zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: Which 1950 film stars Bette Davis as Margo Channing, an aging Broadway star?
Answer: ALL ABOUT EVE
Question: Which actress was forced to leave ‘Coronation Street’ in 2007 because of poor health?
Answer: LIZ DAWN
Question: Two of the four blood groups are ‘A’ and ‘B’. What are the other two?
Answer: AB and O
Question: Who was Chair of the Conservative Party from 2010 until 2012?
Answer: BARONESS WARSI
Question: Which drug derives its name from the Greek god of dreams?
Answer: MORPHINE
Question: Where will you find the communities of Peel, Port St. Mary, Castletown and Ballabeg?
Answer: ISLE OF MAN
Question: What does the Latin phrase ‘lapsus linguae’ mean in English?
Answer: Slip of the tongue
Question: Which ancient story-teller was sentenced to death and thrown off a cliff?
Answer: Aesop
Question: Which adventurer’s wife kept his head in a velvet bag until she died?
Answer: Walter Raleigh
Question: The word tintinnabular relates to the sound of what?
Answer: Bells
Question: Which spirit is used in a Sex On The Beach cocktail?
Answer: Vodka
Question: With which profession does one associate the Stanislawski Method?
Answer: Acting
Question: In 1961 young Terry Brooks made his debut as the first …….what?
Answer: Milky Bar Kid
Question: Which prolific author’s first novel Jigsaw was published in 1922?
Answer: Barbara Cartland
Question: Who is the Patron Saint of Spain?
Answer: St James
Question: Who composed the work Tales From the Vienna Woods?
Answer: Johann Strauss
Question: In American criminal slang what is a ‘shamus’?
Answer: Private Detective
Question: What does the prefix 'cry' mean in words such as cryogenics?
Answer: Cold
Question: Who played the fairy godmother in Adam Ant's 'Prince Charming' video?
Answer: Diana Dors
Question: Which gas is in a green fire extinguisher?
Answer: Halon
Question: Wulfrunians are residents of which English city?
Answer: Wolverhampton
Question: The Campsie Fells lie to the north of which Scottish city?
Answer: Glasgow
Question: Which European capital lies on the River Senne?
Answer: Brussels
Question: Which ITV company made the World In Action current affairs programme?
Answer: Granada
Question: Mod girls wore what type of quilted jacket on their partners' scooters?
Answer: Parka
Question: In 1901 Queen Victoria died in which building on the Isle of Wight?
Answer: Osborne House
Question: What is the most northerly railway station on the Derwent Valley Line?
Answer: Matlock
Question: An aerodrome needs what to become an airport?
Answer: Customs
Question: Which volcano lies between Italy and Sicily?
Answer: Stromboli
Question: Which name from Greek mythology is given to a pimp?
Answer: Pandar
Question: Where in Paris would you find the French foreign ministry?
Answer: Quai D'Orsay
Question: Which is both the highest capital city in Europe and one of its smallest?
Answer: Andorra La Vella
Question: Who was Prime Minister during the Queen's Silver Jubilee celebrations?
Answer: Callaghan
Question: Who was Prime Minister during Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee celebrations?
Answer: Salisbury
Question: Who is the hero of the novels Greenmantle and Mr Standfast?
Answer: Richard Hannay
Question: Published in 1960, Who wrote the novel A Kind of Loving?
Answer: Stan Barstow
Question: Which English comic regularly utilised the 1963 Boots Randolf composition Yakety Sax?
Answer: Benny Hill
Question: On which programme is the presenter followed around by a dog called Nigel?
Answer: Gardener’s World
Question: What kind of creature is a megrim?
Answer: Fish
Question: Which prime minister launched the ‘I’m Backing Britain’ campaign?
Answer: Harold Wilson
Question: Which tradesmen performed most of the wedding ceremonies at Gretna Green?
Answer: Blacksmiths
Question: Which Neil Sedaka track was dedicated to an ex-girlfriend?
Answer: Oh Carol
Question: What is the most malleable metal?
Answer: Gold
Question: The adjective caprine refers to which animals?
Answer: Goats
Question: What is the V-shaped flying formation of a flock of wild geese called?
Answer: Skein
Question: What geographical features come in types called – Continental, Mountain and Piedmont?
Answer: Glaciers
Question: Which sculptor was refused entry to the French Academy three times?
Answer: Rodin
Question: In which county of Ireland would you find Blarney Castle, home of the Blarney Stone?
Answer: County Cork
Question: On which Scottish island will you find Fingal’s Cave?
Answer: STAFFA
Question: What is the highest mountain in the UK outside Scotland?
Answer: SNOWDON
Question: What is the official currency of Bulgaria?
Answer: LEV
Question: What is the currency of Iceland?
Answer: KRONA
Question: Which type of birds have the genus name of ‘Halcyon’?
Answer: KINGFISHERS
Question: Which ‘ology’ is the study of sexually transmitted diseases?
Answer: VENEREOLOGY
Question: Anna Mae Bullock is the real name of which singer, dancer, actress and author?
Answer: TINA TURNER
Question: What would the initials ANPR mean to a petrol station attendant?
Answer: AUTOMATIC NUMBER PLATE
Question: Which British-American Oscar-winning actress died on the 15th, aged 96?
Answer: JOAN FONTAINE
Question: Which British broadcaster and OBE departed on the 21st, aged 87?
Answer: DAVID COLEMAN
Question: Which genus of 422 species of flowering plants are often known as cranesbills?
Answer: GERANIUMS
Question: Who was only 19 when he became the Stones’ manager and producer?
Answer: ANDREW Loog OLDHAM
Question: Shrub Hill station serves which English town or city?
Answer: WORCESTER
Question: Which of the Canary Islands has the nickname ‘windy island’?
Answer: Fuerteventura
Question: Which Italian dish has a name meaning ‘pick-me-up’?
Answer: Tiramasu
Question: In Germany it is Landwein what is the French equivalent?
Answer: Vin de Pays
Question: What is the job title of the statistician employed to assess risks for insurance companies?
Answer: Actuary
Question: Who was recorded having a scorpion tattoo for a TV series recently?
Answer: David Dimbleby
Question: Which official announces the result of a Parliamentary election?
Answer: Returning Officer
Question: Which of the Spanish ‘Costas’ has a name meaning ‘gold coast’?
Answer: Costa Dorada
Question: What did scientist Wayne Szalinski do in a 1989 Disney movie?
Answer: Shrunk the Kids
Question: Which vegetable is found in abundance in an Indian dopiaza?
Answer: Onions
Question: In a band or orchestra what kind of instrument is a high hat?
Answer: Cymbal
Question: Which breed of cattle is called Holstein in the USA?
Answer: Friesian
Question: A locum is a temporary replacement for a doctor and which other profession?
Answer: Clergyman
Question: Which cocktail is ‘The Queen of Drinks’?
Answer: Bloody Mary
Question: What is the army equivalent to a Royal Navy Captain?
Answer: Colonel
Question: On which river does Kidderminster stand?
Answer: Stour
Question: What is the army equivalent to a Royal Navy Commodore?
Answer: Brigadier
Question: Who painted The Light of the World?
Answer: Holman Hunt
Question: What is the youngest section of the Scouting movement, covering ages 6 to 8?
Answer: Beaver Scouts
Question: In which county is Malin Head, the most northerly point in all Ireland?
Answer: County Donegal
Question: Which university’s architecture originally inspired the term “red-brick university”?
Answer: Liverpool University
Question: What phrase is used in the UK for that which North Americans often call a “Texas Gate”?
Answer: Cattle Grid
Question: a Victorian farce and a situation in which two people take turns to occupy a position?
Answer: Box and Cox
Question: Give any of the three words which might follow a so-called “Oxford comma”?
Answer: and, or or nor
Question: Who, in August this year, was announced as the new “Dr Who” Doctor?
Answer: Peter Capaldi
Question: Which kingdom was formed by the 7th century unification of Bernicia and Deira?
Answer: Northumbria
Question: Which TV quiz show host witnessed the pendant’s burial?
Answer: Bamber Gascoigne
Question: Which band’s eponymous front man is married to BAFTA-winning actress Carey Mulligan?
Answer: Mumford and Sons
Question: What long, loose over-garment was the distinctive garb of Jews in the Middle Ages?
Answer: GABERDINE
Question: In 1966, what replaced the Aust ferry?
Answer: SEVERN BRIDGE
Question: Where in London do some swimmers take a bracing dip on Christmas Day?
Answer: SERPENTINE, Hyde Park
Question: Which British physicist and mathematician was born on 25/12/1642?
Answer: Sir ISAAC NEWTON
Question: Which former dictator was executed on 25/12/1989?
Answer: Nicolae CEAUSESCU
Question: On selling sites online, what does the acronym ‘BUMP’ represent?
Answer: BRING UP MY POST
Question: What is the name of the major seaport which serves Mexico City?
Answer: Veracruz
Question: What eight-letter word is the Japanese for ‘goodbye’?
Answer: SAYONARA
Question: Which element in the periodic table has the chemical symbol W?
Answer: TUNGSTEN
Question: According to tradition in Syria, who or what deliver the Christmas presents?
Answer: CAMELS
Question: Which Scottish Premiership association football club has Rugby Park for its home ground?
Answer: KILMARNOCK
Question: The 1954 film ‘White Christmas’ is set in which state of the USA?
Answer: VERMONT
Question: What is the name of the dog in ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’ (2000)?
Answer: MAX
Question: What was the title of the first ever 'Carry On' film?
Answer: CARRY ON SERGEANT
Question: Purl, Plain, and Fisherman's Cable are all types of what?
Answer: KNITTING STITCHES
Question: Who is the famous actress mother of the actress and playwright Amy Rosenthal?
Answer: Maureen LIPMAN
Question: By population, which is the largest state in the USA?
Answer: CALIFORNIA
Question: By area, which is the largest state in the USA?
Answer: ALASKA
Question: If you had pogonophobia what would you be afraid of?
Answer: BEARDS
Question: Who became Vice-President of the USA in 2001?
Answer: Dick CHENEY
Question: What is the main religion in Sri Lanka?
Answer: Theravada BUDDHISM
Question: In the nursery rhyme 'Who Killed Cock Robin', "Who saw him die?"?
Answer: I, said the FLY, with my little eye
Question: Percy Bysshe Shelley, Brian Jones and Emperor ‘Barbarossa’ all died in what manner?
Answer: DROWNED
Question: In which English city would you find The Mathematical Bridge?
Answer: CAMBRIDGE
Question: A Scottish river, an English river and a Russian river all share which name ?
Answer: DON
Question: On which river does Winchester stand?
Answer: ITCHEN
Question: In 1969, which category was added to the Nobel Prizes?
Answer: ECONOMICS
Question: Who, going through US customs said "I have nothing to declare but my genius"?
Answer: Oscar WILDE
Question: Via Italian from Latin meaning 'goddess', what do we call a distinguished female singer?
Answer: DIVA
Question: """Cor, stinks in here"" was the first line spoken in the first episode of which UK TV series?"
Answer: EASTENDERS
Question: Who became President of France in the early summer of 2007?
Answer: Nicolas SARKOZY
Question: Which country was formerly known as the 'Sugar Bowl of the World'?
Answer: CUBA
Question: Which animal is "Me" in Roald Dahl's book, 'The Giraffe And The Pelly And Me'?
Answer: MONKEY
Question: What is the name of the traditional boat used for transport on the River Nile?
Answer: FELUCCA
Question: Politically speaking, what once linked Brazil, Uruguay, Mozambique and Angola?
Answer: PORTUGUESE COLONIES
Question: Which city is the home of the Spanish football team Real Betis?
Answer: Seville
Question: According to the nursery rhyme, in which London street did the Muffin Man live?
Answer: Drury Lane
Question: Which notable person died in the Ritz Hotel on the 8th of April 2013?
Answer: Margaret Thatcher
Question: In which town is the Black Country Living Museum?
Answer: Dudley
Question: Tórshavn is the capital of which island group?
Answer: Faroe Islands
Question: The 1953 Broadway musical Kismet is based on the works of which classical composer?
Answer: Alexander Borodin
Question: Which twin-code rugby international and television commentator is nicknamed “Jiffy”?
Answer: Jonathan Davies
Question: What is the official hymn of the US Marine Corps?
Answer: The Halls of Montezuma
Question: Tom Lehrer’s Elements Song is sung to which tune from a Gilbert and Sullivan opera?
Answer: I am the Very Model of a
Question: Who was the only female competitor not to be given a sex test at the 1976 Olympics?
Answer: Princess Anne
Question: What is the world’s single largest solid gold statue?
Answer: The Golden Buddha
Question: Who was the first woman to complete the English Grand National horse race?
Answer: Geraldine Rees
Question: On which island is the New York borough Brooklyn?
Answer: Long Island
Question: In which film did a Rolls Royce have the number plate AU 1?
Answer: Goldfinger
Question: What kind of flower is a Tequila Sunrise?
Answer: Rose
Question: What, associated with the word, does a Galactophagist drink?
Answer: Milk
Question: In which county is Saffron Walden?
Answer: Essex
Question: What is the highest point on the Isle of Man?
Answer: Snaefell
Question: Who is the Wizard of Wishaw?
Answer: John Higgins
Question: Written by William Boyd what was the last James Bond novel to be published?
Answer: Solo
Question: The doomed Royal Navy ship HMS Thunder Child appeared in which Sci Fi classic?
Answer: The War of the Worlds
Question: By population what is the second city of Canada?
Answer: Montreal
Question: Prior to Sochi which country has won the most Winter Olympic medals?
Answer: Norway
Question: Who was the only boxer to win a world title without ever having a manager?
Answer: Jake La Motta
Question: Which Soap screened the first transsexual character?
Answer: Coronation Street
Question: Also a colour shade, which creature is associated with the Babycham bottle label?
Answer: FAWN
Question: Fernando Alonso drives for which F1 team?
Answer: Scuderia FERRARI
Question: The signature tune of which TV show is entitled 'Barnacle Bill'?
Answer: BLUE PETER
Question: What nationality is the TV company who created the popular animated TV series ‘Pingu’?
Answer: SWISS
Question: Which was the first of Jane Austen's novels completed for publication?
Answer: NORTHANGER ABBEY
Question: A Dzo is an Asian cross between which 'wild' and which domesticated animal?
Answer: YAK AND COW
Question: Who sang the theme song to the film '9 to 5'?
Answer: Dolly PARTON
Question: Which herb did the Romans eat with the intention of preventing drunkenness?
Answer: PARSLEY
Question: In 1969, which Brit was the first person without doubt to reach the North Pole on foot?
Answer: Sir Wally HERBERT
Question: Which late Englishman has most often won the accolade 'British Designer of the Year'?
Answer: Alexander McQUEEN
Question: What building was home to novelist Mary Fisher in 'The Life and Loves of a She-Devil'?
Answer: LIGHTHOUSE
Question: Responsible for 1/3 of all tonnage; which country produces more olives than any other?
Answer: SPAIN
Question: What is the capitol of Morocco?
Answer: RABAT
Question: In which region of Germany was the notorious Dachau concentration camp?
Answer: BAVARIA
Question: Which other English club did David Moyes manage before he was at Everton?
Answer: PRESTON North End
Question: Which black American singer was known as 'The Hi De Ho Man'?
Answer: Cab CALLOWAY
Question: Who is the ‘Coalminer’s Daughter’?
Answer: Loretta Lynn
Question: Which poet’s love is like a red, red, rose that’s newly sprung in June?
Answer: Robbie Burns
Question: Who played the title character in Bugsy Malone?
Answer: Scott Baio
Question: Which BBC sitcom features various members of the Pearson family in Tyne and Wear?
Answer: Hebburn
Question: Which general had a surname meaning ‘of France’?
Answer: De Gaulle
Question: In which city is the HQ of the World Health Organisation?
Answer: Geneva
Question: What name is given to the long tongue or feeding tube of a butterfly?
Answer: Proboscis
Question: The four Inns of Court are Gray’s Inn, Inner Temple, Middle Temple and which other?
Answer: Lincoln’s Inn
Question: Which Russian author was reprieved from execution at the last minute?
Answer: Dostoyevsky
Question: An armoire is a large ornate ……..what?
Answer: Wardrobe
Question: Brewster, spoonback and fauteuil are all types of what?
Answer: Chair
Question: A simian person would resemble which creatures?
Answer: Apes
Question: Who composed The Cat Waltz?
Answer: Chopin
Question: Who or what are The Warrior, The Plank and The Downward Dog?
Answer: Yoga poses
Question: What was the country of birth of the Gilbert half of Gilbert and George?
Answer: Italy
Question: Which mammal is alternatively known as the glutton?
Answer: Wolverine
Question: Which is the only club from outside Scotland to play in the Scottish Football League?
Answer: Berwick Rangers
Question: Which is the only club in the League of Ireland from outside the Republic of Ireland?
Answer: Derry City
Question: Which is the only club from outside France to play in the French Ligue 1?
Answer: AS Monaco FC
Question: Which folk band’s version of The Archers’ theme introduces the Sunday Omnibus Edition?
Answer: The Yetties
Question: The “Brain of Britain” theme music is adapted from which Mozart piece?
Answer: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Question: Which town’s Horse Fair each June is notable as a gathering for Gypsies and Travellers?
Answer: Appleby-in-Westmorland
Question: What is the nautical term for a staircase between two decks on a ship?
Answer: Companionway
Question: In which modern-day country is Bizet’s “The Pearl Fishers” set?
Answer: Sri Lanka
Question: Which TV detective had a pet dog called Jussi in some series?
Answer: Kurt Wallander
Question: Paradoxically, which city is the original home of the Harlem Globetrotters?
Answer: Chicago
Question: What is Canada’s national animal?
Answer: Beaver
Question: Which nonsense poem is subtitled, An Agony in 8 Fits?
Answer: The Hunting of the Snark
Question: Addresses in and around which British town or city have post codes beginning CA?
Answer: Carlisle
Question: Who was the earliest King of England to be the title character of a Shakespeare play?
Answer: King John
Question: Which drink is made from crème de cassis topped with white wine?
Answer: Kir
Question: Which is the only English cathedral other than Lichfield to have three spires?
Answer: Truro
Question: Who played the role of Bamber Gascoigne in the 2005 feature film Starter for Ten?
Answer: Mark Gatiss
Question: In area, which is the largest island of the Inner Hebrides?
Answer: Skye
Question: With which English county do you most associate stargazy pie?
Answer: CORNWALL
Question: “I sat on the roof and kicked off the moss” is a line from which 1971 Top 10 hit?
Answer: YOUR SONG
Question: ‘Rosey Nosey’ is a seasonal ale brewed by which Lincolnshire brewer?
Answer: BATEMANS
Question: Which tv private investigator lived on the island of Oahu, Hawaii?
Answer: Thomas MAGNUM
Question: Which former ‘TOWIE’ star thought that Ebola virus was the name of a pop group?
Answer: AMY CHILDS
Question: When sending an email, what would be meant by the letters ‘bcc’?
Answer: BLIND CARBON COPY
Question: From what English port does the Hispaniola set sail in ‘Treasure Island’?
Answer: BRISTOL
Question: “I have lifted up mine eyes unto the hills” is the motto of which English county?
Answer: CUMBRIA
Question: In which decade of the last century was the first patent application for a microwave oven?
Answer: 1930s
Question: The USA. In which state is the geographic centre of the contiguous states?
Answer: KANSAS
Question: What kind of creature is a fluke?
Answer: Worm
Question: Which cocktail consists of vodka, Galliano and orange juice?
Answer: Harvey Wallbanger
Question: Who was the first woman jockey to complete the course?
Answer: Geraldine Rees
Question: What is the capital of Suriname?
Answer: Paramaribo
Question: Proverbially what does one need if one ‘sups with the Devil’?
Answer: A Long Spoon
Question: Which eponymous Dickens hero is a simpleton?
Answer: Barnaby Rudge
Question: Boris the ………….. (The Who)?
Answer: Spider
Question: In which town is the Officer Training School for the Royal Navy?
Answer: Dartmouth
Question: If someone is crapulous - in what condition are they?
Answer: Drunk
Question: Which cartoon character says ‘Drat and double drat’?
Answer: Dick Dastardly
Question: Which was the first capital city to host the Winter Olympics?
Answer: Oslo
Question: Old Wykehamists are former pupils of which school?
Answer: Winchester College
Question: Brasilia is the capital but which city in Brazil has the largest population?
Answer: Sao Paulo
Question: What are fats in the blood called?
Answer: Lipids
Question: Phillipe Sella was a great French star in which sport?
Answer: Rugby Union
Question: What are the elongated ‘whale shaped’ hills caused by glacial action?
Answer: Drumlins
Question: Who told us to Rock The Casbah in 1982?
Answer: Clash
Question: What did VAT replace in 1973?
Answer: Purchase Tax
Question: The Fossdyke was possibly the first to be built in Britain – what was it?
Answer: Canal
Question: What is the Japanese dish of beef and vegetables in soy sauce?
Answer: Sukiyaki
Question: What is the singular form of the word candelabra?
Answer: Candelabrum
Question: Which band sang the title song to The World Is Not Enough?
Answer: Garbage
Question: Which Elgar piece is dedicated ‘ to my friends pictured within’?
Answer: Enigma Variations
Question: Which song started out as Good Morning To All?
Answer: Happy Birthday To You
Question: Sorted for Es and Whizz?
Answer: Pulp
Question: What is stolen in over half of the UK’s robberies?
Answer: Mobile Phone
Question: Which great historical warrior had a dog called Peritas?
Answer: Alexander the Great
Question: What is the study of the meaning of words?
Answer: Semantics
Question: Which is the most malleable of all metals?
Answer: Gold
Question: Which legendary figure refused to bow to a hat in Burglen marketplace?
Answer: William Tell
Question: According to the old saying what is a ‘dish best eaten cold’?
Answer: Revenge
Question: What is the subject of Lorraine Pascale’s BBC2 programmes?
Answer: Cooking
Question: Which member of Take That announced that he is to leave the group last month?
Answer: Jason Orange
Question: What is the Australian National Anthem?
Answer: Advance Australia Fair
Question: Which creature features on the flag of Western Australia?
Answer: Black Swan
Question: On a computer keyboard the character that resembles an inverted V is called what?
Answer: Caret
Question: The Gasworks Gang were which comic paper character’s sworn enemies?
Answer: Lord Snooty
Question: Who fronted The Paramount Jazz Band?
Answer: Acker Bilk
Question: Which musical features the song Sit Down You’re Rockin’ The Boat?
Answer: Guys and Dolls
Question: In which French city is the HQ of Interpol?
Answer: Lyons
Question: What sort of device is a ‘loupe’?
Answer: Magnifying Lens
Question: Who said of Mick Jagger ‘This man has child-bearing lips’?
Answer: Joan Rivers
Question: In which city are the brewers S A Brain & Son based?
Answer: Cardiff
Question: In which city is Cain’s brewery situated?
Answer: Liverpool
Question: After Ben Nevis which is the second highest mountain in the British Isles?
Answer: Ben Macdhui
Question: What is the Italian culinary version of hors d’oeuvre?
Answer: Antipasto
Question: Where on your body might you suffer from a whitlow?
Answer: Finger
Question: Which Scottish region has the highest population?
Answer: Strathclyde
Question: Helen Clark became the first woman Prime Minister of which country in 1999?
Answer: New Zealand
Question: What is the white knee-length pleated skirt worn by men as traditional dress in Greece?
Answer: Fustanella
Question: Which state has the lowest population?
Answer: Wyoming
Question: Who did Evan Davies replace in a long-running TV programme this summer?
Answer: Jeremy Paxman
Question: What do the Chinese call ‘lively or quick little fellows’?
Answer: Chopsticks
Question: What do Americans call a love-bite?
Answer: A Hickey
Question: What do the initials u.c. mean to a printer?
Answer: Upper Case
Question: Who has appeared as a team captain on 8 Out of 10 Cats since its inception in 2005?
Answer: Sean Lock
Question: Which player top-scored and won the Golden Boot?
Answer: James Rodriguez