zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: What was the first name of the wife of late singer/musician Marc Bolan?
Answer: June
Question: St Nicholas Day (the Patron Saint of Children) is traditionally celebrated on the 6th of which month?
Answer: December
Question: Which British television series was first broadcast in 1983 as a single drama called ‘Woodentop’?
Answer: The Bill
Question: In the game of Bingo, ‘Little Boy Blue’ is the nickname for which number?
Answer: Two
Question: Puppet Troy Tempest, from the television series ‘Stingray’, was said to have been modelled on which US actor?
Answer: James Garner
Question: Who became British Prime Minister in May 1937?
Answer: Neville Chamberlain
Question: Caroline of Ansbach was the wife of which British monarch?
Answer: King George II
Question: ‘The Hunting of the …’what’? is a poem by Lewis Carroll?
Answer: Snark
Question: Foucault’s Pendulum, which demonstrated the rotation of the Earth, was staged in which European city in 1851?
Answer: Paris
Question: ‘Prithee’ is an ancient word which means what today?
Answer: Please
Question: Lincoln’s Inn, Inner Temple, Middle Temple and Gray’s Temple are known collectively as what?
Answer: The Inns of Court
Question: The tomb of William the Conqueror is in which French city?
Answer: Caen
Question: Cochin, Red Shaver and Sulmtaler are breeds of which bird?
Answer: Chicken
Question: On a QWERTY keyboard, which letter lies between C and B?
Answer: V
Question: In Roman mythology, Aestas is the goddess of which season?
Answer: Summer
Question: What is the first name of comic-book hero Captain Marvel’s twin sister?
Answer: Mary
Question: In mathematics, what is 3.14159 better known as?
Answer: Pi
Question: Which nation won the 1994 FIFA World Cup?
Answer: Brazil
Question: In Europe which colour denotes runs for expert skiers?
Answer: Black
Question: In the game of volleyball, how many times in a row may the ball be struck by one team?
Answer: Three
Question: Which English author’s major novels are set in Wessex?
Answer: Thomas hardy
Question: The Eurasian Basin is part of which ocean?
Answer: Arctic Ocean
Question: In a standard game of chess, how many rooks does each player start with?
Answer: Two
Question: What is the name of the spaceship in the 1979 film ‘Alien’?
Answer: Nostromo
Question: The phrase ‘Listen very carefully, I will say this only once’ comes from which UK television comedy series?
Answer: ‘Allo ‘Allo
Question: Which Thomas hardy novel is often referred to in the book ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ by E L James?
Answer: Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Question: English poet John Keats is buried in which European country?
Answer: Italy
Question: How many Cardinal Virtues are there?
Answer: Four
Question: What colour Cat’s-Eyes mark the nearside of a motorway in Britain?
Answer: Red
Question: According to the proverb, ‘Many hands make… ‘what’?
Answer: Light work
Question: In Greek mythology which of the three Gorgons was the only mortal?
Answer: Medusa
Question: Which member of The Beatles returned his MBE medal in protest against the British government’s support of the US war in Vietnam?
Answer: John Lennon
Question: In which British city is Ninian Park railway station?
Answer: Cardiff
Question: What was late actress Elizabeth Taylor’s middle name?
Answer: Rosemond
Question: Artists Gustav Klimt and Carl Moll were born in which European country?
Answer: Austria
Question: In the British Royal Navy, which rank is between Captain and Rear-Admiral?
Answer: Commodore
Question: If something is ‘stannic’ which metal does it contain?
Answer: Tin
Question: What colour ensign is flown on all British merchant navy ships?
Answer: Red
Question: The HP-35, launched in 1972, was Hewlett-Packard’s first what?
Answer: Pocket calculator
Question: Which US President was in office during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Answer: John F Kennedy
Question: Which American poet and novelist used the pen name Victoria Lucas?
Answer: Sylvia Plath
Question: How many wives did English monarch Edward I have?
Answer: Two
Question: Who played Captain Jack Sparrow in the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ series of films?
Answer: Johnny Depp
Question: Pug, Boxer and Chow are all breeds of which animal?
Answer: Dog
Question: Which English football club play their home games at Ewood park?
Answer: Blackburn Rovers FC
Question: Which English singer was described as ‘The barefoot pop princess of the 1960’s’?
Answer: Sandie Shaw
Question: The novel ‘The Day of the Jackal’ is about the attempted assassination of which political figure?
Answer: Charles de Gaulle
Question: In 2012 the Austrian Mint brought out a 5 coin gold series to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the birth of which artist?
Answer: Gustav Klimt
Question: What were the first names of poet W H Auden?
Answer: Wystan Hugh
Question: Which US President is depicted on a $50 banknote?
Answer: Ulysses S Grant
Question: Milt is the sperm-filled reproductive gland of which type of creature?
Answer: Fish
Question: Aestas is the Roman goddess of which season?
Answer: Summer
Question: In which European country was industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie born in 1835?
Answer: Scotland
Question: Which human rights activist delivered a speech in Cleveland, Ohio in April 1964 entitled ‘The Ballot or the Bullet’?
Answer: Malcolm X
Question: How many points are scored for a converted try in Rugby Union?
Answer: Seven
Question: Who was the first person to commit murder in the Bible?
Answer: Cain
Question: Which British designer made the miniskirt popular in the 1960’s?
Answer: Mary Quant
Question: In medicine, septicaemia is more commonly known by what name?
Answer: Blood poisoning
Question: Samwise Gamgee, Peregrin Took and Meriadoc Brandybuck are all types of which fictional characters?
Answer: Hobbits
Question: Who was the first British monarch to voluntarily abdicate?
Answer: Edward VIII
Question: Aulophobia is the irrational fear of which musical instrument?
Answer: Flute
Question: ‘Unobtanium’ is the fictional precious mineral mined in which 2009 film?
Answer: Avatar
Question: In World War II, what were the Maquis part of?
Answer: The French Resistance
Question: Deborah Kerr plays governess Anna Leonowens in which 1956 film?
Answer: The King and I
Question: Who was President at the start of the American Civil War?
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
Question: Who was elected President of The Philippines in 1965?
Answer: Ferdinand Marcos
Question: Which unsuccessful Apollo program was launched in April 1970?
Answer: Apollo 13
Question: Martian relates to which planet in our solar system?
Answer: Mars
Question: In 1665, Thomas Willett was appointed the first Mayor of which city?
Answer: New York
Question: Sara Lownds was the first wife of which US singer/songwriter?
Answer: Bob Dylan
Question: In which Charles Dickens novel does the fictional character Sam Weller appear?
Answer: Pickwick Papers
Question: A septennium is a period of how many years?
Answer: Seven
Question: Which band released a 2007 album entitled ‘Minutes to Midnight’?
Answer: Linkin Park
Question: Which martial art means ‘The way of the sword’?
Answer: Kendo
Question: Batterhead, Flam and Rimshot are all terms associated with which musical instrument?
Answer: Drum
Question: Erica Roe, Michael O’Brien and Mark Roberts are all famous for doing what at sports venues?
Answer: Streaking
Question: Who became English monarch in May 1660?
Answer: King Charles II
Question: In 1979, which nation was the first to give limited rights to same-sex couples in a scheme called ‘Unregistered Cohabitation’?
Answer: Netherlands
Question: What is the middle name of cartoon character Donald Duck?
Answer: Fauntleroy
Question: Which colour light indicates the port side of a ship?
Answer: Red
Question: In 1966, in an interview with a London Evening Standard reporter, which Beatle stated that they had become ‘More popular than Jesus’?
Answer: John Lennon
Question: Who was the second wife of US actor Tom Cruise?
Answer: Nicole Kidman
Question: In astronomy, the ‘Aurora Borealis’ is better known by what name?
Answer: The Northern Lights
Question: Bill Oddie, Tim Brook Taylor and Graeme Garden created and starred in which UK television sketch show?
Answer: The Goodies
Question: Serendip was an old name for which modern Asian country?
Answer: Sri Lanka
Question: The drug MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylamphetamin) is more commonly known by what name?
Answer: Ecstasy
Question: The LED (light-emitting diode) started life in 1962 as a single illumination in which colour?
Answer: Red
Question: What was the name of the infamous English art forger, born in 1917, who claimed to have faked more than 2,000 paintings by over 100 artists?
Answer: Tom Keating
Question: In the Bible, who is the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth?
Answer: Noah
Question: Mount of Venus, Plain of Mars and Mount of Jupiter are all found on which part of the body?
Answer: Hand
Question: The Jigsaw Serial Killer is a fictional character in which series of horror films?
Answer: Saw
Question: What was the first name of late US actor Steve McQueen?
Answer: Terence
Question: Which American author’s last two words on his deathbed were ‘Moose’ and ‘Indian’?
Answer: Henry David Thoreau
Question: In religion, what are the Zoroastrian books of Sacred Texts called?
Answer: The Avesta
Question: How many Concorde planes were built?
Answer: 20
Question: What is the first name of fictional character ‘Jones the Steam’, the driver of Ivor the Engine?
Answer: Edwin
Question: Who is the lead singer of British band The Cure?
Answer: Robert Smith
Question: In which year did English monarch Elizabeth I die?
Answer: 1603
Question: The eagle on the Great Seal of the US has how many arrows in its left talon?
Answer: 13
Question: Isabella ‘Bella’ Swan is the lead character in which series of vampire books?
Answer: Twilight
Question: Women competed in the 3,000 metre steeplechase for the first time in the Summer Olympics in which year?
Answer: 2008
Question: Denzil Washington played which black militant leader in the 1992 film of the same name?
Answer: Malcolm X
Question: Which monarch united the Scottish and English thrones?
Answer: James
Question: Which Californian computer software company was founded in 1995 by Bill Coleman, Ed Scott and Alfred Chuang?
Answer: BEA Systems Inc.
Question: In humans, Polydactyl is the condition of having more than the normal number of what?
Answer: Digits
Question: Thathanka Iyotake was the native name for which American tribal chief?
Answer: Sitting Bull
Question: Which singer/actress attacked Russell Harty on his 1980 British television chat show?
Answer: Grace Jones
Question: Lopburi, Phichit and Ang Thong are provinces in which Asian country?
Answer: Thailand
Question: The volcano Irazu is in which Central American country?
Answer: Costa Rica
Question: Who wrote the music for the American musical ‘West Side Story’?
Answer: Leonard Bernstein
Question: Which poet and garden designer was dubbed ‘The Bard of Twickenham’?
Answer: Alexander Pope
Question: ‘The Jerilderie Letter’ was dictated by which notorious Australian to Joe Byrne in 1879?
Answer: Ned Kelly
Question: ‘A thing of beauty is a joy forever’ is the first line of which poem by John Keats?
Answer: Endymion
Question: In which US state the the first Walmart store open, in July 1962?
Answer: Arkansas
Question: In which Oscar-winning 1964 film did actress Julie Andrews make her feature film debut?
Answer: Mary Poppins
Question: Which Prime Minister first introduced Income Tax in Britain?
Answer: William Pitt the Younger
Question: The Resende Nuclear Fuel Factory is in which South American country?
Answer: Brazil
Question: In the Star Wars series of films Princess Leia is whose twin sister?
Answer: Luke Skywalker
Question: In the Star Wars series of films what is the name of the capital of the planet Naboo?
Answer: Theed
Question: In the Star Wars series of films who is revealed to be the father of Luke Skywalker?
Answer: Darth Vader
Question: In the Star Wars series of films what is the name of Han Solo’s Wookie co-pilot?
Answer: Chewbacca
Question: What is the name of the 1780 London riots which were an anti-Catholic protest against the 1778 Papists Act?
Answer: Gordon Riots
Question: In 1960, Makarios III became the first President of which Mediterranean island?
Answer: Cyprus
Question: In Greek mythology, whose face was said to have launched a thousand ships?
Answer: Helen of Troy
Question: In which year was former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher born?
Answer: 1925
Question: Which US city was previously called New Amsterdam?
Answer: New York
Question: Which body of water is known in the Bible as The Great Sea?
Answer: Mediterranean Sea
Question: Which British snooker player was known by the nickname ‘Hurricane’?
Answer: Alex Higgins
Question: Where, in the human body, is the humerus bone?
Answer: Upper arm
Question: What type of creature was a quagga?
Answer: Zebra
Question: In the US ‘The Great Fire of ….’where’ occured 8th to 10th October 1871?
Answer: Chicago
Question: Which facial features remain the same size from birth to adulthood?
Answer: Eyes
Question: How many reeds does an oboe have?
Answer: Two
Question: Edward Seymour, Ist Duke of Somerset, was executed for treason during the reign of which English monarch?
Answer: King Edward VI
Question: Which is the longest line on the London Underground Railway system?
Answer: Central Line
Question: Michael Gordon Peterson, often referred to by the British press as ‘The most violent prisoner in Britain’, changed his name to that of which US actor in 1987?
Answer: Charles Bronson
Question: The Olmec and Mayan are two of the earliest recorded civilisations of which modern-day country?
Answer: Mexico
Question: Mid-off, Cover Point and Square Leg are all terms used in which sport?
Answer: Cricket
Question: Who was the last Kaiser of Germany?
Answer: Wilhelm II
Question: ‘The Girl With a….’what’? Is a 17th Century painting by Johannes Vermeer?
Answer: Pearl Earring
Question: Who was the second husband of singer Madonna?
Answer: Guy Ritchie
Question: What is the name of the densely forested moon inhabited by the Na’vi in the 2009 film ‘Avatar’?
Answer: Pandora
Question: In Greek mythology, Artemis is the twin sister of which god?
Answer: Apollo
Question: Drizella Tremaine, Gus, Bruno and Lucifer are all characters in which Disney film?
Answer: Cinderella
Question: Which comedy duo starred in the 1991 British television series ‘Plaza Patrol’?
Answer: Cannon and Ball
Question: Which number is represented by five dots in Morse Code?
Answer: Five
Question: What is the name of the mill in the novel ‘The Mill on the Floss’ by George Eliot?
Answer: Dorlcote Mill
Question: Actress Margerita Carmen Cansino was better known by what name?
Answer: Rita Hayworth
Question: Who played the title role in the UK television series ‘Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman’?
Answer: Jane Seymour
Question: Relating to the children’s television show, how many colour ‘Blue Peter’ badges are there?
Answer: Six
Question: Which classic sci-fi thriller was originally made in 1956 and re-made in 1978, with another version made in 1993?
Answer: Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Question: What is the name of the fictional planet which is the homeworld of the ‘Transformers’?
Answer: Cybertron
Question: The French Opera House was opened in 1859 in which US city?
Answer: New Orleans
Question: English wrestler Shirley Crabtree Jr was better known by what name?
Answer: Big Daddy
Question: What is the least number of games that have to be played to win a set in a tennis match?
Answer: Six
Question: Fictional characters Clark Kent, Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen work for which newspaper?
Answer: The Daily Planet
Question: ‘Ruby Rose’ is Cockney rhyming slang for which part of the body?
Answer: Nose
Question: The peptide hormone renin is secreted by which organ of the body?
Answer: Kidney
Question: Who wrote the poem ‘ The Ballad of Reading Gaol’?
Answer: Oscar Wilde
Question: In the British royal family, who did Prince Andrew marry in 1986?
Answer: Sarah Ferguson
Question: The 1972 film ‘The Man of La Mancha’ is based on which fictional character?
Answer: Don Quixote
Question: What is the name of the village fishmonger in the ‘Asterix’ series of cartoons?
Answer: Unhygienix
Question: In the cartoon comic strip ‘Peanuts’, what is Snoopy’s sister called?
Answer: Belle
Question: What was the name of the submarine in which film director James Cameron made a solo descent to the deepest place in the Pacific ocean in March 2012?
Answer: Deepsea Challenger
Question: What does the Latin phrase ‘Errare humane est’ translate to in English?
Answer: To err is human
Question: Which branch of the British military did fictional character James Bond serve in?
Answer: Royal Navy
Question: In which James Bond film does Felix Leiter lose a leg in a shark attack?
Answer: Licence To Kill
Question: James Bond married Teresa de Vincenzo in which Bond film?
Answer: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Question: Who is the henchman to villain Karl Stromberg in the 1977 James Bond film ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’?
Answer: Jaws
Question: English artist Ben Nicholson married which British sculptor in 1938?
Answer: Barbara Hepworth
Question: What type of weather condition was known as a ‘London Particular’?
Answer: Fog
Question: What was the first name of Labour politician Keir Hardie Sr?
Answer: James
Question: Who wrote the 1974 novel ‘Carrie’?
Answer: Stephen King
Question: In which Andrew Lloyd Webber musical does the cast wear roller skates?
Answer: Starlight Express
Question: In Greek mythology who is the messenger god?
Answer: Hermes
Question: Carl XVI Gustav became king of which European country in September 1973?
Answer: Sweden
Question: Jack Nicholson received his second Oscar for which 1983 film?
Answer: Terms of Endearment
Question: How many houses are there in a game of Monopoly?
Answer: 32
Question: Apollo Creed, Clubber Lang and Ivan Drago are all opponents of which fictional boxer?
Answer: Rocky Balboa
Question: Who wrote the 1939 story ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’?
Answer: James Thurber
Question: Elizabeth Bloomer was the wife of which US President?
Answer: Gerald Ford
Question: Deva was the Roman name for which Cheshire city?
Answer: Chester
Question: In the 1977 film ‘The Eagle Has Landed’, which political figure is the target of a kidnap plot?
Answer: Winston Churchill
Question: Who was the US President nominee for the Democratic Party in the 2004 Presidential election?
Answer: John Kerry
Question: What is the title of Sean Connery’s fourth James Bond film?
Answer: Thunderball
Question: Dahomey was an African kingdom in which present-day republic?
Answer: Benin
Question: What is the title of late singer Roy Orbison’s first UK number hit single?
Answer: Only The Lonely
Question: Which Austrian composer is known as the ‘Father of the String Quartet’?
Answer: Joseph Haydn
Question: Saleem Sinai is the chief protagonist and narrator in which 1980 novel by Salman Rushdie?
Answer: Midnight’s Children
Question: In the Harry Potter series of book, what is the name of Hermione Granger’s pet cat?
Answer: Crookshanks
Question: Which musical instrument does Jack Nicholson’s character  play in the 1970 film ‘Five Easy Pieces’?
Answer: Piano
Question: What is the name of Siegfried Farnon’s younger brother in the UK television series ‘All Creatures Great and Small’?
Answer: Tristan Farnon
Question: ‘Ionawr’ is Welsh for which month of the year?
Answer: January
Question: How many bails are part of a wicket in a game of cricket?
Answer: Two
Question: Which fictional superhero is known as ‘The Man of Steel’?
Answer: Superman
Question: Who was the mother of the Greek god Eros?
Answer: Aphrodite
Question: What is the name of Juliet’s cousin, and Romeo’s rival, in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet?
Answer: Tybalt
Question: In a standard game of chess, how many pawns does each player start with?
Answer: Eight
Question: Which US President is depicted on a $2 bank note?
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
Question: Actors Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly appeared together on screen for the first time in which 1946 film?
Answer: Ziegfeld Follies
Question: The city of Geneva is in which European country?
Answer: Switzerland
Question: What is the name of the futuristic nation in the 2012 film ‘The Hunger Games’?
Answer: Panem
Question: Who was the only British Prime Minister to hold office during the reigns of three British monarchs?
Answer: Stanley Baldwin
Question: Near the 18th green, on which British golf course is a deep depression called ‘The Valley of Sin’?
Answer: St Andrews
Question: Catherine Hogarth was the wife of which British novelist?
Answer: Charles Dickens
Question: Former Dutch Guiana is now known by what name?
Answer: Suriname
Question: Which Asian country is bordered by Burma, Laos, Cambodia and Malaysia?
Answer: Thailand
Question: Composers Beethoven and Schubert both died after completing which number symphony?
Answer: Nine
Question: Which English football club has the Latin inscription ‘Audere est facere’ on its badge?
Answer: Tottenham Hotspur
Question: Abyssinia was the former name of which country?
Answer: Ethiopia
Question: On which British overseas territory was fashion designer John Galliano born?
Answer: Gibraltar
Question: Which US Tour de France winner had his contract with Nike terminated in 2012 because of accusations of doping?
Answer: Lance Armstrong
Question: What was the surname of British horticulturalist and garden designer Gertrude, who died in 1932?
Answer: Jekyll
Question: Bankstown Airport is in which Australian state?
Answer: New South Wales
Question: Which fictional villain has the real name Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot?
Answer: The Penguin
Question: What was the name of the pet Shitzu/Bichon frise owned by English television presenter Paul O’Grady?
Answer: Buster
Question: ‘The Stonewall Riots’ took place in which US city in June 1969?
Answer: New York
Question: Which English monarch formed The Yeomen of the Guard?
Answer: Henry VII
Question: Who was the captain of the English cricket team which won the 2005 Ashes victory over Australia?
Answer: Michael Vaughan
Question: Pan Troglodytes is the scientific name for which animal?
Answer: Chimpanzee
Question: The former Malagasy Republic is now known by what name?
Answer: Madagascar
Question: In the human body, what does the disease leukaemia affect?
Answer: The blood
Question: The Aleutian Islands are part of which US state?
Answer: Alaska
Question: Isaac Singer obtained a US patent in August 1851 for his improvements of which type of machine?
Answer: Sewing machine
Question: Which is the third largest political party in the US?
Answer: Libertarian Party
Question: The Star of ‘who’ appears on the National flag of Israel?
Answer: David
Question: Notorious British peer Richard John Bingham is better known by what name?
Answer: Lord Lucan
Question: In 1585, who established the first British colony in North America, which was later abandoned?
Answer: Walter Raleigh
Question: Hydref is Welsh for which month of the year?
Answer: October
Question: The Tatmadaw are the armed forces of which Asian country?
Answer: Burma (Myanmar)
Question: A mynah is what type of creature?
Answer: Bird
Question: Actor Neil Burgess plays Barry Scott in the UK television commercial for which cleaning product?
Answer: Cillit Bang
Question: Which Prime Minister opened Britain’s first motorway?
Answer: Harold MacMillan
Question: Which battle is known as ‘Custer’s Last Stand’?
Answer: Battle of the Little Bighorn
Question: What is the name of a long-bodied marine fish and a person who unscrupulously exploits or swindles others?
Answer: Shark
Question: The famous ‘Man in the Iron Mask’ died in which prison in 1703?
Answer: The Bastille
Question: Which English monarch was the elder brother of King Richard III?
Answer: King Edward IV
Question: Before he became king of England, Richard III was Duke of ‘where’?
Answer: Gloucester
Question: Who was the wife of King Richard III of England?
Answer: Anne Neville
Question: ‘Richard III’ is a late 16th Century play by which English playwright and poet?
Answer: William Shakespeare
Question: In which year did King Richard III of England die?
Answer: 1485
Question: Who plays Dr John Becker in the US television series ‘Becker’?
Answer: Ted Danson