zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: What name is given to the migration of a solvent from a dilute solution to a more concentrated solution across a semi-permeable membrane?
Answer: Osmosis
Question: Which team won the first Heineken Cup in 1996?
Answer: Toulouse
Question: Where were the Bee Gees twins Maurice and Robin Gibb born?
Answer: Isle of Man
Question: Which protein is a major component of hair, skin, nails and tooth enamel?
Answer: Keratin
Question: The tune of the British national anthem appears within which composer's Jubilee Overture?
Answer: Carl Maria von Weber
Question: Which composer (1822-1890) wrote a symphony in D and a symphonic poem called Le Chasseur Maudit (The Accursed Huntsman)?
Answer: Cesar Franck
Question: From which country does Red Stripe lager originally come?
Answer: Jamaica
Question: Which artist painted 'The Opening of the Fifth Seal' in about 1610?
Answer: El Greco
Question: In the Bible, who was the elder daughter of Laban who became the first wife of Jacob and the mother of Dinah?
Answer: Leah
Question: Which Pope launched the first Crusade in 1095?
Answer: Urban II
Question: Which English king was born at Dunfermline Palace in 1600?
Answer: Charles I
Question: According to Virgil, who was the reputed founder of the city of Carthage?
Answer: Dido
Question: In the Bible, who was the servant of Sarah who became the concubine of Abraham and mother of Ishmael?
Answer: Hagar
Question: What is the name of the disc shaped region beyond the orbit of Neptune, discovered in 1992, which contains dwarf planets and small icy bodies?
Answer: The Kuiper Belt
Question: Which English crime writer coined the 'Guinness is good for you' slogan while working as a copywriter?
Answer: Dorothy L Sayers
Question: Which TV cartoon series features the Griffin family of Quahog, Rhode Island?
Answer: Family Guy
Question: What is the name of the Crusader castle which is now a Unesco World Heritage site, which lies west of Horns in Syria?
Answer: Crac des Chevaliers
Question: Which American Football team won the 45th Superbowl on 6 February 2011?
Answer: Green Bay Packers
Question: Which was the first Liverpool group to have their first three singles reach number one in the charts?
Answer: Gerry and the Pacemakers
Question: Who was the US President who sought a third term of office when he ran as a Bull Moose or Progressive candidate?
Answer: Theodore Roosevelt
Question: Which was the second Liverpool group to have their first three singles reach number one in the charts?
Answer: Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Question: What were first used in the Chesterfield Stakes at Newmarket on 11 July 1965?
Answer: Starting Stalls
Question: Which card game takes its name from the Spanish word for basket?
Answer: CANASTA
Question: In which European City is the Mariinsky Ballet based?
Answer: ST PETERSBURG
Question: The Somme is in which French region?
Answer: PICARDY
Question: John of Gaunt was the uncle of which English King?
Answer: RICHARD II
Question: How many test centuries did Don Bradman score?
Answer: 29
Question: Which actor played Dr Who between 1974 and 1980?
Answer: TOM BAKER
Question: In which year did Dr Who first appear on our television screens played by William Hartnell?
Answer: 1963
Question: Which artistic style is described as "The exploration of colour and technique to capture the transience of light"?
Answer: IMPRESSIONISM
Question: In July 2011, which local judge led the public enquiry into News International phone hacking affair?
Answer: Sir Brian Leveson
Question: At which race circuit did Ayrton Senna die, in 1994?
Answer: Imola
Question: What is the administrative centre of Cornwall?
Answer: Truro
Question: What type of camera did Edwin Land develop?
Answer: Polaroid
Question: What constituency did John Major represent while he was Prime Minister?
Answer: Huntingdon
Question: Which legendary actress spoke for the first time on screen in the 1930 film "Anna Christie"?
Answer: Greta Garbo
Question: Which English king was killed by Walter Tyrell?
Answer: William II
Question: If you were born between October 24th and November 218'what star sign would you come under?
Answer: Scorpio
Question: The deadly poison, Ricin, is produced from which plant?
Answer: CASTOR OIL PLANT
Question: In the bible who was the sister of Moses who concealed him in the bulrushes?
Answer: MIRIAM
Question: Marie Curie discovered radium and which other element?
Answer: POLONIUM
Question: In which novel is the calendar altered from AD to AF (after ford)?
Answer: BRAVE NEW WORLD
Question: Which poet served a sentence in Reading Gaol?
Answer: OSCAR WILDE
Question: 'Last of the Summer Wine' is the creation of which comic writer?
Answer: ROY CLARKE
Question: 'Out Of The Silent Planet' and 'The Screwtape Letters' are works of which author, better known for his children's books?
Answer: C S LEWIS
Question: Frances Gumm was the real name of which famous actress?
Answer: JUDY GARLAND
Question: Who played 'First Voice' in the original BBC radio production of 'UnderMilk Wood' (and also in the film version)?
Answer: RICHARD BURTON
Question: Where, on the Baltic coast, was the German missile site where V1rockets were designed and built?
Answer: PEENEMUNDE
Question: Whom did St Paul describe as 'his beloved physician'?
Answer: St. LUKE
Question: What is the name of Heston Blumenthal's restaurant in Bray, Berkshire?
Answer: The Fat Duck
Question: Who is the Greek muse of history?
Answer: Clio
Question: Which English city was called Deva by the Romans?
Answer: Chester
Question: In which Asian country is the city of Haifa?
Answer: Israel
Question: Who was the son of Philip II of Macedon?
Answer: Alexander the Great
Question: Who was the husband of Helen of Troy (or Sparta)?
Answer: Menelaus
Question: What was Sir John Franklin searching for when he died?
Answer: THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE
Question: What is the only dog allowed to give testimony to a US court of law?
Answer: BLOODHOUND
Question: In South Africa what is the name given to ships of meat, salted and dried?
Answer: BILTONG
Question: Who played 'Two-Face' in the 1995 film 'Batman Forever'?
Answer: TOMMY LEE JONES
Question: Which entertainer was born Stevland Judkins (his surname later changed to Morris) in Saginaw, Michigan in 1950?
Answer: STEVIE WONDER
Question: Which group had a 1967 hit with 'Night of Fear'?
Answer: THE MOVE
Question: Name the bear, the comedian from the 'Muppet Show'.
Answer: FOZZIE
Question: In the Lake District National Park, as what are Pavey Ark, Harrison Stickle and Pike of Stickle collectively known?
Answer: LANGDALE PIKES
Question: Of which native American tribe were Geronimo and Cochise warrior leaders?
Answer: APACHE
Question: Which tenor singer recorded the album 'Bring Him Home', which reached number 9 in the UK album charts in 2010-11?
Answer: ALFIE BOE
Question: The oldest extant version of the Bible made by Jerome in the 4th century is known by which name?
Answer: VULGATE
Question: Which US city is the setting for the TV drama series 'Treme' (pronounced Tremmay)?
Answer: NEW ORLEANS
Question: In which country is Verdi's opera 'Aida' set?
Answer: EGYPT
Question: Which Russian general led the defence of Moscow and the relief of Stalingrad during World War II?
Answer: GEORGY ZHUKOV
Question: The Vinson Massif is the highest mountain area in which continent?
Answer: ANTARCTICA
Question: What number lies between 19 and 17 at the bottom of a dartboard?
Answer: 3
Question: Semiotics is the study of what?
Answer: Signs
Question: On board ship what is kept in a binnacle?
Answer: Compass
Question: Which was the first London Underground railway line?
Answer: Metropolitan
Question: Which motorway connects London to Swansea?
Answer: M4
Question: Who was the first English king of the House of Lancaster?
Answer: Henry IV
Question: What cut of beef is found between the rump and the fore rib?
Answer: Sirloin
Question: Which is usually considered to be the 6th book of the Old Testament?
Answer: JOSHUA
Question: Which American singer had a UK top 20 hit in 1963 with 'Deck of Cards'?
Answer: WINK MARTINDALE
Question: Which species of deer, originally from South Asia but now with a large, feral population in England, is sometimes known as 'the barking deer'?
Answer: MUNTJAC
Question: Which Indian God is usually depicted with the head of an elephant?
Answer: GANESH
Question: Within a year either way when was the radio programme 'The Archers' first broadcast throughout the UK?
Answer: 1951
Question: Which nation's flag is said to be the oldest still in use?
Answer: DENMARK
Question: What name is given to the swim bladders of certain fish when used in cookery and brewing?
Answer: ISINGLASS
Question: Which Roman wrote 'Ars Poetica' and the 'Odes'?
Answer: HORACE
Question: Who was the first Prime Minister of an independent India in 1947?
Answer: (Jawaharlal) Nehru
Question: What personal trophy/keepsake is awarded to every member of an American Football Superbowl winning team?
Answer: A Ring
Question: Who was the first Governor-General of Pakistan from August 1947 to his death in September 1948, he is known as the 'Father of the Nation'?
Answer: (Muhammad Ali) Jinnah
Question: What personal trophy/keepsake is awarded to the winner of a World-Series-of Poker tournament?
Answer: A Bracelet
Question: Which famous racehorse, winner of all his 18 races, is an ancestor of over 90% of all racehorses?
Answer: Eclipse
Question: In which country did the so called "Arab Spring" uprisings commence in 2011?
Answer: Tunisia
Question: In Greek mythology, what was the name of the winged horse which sprang from the dead body of Medusa?
Answer: Pegasus
Question: According to Greek mythology, what was the name of the three headed dog which guarded the entrance to the underworld?
Answer: Cerberus
Question: Which county cricket team were the first winners of the Gillette Cup in 1963?
Answer: Sussex
Question: Which is the longest established college of Oxford University?
Answer: University
Question: Hans Lansdorf was the captain of which World War 2 German battleship?
Answer: Graf Spee
Question: James Arness had a brother Peter who starred in the TV series 'Mission Impossible', under what surname did he act?
Answer: Graves
Question: Who was the son of Mani Nixon who died in 2011, his hits include 'Lonely Boy', How Can This Be Love' and 'Never Let Her Slip Away'?
Answer: Andrew Gold
Question: What is the title of Kazuo Ishiguro's 1989 Booker Prize winning novel which was made into a 1993 film of the same name starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson?
Answer: The Remains of the Day
Question: Admiral Lord Nelson was created Duke of Bronte, on which island is Bronte?
Answer: Sicily
Question: What is the title of Graham Swift's 1996 Booker Prize winning novel which was made into a 2001 film of the same name starring Michael Caine and Helen Mirren?
Answer: Last Orders
Question: Catherine of Valois, Matilda and Margaret Beaufort were all mothers of English Kings with which first name?
Answer: Henry
Question: Which foodstuff was first displayed in England in the shop window of Thomas Johnson of London on April 10th 1633?
Answer: Bananas
Question: Which American rock band, formed in 1964, included amongst its members David Crosby and Roger McGuinn?
Answer: The Byrds
Question: For his performance in which film did Gregory Peck win the Best Actor Oscar?
Answer: To Kill a Mockingbird
Question: Which American band, formed in 1965, included amongst its members John and Michelle Phillips?
Answer: The Mamas and the Papas
Question: In which state of the USA would you find the cities of Macon and Savannah?
Answer: Georgia
Question: What is traditionally the main ingredient of gazpacho?
Answer: Tomatoes
Question: Which snack or meal was popularised by a marketing campaign in the late 1950s and early 1960s by the Milk Marketing Board?
Answer: Ploughman's Lunch
Question: At which London station was a statue of John Betjeman unveiled in 2007?
Answer: St Pancras
Question: Who won Best Actor Oscars for the roles of Father Edward Flanagan and Manuel Fidelio?
Answer: Spencer Tracy
Question: In the Tin Tin stories, how do we know the character who is called Professeur Tournesol in the original French works?
Answer: Professor Calculus
Question: In Thai cuisine kapi is a paste made up of what?
Answer: SHRIMPS
Question: The wording R. Mutt on a urinal appears in a work of art by which artist?
Answer: MARCEL DUCHAMP
Question: In which year did the Battle of Vitoria take place during the Peninsular War?
Answer: 1813
Question: Which hit record of the 1960s includes the line 'Sixteen vestal virgins who are leaving for the coast'?
Answer: A WHITER SHADE OF PALE
Question: In the 2008 film 'Charlie Wilson's War' which actor took the title role?
Answer: TOM HANKS
Question: The site of the old English and pirate harbour of Port Royal is to be found where in the Caribbean?
Answer: JAMAICA
Question: The French gold coin used until 1795 known as a 'Louis' had a value of how many francs?
Answer: TWENTY
Question: According to mythology Hermes wore talaria to aid him. What were they?
Answer: WINGED SANDALS
Question: Mozart's Symphony number 31 is named after which European city?
Answer: PARIS
Question: The Hindu deity Hanuman appears in the form of which animal?
Answer: A MONKEY
Question: Which hit song by Roy Orbison begins "A candy coloured clown they call the sandman"?
Answer: IN DREAMS
Question: In Britain we put icing on cakes what do Americans call icing?
Answer: FROSTING
Question: Which is the only non human land animal to suffer from sunburn?
Answer: PIG
Question: In which City was Tony Blair born?
Answer: EDINBURGH
Question: Barack Obama was a senator for which state?
Answer: Illinois
Question: In which US city did Clint Eastwood's character 'Dirty Harry' fight crime?
Answer: San Francisco
Question: Which fictional character was born in Lithuania, imprisoned in Baltimore, escaped to Florence and was last known to be living in Buenos Aires?
Answer: Hannibal Lecter
Question: Lawrence Olivier won only one Oscar, for which film in 1948?
Answer: Hamlet
Question: What name is given to the female equivalent of the Oedipus Complex?
Answer: Electra Complex
Question: What common name is given to Chopin's 'Waltz in D Minor'?
Answer: Minute Waltz
Question: Which Italian composer claimed that he could "set a laundry list to music"?
Answer: Rossini
Question: Who, along with Karl Ferdinand Braun, won a Nobel Prize for Physics in 1909 for their work on wireless telegraphy?
Answer: Guglielmo Marconi
Question: Which Fleetwood Mac album of 1977 sold 15 million copies and remained in the UK charts for more than eight years?
Answer: Rumours
Question: At which school were Tom Brown's Schooldays spent?
Answer: Rugby
Question: Which bathe took place on October 25th 1415?
Answer: Agincourt
Question: Which London Underground line would you take to get directly to Heathrow Airport?
Answer: Piccadilly
Question: The Grand National has been run at Aintree since 1839 except for 1916-18 when it was run where?
Answer: Gatwick
Question: Which French word commonly used in English means an awkward clash or inopportune occurrence, and is also a fencing term?
Answer: Contretemps
Question: What is the capital of the southern Italian region of Puglia?
Answer: Bari
Question: Which Austrian composer was accidentally shot dead by an American soldier in September 1945?
Answer: Anton von Webern
Question: Which British Prime Minister had a type of hat named after him?
Answer: Anthony Eden
Question: At which football ground was the FA Cup Final played the year prior to the 1923 opening Wembley final?
Answer: Stamford Bridge
Question: Who is the Greek equivalent of Aurora, the Roman Goddess of the Dawn?
Answer: Eos
Question: What is the name of the main concert hall that houses the Aldeburgh Festival in Suffolk?
Answer: (Snape) Maltings
Question: Which boxer did Muhammad Ali beat in September 1978 to become the only 3-time world heavyweight champion?
Answer: Leon Spinks
Question: In which USA city was Jimi Hendrix born?
Answer: Seattle
Question: Which well known comedian starred in the 2010 film 'Route Irish' directed by Ken Loach?
Answer: JOHN BISHOP
Question: At which battle of 1513 was King James IV of Scotland killed?
Answer: FLODDEN
Question: Which 15th Century Italian painter's name means little barrel?
Answer: BOTTICELLI
Question: With which sporting event of April 2012 do you associate Trenton Oldfield?
Answer: THE BOAT RACE
Question: The US Presidential Call Sign Air Force One was established for security purposes during the administration of which President?
Answer: DWIGHT D EISENHOWER
Question: What was the relationship between Charles II and James II?
Answer: BROTHERS
Question: On which date is the Battle of Britain commemorated?
Answer: 15th SEPTEMBER
Question: What collective name is given to those members of the House of Lords who are not Lords Spiritual?
Answer: Lords Temporal
Question: The 1916 Battle of Flers-Courcelette, part of the Somme offensive, saw the first use of which weapon?
Answer: Tanks
Question: In 1935 Dr Robert Smith and William Wilson founded which organisation?
Answer: Alcoholics Anonymous
Question: The Neva, Vistula and Oder rivers flow into which sea?
Answer: Baltic
Question: Which singer played the part of Johnny Fontaine in 'The Godfather'; he had the first no. 1 hit 'Here in my Heart'?
Answer: Al Martino
Question: Whose operas include one about each of the following; a king of Pontus, The Shepherd King, a king of Egypt and a king of Crete?
Answer: Mozart
Question: General Alfred Stroessner, who died in 2006, was dictator of which country?
Answer: Paraguay
Question: In what year did Julius Caesar first land in Britain?
Answer: 55 BC
Question: Which university's colleges include St John's, St Aidan's, St Chad's, St Mary's, Ustinov and Van Mildert?
Answer: Durham
Question: Who famously said that Margaret Thatcher had "the eyes of Caligula and the lips of Marilyn Monroe"?
Answer: Francois Mitterrand
Question: Which football club play home games at Turf Moor?
Answer: BURNLEY
Question: Apart from its Atlantic coastline which country surrounds Gambia?
Answer: SENEGAL
Question: What is the common name of the species panthera pardus of the Felidae family?
Answer: LEOPARD
Question: Who is the youngest person to become King of England?
Answer: HENRY VI
Question: Called 'These Friends of Mine' for season one, which US sitcom centred on a neurotic bookstore owner?
Answer: ELLEN
Question: In whose books is Lisbeth Salander a leading character?
Answer: STIEG LARSSON
Question: The fertile Bekaa Valley is in which Middle Eastern country?
Answer: LEBANON
Question: Which woman lost in seven Wimbledon singles finals during the second half of the 20th century?
Answer: Chris Evert
Question: Alec Trevelyan was the villain of which Bond film?
Answer: Golden Eye
Question: Melatonin is produced in which gland in the human body?
Answer: Pineal
Question: Who composed the opera Tancredi?
Answer: Rossini
Question: Which political party has ruled Syria since 1970?
Answer: BA'ATH
Question: Who became the first British cyclist since Tom Simpson in 1967 to win the classic Paris Nice 'race to the sun' in March 2012?
Answer: BRADLEY WIGGINS
Question: Who was King of Libya when it gained independence from Italy on Christmas Eve 1951?
Answer: IDRIS
Question: To which, position did Joachim Gauck succeed Christian Wulff in spring 2012?
Answer: PRESIDENT OF GERMANY
Question: Which sport has the highest ratio and officials to players?
Answer: (LAWN) TENNIS
Question: Sometimes known as 'kasha' which flour is used in North America and Eastern Europe for making pancakes?
Answer: BUCKWHEAT
Question: The Gaelic translation of 'Valley of the Deer' gives its name to which Scotch single malt whisky?
Answer: GLENFIDDICH
Question: Taking its name from a range of local hills, which National Trail runs for 102 miles between Bath and Chipping Campden?
Answer: COTSWOLD WAY
Question: Which Surrey town officially added the suffix '-upon-Thames' to its name in May 2012?
Answer: STAINES
Question: Robert Gordon University is situated in which city?
Answer: ABERDEEN
Question: The Dukedom of Wellington takes its title from a town in what county?
Answer: SOMERSET
Question: Tumbago is an alloy of gold and which other metal?
Answer: Copper
Question: Who is Nicolas Cage's famous film-world uncle?
Answer: Francis Ford Coppola
Question: Border, Leicester and Corriedale are all breeds of what?
Answer: Sheep
Question: What highly toxic substance was used in the manufacture of the popular Victorian colouring material Scheele's Green?
Answer: Arsenic
Question: In which town was Osama bin Laden killed?
Answer: Abbotabad
Question: By what two-word title is a member of the first degree of Freemasonry known?
Answer: Entered Apprentice
Question: Whose last words were, "I've had eighteen straight whiskies. I think that's the record."?
Answer: Dylan Thomas
Question: Which is the only London underground line which interconnects with every other line?
Answer: Jubilee
Question: In which month of the year is London's Lord Mayor's Show traditionally held?
Answer: NOVEMBER
Question: In which year was the Battle of Quebec (where the Heights of Abraham were scaled)?
Answer: 1759
Question: Tasseomancy is a form of telling the future by doing what?
Answer: READING TEA LEAVES
Question: Which French president succeeded Charles de Gaulle?
Answer: GEORGES POMPIDOU
Question: Which work of literature begins with the lines 'Of Man's first disobedience and the fruit of that forbidden tree...'?
Answer: PARADISE LOST
Question: Who plays Kevin Webster in 'Coronation Street'?
Answer: MICHAEL LE VELL
Question: In the Bible, who was the mother of Solomon?
Answer: BATHSHEBA
Question: Who plays Cain Dingle in `Emmerdale'?
Answer: JEFF HORDLEY
Question: What name is given to divination by summoning the spirits of the dead?
Answer: NECROMANCY
Question: Which work of literature begins with the lines.: When that April with its showers sweet the drought of. March has pierced to the root'?
Answer: THE CANTERBURY TALES
Question: In the Bible, who was the mother of Esau?
Answer: REBECCA
Question: Operation Tannenbaum was the codename for the proposed German invasion of which country?
Answer: SWITZERLAND
Question: Which of Noel Coward's works was written especially for Gertrude Lawrence?
Answer: PRIVATE LIVES
Question: In which year was the Battle of Balaclava (including the Charge of the Light Brigade)?
Answer: 1854
Question: Which 'Emmerdale' family has had members called Shadrach, Eli and Samson?
Answer: DINGLE
Question: What name is given to the breeding den of a beaver?
Answer: LODGE
Question: Which 'EastEnders' family has had members called Archie, Courtney and Ben?
Answer: MITCHELL
Question: What is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec?
Answer: Quebec City
Question: What do we call what the Americans call 'kerosene'?
Answer: Paraffin
Question: Carthage was founded about 3000 years ago by which people?
Answer: Phoenicians
Question: Who was captain of the British brig 'Rebecca' in 1731 when it was boarded by the Spanish coastguard 'La Isabela' so starting an international incident?
Answer: Robert Jenkins
Question: In Greek mythology who was the mother of Zeus, Poseidon and Hades?
Answer: Rhea
Question: In which country are the Ibo people mainly found?
Answer: Nigeria
Question: Which Scottish league team have the nickname 'The Bairns'?
Answer: Falkirk
Question: At what weight did Alan Minter win his boxing world title?
Answer: Middleweight
Question: What is the name of the substitute for Silver invented in 1745 by Thomas Bolsover?
Answer: Sheffield Plate
Question: Who directed the 2010 Disney film Alice in Wonderland?
Answer: Tim Burton
Question: Who wrote the poems Idylls of the King?
Answer: Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Question: What colour is the artists pigment called celandine?
Answer: Yellow
Question: Which American wit said 'Outside of a dog, a book is your best friend, and inside of a dog, it's too dark to read'?
Answer: Groucho Marx
Question: Which American wit said 'The covers of this book are too far apart'?
Answer: Ambrose Bierce
Question: What is the term for the change of a vowel sound in German and the diacritical mark which indicates it?
Answer: UMLAUT
Question: Pulex irritans is a parasitic insect. What is.it more commonly known as?
Answer: FLEA
Question: Which toxic protein is extracted from the castor oil plant?
Answer: RICIN