zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: Which Spanish queen sponsored the expeditions of Christopher Columbus?
Answer: Isabella
Question: What was Esther and Abi Ofarim's only number one single in Britain?
Answer: Cinderella Rockefella
Question: In 1910 Leo Tolstoy died in what type of building?
Answer: Railway Station
Question: In 1812 who was shot while walking through the lobby of the House of Commons?
Answer: Spencer Perceval
Question: Kate Philips played which wife of Henry VIII in 'Wolf Hall'?
Answer: Jane Seymour
Question: In 1999 FIFA declared which Dutchman to have been Coach Of The Century?
Answer: Rinus Michels
Question: What is the nickname of Football Premiership club Bournemouth?
Answer: The Cherries
Question: Bowie's video for 'Let's Dance' was recorded in which country?
Answer: Australia
Question: Live Aid featured a video of Bowie duetting with which rock star?
Answer: Mick Jagger
Question: 'Paro' was the largest moai erected on which island?
Answer: Easter Island
Question: The sisters of Dixon of Dock Green's Jack Warner performed as which characters?
Answer: Gert and Daisy
Question: What colour is the directory to the National Gardens Scheme?
Answer: Yellow
Question: Which actor, born in Hayfield in 1915, supplied the voices of the Mr Men on TV?
Answer: Arthur Lowe
Question: What is the third word of the motto adopted by France in 1946?
Answer: Fraternity
Question: On 1st January 2014, which country became the 18th member of the Eurozone?
Answer: Latvia
Question: Which UK national newspaper was awarded a share in a Pulitzer Prize in 2014?
Answer: The Guardian
Question: Which knighted actor directed the 2011 superhero movie Thor?
Answer: Kenneth Branagh
Question: Helen Graham is the eponymous protagonist of which 19th-century novel?
Answer: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Question: Which European language is spoken by a lusophone?
Answer: Portuguese
Question: The Malabar Coast is found in which country?
Answer: India
Question: Mentioned in the title of Cole Porter’s Begin the Beguine, what is a beguine?
Answer: A dance
Question: The motto of which university is “Learn and Live”?
Answer: Open University
Question: The island of Foulness lies off the coast of which English county?
Answer: Essex
Question: What is the Turkish word for “lion”?
Answer: Aslan
Question: Who was the first of the Mr Men characters to be created by Roger Hargreaves?
Answer: Mr Tickle
Question: Which London club did Holmes' brother Mycroft co-found?
Answer: Diogenes
Question: Born Arnold Cream, which 37yr-old became the oldest man to win the title (up to 1951)?
Answer: Jersey Joe Walcott
Question: Who plays the President in the 2013 Roland Emmerich thriller 'White House Down'?
Answer: Jamie Foxx
Question: Who played Freddie Krueger in no fewer than seven horror movies?
Answer: Robert Englund
Question: Which icon did the BBC label a "manipulative, neurotic and sexually repressed woman"?
Answer: Florence Nightingale
Question: Which Baltic nation adopted the Euro currency, becoming the 17th Eurozone country?
Answer: Estonia
Question: Who is the little boy in the 1963 children's book 'Where The Wild Things Are'?
Answer: Max
Question: Convicted in 1987 of war crimes, who was known as the ‘Butcher of Lyon’?
Answer: Nikolaus 'Klaus' Barbie
Question: From which popular musical do we get the songs ‘The Impossible Dream’ and ‘Dulcinea’?
Answer: Man of La Mancha
Question: During a Papal visit, which nation observed Good Friday for the first time in 50 years?
Answer: Cuba
Question: Which author of ‘Jonathon Livingston Seagull’ was injured, ironically, in a flying accident?
Answer: Richard Bach
Question: Which Scandinavian retailer air-brushed women from the Saudi edition of its catalogue?
Answer: IKEA
Question: Angus Jones apologised for urging viewers not to watch which TV show in which he stars?
Answer: Two And A Half Men
Question: December 2011 saw her appointed Professor of Drawing at the Royal Academy. Who?
Answer: Tracey Emin
Question: Who composed the music for the films 'Gandhi' and Satyajit Ray's revered 'Apu Trilogy'?
Answer: Ravi Shankar
Question: Which country is home to Lake Balaton, the largest lake in central Europe?
Answer: Hungary
Question: Who is 'tournament pro' at the 5-star golf resort on the shores N. Ireland’s Lough Erne?
Answer: Rory McIlroy
Question: By what name is Paul David Hewson better known?
Answer: Bono
Question: What is found in the middle of a Sussex Pond pudding?
Answer: A lemon
Question: What is a Lulworth skipper?
Answer: Butterfly
Question: To which family of birds does the chiffchaff belong?
Answer: Warbler
Question: Dido was the legendary founder of which ancient city?
Answer: Carthage
Question: Who will captain the European team in the 2010 Ryder Cup?
Answer: Colin Montgomery
Question: Who played the character Solitaire in Live and Let Die?
Answer: Jane Seymour
Question: Who is the narrator of Three Men in a Boat?
Answer: J
Question: In which town is the Devonshire Campus of the University of Derby?
Answer: Buxton
Question: Where in England is the Ceremony of the Keys held every evening?
Answer: Tower of London
Question: Which TV cop was quite easily persuaded out of retirement by Superintendent Innocent?
Answer: Lewis
Question: According to De Gaulle France had 246 what?
Answer: Cheeses
Question: What is produced by the larva of ‘bombyx mori’?
Answer: Silk
Question: Britain’s oldest tabloid newspaper closed down in 1971 – what was it called?
Answer: Daily Sketch
Question: What is the largest firth in Scotland?
Answer: Moray Firth
Question: What is the common name of the small flowering tree ‘syringa’?
Answer: Lilac
Question: In desert regions what is a ‘haboob’?
Answer: Sandstorm
Question: Which musical instrument has a name that translates as ‘jumping flea’?
Answer: Ukulele
Question: Which palace is the London home of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge?
Answer: Kensington Palace
Question: Who bought Necker Island in 1979?
Answer: Richard Branson
Question: Maimiti was which seaman’s Tahitian wife?
Answer: Fletcher Christian
Question: Which Russian city was formerly called Tsaritsyn and Stalingrad?
Answer: Volgograd
Question: A Russian rouble is divided into 100 …..what?
Answer: Kopeks
Question: Which band leader called his bands ‘The Herd’?
Answer: Woody Herman
Question: Whose band was famous for recording ‘One O’Clock Jump’ and ‘April in Paris’?
Answer: Count Basie
Question: Which book by Eric Carle was inspired by a hole punch?
Answer: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Question: Which large British mammal has the Latin name Cervus elaphus?
Answer: Red Deer
Question: Who was the hostess of The Golden Shot between 1969 and 1975?
Answer: Anne Aston
Question: Which actor appeared as Fancy Smith in Z-cars?
Answer: Brian Blessed
Question: What is the Latin name for the common buzzard?
Answer: Buteo buteo
Question: Which member of the cast of Dad’s Army was born in Hayfield in 1915?
Answer: Arthur Lowe
Question: Give the French phrase in general use which means a blind alley.
Answer: CUL DE SAC
Question: Name the man to first reach the speed of 300 m.p.h. In a motor car
Answer: MALCOLM CAMPBELL
Question: With which musical instrument is jazz musician Sydney Bechet associated?
Answer: SOPRANO SAXOPHONE
Question: The song 'My favourite things' was featured inwhich musical?
Answer: THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Question: Who wrote the children's novel 'Swallows and Amazons'?
Answer: ARTHUR RANSOME
Question: Name the port that stands at the mouth of the River Seine
Answer: LE HAVRE
Question: Tokay wine is the produce of which country?
Answer: HUNGARY
Question: Who composed the music for the opera 'Der Rosekavalier'?
Answer: RICHARD STRAUSS
Question: Which English cathedral has the tallest spire?
Answer: SALISBURY
Question: Which is the only cathedral in England with three spires?
Answer: LICHFIELD
Question: Against which country did Russia declare war in 1939?
Answer: FINLAND
Question: Who won the first UK series of The X Factor in 2004?
Answer: STEVE BROOKSTEIN
Question: Ynys Gybi is the Welsh name for which island?
Answer: HOLY ISLAND
Question: Which is the largest of the 7,107 islands that make up the Philippines?
Answer: LUZON
Question: Who has played Dot Cotton in Eastenders since 1985?
Answer: JUNE BROWN
Question: Which Faulty Towers character was played by Ballard Berkeley?
Answer: MAJOR GOWEN
Question: In the 2004 film Starsky and Hutch, if Ben Stiller played Starsky, who played Hutch?
Answer: OWEN WILSON
Question: Which ground was the venue for the first ever cricket Test Match between England and Australia in 1877 ?
Answer: MELBOURNE CRICKET GROUND
Question: In which of New York's five boroughs is the New Yankee stadium located?
Answer: THE BRONX
Question: Which Scottish Lib Dem MP is currently Chief Secretary to the Treasury?
Answer: DANNY ALEXANDER
Question: What was the surname of the last man to walk on the moon?
Answer: (Eugene) CERNAN
Question: Love Parsley is another name for what herb?
Answer: LOVAGE
Question: A Bandicoot belongs to which order or class of animals?
Answer: MARSUPIALS
Question: With what biblical location would you associate Shadrach, Meschak and Abednego?
Answer: FIERY FURNACE
Question: Eric Arthur Blair was the real name of which famous novelist?
Answer: GEORGE ORWELL
Question: At the 2012 Cheltenham Festival of National Hunt racing who was the top winning jockey, with 5 winners?
Answer: BARRY GERAGHTY
Question: On which date in 1945 was VE Day (victory in Europe), the day on which Germany surrendered in World War II ?
Answer: 8th MAY
Question: On which day in 1945 was VJ Day (victory over Japan), the day on which Japan surrendered in World War II ?
Answer: 15th AUGUST
Question: The song "We have all the time in the World" by Louis Armstrong provided the theme for which James Bond film?
Answer: ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
Question: Who wrote the opera "The Bartered Bride"?
Answer: SMETANA
Question: In which year was the city of Rome founded?
Answer: 753 BC
Question: Which Irish comedian had the catchphrase "It's the way I tell 'em"?
Answer: FRANK CARSON
Question: What is the name of the leader of the British UKIP Party?
Answer: NIGEL FARAGE
Question: Which British artist painted "The Light of the World" and "The Scapegoat"?
Answer: HOLMAN HUNT
Question: What is the largest island in the Caribbean Sea?
Answer: CUBA
Question: On whic racecourse does the Irish Derby take place each year?
Answer: THE CURRAGH
Question: Mathematical Formulae - What is the mathematical formula expressing Einstein's relativity theory?
Answer: E = mc2
Question: What was singing legend Frank Sinatra's middle name?
Answer: ALBERT
Question: """The 59th Street Bridge Song"" was an early successful recording by Simon and Garfunkel. What is its better known alternative title?"
Answer: FEELIN' GROOVY
Question: What name is given to the flowers of Willow and Poplar trees?
Answer: CATKINS
Question: In an 1890 novel, Basil Hallward paints whose portrait?
Answer: DORIAN GRAY'S
Question: From which opera does the "Humming Chorus" come?
Answer: MADAM BUTTERFLY
Question: In the cartoon series 'Asterix the Gaul' what is the name of the chief druid of Asterix's Gaulish village who makes all of the potions and medicines?
Answer: GETAFIX
Question: Which country is the top date-producing country in the world producing over 1 million tons of dates each year?
Answer: EGYPT
Question: Which Lancashire novelist, who came from Leigh, wrote the novels "Goodbye Mr Chips", "Random Harvest" and "Lost Horizon"?
Answer: JAMES HILTON
Question: Pop Music - The group called "The Attractions" was the backing group for which pop singer?
Answer: ELVIS COSTELLO
Question: Prior to Bill Clinton, who was the last Democrat President of the USA?
Answer: JIMMY CARTER
Question: A party called VERITAS stood for seats in the 2005 General Election. Who was the Chairman of that party?
Answer: ROBERT KILROY-SILK
Question: In which city would you find The Spanish Riding School?
Answer: VIENNA
Question: What nationality was the pointillist artist KANDINSKY
Answer: RUSSIAN
Question: Cricket - The leading run scorer in test match cricket is Sachin Tendulkar. What is the name of the Indian batsman who is second highest scorer of test match runs?
Answer: (Rahul) DRAVID
Question: Which Australian cricketer is the third highest scorer of test match runs, after Tendulkar and Dravid?
Answer: (Ricky) PONTING
Question: What is the longest river in Europe?
Answer: VOLGA
Question: Which Italian liqueur is a key ingredient of the well known sweet, Tiramisu?
Answer: AMARETTO
Question: Which snooker player co-hosted the TV show "Big Break" with Jim Davidson?
Answer: JOHN VIRGO
Question: In our solar system which is the smallest planet?
Answer: MERCURY
Question: Mythology - Diana was the Roman goddess of fertility and hunting. Who was the Greek equivalent?
Answer: ARTEMIS
Question: In the famous American TV series, which actress played "Ally McBeal"?
Answer: CALLISTA FLOCKHART
Question: In 2008, the 800th Formula One race was held at night. In which Grand Prix did this take place?
Answer: SINGAPORE
Question: Aspirin was originally obtained from which tree?
Answer: WILLOW
Question: Which Dutch painter, famous for his portraits, was the principal court painter to Charles II ?
Answer: SIR PETER LELY
Question: What is scotland's deepest loch?
Answer: LOCH MORAR
Question: Who defeated Adlai Stevenson in the US Presidential Election in November 1952 ?
Answer: DWIGHT D EISENHOWER
Question: Which two countries, who would come close to war in 1974, joined NATO on the same day in 1952 ?
Answer: GREECE and TURKEY
Question: According to the Bible, who was the first person to be born - as opposed to being created?
Answer: CAIN
Question: In The Planets Suite by Gustav Holst, which planet is described in the title of its movement as The Magician ?
Answer: URANUS
Question: Who was the lead singer with Wet Wet Wet until he went solo in 1999 ?
Answer: MARTI PELLOW
Question: Including the goalkeeper, how many players are there in a water Polo team ?
Answer: SEVEN
Question: 999 is the number for Police, Ambulance, Fire Service, Coast Guard, Mountain Rescue and which other emergency service?
Answer: CAVE RESCUE
Question: Which two A roads now follow the vast majority of the old Watling Street, running from Dover to Wroxeter?
Answer: A2 and A5
Question: In the 1990 Oscar winning film "Dances with wolves", John Dunbar befriends Indians calling themselves Lakota. To which tribe of plains Indians did Lakota belong?
Answer: SIOUX
Question: Which oart of the body can be described as true, false or floating?
Answer: RIB
Question: Which U.S. state has borders with Michigan, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky and Indiana?
Answer: OHIO
Question: Which planet is known as 'The Evening Star'?
Answer: VENUS
Question: How many players are there on a basketball team?
Answer: FIVE
Question: In which year did Bjorn Borg become Men's Singles champion at Wimbledon for the first time?
Answer: 1976
Question: What is the famous slogan of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey circus?
Answer: THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
Question: Edmond Dantes is the protagonist of which famous French novel?
Answer: COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO
Question: Which English royal palace was largely destroyed by fire in 1698?
Answer: WHITEHALL
Question: To which song does Bill Murray wake up to each day in the film Groundhog Day?
Answer: I GOT YOU BABE
Question: During the reign of which Roman Emperor was Christ crucified?
Answer: TIBERIUS
Question: Which town in Hertfordshire was built in 1903 as England's first garden city?
Answer: LETCHWORTH
Question: Who played Scottish police officer Hamish Macbeth on TV in the 1990's?
Answer: ROBERT CARLYLE
Question: What is the main spirit used in a Cosmopolitan cocktail?
Answer: VODKA
Question: The Virgin's House and the ruins of the Temple of Artemis can be found in which city in Turkey?
Answer: EPHESUS
Question: Which tennis player was stabbed by a spectator in 1993?
Answer: MONICA SELES
Question: Which inventor said in 1876 "Mr watson, come here, I want you"?
Answer: (Alexander Graham) BELL
Question: Which is the largest lake in South America by volume?
Answer: LAKE TITICACA
Question: Which type of zebra was hunted to extinction in the 19th century?
Answer: QUAGGA
Question: In Indian cooking what type of food is Bhatoora?
Answer: BREAD
Question: In Indian cooking what type of food is Rasgulla?
Answer: CHEESE
Question: Who was the director of the 2006 film The Da Vinci Code?
Answer: Ron HOWARD
Question: Which actor, from 1980 to 1982 played the roll of Yosser Hughes in the TV comedy series Boys from the Black Stuff?
Answer: BERNARD HILL
Question: Which actor from 1979 to 1984 played the role of James Shelley in the TV comedy series Shelley?
Answer: HYWEL BENNETT
Question: David Reid is the current chairman of which leading supermarket chain?
Answer: TESCO
Question: In which city was ex Prime Minister Tony Blair born?
Answer: EDINBURGH
Question: In which Sheffield Theatre is the World Snooker Championship held each year?
Answer: THE CRUCIBLE THEATRE
Question: Which famous product was advertised on TV with the words "Cleans and polishes in one go"?
Answer: PLEDGE
Question: Who, from 1989 to 1993 was Vice President of the USA to George H W Bush?
Answer: Dan QUAYLE
Question: Which popular dance of Cuban origin and introduced by composer and violinist Enrique Jorin has its name derived from the rhythm of the Guiro (scraper) and the shuffling of the dancer's feet?
Answer: CHA CHA
Question: Which actor played the title role in the 1972 film "Young Winston", the story of the early years of the British Prime Minister?
Answer: SIMON WARD
Question: Which snooker player has the nickname "The Jester from Leicester"?
Answer: MARK SELBY
Question: Who were the first team to beat Manchester United in a Premiership league match in the present season?
Answer: MANCHESTER CITY
Question: Created by P G Wodehouse, what is the christian name of the character Jeeves?
Answer: REGINALD
Question: Which hotel group which opened its first hotel - a 60 room facility on US Route 66 at Flagstaff, Arizona in 1954 - takes its name from the Spanish term meaning 'branch'?
Answer: RAMADA
Question: Which part of the human brain coordinates muscles and movement and is also responsible for balance and posture?
Answer: CEREBELLUM
Question: Pat Murphy was the first presenter of which flagship BBC 1 current affairs programme, usually seen on Mondays since 1957?
Answer: PANORAMA
Question: Which British liner was torpedoed and sunk near the Old Head of Kinsale in May 1915?
Answer: (RMS) LUSITANIA
Question: The ice cream known as Kulfi originated in which country?
Answer: INDIA
Question: What was dropped from the British Driving Test in 1975?
Answer: HAND SIGNALS
Question: Which element is present in all acids?
Answer: HYDROGEN
Question: In which film did Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr have a passionate clinch on a beach?
Answer: FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
Question: Who is said to have been reading a book entitled "Sex and Psychic Energy" at the time of his death in 1977?
Answer: ELVIS PRESLEY
Question: What was the name of the cruise liner that capsized off the coast of Tuscany in January 2012?
Answer: COSTA CONCORDIA
Question: Who painted the canvas known as Bubbles, later used in adverts for Pears Soap?
Answer: MILLAIS
Question: The Marlowe Theatre, recently refurbished, can be found in which English town or city?
Answer: CANTERBURY
Question: In which city could you visit the Anne Frank House?
Answer: AMSTERDAM
Question: What is celebrated in Dublin every year on June 16th?
Answer: BLOOMSDAY
Question: Which measurement of length in the UK can be defined as a tenth of a nautical mile?
Answer: CABLE
Question: There is one family of mammals that contains only two species: the Okapi and which other?
Answer: GIRAFFE
Question: Haematite is an oxide of which metallic element?
Answer: IRON
Question: Which model has recently modelled his own underwear range for H&M ?
Answer: DAVID BECKHAM
Question: Who composed the Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis ?
Answer: (Ralph) VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Question: In the NATO phonetic alphabet, which word represents the letter Y ?
Answer: YANKEE
Question: What item of marine equipment may comprise a stock, a shank and a fluke?
Answer: ANCHOR
Question: What is the maximum number of characters or spaces permitted in the name of a racehorse?
Answer: EIGHTEEN
Question: Who is creditied with coining the phrase 'lateral thinking'?
Answer: EDWARD DE BONO
Question: Which singer won the TV contest "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria"?
Answer: CONNIE FISHER
Question: Covering some 30 acres, which is the largest castle in Wales?
Answer: CAERPHILLY
Question: In which U.S. state is Yosemite National Park?
Answer: CALIFORNIA
Question: How many carats are there in pure gold?
Answer: 24
Question: In which year did Shakespeare die?
Answer: 1616
Question: A thick fillet steak served with a bearnaise sauce is named after which French statesman?
Answer: CHATEAUBRIAND
Question: What term used in the USA for a half-tamed horse means rough in Spanish?
Answer: BRONCO
Question: Eric Coates' 'Knightsbridge March', signature tune of BBC Radio's 'In Town Tonight' is from which work?
Answer: THE LONDON SUITE
Question: In which country was former Essex and England bowler Derek Pringle born?
Answer: KENYA
Question: Buckland Abbey in Devon was the home of which famous 16th century English seaman?
Answer: SIR FRANCIS DRAKE
Question: In chemistry, what term is used to describe a chemical reaction when heat is absorbed from the surroundings?
Answer: ENDOTHERMIC
Question: Which poem by Rupert Brooke begins with the line "If I should die, think only this of me ..."?
Answer: THE SOLDIER
Question: Millefiori is a technique used to produce coulorful decorative patterns in which material?
Answer: GLASSWARE
Question: Having a height of 2,228 metres, Mount Kosciuszko is the highest mountain in which country?
Answer: AUSTRALIA
Question: Specifically, what would a person have a fear of if they suffered from Pediophobia?
Answer: DOLLS
Question: Listed at number 96 in the Periodic Table, which chemical element has the symbol Cm?
Answer: CURIUM
Question: Released in 1965, who was the director of the film 'The Sound of Music'
Answer: ROBERT WISE
Question: With which song did Clodagh Rogers represent the UK in the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest?
Answer: JACK IN THE BOX
Question: In 2011, who became the first Northern Irish golfer since Fred Daly to win the Open?
Answer: DARREN CLARKE
Question: Odette and Prince Siegfried are lovers in which ballet?
Answer: SWAN LAKE
Question: Zog the First proclaimed himself king of which country in 1928?
Answer: ALBANIA
Question: Where in Wales was the first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty established in 1956?
Answer: THE GOWER PENINSULA
Question: Which company owns the Costa coffee chain?
Answer: WHITBREAD
Question: What species of rodent is the world's largest?
Answer: THE CAPYBARA
Question: Which composer's music forms the basis of the ballet Pineapple Poll?
Answer: SULLIVAN
Question: Who was the famous son of Pepin the Short ?
Answer: CHARLEMAGNE
Question: For what do the letters M I stand in M.I.5 and M.I.6 ?
Answer: MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
Question: Which vessel, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. was the first ocean-going steamer to be built of iron?
Answer: SS GREAT BRITAIN
Question: What is the official London residence of the Archbisop of Cantebury?
Answer: LAMBETH PALACE
Question: Knowna s the 'Evening Satr' which planet in our solar system is the closest in size to earth?
Answer: VENUS
Question: Which 19th century novel is subtitled 'The Parish Boy's Progress' ?
Answer: OLIVER TWIST
Question: What name is given in the Christian calendar to February 2nd, also a Quarter Day in the Scottish legal calendar?
Answer: CANDLEMAS
Question: In the Beatrix Potter stories, what sort of animal or creature is Jeremy Fisher?
Answer: A FROG
Question: What name have the Beckhams given to their fourth child and first daughter?
Answer: HARPER SEVEN
Question: What river flows through the Grand Canyon?
Answer: COLORADO
Question: Which part of the mouth can be affected by Quinsy?
Answer: THE TONSILS
Question: Who was the lead singer with the pop group The Mindbenders?
Answer: WAYNE FONTANA
Question: Which supermarket chain has its headquarters in Bradford?
Answer: MORRISONS