zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: Which actor is a link between the outstanding psychological UK crime series, "Cracker", and the eight Harry Potter films?
Answer: Robbie Coltrane
Question: The film "O21" (2014) is made under the banner of what country?
Answer: Pakistan
Question: Mostar Bridge, completed in 1566, destroyed in 1993 and rebuilt in 2004, stands in which country?
Answer: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Question: """Pollywog"" is another name for what?"
Answer: Tadpole
Question: What sport do players in the Super League compete in?
Answer: Rugby league
Question: Which club won the 1992-1993 UEFA Champions League, the first since being rebranded from the European Champion Clubs' Cup?
Answer: Olympique de Marseille
Question: What is missing in the sequence: French Guiana, the Republic of Suriname, and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela?
Answer: The Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Question: In 2015 pop artist Taylor Swift won a disagreement over pay with what organisation?
Answer: Apple
Question: The character "Mr. T" is from which US TV series?
Answer: The A Team
Question: According to the old saying, what is "the spice of life"?
Answer: Variety
Question: In 1892, who became the first heavyweight boxing champion to fight under the Marquess of Queensberry rules?
Answer: Jim Corbett
Question: By what name is Mrs Montagu Barstow better known?
Answer: Baroness Orczy
Question: It is generally accepted that the first true "Beat" novel was "Go" by John Clennon (1952) followed by "Howl" by Allen Ginsberg (1956). The Beat culture entered its heyday with the publication of what novel by Jack Kerouac?
Answer: On the Road
Question: Who coined the expressions 'a curate's egg' and 'bedside manner', and wrote three novels, including "Peter Ibbetson" (adapted to a 1935 film starring Gary Cooper and an opera), and another which gave its name to the trilby, a type of hat?
Answer: George du Maurier
Question: """Falling in love does not mean you love to fall"" is an example of chiasmus and what other figure of speech?"
Answer: Metaphor
Question: Who was World Superbike Champion in 1994, 1995, 1998 and 1999?
Answer: Carl Fogarty
Question: The series "Marvel's Daredevil" was created as what?
Answer: Web television
Question: One of the rarest reptiles, a species of crocodile, is found in the wild exclusively where?
Answer: The Orinoco River
Question: Which Italian poet and librettist was known under the name of Metastasio?
Answer: Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi
Question: An "americano" is a type of what?
Answer: Coffee
Question: Noisette chocolate tastes of what kind of nut?
Answer: Hazel
Question: Which Swiss national is a leading tennis player?
Answer: Roger Federer
Question: Where is a fore-topgallant found?
Answer: On a ship
Question: The American TV series "The Big Bang Theory" is an example of what genre?
Answer: Comedy
Question: What 1976-9 UK TV series, written by David Nobbs, frequently featured brief footage of a hippopotamus?
Answer: The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Question: Which melodramatic opera depicting graphic scenes of torture, murder and suicide, set in Rome in June 1800 when the Kingdom of Naples's control of Rome was threatened by Napoleon's invasion of Italy, contains some of Puccini's best-known lyrical arias?
Answer: Tosca
Question: Where was BBC presenter and journalist Ade Adepitan born?
Answer: Lagos, Nigeria
Question: What is the title of a 2004 book co-written by Paris Hilton and Merle Ginsberg?
Answer: Confessions of an Heiress
Question: What nationality was the 17th century leader Stenka Razin?
Answer: Russian Cossack
Question: The Potts children are from which film?
Answer: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Question: How would a balmacaan be used?
Answer: Worn
Question: What can be a term for food served with potatoes?
Answer: Parmentier
Question: What is George W Bush's middle name?
Answer: Walker
Question: What dish consists of chicken pan-fried in a skillet and covered tightly after the initial browning so that the chicken steams as well as frying, with milk or cream added to the pan juices to create a white cream gravy?
Answer: Chicken Maryland
Question: Who is the author of three mystery novels "The Shadow Catchers" (2006), "Chillwater Cove" (2007) and "Broken Wing" (2009), a continuing series revolving around a pair of FBI special agents, Mike Yeager and Peggy Weaver?
Answer: Thomas Lakeman
Question: Who is reputed to have survived over 55 assassination attempts, the most notable of which (the only time in modern history when a Head of State has personally exchanged fire with a potential assassin) was in 1931?
Answer: King Zog of Albania
Question: In whose name was an annual award established in 2009, given to a living UK poet for new work in poetry?
Answer: Ted Hughes
Question: Finding its spraint means what animal has been there?
Answer: Otter
Question: Prominent UK philanthropist Dr Naim Dangoor CBE set up and heads which charitable foundation?
Answer: The Exilarch's Foundation
Question: Trajan, Titus, and Nerva were all what?
Answer: Emperors of Rome
Question: What is an alcoholic apritif, a type of bitters, obtained from the infusion of bitter herbs, aromatic plants and fruit in alcohol and water?
Answer: Campari
Question: Which is the main river inside Uruguay?
Answer: Rio Negro
Question: Who was given a personalised iPod by Barack Obama when he visited in April 2009?
Answer: Queen Elizabeth II
Question: A small sandbar island emerged in the Bay of Bengal in the aftermath of the Bhola cyclone in 1970, but in 2010 it was discovered it had been completely submerged by rising water levels. Which 2 countries had claimed sovereignty?
Answer: India and Bangladesh
Question: Which is the main language spoken by the Suriani, a minority religious group in the Turkey-Syria-Iraq area?
Answer: Aramaic
Question: Which entertainment American cable TV network is owned by Time Warner Inc.?
Answer: Adult Swim
Question: How is a door that is slightly open described?
Answer: Ajar
Question: Who wrote the 1998 novel "About A Boy"?
Answer: Nick Hornby
Question: Who wrote the song to which Miley Cyrus famously twerked in 2013?
Answer: J. Dash
Question: Where in the human body is the coccyx?
Answer: At the base of the spine
Question: Which classic poem contains the line "Far from the madding crowd"?
Answer: Elegy in a Country Churchyard
Question: In what sport would you use a niblick?
Answer: Golf
Question: What is the setting for the musical "Oliver!"?
Answer: London
Question: Who wrote "A Year in Provence"?
Answer: Peter Mayle
Question: Where are the sheer cliffs of the Drakensberg?
Answer: Southern Africa
Question: In 2014 at the age of 93 Phyllis Latour Doyle, "Pippa", received the Chevalier de l'Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur, (the Legion of Honour, knight class) for activities in occupied France in World War II; where was she born, and where did she grow up?
Answer: South Africa
Question: Who moved to New York City in 1977 where she worked as a waitress in Dunkin' Donuts, performed as a dancer for French disco artist Patrick Hernandez on a world tour, formed the band "The Breakfast Club" with Dan Gilroy, and the band "Emmy" with Stephen Bray, and has been described as "a woman who pulled herself up by her bra straps?"
Answer: Madonna
Question: What is the name of a construction toy made of interlocking plastic blocks?
Answer: Lego
Question: Where does the Republic of Djibouti have a coastline or coastlines?
Answer: The Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden
Question: When was critical illness, or trauma, insurance first launched?
Answer: 1983
Question: What would one use a spurtle for?
Answer: Stirring porridge
Question: Who will be the defending champions in the FIP World Polo Championships in 2015?
Answer: Argentina
Question: The musical "The Music Man" is set in what city?
Answer: River City
Question: It is home to the Bayerische Staatsoper, Staatsorchester and Staatsballet, was burned down in 1823, rebuilt and re-opened 1825, bombed and destroyed 1943 and re rebuilt and re-opened 1963; what is it?
Answer: National Theatre, Munich
Question: What is the term for intimate conversation in bed?
Answer: Pillow talk
Question: Where would halophiles be found?
Answer: Hypersaline lakes
Question: What, holding a sword in one hand and scales in the other, traditionally represents "Justice"?
Answer: Blindfolded woman
Question: When Europeans first came to New Zealand, Mori told them that they themselves had come from where?
Answer: Hawaiki
Question: Where are China's largest natural gas reserves found?
Answer: Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Question: When did "play" become a current word in English for a mimic representation, or dramatic or theatrical presentation?
Answer: 14th century
Question: What is the name for a steak stuffed with oysters?
Answer: Carpetbag
Question: Who was the founder of engineering firm Marman Products Co, which designed and manufactured the catch which among other things held the Enola Gay bomb in place during transport?
Answer: Zeppo Marx
Question: Who recited the poem "The Gift Outright" at John F Kennedy's inauguration as president of the USA in 1961?
Answer: Robert Frost
Question: Although the position was not officially designated as such for nearly 200 years who was the first person (in 1721) unofficially called the Prime Minister of the British Parliament?
Answer: Sir Robert Walpole
Question: The World Games, first held in 1981 to provide a world forum for sports not contested in the Olympic Games, includes which sport - once an Olympic sport but dropped after 1920?
Answer: Tug-o-war
Question: What is the prevailing climate in Uruguay?
Answer: Temperate
Question: What were the Quebec Nordiques known for?
Answer: Ice hockey
Question: Who is the next in this series: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr, George Clinton, Elbridge Gerry ... ?
Answer: Daniel D. Tompkins
Question: The French bank and financial services company, BNP Paribas, holds an annual event giving awards in what field?
Answer: Philanthropy
Question: Which is the missing country in the sequence: Angola, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon?
Answer: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Question: A pink gin is gin mixed with what?
Answer: Angostura bitters
Question: March Bread is made or flavoured primarily by what?
Answer: Almonds
Question: How often are the Asian Games held?
Answer: Every 4 years
Question: She trained as a goldsmith, has been a film actress, and a lead and solo singer with international and European hits under what name?
Answer: Nena
Question: The shallow soda Mono Lake is in what state of the USA?
Answer: California
Question: A large part of the vegetation of the Okavango Delta, named one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa in 2013, is what?
Answer: Papyrus and reed rafts
Question: Which degenerative disorder is found in professional athletes in the fields of boxing, American football, association football, ice hockey, professional wrestling, stunt performing, bull riding, bicycle motocross and rodeo as a result of their sport?
Answer: Chronic traumatic encephalopathy
Question: In which did the franc become the single currency in 1850?
Answer: Switzerland
Question: Which river flows from the Caspian Sea?
Answer: None
Question: The phrase "eyeball to eyeball" uses a figure of speech known as what?
Answer: Synecdoche
Question: Who was the 2014 World Backgammon Champion?
Answer: Akiko Yazawa (Japan)
Question: Who or what did the music hall performer mean when he sang of "my old dutch"?
Answer: His wife
Question: For what sport is the Cresta Run, built in Switzerland in 1884, used?
Answer: Sled racing
Question: A punnet is used as what in relationship to strawberries and other soft fruit?
Answer: Container
Question: Where is Iraq's main port?
Answer: Basrah
Question: One of the children in the 19th century family at the centre of the famous murder trial dramatised in the UK TV show "The Suspicions of Mr Whicher", William Saville-Kent, became a naturalist whose seminal work shaped Australian practice in what area ?
Answer: Fisheries
Question: Who was the leader of the band playing at the Palomar Ballroom, Los Angeles, in August 1935, when the "Jitterbug" became a new dance craze?
Answer: Benny Goodman
Question: """The Count of Monte Cristo"" was originally written in which language?"
Answer: French
Question: In plays performed "in the round" where does the audience sit in relation to the playing area?
Answer: On all sides
Question: Over the course of 17 years from 1985 to 2002 what did actor Whoopi Goldberg complete, one of only twelve people to do so?
Answer: EGOT
Question: What effect does an analgaesic have?
Answer: Relief from pain
Question: What is the name of the holy book of te Sikh faith?
Answer: Guru Granth Sahib
Question: According to the World Resources Institute which country has the longest coastline?
Answer: Canada
Question: What, according to the stories, did the Spartans reply to Philip II of Macedon when he sent them a threat of war saying "If I enter Laconia, I will raze Sparta"?
Answer: """If"""
Question: What phrase is frequently heard in London Underground stations?
Answer: Mind the gap
Question: The Scandinavian drink, Lillehammer Berry Liqueur, is made from what berries?
Answer: Lingonberries
Question: Three Americans, artist Samuel F. B. Morse, physicist Joseph Henry, and machinist and inventor Alfred Vail, developed what in the 1830s?
Answer: An electrical telegraph system
Question: Georges Pompidou, Prime Minister of France 1962-68) succeeded whom as President in 1969?
Answer: Alain Poher
Question: What would you be expected to do with aspic?
Answer: Eat it
Question: Which psychological thriller film was the first appearance for Angela Lansbury (currently in long-running US TV serial "Murder She Wrote") and won its lead actress her first Academy Award for Best Actress?
Answer: Gaslight (1944)
Question: The names of Maradona, Platini and Cruyff are associated with what World Championships?
Answer: Football (soccer)
Question: The leader of the Catholic Church in England is based where?
Answer: Westminster
Question: Who was a British political reformer, writer and politician, noted for her long-standing championship of the Single Transferable Vote system of elections who is the author (1974) of "How Democracies Vote", a standard reference work on electoral systems?
Answer: Enid Lakeman
Question: In the book "Treasure Island", what did Ben Gunn dream of?
Answer: Cheese
Question: Gene Hackman did not appear with Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder in which of the "Superman" film series released between 1978 and 1987?
Answer: Superman III (1983)
Question: In February 2014 which sought after film actor married opera director Sophie Hunter?
Answer: Benedict Cumberbatch
Question: John Frieda is a famous name in what field?
Answer: Hairdressing
Question: What city ceased to be the capital of Japan?
Answer: Kyoto
Question: What Jewish-born Prime Minister led the United Kingdom?
Answer: Benjamin Disraeli
Question: What native kingdom did Britain fight a war against in modern-day South Africa?
Answer: Zulu Kingdom
Question: Who did H.M. Stanley presumably find in the Africa wilderness?
Answer: Dr. David Livingstone
Question: What serial killer killed prostitutes in Whitechapel, London?
Answer: Jack the Ripper
Question: What Paris cabaret was famous for the can-can?
Answer: Moulin Rouge
Question: What city was the Eastern terminus of the Orient Express?
Answer: Constantinople
Question: Fill in the blank: Speak softly, and carry a big _____?
Answer: Stick
Question: What musical genre was exemplified by Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer"?
Answer: Ragtime
Question: Who was President of the United States for most of the decade?
Answer: Woodrow Wilson
Question: What Frenchwoman won a Nobel Prize for chemistry?
Answer: Marie Curie
Question: What type of movie declined after the release of "The Jazz Singer", starring Al Jolson?
Answer: Silent Movie
Question: What country's civil war was called a "dress rehearsal" for WWII?
Answer: Spain
Question: What musical featured the songs "Some Enchanted Evening" and "Bali Ha'i"?
Answer: South Pacific
Question: What region did China annex?
Answer: Tibet
Question: What rich chocolately product allowed kids to send in for "secret decoder rings"?
Answer: Ovaltine
Question: What was the world's largest corporation?
Answer: General Motors
Question: Who sang "Johnny B. Goode"?
Answer: Chuck Berry
Question: Who sang "Happy Birthday, Mr. President"?
Answer: Marilyn Monroe
Question: What brand of sugary drink mix did astronauts drink?
Answer: Tang
Question: What model of American spy plane flew over Russia?
Answer: U-2
Question: What couple stayed in bed for an entire week, for peace?
Answer: John Lennon & Yoko Ono
Question: Who was the President of France for most of the decade?
Answer: Charles de Gaulle
Question: What term refers to an economy with high inflation and low growth?
Answer: Stagflation
Question: What phrase accompanied a yellow smiley face?
Answer: Have a Nice Day
Question: What type of girl, like, totally talked like this?
Answer: Valley Girl
Question: What was Sony's portable tape player called?
Answer: Walkman
Question: What video game simulated a pioneer wagon journey to the west coast of the U.S.?
Answer: Oregon Trail
Question: What country did the United Kingdom fight a war with?
Answer: Argentina
Question: What cola was advertised as "all the sugar and twice the caffeine"?
Answer: Jolt
Question: What sprinter shattered the women's record in the 100 meter dash?
Answer: Florence Griffith Joyner
Question: Who preceded Tony Blair as Prime Minister?
Answer: John Major
Question: If an egg is your brain, what is a fried egg?
Answer: Your Brain on Drugs
Question: What brand of push-up bra was heavily publicized?
Answer: Wonderbra
Question: What brand of soccer shorts were incredibly popular, and worn by Brazil's national team?
Answer: Umbro
Question: What popular video game simulated playing a guitar?
Answer: Guitar Hero
Question: Who was automatically your first friend on MySpace?
Answer: Tom Anderson
Question: What type of shirt did Steve Jobs wear?
Answer: Turtleneck
Question: Who won 8 gold medals at the Beijing Olympics?
Answer: Michael Phelps
Question: What brand of SUV was based on a military vehicle?
Answer: Hummer
Question: What lifestyle expert was convicted of insider trading?
Answer: Martha Stewart
Question: What beverage "gave you wings"?
Answer: Red Bull
Question: What British company made vacuum cleaners, hand dryers, and bladeless fans?
Answer: Dyson
Question: On what website could you sell your couch, find an apartment, or have a "casual encounter"?
Answer: Craigslist
Question: What is the largest lake in the Alps?
Answer: Lake Geneva
Question: Matthew McConaughey won an Oscar in 2014 for his role in what movie?
Answer: Dallas Buyers Club
Question: What weapons are known as "poor man's grenades"?
Answer: Molotov Cocktails
Question: Which country has the world's only non-quadrilateral national flag?
Answer: Nepal
Question: What relation are TV characters Phineas and Ferb to each other?
Answer: Stepbrothers
Question: In which sea would you find the Gulf of Bothnia?
Answer: Baltic Sea
Question: What is the largest landlocked country in the world?
Answer: Kazakhstan
Question: What song starts "The warden threw a party in the county jail"?
Answer: Jailhouse Rock
Question: """Grande Fratello"" is the Italian version of what television franchise?"
Answer: Big Brother
Question: According to the nursery rhyme, how many men did the Grand Old Duke of York have?
Answer: Ten Thousand
Question: On what lane did the Muffin Man live?
Answer: Drury Lane
Question: Complete the song lyric : "I am a rock, I am an ______"
Answer: Island
Question: What Carly Simon song has the lyric "You probably think this song is about you"?
Answer: You're So Vain
Question: What are woofers and tweeters?
Answer: Speakers
Question: What type of musical instrument is a hi-hat?
Answer: Cymbal
Question: What type of creature is a cygnet?
Answer: Young Swan
Question: What 1978 film featured the songs "You're the One That I Want" and "Born to Hand Jive"?
Answer: Grease
Question: How many centimeters are in a kilometer?
Answer: 100,000
Question: What city is the seat of the Netherlands' government?
Answer: The Hague
Question: What country uses the Dong as its currency?
Answer: Vietnam
Question: Who portrays the character Mr. Bean?
Answer: Rowan Atkinson
Question: In what city would you find "The Shard"?
Answer: London
Question: According to song, what are a "girl's best friend"?
Answer: Diamond
Question: What single word refers to a period of time lasting 14 days?
Answer: Fortnight
Question: Which Italian dessert literally means "pick me up"?
Answer: Tiramisu
Question: In what mountain range would you find the Matterhorn?
Answer: Pennine Alps
Question: On what website would you find users Smosh and PewDiePie?
Answer: YouTube
Question: What unit of measurement is used to measure speed on a boat?
Answer: Knot
Question: If she were real, whose measurements would be an unnatural 39-18-33?
Answer: Barbie
Question: What is a necrophobe afraid of?
Answer: Death
Question: What dog breed is half labrador retriever, half poodle?
Answer: Labradoodle
Question: What movie featured the song "Under the Sea"?
Answer: The Little Mermaid
Question: The cravat was a predecessor to what modern garment?
Answer: Necktie
Question: What U.S. territory lies about 1,600 miles south of Japan?
Answer: Guam
Question: What is the only country in Central America that has English as its official language?
Answer: Belize
Question: Who urged San Diegans to "stay classy"?
Answer: Ron Burgundy
Question: Forwards I'm heavy but backwards I'm not. What am I?
Answer: Ton
Question: What is the westernmost major city on mainland Europe?
Answer: Lisbon
Question: What country do Legos come from originally?
Answer: Denmark
Question: What city can be found across the English channel from Dover?
Answer: Calais
Question: From what sea does the United Kingdom extract most of its crude oil?
Answer: North Sea
Question: What city, starting with the letter I, is the northernmost official city in the United Kingdom?
Answer: Inverness
Question: What strait separates Spain from Africa?
Answer: Strait of Gibraltar
Question: What is the capital of Albania?
Answer: Tirana
Question: What's the capital of Ireland?
Answer: Dublin
Question: What island chain in the Atlantic was first settled by Portugal in the 1400's?
Answer: Azores
Question: What are Ponte Vecchio and Pont Neuf?
Answer: Bridges
Question: In what English city would find a famous street named Penny Lane?
Answer: Liverpool
Question: Birds of a feather do what?
Answer: Flock Together
Question: What element has symbol Pb?
Answer: Lead
Question: The West Bank is one Palestinian territory. What is the other one?
Answer: The Gaza Strip
Question: What city hosts the Rose Bowl?
Answer: Pasadena
Question: Which TV network airs "The Colbert Report"?
Answer: Comedy Central
Question: In what country is Nokia based?
Answer: Finland
Question: What type of animal was commonly used to deliver messages during WWI?
Answer: Homing Pigeon
Question: What word is a homophone of gorilla?
Answer: Guerrilla
Question: In what city would you find the Bolshoi Theatre?
Answer: Moscow
Question: What African country is projected to pass the United States in population by the year 2055?
Answer: Nigeria
Question: What Japanese cartoon cat has appeared on dolls, greeting cards, toasters, and even a commercial jet?
Answer: Hello Kitty
Question: What is the literally translation of "Kindergarten"?
Answer: Children's Garden
Question: What 2013 film is the highest-grossing animated movie of all-time?
Answer: Frozen
Question: What Paris cabaret was famous for the can-can dance, and was the subject of a 2001 movie starring Nicole Kidman?
Answer: Moulin Rouge
Question: What is a common word that means "pedagogue"?
Answer: Teacher
Question: If one kisses the Blarney Stone, what gift will they supposedly receive?
Answer: Gift of Gab
Question: What sauce is made with basil, pine nuts, garlic, cheese, and olive oil?
Answer: Pesto
Question: Impalas and Springboks are types of what?
Answer: Antelope
Question: What food is sometimes called the French version of a pancake?
Answer: Crêpes
Question: What was the name of the rabid Saint Bernard in the Stephen King book of the same name?
Answer: Cujo