zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: The last holder of which post, abolished in 1964 was the second Earl Jellicoe – previous holders include Winston Churchill (from 1911 to 1915 and 1939 to 1940)?
Answer: FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY
Question: Monument to the Unknown Woman Worker is a sculpture by Louise Walsh on Great Victoria Street near to the Europa Hotel in which British city?
Answer: BELFAST
Question: How many laps are there in the Indianapolis 500 motor race?
Answer: 200
Question: EY is the name of one of the Big Four professional service companies (tax, audit etc.). What was its full name before a rebranding in 2013?
Answer: ERNST & YOUNG
Question: Of which country does Brigitte Nyborg become the first female Prime Minster in the drama Borgen shown on BBC4?
Answer: DENMARK
Question: What is the middle name, her stage name, of Barbadian born singer Robyn Fenty?
Answer: RIHANNA
Question: Which Carry On film features characters The Khasi of Kalabar, Private James Widdle and the 3rd Foot and Mouth Regiment?
Answer: CARRY ON UP THE KHYBER
Question: In which city was Marco Polo born?
Answer: VENICE
Question: What is the name of the national UK charity that was founded by Sir Arthur Pearson in 1915 to help blind ex- servicemen and women?
Answer: ST. DUNSTAN'S
Question: In which country is the source of the River Danube?
Answer: GERMANY
Question: The 'Battle of Agincourt' took place during which war?
Answer: THE HUNDRED YEARS WAR
Question: By which name does the oil company, Esso, trade as in America?
Answer: EXXON MOBIL
Question: Who was the female actress that starred with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby in the famous 'Road To' films?
Answer: DOROTHY LAMOUR
Question: What was the pseudonym of the Swiss born architect, Charles Edouard Jeanneret?
Answer: LE CORBUSIER
Question: The first five books of the Bible, the Five Books of Moses, are known by which name in the Jewish religion?
Answer: THE TORAH
Question: October 4th 1910, which European monarch was deposed and fled on the Royal Yacht 'Amelia' to Gibraltar?
Answer: KING MANUEL OF PORTUGAL
Question: The 'Balfour Declaration' of December 1917 set out the British government's full support fora permanent homeland, for who?
Answer: THE JEWISH PEOPLE
Question: Which author wrote 'A Town Like Alice'?
Answer: NEVILLE SHUTE
Question: Who was the faithful wife of Odysseus in Homer's 'Odyssey'?
Answer: PENELOPE
Question: Who won the Booker Prize for 'The Old Devils'?
Answer: KINGSLEY AMIS
Question: Who wrote 'Sexus', 'Nexus'and 'Plexus' that collectively make up 'The Rosy Crucifixion'?
Answer: HENRY MILLER
Question: Which Tennis player beat Serena and Venus Williams inconsecutive matches at the 2001 Australian Open?
Answer: MARTINA HINGIS
Question: Who was the Greek goddess of the Moon?
Answer: SELENE
Question: Which British philosopher's books include, 'Principles Of Mathematics'?
Answer: BERTRAND RUSSELL
Question: In mythology, which creatures had the heads of women and the bodies of birds?
Answer: THE HARPIES
Question: Who became a monarch after the death of Henry VIII?
Answer: EDWARD VI
Question: Which country was the first to win football's African Nations Cup?
Answer: EGYPT
Question: In astrology, name the only star sign not represented by aliving creature?
Answer: LIBRA
Question: In which year did Sir Anthony Eden resign as Prime Minister?
Answer: 1957
Question: Who was the better known wife of Earl Leofric of Chester?
Answer: LADY GODIVA
Question: Which movie of 1966 used the tag line "For three men the Civil War wasn't hell. It was practice !"
Answer: 'THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY'
Question: Which movie of 1972 used the tag line "This week end they didn't play golf"?
Answer: 'DELIVERANCE'
Question: Which European country was ruled by the House of Braganza, 1640-1910?
Answer: PORTUGAL
Question: In Greek mythology, who was abducted by Zeus disguised as a bull?
Answer: EUROPA
Question: The name of which part of the former Roman province of Dacia, translates into English as 'land beyond the forest'?
Answer: TRANSYLVANIA
Question: Who rules in the form of government known as 'Stratocracy'?
Answer: MILITARY
Question: Mikhail Fokine was the chief choreographer to which ballet company from 1909-1914?
Answer: BALLET RUSSE
Question: Where in the human body can you find the 'Choroid'?
Answer: EYE
Question: Which colonial power ruled Tanganyika before the British?
Answer: GERMANY
Question: What is the architectural name for the head or top of a column?
Answer: CAPITAL
Question: Which novelist wrote 'The Bostonians'?
Answer: HENRY JAMES
Question: Which cruise liner caught fire and burned out in Gladstone Dock, Liverpool in 1953?
Answer: EMPRESS OF CANADA
Question: Which legislation, passed in 1799 and 1800, banned Workers Associations (Trade Unions)?
Answer: COMBINATION ACTS
Question: In the magazine 'Private Eye', on which subject is 'Piloti' a regular columnist?
Answer: ARCHITECTURE
Question: In which opera would you hear 'The Wedding Chorus'?
Answer: 'LOHENGRIN'
Question: Give the name of the villain from the 'Friday the 13th.' series of movies?
Answer: JASON (Vorhees)
Question: Which city was the capital of the Philippines from 1946 to 1975?
Answer: QUEZON CITY
Question: Who was Mrs. Larry Fortensky until early 1996?
Answer: ELIZABETH TAYLOR
Question: From which Disney animated picture does the song 'The Bare Necessities' come?
Answer: 'THE JUNGLE BOOK'
Question: What is L. Frank Baum's most famous story?
Answer: 'THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ'
Question: Which former chart topping British duo re-formed in 1999 to record an album titled 'Peace'?
Answer: EURYTHMICS
Question: How are the poems 'Burnt Norton', 'East Coker', 'The Dry Salvages' and 'Little Gidding' by TS Eliot known collectively?
Answer: 'THE FOUR QUARTETS'
Question: 'Cio-Cio San' and her maid 'Suzuki' appear in which Puccini opera?
Answer: 'MADAME BUTTERFLY'
Question: 'Gilda' is the daughter of which eponymous character in a Verdi opera?
Answer: 'RIGOLETTO'
Question: Who won a Best Actor 'Oscar' for playing the character 'Charlie Allnut'?
Answer: HUMPHREY BOGART
Question: 'Memoirs Of A Woman Of Pleasure' is the original title of which frequently banned book?
Answer: 'FANNY HILL'
Question: 'Well done @vika7 in Melbourne' was a tweet about which Tennis player earlier this year after she won her first Grand Slam singles title?
Answer: VICTORIA AZARENKA.
Question: How are the novels 'Justine', 'Balthazar', 'Mountolive' and 'Clea' by Lawrence Durrell known collectively?
Answer: 'THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET'
Question: Which female singing voice has a range between soprano and contralto?
Answer: MEZZO SOPRANO
Question: Who rowed the Atlantic in 1966 with John Ridgway?
Answer: CHAY BLYTH
Question: Who commanded the Spanish Armada in 1588?
Answer: DUKE OF MEDINA SIDONIA
Question: Kenneth Clark, Neil MacGregor, Charles Saumarez Smith and currently Nicholas Penny have been Directors of which art museum?
Answer: NATIONAL GALLERY
Question: Who is the only female driver to win a race in the IndyCar Series, the 2008 Indy Japan 300 - she also has the highest finishing place for a female in the Indianapolis 500 race when she was third in 2009?
Answer: DANICA PATRICK
Question: In the Harry Potter series what is the name of Harry’s pet owl?
Answer: HEDWIG
Question: To which order of monks did Tomas De Torquemada belong?
Answer: Dominican
Question: Who was the Roman god of the sun?
Answer: Sol
Question: Name the soft cloth made from silk that derives its name from the French word for rag.
Answer: Chiffon
Question: Who was the Greek goddess of agriculture?
Answer: Demeter
Question: In geological ages, which period was the Last of the Palaeozoic era?
Answer: Permian
Question: In the original television run of 'Crossroads', which character was played by Roger Tonge?
Answer: 'SANDY RICHARDSON'
Question: Which popular holiday island has 'Punta de la Rasca' as its southernmost tip?
Answer: TENERIFE
Question: Which Canadian Province has Victoria as its capital, and is crossed by the River Fraser?
Answer: BRITISH COLUMBIA
Question: French mariner, Jacques Cartier, left home in 1534 to sail across the Atlantic, to explore which river?
Answer: ST. LAWRENCE
Question: Whom did Estelle Morris replace as Secretary of State for Education?
Answer: DAVID BLUNKETT
Question: Which American city has baseball-playing 'Dodgers'?
Answer: LOS ANGELES
Question: 'Petrology' is the study of the origin, structure and composition of what?
Answer: ROCKS
Question: Whose 1769 expedition included the task of observing the transit of the planet Venus over Tahiti?
Answer: JAMES COOK
Question: Which 10th century explorer founded an Icelandic colony which he named 'Greenland', to encourage people to settle there?
Answer: ERIK THE RED
Question: Which director won the 'Oscar' for Best Director for the picture 'Traffic' in 2000?
Answer: STEVEN SODERBERGH
Question: For which king did Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester act as regent or protector?
Answer: HENRY VI
Question: Who is 'Harry Potter's' schoolboy enemy?
Answer: MALFOY
Question: Which group of mammals belong to the order Cetacea?
Answer: WHALES (and Dolphins)
Question: Who, in legend, was the mighty hunter, and great- grandson of Noah?
Answer: NIMROD
Question: In which region in France is Camembert cheese produced?
Answer: NORMANDY
Question: For which young king did Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, act as regent or protector?
Answer: EDWARD VI
Question: What is the surname of 'Harry Potter's' schoolboy friend 'Ron'?
Answer: WEASLEY
Question: What name is given to a shield or emblem within a flag?
Answer: CHARGE
Question: Maria Fitzherbert was mistress to which future British monarch?
Answer: GEORGE IV
Question: Traditionally with what were the seams of wooden sailing ships caulked?
Answer: OAKUM
Question: The 'Derwent Valley Mills' is a World Heritage Site, in which English county?
Answer: DERBYSHIRE
Question: Who plays the title role in the 2008 film 'Iron Man'?
Answer: ROBERT DOWNEY Jr
Question: Which cartoonist who worked for the satirical magazine 'Punch', is best remembered for illustrating Lewis Carroll's 'Alice In Wonderland'?
Answer: JOHN TENNIEL
Question: Since 2004, 'The Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands' has fought for independence from which country?
Answer: AUSTRALIA
Question: What was the name of the British battlecruiser that was sunk by the German ship 'Bismark' at the Battle of the Denmark Strait?
Answer: H.M.S. HOOD
Question: According to the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, who was compelled by the Romans to carry the cross of Jesus as he was taken to his crucifixion?
Answer: SIMON OF CYRENE
Question: For which county did the cricketer garfield Sobers score his famous six sixes in one over?
Answer: NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Question: What was Britney Spears' first number one, in 1999?
Answer: 'BABY ONE MORE TIME'
Question: What was founded by John Nelson Derby in Dublin in 1827?
Answer: THE PLYMOUTH BRETHREN
Question: Which US President was imprisoned by the British and killed Charles Dickinson in a duel with pistols?
Answer: ANDREW JACKSON
Question: Which Emeritus Professor at Edinburgh University has written several series of novels including '2½ Pillars Of Wisdom' and '44 Scotland Street'?
Answer: ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH
Question: Crowned o June 1st 1533, Anne Boleyn was the mother of which monarch?
Answer: ELIZABETH I
Question: In the 'Millennium Trilogy' by Stieg Larsson, all the novels begin with which two words?
Answer: 'THE GIRL..'
Question: On which major river does Vientiane, the capital of Laos stand?
Answer: MEKONG
Question: Which Roman Emperor came between Claudius and Galba?
Answer: NERO
Question: Which major river runs through the Scottish city of Perth?
Answer: TAY
Question: Which SAS soldier wrote the book 'Bravo Two Zero', an account of a failed mission during the first Gulf War?
Answer: ANDY McNAB
Question: The son-in-law of a British Prime Minister and the father of a former Minister of Defence, which Conservative politician served as the last Governor of Southern Rhodesia?
Answer: CHRISTOPHER SOAMES
Question: Which Merchant Ivory film, based on an acclaimed novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, tells the story of 'Mr. Stevens', the butler at 'Darlington Hall'?
Answer: 'THE REMAINS OF THE DAY'
Question: The flag of Cornwall is named after which Cornish abbot and saint traditionally held to be patron saint of the county, as well as tin miners?
Answer: SAINT PIRAN
Question: What name is given to the outermost part of the Sun's atmosphere, visible to the naked eye during a solar eclipse?
Answer: CORONA
Question: What name is given to a substance that breaks up into free ions when dissolved, to produce an electrical conductor?
Answer: ELECTROLYTE
Question: In the Bible, who was the mother of Samuel?
Answer: Hannah
Question: To which family of birds do Robins belong?
Answer: Thrush
Question: What is the common name for the bird Alauda arvensis, which mounts the air almost vertically?
Answer: Skylark
Question: Name the Frenchman who was one of the chief architects of the Common Market and is considered by many as the father of the Common Market.
Answer: Jean Monnet
Question: In WWII, what was the allied Operation Husky, which began on 9th July 1943?
Answer: Invasion of Sicily
Question: Astrakhan stands on the River Volga, leading to the shores of which sea?
Answer: Caspian
Question: Which breed of dog’s name translates as “badger hound”?
Answer: Dachshund
Question: Which sea bird found around the shores of Britain is a larger relative of the Shag?
Answer: Cormorant
Question: Which company introduced the first water proof watch in 1927?
Answer: ROLEX
Question: Which American President used the slogan: "It's morning again in America" for his presidential campaign?
Answer: RONALD REAGAN
Question: Murray Gell-Mann developed a theory in 1964 that the smallest particle in the universe was called what?
Answer: QUARK
Question: Which musical term is used when the music should be played quickly?
Answer: PRESTO
Question: Which French playwright's real name was Jean Baptiste Poquelin?
Answer: MOLIERE
Question: What is the name of the race of black Jews who formerly inhabited Ethiopia?
Answer: FALASHAS
Question: In which Grimm's fairy tale does a prince climb up a maiden's hair?
Answer: RAPUNZEL
Question: What was the first name of the daughter of Pakistani politician Zulfiqir Ali Bhutto?
Answer: BENAZIR
Question: Which English brewery produces 'Abbots Ale'?
Answer: GREENE KING
Question: A 'plutocracy' is government by whom?
Answer: THE WEALTHY
Question: Who was the youngest son of Jacob?
Answer: BENJAMIN
Question: Which famous teacher taught at 'The Marcie Blain School For Girls'?
Answer: 'MISS JEAN BRODIE'
Question: What is the female equivalent of a Bar Mitzvah?
Answer: BAT MITZVAH
Question: The mouth of the River Rhine is in which country?
Answer: THE NETHERLANDS
Question: Who at the age of 69 was the oldest US President to take the oath of office?
Answer: RONALD REAGAN
Question: Who apart from 'Doc' lasted through all the 'Gunsmoke' series?
Answer: 'MATT DILLON'
Question: In November of what year did Spanish dictator General Franco die?
Answer: 1975
Question: Who became thefirst West German Chancellor to visit Israel?
Answer: WILLY BRANDT
Question: On the 22nd. June 1979 former Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe was found not guilty of plotting to kill which male model?
Answer: NORMAN SCOTT
Question: What was the title of Elvis Presley's first feature film?
Answer: 'LOVE ME TENDER'
Question: The 1962 World Cup competition, saw a clash now called 'The Battle of Santiago' between Chile and which European nation?
Answer: ITALY
Question: From which band did The Beatles recruit Ringo Starr?
Answer: RORY STORM & THE HURRICANES
Question: At what address did murderer John Christie live?
Answer: 10 RILLINGTON PLACE
Question: Who was the leader of the House of Commons from 1998 - 2001?
Answer: MARGARET BECKET
Question: In the Bible, who was the wife of Uriah?
Answer: BATHSHEBA
Question: The 'Saro Lerwick' and the 'Short Sunderland' were what type of aircraft?
Answer: FLYING BOATS
Question: Which river was known to the Romans as 'Rhenus'?
Answer: RIVER RHINE
Question: The Council For Mutual Economic Assistance is known by what acronym?
Answer: COMECON
Question: Which principality joined the United Nations in 1993?
Answer: MONACO
Question: Which singer postponed his civil ceremony with long-time partner Kenny Goss in 2006?
Answer: GEORGE MICHAEL
Question: In which building did Platodo most of his teaching?
Answer: THE ACADEMY
Question: What name, from the Latin for tortoise, was given to the Roman battle formation, where shields were used to form a protective shell above attacking soldiers?
Answer: TESTUDO
Question: What was the name of Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton's ship?
Answer: ENDURANCE
Question: Who stood as American Presidential candidate for the Bull Moose Party in 1912, effectively splitting the Republican vote and ensuring Wilson's election?
Answer: THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Question: Richard, Duke of York and Cecily Neville were the parents of which King of England?
Answer: EDWARD IV
Question: Which animal appears on the flag of the US state of California?
Answer: A BEAR
Question: The eighteenth century 'Kingdom Of Two Sicilies' consisted of Sicily and which other kingdom?
Answer: KINGDOM OF NAPLES
Question: Which company makes the 'Very Irresistable' range of fragrances?
Answer: GIVENCHY
Question: What position was held by 'Caiaphas' in the Gospels?
Answer: HIGH PRIEST
Question: Which city is served by Tullamarine Airport?
Answer: MELBOURNE
Question: At what weight has Ricky Hatton fought the majority of his bouts?
Answer: LIGHT-WELTERWEIGHT
Question: Which item of food was first displayed in this country in the shop window of the London herbalist Thomas Johnson on April 10th.1633?
Answer: BANANA
Question: Which country's flag contains the outline of the country?
Answer: CYPRUS
Question: Which member of the 2009 Team GB won this year's Milan-San Remo cycle race?
Answer: MARK CAVENDISH
Question: What was the name of the Liberian oil tanker that was wrecked off the coast of the Isles of Scilly in 1967?
Answer: TORREY CANYON
Question: As of 1st. June 2011, who is the only Swiss Tennis player, other than Roger Federer, to be ranked in the Men's top twenty?
Answer: STANISLAS WAWRINKA
Question: Missouri shares the vast majority of its eastern border with which other state?
Answer: ILLINOIS
Question: Who was the Roman Emperor at the time of the crucifixion of St. Peter?
Answer: NERO
Question: At which Roman Catholic cathedral and UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Castile region of Spain could you visit the tomb of 'El Cid'?
Answer: BURGOS CATHEDRAL
Question: The CIA Agent 'Stan Smith' is the title character of which American animated TV series?
Answer: 'AMERICAN DAD!'
Question: The former England captain Bobby Moore had two middle names. One was Frederick; also the name of a football team, what was his other middle name?
Answer: CHELSEA
Question: How were 'Mistress Ford' and 'Mistress Page' collectively known in the title of a Shakespeare play?
Answer: 'THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR'
Question: Magnesium sulphate is a substance used for medicinal and agricultural purposes. By what name is it better known?
Answer: EPSOM SALTS
Question: Which US President was known as 'The Rail-Splitter' and 'The Great Emancipator'?
Answer: ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Question: Which Canadian province lies immediately east of British Columbia?
Answer: ALBERTA
Question: Which university has colleges called Ustinov, St. Aidan's and Grey?
Answer: DURHAM
Question: What was the surname of the father of US President Bill Clinton, who died before his birth?
Answer: BLYTHE
Question: In which Swiss resort does the World Economic Forum hold its annual meeting?
Answer: DAVOS
Question: The film '24 Hour Party People' follows the development of which Manchester record label in the '70's and '80's?
Answer: FACTORY RECORDS
Question: The German navy only built two 'Bismark Class' battleships. One was 'Bismark'. What was the name of the other?
Answer: 'TIRPITZ'
Question: Which sauce is used in a dish of 'Eggs Benedict'?
Answer: HOLLANDAISE
Question: Marvel Comics’ character Tony Stark is the alter-ego of which superhero?
Answer: Iron Man
Question: Which rock drummer had a 1985 solo hit with “The Boys of Summer”?
Answer: Don Henley
Question: What name did the Gilbert islands adopt upon gaining independence?
Answer: Kiribati
Question: Squidward is the extremely reluctant neighbour of which children’s TV cartoon character?
Answer: Spongebob Squarepants
Question: What name is given to the flat topped peaked caps worn by Gendarmes?
Answer: Kepi
Question: Which horse won the 2014 Grand National?
Answer: Pineau De Re
Question: Which animal is the offspring of a male Ass and a mare?
Answer: MULE
Question: Which country won the African Nations Football Cup in 2002?
Answer: CAMEROON
Question: By what name was Manchester Airport originally known?
Answer: RINGWAY
Question: Who was leader of the ruling Argentinean 'Junta' in 1982?
Answer: GENERAL GALTIERI
Question: Which Greek word means 'citadel' or 'highest city'?
Answer: ACROPOLIS
Question: Sarah was the mother of Isaac and the wife of which Hebrew patriarch?
Answer: ABRAHAM
Question: Andre Breton, Max Ernst, Yves Tanguy, Andre Masson were amongst the leading exponents of which style of painting founded in 1924?
Answer: SURREALISM
Question: In which Irish city can one stroll along the Mardyke Walk, between the north and south channels of the River Lee?
Answer: CORK
Question: Which American writer said "If you don't like the weather in New England, just wait a few minutes for it to change"?
Answer: MARK TWAIN
Question: What was Dusty Springfield's first No. 1 hit?
Answer: 'YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME'
Question: To whom did Winston Churchill refer as "a modest little manwith much to be modest about"?
Answer: CLEMENT ATTLEE
Question: Who composed the musical shows 'Kiss Me Kate' and 'Can Can'?
Answer: COLE PORTER
Question: What name is given to aline on a map showing places of equal depth of water?
Answer: ISOBATH
Question: Who would normally use a tool called a 'Burin' in his work?
Answer: AN ENGRAVER
Question: Which major car manufacturer has its headquarters in Mumbai in India?
Answer: TATA
Question: Playing for Hull City last season, Daniel Cousin is the only footballer from which country to have played in the Premier League?
Answer: GABON
Question: Prior to becoming Vice-President, and later President, Gerald Ford was a member of the House of Representatives for which state?
Answer: MICHIGAN
Question: In Norse mythology, what kind of creatures were 'Toothgnasher' and 'Toothgrinder' who drew Thor's chariot?
Answer: GOATS
Question: Which Rossini opera has a title that translates into English as 'The Thieving Magpie'?
Answer: 'LA GAZZA LADRA'
Question: In which African country does the Equator reach the Indian Ocean?
Answer: SOMALIA
Question: Which Greek philosopher is popularly known as 'The Weeping Philosopher' because of his melancholy nature?
Answer: HERACLITUS
Question: In which 1993 film does John Goodman star as the fictional schlock-horror director Lawrence Woolsey?
Answer: 'MATINEE'
Question: In which 1998 film does Ewan McGregor co-star as the fictional rock star 'Curt Wild'?
Answer: 'VELVET GOLDMINE'
Question: What was the disorder afflicting the protagonist in Mark Haddon's 'The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time'?
Answer: ASPERGER'S SYNDROME
Question: An aria sung by the unknown prince 'Calaf' in Puccini's 'Turandot', how does 'Nessum Dorma' translate into English?
Answer: 'NONE SHALL SLEEP'
Question: Made up of the top members of the Central Committee, what was the name of the elected body that functioned as the central policymaking body of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union?
Answer: POLITBURO
Question: Which great modernist architect designed the Seagram Building in New York in collaboration with Philip Johnson?
Answer: LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE
Question: Which American adventurer, the first man to fly non-stop around the world in a balloon, died in 2007 after the plane he was flying crashed in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California?
Answer: STEVE FOSSETT
Question: Thought to be the strongest of all dog breeds and certainly the strongest swimmer, which dog, originally bred in Canada, is noteable for its waterproof coat and webbed feet?
Answer: NEWFOUNDLAND