zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: What was the name of the character played by Dustin Hoffman in 'The Graduate?
Answer: Benjamin Braddock
Question: The actor William Henry Pratt born in 1887 was better known as whom?
Answer: Boris Karloff
Question: In which film did Sharon Stone play the character 'Catherine Tramell?
Answer: Basic Instinct
Question: Which leader died in St Helena?
Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte
Question: Timbucktoo is in which country?
Answer: Mali
Question: What animal was the symbol of freedom in ancient Rome?
Answer: Cat
Question: Quinsy is the inflammation of which body organ due to abscess?
Answer: Tonsils
Question: What year: Marilyn Monroe died, Tom Cruise was born and John Lennon got married for the first time?
Answer: 1962
Question: Which English King was known as ' (name) The Great'?
Answer: Alfred the Great
Question: Name the Town and Country where Christopher Columbus was born?
Answer: Genoa, Italy
Question: What do the Americans call the game of draughts?
Answer: Checkers
Question: 'Myositis' affects which part of the body?
Answer: Muscles
Question: What is another word for labyrinth beginning with 'M'?
Answer: Maze
Question: Florence Nightingale became famous in which war?
Answer: The Crimean War
Question: In the film 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' What character was played by Bob Hoskins?
Answer: Eddie Valiant
Question: By what name is 'Caryn Elaine Johnson' better known to film fans?
Answer: Whoopi Goldberg
Question: Which Rock star joined Mel Gibson in the film 'Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome'?
Answer: Tina Turner
Question: Who played Batman in the 1966 movie, Batman?
Answer: Adam West
Question: In August of which year did the building of the Berlin Wall begin?
Answer: 1961
Question: Which high ranking Nazi died in 1987 after 46 years in prison?
Answer: Rudolph Hess
Question: Which England cricketer scored a massive 364 at the Oval in August 1938?
Answer: Len Hutton
Question: Who was the only Heavy weight boxing champion to retire undefeated?
Answer: Rocky Marciano
Question: Who became the World Chess Champion after beating Boris Spassky in 1972?
Answer: Bobby Fischer
Question: First shown in 1984, which sit-com featured the characters Cliff and Clair Huxtable?
Answer: The Cosby Show
Question: Who played Anna in the film version of 'The King and I'?
Answer: Deborah Kerr
Question: What was the real name of traitor 'Lord Haw Haw' who was executed for treason in 1946?
Answer: William Joyce
Question: Which British coin was discontinued in 1970?
Answer: The half crown
Question: What make of motor car was the Dolomite ?
Answer: Triumph
Question: The 'Magna Carta' was written in which language?
Answer: Latin
Question: Budgerigars are native to which country?
Answer: Australia
Question: What's the name for a penguin's breeding ground?
Answer: Rookery
Question: The first 'Gulf War' took place in which year?
Answer: 1991
Question: Travelling directly east from Cape Horn where would your next landfall be?
Answer: Cape Horn
Question: Patrick Duffy played which character in 'Dallas'?
Answer: Bobby Ewing
Question: Can you name the capitol city of Venezuela?
Answer: Caracas
Question: In which Shakespeare play would you find the characters 'Shylock and Portia'?
Answer: The Merchant of Venice
Question: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in which city?
Answer: Salzburg
Question: What name is given to number 1 followed by 100 zero's?
Answer: A googol
Question: What did Sir Richard Arkwright invent in 1769?
Answer: The Spinning Frame
Question: Who was the mother of Queen Elizabeth 1?
Answer: Anne Boleyn
Question: What was the name of the island where 'King Kong' lived?
Answer: Skull Island
Question: Benny Goodman was known as what?
Answer: The King of Swing
Question: Whom did Boris Becker beat when he became the youngest Wimbledon champion?
Answer: Kevin Curren
Question: What is the fruit of the 'Blackthorn'?
Answer: Sloe
Question: How many jumps are in the Grand National?
Answer: 30
Question: The English town of Malmesbury is in which county?
Answer: Wiltshire
Question: Who was the next US President after Richard Nixon?
Answer: Gerald Ford
Question: Which English seaside town had the first Butlins camp?
Answer: Skegness
Question: Scotland acquired the 'Hebrides' in 1266 from which country?
Answer: Norway
Question: Nicknamed 'The Muscles from Brussels' who is the actor?
Answer: Jean-Claude van Damme
Question: George Stubbs is renowned for paintings of which animal?
Answer: Horse
Question: Fly Agaric is which type of plant?
Answer: Fungus
Question: Geronimo was a member of which (American) Indian tribe?
Answer: Apache
Question: The Ferret is a domesticated variety of which animal?
Answer: Polecat
Question: The 'Battle of Trafalgar' took place in which year?
Answer: 1805
Question: What does the vertebral column protect?
Answer: The spinal cord
Question: What is the only letter in the English alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States?
Answer: Q
Question: What kind of plant is a prickly pear?
Answer: Cactus
Question: If your soil has a ph of around 8, what colour are your hydrangeas likely to be?
Answer: Pink
Question: What is pasta shaped as a spiral called?
Answer: Fusilli
Question: The Russian Revolution occurred in which year?
Answer: 1917
Question: """Tell Me Why"" is featured in which Beatles film?"
Answer: A Hard Day's Night
Question: What term is given to a score of one over par in golf?
Answer: Bogey
Question: All 17 children of Queen Anne died before she did. How many live births were there?
Answer: 5
Question: What boxing weight class is limited to 190 pounds?
Answer: Cruiserweight
Question: What year in the 1970s was Muhammad Ali's last as heavyweight champ?
Answer: 1979
Question: Who reigned as heavyweight boxing champ of Uganda from 1951-1960?
Answer: Idi Amin
Question: Who preceded Joe Bugner as British heavyweight champion?
Answer: Henry Cooper
Question: Which snooker player was also known as the Hurricane?
Answer: -Alex Higgins
Question: In Morse Code, which letter is represented by a single dot?
Answer: E
Question: What animal is used to participate in 'The Sport of Kings'?
Answer: Horses
Question: In the English 'Grand National' what is the maximum number of horses allowed to run?
Answer: 40
Question: How long did Brian Clough reign as manager at Leeds United?
Answer: 44
Question: What was the source of Samson's strength?
Answer: His hair
Question: Which of the New Testament gospels is not synoptic?
Answer: John's Gospel
Question: What was the racing number of "Herbie" in the "Love Bug" series?
Answer: 53
Question: What car is used as a time machine in "Back to the Future"?
Answer: De Lorean
Question: In which county was Isaac Newton born?
Answer: Lincolnshire
Question: Which boat builder invented the hovercraft in 1956?
Answer: Christopher Cockerel
Question: The statue on the top of London's Old Bailey building is holding what in her right hand?
Answer: A sword
Question: In 1902 Newton Heath football club changed their name to what?
Answer: Manchester United
Question: What year was the ship 'Marie Celeste' found abandoned?
Answer: 1872
Question: Who was Domenikos Theotocopoulos better known as?
Answer: El Greco
Question: Which nation apparently takes the most time to eat meals?
Answer: The French
Question: Which 1978 film featured gangs called the T Birds and the Pink Ladies?
Answer: Grease
Question: Who directed the Oscar nominated film Mystic River?
Answer: Clint Eastwood
Question: Which musician was known as 'Satchmo'?
Answer: Louis Armstrong
Question: Which royal was once married to Lord Snowden?
Answer: Princess Margaret
Question: What was discovered in Klondike, Canada, in 1896?
Answer: Gold
Question: What nation-wide event took place in England, starting in 1642?
Answer: The Civil War
Question: The International Curling Championships have been won the most times by which country?
Answer: Canada
Question: Who founded the Christian Science Church?
Answer: Mary Baker Eddy
Question: In JM Barrie's Peter Pan, what school did the fictional character Captain Hook attend?
Answer: Eton
Question: Which 1978 movie featured two gangs called the T Birds and the Pink Ladies?
Answer: Grease
Question: Who played Jim Morrison in the film The Doors?
Answer: Val Kilmer
Question: Edward Gibbon was famed for which great historical work?
Answer: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Question: How many points does a conversion score in rugby union?
Answer: Two
Question: What was name of the sequel to the film Scream called?
Answer: Scream 2
Question: Which priests first celebrated Halloween?
Answer: Druids
Question: How many number 1 singles did Kim Wilde and her dad Marty have between them?
Answer: 0
Question: Who became the first prime minister of India on its independence in 1947?
Answer: (Jawaharlal) Nehru
Question: Who was the first woman to fly the Atlantic?
Answer: Amelia Earhart
Question: Who won the best actress Oscar for the 1959 film Room at the Top?
Answer: Simone Signoret
Question: James H Pierce was the last silent film actor to play who?
Answer: Tarzan
Question: Who became the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961?
Answer: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Question: Name the plant used in the production of linen?
Answer: Flax
Question: What is the common name given to rubella?
Answer: German measles
Question: Known throughout the world as 'Dame Edna Everage' What was the comics real name?
Answer: Barry Humphries
Question: What was the name of the infamous 'The Yorkshire Ripper'?
Answer: Peter Sutcliffe
Question: What name did Muhammad Ali give to his autobiography?
Answer: The Greatest
Question: Who played 'Judge Dredd' in the 1995 film?
Answer: Sylvester Stallone
Question: Which character was played by Jim Carrey in 'Batman Forever'?
Answer: The Riddler
Question: Ben Hogan won the American Open (Golf) with a record low score of 276. What year?
Answer: 1948
Question: Often referred to as 'Beanpole' what nationality was swimmer Michael Gross?
Answer: German
Question: Walter Winterbottom preceded whom as the England Football manager?
Answer: Alf Ramsey
Question: Which character was played by Audrey Hepburn in 'My Fair Lady'?
Answer: Eliza Doolittle
Question: What is the name of the character played by Johnny Depp in the 2009 film 'Public Enemies'?
Answer: John Dillinger
Question: What character was played by Gene Hackman in 'The French Connection'?
Answer: Popeye Doyle
Question: In what year was the very first episode of 'Doctor Who' broadcast?
Answer: 1963
Question: What was the name of the family in 'The Cosby Show'?
Answer: Huxtable
Question: American band 'Nirvana' released their first album in 1989. What was the title of the album?
Answer: Bleach
Question: The rationing of petrol was lifted in what year after the 2nd World War?
Answer: 1950
Question: In what year did the first international air show take place in Paris?
Answer: 1908
Question: What kind of plants grow where they are not wanted?
Answer: weeds
Question: Warsaw is the capital of which country?
Answer: Poland
Question: What did 'Little Red Riding Hood find in grandma's bed?
Answer: The wolf
Question: Which F1 team failed to turn up for the 2002 Hungarian Grand Prix and have not been seen on an F1 track since?
Answer: Arrows
Question: Geoffrey Howe was made a lord he is now known as Lord Howe of where?
Answer: Aberavon
Question: What is added to soap to make it clear?
Answer: Alcohol
Question: For which film did John Mills receive an Oscar?
Answer: Ryan's Daughter
Question: In which country did Bing Crosby die?
Answer: Spain
Question: Where would you find the Amundsen Scott Station?
Answer: The South Pole
Question: What is the surname of the family in the book Little Women by Louisa May Alcott?
Answer: March
Question: Which female singer had a top ten hit in 1968 with Son of A Preacher Man?
Answer: Dusty Springfield
Question: What would an American call a bowler hat?
Answer: A derby
Question: Who wrote the musical Call Me Madam?
Answer: Irving Berlin
Question: Which Jane Austen novel tells the story of the Bertram family?
Answer: Mansfield Park
Question: What is the longest running show staged at London's Royal Drury Lane theatre?
Answer: Miss Saigon
Question: Which Shangri La's single had the sound of seagulls in the background?
Answer: (Remember) Walking In The Sand
Question: What is the name of the study of the motion of the earth's crust?
Answer: Plate Tectonics
Question: Graphite is composed of which element?
Answer: Carbon
Question: Which British aircraft company made the original Gnat jet trainer?
Answer: Folland
Question: The musical Oliver was based on a novel by which author?
Answer: Charles Dickens
Question: What was the name of the woman in the Australian dingo baby case?
Answer: Lindy Chamberlain
Question: In which country would you find the region of Assam?
Answer: India
Question: Hippocrates was known as the Greek what?
Answer: Father of Medicine
Question: What is the more common name for diazepam?
Answer: Valium
Question: If you had your vas deferens cut, what operation would you have had?
Answer: Vasectomy
Question: What was the real name of the WW 2 traitor Lord Haw Haw?
Answer: William Joyce
Question: Which film star was known as the million dollar mermaid?
Answer: Esther Williams
Question: Which English physician discovered the mechanism of blood circulation?
Answer: William Harvey
Question: Who are the only sisters to have played each other in a Wimbledon singles final?
Answer: Venus and Serena Williams
Question: 'We Didn't Start the Fire' was a 1989 hit for which singer?
Answer: Billy Joel
Question: Which singer/comedian once compered Buddy Holly's British tour?
Answer: Des O'Connor
Question: Which 'Dr. Hook' member wore the eye patch?
Answer: Ray Sawyer
Question: Which British national newspaper went on sale for the first time on 7th October, 1986?
Answer: The Independent
Question: Where did Italy invade in 1935?
Answer: Ethiopia
Question: Ray Reardon won his last World Snooker Championship in what year?
Answer: 1978
Question: Which country was called 'Albion' by the Romans?
Answer: England
Question: Joel Chandler Harris wrote which series of stories?
Answer: Uncle Remus
Question: UK band involved in a US court case - Subliminal messages 80s?
Answer: Judas Priest
Question: Who were the first people to measure the year?
Answer: Babylonians
Question: Name the author who created Hannibal Lecter?
Answer: Thomas Harris
Question: What was Mohammad Ali's birth name?
Answer: Cassius Clay
Question: Who is the presenter of the Weakest Link?
Answer: Anne Robinson
Question: In a game of chess, what is the only piece able to jump over other pieces?
Answer: Knight
Question: A.A. Milne is most famous for creating which Bear?
Answer: Winnie the Pooh
Question: Which country was known as Democratic Kampuchea when it was ruled by the Khmer Rouge From 1975 to 1990?
Answer: Cambodia
Question: Signed on Sept 8, 1951, the Treaty of San Francisco officially ended what?
Answer: World War II
Question: Who's missing: Greg Knapp; Bill Lazor; Kasey Dunn; Robert Prince; Mike DeBord; Mike Solari; Chris Beake
Answer: Jim Mora
Question: What college football bowl is known as The Grandaddy of them all, having been continuously played since 1916?
Answer: The Rose Bowl
Question: In “2001: A Space Odyssey,” what was the name of the computer that took control of the spaceship Discovery?
Answer: HAL 9000
Question: What legendary blues guitarist, best known for his hit "The Thrill Is Gone" , played a guitar he dubbed Lucille?
Answer: B.  B. King
Question: What famous John Steinbeck novel featured the travels of Tom Joad?
Answer: The Grapes of Wrath
Question: What is the name of Lisa's saxophone playing mentor with the Faberge egg addiction?
Answer: Bleeding Gums Murphy
Question: Which state, the second to join the union, is known as the Keystone State?
Answer: Pennsylvania
Question: The Palmer Cup, Lexus Cup, Solheim Cup, and Ryder Cup are all events in what sport?
Answer: Golf
Question: If young female horses are called fillies, what are young male horses called?
Answer: Colts
Question: Name the terrorist group that invaded the Munich Olympic Village in 1972.
Answer: Black September
Question: A deficiency of what vitamin causes the curse of sailors of the 18th century, scurvy?
Answer: Vitamin C
Question: By what common name do we known the Disney and ballet character Princess Aurora?
Answer: Sleeping Beauty
Question: The planet Venus is known as the Evening Star. Which of the celestial bodies is known as The Morning Star?
Answer: Venus
Question: Well, according to the most famous groundhog of all, Punxsutawney Phil, are we in for 6 more weeks of winter, or early spring?
Answer: Spring
Question: Playing in the Eastern Conference, what NBA team plays their home games in Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, North Carolina?
Answer: Bobcats
Question: In the zoological hierarchy, which classification is the most specific?
Answer: Species
Question: Havarti, Limburger, Fontina, and Edam are all types of what?
Answer: Cheese
Question: February 11, 1963 saw the PBS debut of The French Chef. What famed chef starred in the show?
Answer: Julia Child
Question: One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was the Colossus of Rhodes, a mammoth statue of what Greek god?
Answer: Helios
Question: What would you expect a cooper to make?
Answer: Barrels
Question: Pablo Picasso is one of the co-founders of what artistic movement?
Answer: Cubism
Question: What was the name of the couple executed in 1953 for passing nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union, the first execution of civilians for espionage in US history?
Answer: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Question: March 2, 1904 saw the birth of what famous American author, who once wrote under the pen name Theo LeSieg?
Answer: Dr. Seuss
Question: Who's missing: Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Davy Jones?
Answer: Peter Tork
Question: According to the 1979 Buggles hit, what did video kill?
Answer: the radio star
Question: For the 1st time ever, a person has won both a best actor/actress Oscar and a Razzie for the worst actor/actress in the same year. Who did it this year?
Answer: Sandra Bullock
Question: What is the westernmost of the Canadian provinces?
Answer: British Columbia
Question: The second oldest European-established city in the Americas, what is the capital and most populous city in Puerto Rico?
Answer: San Juan
Question: Under what pseudonym did Charles Lutwidge Dodgson write Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?
Answer: Lewis Carroll
Question: The worst civilian nuclear accident in US history, what Penn. power plant suffered a partial core meltdown in 1979?
Answer: Three Mile Island
Question: Next month sees the announcement of the 2011 Pulitzer Prizes. What Ivy League school administers the prize?
Answer: Columbia
Question: Komodo National Park, dedicated to protecting the largest lizard in the world, is in what country, the only known home of said reptile?
Answer: Indonesia
Question: March 26, 2000 saw the implosion, by Controlled Demolitions, Inc, of what structure, the largest building, by volume, ever demolished by implosion?
Answer: The Kingdome
Question: When baking, by what primary means does the heat reach the food? Convection, conduction, or radiation?
Answer: Convection
Question: In 1956, which country became the first Islamic republic in the world?
Answer: Pakistan
Question: What organ is believed to have been part of the digestive system in our primitive ancestors, but seems to have no function in modern humans?
Answer: Appendix
Question: Played by Tom Hanks in the movie, what is the name of the hero in Dan Browns books Angels & Demons, The DaVinci Code, and The Lost Symbol?
Answer: Robert Langdon
Question: Abraham Lincoln was president of the Union during the civil war. Who was the president of the Confederate States?
Answer: Jefferson Davis
Question: The first oral medicine to treat erectile dysfunction, Viagra was approved for sale by the FDA on March 27, 1988. Which company produces it?
Answer: Pfizer
Question: Thanks to the color scheme used on cans and jars of Sanka, the handles on restaurant pots of decaffeinated coffee are traditionally what color?
Answer: Orange
Question: What popular Nintendo game is set in the Mushroom Kingdom?
Answer: Super Mario Brothers
Question: The Amazon river, the second longest in the world, drains into the Atlantic Ocean through what country?
Answer: Brazil
Question: Opened in 1959, the Hall of Fame for what sport is found near downtown Springfield, MA?
Answer: Basketball
Question: Where in the human body would you find cones and rods?
Answer: Eye
Question: The United States Congress adopted the flag of the United States on April 4, 1818, which consisted of 13 red and white stripes and one star for each state. How many stars did the first official flag have?
Answer: 20
Question: April 6, 1896 saw the start of the modern Olympics era when what European city hosted the Games of the 1 Olympiad?
Answer: Athens, Greece
Question: Mary Ann Summers, one of the castaways stranded on TVs Gilligan's Island, hailed from what state?
Answer: Kansas
Question: The assassination of which Austrian royalty precipitated World War I?
Answer: Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Question: What play was Abraham Lincoln watching at the time of his assassination?
Answer: Our American Cousin
Question: April 15, 1947 saw Jackie Robinson break the "color barrier" in major league baseball when he joined what club?
Answer: Brooklyn Dodgers
Question: The fictional utopian valley known as Shangri-La first appeared in what 1933 novel by English writer James Hilton?
Answer: Lost Horizon
Question: The humerus, paired radius, and ulna come together to form what joint?
Answer: Elbow
Question: The first income tax in the US, 3% of all incomes over US $800, was levied to pay for what war?
Answer: Civil War
Question: Born Robert Matthew Van Winkle in Dallas, Tx, what rapper had his best known hit with 1990s Ice Ice Baby?
Answer: Vanilla Ice
Question: April 30 saw George Washington sworn in as the very first US President on the balcony of Federal Hall in New York. What year was his inauguration?
Answer: 1789
Question: Who is “watching you” in George Orwell’s book 1984?
Answer: Big Brother
Question: What circus billed itself as “The Greatest Show on Earth”?
Answer: Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey
Question: Although never seen in the comic book, which Peanuts character is in love with The Little Red-Haired Girl?
Answer: Charlie Brown
Question: Prior to adopting the euro, what was the name of the currency shared by Germany and Finland?
Answer: Mark
Question: What does the DSM-IV define as:     A. Disturbance in the normal fluency and time patterning of speech, characterized by frequent occurrences of one or more of the following: (1) sound and syllable repetitions (2) sound prolongations (3) interjections (4) broken words (5) audible or silent blocking (6) circumlocutions (word substitutions to avoid problematic words) (7) words produced with an excess of physical tension (8) monosyllabic whole-word repetitions B. The disturbance in fluency interferes with academic or occupational achievement or with social communication.     C. If a speech-motor or sensory deficit is present, the speech difficulties are in excess of those usually associated with these problems.
Answer: Stuttering
Question: The Oompa-Loompas appear in which book(s) and film(s)?
Answer: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Question: Last month, Facebook shelled out a cool $1 billion to acquire what photo application company?
Answer: Instagram
Question: Home to the world's largest river delta, what river is sacred to those of the Hindu religion?
Answer: Ganges
Question: Cruella DeVil was a villainess in which animated Disney film?
Answer: 101 Dalmatians
Question: What brand of cereal has used a leprechaun as its mascot since 1964?
Answer: Lucky Charms
Question: What kind of animals are Old Major (an allegory of Marx and Lenin) and Napoleon (an allegory of Stalin), in George Orwell's classic 1945 novella Animal Farm?
Answer: Pig
Question: In Morse code, what was the radio distress signal used before the adoption of SOS in 1908?
Answer: CQD
Question: Long before being canonized on 16 May, 1920, which historical figure, known as The Maid of Orleans, was burned at the stake in Rouen, France in 1431?
Answer: Joan of Arc
Question: The UW Huskies won the Pac-10 conference title in what sport, this last Sunday, when the men edged California?
Answer: Crew