zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: Who wrote the music for Berthold Brecht's `The Beggars Opera'?
Answer: KURT WEILL
Question: From which city do the groups Human League and Def Leppard originate?
Answer: Sheffield
Question: The first Butlin's holiday camp opened in 1936 in which resort?
Answer: Skegness
Question: Which writer's autobiography was published in 2010, 100 years after his death as instructed in his will?
Answer: Mark Twain
Question: Which author was married to Catherine Hogarth?
Answer: Charles Dickens
Question: Which Greek word meaning 'hidden writings' first appeared in the Luther Bible of 1534?
Answer: APOCRYPHA
Question: 'Someone like You is a 2011 song on whose 2nd studio album?
Answer: ADELE
Question: Who is the wife of King Cepheus, found opposite to him in the night sky?
Answer: CASSIOPEIA
Question: The states of Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae in the Western Pacific are collectively known as the Federated States of ................. where?
Answer: MICRONESIA
Question: Swansea City FC now play their home games at the Liberty Stadium. What was the name of their previous stadium?
Answer: VETCH FIELD
Question: What sort of Tuesday did the Rolling Stones sing about in their 1967 hit?
Answer: RUBY
Question: Who fought Muhammed All in the 'Rumble in the Jungle' in 1974?
Answer: George Foreman
Question: What was the name of Lester Piggott's first Derby winner in 1954?
Answer: Never Say Die
Question: What is the former British Crown colony of the Gold Coast now called?
Answer: Ghana
Question: In "The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe", how is Jadis better known?
Answer: The White Witch
Question: In the Harry Potter stories, what is Hagrid's first name?
Answer: Rubeus
Question: Who played a character called Rachel Marron in a famous 1992 film?
Answer: Whitney Houston
Question: What sort of drink is "matcha"?
Answer: (Japanese Green) Tea
Question: Which Russian woman defected in the 1960's, and wrote a memoir entitled "Twenty Letters to a Friend"?
Answer: Svetlana Stalin
Question: Matthew Flinders led the first circumnavigation of which land mass?
Answer: Australia
Question: What did Henry Cavendish describe as 'inflammable air'?
Answer: Hydrogen
Question: Whose execution was recorded as 'a cruel necessity'?
Answer: Charles 1st
Question: Which city is at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and Ottawa rivers?
Answer: Montreal
Question: Who wrote the plays Plaza Suite and The Odd Couple?
Answer: (Neil) Simon
Question: Asmara is the capital of which state that became independent on 24 May 1993?
Answer: Eritrea
Question: In which Virginia town, in April 1865, did Robert E Lee sign the Confederate surrender at the end of the American Civil War?
Answer: Appomattox
Question: Which actor/director's production company is called Malpaso Productions?
Answer: Clint Eastwood
Question: Which river forms most of the border between Laos and Thailand?
Answer: Mekong
Question: Which famous author spent 5 years in the 1920's as a police officer in Burma?
Answer: George Orwell
Question: What did the poet Homer frequently describe as 'wine-dark'?
Answer: The Sea
Question: Created by Sega in the 1990's, what type of creature is the video game character Sonic?
Answer: Hedgehog
Question: Who was the French composer of the ballet Daphne et Chloe?
Answer: (Maurice) Ravel
Question: On which river does the Grand Coulee Dam stand?
Answer: Columbia
Question: Which character of "The Archers" died in a fire on the day that ITV began broadcasting in 1955?
Answer: Grace Archer
Question: Who was appointed Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport in David Cameron's Cabinet in 2010?
Answer: Jeremy Hunt
Question: Which northern region of Italy is particularly associated with white truffles?
Answer: Piedmont
Question: Created by Nintendo in the 1980's, what is the profession of the video game character (Super) Mario?
Answer: Plumber
Question: Which American TV drama centres around the offices of Sterling Cooper Advertising Agency?
Answer: Mad Men
Question: According to Homer, who was Queen of Troy and mother of Paris and Hector?
Answer: Hecuba
Question: Who was the last reigning British monarch to marry?
Answer: Queen Victoria
Question: Which theory states that 'people tend to rise to their own level of incompetence'?
Answer: PETER PRINCIPLE
Question: Name the son of Marcus Aurelius who succeeded him as Roman Emperor from 180-192 AD.
Answer: COMMODUS
Question: The Turing Test assesses what?
Answer: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Question: In architecture, what name is given to a supporting figure in the form of a draped female figure?
Answer: CARYATID
Question: The 2002 film The Road to Perdition' was the last film appearance of which actor?
Answer: PAUL NEWMAN
Question: The horseshoe shaped fault in the Pacific which contains many volcanoes is known by which name, which is also the title of a 1963 US no.1 hit record?
Answer: THE RING OF FIRE
Question: John Fogerty was lead singer for which group from 1967 until 1972 when the group disbanded?
Answer: CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
Question: What is the principal constituent of the cell wall in soft plant tissue?
Answer: CELLULOSE
Question: Which highly toxic substance is obtained from the castor oil plant?
Answer: RICIN
Question: Of which US State was Sarah Palin the Governor?
Answer: ALASKA
Question: On which island are the Tamil Tigers found?
Answer: SRI LANKA
Question: Who was the adversary of Fu Manchu?
Answer: NAYLAND SMITH
Question: Warner Oland, Sydney Toler and Roland Winters have all played which fictional detective?
Answer: CHARLIE CHAN
Question: During the 2010 Rugby League World Cup Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand played but which other nation were the fourth team?
Answer: PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Question: During the American Civil War as what were the battleships Monitor and Merrimac classed ?
Answer: IRONCLADS
Question: What kind of bird appears on the flag of Papua New Guinea?
Answer: Bird of Paradise
Question: What kind of creature is a Bonobo?
Answer: Ape
Question: Who married Samantha Gwendoline Sheffield in 1996?
Answer: David Cameron
Question: What geological period, named after European mountains, was from 200-145 million years ago?
Answer: Jurassic
Question: Which modern English county did the Iceni inhabit?
Answer: Norfolk
Question: Santorini is part of which country?
Answer: Greece
Question: What name is given to the yellow fluid that surroundsand lubricates cartilages in joints?
Answer: Synovial Fluid
Question: In which organ of the body is the pineal gland?
Answer: The Brain
Question: In the USA, what date is Groundhog Day?
Answer: February 2nd
Question: Which Archbishop of Canterbury crowned Queen Elizabeth II?
Answer: Geoffrey Fisher
Question: Shrimps, barnacles, scorpions, spiders, etc., all belong to which phylum?
Answer: Arthropods
Question: In which US state did the Battle of the Little Bighorn take place in 1876?
Answer: Montana
Question: Who did Thomas More succeed as Lord Chancellor?
Answer: Thomas Wolsey
Question: Saint Emilion, Pomerol, Medoc and Graves are all sub-regions of which wine growing area?
Answer: Bordeaux
Question: The House of Braganza was the last line of monarchs in which European country?
Answer: Portugal
Question: The Italian wine-growing area which produces Soave, Bardolino, Valpolicella and Prosecco wines is centred on which Italian city?
Answer: Venice
Question: Which plant (Latin name crataegus) is also called the May Tree, since this is the month in which it blooms?
Answer: Hawthorn
Question: Which Englishman (680-755) is known as The Apostle of Germany?
Answer: Saint Boniface
Question: What name is given to the wedge-shaped writing of the Sumerian and Hittite civilisations?
Answer: Cuneiform
Question: Which major US Company started out as a single store in Seattle's historic Pike Place market in 1971?
Answer: STARBUCKS
Question: Who played the lawyer Tom Hagen in the film the Godfather?
Answer: ROBERT DUVALL
Question: What is the name of the stage nusical by Andrew Lloyd Webber that is the sequel to his musical Phantom of the Opera?
Answer: LOVE NEVER DIES
Question: RAF Brize Norton is in which county?
Answer: OXFORDSHIRE
Question: Who succeeded Tsar Alexander III in 1894?
Answer: Nicholas II
Question: The archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann Is most famous for his excavations of which ancient city?
Answer: Troy
Question: What is the title of the book (published 1954) which is considered to be a parody of Ballantyne's 'Coral Island'?
Answer: Lord of the Flies
Question: What is the name of Harry Potter's godfather, played on film by Gary Oldman?
Answer: Sirius Black
Question: What is the capital of the Republic of South Sudan?
Answer: Juba
Question: The scientific suffix -ase indicates the presence of what type of protein?
Answer: Enzyme
Question: Where did Generals Ludendorff and Hindenburg crush the Russian armies in August 1914?
Answer: Tannenberg
Question: Which mammal has a name which means 'river horse' in Greek?
Answer: Hippopotamus
Question: When 19th-century gangs called 'crimps' kidnapped men to work on board ships, what city was their most frequent destination?
Answer: SHANGHAI
Question: What kind of animal is examining the title character in Henri Rousseau's painting, 'The Sleeping Gypsy'?
Answer: LION
Question: The Australian species of which bird has nature's largest bill, that can hold over 3 gallons?
Answer: PELICAN
Question: Which painter's-most famous work was inspired'by watching Camembert cheese on a hot day?
Answer: SALVADOR DALI
Question: The adjective 'vermiform' is used to describe which small bodily organ?
Answer: APPENDIX
Question: Only 69 men have ever held the top rank at sumo wrestling; by what name is that title known?
Answer: YOKOZUNA
Question: Manuel Quezon was a founding father and early president of what nation?
Answer: PHILLIPINES
Question: Which man's 'second rebellion' was the Rum Rebellion, which deposed him as Governor of New South Wales in 1808?
Answer: WILLIAM BLIGH
Question: Duncan Zowie Jones, director of sci-fi films 'Moon' and 'Source Code', is the son of which musician?
Answer: DAVID BOWIE
Question: La Digue and Mahe are islands in which Indian Ocean group?
Answer: SEYCHELLES
Question: The French writer Andre Breton initiated which artistic movement in the 1920s, based on Dadaism?
Answer: SURREALISM
Question: Cyrenaica is a province of which African country?
Answer: LIBYA
Question: Which Mediterranean island was conquered by Richard 1 in 1191?
Answer: CYPRUS
Question: Who, dying in 1282, was the last Prince of an independent Wales?
Answer: LLEWELYN
Question: In 'Hamlet' whose grave is being dug when Yorick's skull is found?
Answer: OPHELIA
Question: Bert Hardy (1913-1995) was best known for what?
Answer: PHOTOGRAPHY
Question: The air sacs which make up most of the lungs of mammals are known as what?
Answer: ALVEOLI
Question: Which semi-aquatic carnivorous mammals belong to the genus `Lutra'?
Answer: OTTERS
Question: In which war did the Battle of Sedan take place?
Answer: FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR
Question: In the celestial hierarchy, what is the highest order of angels?
Answer: SERAPHIM
Question: Which French writer published the collection of fairy tales `Contes de ma mere l'Oye', better known as Mother Goose?
Answer: CHARLES PERRAULT
Question: In which sea can the island group known as the Sporades be found?
Answer: THE AEGEAN
Question: What was the artistic profession of Emily Dickinson?
Answer: POET
Question: Which country did England fight against in the Hundred Years' War?
Answer: FRANCE
Question: Of which African country is Gaberone the capital?
Answer: BOTSWANA
Question: Which Noble prize-winning novelist is best known for 'And Quiet Flows the Don?
Answer: MIKHAIL SHOLOKHOV
Question: Which sugar occurs naturally in honey, fruit and green leaves?
Answer: FRUCTOSE
Question: In the Bible, who was the sister of Moses and Aaron?
Answer: Miriam
Question: The phrase "There's a sucker born every minute" is generally attributed to which US showman (1810-1891)?
Answer: P T Barnum
Question: Which king was on the throne in 1381 when Wat Tyler led the Peasants Revolt?
Answer: Richard II
Question: Who broke the World land-speed record in 1939 at Bonneville Flats in his "Railton Special"?
Answer: John Cobb
Question: What was the name of the sister ship to the Titanic, nicknamed The Old Reliable'?
Answer: (RMS) Olympic
Question: The 'Free Officers Movement' took control of which country in a 1952 coup?
Answer: Egypt
Question: In which year did Lenin die, and Mallory and Irvine disappear on Mount Everest?
Answer: 1924
Question: In the Sudanese wars, which British general was killed at Khartoum?
Answer: (Charles George) Gordon
Question: What term is given to the moon when it is between half and full?
Answer: Gibbous
Question: Which company built the USA's first turbojet-powered combat aircraft, the P-80 Shooting Star, which entered service in 1945?
Answer: Lockheed
Question: In the French original of 'Magic Roundabout, the character Pollux had a sweet tooth, what name did the character have in the English version?
Answer: DOUGAL
Question: Ramon Mercader assassinated which C20th leader?
Answer: Leon TROTSKY
Question: Who has written a series of books featuring the character Jack Reacher?
Answer: LEE CHILD
Question: Who founded the Theatre Union in 1936 and the Theatre Workshop in 1945 (both in Manchester)?
Answer: JOAN LITTLEWOOD
Question: Who was the mother of the Greek mythological hero Perseus?
Answer: DANAE
Question: Johnston McCulley created which character in 1919? The character became famous in comics, books, film and on TV.
Answer: ZORRO
Question: Who invented the first effective vaccine against polio, introduced in 1955?
Answer: Dr. JONAS SALK
Question: What is the world's heaviest seed?
Answer: COCO DE MER
Question: What horse race might originally have been called the Bunbury Stakes?
Answer: The DERBY
Question: Who was sent as Ambassador to Outer Mongolia in 1957 by Khrushchev?
Answer: MOLOTOV
Question: Thomas Hardy used what name for Oxford in his novels?
Answer: CHRISTMINSTER
Question: In astronomy what name is given to a cloud of gas and dust in space?
Answer: NEBULA
Question: In which year did Frank Sinatra die after a long illness?
Answer: 1998
Question: Which Eire county is surrounded on three sides by the Atlantic Ocean and has Lifford as the county town?
Answer: DONEGAL
Question: Which vegetable has varieties called 'The Student' and 'Tender and True'?
Answer: PARSNIP
Question: Name the film infamous for a controversial scene where a knickerless Sharon Stone crosses her legs?
Answer: BASIC INSTINCT
Question: Name the novel in which the main characters Leopold and Molly Bloom live in Dublin in 1904?
Answer: ULYSSES
Question: Which African Country's flag consists of vertical stripes of green, yellow and red with a green star in the centre of the yellow stripe?
Answer: SENEGAL
Question: The tango is a dance originated in 1920 in which Country?
Answer: ARGENTINA
Question: Name the TV programme in which Stuart Damon played Craig Stirling and William Gaunt played Richard Barrett?
Answer: THE CHAMPIONS
Question: Which EU country has the greatest population?
Answer: Germany
Question: In 17th century England, what was at various times 'Addled', 'Short' and 'Useless'?
Answer: Parliament
Question: Who is the producer of shows including Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Mary Poppins and Cats?
Answer: Cameron Mackintosh
Question: By what first name was Tiger Woods legally known until at least his 21st birthday?
Answer: Eldrick
Question: Which Scottish king was killed at the Battle of Flodden in 1513?
Answer: James IV
Question: If you travelled due west from Punta Arenas in Chile you would make landfall in which South American country?
Answer: Argentina
Question: In which former Russian state is Chernobyl located?
Answer: UKRAINE
Question: In France this sport is known as Parkour by what name is it better known in Britain?
Answer: FREE RUNNING
Question: Chinese artist Ai Wei Wei had an exhibit banned because of the dust which was given off by which material?
Answer: PORCELAIN DUST
Question: In which harbour is the area 'called The Sandbanks found?
Answer: POOLE
Question: During WWII who was known as Uncle Joe?
Answer: JOSEPH STALIN
Question: Who is the founder of Facebook?
Answer: MARK ZUCKERBERG
Question: What is the capital of the German region of Saxony?
Answer: DRESDEN
Question: Which of Thomas Hardy's novel which opens on Guy Fawkes Night takes place on Egdon Heath?
Answer: THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE
Question: 'Sitting on a comflake waiting for the van to come' is a line from which Beatles song from 'Magical Mystery Tour' album?
Answer: I AM THE WALRUS
Question: In what year did the 9/11 attacks in the USA take place?
Answer: 2001
Question: Who was King of England in 1200?
Answer: JOHN
Question: Who, in the 1967 Dunhill Masters, became the first golfer to make a live 'hole in one' on Brtitsh TV?
Answer: (Tony) Jacklin
Question: What type of Rolls-Royce engines were used to power Concorde?
Answer: Olympus
Question: The head and the abdomen are two of the three part of an insect's body - what is the third?
Answer: Thorax
Question: Which comedian, a director of Fulham FC, had the catch phrase "You Lucky People'?
Answer: TOMMY TRINDER
Question: In Green Mythology which god gave Perseus his winged sandals?
Answer: HERMES
Question: On a Monopoly board how many property groups consist of only two properties?
Answer: TWO
Question: Which proponent of Method acting directed the films 'On the Waterfront' and 'East of Eden'?
Answer: ELIA KAZAN
Question: Which English Protestant produced the first English translation of the Bible in 1535?
Answer: MILES COVERDALE
Question: Which figures in Greek mythology were also called the Erinyes?
Answer: FURIES
Question: By what name was the Russian city of St Petersburg known from 1924 to 1991?
Answer: LENINGRAD
Question: In which country was the actor and director Mel Gibson born?
Answer: USA
Question: Which organ of the body contains the tricuspid valve?
Answer: THE HEART
Question: In which year did the Peterloo Massacre take place?
Answer: 1819
Question: In which war was the Battle of Marston Moor fought?
Answer: ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
Question: Which illustrator and watercolourist is best known for his children's book illustrations such as Peter Pan in, 1906?
Answer: ARTHUR RACKHAM
Question: Which African country was formerly called Bechuanaland?
Answer: BOTSWANA
Question: The only hovercraft service in Britain crosses which stretch of water?
Answer: THE SOLENT
Question: Which rock star died in 1994 believing 'it's better to burn out than fade away'?
Answer: KURT COBAIN
Question: Kenny Dalglish and Herbert Chapman have both won top flight English league championships with two different clubs. Who is the only other man to do this?
Answer: BRIAN CLOUGH
Question: What profession did St Joseph husband of the Virgin Mary have?
Answer: CARPENTER
Question: Who was the mother of Christ's mother, Mary?
Answer: ST ANNE
Question: Which part of the body is affected by epistaxis?
Answer: NOSE
Question: Leila Williams was the first female presenter of which children's TV series?
Answer: BLUE PETER
Question: Who wrote the poem 'Ash Wednesday', published in 1930?
Answer: T S ELIOT
Question: In which BBC radio series did Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister feature?
Answer: THE GOON SHOW
Question: Which American group is made up of will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo and Fergie?
Answer: BLACK EYED PEAS
Question: Since 1995, in which month is the Eurovision Song Contest held?
Answer: MAY
Question: Who was the father of the Black Prince?
Answer: EDWARD III
Question: In crossing which body of water was King John reputed to have lost most of his Crown Jewels?
Answer: THE WASH
Question: Which Turkish mountains have the same name as a sign of the Zodiac?
Answer: TAURUS
Question: Which King of England was the son of Henry II and father of Henry III?
Answer: John
Question: All but three of the moons of Uranus are named after Shakespearean characters; the names of the other three are taken from a poem by whom?
Answer: Alexander Pope
Question: Which car company produced the Speed Six, famous for its race against the 'Blue Train', between 1926 and 1930?
Answer: Bentley
Question: In the Book of Proverbs who, in building her house, "hath hewn out her seven pillars"?
Answer: Wisdom
Question: Which Shropshire town is named after a seventh century king of Northumbria?
Answer: Oswestry
Question: In Thomas Hardy's novels Casterbridge is based on which real town or city?
Answer: DORCHESTER
Question: Who was king of England In 1300?
Answer: EDWARD the FIRST
Question: Which Tory minister resigned in 1992 following the revelation of his affair with Antonia de Sancha?
Answer: (David) MELLOR
Question: Who, in 1776, wrote "The Wealth of Nations"?
Answer: (Adam) SMITH
Question: The sackbut developed into which modern musical instrument?
Answer: TROMBONE
Question: What was the name of Ghana prior to independence?
Answer: GOLD COAST
Question: In WWII what name was given to the top secret material gained from the Enigma machines?
Answer: ULTRA
Question: Which lion did Hercules kill as one of his twelve labours?
Answer: NEMEAN
Question: In which year did George the Fourth become king of the United Kingdom?
Answer: 1820
Question: Who, in Greek myth, killed the gorgon Medusa?
Answer: PERSEUS
Question: Which US President, along with Queen Elizabeth ,opened the St. Lawrence Seaway in June 1959?
Answer: (Dwight D) EISENHOWER
Question: In the Old Testament, whose wife was Zipporah?
Answer: Moses
Question: Which US author wrote a series of novels about the Women's Murder Club?
Answer: James Patterson
Question: Which European country's flag consists of three horizontal bands of white, green, and red?
Answer: Bulgaria
Question: Which newspaper was formerly called The Daily Herald'?
Answer: The Sun
Question: Which South American country's flag consists of three vertical stripes of red, white, and red?
Answer: Peru
Question: The 'Daily Sketch' was taken over and merged with which other newspaper in 1971?
Answer: Daily Mail
Question: In Greek mythology who was the muse of comedy?
Answer: Thalia
Question: What do Ballinsloe in Co. Galway and Appleby in Cumbria have in common?
Answer: Horse Fairs
Question: What colour coats are worn in Pontin's holiday camps?
Answer: Blue
Question: For which Italian side did Graeme Souness play from 1984 to 1986?
Answer: Sampdoria
Question: Who was the English archaeologist (1874-1939) noted as the primary discoverer of Tutankhamen's tomb?
Answer: Howard Carter
Question: Which prison features in Dickens's 1855 novel 'Little Dorrit'?
Answer: Marshalsea
Question: In the 1985 film which actress was 'Desperately Seeking Susan'?
Answer: Rosanna Arquette
Question: Which 1984 Bruce Springsteen album features the songs 'Dancing In The Dark', 'Glory Days' and 'My Hometown'?
Answer: Born In The USA
Question: Which American author wrote the novels 'Sophie's Choice' and 'The Confessions of Nat Turner'?
Answer: William Styron
Question: In Arthurian legend, who was the father of King Arthur?
Answer: Uther Pendragon
Question: Which American state's flag contains an image of a bear?
Answer: California
Question: Who was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for the US Presidency in the 1996 Presidential Election?
Answer: Bob Dole
Question: Which Carry On film Starred Phil Silvers?
Answer: CARRY ON FOLLOW THAT CAMEL
Question: Which Archers character was killed in 2010 when he fell from the roof of Lower Loxley?
Answer: NIGEL PARGETTER
Question: Munich is the capital of which German state?
Answer: BAVARIA
Question: Which Pacific Island is known as Rapa Nui to the local inhabitants?
Answer: EASTER ISLAND
Question: Before his election, Pope Benedict XVI was Archbishop of which City?
Answer: MUNICH
Question: Give the name of the restaurant charity formed by Jamie Oliver to help disadvantaged young people?
Answer: FIFTEEN
Question: In the Bible parable of the Good Samaritan, to where was the traveller heading when he was attacked?
Answer: Jericho
Question: In a series of films based on the books by Donald Hamilton, who played the character Matt Helm?
Answer: Dean Martin
Question: Who, along with Rachel Riley and Susie Dent, will host the 2012 series of Countdown?
Answer: Nick Hewer
Question: In the early 1970s, Lynne Paul and Eve Graham were the lead singers in which group?
Answer: New Seekers