zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: Between 1901 and 1904 Which painter’s career was described as his 'Blue period' ?
Answer: Pablo Picasso
Question: Based on real events, which 2005 film earned Steven Spielberg his 6th Oscar nomination?
Answer: Munich
Question: Which Oscar winner played the title role in the 1964 Hollywood film 'The Pawnbroker'?
Answer: Rod Steiger
Question: Who was the famous mother of politician Shirley Williams?
Answer: Vera Brittain
Question: Which late, regular on Radio 4's 'Just a Minute' had served as Liberal MP for Isle of Ely?
Answer: Clement Freud
Question: According to Coleridge, where did Kubla Khan decree his pleasure dome?
Answer: XANADU
Question: Who was King of Scotland from 1040-1057?
Answer: MACBETH
Question: Who gave birth to Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily in 1996?
Answer: PAULA YATES
Question: In 2002, the statue of whom was given its first wash since 1873 at its Florence gallery?
Answer: DAVID
Question: What number Beethoven symphony includes ‘Ode to Joy’ in its final movement?
Answer: NINTH
Question: The Bruins ice hockey team and the Celtics basketball team are based in which US city?
Answer: BOSTON
Question: Mama Cass did not choke to death by eating what? (Two words.)
Answer: HAM SANDWICH
Question: In ‘The Big Bang Theory’, what are Amy’s other names?
Answer: FARRAH FOWLER
Question: The ‘A’ represents ‘Amyotrophic’. For what do the L and the S stand?
Answer: LATERAL SCLEROSIS
Question: Which former US President accepted the challenge on August 21st?
Answer: GEORGE W. BUSH
Question: In one of Terry Gilliam’s animations, which part of Conrad Poohs’ anatomy could dance?
Answer: TEETH
Question: The science and study of most aspects of wine and winemaking is known as what?
Answer: OENOLOGY
Question: In the popular folk song, from which port did the Irish Rover set sail?
Answer: CORK
Question: What did Terry Scott’s lovely brother put in grandma’s tea?
Answer: Shampoo
Question: What was the pirate Blackbeard’s real name?
Answer: Edward Teach
Question: Which famous play was set in Elsinor?
Answer: Hamlet
Question: Which novelist was exiled to Jersey and then Guernsey?
Answer: Victor Hugo
Question: Which county is most associated with Jack Cade?
Answer: Kent
Question: Name the country which ruled Burundi after Germany?
Answer: Belgium
Question: Who is the Greek Goddess of the Rainbow?
Answer: Iris
Question: Spanish Bayonet and Adam’s Needle are types of which household plant?
Answer: The Yucca
Question: Who was Hitler’s private secretary between 1943 and 1945?
Answer: Martin Bormann
Question: Formula 1, which team was Jim Clarke mostly associated?
Answer: Lotus
Question: Who was displaced from power by Fidel Castro?
Answer: Batista
Question: Which saint was born at Lourdes ?
Answer: Bernadette
Question: In which 1971 film did Clint Eastwood play the d.j., and Jessica Walter the disturbed fan?
Answer: PLAY MISTY FOR ME
Question: Which country has two stacked triangles as its flag?
Answer: NEPAL
Question: In 1988, who became the first woman elected to serve a Muslim state?
Answer: BENAZIR BHUTTO
Question: When formed in 1865, the Christian Mission was the original name of what organisation?
Answer: SALVATION ARMY
Question: Which popular sport was once known as ‘sphairistike’?
Answer: Lawn TENNIS
Question: What famous event took place on December 16th, 1773?
Answer: BOSTON TEA PARTY
Question: Who wrote ‘The Solitary Reaper’ (1805) and ‘The World Is Too Much With Us’ (1802)?
Answer: William WORDSWORTH
Question: What is the name of Hyacinth and Richard’s son in ‘Keeping Up Appearances’?
Answer: SHERIDAN
Question: Doctor Doom is the arch-enemy of which group of Marvel superheroes?
Answer: Fantastic Four
Question: Created by Frank Mason Robinson in 1885, what is possibly the world's best known logo?
Answer: Coca-Cola
Question: Who played 'The Fugitive' on TV?
Answer: David Janssen
Question: Which of the PanHellenic Games was held on territory owned by the city state of Elis?
Answer: Olympic Games
Question: In which 1996 live-action/animation movie did basketball icon Michael Jordan star?
Answer: Space Jam
Question: In which English county is the port town of Fleetwood?
Answer: Lancashire
Question: In 1938, who was the first actor ever to win successive Best Actor Academy Awards?
Answer: Spencer Tracy
Question: By what name was the city of York known when under Viking occupation?
Answer: Yorvik
Question: Messenger to the Greek gods, who was the son of Zeus and Maia?
Answer: Hermes
Question: Which ex 'Neighbours' star played Ed Exley in the movie adaptation of 'LA Confidential'?
Answer: Guy Pearce
Question: From which major religion did the Hare Krishna movement spring?
Answer: Hindu
Question: Complete the saying ‘Whom the Gods love die ……..’?
Answer: Young
Question: Built by Rama 1st. Which capital city is home to the Temple of the Emerald Buddha?
Answer: Bangkok
Question: What is the name of the aunt that Bertie lives in mortal fear of?
Answer: Aunt Agatha
Question: Whose charity work featured in the book Something Beautiful For God?
Answer: Mother Teresa
Question: Which digital currency debuted in 2009?
Answer: Bitcoin
Question: Who is the Great Architect of the Universe in Masonic ritual?
Answer: God
Question: What is produced by the reaction of mercury with another metal?
Answer: Amalgam
Question: Zen is which country’s form of Buddhism?
Answer: Japan
Question: Which island group was once called the Somers Islands?
Answer: Bermuda
Question: Which Scottish border village lies at the northernmost end of the Pennine Way?
Answer: Kirk Yetholm
Question: Voiced by Nicholas Parsons, Tex Tucker was the hero of which Supermarionation series?
Answer: Four Feather Falls
Question: In his eponymous TV show, which comedian and actor played obstetrician Cliff Huxtable?
Answer: Bill Cosby
Question: For which film of 1948 did father and son Walter and John Huston both win Oscars?
Answer: Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Question: In which children’s series did the character Zoonie the Lazoon appear?
Answer: Fireball XL5
Question: In the world of Private Eye, Ron Knee is the manager of which football club?
Answer: Neasden FC
Question: Played by Laila Rouass, Amber Gates was a major character in which ITV drama series?
Answer: Footballer’s Wives
Question: Which horse finished second in the Grand National?
Answer: BALTHAZAR KING
Question: In which character-based comedy sketch show did she play the part of Myfanwy?
Answer: LITTLE BRITAIN
Question: In 1990, Barbara Castle became Baroness Castle of where?
Answer: BLACKBURN
Question: Which ‘C’ was the Roman version of the Greek goddess Demeter?
Answer: CERES
Question: Who had sisters named Stheno and Euryale?
Answer: MEDUSA
Question: What is the alternative name for Puck, in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’?
Answer: ROBIN GOODFELLOW
Question: Which opera, first performed in 1874, is set largely in a cigarette factory?
Answer: CARMEN
Question: Who composed the Oscar-winning song, ‘Moon River’?
Answer: HENRY MANCINI
Question: The Great Schism was a split within the Catholic church in what century?
Answer: 14th
Question: Which gas, indicating the presence of possible life forms, has been discovered on Mars?
Answer: Methane
Question: Chalcopyrite is a major ore of which metal?
Answer: Copper
Question: Nephrite is one of the two forms of which ornamental rock?
Answer: Jade
Question: What was the name of the unsuccessful ‘war plan’ developed by the Germans in 1905?
Answer: Schlieffen Plan
Question: Who had a backing group called The Jordanaires?
Answer: Elvis Presley
Question: What was initiated by Pope Urban II’s sermon at Clermont in 1095?
Answer: First Crusade
Question: After whose execution in 1794 was the apparatus of ‘The Terror’ in France dismantled?
Answer: Robespierre
Question: Vitamin B2 has what medical name?
Answer: Riboflavin
Question: Who did Marcel Duchamp paint complete with a moustache?
Answer: The Mona Lisa
Question: Which vertical take-off jet made its first flight in 1966?
Answer: Harrier
Question: To which club did Mr Winkle, Mr Tupman and Mr Snodgrass belong?
Answer: Pickwick Club
Question: Which Old Testament character died at the age of 950?
Answer: Noah
Question: Henry VIII had six wives, but which of his wives had four husbands?
Answer: Catherine Parr
Question: What is the only New Testament Gospel that is not synoptic?
Answer: John
Question: Ben’s first success as a writer was in co-writing which 1980s TV comedy?
Answer: The Young Ones
Question: Which character said ‘Why is a raven like a writing desk’?
Answer: The Mad Hatter
Question: Who won the African Cup of Nations recently?
Answer: Ivory Coast
Question: To which school of art did Jackson Pollock and Mark Rotho belong?
Answer: Abstract Expressionism
Question: To which school of art did Matisse and Vlaminck belong?
Answer: Fauvism
Question: Which motorcycle manufacturer made the Dominator and Commando models?
Answer: Norton
Question: ... a mineral, varieties of which include emerald and aquamarine?
Answer: Beryl
Question: James Joyce’s Ulysses ends with an extended monologue by which character?
Answer: Molly Bloom
Question: Who is the lead female protagonist of Benjamin Britten’s opera Gloriana?
Answer: Queen Elizabeth I
Question: What is the signature feature of footwear designed by Christian Louboutin?
Answer: Red Soles
Question: Which legendary American folk singer died in January 2014 at the age of 94?
Answer: Pete SEEGER
Question: What is the name of the village on the Wirral originally built by William Lever for his workers?
Answer: PORT SUNLIGHT
Question: Which bloody 1651 encounter was the final battle of the English Civil Wars?
Answer: Battle of
Question: What name is given to the speculation mania that ruined a great many investors in 1720?
Answer: SOUTH SEA BUBBLE
Question: Which was Roger Moore’s final Bond film?
Answer: A VIEW TO A KILL
Question: Which film company did George Harrison create to finance ‘Monty Python’s Life of Brian’?
Answer: HANDMADE Films
Question: What kind of marsupial is the titular video game character ‘Crash’?
Answer: BANDICOOT
Question: In the classic video game, what colour hair do the titular Lemmings have?
Answer: GREEN
Question: Which popular British artist was noted for her affectionate, lyrical paintings of fat people?
Answer: Beryl COOK
Question: Which freckled, red-headed actress has now had five nominations, this time around for 'Still Alice'?
Answer: Julianne MOORE
Question: Who was the President of Argentina when it invaded the Falklands in 1982?
Answer: Leopoldo GALTIERI
Question: From the Greek for "lazy", what property is an object’s resistance to change in its state of motion?
Answer: INERTIA
Question: Masai, Reticulated, and Angolan are all species of which African mammal?
Answer: GIRAFFE
Question: The poisonous toadstool fly agaric usually has a cap of red and what other colour?
Answer: WHITE
Question: Under what pseudonym did Theodor Geisel write over sixty books for children?
Answer: DR. SEUSS
Question: “ .. he'll grow to be an angry young man some day” comes from the lyrics of which 1969 no.2 hit?
Answer: IN THE GHETTO
Question: On the original 1939 posters, what were the two last words?
Answer: CARRY ON
Question: In 2012, which London pop-rock band took part in ‘The Keep Calm and Play Louder Tour’?
Answer: McFLY
Question: What was the name of the cow in ‘The Woodentops’?
Answer: BUTTERCUP
Question: Mythology. Who was said to be the husband of Helen of Troy?
Answer: MENELAUS
Question: According to the proverb, ‘None but the brave deserve …’ what?
Answer: THE FAIR
Question: What nationality was Trygve Lie, the first Secretary-General of the United Nations?
Answer: NORWEGIAN
Question: Weddell, Ross and Baikal are among the varieties of which mammal?
Answer: SEALS
Question: Who led the Labour Party for 22 months from May 1992?
Answer: John SMITH
Question: In TV’s Dad’s Army, what was Captain Mainwaring’s first name?
Answer: GEORGE
Question: Dying in 1850, whose poems included 'Lines Written a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey'?
Answer: William WORDSWORTH
Question: Nicholas Cage is the nephew of which Oscar-winning film director?
Answer: Francis Ford COPPOLA
Question: The largest sub-species of brown bear takes its name from which archipelago off Alaska?
Answer: KODIAK bear
Question: Who wrote the poem whose lengthy title is usually shortened to 'The Tale of Tsar Saltan'?
Answer: Alexander PUSHKIN
Question: What do we call bands of flexible fibrous connective tissue that links bones together?
Answer: LIGAMENTS
Question: William McGonagall penned a poem commemorating which December 1879 rail disaster?
Answer: TAY BRIDGE
Question: Which living French movie star has been called "a big, beautiful runaway truck of a man"?
Answer: Gerard DEPARDIEU
Question: Where was the last train going according to The Monkees in 1966?
Answer: CLARKSVILLE
Question: Who painted ‘The Card Players’, one version of his selling for £154 million in 2011?
Answer: Paul CEZANNE
Question: A player on the ‘Go’ square has thrown what score, if he/she has to pay £200 income tax?
Answer: FOUR
Question: Which is the largest of the Baltic States by land area?
Answer: LITHUANIA
Question: From 2005 to 2007, Shane Warne captained which English county side?
Answer: HAMPSHIRE
Question: Which famous river was discovered and first crossed by Spaniard Hernando de Soto?
Answer: Mississippi
Question: Robert Burke and William Wills were 19th century explorers of which country?
Answer: Australia
Question: Which musical instrument did Karen Carpenter normally play?
Answer: Drums
Question: The winner of which famous race traditionally swigs milk from the bottle?
Answer: Indianapolis 500
Question: A bonspiel is a tournament in which winter sport?
Answer: Curling
Question: What profession was followed by Grace O’Malley, Mary Read and Anne Bonny?
Answer: Piracy
Question: Who seized the throne in 1135 on the death of Henry I?
Answer: Stephen
Question: What official position is currently held by Martin Rees?
Answer: Astronomer Royal
Question: Which film star began life as Issur Danielovitch?
Answer: Kirk Douglas
Question: What was the name of the princess in The Sleeping Beauty?
Answer: Aurora
Question: What are you doing if you open with a Ruy Lopez?
Answer: Playing Chess
Question: What was the name of the local coffee shop in Friends?
Answer: Central Perk
Question: Who were the twin sons of Zeus and Leda?
Answer: Castor & Pollux
Question: What is Britain’s most southerly National Park?
Answer: Dartmoor
Question: The French town of Montelimar is famous for the production of which confection?
Answer: Nougat
Question: Who took the name Sebastian Melmoth while living in exile?
Answer: Oscar Wilde
Question: Helen Graham is the eponymous heroine of which Bronte novel?
Answer: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Question: In what county are both Woburn Abbey and Leighton Buzzard Light Railway?
Answer: BEDFORDSHIRE
Question: In an 1883 novel, what was the first name of Mr. Hands, a sailor on The Hispaniola?
Answer: ISRAEL
Question: Who was the Roman goddess of the hearth and the household?
Answer: VESTA
Question: In which county is Bosworth Field, site of the famous battle of 1485?
Answer: LEICESTERSHIRE
Question: What name do Toyota give to their luxury vehicle division?
Answer: LEXUS
Question: Which Scottish King was killed when his horse fell from a cliff at Kinghorn, Fife?
Answer: Alexander III
Question: Which Spanish king sent the armada to conquer England?
Answer: PHILIP II
Question: What is the chemical symbol for manganese?
Answer: Mn
Question: What type of flower derives its name from the French for ‘lion’s tooth’?
Answer: DANDELION
Question: Jazz. Who had four Top 10 hits in the 60s, including ‘Sukiyaki’ and ‘Midnight in Moscow’?
Answer: KENNY BALL and his Jazzmen
Question: In 1830 William Watts and George Davis were the last pirates to be hanged where?
Answer: Execution Dock
Question: Which four words appeared under Dan Dare on the Eagle front page?
Answer: Pilot of the Future
Question: Which pilot first appeared when he agreed to make the risky Alderaan run?
Answer: Han Solo
Question: What was the name of the evil robotic race in Transformers?
Answer: Decepticons
Question: Who tried to destroy He Man from his base in Castle Greyskull?
Answer: Skeletor
Question: Which unsuccessful model of car was named after Henry Ford’s son?
Answer: Edsel
Question: Which TV spy, who first became famous in the 60’s, did Henry Cavill play In a 2015 film?
Answer: Napoleon Solo
Question: Which BL car launched in 1983 was notorious for its voice synthesizer?
Answer: Maestro
Question: Which gangster Meyer Lansky founded Murder Incorporated?
Answer: Lucky Luciano
Question: Which hero saved Andromeda from the sea monster Celus?
Answer: Perseus
Question: Which Formula 1 Grand Prix takes place on the Marina Bay circuit?
Answer: Singapore
Question: Which World 1 American general was nicknamed “Black Jack”?
Answer: Pershing
Question: What is the title of the 45-minute extended edition of QI?
Answer: QI XL
Question: Which chemical element can exist in white, red, violet, or black forms?
Answer: Phosphorus
Question: Which body and its moons were visited and studied by the New Horizons probe in July?
Answer: Pluto
Question: What is the name of the mother craft of Philae, the probe currently sitting on Comet 67P?
Answer: Rosetta
Question: What kind of chemical transmits social information among members of the same species?
Answer: Pheromone
Question: Which top flight British football team only adopted team numbers in 1960?
Answer: Celtic FC
Question: Who described his troops – the British army - as ‘the scum of the earth’?
Answer: Duke of Wellington
Question: Which beautiful youth of Greek myth was killed by a boar while out hunting?
Answer: Adonis
Question: Which word now used loosely, originally described rum diluted with water?
Answer: Grog
Question: Who made a cameo appearance in Die Another Day as fencing instructor Verity?
Answer: Madonna
Question: Who is to take over from Stephen Fry in the next series of Q.I.?
Answer: Sandi Toksvig
Question: Where did Tecwen Whittock cough when he shouldn’t have done in 2003?
Answer: On Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
Question: Where do Catholics believe their souls wait for the atonement of sins before entering heaven?
Answer: Purgatory
Question: Which huge commercial chain is named after a character in the novel Moby Dick?
Answer: Starbucks
Question: Until 1968 which official could censor British theatre?
Answer: Lord Chamberlain
Question: Which title was bestowed upon Oliver Cromwell in 1653?
Answer: Lord Protector
Question: Which Smiths guitarist co-wrote many of the band’s hits with Morrisey?
Answer: Johnny Marr
Question: Which foreign political leader is nicknamed 'Bibi'?
Answer: Netanyahu
Question: The most eastern part of Massachussetts is called what?
Answer: Cape Cod
Question: Where did world's largest tank engagement begin in July 1943?
Answer: Kursk
Question: Which trio had their first No 1 album with 'Duke' in 1980?
Answer: Genesis
Question: The Mississippi enters the sea in which state of the USA?
Answer: Louisiana
Question: Which radio programme used 'Calling All Workers' as its theme tune?
Answer: Music While You Work
Question: On the radio for years, Mrs Dale worried about who?
Answer: Jim
Question: In standard English which three letters convert a verb into a gerund?
Answer: ING
Question: What is James Bond's naval rank?
Answer: Commander
Question: 'London Calling' was a 1980 hit song for which group?
Answer: The Clash
Question: What are the water buses or water taxi’s in Venice called?
Answer: Vaporetto
Question: Who made up the panel on Juke Box Jury on the only occasion it had 5 members not 4?
Answer: The Rolling Stones
Question: Ouzel is an old name for the turdus merula aka which common garden bird?
Answer: Blackbird
Question: In which film series does Keanu Reeves play a computer hacker with the alias Neo?
Answer: The Matrix
Question: Which flower appears on the crest of the Borough of Saffron Walden?
Answer: Crocus
Question: Which king was the husband of Jezebel?
Answer: Ahab
Question: The Plaka is the old historical neighbourhood of which capital city?
Answer: Athens
Question: Which river has Newport at its head and Cowes at its mouth?
Answer: River Medina
Question: The Asian dhole is a wild variety of what domesticated animal?
Answer: Dog
Question: Which king was known as ‘Lackland’?
Answer: John
Question: Which monster did Ariadne help to destroy?
Answer: The Minotaur
Question: Bentley Drummle is a villainous character in which novel?
Answer: Great Expectations
Question: Who is the patron saint of mountaineers?
Answer: Saint Bernard
Question: What name is given to the soft V shaped part of a horse’s hoof?
Answer: Frog
Question: In the Fellowship of the ring at which inn did the hobbits meet strider?
Answer: Prancing Pony
Question: Who was the victorious general at the battle of Cannae in 216 BC.?
Answer: Hannibal
Question: Which fruit native to Malaysia is notorious because of its smell?
Answer: Durian
Question: In which major film of 2014 did Henry Cavill play the title character?
Answer: Man of Steel
Question: Giant squid reach 14 metres. What are their bigger cousins called?
Answer: Colossal squid
Question: What was the name of Inspector Gadget’s niece?
Answer: Penny
Question: Who wrote the Goldberg variations?
Answer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Question: Which was the first city in the USA to be associated with brass band music?
Answer: New Orleans
Question: In which newspaper did the Perishers first appear?
Answer: Daily Mirror
Question: Who became President following the assassination of James Garfield in 1881?
Answer: Chester Arthur
Question: Northland, Gisborne, and Marlborough are wine-growing areas in which country?
Answer: New Zealand
Question: In the Hindu and Jain religions, what is a mandir?
Answer: TEMPLE
Question: What sort of passports were internationally-recognised travel documents given to stateless refugees?
Answer: NANSEN passports
Question: If a ship has been turned onto its side for cleaning, it is said to be what? (Eight letters.)
Answer: CAREENED
Question: Which top tennis player became father to two sets of twins in less than five years?
Answer: ROGER FEDERER
Question: In 1954, Sun Myung Moon founded the Unification Church in which country?
Answer: SOUTH KOREA
Question: The fall of the Berlin Wall began on November 9th in what year?
Answer: 1989
Question: What is the name of Raj’s Yorkshire Terrier in ‘The Big Bang Theory’?
Answer: CINNAMON
Question: Under what name did Terry the dog achieve fame in a 1939 film?
Answer: TOTO
Question: Andrei Lugovoy and Dmitry Kovtun are suspects in the murder of whom?
Answer: Alexander LITVINENKO
Question: With which series of films do you associate the character Emmett Brown, Ph.D.?
Answer: BACK TO THE FUTURE
Question: Which actor links the films ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’, ‘Dante’s Peak’, and ‘Mamma Mia!’?
Answer: PIERCE BROSNAN
Question: What is the name of the second book in ‘The Lord of the Rings’ trilogy?
Answer: THE TWO TOWERS
Question: Who were the intended targets of the ‘Cat and Mouse’ Act of 1913?
Answer: SUFFRAGETTES
Question: Glenn Frey died in January. Of what pop band was he a member?
Answer: The EAGLES
Question: A new convert to any particular religion or doctrine is known as a what? (Nine letters.)
Answer: PROSELYTE
Question: What role did Henry Travers play in a famous and still-popular 1946 film?
Answer: CLARENCE ODBODY
Question: What part of the body is affected by Cholecystitis?
Answer: Gall Bladder
Question: What was the name of the bird killed and eaten by Captain Edmund Blackadder?
Answer: Speckled Jim
Question: In 1917, media baron Max Aitken took what title on his elevation to the peerage?
Answer: Beaverbrook
Question: In which publication could you read a column Called to Ordure written by Gavel Basher?
Answer: Private Eye
Question: Which saint had a beehive as his emblem?
Answer: Ambrose
Question: Which saint, according to legend, nipped the Devil’s nose with red hot tongs?
Answer: Dunstan
Question: Which country is ruled by the House of Thani?
Answer: Qatar
Question: Which magazine features a strip entitled Sid the Sexist?
Answer: Viz
Question: A name meaning spiny skin, Starfish belong to which animal phylum?
Answer: Echinoderms
Question: Which Spanish city was the home of the artist El Greco?
Answer: Toledo
Question: Mary Alice Young was the dead narrator of which TV drama?
Answer: Desperate Housewives