zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: Who wrote ‘Not Waving But Drowning’?
Answer: Stevie Smith
Question: Performing which move can a chess player move two pieces at the same time?
Answer: Castling
Question: Hatha, Jnana and Karma are all forms of which activity?
Answer: Yoga
Question: To which of the tribes of Israel did Samson belong?
Answer: Dan
Question: A pangram is a sentence containing what?
Answer: All the letters of the alphabet
Question: ‘We shall abolish the orgasm. Our neurologist are at work upon it now’ – which book?
Answer: 1984
Question: Who is the current Shadow Home Secretary?
Answer: Yvette Cooper
Question: What was the maiden name of tennis player Margaret Court?
Answer: Smith
Question: What was the name of the Girl From Uncle?
Answer: April Dancer
Question: Classical musician Alison Balsom is a virtuoso player of which instrument?
Answer: Trumpet
Question: What comes next in this sequence: butane, propane, ethane, ... ?
Answer: Methane
Question: In poker, which hand beats a flush but loses to four of a kind?
Answer: Full House
Question: Who played Watson in Guy Ritchie’s 2009 film Sherlock Holmes?
Answer: Jude Law
Question: What is the most populous city on the Japanese island of Hokkaido?
Answer: Sapporo
Question: Lawyer Miriam González Durántez is married to which prominent UK politician?
Answer: Nick Clegg
Question: What was the home state of character Tony Soprano in the TV series 'The Sopranos'?
Answer: NEW JERSEY
Question: Who was revealed to be the fourth Russian spy in the Burgess, Philby and Maclean affair?
Answer: Anthony BLUNT
Question: Who revolutionized the high jump, inventing a unique "back-first" technique, named after him?
Answer: Dick FOSBURY
Question: Which Mountain Pass provides a route between Kentucky and Tennessee via the Appalachians?
Answer: CUMBERLAND GAP
Question: Almost unrecognisable with a prosthetic nose, who plays John E. du Pont in 'Foxcatcher'?
Answer: Steve CARRELL
Question: What is the name of the strait linking the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman?
Answer: Straits of HORMUZ
Question: Who many lines are there on a single, standard musical staff or stave?
Answer: FIVE
Question: The famous ‘Route 66’ in America connected Los Angeles to which other city?
Answer: CHICAGO
Question: In which British city can you find the Roman temple dedicated to Sulis Minerva?
Answer: BATH
Question: Half the island of Timor belongs to East Timor. Which country owns the other half?
Answer: INDONESIA
Question: What name is shared by a violet-coloured flower and a gastropod mollusc?
Answer: PERIWINKLE
Question: In 1831 he was re-appointed commander of which famous vessel?
Answer: HMS BEAGLE
Question: What name did Manuel give to his pet rat in ‘Fawlty Towers’?
Answer: BASIL
Question: What was Orson Welles’ first film?
Answer: CITIZEN KANE
Question: What is the name of the Greek dish derived from the words for fish roe and salad?
Answer: TARAMOSALATA
Question: What is the proper medical name for the windpipe?
Answer: TRACHEA
Question: Which country's name in its own language is Druk Yul – i.e. 'Land of the Thunder Dragon'?
Answer: BHUTAN
Question: What do we call the fluid in the blood in which cells and corpuscles are suspended?
Answer: PLASMA
Question: Who was the rather appropriately named Roman god of land boundaries?
Answer: TERMINUS
Question: Which Russian playwright wrote ‘Uncle Vanya’ and ‘The Cherry Orchard’?
Answer: Anton CHECKOV
Question: Who won the Best Director Oscar for the 2008 film, ‘Slumdog Millionaire’?
Answer: DANNY BOYLE
Question: What is the correct name for the bone commonly known as the breastbone?
Answer: STERNUM
Question: What was Bangladesh called between 1947 and 1971?
Answer: EAST PAKISTAN
Question: The wife of an earl has what equivalent female title?
Answer: COUNTESS
Question: To which year in the 90s did the Queen refer as her annus horribilis?
Answer: 1992
Question: How many number one UK hit singles did The Who have?
Answer: NONE
Question: ‘Shamela’ (1741) was a parody of ‘Pamela’ (1740). Who wrote the latter?
Answer: Samuel RICHARDSON
Question: Which ITN newsreader also wrote three TV plays before leaving to work in Australia?
Answer: Gordon Honeycomb
Question: The sangiovese grape is chiefly used in the production of which Italian wine?
Answer: Chianti
Question: What was the name of the computer that beat Gary Kasparov at chess in 1997?
Answer: Deep Blue
Question: What are characterised by patterns such as loops, whorls and arches?
Answer: Fingerprints
Question: The Peppermint Lounge in New York was the launch pad for which 60’s dance craze?
Answer: The Twist
Question: What was the surname of Mamas and Papas singer Mama Cass?
Answer: Elliot
Question: Lauren Bacall was married at different times to Humphrey Bogart and which other actor?
Answer: Jason Robards
Question: In poker, what hand is next above two pairs?
Answer: THREE OF A KIND
Question: What was the middle name of Mark Chapman, John Lennon’s killer?
Answer: DAVID
Question: WWII was brought to a close when Japan surrendered in what month?
Answer: SEPTEMBER
Question: What is the SI derived unit of radioactivity?
Answer: BECQUEREL
Question: Which US author (1889-1961) had a brief stint as an ambulance driver in WWI?
Answer: Ernest HEMINGWAY
Question: Jai Alai is a variation of what court sport?
Answer: PELOTA
Question: What C is the alternative name for the Water Moccasin,the U.S.A.’s only venomous water snake?
Answer: Cottonmouth
Question: What was the name of the sheepdog in the Perishers cartoon strip?
Answer: Boot
Question: What was the title used by the British Prime Minister from 1828 to 1830?
Answer: Duke of Wellington
Question: Which river did the English cross to fight the Battle of Agincourt 700 years ago?
Answer: Somme
Question: For which club did Roy of the Rovers play?
Answer: Melchester Rovers
Question: Who was the Roman god of trickery and thieves?
Answer: Mercury
Question: Which bird is known in the USA as a pigeon hawk?
Answer: Merlin
Question: Who played Rose Tyler on Doctor Who?
Answer: Billy Piper
Question: The Malinois, the Tevuren and the Talbot all come from which country?
Answer: Belgium
Question: What is the World’s largest bird of prey?
Answer: Andean Condor
Question: Who played both the Kray twins in the film Legend?
Answer: Tom Hardy
Question: Who was the stupidest member of the Bash Street Kids?
Answer: Smiffy
Question: What was the Roman name for the city of Paris?
Answer: Lutetia
Question: Which among the noble gases is the most abundant in the atmosphere?
Answer: Argon
Question: By what name is Delores Haze known in the title of a controversial book of 1955?
Answer: Lolita
Question: How is Anne Catherick referred to in the title of a book by Wilkie Collins?
Answer: The Woman in White
Question: Who played the mad legless Captain Rum in the second series of Blackadder?
Answer: Tom Baker
Question: The Bridal Chorus AKA ‘Here comes the Bride’ appears in which opera by Wagner?
Answer: Lohengrin
Question: What is the term for any playing card which can assume the value of another?
Answer: Wild card
Question: Which Italian invented the first battery?
Answer: Alessandro Volta
Question: In which war film did Richard Attenborough play ‘Big X’?
Answer: The Great Escape
Question: Who was the rich king of Lydia renowned for his wealth?
Answer: Croesus
Question: What is an Alaskan Malamute?
Answer: Dog
Question: The hamadryas is a species of which monkey?
Answer: Baboon
Question: What kind of mammal is a sika?
Answer: Deer
Question: Who became manager of Melchester Rovers in 1978?
Answer: Roy Race
Question: Which black, igneous rock was used by the Mayans to make their sword blades?
Answer: Obsidian
Question: What did Dirty Harry say was the most powerful handgun in the world?
Answer: .44 Magnum
Question: Alan Partridge drove from national to local broadcasting down which road?
Answer: A11
Question: What was the title of Stevie Wonder's 1977 tribute to Duke Ellington?
Answer: Sir Duke
Question: Which British designer allegedly invented both the miniskirt and later hot pants?
Answer: Mary Quant
Question: Which of his marshals did Napoleon call 'the bravest of the brave'?
Answer: Ney
Question: If Wayne Morris played Kid Galahad in 1937, who played him in the 1962 remake?
Answer: Elvis Presley
Question: Henry Cavendish, whose tomb is in Derby Cathedral, discovered which element?
Answer: Hydrogen
Question: Periods of the year with distinctive climates are called what?
Answer: Seasons
Question: In astronomy an ‘event horizon’ surrounds which kind of region?
Answer: Black Hole
Question: Which herb is commonly used to flavour the tomato on pizza toppings?
Answer: Oregano
Question: Which famous Elizabethan was executed for treason by King James in 1618?
Answer: Sir Walter Raleigh
Question: Tommy and Tuppence Beresford were the leading characters in which drama series?
Answer: Partners in Crime
Question: Which instrument was primarily played by band leader Count Basie?
Answer: Piano
Question: The chairman of which committee oversees Conservative Party leadership elections?
Answer: 1922 Committee
Question: Which king became ‘insane’ in 1453 but apparently ‘recovered’ in 1454?
Answer: Henry VI
Question: Garuda is the national airline of which Asian country?
Answer: Indonesia
Question: In which county are the towns of Malmesbury, Melksham and Chippenham?
Answer: Wiltshire
Question: Which chart-topping band of the 90s had Professor Brian Cox as a member?
Answer: D-Ream
Question: Which music star married Frances Tomelty in 1976?
Answer: Sting
Question: Which comic once called Prince Charles a ‘grovelling little bastard’ on live TV?
Answer: Spike Milligan
Question: In which battle of May 1982 did Colonel H. Jones win his posthumous V.C.?
Answer: Goose Green
Question: Which strait separates Taiwan from mainland China?
Answer: Strait of Formosa
Question: Moore Marriot and Graham Moffat made eight films with which comedian?
Answer: Will Hay
Question: Who was known as the Father of the Symphony?
Answer: Haydn
Question: Who was Lovejoy’s barker and chief assistant?
Answer: Tinker
Question: Which of Arthur’s nephews replaced Terry in Minder?
Answer: Ray
Question: What kind of creature is an akita?
Answer: Dog
Question: Which record label called itself “Soulsville USA”?
Answer: Stax
Question: Dili is the capital of which country?
Answer: East Timor
Question: Which character made his second appearance in the 1916 novel Greenmantle?
Answer: Richard Hannay
Question: Which composer’s Eighth Symphony is known as ‘The Symphony of a Thousand’?
Answer: Gustav Mahler
Question: In the Bible, who visited Solomon in Kings 1, chapter 10?
Answer: QUEEN OF SHEBA
Question: The English rock band Beady Eye were formed in 2009 after the break-up of which group?
Answer: OASIS
Question: Where in southern England would you find the Aubrey Holes?
Answer: STONEHENGE
Question: Which legend of the British pop world died on March the 8th 2016?
Answer: GEORGE MARTIN
Question: Children’s tv presenter Justin Fletcher is the man behind which popular persona?
Answer: MR. TUMBLE
Question: In a series of films, 1997 to 2002, which character owned a cat named Mr. Bigglesworth?
Answer: DR. EVIL
Question: What was the pen name of the author of ‘The Adventures of Pinocchio’ (1883)?
Answer: CARLO COLLODI
Question: What colour are borage flowers?
Answer: BLUE
Question: Michael Scofield was the protagonist in which popular US tv series?
Answer: PRISON BREAK
Question: What name is given to a star's outer shell from which light is radiated?
Answer: PHOTOSPHERE
Question: Which crime writer created the fictional partnership of Rizzoli and Isles?
Answer: Tess Gerritsen
Question: What is the main town of the Isle of Skye?
Answer: Portree
Question: Which Andre Lloyd-Webber musical was banned in South Africa in the 1970’s?
Answer: Jesus Christ Superstar
Question: What is the first of Elizabeth Kubler-Ross’ Five stages of grief?
Answer: Denial
Question: In which 1988 film did Davis play the title character with the surname Ufgood?
Answer: Willow
Question: Who was the father of Ophelia?
Answer: Polonius
Question: Who was the only canonised King of France? (name and number)
Answer: Louis IX
Question: Which haemorrhagic fever virus is named after a city in Hessen, Germany?
Answer: Marburg Virus
Question: In which film does Iris Henderson search for Miss Froy on a train in fictional Bandrika?
Answer: The Lady Vanishes
Question: What was called the Hakenkreuz by the Nazis?
Answer: The Swastika
Question: Named for its writer, what song was the Nazi anthem?
Answer: The Horst-Wessel
Question: Distaff is the female side or branch of a family – what is the male?
Answer: Spear
Question: Whose partners include Crazylegs Crane and the Aardvark?
Answer: Pink Panther
Question: On which river does Middlesbrough stand?
Answer: Tees
Question: On which children's television show did Ant and Dec first meet?
Answer: BYKER GROVE
Question: Which German city in the western part of the Ruhr Area has the world’s biggest inland harbour?
Answer: DUISBURG
Question: Who played the Wicked Witch of the West in ‘The Wizard of Oz’ (1939)?
Answer: MARGARET HAMILTON
Question: With what dance do you associate the man born Ernest Evans in South Carolina in 1941?
Answer: The TWIST
Question: SG. What was the name of the huge seaplane owned by Howard Hughes?
Answer: SPRUCE GOOSE
Question: In ‘Othello’, to whom is Emilia, Desdemona’s maidservant, married?
Answer: IAGO
Question: Played by Aaron Paul, who was Walter White’s co-protagonist in ‘Breaking Bad’?
Answer: JESSE PINKMAN
Question: Living from 1933 to 2006, who is/was often referred to as the ‘Godfather of Soul’?
Answer: JAMES BROWN
Question: Which singing legend died in a plane crash in Montana in 1967?
Answer: Otis Redding
Question: Which film featured the villainous Blue Meanies?
Answer: Yellow Submarine
Question: Boston lies in which state of the USA?
Answer: Massachusetts
Question: Which character was Charlie Farley’s partner in” the Two Ronnies”?
Answer: Piggy Malone
Question: Which is the smallest true thrush normally seen in Britain?
Answer: Redwing
Question: In which year was Hong Kong handed back to the Chinese government?
Answer: 1997
Question: Which organisation was depicted as a carthorse in the cartoons of David Low?
Answer: T.U.C
Question: Who was the first English king given the title Defender of the Faith?
Answer: Henry VIII
Question: After which extensive region of Europe is a rare but distinct local species of lynx named?
Answer: Iberia
Question: Which feature on the River Thames marks the upper limit of its tidal waters?
Answer: Teddington Lock
Question: What was the highest-grossing film worldwide of 2013?
Answer: IRON MAN 3
Question: Which scientist was offered the Presidency of Israel?
Answer: ALBERT EINSTEIN
Question: Lemurs in the wild are unique to which country?
Answer: MADAGASCAR
Question: Which of the seven actors who have played James Bond once polished coffins for a job?
Answer: SEAN CONNERY
Question: What is missing from this list of ingredients for Hollandaise sauce? Egg yolks, butter,
Answer: LEMON JUICE
Question: What was the first name of Dick Van Dyke’s Cockney character in ‘Mary Poppins’?
Answer: BERT
Question: Which fish is included in the ingredients of Worcestershire Sauce?
Answer: Anchovies
Question: Which modern currency is derived from the old European coin the ‘thaler’?
Answer: Dollar
Question: Which opera did Verdi supposedly compose for the opening of the Suez Canal?
Answer: Aida
Question: Who played Monica Geller in Friends?
Answer: Courtney Cox
Question: The Gay Gordons is commonly danced to which tune?
Answer: Scotland The Brave
Question: Which commercial television company had its studios at Teddington?
Answer: Thames
Question: Which industrialist born in Wirksworth in 1803 opened Matlock Hydro in 1853?
Answer: John Smedley
Question: Born in Denby in 1646, who was the first Astronomer Royal?
Answer: John Flamsteed
Question: What is the name of actress Gwyneth Paltrow's oldest child?
Answer: Apple
Question: If satsumas were Japanese and mandarins were Chinese, which oranges were North African?
Answer: Tangerines
Question: Bowie's mother appeared with him in the innovative video for which song?
Answer: Ashes To Ashes
Question: Which member of England’s 1966 World Cup-winning side was born in Shirebrook?
Answer: Ray Wilson
Question: Known as the Father of Western Medicine, Hippocrates was born on which Greek island?
Answer: Cos
Question: As PM, William Lamb, aka Viscount Melbourne, mentored and served which monarch?
Answer: Victoria
Question: What was Doctor Watson’s first name?
Answer: John
Question: Although she represented the UK in ‘Eurovision’, what nationality was Gina G?
Answer: Australian
Question: James Braddock won the title from which boxer whose son was in The Beverly Hillbillies?
Answer: Max Baer
Question: Who is best known for discovering the Earth's magnetosphere?
Answer: James A. Van Allen
Question: Which US ‘Pop’ artist’s work includes a 1974 piece entitled ‘The red horseman’?
Answer: Roy Lichtenstein
Question: The calendar of which Mesoamerican people led to a fixation with the year 2012?
Answer: Maya
Question: Who was the father of King Henry IV of England?
Answer: John of Gaunt
Question: In which part of the body is the brachial artery?
Answer: Arm
Question: Which fictional detective lived at 110A Piccadilly, W1?
Answer: Lord Peter Wimsey
Question: Who was the last person to hold the title ‘Queen of Ireland’?
Answer: Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
Question: In which sitcom did a Jack Russell terrier called Eddie appear?
Answer: Frasier
Question: Jimmy Wales was the co-founder of which major Web site?
Answer: Wikipedia
Question: Who was born Vera Margaret Welsh on 20th March 1917?
Answer: Vera Lynne
Question: Cassegranian, Gregorian and Schmidt are all types of what?
Answer: Telescope
Question: Whose life is the subject of the Hadith?
Answer: Muhammad
Question: Which is the only Dickens novel to have a female narrator?
Answer: Bleak House
Question: Which George Bernard Shaw play centres around the Salvation Army?
Answer: Major Barbara
Question: The Minoan civilisation was based on which island?
Answer: Crete
Question: What is the most likely total to result from a throw of a pair of dice?
Answer: Seven
Question: A deemster is a legal official in which part of the British Isles?
Answer: Isle of Man
Question: Bob Hope is a character in which British TV soap opera?
Answer: Emmerdale
Question: Give the French phrase in everyday use thatmeans 'Spirit of Comradeship'
Answer: ESPRIT DE CORPS
Question: In 'Treasure Island' what was the name of the captain of the Hispaniola?
Answer: CAPTAIN SMOLLETT
Question: In which town was the famous 'Gunfight at the OK corral'?
Answer: TOMBSTONE
Question: Basil Rathbone made 14 Sherlock Holmes films. Who played the part of Dr Watson?
Answer: NIGEL BRUCE
Question: According to the 'Sermon on the Mount' who shall be called the 'Children of God'?
Answer: THE PEACEMAKERS
Question: Schnapps was originally the produce of which country?
Answer: HOLLAND
Question: Espoo, (population 248,000) is the second largest city in which European country?
Answer: FINLAND
Question: Who plays ex-Detective Sergeant Gerry Standing in the long-running BBC 1 series New Tricks?
Answer: DENNIS WATERMAN
Question: In inches, how high should the net be in a game of table tennis?
Answer: SIX
Question: What sort of creature is the Shikra. Is it a bird, an antelope or a fish?
Answer: BIRD
Question: Which 1999 horror film tells the story of three students who disappeared in Maryland whilst making a documentary film about a local legend?
Answer: THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT
Question: Becky Sharp was the central character in which mid 19th century novel?
Answer: VANITY FAIR
Question: Chemistry - which of the halogens has the lowest atomic number?
Answer: FLOURINE
Question: Which common British mammal has the scientific name Erinaceous Europaeus?
Answer: HEDGEHOG
Question: In the poetic form, the sonnet, how many lines are there?
Answer: 14
Question: What is the name given to the Italian fried chicken dish in which a sauce of garlic, tomatoes and white wine is used? Named supposedly after an inn-keeper was forced to make a dish with any food available by Napoleonic French forces?
Answer: CHICKEN MARENGO
Question: Which American, a signatory of the Declaration of Independence, proved that lightning is a form of electricity?
Answer: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Question: In what television knockout competition did Zara Brownless become the winner for the year 2011?
Answer: YOUNG APPRENTICE
Question: Who is the chairman of Wigan Athletic who also owns the chain of sports shops known as JJB Sports?
Answer: DAVE WHELAN
Question: Petra Kvitova won the Wimledon Ladies Championship in 2011. What nationality is she?
Answer: CZECH
Question: During the Battle of Stalingrad who was Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Red Arny forces?
Answer: MARSHAL ZHUKOV
Question: Bourbon Whisly is named after a county in which American state?
Answer: KENTUCKY
Question: In the war in Afghanistan many lives have been lost due to IEDs planted by the Taliban. What is an IED ?
Answer: IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE
Question: The mother and son of which British monarch were both beheaded?
Answer: JAMES I
Question: In the Bible, which four word phrase comprise the first words spoken by God, as recorded in theBook of Genesis?
Answer: LET THERE BE LIGHT
Question: In the original Beatles line-up who was the drummer?
Answer: PETE BEST
Question: In Indian cuisine what vegetable is indicated by the word DAL?
Answer: LENTILS
Question: The Marcia Blane academy for girls is the setting for what famous novel, which also became a famous film?
Answer: THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE
Question: Films - Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon starred in a remake of which famous western?
Answer: TRUE GRIT
Question: Which singer, originally successful as part of a pop group, had solo top ten hits in the 1970's with the records "Fallen Angel" and "My Eyes Adored You"?
Answer: FRANKIE VALLI
Question: Films - Russell Crowe and Christian Bale starred in a remake of which famous western?
Answer: 3.10 TO YUMA
Question: Which country is bordered by Georgia to the north, Turkey to the west and Azerbaijan to the east?
Answer: ARMENIA
Question: What is the name given to fundamental particles of light?
Answer: PHOTONS
Question: What was the well-known surname of the man who patented the ball-point pen in 1943 ?
Answer: (Lazlo) BIRO
Question: The Halle orchestra has been based in which English city since its formation in 1858 ?
Answer: MANCHESTER
Question: Which rock band did Jarvis Cocker form in Sheffield in 1978 - they had their big break in 1981 ?
Answer: PULP
Question: Which state has the longest coastline and 75% of the active volcanoes in the USA?
Answer: ALASKA
Question: Which former England Cricket Captain of the 60's and 70's who played in six unbeaten test series with a batting average of 45 is a vice president of Wolverhampton Wanderers football club?
Answer: RACHEL HEYHOE-FLINT
Question: The Mekong river is the border between Laos and which other Asian country for about 1000km of its length?
Answer: THAILAND
Question: In Morse Code which letter is represented by four dots (dot, dot, dot, dot)?
Answer: H
Question: Which group in 1971 had a top ten hit with the record The Pushbike Song?
Answer: THE MIXTURES
Question: Which christian name is shared by two title characters in the Dickens book Dombey and Son?
Answer: PAUL
Question: Which original ninth planet of our solar system was re-classified as a dwarf planet in 2006?
Answer: PLUTO
Question: Lockjaw is an old fashioned term for which affliction?
Answer: TETANUS
Question: Which far eastern city is served by Narita airport?
Answer: TOKYO
Question: Which composer wrote the scores for the Errol Flynn swashbucklers such as Captain Blood and The Adventures of Robin Hood?
Answer: Erich Wolfgang KORNGOLD
Question: For the manufacture of what did Sir Alistair Pilkington develop the 'float process'?
Answer: GLASS
Question: On exhibition since 1802, what is believed to be the most visited object in the British Museum?
Answer: THE ROSETTA STONE
Question: Which Welsh writer's last words are reputed to have been: "I've had 18 straight whiskies, I think that's the record"?
Answer: DYLAN THOMAS
Question: Who is the tennis playing sister of Venus Williams?
Answer: SERENA