zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: In 1936, Lionel Van Praag won the first world championship in which sport?
Answer: Speedway
Question: Whose comic characters include 'Kevin Patterson', 'Julio Geordio' and 'Tim Nice-But-Dim'?
Answer: Harry Enfield
Question: In which Texas city is the Alamo?
Answer: San Antonio
Question: In which town does the traditional Furry Dance take place on May 8th each year?
Answer: Helston, Cornwall
Question: What name is given to the energy which a body possesses by virtue of its position?
Answer: Potential Energy
Question: Who partnered Aretha Franklin on the 1987 no.1 hit 'I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)'?
Answer: George Michael
Question: In which German town or city could you walk in the 'Englische Garten'?
Answer: Munich
Question: Which Sunday newspaper was launched in September 1989 as a 'quality' broadsheet and ceased publication (as a tabloid) in November 1990?
Answer: Correspondent
Question: Which cruise ship sank in the Antarctic in late 2007, after hitting an iceberg?
Answer: MV Explorer
Question: Who created the character 'Mary Poppins'?
Answer: Pamela L Travers
Question: On which track did the first motor racing Grand Prix take place in 1907?
Answer: Le Mans
Question: David Leadbetter is a famous coach, in which sport?
Answer: Golf
Question: Who wrote the operas 'A Life for the Tsar' and 'Russian and Ludmilla'?
Answer: Glinka
Question: In an Indian restaurant, what is 'kulfi'?
Answer: Ice cream
Question: Which Australian car manufacturer is a division of the worldwide General Motors?
Answer: Holden
Question: Graham Nash of the pop group Crosby, Stills & Nash was a former member of which British group?
Answer: The Hollies
Question: The Hungarian stew, goulash is flavoured with which pepper?
Answer: Paprika
Question: Carol Hersee was seen on TV for over 70,000 hours, for what purpose was her picture used?
Answer: Test card
Question: What is the name of the apparatus which measures electrical resistance by equalising the potential at two points of a circuit?
Answer: Wheatstone Bridge
Question: Which bandleader had 'Here's to the Next Time' as his signature tune?
Answer: Henry Hall
Question: Asperger's Syndrome is a milder version of which disorder?
Answer: Autism
Question: In which constellation is the star Deneb?
Answer: Cygnus
Question: In which game are there moves called 'ruy lopez' and 'en passant'?
Answer: Chess
Question: Which birds belong to the order 'Strigiformes'?
Answer: Owls
Question: During the 1990's, two footballers won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award - Michael Owen in 1998. Who won the award in 1990?
Answer: Paul Gascoigne
Question: Which Scottish town was granted city status as part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of 2002?
Answer: Stirling
Question: In TV's "Last of the Summer Wine" Frank Thornton plays which character?
Answer: Truly
Question: In Italian cuisine what type of foodstuff are pomodori?
Answer: Tomatoes
Question: Which of the towns in North Yorkshire has the largest population?
Answer: Harrogate
Question: The butcher bird is an alternative name for which bird of prey?
Answer: The Shrike
Question: The airport that serves which US city now handles the most passenger traffic per year?
Answer: Atlanta
Question: Which pop musician wrote the music for the 1983 film "Local Hero"?
Answer: Mark Knopfler
Question: In which town is the University of Warwick?
Answer: Coventry
Question: In which Derbyshire town is the famous Tramway Museum?
Answer: Crich
Question: Who starred in the films "Perfect World", "No Way Out", and "Tin Cup"?
Answer: Kevin Costner
Question: Which company makes 'Budweiser' beer?
Answer: Anheuser-Busch
Question: Which BBC TV programme traces the family trees of celebrities?
Answer: Who Do You Think You Are
Question: Pop star Madonna adopted a child from which country in October 2006?
Answer: Malawi
Question: The now defunct food hamper firm Farepak was based in which city?
Answer: Swindon
Question: What colour is the ribbon on the Victoria Cross?
Answer: Crimson
Question: Who described life in the Royal Navy as: 'rum sodomy, and the lash'?
Answer: Winston Churchill
Question: What is the celestial visible light spectrum better known as?
Answer: A rainbow
Question: Which comedian swam the English Channel for charity in 2006?
Answer: David Walliams
Question: Who wrote the novel The Virgin and the Gypsy"?
Answer: D. H. Lawrence
Question: Which gem is associated with a 60th wedding anniversary?
Answer: Diamond
Question: Bow Street is what colour on a Monopoly board?
Answer: Orange
Question: In the USA, which New England State has no Atlantic coastline?
Answer: VERMONT
Question: What type of fruit is an early Red Windsor?
Answer: AN APPLE
Question: A Koala Bear is not a bear. To which family of animals does it belong?
Answer: MARSUPIALS
Question: In architecture, what is a campanile?
Answer: A BELL TOWER
Question: Which Persian emperor was defeated by the Greeks at the naval Battle of Salamis in 480 B.C.?
Answer: XERXES
Question: Which liquid, also known as milk plasma, remains after milk has been curdled and strained?
Answer: WHEY
Question: Which man, born in Cornwall in 1911, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983?
Answer: WILLIAM GOLDING
Question: The Horned Toad is not a toad. To which family of creatures does it belong?
Answer: LIZARDS.
Question: Who was the first athlete to win successive Olympic Gold Medals in the 1500m, since before the First World War, doing so in 1980 and 1984?
Answer: SEBASTIAN COE
Question: In the TV comedy series, "'Allo, 'Allo", what was the name of Rene Artois' wife, played by Carmen Silvera?
Answer: MADAME EDITH
Question: """Hey There"" and ""Hernando's Hideaway"" are songs from which stage & film musical?"
Answer: THE PAJAMA GAME
Question: In India, what are the Eastern and Western Ghats?
Answer: MOUNTAIN RANGES
Question: In the TV comedy series, "'Til Death Us Do Part", what was the name of Alf Garnett's daughter, played by Una Stubbs?
Answer: RITA
Question: Which Italian defender was voted the 2006 FIFA World Footballer of the Year?
Answer: Fabio Cannavaro
Question: The "Cirque de Soleil" show, based on the Beatles music, is called what?
Answer: Love
Question: Which African football nation reached the last 16 in the 2006 World Cup?
Answer: Ghana
Question: Goathland, near Whitby, is the setting for which TV show?
Answer: Heartbeat
Question: The "Cirque de Soleil" originated in which city of the North Americas?
Answer: Montreal
Question: Chennai, formerly Madras, is the capital of which Indian state?
Answer: Tamil Nadu
Question: Who wrote the play, later a film, "The History Boys"?
Answer: Alan Bennett
Question: In 2006, which British gymnast was the first ever to win a world title?
Answer: Beth Tweddle
Question: Damon Albarn, Paul Simonon, Simon Tong, and Tony Allen released which successful album in January 2007?
Answer: The Good, The Bad and The Queen
Question: Who is the principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic?
Answer: Sir Simon Rattle
Question: Which singer/band member married Gwyneth Paltrow in 2003?
Answer: Chris Martin
Question: Who designed the reconstruction of the Berlin Reichstag Dome in 1992?
Answer: Norman Foster
Question: Bramley, Roundhay, Farsley, etc., are in which English city?
Answer: Leeds
Question: HDL and LDL lipoproteins are commonly classified as what?
Answer: Cholesterol
Question: A Lusophone is a person who speaks what language?
Answer: Portuguese
Question: Which maths instrument is used to measure an angle?
Answer: Protractor
Question: Which New Zealand born scientist won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1908 for "his investigations into the disintegration of the elements, and the chemistry of radioactive substances"?
Answer: Ernest Rutherford
Question: Which maths instrument is used to draw a circle?
Answer: (A Pair of ) Compass(es)
Question: Scone, where the ancient Kings of Scotland were crowned, is close to which town or city?
Answer: Perth
Question: Which Egyptian was the sixth Secretary General of the UN from 1992 to 1996?
Answer: Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Question: Randolph Lerner is the chairman of which Premiership football club?
Answer: Aston Villa
Question: Which Dane won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1922 for "his services in the investigation of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating from them"?
Answer: Niels Bohr
Question: What is the capital of the central Italian region of Umbria?
Answer: Perugia
Question: With which musical instrument is Charlie Mingus most closely associated?
Answer: Double Bass
Question: Prior to the election of Nick Clegg as leader of the Lib Dems, who had stood in as acting leader?
Answer: Vince Cable
Question: In Greek myth, who was the wife of Odysseus who remained faithful during his long absence?
Answer: Penelope
Question: Who is the Roman equivalent to the Greek God, Dionysus?
Answer: BACCHUS
Question: Of which Canadian Province is Toronto the capital city?
Answer: ONTARIO
Question: Which tennis player beat Boris Becker in the all German men singles final at Wimbledon in 1991?
Answer: MICHAEL STICH
Question: The wine "Lachryma Christi" is made from grapes grown on the slopes of which mountain?
Answer: VESUVIUS
Question: Who played the title role in the 1959 film, "Our Man in Havana"?
Answer: ALEC GUINNESS
Question: The green coloured melon liqueur, Midori, was originally produced in which country?
Answer: JAPAN
Question: Sir Joseph Porter and Ralph Rackstraw are characters in which Gilbert and Sullivan opera?
Answer: H.M.S. PINAFORE
Question: Who is the Greek equivalent of the Roman God, Cupid?
Answer: EROS
Question: Original Mock Turtle soup is made from the head of which animal?
Answer: CALF
Question: In which area of the world is Queen Maud Land situated?
Answer: ANTARCTICA
Question: Alan Breck Stewart is one of the leading characters in which adventure novel, first published in 1886?
Answer: KIDNAPPED
Question: Which English athlete became the first woman to run a sub five-minute mile in 1954?
Answer: DIANE LEATHER
Question: Yosemite National Park lies in which American State?
Answer: CALIFORNIA
Question: Which was the 50th and last state to become part of the USA?
Answer: Hawaii
Question: What is the common name for the flower Bellis Perennis?
Answer: Daisy
Question: Where are the headquarters of the International Monetary Fund?
Answer: Washington
Question: Which flowers name translates from the Greek for Water Vessel or Water Carrier?
Answer: Hydrangea
Question: Which is the smallest state by area of the United States?
Answer: Rhode Island
Question: In which city are the headquarters of OPEC (Organisation of Petrol Exporting Countries)?
Answer: Vienna
Question: Which pirate commanded the ship the Queen Anne's Revenge?
Answer: Blackbeard
Question: How many bones does the adult human body have?
Answer: 206
Question: Which European country has the Kuna as its currency?
Answer: Croatia
Question: Which member of the Royal Family also has the titles Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich?
Answer: Duke of Edinburgh
Question: Until 31.12.2005, the tolar was the currency of which European country?
Answer: Slovenia
Question: Grantley Adams is the airport of which Caribbean island?
Answer: Barbados
Question: What was the constituency of former Prime Minister Tony Blair?
Answer: Sedgefield
Question: In the world of entertainment who is Melvin Kaminsky better known as?
Answer: Mel Brooks
Question: Which prison is located at Princetown in Devon?
Answer: Dartmoor
Question: Which Roman road connected London to York?
Answer: Ermine Street
Question: What does a vulcanologist study?
Answer: Volcanoes
Question: Which Roman road linked Exeter and Lincoln?
Answer: Fosse Way
Question: What colour is zero on a roulette wheel?
Answer: Green
Question: What is the modern equivalent of the medieval musical instrument the sackbut?
Answer: Trombone
Question: In 1968 Gary Sobers was the first cricketer to hit six sixes in an over. Who was the bowler?
Answer: (Malcolm) Nash
Question: Which future PM was the eldest son of Lord Dunglass?
Answer: Alec Douglas Home
Question: Whose theme tune was 'Take the A Train'?
Answer: Duke Ellington
Question: What industrial process was once conducted in Bold St, Liverpool?
Answer: Rope
Question: Who wrote the book Whisky Galore in 1947?
Answer: Compton Mackenzie
Question: The Seminole native tribe of Indians are indigenous to which American state?
Answer: Florida
Question: Which British Prime Minister was born in Rodney Street, Liverpool?
Answer: W E Gladstone
Question: 'I am a man more sinned against than sinning' is a quotation from which Shakespeare play?
Answer: King Lear
Question: From which musical does the song 'Till There Was You' come?
Answer: The Music Man
Question: What was the name of the last steam locomotive to be commissioned by British Railways, in 1960?
Answer: Evening Star
Question: In which hospital was the first heart transplant performed?
Answer: Groote Schuur
Question: Of what is St Jude the patron?
Answer: Lost causes
Question: What nickname is given to the Australian Association Football International team?
Answer: The Socceroos
Question: In 'FawIty Towers' Manuel claimed his pet rat was a hamster, but from where?
Answer: SIBERIA
Question: Who in Greek mythology was the mother of Clytemnestra and Helen?
Answer: LEDA
Question: What was the word for an Indian soldier serving under the British in India?
Answer: SEPOY
Question: In Norse mythology, what is the name of Odin's eight-legged horse?
Answer: SLEIPNIR
Question: Minus 273 degrees Celsius is known as what?
Answer: ABSOLUTE ZERO
Question: Which herb is usually used in the tomato base for a pizza?
Answer: OREGANO
Question: Which common tree has the Latin name Aesculus Hippocastanum?
Answer: HORSE CHESTNUT
Question: By what Treaty in 1713 was Gibraltar ceded to Britain in perpetuity?
Answer: TREATY of UTRECHT
Question: The hallux is the medical term for which part of the body?
Answer: BIG TOE
Question: Yoruba is a language spoken in which country?
Answer: NIGERIA
Question: Julian Bream is a virtuoso mainly on which instrument?
Answer: GUITAR
Question: Which common tree has the Latin name Acer pseudoplatanus?
Answer: SYCAMORE
Question: Which actor played the lead in the film 'Air Force One'?
Answer: HARRISON FORD
Question: The mesosphere, at 50km to 80-90km altitude above Earth's surface, is directly above which other layer?
Answer: Stratosphere
Question: Which Old Testament prophet was summoned by the Witch of Endor?
Answer: Samuel
Question: The flag of which European country is a red-white-green horizontal tricolour?
Answer: Hungary
Question: Which daughter of Agamemnon was sacrificed for a fair wind?
Answer: Iphigenia
Question: Nereid and Triton are satellites of which planet?
Answer: Neptune
Question: Which Shakespeare play takes place in both Bohemia and Sicily?
Answer: The Winter's Tale
Question: Who wrote "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy"?
Answer: Laurence Sterne
Question: Which English rock band's albums included "Communique", "Love Over Gold", "On Every Street"?
Answer: Dire Straits
Question: In which year was Mata Hari arrested; the Battle of Cambrai fought; King George the Fifth changed the Royal family surname to Windsor?
Answer: 1917
Question: Who wrote the lines of poetry 'Hail to thee, blithe spirit! Bird thou never wert"?
Answer: (Percy Bysshe) Shelley
Question: Who won the Best Director and Best Picture Oscars for the 1982 film "Gandhi"?
Answer: Richard Attenborough
Question: Which Imperial liquid measure was defined as containing five fluid ounces?
Answer: Gill
Question: Which dish usually comprises raw vegetables, hard boiled eggs, anchovies, tuna and olive oil?
Answer: Niçoise Salad
Question: Chrissie Hynde is a vocalist/guitarist with which rock band?
Answer: The Pretenders
Question: Which Latin phrase means 'sincere' or 'in good faith'?
Answer: Bona Fide
Question: In the first verse of the nursery rhyme 'Old King Cole', what did he call for besides his pipe and bowl?
Answer: His Fiddlers Three
Question: Who won the Booker Prize in 1998 with the novel 'Amsterdam'?
Answer: Ian McEwan
Question: Who won the Booker Prize in 1990 with the novel 'Possession'?
Answer: A.S. Byatt
Question: Who discovered that coal-tar naphtha and rubber could make cloth waterproof?
Answer: Mackintosh
Question: Which 2003 film is based on the activities of Rylstone Women's Institute?
Answer: Calendar Girls
Question: Who invented the road safety feature 'cat's eyes'?
Answer: Percy Shaw
Question: In cookery what is the chief ingredient along with egg in making mayonnaise?
Answer: Olive oil
Question: Which hero was the son of Zeus by Alcmene?
Answer: Hercules
Question: Who wrote the novel 'Hungry as the Sea'?
Answer: Wilbur Smith
Question: Florence is the major city of which region of Italy?
Answer: Tuscany
Question: A dish described as 'Parmentier' includes which vegetable?
Answer: Potato
Question: Who wrote the novel 'Chesapeake'?
Answer: James Michener
Question: Which was the first European country to give women the vote when they voted in the National elections of 1906?
Answer: Finland
Question: Which novel won a Pulitzer Prize for Alice Walker?
Answer: The Colour Purple
Question: In 1972, Hawkwind had their only UK top ten hit with which song?
Answer: Silver Machine
Question: Who threatened to "thcream and thcream and thcream until I'm thick"?
Answer: Violet Elizabeth Bott
Question: How is the Chief Gentleman Usher to the Sovereign and Usher to the Order of the Garter more commonly known?
Answer: Black Rod
Question: What was Sherlock Holmes' first case?
Answer: A Study in Scarlet
Question: Who was the respectable Victorian gentleman who became known as the 'King of Saucy Postcards'?
Answer: Donald McGill
Question: Which car company make an SUV (sports utility vehicle) called the `RAV 4'?
Answer: Toyota
Question: Which was the last European country to give full voting rights to women, in 1989?
Answer: Switzerland
Question: Achilles and Hector appear as characters in which Shakespeare play?
Answer: Troilus and Cressida
Question: Sana'a is the capital of which country?
Answer: Yemen
Question: Which country joined the EEC at the same time as UK and Ireland in 1973?
Answer: Denmark
Question: Who was Poet Laureate from 1930 to 1967?
Answer: John Masefield
Question: The 'merle' is another name for which common bird?
Answer: Blackbird
Question: In the English calendar, which is the first Quarter Day?
Answer: Lady Day
Question: Who wrote the play 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?
Answer: Tennessee Williams
Question: In the children's TV programme 'The Flowerpot Men', what was the name of the tortoise?
Answer: Slowcoach
Question: Which city was home to Marco Polo?
Answer: Venice
Question: The tenor Rolando Villazon is from which country?
Answer: Mexico
Question: Who was the first British golfer to win the World Match-Play Championship, beating Sandy Lyle in the final in 1987?
Answer: Ian Woosnam
Question: The tenor Juan Diego Florez is from which country?
Answer: Peru
Question: Labanotation, published by Rudolph Laban in 1928, is used to record movements of what?
Answer: (Ballet) Dancers
Question: Which musical was originally titled 'Welcome to Berlin'?
Answer: Cabaret
Question: Which Sussex hill is the site of the Battle of Hastings?
Answer: Senlac
Question: Which of the UK shipping forecast areas is named after the founder of the Meteorological Society?
Answer: Fitzroy
Question: Whitehorse is the capital of which Canadian territory?
Answer: Yukon
Question: Which orchestra traditionally plays at the 'Last Night of the Proms' each September?
Answer: BBC Symphony
Question: Which American rock and roll pianist had a hit with song `Blueberry Hill'?
Answer: FATS DOMINO
Question: Which European country contains the ski resorts of Davos and Klosters?
Answer: SWITZERLAND
Question: What is the wind of force 12 or more on the Beaufort scale called?
Answer: HURRICANE
Question: Which hard dark wood is traditionally used for the black keys on a piano?
Answer: EBONY
Question: Which Scottish town is the administrative centre of the Highland Region?
Answer: INVERNESS
Question: Which unsuccessful plot of 1820 was led by Arthur Thistlewood?
Answer: THE CATO STREET CONSPIRACY
Question: Which British philologist was hanged for the murder of Daniel Clark in 1759?
Answer: EUGENE ARAM
Question: In the Bible, the Acts of the Apostles was written by which Evangelist?
Answer: LUKE
Question: What have Hinkley Point, Trawsfynydd and Hunterston in common?
Answer: NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS
Question: Which comedian in the 1960's had the catch-phrases, "Swinging" and "Dodgy"?
Answer: NORMAN VAUGHAN
Question: What is the name of the Government laboratory at the centre of the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in 2007?
Answer: PIRBRIGHT
Question: A louisette was the original name for which cutting device?
Answer: A GUILLOTINE
Question: Who composed the music to the ballet, "Sylvia", first performed in 1876?
Answer: LEO DELIBES
Question: In which English county is Westonbirt, home of the Forestry Commission National Arboretum?
Answer: GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Question: Which German born super-model, actress and singer currently hosts the TV show, "Germany's Next Top Model"?
Answer: HEIDI KLUM
Question: Of which musical instrument is a chanter a component part?
Answer: BAGPIPES
Question: To which genus of trees does the willow belong?
Answer: SALIX
Question: What is the country of origin of Gruyere cheese?
Answer: SWITZERLAND
Question: Which US crime writer also wrote under the name of Evan Hunter?
Answer: Ed McBain
Question: What is the SI unit of force?
Answer: Newton
Question: The Wendigo is a mythical creature in the folklore of which native people?
Answer: Native Americans
Question: How many points are awarded for a touchdown in American football?
Answer: Six
Question: Atrophic striae is a medical term for what condition that primarily affects women?
Answer: Stretch marks
Question: """No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs,"" is the autobiography of which punk rocker?"
Answer: John Lydon
Question: The stage musicals 'Cabaret' and 'Chicago' were both written by the same songwriting team, name either of them.
Answer: Kander & Ebb
Question: What is the SI unit of frequency?
Answer: Hertz
Question: At which battle of 1298 was William Wallace defeated by the English?
Answer: Falkirk
Question: Who was the coach of Bayern Munich when they lost the 1999 Champions League final to Manchester United, before winning it in 2001?
Answer: Ottmar Hitzfeld
Question: What is the popular name of the dance performed to the 'Galop Infernal' from 'Orpheus in the Underworld' by Offenbach?
Answer: Can Can
Question: What spirit drink is the base of a screwdriver cocktail?
Answer: Vodka
Question: What were introduced to the British calendar by Sir John Lubbock, Governor of the Bank of England?
Answer: Bank Holidays
Question: Which public holiday is celebrated on the first Monday in September in the USA and Canada and in Australia on different days in different states?
Answer: Labour Day
Question: Which spirit is included in the cocktail 'Gibson'?
Answer: Gin
Question: Benidorm and Alicante are on which Spanish Costa?
Answer: Blanca
Question: What name is given to the Sunday before Easter?
Answer: Palm Sunday
Question: In 1984 the Indian cricketer Ravi Shastri became the second and only other man to achieve which feat in first class cricket?
Answer: Hit six sixes in an over
Question: The Al and A69 roads run through which major English city?
Answer: Newcastle
Question: Who won the Booker Prize twice for his novels 'The Life and Times of Michael K' and 'Disgrace'?
Answer: J.M. Coetzee
Question: The Costa Smerelda is on which Mediterranean island?
Answer: Sardinia
Question: The maple belongs to which genus of tree?
Answer: Acer
Question: The Scoville Scale measures the "hotness" of what?
Answer: Chilli peppers
Question: The yew belongs to which genus of tree?
Answer: Taxus
Question: Who won the Booker Prize twice for his novels 'Oscar and Lucinda' and 'True History of the Kelly Gang'?
Answer: Peter Carey
Question: Which comedian sang about the difficulties of being a cowboy in Rochdale Cowboy?
Answer: MIKE HARDING
Question: In Indian cuisine, what is the main vegetable ingredient in a saag dish?
Answer: SPINACH
Question: In which Canadian City would one cross the Jacques Cartier Bridge?
Answer: MONTREAL
Question: In the 1996 film, "Mars Attacks", which actor played the part of the US President?
Answer: JACK NICHOLSON