zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: In the UK we call it a 'Spanner' What do the Americans call it?
Answer: A wrench
Question: The mallet used by an auctioneer is called a what?
Answer: Gavel
Question: Capuchin, Spider and Colobus are types of what?
Answer: Monkey
Question: Who would wear a 'Yarmulke'?
Answer: A Jew
Question: Where was Thomas Becket murdered?
Answer: Canterbury Cathedral
Question: George A Custer died in which battle?
Answer: Battle of Little Big Horn
Question: Who wrote the songs for the classic film 'Oklahoma'?
Answer: Rodgers & Hammerstein
Question: What famous cartoon character made his debut in the film 'Steamboat Willy'?
Answer: Mickey Mouse
Question: He was born in 1913 and was Labour Party Leader from: 1980 - 1983. Who was he?
Answer: Michael Foot
Question: Who was he: First to swim the English Channel and later died attempting to swim across Niagara Falls?
Answer: Captain Matthew Webb
Question: Who wrote the classic novel 'Wuthering Heights'?
Answer: Emily Brontë
Question: Hans Christian Anderson died in August 1875. What was his nationality?
Answer: Danish
Question: Sir Gordon Richards retired from horse racing having ridden 4,870 winners in August of which year?
Answer: 1954
Question: Which city held the 1972 Olympic Games?
Answer: Munich
Question: Which famous London landmark was erected on the Embankment in September 1878?
Answer: Cleopatra's Needle
Question: After only 33 days in office, which Pope died in 1978?
Answer: Pope John Paul 1
Question: Which 'Blue Peter' presenter was once a Dr. Who assistant?
Answer: Peter Purves
Question: What was the nationality of composer Franz Liszt?
Answer: Hungarian
Question: Which battle was the first battle of the English Civil Was in 1642?
Answer: The battle of Edgehill
Question: Richard Wagner was the father of which other famous composer?
Answer: Franz Liszt
Question: Where do the Sami people live?
Answer: Lapland.
Question: If you see the letters UHT on a food or milk carton, what does it mean?
Answer: Ultra Heat Treatment
Question: N2O or Nitrous Oxide is more commonly known as what?
Answer: Laughing gas
Question: Where would you find Narita airport?
Answer: Tokyo, Japan
Question: In what year did Elvis and Priscilla marry?
Answer: 1967
Question: Who now owns the Rolls-Royce name?
Answer: BMW
Question: Can you name the first Pope?
Answer: St. Peter
Question: Where would you find the 'English end' of the Channel Tunnel?
Answer: Folkestone
Question: In the TV cop series 'Z Cars' who played PC Fancy Smith?
Answer: Brian Blessed
Question: Who played DI Jack Regan in the TV series 'The Sweeny'?
Answer: John Thaw
Question: In 1938, Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch starred in which new radio comedy series?
Answer: Band Waggon
Question: What was the name of King Henry V111's 4th wife who he married in 1540?
Answer: Anne of Cleves
Question: For which individual cycling event did Laura Trott receive a gold medal?
Answer: Women's Omnium
Question: Who was portrayed by Timothy Spall during the closing ceremony?
Answer: Sir Winston Churchill
Question: Who was the first woman to swim the English Channel?
Answer: Gertrude Ederle
Question: Glenda Jackson won an Oscar in 1971 for which film?
Answer: Women in Love
Question: The 'Chelsea Flower Show' is held in which month (a) May (b) June or (c) July?
Answer: (a) May
Question: Thomas à Beckett was killed in which English Cathedral?
Answer: Canterbury Cathedral
Question: 'Meg; Jo; Beth and Amy' is the sub-title to which Louisa May Scott novel?
Answer: Little Women
Question: In which year did the Munich Air Disaster happen?
Answer: 1958
Question: What is the tympanic membrane better known as?
Answer: Eardrum
Question: Which horse won both the 1973 and 1974 Grand Nationals?
Answer: Red Rum
Question: In which US state would you find the Grand Canyon?
Answer: Arizona
Question: What is the name of the shrub known as the butterfly bush?
Answer: Buddleia
Question: Where would you find the Atacama Desert?
Answer: Chile
Question: In which park would you find 'London Zoo'?
Answer: Regent's Park
Question: Who played the lead role in 'Crocodile Dundee'?
Answer: Paul Hogan
Question: How many men have walked on the Moon?
Answer: 12
Question: What is a rhinoceros horn made from ?
Answer: Hair
Question: Where would you find Michelangelo's (fresco) painting, ' The Creation of Adam'?
Answer: Sistine Chapel
Question: 'The Maldives' islands are situated in which ocean?
Answer: The Indian Ocean
Question: Three of the four presidents carved into Mount Rushmore are Lincoln, Washington and Jefferson. Who is the fourth?
Answer: Roosevelt
Question: If you were a member of the 'Pumas' rugby union team, which country would you play for?
Answer: Argentina
Question: El Al is the national airline of which country?
Answer: Israel
Question: The Aborigines call it Uluru. What do we call it?
Answer: Ayers Rock
Question: Sn is the chemical symbol for which metal?
Answer: Tin
Question: What actually is laughing gas?
Answer: Nitrous Oxide
Question: Back to Henry V111, who was his third wife?
Answer: Jane Seymour
Question: Thomas Becket was murdered where?
Answer: Canterbury Cathedral
Question: What character did John Wayne play in 'True Grit'?
Answer: Rooster Cogburn
Question: What was the last line spoken in the film 'Some Like It Hot'?
Answer: """Well, nobody's perfect"""
Question: Man has seven vertebrae in his neck, how many does a Giraffe have?
Answer: Seven
Question: What agent is normally used to make jam set?
Answer: Pectin
Question: The plant 'Digitalis' is better known as what?
Answer: Foxglove
Question: What is the name of Elvis Costello's famous father?
Answer: Ross MacManus
Question: Which boxer added the term marvellous to his name?
Answer: Marvin Hagler
Question: In which Australian city was the first cricket test match played?
Answer: Melbourne
Question: What type of race is Doggett's coat and badge?
Answer: Rowing
Question: What is the full name of the Mormon Church?
Answer: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Question: Which letter is at the extreme right of the centre row of a UK standard keyboard?
Answer: L
Question: What is surgically removed if you have a cholecystectomy?
Answer: Gall Bladder
Question: In which country would you find 'Punta Arenas' the worlds most southerly city?
Answer: Chile
Question: Name the tennis star who was stabbed during a tournament in Hamburg in 1993?
Answer: Monica Seles
Question: The 'Serengeti National Park' is situated in which country?
Answer: Tanzania
Question: At a 1996 Ascot race meeting, name the jockey who rode all seven winners?
Answer: Frankie Dettori
Question: What kind of monkey would you find on the 'Rock of Gibraltar?
Answer: Barbary Ape
Question: What would you add to lead to make pewter?
Answer: Tin
Question: Who played Godber in the sitcom 'Porridge?
Answer: Richard Beckinsale
Question: Which vegetable is the main ingredient of Sauerkraut?
Answer: Cabbage
Question: Who wrote the Opera Madam Butterfly?
Answer: Puccini
Question: Who piloted the first flight across the English channel in 1909?
Answer: Louis Bleriot
Question: The 'Mona Lisa' was painted by which artist?
Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
Question: What would a cartographer make?
Answer: Maps
Question: Which dangerous gas is given off when coke burns?
Answer: Carbon Monoxide
Question: True or False, The Earth and the Moon are the same age?
Answer: True
Question: On what day of creation did God make the Sun, the Moon and the Stars?
Answer: The Fourth
Question: Which toy was originally a Filipino jungle weapon?
Answer: The yo-yo
Question: Which can last longer with out water a camel or a rat?
Answer: Rat
Question: Vine weevils attack which part of a plant?
Answer: The roots
Question: If you have a 'Mahonia Japonica', in which season will it be in flower?
Answer: Winter
Question: Which Saint is celebrated on 15th July?
Answer: St. Swithin
Question: Cornish Rex and Devon Rex are types of which animal?
Answer: Cats
Question: The Hoover Dam was originally called what?
Answer: Boulder Dam
Question: What do Americans call coriander?
Answer: cilantro
Question: If you are eating a vegetable known as 'ladies fingers', what are you eating?
Answer: Okra
Question: Sometimes called a cobnut or a filbert, what is it?
Answer: Hazelnut
Question: Which animal is traditionally used to hunt for truffles?
Answer: A pig
Question: The fruit of the granadillo is commonly known as what?
Answer: Passion Fruit
Question: Which 1970's super group recorded "Stairway to Heaven"?
Answer: Led Zeppelin
Question: We know the famous cricketer as 'Freddie' Flintoff. What's his real first name?
Answer: Andrew
Question: Which Dart player was known as 'The Crafty Cockney'?
Answer: Eric Bristow
Question: What's the nationality of golfers Ernie Els and Gary Player?
Answer: South African
Question: What boxing class is heaviest - flyweight, bantam weight or feather weight?
Answer: Feather weight
Question: What Mexican boxing champ lost for the first time to little known Frankie Randall?
Answer: Julio Cesar Chavez
Question: Which jockey won the 1981 Grand National after beating cancer?
Answer: Bob Champion
Question: Montreal is surrounded by which river?
Answer: the St. Lawrence
Question: Zetland is the largest of which group of islands?
Answer: The Shetland Islands
Question: In Rugby, what did Warrington add to their name in the 1990's?
Answer: Wolves
Question: Who did Bill Clinton beat when he stood for president first time round (1992)?
Answer: George Bush
Question: Which is the lightest recognised boxing weight?
Answer: Flyweight
Question: At the 1968 Olympics, how many gold medals were won by Mark Spitz?
Answer: 2
Question: Which group had a top 10-album chart success with 'What's the story, morning glory'?
Answer: Oasis
Question: Which American city is nicknamed "The Windy City"?
Answer: Chicago
Question: Who was the first to meet with the risen Jesus?
Answer: Mary Magdalene
Question: What is the title shared by four books of the New Testament?
Answer: John
Question: Which two priceless resins were brought by the Magi to the infant Jesus?
Answer: Frankincense and myrrh
Question: What type of car did Simon Templar drive in "The Saint"?
Answer: Volvo
Question: What type of animal is a Chuckwalla?
Answer: Lizard
Question: The minnow is the tiniest member of what fish family?
Answer: Carp
Question: What animals name translates as earth pig?
Answer: Aardvark
Question: What does the syrinx help a bird to do?
Answer: Sing
Question: What is sake made from?
Answer: Rice
Question: Who did Ted Turner, the media tycoon, marry in 1991?
Answer: Jane Fonda
Question: In what year was Barack Obama born?
Answer: 1961
Question: In what American state was Barack Obama born?
Answer: Hawaii
Question: Which TV stone-age family lived in Bedrock?
Answer: The Flintstones
Question: Tactile relates to which of the senses?
Answer: Touch
Question: What is the common name for nitrous oxide?
Answer: Laughing Gas
Question: For which novel did author Salman Rushdie win a Booker Prize in 1981?
Answer: Midnight's Children
Question: In which city did Dr. Christian Barnard perform the world's first heart transplant?
Answer: Cape Town, South Africa
Question: In 1903 who became the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize?
Answer: Marie Curie
Question: Who played Bert the chimney sweep in the film 'Mary Poppins'?
Answer: Dick van Dyke
Question: How many times was Stanley Baldwin the 'British Prime Minister'?
Answer: 3
Question: Which society cared for the 'Plague Victims' when the physicians left 1665?
Answer: Apothecaries
Question: In which month is St George's Day?
Answer: April
Question: In which European city would you have found Checkpoint Charlie?
Answer: Berlin
Question: Who invented the Microwave Oven in 1945 in USA?
Answer: Percy LeBaron Spencer
Question: Who was the second Pope after St. Peter?
Answer: -St Linus
Question: What European nation was the first to drink tea ?
Answer: The Dutch
Question: ABC and NBC are TV networks in which country ?
Answer: United States
Question: What is Paddington Bear?s favourite sandwich filling?
Answer: Marmalade
Question: Who did Val Kilmer portray in the film The Doors?
Answer: Jim Morrison
Question: Who played the title role in the 2002 film, Mr Deeds?
Answer: Adam Sandler
Question: In which sci-fi TV series did Dirk Benedict play Lieutenant Starbuck?
Answer: Battlestar Galactica
Question: Which legendary music festival took place in 1969?
Answer: Woodstock
Question: Which film starring Meryl Streep in 1985, won 7 Oscars?
Answer: Out of Africa
Question: In which city did Van Der Valk do his detecting?
Answer: Amsterdam
Question: Which long running BBC comedy was set in the coastal town of Walmington-On-Sea?
Answer: Dad's Army
Question: Who played 'Gandhi' in the film of the same name?
Answer: Ben Kingsley
Question: Which actress played the part of Angie in EastEnders?
Answer: Anita Dobson
Question: What name is given to the sea stretching from Australia to New Zealand?
Answer: The Tasman Sea
Question: In which European country would you find Tuscany?
Answer: Italy
Question: What wartime position did General Montgomery assume in 1942?
Answer: Commander-in-Chief, Middle East
Question: What famous painting was stolen from the Louvre in Paris in 1911?
Answer: The Mona Lisa
Question: Hong Kong was taken by the British in which year?
Answer: 1839
Question: In which city was Terry Waite taken hostage in 1987?
Answer: Beirut
Question: In which sport would the winner be presented with 'The Green Jacket'?
Answer: Golf
Question: American 'Kelly Slater' is best known for which sport?
Answer: Surfing
Question: Which boxer broke Muhammad Ali's jaw in 1973?
Answer: Ken Norton
Question: In what year did Roger Bannister break the 4 minute mile barrier?
Answer: 1954
Question: Tennis star Steffi Graf was born in which country?
Answer: Germany
Question: What number is the yellow ball in a numbered set of pool balls?
Answer: 1
Question: For what crime was Al Capone finally convicted?
Answer: Tax evasion
Question: Which writer created the character of 'Jeeves'?
Answer: P. G. Wodehouse
Question: Human brains are 75% water. True or false?
Answer: True
Question: What is a group of witches called?
Answer: Coven
Question: Who played Doctor Watson in the 1959 Hammer Horror classic The Hound of The Baskervilles?
Answer: Andre Morell
Question: Who was burnt at the stake for witchcraft in 1431?
Answer: Joan of Arc
Question: Who had a 1983 hit with 'Too Shy'?
Answer: Kajagoogoo
Question: Which real-life Russian did Boney M sing about in 1978?
Answer: Rasputin
Question: Who had a hit single with 'Werewolves Of London'?
Answer: Warren Zevon
Question: For what is Michael Eavis best known in the music world?
Answer: The Glastonbury Festival
Question: Who wrote The Pilgrim's Progress?
Answer: John Bunyan
Question: With what social reform is Elizabeth Fry associated?
Answer: Prison reform
Question: In the 1991 film 'Basic Instinct', who played Detective Nick Curran?
Answer: Michael Douglas
Question: In 1983 a British politician appeared with Tracy Ullman in a Pop Video. Who was the politician?
Answer: Neil Kinnock
Question: Who played John Shaft in the 2000 film version of 'Shaft'?
Answer: Samuel L Jackson
Question: What is the only UK No. 1 single for Fleetwood Mac?
Answer: Albatross
Question: Which animal can sleep 3 years but only mates once - 12 hours?
Answer: Snail
Question: What country do Great Danes come from?
Answer: Germany
Question: Tasting of aniseed, what is the name of this Greek drink?
Answer: Ouzo
Question: How many Academy Awards were won by the film Ben - Hur?
Answer: 11
Question: What is collected by bees?
Answer: Nectar
Question: Where is Karl Marx buried?
Answer: Highgate Cemetery
Question: How many humps would you find on a dromedary camel?
Answer: one
Question: What's the name of the character in the 'Missing in Action' films played by Chuck Norris?
Answer: Colonel James Braddock
Question: Who played Edith Piaf in the 2007 film 'La Vie En Rose'?
Answer: Marion Cotillard
Question: What character was played by Donald Sutherland in the film 'M*A*S*H'?
Answer: Captain Hawkeye Pierce
Question: After Rod Laver, who was the next left handed player to win the Wimbledon men's singles?
Answer: Jimmy Connors
Question: Name the 1952 world heavyweight boxing champion who remained undefeated for his whole career?
Answer: Rocky Marciano
Question: The Ryder Cup is the professional version in golf. What version is the amateur cup?
Answer: The Walker Cup
Question: The song 'White Christmas' first featured in what film?
Answer: Holiday Inn
Question: The character 'Honey Rider' appeared in which Bond film?
Answer: Dr. No
Question: What is the name of the international biennial yachting event coinciding with 'Cowes Week'?
Answer: Admiral's Cup
Question: What is the name of Chicago's American Football team?
Answer: 'Bear'
Question: How many pegs or marbles are there in a Solitaire board game?
Answer: 33
Question: The author Dick Francis was formerly famous in which sport?
Answer: Horse racing
Question: Which Australian was named as Wisden's Cricketer of the 20th Century?
Answer: Don Bradman
Question: On who's show did 'The Simpsons' first appear?
Answer: The Tracy Ullman Show
Question: In which children's cartoon show do Angelica and Chucky appear?
Answer: Rugrats
Question: The Curtis Cup, is awarded for which sport?
Answer: Golf
Question: He was a 60s chart topper but who was it that played 'The Artful Dodger in the 1948 film 'Oliver Twist'?
Answer: Anthony Newley
Question: Who had a hit in 1965 with 'England Swings'?
Answer: Roger Miller
Question: Finish this saying. 'A stitch in time saves'?
Answer: 9
Question: Normally a game of table tennis is played up to how many points?
Answer: 21
Question: The friendship treaty between France and England, signed in 1904, was called what?
Answer: Entente Cordiale
Question: In 1952 at the age of 17, who won the Ladies Singles title at Wimbledon?
Answer: Maureen Connolly
Question: In which year did the great Russian ballet dancer and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky die?
Answer: 1950
Question: I what year did the 'Cod' war between Britain and Iceland begin?
Answer: 1972
Question: Who was the famous artist that painted 'The Haywain'?
Answer: John Constable
Question: What game can be played on a snooker table but only uses three balls?
Answer: Billiards
Question: Who played Hans Solo in the Star Wars movies?
Answer: Harrison Ford
Question: Who starred twice in the musical 'Anything Goes' in 1936 and again in 1956?
Answer: Bing Crosby
Question: Did 'Eli Wallach' play the 'Good'; the 'Bad; or 'the 'Ugly' in the 1966 film?
Answer: The Ugly
Question: Who played the US President in the 1997 film 'Air Force One'?
Answer: Harrison Ford
Question: In what year was the multi Academy Award winning film 'Kramer v Kramer' released?
Answer: 1979
Question: Which African country was founded by Americans?
Answer: Liberia
Question: What surname was shared by the second and sixth presidents of the USA?
Answer: Adams
Question: Who played Eddie Didgeridoo Catflap in the TV sitcom Filthy, Rich and Catflap?
Answer: Adrian Edmondson
Question: Which playwright wrote A Streetcar Named Desire and Night of the Iguana?
Answer: Tennessee Williams
Question: What famous London building did John Nash rebuild in 1825?
Answer: Buckingham Palace
Question: Which fictional character lived at 32 Windsor Gardens, London?
Answer: Paddington Bear
Question: Who was the lead singer on the Sugarcubes 1992 song called Hit?
Answer: Bjork
Question: Who wrote the Tarzan books?
Answer: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Question: Where was Patsy Gallant travelling to and from in her seventies hit song?
Answer: From New York to LA
Question: Who played Oz in Auf Wiedersehen Pet?
Answer: Jimmy Nail
Question: What everyday item was invented in 1973 by Martin Cooper?
Answer: Mobile phone
Question: Which world leader was known as "Boney"?
Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte
Question: Which Beatle was the producer of the Monty Python film 'The Life of Brian'?
Answer: George Harrison
Question: What is the name of a single dot on a computer monitor screen?
Answer: Pixel
Question: What type of birds are Beltsville Whites, Broad Breasted Bronze and Norfolk Blacks?
Answer: Turkeys
Question: What is the name of Tony Soprano's wife in the Sopranos?
Answer: Carmela
Question: Which British prime minister was known as Sunny Jim?
Answer: Jim Callaghan
Question: What is the closest mainland county to the Isle of Wight?
Answer: Hampshire
Question: Who was the first husband of Nigella Lawson?
Answer: John Diamond
Question: What is dried in an oast-house?
Answer: Hops
Question: What according to the Buggles killed the radio star?
Answer: Video
Question: What would an American call a waistcoat?
Answer: Vest
Question: In which road do Watford play their home games?
Answer: Vicarage
Question: If dogs are canine what are wasps?
Answer: Vespine
Question: What was Mozart's favourite instrument?
Answer: Viola
Question: What is the pasta that is made in very thin strips called (little worms)?
Answer: Vermicelli
Question: What is the nearest large town to Ben Nevis?
Answer: Fort William
Question: Which playwright wrote Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Camino Real?
Answer: Tennessee Williams
Question: What is the name of the high school in the TV series Glee?
Answer: William McKinley High School
Question: Which William is associated with the abolition of slavery?
Answer: William Wilberforce
Question: Where in London can you find the 'Rosetta Stone'?
Answer: The British Museum
Question: Who, traditionally, lives at 'Lambeth Palace'?
Answer: The Archbishop of Canterbury
Question: Who uttered the 'famous' quotation "We are not amused"?
Answer: Queen Victoria
Question: Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 jointly with F W de Klerk?
Answer: Nelson Mandela
Question: Who was the Supreme Commander of the Allies at the end of World War One?
Answer: Marshal Ferdinand Foch
Question: Who was the most prolific Wimbledon Women's singles champion in the 1980s?
Answer: Martina Navratilova
Question: Who presented the first ever 'Top of the Pops'?
Answer: Jimmy Saville
Question: Dick Turpin was hanged in York. True or false?
Answer: True
Question: Hypnophobia is the fear of what?
Answer: Sleep
Question: Who was the French novelist - nearly 100 books all La Comedie Humaine?
Answer: Honor'e de Balzac
Question: Which author published 59 new books in 1955?
Answer: Enid Blyton
Question: What animals make up the Suidae family?
Answer: Pigs
Question: What did the ancient Greeks use instead of soap?
Answer: Olive Oil
Question: What is the furthest planet from the sun?
Answer: Pluto
Question: How many red balls are used in a game of snooker?
Answer: 15
Question: What is the name of the coloured part of an eye?
Answer: The iris
Question: Who played Jerry in the film `Jerry McGuire`?
Answer: Tom Cruise
Question: How many strings are on a violin?
Answer: 4
Question: Jan 3, 1959 saw what great state join the union, the penultimate state to do so?
Answer: Alaska
Question: Which U.S. president introduced a recovery plan popularly known as The New Deal?
Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Question: What is the common name for the liquid secreted by your lacrimal glands?
Answer: Tears
Question: Who's missing: Hermey; Yukon Cornelius; King Moonracer; Clarice; Bumble
Answer: Rudolph
Question: What US Defense Department agency is responsible for tracking Santa each Christmas eve?
Answer: NORAD
Question: In what country did the real St Nicholas live?
Answer: Turkey
Question: In the film 'Die Hard 2', which airport did the terrorist take over on Christmas Eve?
Answer: Washington Dulles International Airport
Question: Hymen is the Greek god of what?
Answer: Marriage
Question: Which nanny did Julie Andrews win an Oscar for playing?
Answer: Mary Poppins
Question: Who is credited with inventing the first mass-produced helicopter?
Answer: Igor Sikorsky
Question: Bluto is the arch enemy of what animated character?
Answer: Popeye
Question: Minnesotan Walter "Fritz" Mondale, born on Jan 5, 1928, was the vice president for which US President?
Answer: Jimmy Carter
Question: What is the preferred food type of a frugivore?
Answer: Fruit
Question: If a male ass is a jack, what is a female called?
Answer: Jenny
Question: The Chukchi, Beaufort, and Barents are all seas in which ocean?
Answer: Arctic
Question: The females are known as nannies, the males billies and the offspring as kids of what type of animals?
Answer: goats