zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: With which other shipping line did Cunard merge in 1934?
Answer: WHITE STAR
Question: What name is given to the group of drugs which stimulate urine production, commonly known as water tablets?
Answer: DIURETICS
Question: In Greek mythology, which favourite of Aphrodite became a hunter and died after being gored by a boar?
Answer: ADONIS
Question: Which Scottish monarch was killed at the Battle of Flodden Field in 1513?
Answer: JAMES IV
Question: Terry played his most famous role in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. What part did terry play in that film?
Answer: TOTO
Question: Who, in the Bible, was the wife of King Ahab?
Answer: JEZEBEL
Question: What was the original title of Radio's The Goon Show'?
Answer: CRAZY PEOPLE
Question: What is the title of the first Sherlock Holmes novel, published in 1887?
Answer: A STUDY IN SCARLET
Question: Grenouille is the Frenchfor which creature?
Answer: FROG
Question: In the NATO phonetic alphabet, which word represents the letter H ?
Answer: HOTEL
Question: What name did the alchemists give to the hypothetical substance that would convert all base metals into gold?
Answer: PHILOSOPHERS STONE
Question: How many aircrew formed the complement of a Lancaster Bomber in World War II ?
Answer: SEVEN
Question: The adjective 'Punic' refers to which ancient city?
Answer: CARTHAGE
Question: Who played both Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers on film in the 1930s?
Answer: BUSTER CRABBE
Question: In Devonshire and Cornwall, what items are traditionally made at harvest-time from the last sheaf of corn?
Answer: CORN DOLLIES
Question: Which singer and actress first performed the role of Christine in Phantom of the Opera in the West End in 1986?
Answer: SARAH BRIGHTMAN
Question: What did U.S. inventor Thomas Edison describe as "1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration"?
Answer: GENIUS
Question: Of the eight British kings called Edward, which one had the longest reign?
Answer: EDWARD III
Question: Which is the largest moon of the dwarf planet, Pluto
Answer: CHARON
Question: The material known as scagliola has, since antiquity, been used to imitate which other material?
Answer: MARBLE
Question: Which legendary king of the Britons is said to have founded the city of Bath?
Answer: BLADUD
Question: London transport changed the name of tube station 'Gillespie Road' in the 1930's to what?
Answer: ARSENAL
Question: Which international association of environmental pressure groups was founded in North America by David Brower?
Answer: FRIENDS OF THE EARTH
Question: The Pleasure Garden, The Lodger and Blackmail are among the films of which British director?
Answer: ALFRED HITCHCOCK
Question: Brigadier Lethridge-Stewart belonged to which military organisation in the Dr Who series?
Answer: U.N.I.T.
Question: Sir Ronald Ross became the first Briton to win the Nobel Prize for medicine for his research into which disease?
Answer: MALARIA
Question: Which vitamin is produced by the body when it is exposed to sunlight?
Answer: D
Question: Robert Bruce Banner was the secret identity of which super-hero of TV and big-screen?
Answer: THE HULK
Question: In the Bible what was the name of the land situated east of Eden that Cain chose to flee to after murdering his brother Abel?
Answer: THE LAND OF NOD
Question: In the Bible, what was the name of the city that Jonah was told to take God's message to?
Answer: NINEVEH
Question: Who did John Bercow replace as Speaker of the House of Commons on june 22nd 2009?
Answer: MICHAEL MARTIN
Question: What name links a former British Prime Minister, a big screen cop first seen in 1971 and a Liverpool footballer who first played for the club in 1960?
Answer: CALLAGHAN
Question: Which tennis player has reached the final of the men's singles at Wimbledon three times in the last eight years losing on every occasion?
Answer: ANDY RODDICK
Question: Which family ruled Russia from 1613 until the 1917 revolution?
Answer: ROMANOV
Question: Which Spanish city is traditionally known for its manufacture of swords and knives?
Answer: TOLEDO
Question: What was the name of Alexander the Great's father who ruled Macedonia between 359 and 336BC?
Answer: PHILIP II
Question: Which cartoon character first appeared in an animated feature called The Wise Little Hen ?
Answer: DONALD DUCK
Question: Which of the planets in our solar system is closest to the Sun?
Answer: MERCURY
Question: At which hotel in Los Angeles was Robert Kennedy assassinated in 1968?
Answer: AMBASSADOR
Question: A dish served 'a la crecy' always contains which vegetable?
Answer: CARROT
Question: What codename was given to the German invasion of Russia in May 1941?
Answer: BARBAROSSA
Question: Which iconic musical actress was born Frances Gumm in 1922?
Answer: JUDY GARLAND
Question: Darts player Phil Taylor is normally known by what nickname?
Answer: THE POWER
Question: In which gland in the human body would you find the small clusters of cells known as the Islets of Langerhans?
Answer: PANCREAS
Question: The brothers in The Kinks were Ray and ... ?
Answer: DAVE DAVIES
Question: What was formerly the highest appointment in the British Army, being abolished in 1904?
Answer: COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
Question: Which religous movement was founded by Mary Baker Eddy?
Answer: CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Question: In which landlocked country of Europe were women denied the right to vote in national elections until 1971?
Answer: SWITZERLAND
Question: Which one of the castles that form the group known as 'The Iron Ring', built in the 13th century by Edward I on the Welsh coast, stands on the island of Anglesey?
Answer: BEAUMARIS
Question: Which 11 letter word is commonly used to describe a cocktail that consists of vodka and orange juice?
Answer: SCREWDRIVER
Question: Which famous cartoon character, introduced in 1949 and voiced by Jim Backus, has the christian name Quincy?
Answer: MR MAGOO
Question: """The light that failed"" in 1871, ""Captain Courageous"" in 1876 and ""Kim"" in 1901 are all novels by which famous author?"
Answer: RUDYARD KIPLING
Question: What is the name of the actor who has now become famous for his role as the killer Freddie Kruger in the 1984 film "A Nightmare on Elm street"?
Answer: ROBERT ENGLUND
Question: Which year of the 20th century saw the deaths of Matt Busby, John Curry, Fanny Craddock and Richard Nixon?
Answer: 1994
Question: What is the name of the actress who had become famous for her role as the possessed girl, Regan, in the 1973 film "The Exorcist"?
Answer: LINDA BLAIR
Question: Who was the main actor who played the character Mitch Brenner in the 1963 Hitchcock filme "The Birds"?
Answer: ROD TAYLOR
Question: Which organisation, founded in 1905, has the motto "Indocilis Privata Loqui" which translates as "nor apt to disclose secrets"?
Answer: THE MAGIC CIRCLE
Question: Which jockey rode 100/1 outsider Foinavon to victory in the 1967 Grand National following a mass pile-up at the 23rd fence?
Answer: JOHN BUCKINGHAM
Question: In chess notation, which is the only piece that is represented by a letter that does not begin the name of the piece it represents?
Answer: KNIGHT
Question: The Gobi desert is situated in China and which other country?
Answer: MONGOLIA
Question: Which bank had the advertising slogan "come and talk to the listening bank"?
Answer: MIDLAND
Question: In Greek mythology, what was the name of the giant with 100 eyes who was slain by Hermes?
Answer: ARGUS
Question: The flag of Haiti consists of which two colours?
Answer: BLUE AND RED
Question: In which English city did entertainer Jimmy Saville sadly pass away recently?
Answer: LEEDS
Question: Which small island, situated just off Holy Island on the north west coast of Anglesey is famous as being the location of one of Wales's most spectacular lighthouses?
Answer: SOUTH STACK
Question: In which war did the Battle of Hamburger Hill take place?
Answer: VIETNAM
Question: Which English monarch who reigned from 1422 to 1461 and then briefly from 1470 to 1471 was stabbed to death in the Tower of London in 1471?
Answer: HENRY VI
Question: In the USA what is the value of a banknote sometimes referred to as a "Benjamin"?
Answer: $100
Question: Who, upon her execution on October 16th 1793 was known as the "Widow Capet"?
Answer: MARIE ANTOINETTE
Question: In the USA what is the value of a banknote sometimes referred to as a "Sawbuck"?
Answer: $10
Question: Which landlocked country in West Africa had previous names "French Upper Volta" and from 1958 to 1984 "Republic of Upper Volta"?
Answer: BURKINO FASO
Question: Which 1966 Beatles album shares its name with a weapon in Cluedo?
Answer: REVOLVER
Question: Which male tennis player appeared in the final of the US Open singles for eight consecutive years between 1982 and 1989?
Answer: IVAN LENDL
Question: Which male tennis player appeared in the final of the US Open for five consecutive years between 1974 and 1978?
Answer: JIMMY CONNORS
Question: Which common six letter word takes its name from the Greek meaning circle of animals?
Answer: ZODIAC
Question: Which Thames attraction shares its name with a brand of Scotch Whisky that was introduced in 1923?
Answer: CUTTY SARK
Question: Which British Prime Minister was born on December 29th 1809 and is the only British Prime Minister to be born in Liverpool?
Answer: William GLADSTONE
Question: In which book of the New Testament does the parable of the good samaritan occur?
Answer: LUKE
Question: Which modern day country was known as Northern Rhodesia until 1964?
Answer: ZAMBIA
Question: Played by Brian Hall, what was the name of the chef in TV's 'Faulty Towers'?
Answer: TERRY
Question: Who, in 1934, was responsible for the creation of the children's book 'Mary Poppins'?
Answer: P L TRAVERS
Question: Which piece of classical music by Richard Strauss is famous for being the soundtrack to the 1969 film '2001 A Space Odyssey'?
Answer: ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA
Question: What is the second most highly populated town on the island of Anglesey, Holyhead being the first?
Answer: LLANGEFNI
Question: Four letters of the Greek alphabet have a two letter name, Mu, Nu, Xi and which other, the 16th?
Answer: PI
Question: What name is given to the Roman Road that links the cities of Exeter and Lincoln?
Answer: FOSSE WAY
Question: Which Swiss painter who lived from 1879 to 1940 was responsible for works such as 'The Red Balloon' in 1922, 'Landscape with Yellow Birds' in 1923 and 'Around the Fish' in 1926?
Answer: Paul KLEE
Question: What was the name of the policewoman who was shot and killed outside the Libyan embassy in London on April 17th 1984?
Answer: Yvonne FLETCHER
Question: Which English inventor was responsible for the introduction of the multi-spool spinning frame known as the Spinning Jenny in1764?
Answer: JAMES HARGREAVES
Question: What was the name of the 40 year old policeman who on October 6th 1985 was killed during a series of riots on the Broadwater Farm housing estate in London?
Answer: Keith BLAKELOCK
Question: What type of fruit or vegetable is a Pentland Javelin?
Answer: POTATO
Question: In mythology, what was the name of the Greek Goddess of Marriage and Birth?
Answer: HERA
Question: What was the name of the IRA hunger striker who died in 1981 after a 66 day hunger strike?
Answer: BOBBY SANDS
Question: What was Bing Crosby's real first christian name?
Answer: HARRY
Question: What was Buster Keaton's real first name?
Answer: JOSEPH
Question: Ridden by a policeman named George Scorey, what was the name of the white horse used to clear the Wembley pitch at the 1923 FA Cup Final between Bolton and West Ham?
Answer: BILLIE
Question: Which famous event that occurred on 30th January 1972 is sometimes called The Bogside massacre?
Answer: BLOODY SUNDAY
Question: What is the name of the thoroughfare that Harry Potter lived with his Uncle's family?
Answer: PRIVET DRIVE
Question: Champagne is a variety of what fruit or vegetable?
Answer: RHUBARB
Question: In which battle of 1513 was the Scottish king James IV killed?
Answer: FLODDEN
Question: Before 1966 the Republic of Botswana was a protectorate of the British Government and was known as what?
Answer: BECHUANALAND
Question: Which two words complete the old proverb, "Dilligence is the mother of ........... ?
Answer: GOOD LUCK
Question: Before 1966, the kingdom of Lesotho was a British crown colony with what name?
Answer: BASUTOLAND
Question: Jimmy Porter and his wife Alison were the central characters in which classic play and later film?
Answer: LOOK BACK IN ANGER
Question: Sporting firsts - Who was the first British cyclist to win the "green jersey" in the Tour de France? (The green jersey is for the leader in the points classification and is awarded to the champion sprinter)
Answer: MARK CAVENDISH
Question: Sporting Firsts - Who was the first golfer for 35 years to achieve an "albatross" at the US Masters tournament this year? (an albatross is a score of three under par at any hole)
Answer: LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN
Question: Which group had number one hits in the seventies with "Tiger Feet", "Lonely this Christmas" and "Oh Boy"?
Answer: MUD
Question: What is the name of the Scottish systems administrator, accused by the USA of computer hacking into US Army systems and currently fighting against extradition?
Answer: Gary McKINNON
Question: Which city is the most easterly in Australia ?
Answer: BRISBANE
Question: In which T.V. Detective series did "DCI Michael Jardine" appear ?
Answer: TAGGART
Question: The controversial book "The Female Eunuch" appeared in 1970. Who was the author ?
Answer: GERMAINE GREER
Question: Which chemical element, discovered in 1898 by Ramsay and Travers was given a Greek name associated with "new thing" ?
Answer: NEON
Question: The battle for Stalingrad was one of the turning points of the second world war. Who was the commander of the Russian forces in this battle ?
Answer: Marshall ZHUKOV
Question: Which guitarist was awarded an O.B.E. In January 1995 ?
Answer: ERIC CLAPTON
Question: What type of animal is a GALAGO ?
Answer: BUSH BABY
Question: Which gland, secreting various hormones essential for growth and other bodily functions, is situated in the brain ?
Answer: PITUITARY
Question: From which of Shakespeare's plays does this quotation come :- The course of true love never did run smooth ?
Answer: A MIDSUMMERNIGHT'S DREAM
Question: In which classic T.V. crime series did Captain Frank Furillo appear ?
Answer: HILL STREET BLUES
Question: Now among the most praised and prolific people in the film industry, who made his screen acting debut in "What's New Pussycat" in 1965 ?
Answer: WOODY ALLEN
Question: Which is the most Northerly of the islands of Japan ? It's capital, Sapporo has hosted the winter olympics.
Answer: HOKKAIDO
Question: The following lines are from a famous poem by Stevie Smith :- "Nobody heard him, the dead man But still he lay moaning I was much further out than you thought" What is the title of the poem ?
Answer: NOT WAVING BUT DROWNING
Question: Which 2 scientists discovered the structure of DNA, for which they were awarded the Nobel prize for Medicine in 1962 ? ( both surnames required )
Answer: CRICK AND WATSON
Question: Christianity - the writers of the 27 books of the New Testament were all Jewish, with one exception. Who was the only Gentile, or non-Jewish , writer of the New Testament ?
Answer: LUKE
Question: Which North Wales town is included in the name of a pop star who had a Number One hit with It's Only Make Believe in 1958?
Answer: CONWAY
Question: Which British composer wrote the music used as the theme for Desert Island Discs ? He also wrote the "Dambusters" march and the "Knightsbridge" march.
Answer: ERIC COATES
Question: Written in honour of his friend Arthur Hallam, the poem, "In Memoriam" was published in 1850. Who was the author of this poem, who was appointed Poet Laureate in the same year?
Answer: TENNYSON
Question: Which British composer wrote the music used as the theme for the BBC coverage of the London Marathon? He also composed "633 Squadron" and the Miss Marple theme.
Answer: RON GOODWIN
Question: Which insect acts as the transmitting agent in the spread of the infectious disease "Sleeping Sickness"?
Answer: TSETSE FLY
Question: The status of which planet in the Solar System was changed in 2006 by the International Astronomic Union when it was re-classified as a "dwarf planet" ?
Answer: PLUTO
Question: The classic novel by Emile Zola about a French coalminers strike in the 1860's had what title ?
Answer: GERMINAL
Question: What is the name of the starch used for puddings which is obtained from the leaves of Palm trees ?
Answer: SAGO
Question: The former Tory Chancellor Nigel Lawson called this institution "The English Religion". To what was he referring ?
Answer: THE NHS
Question: The record "Red Red Wine" was a huge hit for the group UB40 reaching number one in the charts in both the UK and USA. Which singer wrote the song ?
Answer: NEIL DIAMOND
Question: Which general, famous for his military exploits against the French in the Napoleonic Wars was born in Glasgow in 1761 and died in Spain in 1809 ?
Answer: Sir John MOORE
Question: Shakespeare coined which three word phrase in the play "Othello" which has become a commonly used cliche for Jealousy ?
Answer: GREEN EYED MONSTER
Question: Which poet laureate wrote the poems "the hawk in the rain", Moortown" and "Birthday letters" ?
Answer: TED HUGHES
Question: Which Italian composer wrote the film music for the movies "A fistful of dollars", "The good, the bad and the ugly" and "The mission" ?
Answer: Enrico MORRICONE
Question: In 1958 what was the first airline to fly a jet airliner "The Comet" across the Atlantic ?
Answer: BOAC
Question: The "Goldwing" is a famous motor-cycle model, produced by which company ?
Answer: HONDA
Question: What is the world's most widespread poisonous snake ? It is found in most of Europe and Northern Asia to the Pacific coast ?
Answer: ADDER
Question: The pop group UB40 were very popular in the 80's and early 90's. How many number 1 hit records did they have ?
Answer: 3
Question: London landmarks - Which building was built principally for the Great Exhibition held in London in 1851 ?
Answer: THE CRYSTAL PALACE
Question: Margaret Thatcher, prime minister from 1979 to 1990, served as M.P. For which constituency ?
Answer: FINCHLEY
Question: John Major, prime minister from 1990 to 1997, served as M.P. For which constituency ?
Answer: HUNTINGDON
Question: In the Sherlock Holmes stories, what is Doctor Watson's first name ?
Answer: JOHN
Question: Which 17th century English ruler re-admitted Jews to the country ?
Answer: OLIVER CROMWELL
Question: In what opera does Police Chief Scarpia appear ?
Answer: TOSCA
Question: Who took over the important position of Pope in 2013 ?
Answer: JORGE BERGOGLIO
Question: Who was Margaret Thatcher's most famous press secretary ?
Answer: BERNARD INGHAM
Question: T.V. Sitcoms - What was the name of the lead character, the time traveller, played by Nicholas Lyndhurst in "Goodnight Sweetheart" ?
Answer: GARY SPARROW
Question: Which Welsh town is near to the old Roman fort of Segontium ?
Answer: CAERNARFON
Question: Tennis - How many Wimbledon singles titles did Billie Jean King win?
Answer: 6
Question: Which Roman poet's most famous work is known simply as "ODES" ?
Answer: HORACE
Question: Tennis - How many Wimbledon singles titles did Steffi Graf win?
Answer: 7
Question: Which 73 year old King of Munster was killed at the Battleof Clontarf, near Dublin, on this day in 1014 ?
Answer: BRIAN BORU
Question: What was the name of the cinema, situated next to the Seven Stars in Lampit Street which closed for business in 1956 ?
Answer: EMPIRE
Question: In the UK a public limited company uses the initials plc after its name. According to the Companies Act (2006), which three letters can be used by similar firms in Wales ?
Answer: ccc
Question: """No more carefree laughter, Silence ever after"" are the opening lines of which Abba Number One hit ?"
Answer: KNOWING ME, KNOWING YOU
Question: A cover of which Buddy Holly song gave glam rock band Mud their third and final UK Number One in 1975 ?
Answer: OH BOY
Question: Which Swedish actress has been married twice - to Peter Sellers in 1964 and to Slim Jim Phantom in 1984 ?
Answer: BRITT EKLAND
Question: Who trained a record 50th Cheltenham Festival winner last month, when his Bob's Worth won the Gold Cup ?
Answer: NICKY HENDERSON
Question: What natural phenomenon caused the late postponement of the third game of Baseball's World Series between San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics ?
Answer: EARTHQUAKE
Question: Along which road from Capua to Rome were 6000 slaves crucified in 71BC after defeat in then Servile War led by Spartacus ?
Answer: APPIAN WAY
Question: Banco is the sequel to which book, made into an Oscar nominated film starring Steve McQueen in 1973 ?
Answer: PAPILLON
Question: """Lord of all beasts of the Earth"", ""Conqueror of the British Empire"" and ""King of Scotland"" are all self-given titles to which despotic 20th century African dictator?"
Answer: IDI AMIN
Question: Which gas constitutes the majority of the mass in the four giant planets of the Solar System ?
Answer: HYDROGEN
Question: Which African country's flag is mainly red in colour and has a green interlocking star in the centre?
Answer: MOROCCO
Question: The English word "wig", referring to an artificial hairpiece, is a shortened form of which word for the same object?
Answer: PERIWIG
Question: The 43 mile long Llangollen Canal links the town of Llangollen to which Civil Parish situated in Cheshire?
Answer: HURLESTON
Question: Alice Perrers was the mistress of which English king?
Answer: EDWARD III
Question: What name is given to the painting medium that uses eggs?
Answer: TEMPERA
Question: Who is said to have designed the maze in which the mythical Minotaur was confined?
Answer: DAEDALUS
Question: Moneymaker, beefsteak and plum are varieties of which fruit?
Answer: TOMATO
Question: Said to be the fastest creature on the planet, which is Britain's largest Falcon?
Answer: PEREGRINE
Question: Which composer and pianist, usually included as one of the Three B's of classical music, wrote A German Requiem ?
Answer: BRAHMS
Question: In which modern country is the site of the legendary city of Troy ?
Answer: TURKEY
Question: In which year did the Peterloo Massacre take place ?
Answer: 1819
Question: Who said at the time of her resignation from public office: " It's a funny old world " ?
Answer: MARGARET THATCHER
Question: Who punched her way into the history books in 2012 by becoming the first woman ever to win Olympic gold in boxing ?
Answer: NICOLA ADAMS
Question: Which city was the Russian capital during the 11'th century ?
Answer: KIEV
Question: How were King George V and Kaiser Wilhelm II related ?
Answer: (First) COUSINS
Question: In the Bible it is said that Noah's Ark was grounded on which mountain ?
Answer: MOUNT ARARAT
Question: What nickname was given to the Junkers 87 aeroplane in World War 2 ?
Answer: STUKA
Question: In what object is a ship's compass traditionally kept ?
Answer: A BINNACLE
Question: Which Monty Python comedian wrote and sang the theme tune to BBC's One Foot In the Grave ?
Answer: ERIC IDLE
Question: Who was British Prime Minister from 1902 to 1905 ?
Answer: (Arthur) BALFOUR
Question: With the exception of its short coastline, The Gambia is bordered on all sides by which other West African country ?
Answer: SENEGAL
Question: Julius was the first name of which Bond villain ?
Answer: DR NO
Question: Which newspaper was originally known as The Sunday Pictorial ?
Answer: SUNDAY MIRROR
Question: In which book of the Bible is the story of Lot's wife recounted ?
Answer: GENESIS
Question: Who was British Prime Minister between 1894 and 1895 ?
Answer: (Earl of) ROSEBERY
Question: Which character in Irish folklore stores a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow ?
Answer: LEPRECHAUN
Question: Sir Billy Butlin was raised in Canada ; but in which country was he born ?
Answer: SOUTH AFRICA
Question: Which British playwright wrote the works Absence of War , Racing Demons and Teeth 'N' Smiles ?
Answer: DAVID HARE
Question: Which leader of the Peasants' Revolt was killed by the Lord Mayor of London at Smithfield in June , 1381 ?
Answer: WATT TYLER
Question: What was the nickname of Dr McCoy in Star Trek ?
Answer: BONES