zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: On which game show of the 1980s was Una Stubbs a regular team captain?
Answer: GIVE US A CLUE
Question: What is the one-word nickname of Michael Balzary, the bass player with the Red Hot Chili Peppers?
Answer: FLEA
Question: Which of Enid Blyton’s ‘Famous Five’ was a dog?
Answer: TIMMY
Question: Which mountain rises 10200 metres from its ocean base although it is only 4205 metres above sea level?
Answer: MAUNA KEA (IN HAWAII)
Question: Who wrote the plays ‘Jumpers’ and ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead’?
Answer: TOM STOPPARD
Question: The 1993 film ‘The Pelican Brief’ was based on whose 1992 book?
Answer: JOHN GRISHAM
Question: Espoo and Tampere are the second and third largest cities by population in which European country?
Answer: FINLAND
Question: Which of Picasso’s ‘periods’ came first - from 1901 to 1904?
Answer: BLUE
Question: Which tree is sometimes called the “false plane” tree?
Answer: Sycamore
Question: Which character from children’s literature has a wife called Mildew and a son called Mould?
Answer: Fungus the Bogeyman
Question: Who was the Greek equivalent of the Roman goddess Victoria?
Answer: Nike
Question: During World War Two, Operation Upkeep was the codename given by the Allies to the trials and testing of which weapon?
Answer: Bouncing Bomb
Question: Which Christian name is the criminal slang for a safe?
Answer: Peter
Question: Which African animal has types called Kordofan, Nubian and Reticulated?
Answer: Giraffe
Question: Which English football league club were once known as Pine Villa?
Answer: Oldham
Question: What is the main alcoholic ingredient of a Sidecar cocktail?
Answer: Brandy
Question: Eliza Caird is the real name of which modern day pop singer?
Answer: Eliza Doolittle
Question: In literature, who sped across the Atlantic in the SS Henrietta?
Answer: Phileas Fogg
Question: What sort of creature was Lonesome George who died on Pinta Island in the Galapagos in 2012?
Answer: TORTOISE
Question: In the Bible whose sons were Ham, Japheth and Shem?
Answer: NOAH
Question: The original line-up of which girl band included Kerry Katona and Liz McClarnon?
Answer: ATOMIC KITTEN
Question: Who plays Michael Rodwell in Coronation Street?
Answer: LES DENNIS
Question: Who wrote the collections of poems When We Were Very Young (1924) and Now We Are Six (1927)?
Answer: A A MILNE
Question: Who is the subject of the poem The Widow at Windsor, part of the Barrack-Room Ballads, by Rudyard Kipling published in 1892?
Answer: QUEEN VICTORIA
Question: By what two-word name was the Boeing B-17 aircraft known?
Answer: FLYING FORTRESS
Question: Three of the Galilean moons of Jupiter are Io, Europa and Callisto. Which is the fourth?
Answer: GANYMEDE
Question: In which BBC TV drama is Doctor Thomas Chamberlain the Head of the Lyell Centre supported by pathologist Nikki Alexander and forensic scientist Jack Hodgson?
Answer: SILENT WITNESS
Question: In the Hall of the Mountain King was composed by Edvard Grieg as part of which play by Henrik Ibsen?
Answer: PEER GYNT
Question: In which county is Borstal which gave its name to a youth prison?
Answer: KENT
Question: Castleford Rugby League team are known by the name of which animal?
Answer: TIGERS
Question: Which animal has the scientific name 'dama dama'?
Answer: FALLOW DEER
Question: Which English city has districts called Manningham, Horton and Heaton?
Answer: BRADFORD
Question: Whose law states that "the volume of a gas varies in proportion to its (Kelvin) temperature at a constant pressure?
Answer: CHARLES' LAW
Question: Which animal has the scientific name 'Sciurus carolinensis'?
Answer: GREY SQUIRREL
Question: Which English city has districts named Belgrave, Stoneygate and Aylestone?
Answer: LEICESTER
Question: Who won Best Actor 'Oscar' for the 1963 film "Lilies Of The Field"?
Answer: SIDNEY POITIER
Question: In which Paris landmark is the tomb of Napoleon I?
Answer: LES INVALIDES
Question: What is the architectural term for a carved screen behind an altar?
Answer: REREDOS
Question: What is the food of the Silkworm?
Answer: MULBERRY
Question: Who directed the film 'Gladiator'?
Answer: RIDLEY SCOTT
Question: Which group recorded the song 'It's A Sin', which was number one for three weeks in July 1987?
Answer: PET SHOP BOYS
Question: Which popular name isused for Beethoven's symphony No. 6 in F Major?
Answer: PASTORAL
Question: What was the firstname of the character played by John Thaw in 'The Sweeney'?
Answer: JACK
Question: The 'Nineteenth Amendment' to the US Constitution provided for which change, in August 1920?
Answer: VOTES FOR WOMEN
Question: The chemical element 'Lutetium' is named after which city?
Answer: PARIS
Question: In which US state is Princeton University situated?
Answer: NEW JERSEY
Question: What was the nationality of the racing driver Jody Scheckter, who was World Champion in 1979?
Answer: SOUTH AFRICAN
Question: Who was the 27th US President, assuming power in 1909?
Answer: WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
Question: Which chief Persian deity was the god of light and wisdom?
Answer: MITHRAS
Question: Which 'Pet Shop Boys' song went to number one for two weeks in January 1988?
Answer: 'ALWAYS ON MY MIND'
Question: Which actress played opposite Nicholas Cage in the film 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin'?
Answer: PENELOPE CRUZ
Question: In naval history, who was the captain of the ship, the 'Bonhomme Richard'?
Answer: JOHN PAUL JONES
Question: The chemical element 'Gallium' is named after the Latinword 'Gallia', which is what European country?
Answer: FRANCE
Question: In the Beatles cartoon 'The Yellow Submarine', who were the 'baddies'?
Answer: BLUE MEANIES
Question: What is the leather made from shark's skin called?
Answer: SHAGREEN
Question: Which French film Director was the son of a famous painter?
Answer: JEAN RENOIR
Question: From which French club did Liverpool sign John Arne Riise?
Answer: MONACO
Question: In David Hockney's famous painting 'Mr. & Mrs. Clark and Percy', what type of creature is 'Percy'?
Answer: A CAT
Question: What is the more common name of the medical condition 'Otalgia'?
Answer: EARACHE
Question: Found in South East Asia, which is the world's smallest member of the bear family?
Answer: SUN BEAR
Question: Originating in South America, which is the world's smallest breed of horse?
Answer: FALABELLA
Question: In which American state is the majority of Yellowstone National Park?
Answer: WYOMING
Question: With 64 tries, who is Australia's all-time Rugby Union test try scorer?
Answer: DAVID CAMPESE
Question: In which American state does Coca-Cola have its headquarters?
Answer: GEORGIA
Question: Which actor and director was elected mayor of the Californian town Carmel-by-the-Sea in 1986?
Answer: CLINT EASTWOOD
Question: Three Brazilians have won the Formula One World Championship : Emerson Fittipaldi, Ayrton Sennaand which other?
Answer: NELSON PIQUET
Question: In which American state could you visit the eroded
Answer: WYOMING
Question: Which Australian batsman scored a then world record 380 runs ina Test Match against Zimbabwe in 2003?
Answer: MATTHEW HAYDEN
Question: Against which country did England fight 'The War of Jenkins' Ear'?
Answer: SPAIN
Question: The Giralda Tower and the Alcazar Palace are famous landmarks in which Spanish city?
Answer: SEVILLE
Question: Elected in 2006, who is the current Prime Minister of Canada?
Answer: STEPHEN HARPER
Question: Which cosmetics company uses the advertising slogan, "Because your worth it"?
Answer: L'OREAL
Question: What is the name of the dragon who gnaws at the roots of 'Yggrasil', the world tree of Norse mythology?
Answer: 'NIDHOGG'
Question: What is the SI Unit of Electrical Capacitance?
Answer: FARAD
Question: If there are 100 pennies in a Pound, then there are 100 what in an Indian Rupee?
Answer: PAISA
Question: Which is the largest moon of Neptune?
Answer: TRITON
Question: Winning 126 caps between 1985 and 1998, who is Spain's most capped footballer?
Answer: ANDONI ZUBIZARRETA
Question: Which is the largest moon of Uranus?
Answer: TITANIA
Question: Which Asian country is part of the phonetic alphabet?
Answer: INDIA
Question: In which country is the highest point in Africa?
Answer: TANZANIA
Question: Deuterium and Tritium are isotopes of which chemical element?
Answer: HYDROGEN
Question: In which country is 'Waitangi Day' celebrated on February 6th each year?
Answer: NEW ZEALAND
Question: In 2009 which Swedish tennis player became the first to beat Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros?
Answer: ROBIN SODERLING
Question: Who directed the 2005 film 'Brokeback Mountain'?
Answer: ANG LEE
Question: Libya is the only country which has a flag with just one colour. Which colour is used?
Answer: GREEN
Question: In which country is 'Malvinas Day' celebrated on April 2nd each year?
Answer: ARGENTINA
Question: In which English city were 'Duran Duran' formed in 1978?
Answer: BIRMINGHAM
Question: Which Barrow-in-Furness born ex-England footballer played for Blackpool from 1964 to 1967 before moving to a Merseyside club?
Answer: EMLYN HUGHES
Question: An omelette made with smoked haddock invented at the Savoy Hotel was named after which author?
Answer: ARNOLD BENNETT
Question: In which country is the highest point in South America?
Answer: ARGENTINA
Question: What nationality is Herman Van Rompuy who was appointed as the first full-time President of the European Council in 2009?
Answer: BELGIAN
Question: Who was the first woman to receive the Order of Merit?
Answer: FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
Question: Which model of Ferrari is named after the Italian word for 'redhead'?
Answer: TESTAROSSA
Question: Which city was the capital of Nigeria until 1991?
Answer: LAGOS
Question: Musically, how are twin brothers Craig and Charlie Reid known?
Answer: 'THE PROCLAIMERS',
Question: Which 1980's BBC drama was set on a North Sea ferry?
Answer: 'TRIANGLE'
Question: Which instrument is played by classical musician John Lill?
Answer: PIANO
Question: In Yorkshire what are the 'Huddersfield Broad' and the 'Huddersfield Narrow'?
Answer: CANALS
Question: In Physics, using Newton's Second Law of Motion, force is the product of mass and which other quantity?
Answer: ACCELERATION
Question: In the comic strip 'Calvin and Hobbs', what sort of animal is 'Hobbs'?
Answer: TIGER
Question: Which Pope made Henry VIII 'Defender of the Faith' in 1521?
Answer: LEO X
Question: Traditionally, athletes from which country lead the parade at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games?
Answer: GREECE
Question: Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, which 2011 drama film, directed by Martin Scorsese, tells the story of a boy who lives alone in a Paris railway station?
Answer: 'HUGO'
Question: The 'Royal Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults' is a British charity better known by what acronym?
Answer: 'MENCAP'
Question: Which American singer, songwriter and actress was born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson in Santa Barbara, California in 1984?
Answer: KATY PERRY
Question: What is the name of the Chief Executive of RBS who turned down his controversial £1million bonus in January 2012?
Answer: STEPHEN HESTER
Question: The third largest town in the Scottish Highlands, which burgh on the Isle of Lewis is also home to one third of the population of the Western Isles?
Answer: STORNOWAY
Question: In terms of population, Oslo is the largest city in Norway. Which is the second largest?
Answer: BERGEN
Question: To highlight global warming, which country held a cabinet meeting underwater in 2009?
Answer: The Maldives
Question: To highlight global warming, which country held a cabinet meeting up a mountain in 2009?
Answer: Nepal
Question: Which novel by Peter Carey won the Booker Prize in 1988?
Answer: Oscar and Lucinda
Question: What is Nyctophobia the fear of?
Answer: Darkness
Question: Which US state is known as the “Tar-heel” state?
Answer: North Carolina
Question: Which group of the 1970’s featured Tony Iommi on guitar, “Geezer” Butler on bass and Bill Ward on drums?
Answer: Black Sabbath
Question: Which group of the 1970-80’s featured Mick Jones on guitar, Paul Simonon on bass and Nicky “Topper” Headon on drums?
Answer: The Clash
Question: Who, in 1884, invented the flexible film roll for cameras?
Answer: George Eastman
Question: Who is the patron saint of television?
Answer: St Clare
Question: How wide, in feet, is a table tennis table?
Answer: FIVE
Question: Whose Liverpool Oratorio released in 1991 was composed in collaboration with Carl Davis?
Answer: PAUL MCCARTNEY
Question: Prudhoe Bay Oil Field, the largest in North America, is in which US state?
Answer: ALASKA
Question: The Reading Festival held over the August Bank Holiday weekend shares its line-up with which other Festival?
Answer: LEEDS
Question: Which canal passes through the centre of Lymm in Cheshire?
Answer: BRIDGEWATER
Question: Who is the wife of cartoon character Hagar the Horrible?
Answer: HELGA
Question: Which city in the German state of Saxony has the largest population?
Answer: DRESDEN
Question: What is the capital city of the Italian region of Liguria?
Answer: GENOA
Question: Which gas makes up about 96% of the atmosphere of the planet Mars?
Answer: CARBON DIOXIDE
Question: What is the hyphenated name of the lemur, Daubentonia madagascariensis, the world’s largest nocturnal primate?
Answer: AYE-AYE
Question: Westminster Abbey is dedicated to which Saint?
Answer: PETER
Question: In American politics, what is the symbol of the Republican Party?
Answer: ELEPHANT
Question: What is the symbol of the democratic Party in American politics?
Answer: DONKEY
Question: After failing to win his sixth Tour de France, who made up for his disappointment by winning the inaugural Olympic road time trial in 1996?
Answer: MIGUEL INDURAIN
Question: After whom is the international airport at Pisa in Italy, named?
Answer: GALILEO
Question: Which greenish-yellow gas was discovered by Humphry Davy in 1810?
Answer: CHLORINE
Question: Which colourless and odourless gas was discovered by Daniel Rutherford in 1772?
Answer: NITROGEN
Question: In football's European Championships, which was the first country to appear in two successive finals?
Answer: USSR
Question: What large, South American rodent is sometimes known as the 'water hog'?
Answer: CAPYBARA
Question: What is the main ingredient of Duxelles sauce or Duxelles stuffing?
Answer: MUSHROOMS
Question: 'Masala Chai' is an Indian tea flavoured with which sweet spice?
Answer: CINNAMON
Question: On the death of Horatio Nelson, who assumed command at the 'Battle of Trafalgar'?
Answer: LORD COLLINGWOOD
Question: Which area of the human tongue is sensitive to sweet taste?
Answer: THE TIP
Question: In dating advertisements, what does the 'H' in the initials 'S.O.H.' represent?
Answer: (Sense Of) HUMOUR
Question: Which branch of the arts was Barbara Hepworth famous for?
Answer: SCULPTURE
Question: Who played 'Olive Oyl' in the 1980 film 'Popeye'?
Answer: SHELLEY DUVALL
Question: Scarborough is the capital of which West Indian island?
Answer: TOBAGO
Question: Who wrote the bestseller 'The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time'?
Answer: MARK HADDON
Question: The Great Yorkshire Show has been held where since 1952?
Answer: HARROGATE
Question: In France, which food is 'Marrons Glaces'?
Answer: CHESTNUTS
Question: The US University of Yale is in which state?
Answer: CONNECTICUT
Question: What is the correct way of addressing a Duke?
Answer: """YOUR GRACE"""
Question: Which African capital city is served by 'Kotoka Airport'?
Answer: ACCRA , Ghana
Question: In which English county is the resort of Minehead?
Answer: SOMERSET
Question: Who starred as ageing actress 'Margo Channing' in the 1950 film 'All About Eve'?
Answer: BETTE DAVIS
Question: Who was the first and lastExecutive President of the USSR?
Answer: MIKHAIL GORBACHEV
Question: For which edible fungus is Perigord, France famous?
Answer: TRUFFLES
Question: Who played Queen Elizabeth II in the film 'Naked Gun'?
Answer: JEANETTE CHARLES
Question: Who followed Kruschev as Soviet Prime Minister in 1964?
Answer: KOSYGIN
Question: In Hindu mythology, who is the goddess of destruction, and the wife of Siva?
Answer: KALI
Question: Which French word means the unravelling, or final solution, of a plot?
Answer: DENOUEMENT
Question: In which industry specifically, did the Trade Union NACODS operate?
Answer: COAL MINING
Question: Which town as the birthplace of Charles Darwin and Thomas Bowdler?
Answer: SHREWSBURY
Question: Who played the part of Queen Elizabeth II in the film 'A Question Of Attribution'?
Answer: PRUNELLA SCALES
Question: What nationality was the Arctic explorer Willem Barents?
Answer: DUTCH
Question: Octavian who became Augustus, and Lepidus were two of the 'Second Triumvirate' in 43BC. Who was the third?
Answer: MARK ANTONY
Question: From which country does 'Monterey Jack' cheese come?
Answer: U.S.A
Question: Sold in 2006 for $87.9 million, the most expensive painting ever sold by Christie's was Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II. Who painted it?
Answer: GUSTAV KLIMT
Question: The 'Rid Vega' and 'Sama Veda' are sacred texts of which religion?
Answer: HINDUISM
Question: 'The Fear' was a 2009 number one hit for which singer?
Answer: LILY ALLEN
Question: 'My Life Would Suck Without You' was a 2009 number one hit for which singer?
Answer: KELLY CLARKSON
Question: In which country are the headquarters of the supermarket chain 'Aldi'?
Answer: GERMANY
Question: The 'Hautboy' is an old name for which woodwind instrument?
Answer: OBOE
Question: Which British physicist discovered the electron in 1897?
Answer: J.J.THOMSON
Question: The 'Sackbut' was a forerunner of which modern brass instrument?
Answer: TROMBONE
Question: Which British physicist discovered the neutron in 1932?
Answer: JAMES CHADWICK
Question: Which Cuban athlete won the men's 110m hurdles gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing?
Answer: DAYRON ROBLES
Question: The Spanish explorer Francisco de Orellano completed the first known navigation of which river?
Answer: AMAZON
Question: An example includes describing someone as "not unattractive" instead of "attractive". What name is given, in rhetoric, to a figure of speech in which a statement is expressed by denying its opposite?
Answer: LITOTES
Question: Who was the wife of King Henry III of England?
Answer: ELEANOR of PROVENCE
Question: On which Filipino island is the capital city, Manila, located?
Answer: LUZON
Question: Which English dish, originating in India, consists of smoked haddock, boiled rice, eggs and butter?
Answer: KEDGEREE
Question: In which American city were 250,000 people left homeless after a major earthquake in 1906?
Answer: SAN FRANCISCO
Question: What was the pen-name used by the short-story writer William Sydney Porter?
Answer: O. HENRY
Question: 'Italian' and 'Reformation' are the popular names given to symphonies by which composer?
Answer: FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Question: Bridgeport is the largest city in the 'Nutmeg State'. Which state?
Answer: CONNECTICUT
Question: What was the first name of Mr. Fahrenheit, after whom the temperature scale was named?
Answer: GABRIEL
Question: Bishopthorpe Palace is the official residence of the holder of which position?
Answer: ARCHBISHOP OF YORK
Question: What was the first name of Mr. Celsius, after whom the temperature scale was named?
Answer: ANDERS
Question: Which duo had number one hits during the 1980's with 'Heart' and 'It's A Sin'?
Answer: 'PET SHOP BOYS'
Question: Losing in 2002, who was the last Argentinian to reach the Wimbledon Men's Singles Final?
Answer: DAVID NALBANDIAN
Question: Named after the German chemist who developed it, what name is given to the common piece of laboratory equipment that produces a single gas flame used for heating and combustion?
Answer: BUNSEN BURNER
Question: Racing for Team Lotus, who is the only Finn competing in the 2011 Formula One season?
Answer: HEIKKI KOVALAINEN
Question: Which type of richly hued wood is by far the most common wood used for Marimba and Xylophone keys?
Answer: ROSEWOOD
Question: 'Germinal' and 'Nana' are literary works by which 19th century French author?
Answer: EMILE ZOLA
Question: The adjective 'pulmonary' means of, or pertaining to, which organ of the body?
Answer: LUNGS
Question: Which footballer, who has spent his entire career at Real Madrid, captained Spain during the 2010 World Cup Final?
Answer: IKER CASILLAS
Question: One of the world's most visited art galleries, in which city is the Tretyakov Gallery?
Answer: MOSCOW
Question: Which English town shares its name with the capital of the Caribbean island of Tobago?
Answer: SCARBOROUGH
Question: Released in 1981, 'Fire' was the first UK top 40 hit for which rock group?
Answer: 'U2'
Question: The Bob Dylan songs 'Rainy Day Women', 'I Want You' and 'Just Like A Woman' featured on which album?
Answer: 'BLONDE ON BLONDE'
Question: Which city on the River Alun in Pembrokeshire is, with a population of under 2,000, the smallest city in the UK?
Answer: ST. DAVID'S
Question: Give any year during which the Crimean War was fought?
Answer: 1853 - 1856
Question: The Bob Dylan songs 'Desolation Row', 'Tombstone Blues' and 'Like A Rolling Stone' featured on which album?
Answer: 'HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED'
Question: The Vouli is the name of the parliament in which European country?
Answer: GREECE
Question: What nationality was the composer Jean Sibelius?
Answer: FINNISH
Question: In the human body, what is produced by the Parotid Gland?
Answer: SALIVA
Question: Which British composer's works include 'The Protecting Veil' and 'Song For Athene', which was performed at Princess Diana'a funeral?
Answer: JOHN TAVERNER
Question: Which long-armed orange character was the subject of the first 'Mr. Men' book by Roger Hargreaves, first published in 1971?
Answer: 'MR. TICKLE'
Question: What creature is portrayed on the Victoria Cross?
Answer: LION
Question: Which god, in Egyptian mythology, had the head of a Jackal?
Answer: ANUBIS
Question: Which singer was married to actor Emilio Estevez from 1992 - 1994?
Answer: PAULA ABDUL
Question: What is the capital of the Spanish region of Andalusia?
Answer: SEVILLE
Question: What was the middle name of the character 'Bob Collier' from the t.v. series 'The Likely Lads'?
Answer: 'SCARBOROUGH'
Question: What word is used in betting slang for odds of 3/1 (three to one)?
Answer: 'CARPET'
Question: What nationality was Trygvie Lie, first United Nations Secretary General?
Answer: Norwegian
Question: In 2012, which musical overtook The Phantom of the Opera to become the highest grossing show in Broadway history?
Answer: The Lion King
Question: Which architect designed the Queen’s House Greenwich and the Banqueting House in Whitehall?
Answer: Inigo Jones
Question: Which company created the perfume Dolce Vita in 1995 and Poison in 1985?
Answer: Christian Dior
Question: In which sport did South African Chad Le Clos win gold at the 2012 Olympic Games?
Answer: Swimming
Question: Which famous author lived at Golden Eye on Jamaica?
Answer: Ian Fleming
Question: Which is the largest island of the Philippines?
Answer: Luzon
Question: What nationality was U Thant, the third UN Secretary General?
Answer: Burmese
Question: The five species of which mammal are the Black, White, Indian, Javan and Sumatran?
Answer: Rhinoceros
Question: Who wrote “How to be a Domestic Goddess”?
Answer: Nigella Lawson
Question: What is the common name of the bird Sternus vulgaris?
Answer: Starling
Question: In which film does Sean Connery sing "A Pretty Irish Girl"?
Answer: Darby O'gill & the Little People
Question: Which country's national airline is called Malev?
Answer: Hungary
Question: What is the common name for the plant Vinca?
Answer: Periwinkle
Question: In May 1987, which actor had top ten hits with "Respect Yourself" & "Under the Boardwalk"?
Answer: Bruce Willis
Question: Which Briton won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2001?
Answer: V S Naipaul
Question: What is the meaning of the Latin phrase "Vide Infra"?
Answer: See Below
Question: Bow Street, Marlborough Street and which other Street make up the orange properties in Monopoly?
Answer: Vine Street
Question: Which monarch (1199-1216) preceded Henry III?
Answer: John
Question: What was Dennis Skinner's job before he entered Parliament?
Answer: Miner
Question: Where (in Scotland) is the most westerly point of the British mainland?
Answer: 7
Question: In food, what is the more common name for the 'Chinese Gooseberry'?
Answer: KIWI FRUIT