zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: Who was the King of Egypt who was overthrown by a military coup led by Gamel Abdel Nasser in 1952?
Answer: FAROUK
Question: Which peninsular on the south coast of Glamorgan in Wales was the first area of the United Kingdom to be designated as an 'Area Of Outstanding Natural Beauty'?
Answer: GOWER PENINSULA
Question: Which hard ring-shaped bread product takes its name from the Old German for 'bracelet'?
Answer: BAGEL
Question: Arthur Thistlewood was the main conspirator in which plot of 1820?
Answer: 'CATO STREET CONSPIRACY'
Question: Which British scientist discovered and studied hydrogen, was the first to measure Newton's gravitational constant, and calculated the mass and mean density of the Earth?
Answer: HENRY CAVENDISH
Question: Polaris is the brightest star in which constellation?
Answer: URSA MINOR
Question: Nadia Comaneci made her name in which sport?
Answer: GYMNASTICS
Question: In Rudyard Kipling's story, what was 'Rikki Tikki Tavi'?
Answer: A MONGOOSE
Question: Gene Hackman won the Best Actor 'Oscar' for his role as 'Popeye Doyle' in which film?
Answer: 'THE FRENCH CONNECTION'
Question: The largest capacity stadium in the NFL is the FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland. Which team play there?
Answer: WASHINGTON REDSKINS
Question: Prince George of Denmark was the husband of which queen, fathering 17 children who all died before him?
Answer: QUEEN ANNE
Question: Whose Symphony #45 is called 'The Farewell'?
Answer: JOSEPH HAYDN
Question: The painting 'Las Meninas' in the Prado includes the artist at work. Who is the artist?
Answer: DIEGO VELAZQUEZ
Question: Who wrote the plays 'Relatively Speaking' and 'Absent Person Singular'?
Answer: ALAN AYCKBOURN
Question: Who is this? Lived 1736 - 1819. Born in Greenock, Inventor, Partnered Matthew Boulton?
Answer: JAMES WATT
Question: How is Jordan Belfort, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, described in the title of a recent film?
Answer: THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
Question: Since 1961 what has been the name of the city known from 1589 to 1925 as Tsaritsyn?
Answer: VOLGOGRAD
Question: On which national radio station does John Suchet broadcast each weekday morning?
Answer: CLASSIC FM
Question: Which composer became Vice-Kapellmeister to the House of Esterházy in 1761, then Kapellmeister five years later?
Answer: JOSEPH HAYDN
Question: Queen Maud Land on Antarctica is a dependent territory of which country?
Answer: NORWAY
Question: With headquarters in Bern, Switzerland what is the official language of the U N Agency the UPU?
Answer: FRENCH
Question: Which amendment of the US constitution repealed prohibition in 1933?
Answer: 21st
Question: What letter is two dot's in Morse code?
Answer: L
Question: What type of creature is a Queen Alexandra's Birdwing, the largest of its kind?
Answer: A butterfly
Question: Name the Russian politician shot and killed near the Kremlin on 27th February 2015?
Answer: Boris Nemtsov
Question: Camulodunum was the roman name for which town?
Answer: Colchester
Question: The fifth 'Harry Potter' book is due for publication on June 21st. What is it called?
Answer: 'HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX'
Question: The Colorado Beetle is a destructive pest of which crop?
Answer: POTATO
Question: What name is given to the cold, dry, strong wind that blows down the Rhone valley to the Mediterranean coast?
Answer: MISTRAL
Question: Which crop in particular is damaged by the Boll Weevil?
Answer: COTTON
Question: Which Ian Fleming novel first introduced us to secret agent, James Bond?
Answer: 'CASINO ROYALE'
Question: Which Dennis Potter TV drama featured Ewan McGregor as 'Private Mick Hopper'?
Answer: 'LIPSTICK ON YOUR COLLAR'
Question: Who was the first and only President of the Confederate States of America?
Answer: JEFFERSON DAVIES
Question: The building originally known as the G-Mex Centre in Manchester was built on the site of which railway station?
Answer: MANCHESTER CENTRAL
Question: What make of car was JF Kennedy traveling in when he was shot dead?
Answer: LINCOLN
Question: In the pantomime of the same name, who is 'Aladdin's' mother?
Answer: 'WIDOW TWANKY'
Question: The Ituri Rainforest in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the only place in the world where which mammal, that was first seen by Europeans in 1901, can be found in the wild?
Answer: OKAPI
Question: Which Stanley Kubrickfilm takes its title from a line in Gray's 'Elegy Written In An English Country Churchyard'?
Answer: 'PATHS OF GLORY'
Question: Who married both Billy Bob Thornton and Johnny Lee Miller?
Answer: ANGELINA JOLIE
Question: In which year did Victoria become Queen?
Answer: 1837
Question: Who was Prime Minister of Australia from 1949 to 1966?
Answer: ROBERT MENZIES
Question: 'When Harry Met Ali' was a TV tribute to which commentator who died in March?
Answer: HARRY CARPENTER
Question: In which year of the 1970's was the 'Yom Kippur War'?
Answer: 1973
Question: 'Straddle'and 'Western Roll' were techniques used in which athletics event?
Answer: HIGH JUMP
Question: Which 1964 book by Roald Dahl begins "These two very old people are the father and mother of Mr. Bucket"?
Answer: 'CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY'
Question: How many Nobel Prizes are there?
Answer: SIX
Question: On which course did Frankie Dettori ride all seven winners in 1996?
Answer: ASCOT
Question: Who in 2001 paid £14 million to become the first space tourist?
Answer: DENNIS TITO
Question: Which actor's last appearance before his death in 1985 was as 'Daniel Reece' in 'Dynasty'?
Answer: ROCK HUDSON
Question: Which of the Mitford sisters wrote the semi- autobiography 'Pursuit Of Love'?
Answer: NANCY
Question: What was the first name of American President Ulysses Grant?
Answer: HIRAM
Question: On a map, what name is given to a line linking places in the sea that are of equal depth?
Answer: ISOBATH
Question: The 'Coast Starlight Express' runs between Los Angeles and which other city?
Answer: SEATTLE
Question: In which year did Mother Theresa of Calcutta win the Nobel Peace Prize?
Answer: 1979
Question: What was the middle name of the character 'Geraldine Granger' from the t.v. series 'Vicar of Dibley'?
Answer: 'BODICEA'
Question: Which American President made the first telephone call to the Moon?
Answer: RICHARD NIXON
Question: The Otago Stadium is staged some of the 2011 Rugby World Cup matches, in which city can it be found?
Answer: DUNEDIN
Question: Which book of the Bible tells of the parting of the Red Sea?
Answer: EXODUS
Question: Who was the wife of Akenhaten and mother of Tutankhamen?
Answer: NEFERTITI
Question: Which leaves adorn the coronets of dukes and earls?
Answer: STRAWBERRY
Question: Which wine could be ruby, tawny or vintage?
Answer: Port
Question: Three famous English Composers died in 1934.Gustav Holst and Edward Elgar were two - name the third?
Answer: Frederick Delius
Question: Ergophobia is the morbid fear of what?
Answer: Work
Question: Of which country is Ouagadougou the capital?
Answer: Burkina Faso
Question: Which famous television actress died on the same day (25th May 2009) as Michael Jackson?
Answer: Farah Fawcett
Question: In which war did the 1777 battle of Brandywine take place?
Answer: American War Of Independence
Question: Which Jane Austin novel is about the affairs of the heart of Eleanor and Marianne Daswood?
Answer: Sense and Sensibility
Question: Which Briton was European Footballer of the Year in 1978?
Answer: Kevin Keegan
Question: What was the name of the Indian political party led by Mahatma Ghandi for 20 years prior to India's independence?
Answer: INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS PARTY
Question: Which presenter at the start of his talent show used the catchphrase "Thank you tremendously, friends"?
Answer: HUGHIE GREEN
Question: Which former Prime Minister of France became his country's President after the resignation of Charles de Gaulle?
Answer: GEORGES POMPIDOU
Question: Of which planet is'Desdemona' a satellite?
Answer: URANUS
Question: Darts. Who in 1984, achieved the first televised nine- dartfinish?
Answer: JOHN LOWE
Question: Who was the drummer with the 1970's rock band 'Led Zepplin'?
Answer: JOHN BONHAM
Question: Which actress was the elder sister of Joan Fontaine?
Answer: OLIVIA de HAVILLAND
Question: Who played the lead male role in the 1939 film-western, 'Dodge City'?
Answer: ERROL FLYNN
Question: Who wrote 'Down And Out In Paris And London', and 'The Lion And The Unicorn'?
Answer: GEORGE ORWELL
Question: Who wrote the novel 'Finnegan's Wake'?
Answer: JAMES JOYCE
Question: Which rare species of water bird has one of its few breeding sites at Leighton Moss in Lancashire?
Answer: BITTERN
Question: Under what name did singer Norma Egstrom achieve fame?
Answer: PEGGY LEE
Question: Born near Saragossa, who became court painter to Charles III of Spain in 1786?
Answer: GOYA
Question: The Argentinean invasion of which island in 1982 started the 'Falklands War'?
Answer: SOUTH GEORGIA
Question: The Iris has a thick-stemmed root instead of a bulb. By what name is this 'root' known?
Answer: RHIZOME
Question: What name is given to a barrel that has the capacity to hold 54 gallons of beer?
Answer: HOGSHEAD
Question: Philips and which other company developed the CD?
Answer: SONY
Question: In the Bible, who was the mother-in-law of Ruth?
Answer: NAOMI
Question: Which artist painted 'The Old Woman Cooking Eggs' and 'The Rokeby Venus'?
Answer: VELASQUEZ
Question: Which English city shares its name with the state capital of Nebraska?
Answer: LINCOLN
Question: After the city of Valencia, which tourist resort on the Costa Blanca is the next largest city in the Spanish autonomous region of Valencia?
Answer: ALICANTE
Question: Also found in Spinach and similar plants, which organic acid is the primary acid found in Rhubarb leaves?
Answer: OXALIC ACID
Question: Finishing tied for 4th with a score of 10 under par, who was the highest placed British golfer at this month's US Masters?
Answer: LUKE DONALD
Question: Dilma Rousseff was elected as the first female President of which South American country, in 2011?
Answer: BRAZIL
Question: In which year did the 'Easter Rising' in Dublin begin on Easter Monday, April 24th?
Answer: 1916
Question: The most famous piece performed by which jazz quartet is 'Take Five'?
Answer: DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET
Question: Formerly the capital, which is the largest city in Nigeria?
Answer: LAGOS
Question: The main asteroid belt is between Jupiter and which other planet?
Answer: MARS
Question: Who wrote the plays ‘The Entertainer’ and ‘Look Back in Anger’?
Answer: JOHN OSBORNE
Question: Complete the name of the 13th President of the USA Millard ..............
Answer: FILLMORE
Question: Who plays Edward Cullen in the ‘Twilight’ films?
Answer: ROBERT PATTINSON
Question: How is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 usually known?
Answer: DOMESDAY BOOK
Question: Who won her only Singles title at Wimbledon in 2004 when she beat Serena Williams in the Final?
Answer: MARIA SHARAPOVA
Question: The 81 mile Speyside Way runs from Buckie to which town and resort in the Cairngorms?
Answer: AVIEMORE
Question: There are four Cardinal Virtues: Prudence, Temperance, Justice and which other?
Answer: Fortitude
Question: The eldest son of the British monarch traditionally holds which Scottish dukedom?
Answer: Duke of Rothesay
Question: Which constellation contains the bright start Arcturus and is known as “The Herdsman”?
Answer: Bootes
Question: In literature, where did the cows Aimless, Feckless, Graceless and Pointless live?
Answer: Cold Comfort Farm
Question: In the passing of a government bill, which stage follows the third reading?
Answer: Royal Assent
Question: What name is given to the treatment of cotton or linen to give it the appearance of silk?
Answer: Mercerisation
Question: How many Brandenburg Concertos did Johann Sebastian Bach compose?
Answer: SIX
Question: By what first name was the actress sister of John and Lionel Barrymore known?
Answer: ETHEL
Question: Which US state lies immediately to the south of South Dakota?
Answer: NEBRASKA
Question: The king of which country lived in London from 1910 when the monarchy was abolished until his death in 1932?
Answer: A PORTUGAL
Question: Which word that begins 'sol' is a coil of wire that acts as a magnet when an electric current flows through it?
Answer: SOLENOID
Question: What is the surname of sisters Elinor, Margaret and Marianne in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility?
Answer: DASHWOOD
Question: In the Bible what relation was Lot to Abraham?
Answer: NEPHEW
Question: Who was pardoned 12 years after his execution for murders carried out by John Christie?
Answer: TIMOTHY EVANS
Question: Who was hanged for the murder of a policeman because his cry of "Let him have it" was ambiguous?
Answer: DEREK BENTLEY
Question: Which historical event is illustrated by the Victorian painting "And When Did You Last See Your Father"?
Answer: THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
Question: An excess of which acid in the body causes 'gout'?
Answer: URIC ACID
Question: The principle that "the volume of a given quantity of gas varies inversely with the pressure when the temperature is constant", is whose law?
Answer: BOYLE'S LAW
Question: Which brand of cigarette had the slogan, "cool as a mountain stream"?
Answer: CONSULATE
Question: In the Bible, who was asked to interpret the 'writing on the wall'?
Answer: DANIEL
Question: Whitchurch, Ludlow,Bridgenorth and Market Drayton, are towns in which English county?
Answer: SHROPSHIRE
Question: Who in Roman mythology, was the goddess of strife?
Answer: DISCORDIA
Question: Who played the title role in the 1945 film 'Mildred Pierce'?
Answer: JOAN CRAWFORD
Question: What was the first name of the character played by George Wendtin 'Cheers'?
Answer: 'NORM'
Question: What is the more common name for the minor medical complaint 'Epistaxis'?
Answer: NOSEBLEED
Question: Which South American country became landlocked after 'The War of the Pacific' in 1884?
Answer: BOLIVIA
Question: Against which Sout American country was Bolivia fighting during 'The War of the Pacific'?
Answer: CHILE
Question: Which Australian Prime Minister was dismissed by the Governor-General in 1975?
Answer: GOUGH WHITLAM
Question: Evelyn Waugh's novel 'Black Mischief' was a satirical description of which 20th century Emperor?
Answer: HAILE SELASSIE
Question: Which American dancer died in 1927 after her scarf became caught in a car's wheel spokes?
Answer: ISADORA DUNCAN
Question: What is the name of the heritage railway line that runs fornine miles along the border of East and West Sussex?
Answer: BLUEBELL LINE
Question: Which television personality was elected the mayor of Cincinnati in 1977?
Answer: JERRY SPRINGER
Question: Which French painter famously designed a garden at his home in Giverny, in which he created many of his most famous paintings?
Answer: CLAUDE MONET
Question: Chalcocite is an important ore of which metallic element?
Answer: COPPER
Question: What is the name of the squirrel who carries messages up and down 'Yggdrasil', the world tree of Norse mythology?
Answer: 'RATATOSK
Question: According to the opening line of T.S. Eliot's poem 'The Wasteland', which is "the cruellest month"?
Answer: APRIL
Question: Which Nottinghamshire-born stocking-maker was hanged after leading the 'Pentrich Revolution' of 1817?
Answer: JEREMIAH BRANDRETH
Question: Who played 'Ellen Ripley' in the films 'Alien' and 'Aliens'?
Answer: SIGOURNEY WEAVER
Question: In 2009 which Swiss tennis player played the first match in The Championships at Wimbledon under the closed Centre Court roof, against Andy Murray?
Answer: STANISLAS WAWRINKA
Question: What type of clothing are 'Air Jordans'?
Answer: SHOES
Question: What was the name of the actor brother of Vanessa and Lynn Redgrave who died last year?
Answer: CORIN
Question: Actor James McArthur who died in October last year was most famous for playing 'Danny Williams' in which police series?
Answer: 'HAWAII FIVE-O'
Question: What was the name of the daughter of Vanessa Redgrave who died in 2009?
Answer: NATASHA (Richardson)
Question: According to Greek mythology, who was the mother of the twins Apollo and Artemis?
Answer: LETO
Question: Which American Football player, who played for the 'Chicago Bears' between 1985 and 1993, was nicknamed 'The Refrigerator'?
Answer: WILLIAM PERRY
Question: Which chemical element is named after the Scottish village in which it was discovered in 1787?
Answer: STRONTIUM
Question: In which country would you find the ruins of the ancient Inca city known as Machu Picchu?
Answer: PERU
Question: Which poet wrote “A little learning is a dangerous thing”?
Answer: Alexander Pope
Question: Which 1997 film starred Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave and Jennifer Ehle?
Answer: Wilde
Question: Which actor was born Issur Danielovich?
Answer: Kirk Douglas
Question: In which country did the Battle of Vinegar Hill take place in 1798?
Answer: Ireland
Question: Which Irish poet’s epitaph ends “Cast a cold eye, on life, on death. Horseman pass by”?
Answer: William Butler Yeats
Question: Which famous actress provided the voice of Maggie in “The Simpsons” when she uttered her first word?
Answer: Liz Taylor
Question: By what nicknames was Edward, eldest son of Edward III known?
Answer: The Black Prince
Question: The smallest ground in the Football League Championship Huish Park is home to which club?
Answer: YEOVIL TOWN
Question: Who was appointed the first Minister of Technology in 1964 – he was General Secretary of the TGWU at the time?
Answer: FRANK COUSINS
Question: Complete the title of the 1976 Number One by Paper Lace - Billy, don’t be a _______ .
Answer: HERO
Question: Where was the ship SS Great Britain from 1886 until 1970, when it was returned to Bristol?
Answer: FALKLAND ISLANDS
Question: Which of Dicken's' novels features 'Sir John and Edward Chester'?
Answer: 'BARNABY RUDGE'
Question: Which is the most northerly of America's "Great Lakes"?
Answer: SUPERIOR
Question: Who was the last British king to lead an army into battle?
Answer: GEORGE II
Question: If the currency is the Peso, copper the major export and Valparaiso the major port, what is the country?
Answer: CHILE
Question: What name is given to the first, horseshoe-shaped section of the human intestine?
Answer: DUODENUM
Question: The human spine includes how many cervical vertebrae?
Answer: 7
Question: 'Chantrelle' and 'Porcini' are both well-known varieties of which foodstuff?
Answer: MUSHROOM
Question: Which European country's national flag is a horizontal tricolour: Blue, Black and White?
Answer: ESTONIA
Question: Which fire-breathing monster in Greek mythology was killed by Bellerophon?
Answer: THE CHIMERA
Question: Which European country was ruled by the House of Vasa from 1523 - 1818?
Answer: SWEDEN
Question: Pompey the Great and Crassus were two of the 'First Triumvirate' in 60 BC. Who was the third third?
Answer: JULIUS CAESAR
Question: Which Belgian in 1969, was the first man to win all three major prizesin the Tour de France?
Answer: EDDY MERCKX
Question: 'The Pied Piper of Hamlin' got rid of the rats by leading them into which river?
Answer: WESER
Question: Who is the current monarch of Belgium?
Answer: KING ALBERT II
Question: In 'The Simpsons', by what name is the performer 'Herschel Shmoikel Pinchas Yerucham Krustofski' better known?
Answer: 'KRUSTY THE CLOWN'
Question: Which cyclist won the first ever Tour de France in 1903?
Answer: MAURICE GARIN
Question: The British archaeologist Arthur Evans was responsible for the excavation of which ancient Minoan palace-city?
Answer: KNOSSOS
Question: 'Gargantua' and 'Pantagruel' are literary works written by which 16th century French author?
Answer: FRANCOIS RABELAIS
Question: The adjective 'adrenal' means of, or pertaining to, which organ of the body?
Answer: KIDNEYS
Question: The character 'James Bond' was created by Ian Fleming, but who wrote the book 'Devil May Care' featuring 'James Bond'?
Answer: SEBASTIAN FAULKS
Question: Goodluck Jonathan is the current President (2011) of which African country?
Answer: NIGERIA
Question: Brenda Mae Tarpley achieved fame under what name?
Answer: BRENDA LEE
Question: In which year was the wearing of crash helmets for motor cycle riders made compulsory?
Answer: 1973
Question: Hamid Karzai is the current (2011) President of which Asian country?
Answer: AFGHANISTAN
Question: Whose figure is depicted on the American award 'The Purple Heart'?
Answer: GEORGE WASHINGTON
Question: Which component of Microsoft Office generates files with a .doc or .docx file suffix?
Answer: WORD
Question: Which famous author lived at “Barnhill” on the island of Jura?
Answer: George Orwell
Question: Which architect designed Blenheim Palace and castle Howard?
Answer: John Vanburgh
Question: What type of creature was the now extinct Solitaire?
Answer: Bird
Question: In 2012 which MP resigned over the “Plebgate” affair?
Answer: Andrew Mitchell
Question: What was the main wood used by Thomas Chippendale in the 18th century?
Answer: Mahogany
Question: Jodie Foster won an Oscar for her performance in The Silence of the Lambs in 1992. For her performance in which other film was she awarded an Oscar in 1989?
Answer: The Accused
Question: Who was Al Gore's running mate in their bid for the 2000 US Presidency?
Answer: Joseph Lieberman
Question: Which station is the London terminus for the Chiltern Railways?
Answer: Marylebone
Question: Whose voice was used for the character Lord Farquaar in the film Shrek?
Answer: John Lithgow
Question: Who was the Democratic candidate defeated by George Bush Snr in 1988?
Answer: Michael Dukakis
Question: In which Charles Dickens novel does the character Bentley Drummie appear?
Answer: Great Expectations
Question: How many hurdles are there in a 400 metres hurdle race?
Answer: 10
Question: What was the name of the British Lieutenant Colonel accused by a part-time American Major of mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners of war?
Answer: TIM COLLINS
Question: 'Petruchio' appears in which play by Shakespeare?
Answer: 'THE TAMING OF THE SHREW'
Question: Which Christian sect was founded in the USA in 1848 by John Thomas?
Answer: CHRISTADELPHIANS
Question: What was singer Gary Numan's first number one in the U.K.?
Answer: 'ARE FRIENDS ELECTRIC'
Question: Which prefix vehicle registration letter was the first to be introduced in a month other than August?
Answer: T.
Question: Where would you find a 'Magyar'?
Answer: HUNGARY
Question: Which US state is known as 'The Land of Lincoln'?
Answer: ILLINOIS
Question: In what year were congestion charges introduced into London?
Answer: 2003
Question: Which planet in the solar system has several moons named after characters in Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer- Night's Dream'?
Answer: URANUS
Question: According to Genesis, howold was Noah when he died (within 10 years)?
Answer: 950
Question: Which aircraft company made the World War II 'Halifax' bomber?
Answer: HANDLEY PAGE
Question: What fruit has varieties called 'Duncan' and 'Marsh'?
Answer: GRAPEFRUIT
Question: Whose second marriage was to actress Nancy Davis?
Answer: RONALD REAGAN
Question: Who played scientist Barnes Wallis in the film 'The Dambusters'?
Answer: MICHAEL REDGRAVE
Question: Who acceded the English throne after the death of Edward III?
Answer: RICHARD II
Question: What is the name of the South American tree whose bark contains Quinine?
Answer: CINCHONA
Question: Roger Moore received a knighthood in 2003 for services to which organisation?
Answer: UNICEF
Question: In which 1995 'Oscar' nominated film did Anthony Hopkins play the part of a US President. Other parts were played by Ed Harris, E.G. Marshall, and David Hyde Pierce?
Answer: 'NIXON'
Question: Which soccer team was disbanded in 2008 for financial reasons after only one season in the Scottish Premier League?
Answer: GRETNA
Question: 'Sarah Gamp', 'Tom Pinch', and 'Mark Tapley' are characters in which Dickens novel?
Answer: 'MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT'
Question: Which group had a number one hit in 1966 with 'Michelle'. It was the first time that a cover version of a 'Beatles' record had reached number one?
Answer: 'THE OVERLANDERS'
Question: What is the name of the longest bone in the upper arm?
Answer: HUMERUS
Question: Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings led military coups in which African country in 1979 and 1981?
Answer: GHANA