zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: Who coined the phrase 'A verbal contract is not worth the paper it's written on'?
Answer: SAM GOLDWYN
Question: Who succeeded Brian Cowen as the Prime Minister of the Irish Republic in 2011?
Answer: ENDA KENNY
Question: The common word for the human body part known as the omphalus gives which citrus fruit its name?
Answer: NAVEL ORANGE
Question: The Royal Mail allotted which originally fictional postcode to London's Olympic Park?
Answer: E20
Question: What would you be eating if you ordered pamplemousse in a French restaurant?
Answer: GRAPEFRUIT
Question: Who played Lionel Hardcastle in the TV series 'As Time Goes By'?
Answer: GEOFFREY PALMER
Question: Which four words precede 'Late December back in 63' in a line from a famous song?
Answer: OH WHAT A NIGHT
Question: What fish is the base of 'Gentleman's Relish'?
Answer: ANCHOVY
Question: Which comedian used the catchphrase it's the way I tell 'em'?
Answer: Frank Carson
Question: In Edwin Landseer's 1839 painting, who or what are 'Dignity and Impudence'?
Answer: Dogs
Question: On the London Underground map what is the colour of the Jubilee Line?
Answer: Silver
Question: Who wrote 'Play in a Day', a guide to playing the guitar first published in 1957?
Answer: Bert Weedon
Question: What is the name of the now decommissioned nuclear power plant in Caithness?
Answer: Dounreay
Question: A Tagine, a slow-cooked stew named after the pot in which it is cooked, originates from which country?
Answer: Morocco
Question: On the London Underground map what is the colour of the Hammersmith & City Line?
Answer: Pink
Question: Who was voted Footballer of the Year (both footballer writers and PFA awards) at the end of the 2011-12 season?
Answer: Robin van Persie
Question: Which motorway links the M4 to central Bristol?
Answer: M32
Question: The Ivy League University 'Dartmouth College' is in which US state?
Answer: New Hampshire
Question: A Black Russian cocktail is a mix of vodka with what?
Answer: Coffee liqueur
Question: Tabbouleh, a vegetarian salad based on couscous or bulgur wheat, originates in which country?
Answer: Lebanon
Question: Who is the only footballer to have scored in four FA Cup finals?
Answer: Didier Drogba
Question: What is added to a Black Russian to make it into a White Russian?
Answer: Cream
Question: 'Whatever People say I am, that's what I'm not' was the debut album of the Arctic Monkeys; the title came from which book (and film)?
Answer: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Question: What irrevocable step was taken by Caesar in 49I3C?
Answer: CROSSING THE RUBICON
Question: Which national anthem features in Schumann's 'Viennese Carnival Pranks' and in Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture?
Answer: LA MARSEILLAISE
Question: In the 'Archers' which character fell off a roof and died while trying to take down a Happy New Year banner in January 2011?
Answer: NIGEL PARGETTER
Question: Which singer's real name is Arnold George Dorsey?
Answer: ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK
Question: Who is the President of Ireland as at April 2012?
Answer: MICHAEL D HIGGINS
Question: Who founded the penny post?
Answer: SIR ROWLAND HILL
Question: The groundhog celebration in America has its origins with settlers from which country?
Answer: GERMANY
Question: What movie's tagline was "They'll never get caught. They're on a mission from God"?
Answer: THE BLUES BROTHERS
Question: Which brewery-recreated Higsons Best Bitter in 2011?
Answer: LIVERPOOL ORGANIC
Question: In the police acronym SOCO, for what does the letter C stand?
Answer: (SCENES OF) CRIME
Question: The daughter of one half of a famous double-act, who has been the BBC economics editor since 2008?
Answer: STEPHANIE FLANDERS
Question: Who composed the 1880 symphonic poem 'In The Steppes of Central Asia'?
Answer: ALEXANDER BORODIN
Question: 'Embraceable You' and 'I Got Rhythm' are songs in which 1951 film musical?
Answer: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
Question: A presenter of Radio 4's 'Today' since 2009, whose biological father was 1970's newsreader Peter Woods?
Answer: JUSTIN WEBB
Question: In August 1944, German General von Choltitz surrendered Paris to French forces in what railway station?
Answer: (GARE) MONTPARNASSE
Question: Also the host of a much better-known quiz, who has hosted TV quizzes 'The Colour of Money', 'It's Not What You Know' and 'Everybody's Equal'?
Answer: CHRIS TARRANT
Question: What music festival is held each July at a disused airfield in Balado, Kinross-shire?
Answer: T IN THE PARK
Question: In what TV game show do players not want to join the '1p Club'?
Answer: DEAL OR NO DEAL
Question: Dying in a car crash in 1974, who was the original lead singer with The Wurzels?
Answer: ADGE CUTLER
Question: Buckland Abbey in Devon was the 16th century home of which man?
Answer: SIR FRANCIS DRAKE
Question: Which European sports stadium is named after a World War One flying ace?
Answer: Roland Garros
Question: Give the whole name of the London borough in which Chelsea FC is based.
Answer: Hammersmith and Fulham
Question: Which UK bank has an eagle as its logo?
Answer: Barclays
Question: Which Internet service provider took its name from a cave in Sardinia?
Answer: Tiscali
Question: At which stately home can you see the Emperor fountain?
Answer: Chatsworth
Question: Who wrote The Book of Snobs?
Answer: W M Thackeray
Question: The 1995 film Babe was inspired by which Dick King-Smith novel?
Answer: The Sheep-Pig
Question: What is the nickname of the darts player Ted Hankey?
Answer: The Count
Question: Who played the US President, allegedly based on Bill Clinton, in the 1998 film Primary Colors?
Answer: John Travolta
Question: Who was the first man to circumnavigate Australia?
Answer: Matthew Flinders
Question: Which famous nurse kept a pet owl in her pocket and spent the last fifty years of her life in bed?
Answer: Florence Nightingale
Question: On a garment care label, a square with a circle inside, superimposed by a cross indicates what?
Answer: Do Not Tumble Dry
Question: Which actor on television played Bernard Woolley in 'Yes Minister' and Oscar Blaketon in 'Heartbeat'?
Answer: DEREK FOWLDS
Question: Perth, Pontefract and which other horse racing venue in Great Britain begin with P?
Answer: PLUMPTON
Question: What name is given to a lift which consists of a chain of open compartments moving continuously in a loop?
Answer: PATERNOSTER
Question: Which motorway links Glasgow with Stirling?
Answer: M80
Question: Who is the star of TVs sitcom 'Rev'?
Answer: TOM HOLLANDER
Question: Which city is served by Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport?
Answer: MONTREAL
Question: Which city is served by Louis Armstrong International Airport?
Answer: NEW ORLEANS
Question: Whose violin concerto in B Minor was composed for the violinist Fritz Kreisler?
Answer: EDWARD ELGAR
Question: In which city is Sabina Park cricket ground?
Answer: KINGSTON
Question: What is the equivalent in the French Army to the British Army rank of Major?
Answer: COMMANDANT
Question: What first met at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen Street, London on 26/10/1863?
Answer: THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION
Question: What is the county town of Rutland?
Answer: OAKHAM
Question: To whom did James Bond actor Daniel Craig get married in 2011?
Answer: RACHEL WEISZ
Question: Who made the phrase 'And so to bed' famous?
Answer: SAMUEL PEPYS
Question: What position in Parliament is held by the MP for Buckingham?
Answer: THE SPEAKER
Question: In which city is the car company Fiat based?
Answer: TURIN
Question: Which actress in a school-based drama serial, danced in the 2011 'Strictly Come Dancing' competition?
Answer: CHELSEE HEALEY
Question: What name is given to the den of an otter?
Answer: HOLT
Question: What term is used to describe an angle between 180 degrees and 360 degrees?
Answer: REFLEX
Question: Who wrote the self-help book 'How to win Friends and Influence People' in 1936?
Answer: DALE CARNEGIE
Question: In which city was the nightclub Copacabana in Barry Manilow's song?
Answer: NEW YORK
Question: Which element has atomic number 3?
Answer: LITHIUM
Question: Founded in 1858, which is Britain's oldest professional orchestra?
Answer: Halle
Question: 'Poison', 'Dune' and `J'Adore' are all fragrances from which perfume house?
Answer: (Christian) Dior
Question: Flying, Pygmy and Fox are types of which creature?
Answer: Squirrel
Question: The Halle Orchestra now plays at the Bridgewater Hall, which Manchester building was its former home?
Answer: Free Trade Hall
Question: Crime fiction writer Carolyn Keene created which sleuth?
Answer: Nancy Drew
Question: What name is given to a quadrilateral with one pair of parallel sides?
Answer: Trapezium
Question: Which is the deepest lake in Great Britain?
Answer: Loch Morar
Question: Which French composer wrote 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice'?
Answer: Paul Dukas
Question: The Taino are the indigenous people of which island?
Answer: Jamaica
Question: Who is the Lord Chief Justice?
Answer: Lord Judge
Question: La Vuelta is the Spanish equivalent of which major sporting event?
Answer: Tour de France
Question: Which chemical element atomic number 45 is named for the Greek for rose?
Answer: Rhodium
Question: Who originally played the title role in the musical 'Heathcliff on the London stage?
Answer: Cliff Richard
Question: Daltonism is usually better known as which medical condition?
Answer: Colour Blindness
Question: Upon which river does Leicester stand?
Answer: The Soar
Question: Which British artist's most famous works are The Shadow of Death and The Scapegoat?
Answer: William Holman Hunt
Question: Who presents The Cube on television?
Answer: Phillip Schofield
Question: Who, appointed in 2008, is the Director of Public Prosecutions of England and Wales?
Answer: Keir Starmer
Question: Who appointed in 2010 is The Lord President of the Council the council in question being the Privy Council?
Answer: Nick Clegg
Question: If you were in Japan eating simeji, what would you be eating?
Answer: Mushrooms
Question: In what part of the world would you find a Gamelan Orchestra?
Answer: SOUTH EAST ASIA
Question: A duathlon consists of two sports -name one.
Answer: CYCLING AND RUNNING
Question: The word "batty" derives from which expression?
Answer: BATS IN THE BELFRY
Question: Which 1950's pop singer was known as the "singing barber?
Answer: PERRY COMO
Question: The "Penguin News" is a local newspaper in which island group?
Answer: FALKLANDS
Question: On which river does Adelaide, South Australia stand?
Answer: TORRENS
Question: In which sport would you use a knuckleball?
Answer: BASEBALL
Question: What is the two piece costume worn in judo called?
Answer: JUDOGI
Question: The current US president Barack Obama has what middle name?
Answer: HUSSEIN
Question: In which country are the Masurian Lakes?
Answer: POLAND
Question: Bathophobia is an irrational fear of what?
Answer: DEPTHS
Question: Which Italian, winner of nine Motor Cycling Grand Prix World Championships is known as "The Doctor"?
Answer: (Valentino) ROSSI
Question: Who was the first host of the TV game show 'The Golden Shot'?
Answer: Jackie Rae
Question: Which English quarter day falls on 25 March?
Answer: Lady Day
Question: Which entertainer's catchphrases included "It's turned out nice again"?
Answer: George Formby
Question: Whose epitaph on his tombstone reads "That's All Folks"?
Answer: Mel Blanc
Question: Which celebrated fishing river flows from near Basingstoke to Southampton Water?
Answer: The Test
Question: Which German pocket battleship was scuttled off Montevideo in 1939?
Answer: Graf Spee
Question: In days gone by, what did a wainwright make?
Answer: Carts
Question: Who plays Betty Suarez in the TV series 'Ugly Betty'?
Answer: America Ferrera
Question: Who was the author of the 1910 novel 'The Secret Garden'?
Answer: Frances Hodgson Burnett
Question: In the TV series 2 Cars', who played Detective Sergeant John Watt?
Answer: Frank Windsor
Question: Traditionally, on what day does a Mardi Gras Festival take place?
Answer: Shrove Tuesday
Question: In which war was the Battle of Antietam fought?
Answer: American Civil War
Question: Which species of monkey is the world's largest?
Answer: Mandrill
Question: Which Latvian born artist painted the Seagram Murals in 1958?
Answer: Mark Rothko
Question: The Dove, Derwent, Erewash and Soar are all tributaries of which UK river?
Answer: Trent
Question: Magner's cider originates from which county in Ireland?
Answer: Tipperary
Question: What name is given to a triangle in which all 3 sides are of different lengths?
Answer: Scalene
Question: Give a year in the life of the German artist Albrecht Durer.
Answer: 1471-1528
Question: Which Beatles song opens with the lyric Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup"?
Answer: Across the Universe
Question: Which BBC local radio station based in Southampton covers Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight?
Answer: BBC Radio Solent
Question: In imperial measurement, how many pints in a quart?
Answer: Two
Question: Who is the current poet laureate?
Answer: Carol Ann Duffy
Question: Who was Bill Clinton's vice-president?
Answer: Al Gore
Question: Where in the UK is Port Erin?
Answer: Isle of Man
Question: How many years of marriage are celebrated on your Sapphire anniversary?
Answer: 45
Question: Which Football League club share the Keepmoat Stadium with the town's rugby league club?
Answer: Doncaster Rovers
Question: Dawley, the birthplace of channel swimmer Matthew Webb, is in which New Town?
Answer: Telford
Question: According to a proverb, which vegetable will not be buttered by fine words? (Fine words butter no )
Answer: Parsnips
Question: King Stephen was the only King of which Royal House?
Answer: Blois
Question: The exclusive right to breed Gressingham Ducks was bought by Gressingham Foods in 1996, and the ducks they now produce are all from their farms in East Anglia, however the village of Gressingham is in which Lancashire town or city?
Answer: Lancaster
Question: The HQ of the International Olympic Committee is in which Swiss town or city?
Answer: Lausanne
Question: Queen Victoria was a member of which Royal House?
Answer: Hanover
Question: The HQ of UEFA is in which Swiss town or city, on the shores of Lake Geneva?
Answer: Nyon
Question: Sébastien Loeb won a record 9 successive World Championship, in which sport?
Answer: Rally driving
Question: Darrowby was the fictional setting for which TV series of the 70s, 80s and 90s?
Answer: ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL
Question: Give one year when George 'Beau' Brummell was alive.
Answer: 1778 - 1840
Question: Billy the Badger is the mascot for which London Premier League football club?
Answer: FULHAM
Question: What collective name is given to the seven bones that make up the back of the foot and ankle?
Answer: TARSUS
Question: In place names what is the original meaning of `thwaite' as in Satterthwaite?
Answer: CLEARING or MEADOW
Question: On the BBC programme of the same name about failing businesses, who is 'The Fixer'?
Answer: ALEX POLIZZI
Question: The Brockman family's home was the setting for which BBC TV comedy series?
Answer: OUTNUMBERED
Question: Alvin Stardust's debut chart hit, 'My Coo Ca Choo', only reached number 2 in the charts. What was his follow-up, his only number 1?
Answer: JEALOUS MIND
Question: By what patriotic name was the tower containing Big Ben renamed in 2012?
Answer: ELIZABETH TOWER
Question: A-ha's debut chart hit, 'Take On Me', only reached number 2 in the charts. What was their follow-up, their only number 1?
Answer: THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV
Question: 8th June 2013 marked the centenary of the death of which suffragette, 4 days after colliding with the King's hors; Ammer, at the Epsom Derby?
Answer: EMILY DAVISON
Question: The George M Cohan song 'Over There', as seen in 'Yankee Doodle Dandy', has been used in recent years - with different lyrics - in which company's TV advertising?
Answer: GOCOMPARE
Question: The colour silver (or white) is given what name in heraldry?
Answer: ARGENT
Question: Which male Russian won the 100/200 metre double at the 1972 Olympics?
Answer: VALERIY BORZOV
Question: The Seychelles is the smallest African country, but what is the smallest country on mainland Africa?
Answer: (THE) GAMBIA
Question: The Tom Jones hit 'Delilah' has, in recent years, been taken up as a team song by supporters of which Premier League football club?
Answer: STOKE CITY
Question: By population, what is the largest town in Buckinghamshire?
Answer: MILTON KEYNES
Question: The only sitcom created solely by Johnnie Mortimer, which 1981-1991 sitcom starred Windsor Davies and Donald Sinden as warring antique dealers?
Answer: NEVER THE TWAIN
Question: Who introduces the Radio 4 quiz 'Counterpoint'?
Answer: PAUL GAMBACCINI
Question: In the 2012 Olympics, who won the gold medal in the Men's Singles at tennis?
Answer: Andy Murray
Question: In Norse mythology, what is the name of the rainbow bridge between Heaven and Earth?
Answer: Bifrost
Question: Which element is first alphabetically in the Periodic Table?
Answer: Actinium
Question: Which element is last alphabetically in the Periodic Table?
Answer: Zirconium
Question: Who was the first female to referee the World Snooker Championship Final, in May 2009?
Answer: Michaela Tabb
Question: What spirit is mixed with Scotch whisky to make a Rusty Nail cocktail?
Answer: Drambuie
Question: In the USA, which city is known as the 'Mile High City'?
Answer: Denver
Question: Which football club did David Moyes manage before Everton, from 1998-2002?
Answer: Preston
Question: Give a year in the life of musician Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
Answer: 1844-1908
Question: Where in Britain is the National Horseracing Museum?
Answer: Newmarket
Question: The onion is a member of which flower family?
Answer: Lily
Question: Who, along with Mary Berry, is a judge on 'The Great British Bake-Off?
Answer: Paul Hollywood
Question: A 'rollmop' is a food dish containing which fish?
Answer: Herring
Question: What is the name of the new England Football Centre of Excellence near Burton-on-Trent?
Answer: St George's Park
Question: Who was the original female judge on the TV programme `Strictly Come Dancing'?
Answer: Arlene Philips
Question: What woven fabric is named after a city in Syria?
Answer: Damask
Question: Which author set his novels in 'The Five Towns'?
Answer: Arnold Bennett
Question: Until 9th February 2013, we will be in which Chinese Year?
Answer: Dragon
Question: In golf what is the trophy contested for between teams of amateur women from the United States and Europe?
Answer: CURTIS CUP
Question: What is added to gin to make a "Gimlet" cocktail?
Answer: LIME
Question: Who is the patron saint of dentists?
Answer: St.APOLLONIA
Question: Who is the patron saint of radio workers?
Answer: ST. GABRIEL
Question: Which retailer produces and markets the Kindle eBook?
Answer: AMAZON
Question: What fruit is the main ingredient of Cumberland sauce?
Answer: REDCURRANTS
Question: Liam Gallagher is the lead singer of which group?
Answer: BEADY EYE
Question: In the UK, what is the naval rank equivalent to an Army General?
Answer: Admiral
Question: Blubberhouses is a town in which county?
Answer: North Yorkshire
Question: In the UK game of Monopoly, what colour card is the property Pentonville Road?
Answer: (Light) Blue
Question: In the Gerry Anderson TV series, who piloted Fireball XL5?
Answer: (Colonel) Steve Zodiac
Question: Which artist's real name was Andrej Varchola Junior?
Answer: Andy Warhol
Question: Which tartan is the personal one of the Queen?
Answer: (Royal) Stewart
Question: What is the German equivalent of 'cheers' when drinking beer?
Answer: Prost
Question: Which is third most abundant element and most abundant metal in the earth's crust?
Answer: Aluminium
Question: In the UK game of Monopoly, what is the card colour of the Vine Street property?
Answer: Orange
Question: Tower Hill, Barbican, Notting Hill and Baker Street are stations on which London underground line?
Answer: Circle
Question: Who in 2002 became the first winner of the TV reality show 'I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here'?
Answer: TONY BLACKBURN
Question: Which term has come into use for musicals based on a catalogue of previously released songs?
Answer: JUKEBOX MUSICALS
Question: Which fashion designer was found hanged at home in 2010?
Answer: ALEXANDER MCQUEEN
Question: Which Football League Two club play home games at the Globe Arena?
Answer: MORECAMBE
Question: In which state of the USA is the Badlands National Park?
Answer: SOUTH DAKOTA
Question: Which European country was the first to levy VAT on goods?
Answer: FRANCE
Question: The larva of the carpet beetle is better known by which common two-word common name?
Answer: WOOLLY BEAR
Question: Greg Heffley is which eponymous character in the Jeff Kinney novels for children?
Answer: WIMPY KID
Question: Which sport in the 2012 London Olympics took place at Lord's Cricket Ground?
Answer: ARCHERY
Question: Which was the first Gilbert and Sullivan opera to have its premiere at the new Savoy Theatre?
Answer: IOLANTHE
Question: What is the name of the butler portrayed by Jim Carter in Downton Abbey?
Answer: Mr Carson
Question: Which famous whisky is produced in Lynchburg, Tennessee?
Answer: Jack Daniels
Question: Of which TV series was Geraldine Granger the lead character?
Answer: Vicar of Dibley
Question: Caddie, Steve Williams suffered widespread condemnation after his ill-chosen words about which former employer at an awards dinner in Shanghai in November 2011?
Answer: Tiger Woods
Question: Which deep inlet of the Ionian Sea separates Peloponnese from western mainland Greece?
Answer: Gulf of Corinth
Question: On a standard keyboard what symbol appears above the number 8?
Answer: *
Question: What is the first name of the Dickens character Micawber?
Answer: Wilkins
Question: In the title of a BBC TV programme, which chef is 'Sweet Baby James'?
Answer: James Martin
Question: The Royal Courts of Justice is in which London street?
Answer: Strand
Question: In 1998, Bentley was taken over by which other car manufacturer?
Answer: Volkswagen
Question: Which group released the album 'X & Y' in 2005?
Answer: Coldplay
Question: The drink 'mint julep' contains mint, water, sugar and which alcoholic beverage?
Answer: Bourbon Whiskey
Question: In 1867 Byron was the first person to be honoured by which memorial?
Answer: Blue Plaque
Question: In computing, what is meant by the initials SQL?
Answer: Structured Query Language
Question: Which chemical element has the symbol Sb?
Answer: Antimony
Question: The Stoop is the home of which Rugby Union team?
Answer: Harlequins
Question: Which Paris Metro Line 1 station is named after a US President?
Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Question: Who was the last European man to hold the world one mile record?
Answer: Steve Cram
Question: In the Broadway musical "Annie", who adopted her?
Answer: (Oliver) Daddy Warbucks
Question: Alexander Gardens, Moscow, contains whose tomb?
Answer: The Unknown Soldier
Question: For what does the computing acronym FTP stand?
Answer: File Transfer Protocol
Question: Which car company makes the Berlingo?
Answer: Citroen
Question: Which Dutch physicist formulated the Wave Theory of light?
Answer: Christian Huygens
Question: Which Wigan and GB rugby league player played for the Barbarians against Australian Wallabies in late 2011?
Answer: Sam Tomkins
Question: Who currently presents the Radio 1 Breakfast Show?
Answer: Nick Grimshaw
Question: In the nursery rhyme, who saw the sparrow kill Cock Robin?
Answer: The Fly
Question: Who is the Prime Minister of Australia?
Answer: Julia Gillard
Question: Which scientist formulated the law of elasticity in 1660?
Answer: Robert Hooke
Question: What happened at Scapa Flow on 21st June 1919?
Answer: German fleet was scuttled
Question: What is the English equivalent of the French pret-a-porter?
Answer: READY TO WEAR
Question: What is or was a moidore?
Answer: (GOLD) COIN
Question: To which family of trees does the osier belong?
Answer: WILLOW
Question: Which former Conservative PM died in 2005?
Answer: EDWARD HEATH
Question: Give a year in the life of Gregor Mendel, proposer of the Laws of Heredity.
Answer: 1822-1884
Question: Which former Labour PM died in 2005?
Answer: JAMES CALLAGHAN
Question: Which savoury spread's name comes from the French for a type of earthenware pot?
Answer: MARMITE
Question: From which Country does Dao wine come?
Answer: PORTUGAL