zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: Probably best remembered for his role as Charles Dreyfuss, the boss of Inspector Clouseau in the films A Shot in the Dark and The Return of the Pink Panther, which Czech born actor sadly passed away on September 27th 2012 aged 95 ?
Answer: HERBERT LOM
Question: Which African country lies directly south of Gibraltar?
Answer: MOROCCO
Question: What nickname for an Englishman is first said to have been used in the 1712 satire Love Is a Bottomless Pit by Dr John Arbuthnot ?
Answer: JOHN BULL
Question: Which fish, with the scientific name Pleuronectes platessa , is a flatfish immediately identifiable by the reddish or orange spots on its upper side ?
Answer: PLAICE
Question: Name the Year: The musical My Fair Lady has its first performance on Broadway ; Elvis Presley has his first U.K. hit.
Answer: 1956
Question: Which museum was originally housed in a London mansion called Montague House ?
Answer: BRITISH MUSEUM
Question: Which British astronomer , who wrote a science fiction novel called "The Back Cloud" , is particularly associated with the Steady State theory of the Universe ?
Answer: SIR FRED HOYLE
Question: Which film, released in 1973 and featuring the main characters called Henry Shaw Gondorff and Johnny Kelly Hooker won the award for best picture in 1974 ?
Answer: THE STING
Question: First seen in 1926, the series of books entitled The Hardy Boys were published under the collective pseudonym of which author ?
Answer: (Franklin W) DIXON
Question: Born in Linlithgow, West Lothian in 1954, who is the current leader of The Scottish Nationalist Party ?
Answer: (Alex) SALMOND
Question: Which American/British band reached number one in the UK pop charts in January 1980 with the record "Brass in Pocket" ?
Answer: PRETENDERS
Question: Which English writer, born in 1882, committed suicide on 28th March 1941 by walking into the River Ouse and drowning ?
Answer: VIRGINIA WOLFE
Question: What was the name of the farm in Buckinghamshire that saw the Great Train robbers hide out for five days after the robbery ?
Answer: LEATHERSLADE
Question: In which famous tale of 1697 does an animal help a miller's son achieve his fortune as the Marquis of Carabas ?
Answer: PUSS IN BOOTS
Question: Taking place in 1970 and 1971, which Asian country suffered a conflict called 'Black September' that is sometimes called @The Era of Regrettable Events' ?
Answer: JORDAN
Question: Which stage show, with music by Sir Elton John and launched in 2005, is based on a film of 2000 and contains the songs "Born To Boogie" and "Granma's Song" ?
Answer: BILLY ELLIOT
Question: In which city was ex Countdown host Richard Whiteley found dead on June 26th 2005 ?
Answer: LEEDS
Question: What was the name of the supertanker which ran aground betwen Land's End and the Scilly Isles on March 18th 1967 ?
Answer: TORREY CANYON
Question: Released in the year 2000 what was the title of the TV film that followed the relationship between Carry On film actors Sid James, played by Geoffrey Hutchins and Barbara Windsor, played by Samantha Spiro?
Answer: COR BLIMEY
Question: In which country can you find Haneda Airport, one of its countries most important dealing with domestic flights?
Answer: JAPAN
Question: Commonly found throughout the Southern USA and the Northern half of Mexico what type of creature is a Coachwhip?
Answer: SNAKE
Question: Which moon of the planet Jupiter shares its name with the alias of the character Rosalind when she disguises herself as a man in Shakespeare's As You like It?
Answer: GANYMEDE
Question: Which moon of the planet Saturn shares its name with the name of the girlfriend of the book character Adrian Mole?
Answer: PANDORA
Question: Which four letter word can mean a dish of cooked meat cut into small pieces, to make a mess of or part of a mobile phone?
Answer: HASH
Question: What was the name of the spy, created by author Len Deighton who was portrayed by Michael Caine in the films Funeral in Berlin, The Ipcress File abd The Billion Dollar Brain?
Answer: HARRY PALMER
Question: Which four letter word can mean a shot in golf, a famous pirate or a law in physics?
Answer: HOOK
Question: Deriving its name from the Urdu for 'Water Monster' and predominantly found in India, what type of creature is a 'Mugger'?
Answer: CROCODILE
Question: William Booth, a former Methodist Preacher who lived from 1829 to 1912 is probably best remembered for being the founder of which charity organisation in 1865 ?
Answer: SALVATION ARMY
Question: Which breed of Terrier gives its name to a county in South West Ireland and apparently became a mascot for Irish patriots seeking independence from England?
Answer: KERRY BLUE
Question: On which comedian's radio show did Sid James star for almost six years beginning in 1954 as a character with the middle name Balmoral?
Answer: TONY HANCOCK
Question: """The hills are bare now and Autumn leaves lie thick and still"" are the opening lyrics to the second verse of which famous song?"
Answer: FLOWER OF SCOTLAND
Question: Which famous two word titled Beatles song did the band The Arctic Monkeys perform at the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics?
Answer: COME TOGETHER
Question: What is the well known two word name of the street in Los Angeles that runs from Figuerola Street for 22 miles to the Pacofoc Coast Highway?
Answer: SUNSET BOULEVARD
Question: Taking their name from the French for 'small oven' which small cake confection usually eaten at the end of a meal are described as small, square cut, frosted and decorated sponge cake?
Answer: PETIT FOURS
Question: What is the name of the female assistant to Sweeney Todd who supplies the pies in the famous story?
Answer: MRS LOVETT
Question: Greater Horseshoe, Brandt's and Natterer's are all species of which type of creatures that are found in Britain?
Answer: BATS
Question: Now aged 57, which British scientist is widely accepted as being the inventor of the World Wide Web?
Answer: Tim BERNERS-LEE
Question: """Written by office boys, for office boys"" was the dismissive verdict of Lord Salisbury on which national newspaper, at the time of its foundation in 1896?"
Answer: DAILY MAIL
Question: What was invented by Karl Dahlman , in 1963 , to aid gardeners ?
Answer: HOVER MOWER
Question: Which famous heavenly body shares it’s name with the second Astronomer Royal who held the position from 1720 to 1742 ?
Answer: HALLEY'S COMET
Question: Having a radius of 586 kilometres, what is the name of the largest satellite of the dwarf planet Pluto ?
Answer: CHARON
Question: Which astronaut, part of the Apollo 17 mission on December 11th 1972 became the last of two men to walk on the moon along with fellow astronaut Harrison Schmitt ?
Answer: Eugene CERNAN
Question: Which Gilbert And Sullivan opera set in Asia featured the famous saying "Let the punishment fit the crime" ?
Answer: THE MIKADO
Question: Which famous historical figure who lived from 1595 to 1617 was famously linked to English captain John Smith who arrived in her country with more than 100 settlers in April 1607 ?
Answer: POCOHONTAS
Question: What name is given in canoeing to a complete roll through 360 degrees to recover after cap-sizing ?
Answer: ESKIMO ROLL
Question: Which King of England reigned between the years 978 and 1016, succeeding his father Edgar and his half-brother Edward ?
Answer: ETHELRED
Question: In Greek mythology, which beautiful young man was granted eternal sleep in order to remain forever young ?
Answer: ENDYMION
Question: What , during the First World War, was renamed 'liberty cabbage' in the UK and the US because of anti-German feeling ?
Answer: SAUERKRAUT
Question: 'The Knowledge' that London taxi drivers need to learn is an intimate knowledge of all streets within a 6 mile radius of which London mainline station ?
Answer: CHARING CROSS
Question: The existence of the planet Neptune was deduced in the 1840's from disturbances it caused in the orbit of which other planet ?
Answer: URANUS
Question: Of which of his successors as US President did Lyndon Johnson make the comment: "He can't fart and chew gum at the same time." ?
Answer: GERALD FORD
Question: What was the surname of the oil dynasty headed by JR in the TV series Dallas?
Answer: EWING
Question: The process of Vulcanization , as applied to rubber, involves treating it with which chemical element before subjecting it to intense heat ?
Answer: SULPHUR
Question: What seven letter name was given to the type of two wheeled cart that was used during The French Revolution to take prisoners to the Guillotine ?
Answer: TUMBREL
Question: Which dance move was a popular dance craze of 1962, the move vaguely resembled that Of the twist and was danced to a version of it by soul singer Dee Dee Sharp ?
Answer: MASHED POTATO
Question: On the morning of April the 11th 1912 the ill fated ship The Titanic made it’s last scheduled stop in Europe at which Irish venue ?
Answer: QUEENSTOWN
Question: Which Italian foodstuff which comprises of dumplings made of flour, semolina or potatoes boiled or baked and served with grated cheese or sauce takes it’s name from the Italian for "Knock On Wood" ?
Answer: GNOCCHI
Question: Reaching number one in the British pop charts in May 1996, what was the two word title of the record that was performed by David Baddiel and Frank Skinner accompanied by the band The Lightning Seeds that was the official England song for the 1996 European Football Championships ?
Answer: THREE LIONS
Question: Which three word named plant is believed to be useful in treating depression, nervous disorders and bedwetting ?
Answer: ST JOHN'S WORT
Question: Former British surgeon Andrew Wakefield became famous in 1998 with his publication Of his research paper which claimed that the vaccine MMR was linked with which human condition ?
Answer: AUTISM
Question: What was the name of the twin sister of the only son of William Shakespeare, the first two letters of her name are the same as one of his works most famous characters ?
Answer: JUDITH
Question: What was the name of the famous jazz music nightclub situated in Harlem in New York City, seen as a white only establishment between 1923 and 1940 it attracted names such as Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and Nat King Cole amongst many others ?
Answer: COTTON CLUB
Question: Which theatre, situated in Salford and opened in the year 2,000 is named after a British painter who lived from 1887 to 1976 ?
Answer: LOWRY
Question: Having a name meaning ‘Swift Seizer‘ which dinosaur had the description as being about 6 feet 5 inches in length, it had long curved claws for grasping prey and walked on two legs ?
Answer: VELOCIRAPTOR
Question: In office from March 4th 1897 until September 14th 1901, who was the first US President of the 20th century ?
Answer: William McKINLEY
Question: At his own request, which writer's auto-biography was published in 2010, one hundred years after his death ?
Answer: MARK TWAIN
Question: What was the host city of the 1984 Summer Olympics ?
Answer: LOS ANGELES
Question: In Shakespeare's Richard III, the Duke of Clarence is famously drowned in a vat of what type of wine ?
Answer: MALMSEY
Question: Which noises did Spanish censors remove from the film Blazing Saddles ?
Answer: BREAKING WIND
Question: What was the name of Scooby Doo's nephew, whose catchphrase was 'Puppy Power' ?
Answer: SCRAPPY DOO
Question: Which geological era, spanning the massive time-period between 245 million and 65 million years ago, is divided into three periods named the Triassic, the Jurassic and the Cretaceous ?
Answer: THE MESOZOIC ERA
Question: The beggar at the gate of the rich man's house is the only character in any of Jesus's parables to be given a proper name. What name ?
Answer: LAZARUS
Question: The line "Off with his head ! So much for Buckingham" was added by Colly Cibber in the eighteenth century to which Shakespeare play ?
Answer: RICHARD III
Question: Varicella is the technical term for which disease ?
Answer: CHICKEN POX
Question: Y Gogarth (or Pen Y Gogarth) is the welsh name for which prominent geographic feature in North Wales ?
Answer: GREAT ORME
Question: The Galápagos Islands are a provincial territory of which South American country, 600 miles away on the same equatorial latitude?
Answer: Ecuador
Question: The white sea-borne floating mineral (magnesium silicate) called meerschaum, used in making tobacco pipes, takes its name from the German meaning of what?
Answer: Sea Foam
Question: Which country's old name is Kemet, meaning 'black land', a reference to the fertile soil of its vast flood plains?
Answer: Egypt
Question: William Makepeace Thackeray's 1847 novel Vanity Fair, a satire of early 1800s British society, has the extended title, 'A Novel without a ...' what?
Answer: Hero
Question: In March 2010, which country passed a law banning all strip clubs and made it illegal for any business to profit from the nudity of employees such as topless waitresses?
Answer: Iceland
Question: Derived from the Greek word meaning perimeter, what is the text form of the sixteenth letter of the Greek alphabet?
Answer: Pi
Question: Name Charles Dickens' first novel, featuring the characters Nathaniel Winkle, Augustus Snodgrass and 'the fat boy' Joe?
Answer: Pickwick Papers
Question: Loosely translated to mean 'hollow bone' what is the Italian food made from veal shank?
Answer: Ossobucco
Question: What naturally occurring common substance containing lactose may scientifically be described as an emulsion of butterfat globules within a water-based fluid?
Answer: Milk
Question: Oxford Boat Race squad twins Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss became multi-millionaires after a court battle with what website that they claimed stole their idea?
Answer: Facebook
Question: Whose memoir was re-titled 'A Journey' shortly before its Autumn 2010 publication, because apparently the publishers were concerned that the author's chosen title 'The Journey' might seem too 'messianic' and arrogant?
Answer: Tony Blair
Question: Globo Esporte, which carried the headline 'HAHAHAHAHAHAHA' following Argentina's 4-0 defeat by Germany in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, is a newspaper in which country?
Answer: Brazil
Question: What element, whose symbol derives from its Greek name hydrargyrum, meaning watery silver, melts at minus 38.83 °C and yet boils at 356.73 °C ?
Answer: Mercury
Question: What colourless odourless liquid, E number E422, is used in foods as a sweetener, thickener and humectant (to maintain moistness)?
Answer: Glycerol
Question: What make of Wellington boots did Samantha Cameron buy President Obama's children for the 2010 British Prime Ministerial visit to the USA?
Answer: Hunters
Question: Angelos Epithemiou ex-burger-van proprietor, replaced what quirky drumming baby character on a popular UK TV comedy quiz show?
Answer: George Dawes
Question: The Aswan Dam, which enables controlled use of the Nile flood plain for agriculture, is in which African country?
Answer: Egypt
Question: The national flags of which group of countries have a cross design named after the grouping, in which the vertical line is shifted from the centre to the hoist (left) side, and among which is the oldest of all national flags?
Answer: Scandinavia
Question: Which country's use of energy overtook the USA in 2010 to become the world's biggest consumer of power (from oil, coal, water, wind, etc)?
Answer: China
Question: In what year was England ruled (technically) by kings called Edward, Harold, Edgar and William, in that order?
Answer: 1066
Question: Established 1845, during British colonial rule, the top-selling Straits Times newspaper, and a similarly named stock market index (STI) belongs to which country?
Answer: Singapore
Question: Triops Cancriformis, discovered in Scotland in July 2010 and said by scientists to have the oldest pedigree (over 200m years) of any living animal on Earth is what type of creature?
Answer: Shrimp
Question: The green of London's Parliament Square was named what by activists during 2010, when sporadic protests developed into a large camp community?
Answer: Democracy Village
Question: Sprinter Merlene Ottey, age 50, was a member of which nation's 4 x 100 metres relay squad at the 2010 European Championships?
Answer: Slovenia
Question: Who dueted with Harry Nilsson on the 1975 Phil Spectre song 'A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Every Day)' ?
Answer: Cher
Question: In Dubai, Palm Judmeirah is a what?
Answer: Artificial island development
Question: In the conventional western musical scale there are how many notes including sharps and flats, excluding those which repeat in a different octave?
Answer: 12
Question: UCAS, the organization which manages student applications for virtually all UK degree courses, is fully known as what?
Answer: Universities and Colleges Admissions Service
Question: Held in turn by the ancient Phonecians, Greeks and Romans, Cyrenaica is a region of which African country?
Answer: Libya
Question: Who owns the luxury food brand Duchy Originals, which announced £3.2m losses in 2010?
Answer: Prince Charles
Question: Anthomania refers to a great love of?
Answer: Flowers
Question: Sometimes called Echo Boomers, people born between around 1980 to the mid-1990s (or later depending on interpretation), are more commonly referred to as Generation what?
Answer: Y
Question: Used especially in marketing and consumer profiling, what is the study of size, structure, development and dispersement of human populations?
Answer: Demography
Question: The actress Caryn Johnson is better known by which name?
Answer: Whoopi Goldberg
Question: Named after the Greek words for good and sound, what is the valved brass tenor instrument resembling a small tuba?
Answer: Euphonium
Question: Who made the 'I Am Prepared to Die' speech at the opening of the Rivonia Trial in April 1964?
Answer: Nelson Mandela
Question: The twisted tusk of which sea creature is said to protrude from a unicorns head?
Answer: Narwhal
Question: Which city, whose name means 'fortification at Eidyn', was the first to host the Commonwealth Games twice?
Answer: Edinburgh
Question: The fundamental philosophical and devotional epic stories Mahabharata and Ramayana originated in Sanskrit in which ancient country?
Answer: India
Question: Controversial singer Brian Hugh Warner is better known by which name (also his band name), a combination borrowed from two iconic real American people?
Answer: Marilyn Manson
Question: The Latin word meaning 'coming' gave us what term which still refers to the coming Christmas period, and also to a particular tradition popular with children?
Answer: Advent
Question: In 2010, scenes of tobacco smoking attracted a fine for the broadcasters of what 1950-60s boy-hero cartoon series in Turkey?
Answer: Tintin
Question: Charles Taylor, in court (along with witnesses Naomi Campbell and Mia Farrow) at the Hague in 2010, the first African president to face trial for war crimes, led which nation?
Answer: Liberia
Question: What is Burj Khalifa notable for becoming in 2010?
Answer: The world's tallest building
Question: Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Crick and Watson (DNA discoverers), the economist John Maynard Keynes, and the comedian John Cleese are among the notable alumni of which university?
Answer: Cambridge
Question: In the Contract Bridge card game what are used to denote the four players' positions?
Answer: Compass Points
Question: An important Biafran army base in the 1967-70 conflict then known as the Biafran War, in which African country is Lake Oguta?
Answer: Nigeria
Question: Battement tendu, Grand écart, Entrechat, Hortensia, and Sissonne are terms in what art form?
Answer: Ballet
Question: On the Mohs' Scale of mineral hardness, what is number one and softest, with the formula Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 and found in many bathrooms?
Answer: Talc
Question: Related to the early development and measurement of steam engines what traditional unit of energy equates typically to between 735-746 watts?
Answer: Horsepower
Question: What was the name of the American pioneer whose son was killed when a party of pioneers was led into Kentucky in 1773?
Answer: Daniel Boone
Question: Reportedly written by Julius Caesar in 47BC, what do the words 'Veni, vidi, vici,' translate to in English?
Answer: I came, I saw, I conquered
Question: Name the fantasy North Wales village used in film and TV (notably the 1960s 'The Prisoner' series), at one time directly related to a porcelain company of the same name which now owns the Spode and Royal Worcester brands?
Answer: Portmeirion
Question: What is the term, of French origin, loosely translated 'into mouth', for using facial muscles and shaping the lips for the mouthpiece to play a woodwind or brass musical instrument?
Answer: Embouchure
Question: A 'salt eel' is a nautical term for the end of a what?
Answer: Rope
Question: A major critic of the conventional notion of God, who wrote the 1976 book, extending ideas of natural selection in evolution, The Selfish Gene?
Answer: Richard Dawkins
Question: Menudo, a soup-like dish featuring tripe (beef stomach) and chili peppers, is from which country?
Answer: Mexico
Question: The ground-dwelling mesite bird is confined to which island, fourth-largest globally, behind Greenland, New Guinea and Borneo (given that Australia is regarded as a continent, not an island)?
Answer: Madagascar
Question: Producing meibum, an oily sealant, where on the human head are the meibomian glands ?
Answer: Eyelids
Question: Born Joseph Frank... by what name was the US silent film comic actor noted for his deadpan expression and pork-pie hats better known?
Answer: Buster Keaton
Question: Which tropical fish, named after an iconic four-legged beast, has the ability to regenerate its fins, skin and heart?
Answer: Zebrafish
Question: English cartoon character John Bull was provided with a sister called Peg (by creator Dr John Arbuthnott), representing which country of Great Britain?
Answer: Scotland
Question: Named after chairs found at the Bargello Palace in Florence, Italy, what type of handicraft is Bargello?
Answer: Embroidery
Question: The North African social uprisings of 2010-11 caused the successive departure of leaders Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and Mohammed Ghannouchi from which country?
Answer: Tunisia
Question: Mattel Inc closed its vast flagship retail store for what iconic product/brand in Shanghai, China, two years after its launch in 2009?
Answer: Barbie
Question: Alberto Grando, who died in 2011 aged 88, was whose motorcycle companion in the 1950s?
Answer: Che Guevara
Question: Which US president in office 1945-53, is said to have coined the phrase 'If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen' ?
Answer: Harry S Truman
Question: Which long-standing cartoon characters made their debut in 'Puss Gets The Boot' in February 1940, called originally Jasper and Jinx?
Answer: Tom and Jerry
Question: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was elected president in 2005 of which war-torn African country, bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Côte d'Ivoire?
Answer: Liberia
Question: The D H Lawrence novel The Plumed Serpent is set in which country, bordered on the south-east by Guatemala, Belize and the Caribbean Sea?
Answer: Mexico
Question: Which international statesman was voted 'Left-Hander of the Year' in 2008 by the Left-Handers Club?
Answer: Barack Obama
Question: The Marble Mountains (locally, Ngu Hành Son) are five marble/limestone hills, Kim, Thuy, Moc, Hoa and Tho, in which country?
Answer: Vietnam
Question: What UK event did protest group Animal Aid describe in 2011 as 'straightforward animal abuse on a par with Spanish Bullfighting'?
Answer: The Grand National
Question: On a conventional piano keyboard, what note is the white key which immediately follows the two black notes together (as distinct from the three black notes together)?
Answer: E
Question: Name the 1959 instrumental piece by The Dave Brubeck Quartet - arguably the first ever mainstream jazz hit record - whose title referred to its unusual 5/4 time-signature?
Answer: Take Five
Question: What organization, loosely translated from Arabic to mean 'the Base' or 'maxim' or 'methodology', was founded in 1988 in Peshewar, Pakistan?
Answer: Al-Qaida
Question: What large media corporation suffered a serious hacking attack on its popular gaming and entertainment websites in May 2011, compromising personal details of over 100 million users?
Answer: Sony