zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: Which Pennsylvania nuclear power plant suffered a partial nuclear meltdown in 1979?
Answer: Three Mile Island
Question: Who was assassinated on 30 January 1948 by Nathuram Godse?
Answer: Mohandas Gandhi
Question: Which football league team plays its home matches at the Lamex Stadium?
Answer: Stevenage
Question: Which actor holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations for acting without a win, having been nominated on eight occasions?
Answer: PETER O'TOOLE
Question: Which bird is sometimes referred to as the 'goatsucker'?
Answer: NIGHTJAR
Question: In psychoanalysis what word describes the 'death instinct'?
Answer: THANATOS
Question: In the brain what area is especially associated with memory?
Answer: HIPPOCAMPUS
Question: Who wrote the play 'The Playboy of the Western World?
Answer: J M SYNGE
Question: Watson and Crick discovered DNA in what year?
Answer: 1953
Question: Who wrote the play "The Homecoming"?
Answer: HAROLD PINTER
Question: Which rank of the peerage is directly below a duke?
Answer: Marquis
Question: In World War 2, in which country was the Mannerheim Line built?
Answer: Finland
Question: The longest reigning living monarch is Rama 9th, ascending to the throne in June 1946, of which country is he king?
Answer: Thailand
Question: Which prolific Art Deco ceramics designer created a range named 'Bizarre'?
Answer: Clarice Cliff
Question: What bird appeared on the reverse of the farthing from 1937 to 1960?
Answer: Wren
Question: In Greek myth who is the god of darkness?
Answer: Erebus
Question: The height of which biblical character was 6 cubits and a span?
Answer: Goliath
Question: On which earlier film of 1940 was the 1956 musical "High Society" based?
Answer: The Philadelphia Story
Question: What is the common name for the condition of myopia?
Answer: Shortsightedness
Question: What kind of creature is an alewife?
Answer: Fish
Question: Which port in Brittany is the base of the French Naval Atlantic fleet?
Answer: Brest
Question: At the Battle of Balaclava, how were the 93rd Highlanders described by the Times war correspondent William H. Russell?
Answer: The thin red line
Question: In which 1961 film did Audrey Hepburn appear as the character Holly Golightly?
Answer: Breakfast at Tiffanys
Question: Who was the last ruling Roman Catholic monarch of Britain?
Answer: James the Second
Question: Who was the first reigning British monarch to reside at Buckingham Palace?
Answer: Queen Victoria
Question: Which soul group had a 1973 UK Top 10 hit with "Love Train"?
Answer: The O'Jays
Question: Who was MP for Orkney and Shetland from 1950 to 1983 leading his party for over 10 of those years?
Answer: JO GRIMOND
Question: What is the name of the druid in the English version of the Asterix books?
Answer: GETAFIX
Question: Whose novel 'Omerta' was completed shortly before his death in 1999?
Answer: Mario Puzo
Question: Which musical instrument was played by Jelly Roll Morton?
Answer: Piano
Question: Frederic Sackrider Remington (1861-1909) specialised in the painting and drawing of what?
Answer: The old American west
Question: Which berries are the main flavouring used in gin?
Answer: Juniper
Question: According to the title of the 2011 film and the book by Lionel Shriver, "We Need To Talk About .", who?
Answer: Kevin
Question: To which of his wives did Henry 8th have the shortest marriage?
Answer: Anne of Cleves
Question: Which island lies two miles off the tip of the Lleyn Peninsula?
Answer: Bardsey
Question: Which product 'does exactly what it says on the tin'?
Answer: Ronseal
Question: Who invented the system of shorthand writing?
Answer: ISAAC PITMAN
Question: What was the first name of Captain Mainwaring in the TV Series Dad's Army?
Answer: GEORGE
Question: What was the name of the ship that picked up over 700 survivors from the Titanic?
Answer: THE CARPATHIA
Question: Which salad dressing is named after an archipelago in the St Lawrence River?
Answer: THOUSAND ISLAND
Question: Which TV show has been presented by Bob Monkhouse, Max Bygraves and Les Dennis?
Answer: FAMILY FORTUNES
Question: In 1952 Albert Einstein was offered, and turned down, the Presidency of which country?
Answer: ISRAEL
Question: Who became the first woman to win a gold medal in boxing for GB in the 2012 Olympics?
Answer: NICOLA ADAMS
Question: Which English batsman holds the record for the highest score in an Ashes Test Match (364)?
Answer: LEN HUTTON
Question: Who was voted Times Magazine's man of the year in 1939 and 1942?
Answer: JOSEPH STALIN
Question: A deficiency of which vitamin cause rickets?
Answer: D
Question: What is the name of the cafe/tea room, founded by Frederick Belmont in 1919 in Harrogate, and now a tourist attraction?
Answer: Betty's
Question: Who replaced George Entwistle to become the present Director General of the BBC in April 2013?
Answer: Tony Hall
Question: In what year of WW2 did the German forces surrender at Stalingrad?
Answer: 1943
Question: Which fast food chain was founded by Harland Saunders in 1930?
Answer: KFC
Question: 90% of the species of the bird of paradise are indiginous to which island?
Answer: New Guinea
Question: In medicine, what is the common name for epistaxis?
Answer: Nose bleed
Question: Which singer released the albums Aladdin Sane in 1973 and Let's Dance in 1983?
Answer: David Bowie
Question: What is the star sign for 1st September?
Answer: Virgo
Question: Who played the father of Indiana Jones in 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'?
Answer: Sean Connery
Question: Which musical instrument does Lisa play in the TV cartoon 'The Simpsons'?
Answer: Saxophone
Question: In 1847, which Bristol company was the first British company to make a chocolate bar?
Answer: Fry's
Question: What was the surname of father Pierre Auguste, a painter, and his film director son, Jean?
Answer: Renoir
Question: By what name is anarchic comic Jim Moir better known?
Answer: VIC REEVES
Question: Which scientist half-cousin of Charles Darwin coined the term 'eugenics'?
Answer: SIR FRANCIS GALTON
Question: On which tributary of the Great Ouse does Cambridge lie?
Answer: THE RIVER CAM
Question: Of which Caribbean country is Castries the capital?
Answer: ST LUCIA
Question: Which Swiss resort is famous for its Cresta Run?
Answer: ST MORITZ
Question: Which British scientist discovered benzene?
Answer: MICHAEL FARADAY
Question: Which muscle separates the thoracic cavity (heart, lungs & ribs) from the abdominal cavity?
Answer: Diaphragm
Question: How many years were between the Gunpowder Plot and the Battle of Trafalgar?
Answer: 200
Question: What is the surname of the two English brothers selected in the British and Irish Lions Rugby Union tour squad in 2013?
Answer: Youngs
Question: On 'Super Saturday' Jessica Ennis and Mo Farah won athletics gold for Team GB, who was the third gold medalist on the day?
Answer: Greg Rutherford
Question: Give the surname of the brothers who won gold and bronze in the triathlon for Team GB?
Answer: Brownlee
Question: Which artist did Valerie Solanas shoot and wound in New York in 1968?
Answer: Andy Warhol
Question: The title of the Agatha Christie story The Mirror Cracked comes from which poem by Tennyson?
Answer: The Lady of Shallot
Question: Which film director's credits include Memento, Insomnia, Inception and The Dark Knight Rises?
Answer: Christopher Nolan
Question: Which god is the Greek equivalent of Mars?
Answer: Ares
Question: Which national newspaper has been edited by Bill Deedes, Max Hastings and Charles Moore?
Answer: DAILY TELEGRAPH
Question: Glenda Jackson won Best Actress Oscar in 1971 for her role in 'Women In Love' and again in 1974 for a role in which film?
Answer: A TOUCH OF CLASS
Question: Which English King was imprisoned and died at Pontefract Castle in 1400?
Answer: RICHARD II
Question: In which country was Nick Leeson when his unauthorised trades on the futures market brought about the collapse of Barings Bank?
Answer: SINGAPORE
Question: From which language do we get the words 'apartheid' and 'yacht'?
Answer: DUTCH
Question: Which variety of hummingbird is the world's smallest bird?
Answer: THE BEE
Question: What is the name of Israel's secret service?
Answer: MOSSAD
Question: The island of Trinidad lies off which country?
Answer: Venezuela
Question: What was Rasputin's first name?
Answer: Grigory
Question: Who replaced Judas Iscariot as the twelfth disciple?
Answer: Matthias
Question: What is the study of fungi called?
Answer: Mycology
Question: On the 2014 Winter Olympic Games who did the British men's curling team play in the final?
Answer: Canada
Question: In the 2014 Winter Olympic Games who did the British women's curling team defeat to win a bronze medal?
Answer: Switzerland
Question: For which TV programme was the Liberty Bell March the theme tune?
Answer: Monty Python's Flying Circus
Question: Who was British Foreign Secretary at the outbreak of World War I?
Answer: SIR EDWARD GREY
Question: Of which Canadian province is Halifax the capital?
Answer: NOVA SCOTIA
Question: Give a year in the life of Canaletto.
Answer: 1697-1768
Question: Actor Larry Hagman was the son of which Broadway musical star?
Answer: MARY MARTIN
Question: Anne Neville was the wife of which English king?
Answer: RICHARD III
Question: Which Roman Emperor, son of Vespasian, died of the plague in 81 AD?
Answer: TITUS
Question: Who presents 'Sounds of the Sixties' on Saturdays mornings on Radio 2?
Answer: Brian Matthew
Question: The novels 'The Long Goodbye' and 'Farewell, My Lovely' feature which fictional detective?
Answer: Philip Marlowe
Question: Who broke the world long jump record by 55 cm when winning the Olympic Gold medal in 1968?
Answer: Bob Beamon
Question: What is the married surname of the Princess Royal's daughter, Zara?
Answer: Tindall
Question: Who presents 'Sounds of the Seventies' on Sundays on Radio 2?
Answer: Johnnie Walker
Question: An ampersand is a symbol used in printing to replace which word?
Answer: AND
Question: Which was the first film in colour to win an Oscar for Best Picture?
Answer: GONE WITH THE WIND
Question: How many gold medals did Mark Spitz win at the 1972 Olympic Games?
Answer: 7
Question: In which series of films would you find a hairless cat called Mr Bigglesworth?
Answer: Austin Powers
Question: When in 2000 a poster advertising the perfume Opium was banned, which model appeared nearly naked on it?
Answer: Sophie Dahl
Question: Harold Sakata won a silver medal in Olympic weightlifting but became more famous playing which villain in a James Bond film?
Answer: Oddjob
Question: How many gold medals did Jesse Owens win at the 1936 Berlin Olympics?
Answer: 4
Question: In which English county is Castle Drogo?
Answer: Devon
Question: In what country is the Roman ampitheatre of El Jid of Thysdrus?
Answer: Tunisia
Question: What instrument does jazz musician Gary Burton play?
Answer: Vibraphone
Question: Where in the human body would you find Bowman's Capsule?
Answer: Kidney
Question: Which team won the FA Cup in both the last final to be played at the old Wembley stadium and the first to be played at the new one?
Answer: Chelsea
Question: Scuttle, a seagull, is a character in which 1989 Disney film?
Answer: The Little Mermaid
Question: Which Australian city was known as Palmerston between 1869 and 1911?
Answer: Darwin
Question: The name of which part of the human skeleton is derived from the Latin word for 'basin'?
Answer: Pelvis
Question: How is singer Robyn Fenty better known, one of her best-selling singles was 'Umbrella'?
Answer: Rihanna
Question: At which castle did Edward II meet his gruesome death in 1327?
Answer: Berkeley
Question: Jobbik is a far-right political party in which EC country?
Answer: Hungary
Question: Which river flows through many German cities including Dresden and Magdeburg?
Answer: Elbe
Question: In 2001 who became the first 'space tourist'?
Answer: Dennis Tito
Question: What number Apollo Mission was first to land men on the moon?
Answer: APOLLO 11
Question: In comic books who is the alter ego of the Incredible Hulk?
Answer: DR BRUCE BANNER
Question: In Fawlty Towers what was the name of Manuel's pet hamster/rat?
Answer: Basil
Question: Which football ground is the highest in English league football at 551 feet above sea level?
Answer: The Hawthorns
Question: In Greek mythology who is the God of War?
Answer: Ares
Question: Which science fiction writer wrote novels for younger readers under the pseudonym Paul French?
Answer: Isaac Asimov
Question: Who partnered Andy Murray to win the silver medal in the final of the mixed doubles at the 2012 London Olympics?
Answer: Laura Robson
Question: A deficiency of which vitamin is the predominant cause of scurvy?
Answer: C
Question: In which film, winner of the Best Animated Feature Oscar for 2006, are all the central characters penguins?
Answer: Happy Feet
Question: The actress Liz Dawn was appointed as Lady Mayoress of which city in 2000?
Answer: Leeds
Question: Which Prime Minister was born on Rodney Street, Liverpool?
Answer: William E Gladstone
Question: Which group recorded the 70s and 80s albums 'Street Life' and 'Avalon'?
Answer: Roxy Music
Question: The area with the world's lowest rainfall (less than 0.2mm per year is the Antofagasta region, of which country?
Answer: Chile
Question: Which engineer appeared on British £5 notes issued between 1990 and 2003?
Answer: George Stephenson
Question: Sometimes known as the true bugs, which order of insects includes the cicadas, aphids and leafhoppers?
Answer: Hemiptera
Question: The scientific principle which explains that in fluid flow an increase in velocity is associated with a decrease in pressure is named after which family of mathematicians and physicists?
Answer: Bernoulli
Question: What is the capital of the Caucasian state of Chechnya?
Answer: Grozny
Question: Which river enters the Irish Sea at Drogheda?
Answer: Boyne
Question: Which American actor also performs with the band Dogstar?
Answer: Keanu Reeves
Question: Which famous English painter (1776-1837) was born in East Bergholt, Suffolk?
Answer: John Constable
Question: Which creatures belong to the order Coleoptera?
Answer: Beetles
Question: F&F is the clothing brand of which supermarket chain?
Answer: Tesco
Question: The mountains formerly known as Mt Communism and Lenin Peak are in which mountain range?
Answer: Pamirs
Question: Which philosopher founded the 'Academy' in Athens around 355 BC?
Answer: Plato
Question: By what name was the Democratic Republic of the Congo known between 1971 and 1997?
Answer: Zaire
Question: What was the title of the Andrew Lloyd-Webber musical about the Profumo Affair that flopped in early 2014?
Answer: Stephen Ward
Question: In which English county would you find the towns of Blandford Forum, Sherborne and Bridport?
Answer: Dorset
Question: At which sporting event were 3 people killed by a terrorist bomb on 15 April 2013?
Answer: Boston Marathon
Question: What was the world's 1st commercially produced jet airliner?
Answer: Comet
Question: The rivers Kennet, Lea, Brent and Pang are all tributaries of which English river?
Answer: Thames
Question: Which band released the albums Regatta de Blanc and Ghost in the Machine?
Answer: Police
Question: Which US actress won the Oscar for best Actress for her screen debut in a musical in 1968?
Answer: Barbara Streisand
Question: In which 2013 film did Leonardo Di Caprio reprise a role played by Robert Redford in a 1974 film?
Answer: The Great Gatsby
Question: In which English county would you find the towns of Bedworth and Kenilworth?
Answer: Warwickshire
Question: In which country would you find McGill University?
Answer: Canada
Question: In which country is Graham Greene's "The Quiet American" set?
Answer: Vietnam
Question: Pearl Roundabout was the scene of political protests during 2011, in which country is it?
Answer: Bahrain
Question: Which Brazilian won the Wimbledon Women's Singles title in 1959, 1960 and 1964, and was runner-up in 1965 and 1966?
Answer: Maria Bueno
Question: Which car manufacturer's badge and logo depicts a prancing black horse on a yellow background?
Answer: Ferrari
Question: Which arteries supply the head and neck with oxygenated blood?
Answer: Carotid
Question: Tribeca, the name of a neighbourhood of Lower Manhattan, is a portmanteau word made up how?
Answer: Triangle Below Canal
Question: Bass player 'Flea' is part of which pop group?
Answer: Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Question: Ginger McCain won the Grand National three limes as a trainer with Red Rum, which horse gave him his fourth victory in 2004?
Answer: Amberleigh House
Question: Which country elects a monarch every five years?
Answer: Malaysia
Question: In the world of professional darts, which player is nicknamed 'The Silverback'?
Answer: TONY O'SHEA
Question: On children's television, which character lives in the fictional town of Pontypandy?
Answer: FIREMAN SAM
Question: What was the name of the flagship of the English Commander, Lord Howard of Effingham, which faced the Spanish Armada?
Answer: ARK ROYAL
Question: Which town in Surrey gives its name to the common form of Hydrated Magnesium Sulphate?
Answer: EPSOM
Question: What is the common name of the flowering shrub/tree Syringa?
Answer: Lilac
Question: In which US state are the cities of Spokane, Tacoma and Yakima?
Answer: Washington
Question: The Battle of the Boyne, the Glencoe Massacre and the Salem Witch Trials all took place in which decade?
Answer: 1690s
Question: Which US President authorised the dropping of atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Answer: Harry S Truman
Question: Who was the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Demeter?
Answer: Ceres
Question: The first council meeting of the League of Nations was held in January 1920, in which city?
Answer: Paris
Question: Who won an Oscar for playing the title role in the film Capote?
Answer: PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN
Question: Which author lived at 'Chawton'?
Answer: JANE AUSTEN
Question: Which company did Larry Page co-found?
Answer: GOOGLE
Question: How was Burkino Faso previously known?
Answer: UPPER VOLTA
Question: Which school did Captain Hook, from Peter Pan attend?
Answer: ETON
Question: Newmarket racecourse straddles the border of Suffolk and which other county?
Answer: Cambridgeshire
Question: A top twenty hit in 1979, which rock song begins 'The sirens are screaming and fires are howlin' way down in the valley tonight'?
Answer: Bat Out of Hell
Question: Barry and Yvonne Stuart-Hargreaves were resident ballroom dancing instructors in which television sitcom?
Answer: Hi-de-Hi
Question: At the Academy Awards, who was the first British woman to win the Best Actress Oscar?
Answer: Vivien Leigh
Question: Who was the first female president of the Republic of Ireland, elected in 1990?
Answer: MARY ROBINSON
Question: Who painted "Bubbles" in I 886, the picture used to advertise Pears soap?
Answer: JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS
Question: Who had a number I hit in 1980 with "Together We Are Beautiful"?
Answer: FERN KINNEY
Question: In which year did Richard Nixon resign as US President?
Answer: 1974
Question: What two-word French term is given to the last competitor during each stage of the Tour de France?
Answer: LANTERNE ROUGE
Question: The Saffir-Simpson scale is used to measure which natural occurrence?
Answer: HURRICANES
Question: What sort of creature is a Malamute?
Answer: DOG
Question: In Greek mythology Achilles was the son of Peleus and whom?
Answer: THETIS
Question: Ruth Lee Jones was the real name of which American singer, popular in the. 1950s who died in 1963 aged 39?
Answer: DINAH WASHINGTON
Question: Brown Clee Hill is the highest point in which English county?
Answer: SHROPSHIRE
Question: Which future king was the first Englishman to be given the title of Prince of Wales?
Answer: EDWARD II
Question: What is the title of the American adult animated sitcom, based in the fictional town of Arlen, Texas?
Answer: KING OF THE HILL
Question: Which Hollywood star's first name comes from the Hawaiian for `cool breeze over the mountains'?
Answer: kEANU REEVES
Question: 'The Colour of Magic' is the first novel in which comic fantasy book series?
Answer: DISCWORLD
Question: Romney Marsh, Suffolk and Clun Forest, are all breeds of which animal?
Answer: SHEEP
Question: Which chart-topping American band was fronted by Harry Wayne Casey?
Answer: KC AND THE SUNSHINE BAND
Question: What term for an area of characteristic limestone scenery is named after a region of Slovenia?
Answer: KARST
Question: The New York borough of Queens is named after which British Queen consort?
Answer: CATHERINE OF BRAGANZA
Question: Which diamond, given by the Sikh ruler of the Punjab to Sir John Lawrence became the prize exhibit at the Great Exhibition?
Answer: KOH-I-NOOR
Question: Which member of the Royal family also has the title Earl of Inverness?
Answer: PRINCE ANDREW
Question: Which artist painted Lizzie Siddal floating in a bath as Ophelia?
Answer: JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS
Question: On which island is the city of Nagasaki in Japan?
Answer: KYUSHU
Question: In Morse code what letter is represented by one dash?
Answer: T
Question: Which football club replaced Barrow in the football league after the 1971-1972 season?
Answer: HEREFORD
Question: Who wrote 'The Martian Chronicles'?
Answer: RAY BRADBURY
Question: Which footballer was fined for giving 'the quenelle', known as the reverse Nazi salute, during a match at West Ham?
Answer: NICHOLAS ANELKA
Question: In the 1960's which dictator built the 'Versailles of the Jungle' at Gbadolite?
Answer: MOBUTU
Question: Which US city filed for bankruptcy in July 2013?
Answer: DETROIT
Question: What name is given to the fertile, low-lying area of England west and south of the Wash?
Answer: Fens
Question: Which mountain to the east of Jerusalem has the Garden of Gethsemane at its foot?
Answer: Mount of Olives
Question: Julius Nyerere was the first President of which country?
Answer: Tanzania
Question: At which battle did the military leader William Travis draw the famous 'line in the sand'?
Answer: The Alamo
Question: Trujillo and Chiclayo are cities in which country in the Americas
Answer: Peru
Question: What is the most well-known creation of the Japanese artist Taro Chiezo?
Answer: Superlambanana
Question: 'Based in the East Riding of Yorkshire, which football club is owned by Assem Allam?
Answer: Hull City
Question: In which year did Sigmund Freud die?
Answer: 1939
Question: The roof of which London theatre collapsed during a performance in December 2013?
Answer: Apollo
Question: Coriolanus Snow, Peeta Mellark and Haymitch Abernathy are characters in which series of books?
Answer: The Hunger Games
Question: Which comic actor died on Christmas Day 1977?
Answer: Charlie Chaplin
Question: Who wrote Five Red Herrings and The Nine Tailors?
Answer: Dorothy L Sayers
Question: b What is the full name of the international organisation known as UNESCO?
Answer: United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation
Question: 'Outcry' was the last completed novel by which writer, published in 1911?
Answer: Henry James
Question: Which film star was born Harlean Carpenter in 1911 in Kansas City, Missouri?
Answer: Jean Harlow
Question: Which canal links Bristol, Bath and Reading?
Answer: kennet and avon canal
Question: From which wood were longbows made?
Answer: YEW
Question: At which battle in the Crimean War was the phrase The Thin Red Line first mentioned?
Answer: BALACLAVA
Question: Which musical instrument did Anton Karas play when he recorded the Third Man theme?
Answer: ZITHER
Question: Which entrepreneur was a hit on the Dragon's Den with Reggae Reggae Sauce?
Answer: LEVI ROOTS
Question: In which decade of the 18th century did purpose built Prisoner of War Camps first appear?
Answer: '90's
Question: The Hindu deity Ganesha has the head of which animal?
Answer: ELEPHANT
Question: Which planet did a transit across the sun in 2012?
Answer: VENUS
Question: In what year was the Berlin Wall erected?
Answer: 1961
Question: In 1918 the right to vote was granted to British women over what age?
Answer: 30
Question: On which puppet series was the phrase “anything can happen in the next half hour” spoken?
Answer: STINGRAY
Question: Which car company patented the 3-point seatbelt system but lets every car company use it?
Answer: VOLVO
Question: What sort of machine was invented in 1879 by the American James Ritty?
Answer: Cash Register