zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: The East River separates Long Island from which New York borough?
Answer: MANHATTAN
Question: To what did the New Hebrides change its name after gaining independence from France and Britain in 1980?
Answer: VANUATU
Question: From which Disney animated picture does the song 'Go The Distance' come?
Answer: 'HERCULES'
Question: Who in a novel, first published in 1848 was 'Mrs. Helen Graham'?
Answer: 'THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL'
Question: Who wrote the 'Roxy Music' number one hit 'Jealous Guy'?
Answer: JOHN LENNON
Question: 'Will's Neck' is the highest point in which range of English hills?
Answer: QUANTOCKS
Question: At 1309 metres high, which Scottish mountain is the second highest mountain in Great Britain?
Answer: BEN MACDUI
Question: Near which town or city is the 'Legoland' theme park?
Answer: WINDSOR
Question: If you were born on St. Valentine's Day, what star sign are you?
Answer: AQUARIUS
Question: Near which town or city in the 'Lightwater Valley' theme park?
Answer: RIPON
Question: Which Swiss cheese was named after a valley near the city of Berne?
Answer: EMMENTHAL
Question: If you were born on August Bank Holiday Monday, what star sign are you?
Answer: VIRGO
Question: If you were landing at an airport with the international airport code 'VCE', in which European city would you be in?
Answer: VENICE
Question: One of the 'Seven Wonders of the Ancient World' was the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus. Near which modern tourist resort is the site located?
Answer: BODRUM
Question: If you ordered “Homard” in a French restaurant, which shellfish would you be served?
Answer: Lobster
Question: The Italian word for “scratched drawings” is used commonly n English. What is the word/
Answer: Graffiti
Question: With which instrument do you associate jazz musician Erroll Garner?
Answer: Piano
Question: What is the parliamentary constituency of Caroline Lucas, former leader of the Green Party?
Answer: Brighton Pavilion
Question: Which element, atomic number 5, has the chemical symbol B?
Answer: Boron
Question: After whom is the international airport at Genoa named?
Answer: Christopher Columbus
Question: What is the more common name for the garden flower Antirrhinum?
Answer: Snapdragon
Question: As at September 2012, who presents Radio 2’s “Pick of the Pops” an Sundays from 2:30 to 4:30pm?
Answer: Tony Blackburn
Question: As of September 2012, who presents Radio 2’s “Good Morning Sunday” show from 7:00 to 9:00am?
Answer: Clare Balding
Question: In which war did the “Sack of Badajoz” takeplace?
Answer: Peninsular War
Question: What is the parliamentary constituency of Alex Salmond, leader of the Scottish Nationalist Party?
Answer: Banff and Buchan
Question: In which city was actor and writer Michael Palin born?
Answer: Sheffield
Question: Which element, atomic number 15, has the chemical symbol P?
Answer: Phosphorus
Question: In 1995 the company National Breakdown changed its name – to what?
Answer: Green Flag
Question: In which country was the first motorway built?
Answer: Italy
Question: The daughter of which famous author of many children’s books wrote “A Childhood at Green Hedges”?
Answer: Enid Blyton
Question: What is the more common name of hydrated magnesium silicate?
Answer: Epsom Salts
Question: Which is England’s southernmost landlocked county?
Answer: Wiltshire
Question: Which golfer won the British Open, US Open and Canadian Open in 1971?
Answer: Lee Trevino
Question: What name is given to the point of a planet’s orbit furthest from the sun?
Answer: Aphelion
Question: The Bishop of Durham signs himself “Dunelm”. Similarly, which name is used by the Bishop of Rochester?
Answer: Roffen
Question: Which is England’s northernmost landlocked county?
Answer: West Yorkshire
Question: DZ are the international registration letters for which Nort African country?
Answer: Algeria
Question: Which Yorkshire Rugby League club were the first team to retain the Challenge Cup/
Answer: Batley
Question: Which type of deer is named after a French missionary?
Answer: Pere David’s Deer
Question: Which is the only state of the USA to share a land border with Maine?
Answer: New Hampshire
Question: The highly successful 2014 film “Frozen” is based on a story by which author?
Answer: Hans Christian Anderson
Question: What first started appearing in hotel rooms in 1908?
Answer: Gideon Bibles
Question: Which former sportsman, now a BBC presenter, provides the voice for the children’s TV programme “Underground Ernie”?
Answer: Gary Lineker
Question: Who wrote “Tree and Leaf” and “Farmer Giles of Ham”?
Answer: JRR Tolkein
Question: Where in the body is the occipital artery?
Answer: HEAD
Question: Known by his initials F U, what is the name of the Old Etonian Conservative politician created by Michael Dobbs and played on British TV by Ian Richardson?
Answer: FRANCIS URQUHART
Question: If the elements in the periodic table are arranged alphabetically which is the first with four letters in its name?
Answer: GOLD
Question: Chance Meeting is a sculpture by Tom Murphy at Liverpool Lime Street Station of Ken Dodd and which female politician who lived from 1899 to 1970?
Answer: BESSIE BRADDOCK
Question: What is the four letter prefix which means a factor of ten to the power nine?
Answer: GIGA
Question: Three of the four nominations for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor in 1982 were John Gielgud, Jeremy Irons and Anthony Andrews (who won) for their roles in which period drama?
Answer: BRIDESHEAD REVISITED
Question: In which country are the global headquarters of the professional services company KPMG?
Answer: NETHERLANDS
Question: The world record for which athletics event is 8.95 metres for men?
Answer: LONG JUMP
Question: Who was the time keeper when Roger Bannister ran the first sub four- minute mile?
Answer: NORRIS McWHIRTER
Question: What was the name of New York's 'JFK Airport' before it was renamed in honour of the assassinated President?
Answer: IDLEWILD
Question: What is the summer residence of the French President?
Answer: FONTAINEBLEAU
Question: In the Christian church in Britain, which feat day falls on the first Thursday after Trinity Sunday?
Answer: CORPUS CHRISTI
Question: Which is Britain's oldest public museum?
Answer: THE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM
Question: Which British athlete was taking part in her sixth Summer Olympic Games when she competed in the 1996 Atlanta event?
Answer: TESSA SANDERSON
Question: Which city is home to the world's oldest stock exchange?
Answer: AMSTERDAM
Question: Who did Charles Darwin replace on the reverse of Bank of England £10 notes?
Answer: CHARLES DICKENS
Question: In which part of your body would you find the 'Pyramids of Malpighi'?
Answer: THE KIDNEYS
Question: What was the name of the Los Angeles nightclub that is recognised as being the world's first 'discotheque'?
Answer: WHISKY-A-GO-GO
Question: Which was the first British postage stamp to be issued with perforations?
Answer: PENNY RED
Question: Britain's first credit card was issued by which bank?
Answer: BARCLAYS BANK
Question: Which lingerie and hosiery makers were named after a horse that won the Oaks, St. Leger and the 1000 Guineas?
Answer: PRETTY POLLY
Question: In which television 'soap' would you once have found the character 'Darcy Tyler'?
Answer: 'NEIGHBOURS'
Question: Which British city was known to the Romans as Magnus Portus?
Answer: PORTSMOUTH
Question: Who rode the 1978 Derby winner 'Shirley Heights'?
Answer: GREVILLE STARKEY
Question: Lake Balaton is the largest lake in central Europe, in which country is it?
Answer: HUNGARY
Question: Which symbol denotes a 'battlefield' on an Ordnance Survey Map?
Answer: CROSSED SWORDS
Question: What sort of guides were published by George Bradshaw?
Answer: RAILWAY GUIDES
Question: On a standard typewriter keyboard, what is the last letter on the right of the middle row?
Answer: THE LETTER 'L'
Question: Which actor starred with Sigorney Weaver and Melanie Griffithsin 'Working Girl'?
Answer: HARRISON FORD
Question: Give a year in the life of French military leader and saint,Joan-of-Arc?
Answer: 1412 - 1431
Question: Give a year in the life of French philosopher and satirist Voltaire?
Answer: 1694 - 1778
Question: Who won the Men's Singles at the 2001 Australian OpenTennis Championships?
Answer: ANDRE AGASSI
Question: What was the name of the underground movement in rural France that fought against the Germans in WW II?
Answer: 'THE MAQUIS'
Question: Who was the secretary-General of the Commonwealth from 1975 - 97?
Answer: SONNY RAMPHAL
Question: Which racecourse opened in Essex in April 2008?
Answer: GREAT LEIGHS
Question: In France, what are 'Huitres'?
Answer: OYSTERS
Question: Which ship rescued most of the survivors of the 'Titanic'?
Answer: S.S. CARPATHIA
Question: In the Bible, from what was 'Eve' created?
Answer: ADAM'S RIB
Question: In which 1991 film were the whole 'Royal Family' wiped out, leaving a club pianist, played by John Goodman, as king?
Answer: 'KING RALPH'
Question: What is the name of the 'pre-Roman Road' that runs from Norfolk to Wiltshire?
Answer: ICKNIELD WAY
Question: Which is the most northerly lake in the Cumbrian 'Lake District'?
Answer: BASSENTHWAITE
Question: Which 1997 film starring Danny de Vito, Russell Crowe, Kim Bassinger and Kevin Spacey was about a woman whose similarity to Veronica Lake involves her in a murder investigation?
Answer: 'L.A.CONFIDENTIAL'
Question: What sort of creatureis a 'Mandarin'?
Answer: A DUCK
Question: Which everyday objects are featured in the painting 'The Persistence Of Memory'?
Answer: CLOCKS AND WATCHES
Question: What does the word 'whisky' literally mean?
Answer: """WATER OF LIFE"""
Question: In which county is the Isle of Sheppey?
Answer: KENT
Question: Where was Europe's biggest US air base in the 1940's and 1950's?
Answer: BURTONWOOD
Question: Who was British Prime Minister at the time of the 'American Declaration of Independence'?
Answer: LORD NORTH
Question: The magnificent altarpiece in the Cathedral of Ghent and the 'Arnolfini Wedding' are masterpieces painted by which 15th.century Flemish artist?
Answer: JAN VAN EYCK
Question: In the 13th century French tales about 'Reynard the Fox', what is the name of the cockerel?
Answer: 'CHANTICLEER'
Question: Who won the 2010 'Oscar' for Best Actor for the film 'Crazy Heart'?
Answer: JEFF BRIDGES
Question: New Britain, the largest island of the Bismark Archipelago, is part of which country?
Answer: PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Question: Excluding Sir Alex Ferguson, who is the most recent Scottish manager to lead his team to victory in the English FA Cup Final?
Answer: GEORGE GRAHAM
Question: In which British city would you find Perry Bar Greyhound Stadium?
Answer: BIRMINGHAM
Question: Which pop star called one of his children Dandelion?
Answer: KEITH RICHARD
Question: From which Shakespeare play does the following line come "All that glisters is not gold"?
Answer: 'MERCHANT OF VENICE'
Question: What name is given to a cap or covering topping off a wall?
Answer: COPING
Question: An 'aficionado' originally referred to a fan of which sport?
Answer: BULLFIGHTING
Question: In the 2001 General Election, which celebrity stood in the Stretford and Urmston constituency as an independent candidate attracting 713 votes?
Answer: KATIE PRICE (aka 'Jordan')
Question: Owned by the Mondadori arm of the Berlusconi empire, which women's weekly fashion magazine was established in Italy in 1938 with its British edition starting in 2005?
Answer: GRAZIA
Question: Which one word can mean the following: a hound used for hunting hares, a long slender bird of prey, and one who persistently carries out attacks on an enemy?
Answer: HARRIER
Question: Which current Premiership footballer was the last player to miss in an English FA Cup Final penalty shoot-out?
Answer: ANTON FERDINAND
Question: Cauliflower and Broccoli belong to which family of vegetables?
Answer: BRASSICAS
Question: From which Disney animated picture does the song 'I'll Make A Man Of You' come?
Answer: 'MULAN'
Question: Which bird is also known as the 'Yaffle', an imitation of its cry?
Answer: THE GREEN WOODPECKER
Question: Which car manufacturer makes the 'Lucida' model?
Answer: TOYOTA
Question: Which rider was the first to win the Tour de France six times?
Answer: LANCE ARMSTRONG
Question: Which chemical element, number 67 takes its name from the Latin for Stockholm?
Answer: HOLMIUM (Holmia)
Question: Which French artist, 1839-1906, painted 'The Card Players' and 'Mont Sainte Victoire'?
Answer: PAUL CEZANNE
Question: Who wrote the book and presented the recent t.v. series 'Empire'?
Answer: JEREMY PAXMAN
Question: At which sport is Briton Nick Matthew the current World Champion?
Answer: SQUASH
Question: What is the two-word name of the airport at Castle Donington in Leicestershire?
Answer: EAST MIDLANDS
Question: Who had the 'Christmas Number One' in 1986 with 'Reet Petite'?
Answer: JACKIE WILSON
Question: To the nearest 10 million km., how far is the Earth from the Sun?
Answer: 150 MILLION Km
Question: In which Welsh county are Rhyl, Llangollen and Prestatyn?
Answer: DENBIGHSHIRE
Question: Which Orrell winger scored a hat-trick of tries against Scotland, helping England to win the Rugby Union Grand Slam in 1980?
Answer: JOHN CARLETON
Question: Which word completes the title of the 1991 Booker Prize winner 'The Famished ..........'?
Answer: 'ROAD'
Question: Which novel is set in Dublin on June 16th 1904?
Answer: 'ULYSSES'
Question: Give a year in the life of Scottish chemist and physicist James Dewar?
Answer: 1842 - 1923
Question: What is the maiden name of Samantha Cameron?
Answer: SHEFFIELD
Question: In 2002 Paul Kelleher attempted to decapitate a marble statue of Margaret Thatcher using what 'weapon', he failed, but succeeded using a metal rope support stanchion?
Answer: CRICKET BAT
Question: Based at Poolstock Greyhound Stadium, in which sport did the 'Wigan Warriors' compete in the 1947 National League, before becoming the Fleetwood Flyers' the following year?
Answer: SPEEDWAY
Question: Who was the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 1997 to 2001?
Answer: ROBIN COOK
Question: What is the two-word name of the airport at Yeadon in West Yorkshire?
Answer: LEEDS BRADFORD
Question: Which Australian state capital is on the same longitude as Hong Kong?
Answer: PERTH
Question: What relation was Richard II to his predecessor Edward III?
Answer: GRANDSON
Question: In which county can you walk the 15 mile Tennyson Trail?
Answer: ISLE OF WIGHT
Question: What is the cost of a second class stamp for a letter up to 100 grams?
Answer: 53 PENCE
Question: Who was the last Old Etonian Prime Minister before David Cameron?
Answer: ALEC DOUGLAS-HOME
Question: By which two words is the chemical compound with the formula KMnO4 known?
Answer: POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE
Question: Which was the third country after Australia and England to play test cricket?
Answer: SOUTH AFRICA
Question: In which town is the Great Yorkshire Showground?
Answer: HARROGATE
Question: Which England cricket captain was born in Madras in 1968?
Answer: NASSER HUSSAIN
Question: Which 2011 Woody Allen directed film is set in France?
Answer: MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
Question: Which capital city stands on the shore of the Caspian Sea?
Answer: BAKU
Question: By which two words is the chemical compound with the formula NH4NO3 known?
Answer: AMMONIUM NITRATE
Question: Green Pea, Turkey Noodle and Cream of Celery were among the 32 varieties of soup produced by which company in 1962 as shown in a famous artwork?
Answer: CAMPBELL’S
Question: Give either of the middle names of author George R R Martin.
Answer: RAYMOND RICHARD
Question: Who presented the BBC Radio 4 quiz Counterpoint until 2006?
Answer: NED SHERRIN
Question: In which county can you walk the 35 mile Wherryman’s Way?
Answer: NORFOLK
Question: Name the only Colombian to win a Nobel Prize.
Answer: GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ
Question: How is an oxbow lake known in Australia?
Answer: BILLABONG
Question: Who wrote the song Easter Parade?
Answer: IRVING BERLIN
Question: Whose picture (beside the Queen’s) will be on the new £5 note in 2016?
Answer: Winston Churchill
Question: Which European won the 2014 U.S Open Golf Championship?
Answer: Martin Kaymer
Question: In which musical would you hear the song Bless your beautiful hide?
Answer: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Question: In the middle ages, what was the system were cash payment could replace military service?
Answer: Scutage
Question: What does the word mendacious mean?
Answer: Lying (deceitful)
Question: What makes a Welsh Rarebit a Buck Rarebit?
Answer: A poached egg
Question: Who is the current Master of the Queen's Music?
Answer: Judith Weir
Question: In which English town or city would you find Meadowhall Shopping Centre?
Answer: Sheffield
Question: “In The Mood” was which bandleader's signature tune?
Answer: Joe Loss
Question: On which islands would you find Longstone Lighthouse?
Answer: Farne Islands
Question: In which Canadian city is there a Nelson's Column erected in 1809, It has from time to time become controversial with some of the local people?
Answer: Montreal
Question: Which two comedy actors had a hit in 1978 with you're the one that I want?
Answer: Arthur Mullard and Hylda Baker
Question: Who was the last British winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature?
Answer: Doris Lessing (2007)
Question: What sort of fish makes an Arbroath Smokie?
Answer: Haddock
Question: 'Cap de Formentor' is the northernmost point of which popular holiday island?
Answer: MAJORCA
Question: A fungus that thrives in wet Spring weather causes 'chocolate spot' on the leaves and stems of which vegetable?
Answer: BROAD BEAN
Question: The 'House Martin' is a common summer visitor to these shores, so too is which other 'Martin'?
Answer: SAND MARTIN
Question: What was the first item of non-stick cookware marketed by 'Teflon'?
Answer: FRYING PAN
Question: What is the chemical formula for the gas , nitrous oxide?
Answer: N2 O
Question: Who marries 'Petruccio' in Shakespeare's, 'The Taming Of The Shrew'?
Answer: KATHERINA
Question: Nineteenth century Japanese artist, Hokusai, made a series of 36 prints of what?
Answer: MOUNT FUJI
Question: What is the origin of the word 'chipping' in place names such as Chipping Norton?
Answer: MARKETPLACE
Question: Which is the third largest of the Channel Islands?
Answer: ALDERNEY
Question: The name of which sport is used for a letter in the phonetic alphabet?
Answer: GOLF
Question: From which continent did the flower Freesia originate?
Answer: AFRICA (southern)
Question: In which town or city would you find the 'Cairngorm Brewery'?
Answer: AVIEMORE
Question: Which boxer won the Olympic gold medal at Middleweight in 1976, and then went on to win the World Professional title at both Light-heavyweight and Heavyweight?
Answer: MICHAEL SPINKS
Question: Which aid to home comfort did Schuyler Williams invent in 1882?
Answer: ELECTRIC FAN
Question: What is the former name of the organisation now known as 'Scope'?
Answer: SPASTICS SOCIETY
Question: Which group released the albums; 'Cloud Cuckoo Land' and 'Sense And Jollification'?
Answer: LIGHTENING SEEDS
Question: """Createur d'automobiles"", is a slogan used by which car manufacturer?"
Answer: RENAULT
Question: What is another name for the 'gullet'?
Answer: OESOPHAGUS
Question: Which flavouring is added to Brandy and Egg yolk to make Advocaat?
Answer: VANILLA
Question: Whose autobiography is entitled 'Memoirs Of An Unfit Mother'?
Answer: ANNE ROBINSON
Question: On a standard 'Monopoly' board, what property is found between'Chance' and 'Super Tax'?
Answer: PARK LANE
Question: Which motor manufacturer produces the 'Felicia' model?
Answer: SKODA
Question: 'Pixie', 'Hispi' and 'Primo' are all types of which vegetable?
Answer: CABBAGE
Question: In 1937 which company introduced, in Switzerland, a greatly improved version of instant coffee?
Answer: NESTLE
Question: The £1.00 note ceased to be legal tender in which year?
Answer: 1988
Question: What nickname is often used for a male with the surname of Miller?
Answer: 'DUSTY'
Question: In knitting, what stitch is produced by Knitting a plain stitch backwards?
Answer: PURL STITCH
Question: Which is the smallest county in the Republic of Ireland?
Answer: LOUTH
Question: What in terms of area, is the smallest of the Canadian provinces?
Answer: PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Question: Which motor manufacturer produces the 'Croma' model?
Answer: FIAT
Question: What is the meaning of the French word 'Eglise'?
Answer: CHURCH
Question: Who won the 'Oscar' for Best Actress in the 1950's film 'The Three Falcons'?
Answer: JOANNE WOODWARD
Question: The 1966 novel 'Wide Sargasso Sea' by Jean Rhys was written as a prequel to which 19th century novel?
Answer: 'JANE EYRE'
Question: What name is given to the wall of a Mosque that faces Mecca?
Answer: QIBLA WALL
Question: Which actress is reprising her role as 'M' in the upcoming Bond film 'Quantum Of Solace'?
Answer: JUDI DENCH
Question: In May 2008, which country voted in favour of abolishing its 240-year old monarchy?
Answer: NEPAL
Question: 'Sam's Town' was the critically acclaimed album released by which American rock group in 2008?
Answer: 'THE KILLERS'
Question: Discarding definite and indefinite articles, which of Shakespeare's plays comes first when listed alphabetically?
Answer: 'ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL'
Question: What name is given to the south-east coast of India that stretches from Point Calamire in the south to the mouth of the Krishna River in the north?
Answer: CORAMANDEL COAST
Question: In the sit-com 'Absolutely Fabulous', which 1960's singer is the only steady client of the PR firm owned by 'Edwina Monsoon'?
Answer: LULU
Question: Discarding definite and indefinite articles, which of Shakespeare's plays comeslast when listed alphabetically?
Answer: ' THE WINTER'S TALE'
Question: Runa Islam, Mark Leckey, Goshka Macuga and Cathy Wilkes are this year's nominees for which prize?
Answer: TURNER PRIZE
Question: Which African capital city is the highest above sea level?
Answer: ADDIS ABABA
Question: Which series of books were illustrated by E.M. Shepherd?
Answer: 'WINNIE THE POOH'
Question: Who was Clive Ponting accused of leaking information to during his 1985 secrets trial?
Answer: TAM DALYELL
Question: The song 'When You Wish Upon A Star' featured in which film?
Answer: 'PINOCCHIO'
Question: In which year was the Euro introduced, the film 'Saving Private Ryan' appear, and President Clinton accused of perjury?
Answer: 1998
Question: In one word, what is the meaning of 'Glasnost'?
Answer: 'OPENNESS'
Question: Which sea area is south of South Utsire, north of German Bight, and eat of Forties?
Answer: FISHER
Question: 'Myosotis' is better known as what?
Answer: 'FORGET ME NOT'
Question: Which sea area is south-east of Faroes, west of Viking, north-east of Hebrides and north-west of Forties?
Answer: FAIR ISLE
Question: The song 'As Long As He Needs Me' comes from which show and film?
Answer: 'OLIVER'
Question: Who wrote the play 'Blood Brothers'?
Answer: WILLY RUSSELL
Question: Give any year in the life of 'Ivan the Terrible'?
Answer: 1530 - 1584
Question: How many players are there in an Ice Hockey team?
Answer: SIX (6)
Question: 'Equivalent VIII' by Carl Andre is in Tate Modern in London. It comprises 120 of which item?
Answer: (Fire) BRICKS
Question: Give either of the middle names of David Cameron?
Answer: WILLIAM DONALD
Question: Which sport, played with sticks and a ball, whose rules are governed by the Camanachd Association, is mainly played in the highlands of Scotland?
Answer: SHINTY
Question: What colour of cap is worn by a Water Polo goalkeeper?
Answer: RED
Question: Give either of the middle names of George Osbourne?
Answer: GIDEON OLIVER
Question: Which town is the administrative headquarters of Shropshire?
Answer: SHREWSBURY
Question: Give the middle name of former US Vice-President Hubert H. Humphries?
Answer: HORATIO
Question: Who is the subject of the 1961 biography 'The Agony And The Ecstasy' by Irving Stone?
Answer: MICHELANGELO (Buonarroti)
Question: How were musical duo Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield known?
Answer: 'THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS'
Question: What is the title of the recent BBC 4 comedy series about the organising of the London Olympics?
Answer: ' TWENTY TWELVE'
Question: Who was Master of the King's Music from 1924 until 1934?
Answer: EDWARD ELGAR