zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: Mount Logan is the highest point in which Commonwealth country?
Answer: CANADA
Question: Which future American President was imprisoned by the British during the American War of Independence?
Answer: ANDREW JACKSON
Question: In 'Macbeth' who is 'Duncan's' son and 'Malcolm's' younger brother?
Answer: 'DONALBAIN'
Question: Which Trinidad born actress and 'Play School' presenter became a Peer in 2010?
Answer: FLOELLA BENJAMIN
Question: Complete the title of this South American country: 'The Bolivarian Republic of ......'?
Answer: VENEZUELA
Question: In which year on June 14th was the Battle of Marengo?
Answer: 1800
Question: In musical notation, how many semiquavers equal one semibreve?
Answer: SIXTEEN
Question: Who conducted the premiere of 'Turandot' at La Scala in 1926?
Answer: ARTURO TOSCANINI
Question: Denis Healey was an MP for a constituency in which city throughout his career?
Answer: LEEDS
Question: Who was the Bishop of Lesotho from 1976 to 1978?
Answer: DESMOND TUTU
Question: For her role in which film did Jane Darwell win the 'Oscar' for Best Supporting Actress in 1940 when aged 61?
Answer: 'THE GRAPES OF WRATH'
Question: Which childhood disease commonly presents with painful enlargement of the parotid salivary glands?
Answer: MUMPS
Question: On board a sailing vessel, what are 'sheets'?
Answer: ROPES
Question: In which film did Jane Fonda play a hooker to win the 1971 Best Actress Oscar?
Answer: Klute
Question: Which organisation was founded by British lawyer Peter Benenson in 1961?
Answer: Amnesty International
Question: Which car manufacturer produced the models Beta, Delta and Gamma?
Answer: Lancia
Question: Who carved the tomb of Oscar Wilde at the Pere Lachaise cemetery?
Answer: Jacob Epstein
Question: Which 17th/18th century Irish political leader was nicknamed “The Liberator”?
Answer: Daniel O’Connell
Question: Who commanded the German forces at the Battle of Stalingrad
Answer: Friedrich Paulus
Question: Which word completes the title of a collection of keyboard music dated 1722 by Johann Sebastian Bach - The Well-Tempered ______?
Answer: CLAVIER
Question: Which BBC TV drama that ran from 1985 to 1990, set in the fictional town of Tarrant, was filmed on the River Hamble and the Solent?
Answer: HOWARD’S WAY
Question: The Varicella Zoster Virus causes which disease in children?
Answer: CHICKENPOX
Question: The olfactory nerve carries the sensory information for which of the senses?
Answer: SMELL
Question: Mrs Bardell is the landlady of which Dickens character who she sues for breach of promise?
Answer: SAMUEL PICKWICK
Question: Fritz Haber won the 1918 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for synthesising which chemical compound?
Answer: AMMONIA
Question: According to the Acts of the Apostles on which island was Saint Paul shipwrecked on his way to Rome to appeal to Caesar?
Answer: MALTA
Question: Which BBC game show presented by Noel Edmonds ran from 1985 until 1998?
Answer: TELLY ADDICTS
Question: Which European country's flag is an upside - down version of the Russian flag?
Answer: Serbia
Question: Who was Sepp Blatter's opponent for the job of FIFA President on 29th June 2015?
Answer: Prince Ali Bin Al- Hussein
Question: Peter Kay and Sian Gibson star in which BBC sitcom about two supermarket employees who are forced to commute together?
Answer: Car Share
Question: In the recent general election, who lost his seat to conservative Andrea Jenkins at Morley and Outwood?
Answer: Ed Balls
Question: What was founded by Nanak in the 15th century?
Answer: SIKHISM
Question: Which animal is a medium sized cat native to the Americas, and has a deep yellow coat with black striped and spotted markings?
Answer: OCELOT
Question: In a 22 card tarot pack, which card is the only one beginning with the letter 'L'?
Answer: LOVERS
Question: What type of garments were 'Topis' and 'Toques'?
Answer: HATS
Question: In the Old Testament, what was the name of the devise that contained the 'Ark of the Covenant'?
Answer: THE TABERNACLE
Question: In which country is the Ogaden?
Answer: ETHIOPIA
Question: The English and the Scots fought which battle, on September 9th.1513, near the Northumberland village of Branxton?
Answer: FLODDEN FIELD
Question: Sir Sidney Holland was Prime Minister of which Commonwealth country, between 1949 and 1957?
Answer: NEW ZEALAND
Question: The official discovery of Newfoundland is credited to the man who set sail from Bristol in 1497, who?
Answer: JOHN CABOT
Question: What bird of fast-flowing streams is so-named from its habit of immersing itself under water to find food?
Answer: DIPPER
Question: Which is the only country to share borders with just Brazil and Surinam?
Answer: FRENCH GUIANA
Question: Which country shares borders with Columbia and Costa Rica?
Answer: PANAMA
Question: In meteorology, what term is used to describe a warm front which has been quickly overtaken by a cold front, moving rapidly around a low pressure centre?
Answer: OCCLUDED FRONT
Question: The island of Trinidad lies opposite the delta of which major South American river?
Answer: ORINOCO
Question: What word describes a system of winds that blow around an area of high pressure?
Answer: ANTICYCLONE
Question: Which is the heaviest and softest of the common metals?
Answer: LEAD
Question: The ancient region of Mesopotamia is now part of which middle eatern country?
Answer: IRAQ
Question: Which traditional pudding was named after the wife of George II, she was the patron of the growers of its main ingredient?
Answer: APPLE CHARLOTTE
Question: How is Hanna Glawari described in the title of the operetta of her fictionalised life?
Answer: 'THE MERRY WIDOW'
Question: Who was voted FIFA 'Footballer Of The Year' 2003?
Answer: ZENEDINE ZIDANE
Question: Which architect designed the Sydney Opera House?
Answer: JORN UTSON
Question: What is the astronomical terminology fro 3.26 light years?
Answer: PARSEC
Question: Both Luton Town and Stockport County football clubs have the same nickname. What is it?
Answer: 'THE HATTERS'
Question: With virtually the same tonnage and outline, in World War II, what was the sister ship of the Bismark?
Answer: TIRPITZ
Question: What is the psychological term for the process of bonding that sometimes occurs between prisoners and their captors?
Answer: 'STOCKHOLM SYNDROME'
Question: AJS motorcycles were produced identically under which otherbrand name?
Answer: MATCHLESS
Question: Which sign of the zodiac represents the period May 21st. to June 21st.?
Answer: GEMINI
Question: Which perfume house manufactures 'Escape'?
Answer: CALVIN KLEIN
Question: Who won a spectacular victory for the Tories in the Crewe and Nantwichby-election on May 22nd. (2008)?
Answer: EDWARD TIMPSON
Question: Which Russian painter, who died in 1944, founded the 'Blau Reiter' group?
Answer: KANDINSKY
Question: Who wrote 'The Carpet People', 'Hogfather', 'The Last Continent', 'Men At Arms', and 'Mote'?
Answer: TERRY PRATCHETT
Question: What name was given to the act which bans Roman Catholics from the throne?
Answer: BILL OF RIGHTS
Question: Which musical that debuted in London in March is set in 'Phantasma', an attraction in Coney Island, New York?
Answer: 'LOVE NEVER DIES'
Question: In which English city can you catch a tram at stops called Leppings Lane, Fitzalan Square/Ponds Forge and Attercliffe?
Answer: SHEFFIELD
Question: Who painted the early sixteenth century triptych 'The Garden of Earthly Delights'?
Answer: HIERONYMOUS BOSCH
Question: On which TV show was Judith Hann the longest serving presenter, with over 20 years?
Answer: 'TOMORROW'S WORLD'
Question: In which Irish province are the counties of Cork, Waterford and Kerry?
Answer: MUNSTER
Question: In which country was Daniel Libeskind, architect of the Jewish Museum in Berlin born?
Answer: POLAND
Question: What was the first name of politician Harold Macmillan?
Answer: MAURICE
Question: Which actress, who died in 2002, played the part of 'Madame Edith Artois' in the TV series 'Allo, Allo'?
Answer: CARMEN SILVERA
Question: In Egyptian mythology who was the 'Earth God'?
Answer: GEB
Question: Which English king was married to Anne of Denmark?
Answer: JAMES I
Question: Which 'A-road' connects London to Holyhead?
Answer: A5
Question: Which chain store founded by Terence Conran opened its first outlet in Chelsea in 1964?
Answer: HABITAT
Question: The 'Bushwackers' are/were a gang of football hooligans who supported which London club?
Answer: MILLWALL
Question: What is the state capital of North Dakota sharing its name with the surname of a famous historical figure?
Answer: BISMARK
Question: Which country issues a 10 Euro cents coin showing St. Stephens cathedral?
Answer: AUSTRIA
Question: Which motor manufacturer produced the 'Scimitar' sports car?
Answer: RELIANT
Question: Her Roman equivalent was Diana, but who was the Greek goddess who was the virgin goddess of hunting?
Answer: ARTEMIS
Question: The 'Inter City Firm' are/were a gang of football hooligans who supported which London club?
Answer: WEST HAM
Question: What is the name of 'Gandalf's' horse in the 'Lord Of The Rings' trilogy?
Answer: 'SHADOWFAX'
Question: The first two speakers in which Shakespeare play are Aegeon, a merchant of Syracuse, and Solinus, Duke of Ephesus?
Answer: The Comedy of Errors
Question: Who composed the orchestral work “Danse Macabre”?
Answer: Camile Saint-Saens
Question: Born in Paris in 1848, he pained many pictures of Polynesian life and died in the Marquesas Islands in 1903. Who was he?
Answer: Paul Gaugin
Question: Charles VI, who ruled France from 1380 until his death in 1422, was a member of which royal house?
Answer: Valois
Question: Madeline Bray married which eponymous character in a Charles Dickens novel?
Answer: Nicholas Nickleby
Question: Which British coin, first minted in 1817, is still being minted and is still legal tender but nowadays is minted for the Indian market?
Answer: Gold Sovereign
Question: In which British city is Great Victoria Street station?
Answer: Belfast
Question: Which song was a hit for both Nilsson in 1972 and Maria Carey in 1994?
Answer: Without You
Question: Charlotte is the largest city in which US State?
Answer: North Carolina
Question: What name is given to the smallest species of hummingbird, it being names after the insect it is closest in size to?
Answer: Bee Hummingbird
Question: Who starred in the TV series “Nice Guy Eddie” as a Liverpool private investigator?
Answer: Ricky Tomlinson
Question: Which former province of North West India has the tributaries Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej?
Answer: Punjab
Question: What is produced by the Chorleywood Process?
Answer: BREAD
Question: What is the architectural term for the head or top of a column?
Answer: CAPITAL
Question: In which north of Englandcity is 'Hallam FM' radio station situated?
Answer: SHEFFIELD
Question: Who painted 'Rocky Mountains And Tired Indians', found in the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh?
Answer: DAVID HOCKNEY
Question: Which oil tanker was wrecked off the Galapagos Islands in January 2001?
Answer: 'JESSICA'
Question: Which country singer had a hit with 'Feel Like A Woman'?
Answer: SHANIA TWAIN
Question: In which capital city would you travel on Klongs, and visit Wats?
Answer: BANGKOK
Question: In which city might you make regular journeys on a 'Vaporetti'?
Answer: VENICE
Question: In which country is the 'Hedgehog' considered sacred?
Answer: CHINA
Question: Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and who, made up the rock band 'Queen'?
Answer: JOHN DEACON
Question: Which word, when used in race relations translates to mean separate development?
Answer: APARTHEID
Question: Which member of the group 'Queen' was nicknamed, "The Truro Trouperdore"?
Answer: ROGER TAYLOR
Question: The matriach of the Kennedy family died in January 1995 at the age of 104, what was her name?
Answer: ROSE
Question: How many fences in the Grand National are jumped twice?
Answer: FOURTEEN
Question: O.J. Simpson's trial for murder monopolised the American media. What was his wife's name?
Answer: NICOLE
Question: Which Polish astronomer put forward the theory that the earth revolved around the sun?
Answer: COPERNICUS
Question: Which American President broadcast 'Fireside Chats' to the American people in the 1930's?
Answer: FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Question: Who in 1892, was the last heir to the British throne to die before succeeding to it?
Answer: PRINCE ALBERT VICTOR (Duke of Clarence)
Question: """She who must be obeyed"" was the wife of 'Rumpole of the Bailey', but what was her Christian name?"
Answer: HILDA
Question: Which former member of the 'Monty Python' team directed such films as 'Brazil' and 'The Fisher King'?
Answer: TERRY GILLIAM
Question: Nyassaland is a country now known as what?
Answer: MALAWI
Question: Who was the leader of the cult, who in 1993 committed mass suicide on a farm in Waco, Texas?
Answer: DAVID KORESH
Question: In which English city was the first 'Model T' Ford produced outside the USA?
Answer: MANCHESTER
Question: Who was the last British Prime Minister to be removed from office whilst its party remained in office?
Answer: MARGARET THATCHER
Question: Which is the only group to have had four Christmas number ones?
Answer: THE BEATLES
Question: Which musical, that opened in 2003 and based on the novel by Gregory Maguire, is set in the fictional land of 'Oz'?
Answer: 'WICKED'
Question: Which actor played Lord Alfred Douglas, opposite Stephen Fry asthe title character, in the 1997 film 'Wilde'?
Answer: JUDE LAW
Question: Which African country has coastlines on both the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean?
Answer: MOROCCO
Question: Commonly used by the Zulu and Nguni tribes, what name is given to the short, broad-bladed spear that has a name deriving from the Berber word for 'spear'?
Answer: ASSEGAI
Question: Deriving from the Italian for 'trouse leg', what name is givento a folded pizza?
Answer: CALZONE
Question: Who was the Archbishop of York who crowned William theConqueror, King of England?
Answer: ALDRED
Question: Which French author wrote the novels 'The Counterfeiters' and 'The Immoralist'?
Answer: ANDRE GIDE
Question: Which famous fictional character was first introduced in the 1887 edition of 'Beeton's Christmas Annual'?
Answer: 'SHERLOCK HOLMES'
Question: Which King of England was imprisoned by the Holy Roman Emperor, Henry VI, and held for a ransom of 150,000 marks?
Answer: RICHARD I
Question: Which Channel 4 sit-com is set in the offices of 'Reynholm Industries', a fictitious British corporation in central London?
Answer: 'THE IT CROWD'
Question: In which country did the 'Mau Mau Uprising' occur?
Answer: KENYA
Question: 'Dr. Robotnik' and 'Knuckles the Echidna' are characters in which video game series?
Answer: 'SONIC THE HEDGEHOG'
Question: 'Johnny Cage' and 'Sub-Zero' are characters in which video game series?
Answer: 'MORTAL KOMBAT'
Question: What was the title of Oscar Wilde's only novel?
Answer: 'THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY'
Question: According to the Bible, in which city in modern-day Turkey was Paul the Apostle born?
Answer: TARSUS
Question: Matola and Beira are the second and third largest cities in which African country?
Answer: MOZAMBIQUE
Question: Which composer wrote the operas 'The Flying Dutchman' and 'Parsifal'?
Answer: RICHARD WAGNER
Question: In which organ of the body would you find 'Bowman's Capsule'?
Answer: KIDNEY
Question: Named after a nickname given to the victim, what name is given to the unsolved murder of American waitress Elizabeth Short in Leimert Park, Los Angeles in 1947?
Answer: 'BLACK DAHLIA MURDER'
Question: What was the name of the mini skirted cartoon character created in 1915, who first appeared on film in 'Dizzy Dishes' in 1930?
Answer: 'BETTY BOOP'
Question: Which philosopher and economist wrote 'The Wealth Of Nations'?
Answer: ADAM SMITH
Question: On which German river does Hamburg stand?
Answer: ELBE
Question: Which Irish born writer wrote 'A Woman Of No Importance'?
Answer: OSCAR WILDE
Question: According to the Bible, who donated his own tomb for the burial of Jesus after the crucifixion?
Answer: JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA
Question: In June 2011, Ayman al-Zawahiri was appointed as the new leader of which organisation?
Answer: AL-QAEDA
Question: Geoffrey Rush won an Academy Award for his portrayal of which Australian pianist in the 1996 film 'Shine'?
Answer: DAVID HELFGOTT
Question: Who was the founder of the People's Temple church, 914 of whose members committed suicide in the jungle of Guyana in 1978?
Answer: JIM JONES
Question: Published in 1895, which was Thomas Hardy's first novel?
Answer: 'JUDE THE OBSCURE'
Question: 'They Might Be Giants' ' song 'Boss Of Me' was the theme tune to which American sitcom that ran from 2000 to 2006?
Answer: 'MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE'
Question: What was the name of the Scottish mathematician who invented Logarithms?
Answer: JOHN NAPIER
Question: In 1919, the Curzon Line was proposed as a boundary between the Soviet Union and which country?
Answer: POLAND
Question: First performed in 1896, which was the last opera written by Gilbert & Sullivan?
Answer: 'THE GRAND DUKE'
Question: Deriving ultimately from the Geek for 'knowledge, or study, of custom', what name is given to the study of animal behaviour?
Answer: ETHOLOGY
Question: Which country started the Second Balkan War in 1913 by invading Greece and Serbia?
Answer: BULGARIA
Question: On which river do the cities of Dresden and Hamburg stand?
Answer: ELBE
Question: Who was the Japanese Prime Minister from 1941-1944 who was later executed for war crimes?
Answer: HIDEKI TOJO
Question: In particle physics, which fundamental constituent of matter is named after a word invented by the author James Joyce in his novel 'Finnegan's Wake'?
Answer: QUARK
Question: The Hudson Strait separates mainland Canada from which island?
Answer: BAFFIN ISLAND
Question: The tune to Germany's national anthem derives from which composer's String Quartet in C major, composed in 1797?
Answer: JOSEPH HAYDN
Question: In the fashion label DKNY, for what does either the ‘D’ or the ‘K’ stand?
Answer: DONNA KARAN (NEW YORK)
Question: Which instrument does jazz / classical musician Keith Jarrett play?
Answer: PIANO
Question: Which European city is home to the Gewandhaus Orchestra?
Answer: LEIPZIG
Question: What sort of creature is a Krait?
Answer: SNAKE
Question: In church architecture what is the upper storey of the nave wall, pierced by windows, known as?
Answer: CLERESTORY
Question: Which organisations controlled trade and economic life in medieval times?
Answer: THE GUILDS
Question: In which Classic book and film does the character Mr Kurtz appear?
Answer: HEART OF DARKNESS
Question: Which group had a 1967 hit with “Night of Fear”?
Answer: THE MOVE
Question: Which precious stone can be described as being 'of the first water'?
Answer: DIAMOND
Question: Which gap-toothed comedy actor was drained of blood by Vincent Price in the 1971 film “The Abominable Doctor Phibes”?
Answer: Terry-Thomas
Question: Which duo had top five hits in the 1980’s with “Shout” and “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”?
Answer: Tears For Fears
Question: The TV documentary “Death of a Princess” caused a diplomatic rift between Britain and which other country?
Answer: Saudi Arabia
Question: Which car company made the Sceptre and Snipe models?
Answer: Humber
Question: On which Mediterranean island are the Nebrodi mountains?
Answer: Sicily
Question: A man and a woman sitting in a Paris bar — who painted L 'Absinthe in 1876?
Answer: EDGAR DEGAS
Question: Who owns the Empress of Blandings the creation of P G Wodehouse
Answer: LORD EMSWORTH
Question: Name the twin city to Minneapolis on the other side of the Mississippi.
Answer: ST PAUL
Question: Which British boxer lost a world title fight to Roberto Duran in June 1972?
Answer: KEN BUCHANAN
Question: Which vehicle manufacturer produced the Charade model?
Answer: DAIHATSU
Question: Who was the Greek goddess of justice and retribution?
Answer: NEMESIS
Question: For which US President did Walter Mondale serve as Vice-President?
Answer: JIMMY CARTER
Question: What family of South American, forest-dwelling mammals has an elongated snout, three-toed hind legs and four- toed forelegs?
Answer: TAPIR
Question: Which part of the former Soviet Union is sandwiched between the Ukraine and Romania?
Answer: MOLDOVA
Question: The largest natural lake in Wales is known locally as Llyn Tegid. What is its English name?
Answer: LAKE BALA
Question: In musical terminology, what is a 'Burletta'?
Answer: COMIC OPERA
Question: In mythology, who was theGreek youth who drowned at night while swimming to meet 'Hero'?
Answer: 'LEANDER'
Question: 'Wild Bill' Hickock was the Marshall in which US town?
Answer: ABILENE
Question: Who is missing from this Greek mythology group of sisters;Stheno, Euryale and who else?
Answer: MEDUSA
Question: Who, often portrayed pulling the devil's nose with hot tongs, is the patron saint of blacksmiths?
Answer: ST. DUNSTAN
Question: In Chinese philosophy, what are the terms for contrasting and complementary forces or principles of the universe?
Answer: YIN & YANG
Question: By what name is the Jewish Day of Atonement also known?
Answer: YOM KIPPUR
Question: What name is given to the Jewish New Year?
Answer: ROSH HASHANAH
Question: Although not the state capital, which is the largest city in New Mexico?
Answer: ALBUQUERQUE
Question: Which 18th century clergyman is considered the founder of Methodism?
Answer: JOHN WESLEY
Question: Who was given the nickname 'the American Moses' after leading the Mormon Pioneers to Utah?
Answer: BRIGHAM YOUNG
Question: The name of which foodstuff, made by coagulating Soya milk, means 'bean curd' in Japanese?
Answer: TOFU
Question: What is the name of the mother of the puppies in the Disney film 'One Hundred And One Dalmatians'?
Answer: 'PERDITA'
Question: What was the first name of 'D.I. Stanhope' played by Brenda Blethyn in a recent ITV series?
Answer: 'VERA'
Question: 'Hev Yew Gotta Loight Boy?' is the most famous song recorded by Allan Smethurst. How was he known on stage?
Answer: 'THE SINGING POSTMAN'
Question: Tripoli in Libya is often known as Western Tripoli to distinguish it from the second largest city in which other country?
Answer: LEBANON
Question: The forces of which king won the Battle of the Boyne?
Answer: WILLIAM III
Question: In which Australian state is the city of Mount Isa, famous for its mineral deposits?
Answer: QUEENSLAND
Question: Of which magazine is Rachel Johnson the editor?
Answer: THE LADY
Question: Which of the wives of Henry VIII died last, in 1557?
Answer: ANNE OF CLEVES
Question: Which Victorian artist painted 'The Derby Day' in the 1850's?
Answer: WILLIAM POWELL FRITH
Question: What was the name of the peace protester who camped in Parliament Square for many years, who died last month?
Answer: BRIAN HAW
Question: What is the name of Liam Gallagher's new band, whose first album is 'Different Gear, Still Speeding'?
Answer: 'BEADY EYE'
Question: Who preceded Angela Merkel as Chancellor of Germany?
Answer: GERHARD SCHRODER
Question: In which month is Candlemas celebrated?
Answer: FEBRUARY
Question: The fleet of which Empire lost the 1571 Battle of Lepanto?
Answer: OTTOMAN
Question: What is the name of the black stone in Mecca, visited by pilgrims during the Hajj?
Answer: KAABA
Question: Who was the eleventh President of the USA, the first with a four letter surname?
Answer: JAMES POLK
Question: Since December 1999, complete the name of this South American country: Bolivarian Republic of .......?
Answer: VENEZUELA
Question: 'Gnarls Barkley' who had worldwide success in 2006 with 'Crazy' comprised Cee Lo Green and which DJ?
Answer: 'DANGER MOUSE'
Question: Which work by Charles Dickens is set in 'Coketown'?
Answer: 'HARD TIMES'
Question: The 1709 Battle of Malplaquet was part of which War?
Answer: WAR OF SPANISH SUCCESSION
Question: Which US President played the saxophone with the band at his own inauguration dance?
Answer: BILL CLINTON
Question: Dublin Zoo is in which Park west of the city centre?
Answer: PHOENIX PARK
Question: Competitors from which country won 11 Gold medals at the 2014 Winter Olympics, second only to Russia with 13?
Answer: NORWAY
Question: In the Bible who was the husband of Bathsheba when she was first seen by David?
Answer: URIAH THE HITTITE