tibet to act as sentinels in Buddhist monasteries?
Answer: LHASA APSO
Question: In which German town has a month-long festival celebrating the music of Richard Wagner been held every summer since 1876?
Answer: BAYREUTH