zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: Which chemical elementtakes its name from the Persian for 'gold-coloured'?
Answer: ZIRCONIUM
Question: In which American state does the McDonald's fast food chain have its headquarters?
Answer: ILLINOIS
Question: Which English 'Indie' rock group had a top ten hit in April 2008 with 'Always Where I Need To Be'?
Answer: 'THE KOOKS'
Question: Against which country did Britain fight 'The Cod Wars'?
Answer: ICELAND
Question: What is the name of the yoghurt-based did made with Cucumbers, Garlic, Salt, Olive Oil and Pepper, that is used in Greek cuisine?
Answer: TZATZIKI
Question: Who was the last French tennis player to win the men's singles title at one of the four majors?
Answer: YANNICK NOAH
Question: Based on a true story, which 2008 film starred Angelina Jolie as a woman who is reunited with a missing son, only to realise he is an imposter?
Answer: 'CHANGELING'
Question: Although they are best known for their only number one hit, 'Mr. Raffles' and 'Here Comes The Sun' were other chart singles for which '70's group?
Answer: STEVE HARLEY & COCKNEY REBEL
Question: If there are 100 pennies in a Pound, then there are 100 what in a Russian Rouble?
Answer: KOPEKS
Question: Who was offered, but declined, the Presidency of Israel in 1952?
Answer: ALBERT EINSTEIN
Question: Who won the 2010 US Masters Golf Tournament?
Answer: PHIL MICKELSON
Question: Which British airport has the IATA code, seen on luggage labels, LBA?
Answer: LEEDS BRADFORD
Question: Which Farnworth (Bolton) born ex-England footballer played for Blackpool from 1963 to 1966 before moving to a Merseyside club?
Answer: ALAN BALL
Question: In which country is 'Romansh' and official language?
Answer: SWITZERLAND
Question: Later a TV presenter and founder of his own political party, who was MP for Ormskirk from 1974 to 1983?
Answer: ROBERT KILROY-SILK
Question: In athletics, which is the tenth and final event of the Decathlon?
Answer: 1500 Metres
Question: In the USA who is the General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters?
Answer: JAMES P. HOFFA
Question: 'Bye Bye Baby' was the first number one hit single for which band?
Answer: 'BAY CITY ROLLERS'
Question: Who is the valet of 'Lord Peter Wimsey' in the novels by Dorothy L. Sayers?
Answer: 'MERVYN BUNTER'
Question: What is the title of the film sequel to 'Nanny McPhee'?
Answer: 'NANNY McPHEE AND THE BIG BANG'
Question: 'Only The Lonely' is a musical based on the life of which singer?
Answer: ROY ORBISON
Question: How many MP's are there in the House of Commons?
Answer: 650
Question: In which month is the Henley Royal Regatta held?
Answer: JULY
Question: Which 20th century Prime Minister included 'Earl of Oxford' in his title as a peer?
Answer: HERBERT ASQUITH
Question: Which member of the Royal Family was made an MBE in 2007?
Answer: ZARA PHILLIPS
Question: The first great-grandchild of the Queen was born in December of last year. What is her first name?
Answer: SAVANNAH (Phillips)
Question: In which English town can you drive on Barbara Castle Way?
Answer: BLACKBURN
Question: The principal Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons has the official title Chairman of Ways and Means. Who is the current holder of the post, the MP for Chorley?
Answer: LINDSAY HOYLE
Question: In the 1978 film 'International Velvet', who plays the character 'Velvet Brown'?
Answer: NANETTE NEWMAN
Question: Give either of the first names of Blackpool footballer DJ Campbell?
Answer: DUDLEY JUNIOR
Question: Which Lerner and Lowe musical is based on the TH White novel 'The Once And Future King'?
Answer: 'CAMELOT'
Question: On which river, a tributary of the Avon, does the town of Leamington Spa stand?
Answer: LEAM
Question: In which town was the first 'Ikea' store in the UK opened
Answer: WARRINGTON
Question: Which English author famously helped to create the "Go to work on an egg" advertising slogan used by the United Kingdom's Egg Marketing Board during the 1950's?
Answer: FAY WELDON
Question: The final plate of William Hogarth's 'A Rake's Progress' series depicts a scene inside which institution, founded in London in 1247?
Answer: BETHLEHEM HOSPITAL
Question: Which female East Anglian mystic wrote 'Sixteen Revelations of Divine Love', a 14th century work documenting a series of intense visions of Jesus Christ experienced during a severe illness?
Answer: JULIAN OF NORWICH
Question: What is the name given to the botanical gardens near Mevagissey in Cornwall that were created by members of the Cornish Tremayne family, over a period from the mid-18th century up to the beginning of the 20th century?
Answer: LOST GARDENS OF HELIGAN
Question: In the human body, what do the lachrymal glands produce?
Answer: TEARS
Question: Prior to gaining enormous success in his own right, which comedian played 'George Dawes', the scorekeeping baby, in the t.v. comedy series 'Shooting Stars'?
Answer: MATT LUCAS
Question: Who was the King of Bulgaria who, during World War II, declared a symbolic war against the UK and the USA but, much to Hitler's annoyance, refused to declare war against the Soviet Union?
Answer: BORIS III
Question: Which famous Roman was assassinated in 48 BC by two men named Achillas and Septimus who were acting upon the orders of King Ptolemy XIII's chief eunuch Pothinus?
Answer: POMPEY
Question: In which country was the 2012 World Indoor Athletics Championships held in March?
Answer: TURKEY
Question: Which Scottish chemist and physicist invented the vacuum flask?
Answer: JAMES DEWAR
Question: Which song was a top 40 hit for both Nina Simone in 1974 and Muse in 2001?
Answer: Feeling Good
Question: In which English county are the Quantock Hills?
Answer: Somerset
Question: Which chemical element is named after the Greek word for the sun?
Answer: Helium
Question: The charity “Bliss” supports who or what?
Answer: Premature babies
Question: Who wrote the song “Where have all the flowers gone”?
Answer: Pete Seeger
Question: By what name is the actor born John Carter better known?
Answer: Charlton Heston
Question: In which hills are the Cheddar Caves?
Answer: Mendips
Question: In which Australian state is the town of Wagga Wagga?
Answer: New South Wales
Question: In the 1974 TV comedy “It Ain’t Half Hot Mum”, who played the part of Gunner Beaumont?
Answer: Melvyn Hayes
Question: The name of which musical instrument is a French word for ‘paperclip’?
Answer: TROMBONE
Question: What is 2014 in Roman numerals?
Answer: MMXIV
Question: What was the first name of the fifth daughter and youngest child of Queen Victoria, in 1944 the last of her children to die?
Answer: BEATRICE
Question: Which duo had a Number Two hit in 1984 with Agadoo?
Answer: BLACK LACE
Question: Who was found dead in the first episode of ‘East Enders’?
Answer: REG COX
Question: Ray McAnally won a posthumous BAFTA in 1990 for his role as Paddy Brown in which film, his last, released the previous year?
Answer: MY LEFT FOOT
Question: Who died in the Petersen House at 516 10th Street NW in Washington DC on April 15th 1865?
Answer: ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Question: What is the two-letter postcode for addresses in Birkenhead and Wallasey?
Answer: CH
Question: ‘Seventy-Six Trombones’ is a song from which Meredith Wilson musical?
Answer: THE MUSIC MAN
Question: Who plays Yorick in the 1996 film version of ‘Hamlet’, played in flashback?
Answer: KEN DODD
Question: 2 Willow Road is part of a terrace of three houses in Hampstead London designed by which architect with the same surname as a Bond villain – Ian Fleming was one of those who objected to the demolition of the previous properties on the site?
Answer: ERNŐ GOLDFINGER
Question: Which England Rugby Union player has the nickname 36?
Answer: BILLY TWELVETREES
Question: In British horse racing, what is the minimum distance over which a 'flat race' is run?
Answer: FIVE FURLONGS
Question: 'School's Out' was the only UK number one single for whom?
Answer: ALICE COOPER
Question: What nationality is reigning Olympic decathlon champion, Erki Nool?
Answer: ESTONIAN
Question: In the film 'Die Hard', the last view of which actor, was of him falling from a tower block with a gun in his hand?
Answer: ALAN RICKMAN
Question: What two letters make up the Internet Country Code for Denmark?
Answer: dk
Question: In 'Monopoly', what is situated between 'Old Kent Road'and 'Whitechapel Road'?
Answer: COMMUNITY CHEST
Question: Which was the only 'Live 8' venue that was in the southern hemisphere?
Answer: JOHANNESBURG
Question: What was the christian name of the classical composer Rachmaninov?
Answer: SERGEI
Question: Name the country is Asia which is double landlocked (surrounded by landlocked countries)?
Answer: UZBEKISTAN
Question: In which musical does the song 'Bless Your Beautiful Hide', appear?
Answer: 'SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS'
Question: Who was the first cricketer to play 100 ''Test Matches' for England?
Answer: COLIN COWDREY
Question: In which county is Bisley, home of the National Shooting Centre?
Answer: SURREY
Question: In which English county is the resort of Skegness?
Answer: LINCOLNSHIRE
Question: Which musician was charged in October 2005 with possessing cocaine at his home in New York?
Answer: BOY GEORGE
Question: Who was the first man to be general Secretary and President of the USSR?
Answer: LEONID BREZHNEV
Question: What is the French for Wednesday?
Answer: MERCREDI
Question: How is novelist Patricia Plangman better known?
Answer: PATRICIA HIGHSMITH
Question: What two letters make up the Internet Country Code for Pakistan?
Answer: pk
Question: Name the country in Europe which is double landlocked (surrounded by landlocked countries)?
Answer: LIECHTENSTEIN
Question: Which was the only 'Live 8' venue that was in Asia?
Answer: TOKYO
Question: Which European country's national flag is a horizontal tricolour: Red, White and Green?
Answer: HUNGARY
Question: Which metal is sculptress Elizabeth Frink famous for using?
Answer: BRONZE
Question: Which car model is made by Citroen to rival the Renault Megane Scenic (ie. a small 'people carrier').
Answer: PICASSO
Question: What is the German for Thursday?
Answer: DONNERSTAG
Question: In which musical does thesong 'Don't Rain On My Parade' appear?
Answer: 'FUNNY GIRL'
Question: In 'Scrabble', how many 'D' tiles are there?
Answer: FOUR
Question: Moscow is how many hours ahead of GMT?
Answer: THREE
Question: What nationality was the explorer and navigator Vitus Bering?
Answer: DANISH
Question: Near which English city is the Lightwater Valley theme park to be found?
Answer: RIPON
Question: What is the SI unit of electrical capacity?
Answer: FARAD
Question: Which Latin two-word phrase signifies a list of characters and actors in a play?
Answer: DRAMATIS PERSONAE
Question: Near which English town is the 'Legoland theme park' to be found?
Answer: WINDSOR
Question: Collectively, for which publication did Terry Venables, Graham Taylor, and Brian Robson appear in a TV advert?
Answer: YELLOW PAGES
Question: What is the name of the bay that indents much of the southern coast of Australia?
Answer: GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT
Question: Whose most famous poem is 'The Tay Bridge Disaster' of 1879?
Answer: WILLIAM McGONAGALL
Question: Who was British Prime Minister at the time of 'The Boston Tea Party'?
Answer: LORD(Frederick)NORTH
Question: Which chemical element is named after a river?
Answer: RHENIUM (after the Rhine)
Question: In which Italian city does the 'Serie A' football team Chievo play its home games?
Answer: VERONA
Question: In which Italian city does the Serie A football team Atalanta play its home games?
Answer: BERGAMO
Question: Who is the current monarch of Norway?
Answer: KING HARALD V
Question: In which country are the headquarters of the supermarket chain 'Netto'?
Answer: DENMARK
Question: What is the capital of the Turks and Caicos Islands?
Answer: COCKBURN TOWN
Question: Which of Shakespeare's plays opens with the lines "Proceed, Solinus, to procure my fall"?
Answer: 'THE COMEDY OF ERRORS'
Question: Reaching 50 off 24 balls in 2005, who holds the record for the fastest Test half-century in Cricket history?
Answer: JACQUES KALLIS
Question: In which city are the headquarters of the European
Answer: FRANKFURT
Question: Which breed of dog is 'Scooby Doo'?
Answer: GREAT DANE
Question: Which former Cabinet Minister lost her Redditch parliamentary seat in last week's General Election?
Answer: JACQUI SMITH
Question: What was the pen-name used by the short-story writer H.H. Munro?
Answer: SAKI
Question: With 127 goals, who is the top scoring Dutchman in Premier League history?
Answer: JIMMY FLOYD HASSELBAINK
Question: Bute House is the official residence of the holder of which position?
Answer: FIRST MINISTER OF SCOTLAND
Question: Named after the German bacteriologist who invented it, what name is given to the cylindrical lidded dish used by biologists to culture cells?
Answer: PETRI DISH
Question: Losing in 1997, who was the last Frenchman to reach the Wimbledon Men's Singles Final?
Answer: CEDRIC PIOLINE
Question: What is defined in physics as "the product of the mass and velocity of an object"?
Answer: MOMENTUM
Question: What was the name of Ernest Shackleton's famous ship that was crushed by ice in the Antarctic in 1915?
Answer: H.M.S. ENDURANCE
Question: What is the name of the current President of Germany?
Answer: CHRISTIAN WULFF
Question: Racing for Red Bull, who is the only Australian competing in the 2011 Formula One season?
Answer: MARK WEBBER
Question: Primarily showing US television drama series, which new SKY TV channel was launched on 1st. February 2011?
Answer: SKY ATLANTIC
Question: Last held in 1883, which Northern Irish barony was bestowed on Prince William on the day of his wedding to Catherine Middleton?
Answer: BARON CARRICKFERGUS
Question: One of the world's most visited art galleries, in which city is the Galleria dell 'Academia?
Answer: FLORENCE
Question: Which species of duck, common on British lakes during winter, shares its name with a 'James Bond' film?
Answer: GOLDENEYE
Question: Which city in northeast France lies at the confluence of the Moselle and Seille rivers?
Answer: METZ
Question: Running from False Divi Point in the north to Cape Comorin on the country's southern tip, what name is given to India's southeastern coastline?
Answer: COROMANDEL COAST
Question: The French poet Arthur Rimbaud, the confidence trickster Frank Abagnale and the industrialist and aviator Howard Hughes are three of the the real-life people played in Hollywood films by which actor?
Answer: LEONARDO di CAPRIO
Question: The tobacco industry whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand, the Irish-American boxing champion Jim Braddock, and the celebrated mathematician John Forbes Nash are three of the real-life people played in Hollywood films by which actor?
Answer: RUSSELL CROWE
Question: The names of all five elements that make up the Halogens end with which three letters?
Answer: -INE
Question: Who was the first 'celebrity' to be voted off the 2011 series of 'Strictly Come Dancing'?
Answer: EDWINA CURRIE
Question: Which product was advertised to the tune of Bach's 'Air On A G-String'?
Answer: HAMLET CIGARS
Question: On which lake or inland sea does Kampala stand?
Answer: LAKE VICTORIA
Question: What is the largest member of the Tuba family?
Answer: SOUSAPHONE
Question: In which year was it made compulsory that passengers in the rear sets of a car had to wear seat belts?
Answer: 1991
Question: Which radio presenter's autobiography is called 'The Whispering Years'?
Answer: BOB HARRIS
Question: """When she says jump, you jump!"" Who was the subject of the first 'Little Miss' books by Roger Hargreaves, first published in 1981?"
Answer: 'LITTLE MISS BOSSY'
Question: Which perennial herb appeared on the twelve sided threepenny bit coin?
Answer: THRIFT
Question: In which country is Punto Arenas, the most southerly city in the world?
Answer: CHILE
Question: In 2012 which MP controversially took part in the TV show “I’m a Celebrity – Get Me Out of Here”?
Answer: Nadine Dorries
Question: Which name is hsared by a US state capital and a British shipping forecast area?
Answer: Dover
Question: Tiger Beer originates in which Commonwealth country?
Answer: Singapore
Question: In 2012 which Russian girl group caused outrage by a performance in the cathedral of Christ the Saviour?
Answer: Pussy Riot
Question: Which music hall comedian was known as The Prime Minister of Mirth?
Answer: George Robey
Question: Who described herself as “The last of the red hot mommas”?
Answer: Sophie Tucker
Question: Mark Almond was the lead singer of 80’s pop duo Soft Cell, but who was the other member of the band?
Answer: David Ball
Question: Ithica in New York State is the site of which university?
Answer: Cornell
Question: By what name do we know the breed of dog , commonly referred to in the southern USA as the bird dog?
Answer: Pointer
Question: Which post was held by Miss Merlyn Lowther from 1999 to 2003?
Answer: Chief Cashier of the Bank of England
Question: Which is the largest peninsula in the world?
Answer: Arabian peninsula
Question: New Haven in Connecticut is the site of which seat of learning?
Answer: Yale
Question: Who is the West Indies most capped cricketer with 153 test appearances?
Answer: Shiv Chanderpaul
Question: Which horserace, run at Doncaster, is the first major handicap race of rge British flat racing season?
Answer: Lincoln Handicap
Question: In which castle on the Isle of Wight was Charles I imprisoned for 14 months prior to his execution?
Answer: Carisbrooke
Question: Who was the first astronaut to go in to space twice?
Answer: Virgil (Gus) Grissom
Question: Which is the cheapest property on a Monopoly board?
Answer: Old Kent Road
Question: What does the Latin phrase "Lapsis Lingua" mean?
Answer: A slip of the tongue
Question: What is the common name for the plant Iberis?
Answer: Candytuft
Question: What is the common name for the bird Passer domesticus?
Answer: House Sparrow
Question: Edward Seckerson replaced Ned Sherrin as presenter in 2007, and was replaced in 2008 by Paul Gambaccini on which Radio 4 programme?
Answer: Counterpoint
Question: Which woman replaced George Stephenson on the £5 note in 2002?
Answer: Elizabeth Fry
Question: Who was the first woman to feature on the reverse of a British Banknote?
Answer: Florence Nightingale
Question: Which astronaut holds the record for the greatest time between spaceflights - a timescale of over 35 years?
Answer: John Glenn
Question: Who along with John Cleese wrote 'Fawlty Towers'?
Answer: CONNIE BOOTH
Question: Which English town is at the head or the Orwell estuary?
Answer: IPSWICH
Question: Who painted the 1866 work 'Monna Vanna'?
Answer: DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI
Question: Which regiment did Lieutenant Colonel Tim Collins command during the recent Iraqi conflict?
Answer: ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT
Question: On the 30th October 1961, who's body was removed during the night from the great mausoleum in Red Square and reburied neat the Kremlin wall?
Answer: JOSEPH STALIN
Question: Which singing duo appeared in 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.', in 1967?
Answer: SONNY AND CHER
Question: Cricket. Who were the original sponsors of the one-day Sunday League?
Answer: JOHN PLAYER.
Question: Which musical instrument is known as a "woodpile"?
Answer: XYLOPHONE
Question: Who wrote the 1978 novel 'Young Adolf'?
Answer: BERYL BAINBRIDGE
Question: Russian President, Vladimir Putin is an accomplished exponent of which 'martial art'?
Answer: JUDO
Question: Former American president, William Jefferson Clinton is an accomplished exponent with which musical instrument?
Answer: SAXOPHONE
Question: What is the technical term for the outer layer of a mushroom cap?
Answer: PELLICLE
Question: What was the address of Tony Hancock in 'Hancock's Half Hour'?
Answer: '23 RAILWAY CUTTINGS, EAST CHEAM'
Question: What is the women's equivalent of the Ryder Cup?
Answer: THE SOLHEIM CUP
Question: Where is the 'king George VI' horse race held?
Answer: KEMPTON PARK
Question: What type of creature is a 'Shoat'?
Answer: A YOUNG PIG
Question: What do Americans mean by "Banana Oil"?
Answer: FLATTERY
Question: Who captained Essex County Cricket team during the 1994 season?
Answer: GRAHAM GOOCH
Question: 'Handbags and Gladrags' is the theme tune of which comedy TV show?
Answer: 'THE OFFICE'
Question: Ignoring the definite and indefinite articles, alphabetically which is the last of Shakespeare's plays?
Answer: 'THE WINTER'S TALE'
Question: Similarly, alphabetically, which would be the first of Shakespeare's plays?
Answer: 'ALLS WELL THAT ENDS WELL'
Question: What sort of animal is a 'Fennec'?
Answer: SMALL FOX
Question: Who wrote the plays 'Habeus Corpus' and 'Forty Years On'?
Answer: ALAN BENNET
Question: Aged 52 in 1930, he was England's oldest Test cricketer. Who was he?
Answer: WILFRED RHODES
Question: In the 2005 General Election, which candidate had the largest majority?
Answer: GERRY ADAMS
Question: What is 'Crocodile Dundee's' first name?
Answer: MICK
Question: Who disappeared whilst swimming near Melbourne on December 17th.1967?
Answer: HAROLD HOLT
Question: What is the sum of the interior angles of a pentagon?
Answer: 540
Question: Which city was the setting for the TV series 'Hollyoaks'?
Answer: CHESTER
Question: Which is the southernmost of the Channel Islands?
Answer: JERSEY
Question: What is the name of the trophy awaraded to the winners of the Rugby Union World Cup?
Answer: WILLIAM WEBB ELLIS TROPHY
Question: Who has played more matches than any other player in the Premier League?
Answer: GARY SPEED
Question: What is the collective noun for a group of bishops?
Answer: A BENCH
Question: Al Martino's 'Here In My Heart' was the first ever UK number one single, but in which year?
Answer: 1952
Question: Which product used the catchphrase "hold it up to the light, not a stain and shining bright"?
Answer: SURF (washing powder)
Question: 'Frantic Elevators' was the previous name of which pop group?
Answer: 'SIMPLY RED'
Question: The cocktail containing Brandy, Cointreau and Lemon juice, is known as what?
Answer: A 'SIDECAR'
Question: What is the state capital of Pennsylvania?
Answer: HARRISBURG
Question: Which island in the Atlantic that utilizes the Union Jack as part of its national flag, is closest to the USA?
Answer: BERMUDA
Question: 'Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain' is a mnemonic referring to what?
Answer: THE COLOURS OF THE RAINBOW (in order)
Question: Correct this quotation by Theodore Roosevelt -"Speak softly and carry a big hammer"?
Answer: """Speak softly and carry a big STICK"""
Question: Which group had a number one hit for two weeks in 1961 with 'Blue Moon'?
Answer: 'THE MARCELS'
Question: Who is the Member of Parliament for the Yorkshire constituency of Normanton?
Answer: ED BALLS
Question: Canterbury in Kent, lies on which river?
Answer: STOUR
Question: Which bird has been recorded at the highest speed in level flight?
Answer: SWIFT
Question: What sort of birds are Strigiforms?
Answer: OWLS
Question: Who is the Member of Parliament for South Shields?
Answer: DAVID MILLIBAND
Question: In one word, what does 'Perestroika' literally mean?
Answer: RECONSTRUCTION
Question: Of all the teams in the 2009 County Cricket Championship, which one would come first alphabetically?
Answer: DERBYSHIRE
Question: Alphabetically, which is the first team taking part in Rugby League's Superleague?
Answer: BRADFORD BULLS
Question: What temperature, in degrees centigrade, is Absolute Zero?
Answer: -273
Question: What word connects a mythical magician with a small falcon?
Answer: MERLIN
Question: In which country is Keplavik Airport?
Answer: ICELAND
Question: What was the name of the paycock in Sean O'Casey's play 'Juno And The Paycock'?
Answer: 'JACK BOYLE'
Question: Cape Farewell is a headland which constitutes the southernmost part of which island?
Answer: GREENLAND
Question: Cape Farewell is also a headland that constitutes the northernmost part of which island?
Answer: SOUTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND
Question: A 'Dobson Unit' is a measurement of the thickness of what?
Answer: OZONE LAYER
Question: In meteorology, what is measured in 'Oktas'?
Answer: CLOUD COVER
Question: For what did the 'S' stand in the name of American author William S. Burroughs?
Answer: SEWARD
Question: Which Victorian painter, noted for his pictures of fairies and other supernatural creatures, murdered his father in 1843 and was committed to a lunatic asylum for the remaining 43 years of his life?
Answer: RICHARD DADD