zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: After their poor showing in the 2007 Rugby Union world cup, which New Zealand coach was made to re-apply for his job, a task which he successfully achieved?
Answer: GRAHAM HENRY
Question: Which 1977 romantic comedy film, directed by Woody Allen, had Diane Keaton in the title role?
Answer: ANNIE HALL
Question: The Cliffs of Moher, Ireland's most visited tourist attraction, stand on the coast of which Irish county?
Answer: CLARE
Question: Which vegetable has types named Greyhound and January King?
Answer: CABBAGE
Question: Which pop groups first singles release, in 1979, was entitled, "Sultans of Swing"?
Answer: DIRE STRAITS
Question: What type of foodstuff is a jalapeno?
Answer: A PEPPER
Question: What is the proper name of the flowering plant commonly known as the Red Hot Poker?
Answer: KNIPHOFIA
Question: What nationality was the composer Edvard Grieg?
Answer: NORWEGIAN
Question: Who composed the music for "The Threepenny Opera", the 1928 adaptation of "The Beggar's Opera"?
Answer: KURT WEILL
Question: Which legendary queen is reputed to have founded Carthage?
Answer: DIDO
Question: Who owns the London restaurants Petrus, Boxwood Cafe, Murano, etc?
Answer: Gordon Ramsay
Question: What colour is the Wirral Line on the Merseyrail network map?
Answer: Green
Question: What is the name of the blue line on the Merseyrail map?
Answer: Northern Line
Question: Who defeated Phil Taylor to win the 2007 PDC world darts championship?
Answer: Raymond van Barneveld
Question: The 2010 FIFA World Cup will be staged where?
Answer: South Africa
Question: Which midtown Manhattan railway station is the busiest in America?
Answer: Penn(sylvania) Station
Question: What is the principal official language of Andorra?
Answer: Catalan
Question: The sixth and first strings of a guitar are tuned to which note?
Answer: E
Question: Which stage musical features 'Audrey II', the man-eating plant?
Answer: Little Shop of Horrors
Question: Glynis Barber and her husband Michael Brandon starred together in which TV detective series?
Answer: Dempsey and Makepeace
Question: Which Emperor of the Ottoman Empire was known as 'The Magnificent' or 'The Law Giver'?
Answer: Suleiman
Question: What is the name of the city that was built to house workers on the Hoover Dam?
Answer: Boulder City
Question: What, in the natural world, is 'hyssop'?
Answer: A herb
Question: Acetylsalicylic acid is a commonly taken drug, what is its usual name?
Answer: Aspirin
Question: Which King of England (after Harold 2nd) was killed by an arrow?
Answer: William II
Question: In which country was the 'Great Trek' of 1836/37?
Answer: South Africa
Question: Which cartoon characters were created 50 years ago by the Belgian Peyo?
Answer: Smurfs
Question: Which English King was married to Catherine of Valois?
Answer: Henry 5th
Question: Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Anita in the 1961 film, "West Side Story"?
Answer: RITA MORENO
Question: In which US State is Jamestown, site of the first settlement in 1609?
Answer: VIRGINIA
Question: """Camelot"" in 1960 was the last Broadway musical of which famous duo?"
Answer: LERNER and LOEWE
Question: Litmus is a mixture of dyes used as an indicator. It is extracted from which types of plant?
Answer: LICHENS
Question: With the Atomic Number 3, which is the first metal in the Periodic Table of elements?
Answer: LITHIUM
Question: Which toothpaste was advertised with the slogan, "You'll Wonder Where the Yellow Went"?
Answer: PEPSODENT
Question: Who wrote the book on which the 1959 film, "Ben Hur' was based?
Answer: LEW WALLACE
Question: What name is given to a ring shaped reef, enclosing a lagoon?
Answer: AN ATOLL
Question: Which is the oldest regiment of the regular British Army?
Answer: Coldstream Guards
Question: In Greek myth who solved the Riddle of the Sphinx?
Answer: Oedipus
Question: b In the Flintstones cartoons what is the name of Fred and Wilma's daughter?
Answer: Pebbles
Question: Which rock singer's real name is Paul Hewson?
Answer: Bono
Question: Which car manufacturer made a model called GT4O?
Answer: Ford
Question: Who was the housekeeper in Daphne du Maurier's 'Rebecca'?
Answer: Mrs Danvers
Question: Which famous directors last film was 'Family Plot' in 1976?
Answer: Alfred Hitchcock
Question: Who said 'Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun'?
Answer: Mao-Tse-Tung
Question: What is the capital of Nigeria?
Answer: Abuja
Question: Which Shakespeare play has the stage direction 'Exit pursued by a bear'?
Answer: The Winter's Tale
Question: The arbalest was a variety of which weapon?
Answer: Crossbow
Question: What is the national currency of Paraguay?
Answer: Guarani
Question: Who is the patron saint of Germany?
Answer: St Boniface
Question: In the Rupert Bear stories, what was the name of the pug dog?
Answer: ALGY
Question: Who was the first man to swim 100 metres in less than a minute?
Answer: JOHNNY WEISSMULLER
Question: For which county did Mike Gatting play cricket?
Answer: MIDDLESEX
Question: Which architect worked with Sir Charles Barry on the new Palace of Westminster?
Answer: Augustus PUGIN
Question: Which American won the discus Gold medal at four consecutive Olympics between 1956 and 1968?
Answer: AL OERTER
Question: Iqualuit is the capital of which Canadian autonomous Inuit territory created in 1999?
Answer: NUNAVUT
Question: Tagalog is a language native to which country?
Answer: PHILLIPINES
Question: In the words of a popular song, from which hotel can 'you check out but never leave'?
Answer: HOTEL CALIFORNIA
Question: What was the name of the 'Brides in the Bath Murderer'?
Answer: George SMITH
Question: Which brothers own the Daily Telegraph?
Answer: BARCLAY BROTHERS
Question: Who wrote the screenplay for the film 'The Madness of King George'?
Answer: ALAN BENNETT
Question: Which English Poet Laureate wrote "The Faerie Queene"?
Answer: Edmund Spencer
Question: Who was the third President of the USA; he died on July 4th, 1826?
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
Question: Which Irish rock band released the albums "Boy", "October", and "War"?
Answer: U2
Question: Fagus sylvatica is the botanical name for which common forest tree?
Answer: Beech
Question: Which English chemist isolated the metals sodium and magnesium, etc?
Answer: Sir Humphry Davy
Question: Which unit of dry volume was defined as containing eight gallons?
Answer: (Imperial) Bushel
Question: What is the lowest part of the Earth's atmosphere, which may be 2 km high above the Earth's surface?
Answer: Troposphere
Question: Who wrote and narrated the TV series "In Search of Myths and Heroes"?
Answer: Michael Wood
Question: A boxer between 123-126 lb. (57.2 kg) is classed in which weight?
Answer: Featherweight
Question: Travelling north along the M1 motorway, which county would you enter as you left Hertfordshire?
Answer: Bedfordshire
Question: Turin is the major city of which region of Italy?
Answer: Piedmont
Question: Which admiral assumed command at Trafalgar after the death of Nelson?
Answer: Collingwood
Question: What is the name of Nick Park's film animation company?
Answer: Aardman
Question: In American Football, how many points are awarded for a 'safety'?
Answer: Two
Question: What is the popular name of Tchaikovsky's Symphony no.6 in B minor?
Answer: Pathetique
Question: Which American TV sitcom featured the families of sisters Jessica Tate and Mary Campbell?
Answer: Soap
Question: What is the medical term for the protrusion of an organ or tissue through a wall of the cavity in which it is usually contained?
Answer: Hernia
Question: Which singer recorded the very successful album 'Back to Black'?
Answer: Amy Winehouse
Question: Haddon Hall in Derbyshire was used by the BBC to represent which property in a 2006 classic serial?
Answer: Thornfield Hall
Question: Who wrote the book 'Tobacco Road'?
Answer: Erskine Caldwell
Question: Which US President introduced Thanksgiving Day?
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
Question: Who was the only bachelor President of the USA?
Answer: James Buchanan
Question: Which Suffolk town has hosted an annual music festival since 1948?
Answer: Aldeburgh
Question: Which children's TV programme featured a toad named Gabriel and a rag doll named Madeleine?
Answer: Bagpuss
Question: In which Italian city was Christopher Columbus born?
Answer: Genoa
Question: Which mythological reptilian creature could kill with a single glance?
Answer: Basilisk
Question: Alberto Contador won which major sporting event in 2007?
Answer: Tour de France
Question: Who wrote the children's classic 'Charlotte's Web'?
Answer: E.B. White
Question: The flag of which Canadian province includes the cross of St Andrew?
Answer: Nova Scotia
Question: How are Rochester, Chatham and Gillingham known collectively?
Answer: Medway Towns
Question: In 'The Lord of the Rings' what are Sting and Glamdring?
Answer: Swords
Question: Which is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Bootes?
Answer: ARCTURUS
Question: By what name is the Australian echidna also known?
Answer: SPINY ANTEATER
Question: What was the sequel to Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventure in Wonderland?
Answer: THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
Question: To which dramatist was the actress Anne Bracegirdle mistress?
Answer: WILLIAM CONGREVE
Question: What was the stage name of the American-born operatic soprano Maria Kalageropoulos?
Answer: MARIA CALLAS
Question: Which Catholic missionary and Nobel laureate died in 1997?
Answer: MOTHER TERESA
Question: Which English prison reformer campaigned for the improvement of conditions at Newgate in the early 19th century?
Answer: ELIZABETH FRY
Question: Of which ocean is the White Sea a gulf?
Answer: ARCTIC
Question: In the Old Testament, who was the father of Rehoboam?
Answer: SOLOMON
Question: Which county won the 1997 County Championship in cricket for the first time?
Answer: GLAMORGAN
Question: In which English county are the towns of Letchworth, Cheshunt and Bishop's Stortford?
Answer: HERTFORDSHIRE
Question: How many players are there in a netball team?
Answer: SEVEN
Question: To which genus of trees does the Maple belong?
Answer: ACER
Question: How many chukkas are normally played in a game of polo?
Answer: SIX
Question: Which American golfer, winner of three majors, was tragically killed in a plane crash in 1999? At the time of his death, he was the reigning U.S. Open champion?
Answer: PAYNE STEWART
Question: Which British writer also wrote under the name of Jack Harvey?
Answer: Ian Rankin
Question: What type of fruit is a kumquat?
Answer: Orange
Question: The Bunyip is a mythical creature in the folklore of which native people?
Answer: Australian aborigine
Question: In Norse mythology who is the queen of the underworld and the daughter of Loki?
Answer: Hel
Question: Who was the AC Milan coach when they lost the 2005 Champions League final to Liverpool?
Answer: Carlo Ancelotti
Question: Which composer, whose most famous opera is 'Der Freischutz,' died of tuberculosis in London in 1826?
Answer: Carl Maria von Weber
Question: In the 2006 Formula 1 season Jenson Button and which other driver won his first ever Grand Prix?
Answer: Felipe Massa
Question: In a Disney film, which character is befriended by Timothy Q. Mouse?
Answer: Dumbo
Question: Who was the first man to win tennis's Grand Slam, winning all four major championships in 1938?
Answer: Donald Budge
Question: In which year did Chuck Yeager first break the sound barrier in a Bell X-1 rocket plane?
Answer: 1947
Question: Where were the first shots fired at the start of the American Civil War?
Answer: Fort Sumter
Question: Who was replaced by Jonathan Ross as presenter of BBC TV's 'Film Review'?
Answer: Barry Norman
Question: In which African country is the province of Darfur?
Answer: Sudan
Question: In which Verdi opera is 'Gilda' the jester's daughter?
Answer: Rigoletto
Question: What was the name of the Norse God of or spirit of Mischief?
Answer: Loki
Question: Sir Mark Thatcher was arrested and prosecuted for assisting a coup in which African country?
Answer: Equatorial Guinea
Question: What is the family name of Lord Northcliffe?
Answer: Harmsworth
Question: Which mountain pass connects Pakistan and Afghanistan?
Answer: Khyber Pass
Question: Castlebay is the main town on which Scottish island?
Answer: BARRA
Question: In which 1993 film did Robin Williams pretend to be a female housekeeper for his ex wife, in order to spend time with his children?
Answer: MRS DOUBTFIRE
Question: Which singer/songwriter wrote about the hardships of living on, "The Streets of London"?
Answer: RALPH McTELL
Question: Which popular comedian once joked, "When I said I wanted to be a comedian, they all laughed. Well, they are not laughing now"?
Answer: BOB MONKHOUSE
Question: The Vedas are the ancient, most sacred writings of which religion?
Answer: HINDUISM
Question: Which ancient civilisation had its capital at Knossos on the island of Crete?
Answer: MINOAN
Question: Who was the husband of Mary I of England, also known as Mary Tudor?
Answer: PHILIP II OF SPAIN
Question: The ore, cassiterite, is the chief source of which metal?
Answer: TIN
Question: Which of the four U.S. Presidents carved into Mt. Rushmore is wearing spectacles?
Answer: THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Question: The Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland is made up from which type of rock?
Answer: BASALT
Question: Which country lies between Zaire to the north and Namibia to the South?
Answer: ANGOLA
Question: Fritz Kreisler who died in 1962, was a virtuoso on which musical instrument?
Answer: THE VIOLIN
Question: Which TV serial of 1984 was based on the Raj Quartet novels by Paul Scott?
Answer: THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN
Question: The premiere of which ballet by Stravinsky, in Paris in 1913, provoked a riot among the audience?
Answer: THE RITE OF SPRING
Question: Jean Alexander played which part in the TV series, "Last of the Summer Wine"?
Answer: AUNTIE WAINWRIGHT
Question: Which knighted British composer wrote the musical score for the 1957 film, "Bridge on the River Kwai"?
Answer: MALCOLM ARNOLD
Question: The three Chappell brothers, who played test cricket for Australia, were the grandsons of which Australian test cricketer, who captained his country in the 1930's?
Answer: VIC RICHARDSON
Question: Part of the plot of the novel, "Lorna Doone", revolves around which famous English battle?
Answer: BATTLE OF SEDGEMOOR
Question: In flowering plants, what name is given to the terminal part of a stamen, where pollen is produced?
Answer: THE ANTHER
Question: What number links the characters played by Patrick McGoohan in "The Prisoner" and Tricia Helfer in "Battlestar Galactica"?
Answer: Six
Question: Mark Anthony and Cleopatra VII, were defeated at which 31 BC battle?
Answer: Actium
Question: Who was the UN General Secretary from 1961-1971?
Answer: U Thant
Question: Galileo discovered the four largest moons of which planet in 1610?
Answer: Jupiter
Question: What alcoholic spirit is made from at least 90% of the Ugni Blanc grape?
Answer: Cognac
Question: Vermiculture is the farming of what?
Answer: Worms
Question: Who was the Emperor of Rome at the time of the Great Fire in AD 64?
Answer: Nero
Question: Who portrays Kara Tointon in TV's "Eastenders"?
Answer: Dawn Swann
Question: Who wrote the national march of the USA, "The Stars and Stripes Forever"?
Answer: John Philip Sousa
Question: Which former Home Secretary is MP for Norwich South?
Answer: Charles Clarke
Question: First produced in 2003, what is the current Rolls-Royce model available?
Answer: (Rolls-Royce) Phantom
Question: In the Beverly Hillbillies what is the name of Milburn Drysdale's Secretary?
Answer: JANE HATHAWAY
Question: Paul McCartney and Wings provided the title song for which 1973 James Bond film?
Answer: LIVE AND LET DIE
Question: Which English racecourse, dubbed "The Home of National Hunt Racing", is situated in Prestbury Park?
Answer: CHELTENHAM
Question: Name the 1956 film, in which Kirk Douglas portrayed the artist Vincent Van Gogh.
Answer: LUST FOR LIFE
Question: Which actor, born in Prescot in 1757, was the brother of famous actress Sarah Siddons?
Answer: JOHN PHILIP KEMBLE
Question: Which artist did Charlton Heston portray in the 1965 film, "The Agony and the Ecstasy"?
Answer: MICHELANGELO
Question: What was the name of the song, sung by Carly Simon, which was used as the theme song for the 1977 James Bond film, "The Spy Who Loved Me"?
Answer: NOBODY DOES IT BETTER
Question: Who is the only West Indian bowler to take over 500 wickets in Test cricket?
Answer: COURTNEY WALSH
Question: The opera, "Boris Godunov" by Mussorgsky was based on a play by which Russian author?
Answer: ALEXANDER PUSHKIN
Question: Which wine was traditionally transported downriver in Rabelo boats?
Answer: PORT
Question: Ruth Kelly, who announced in September 2008, that she is stepping down from the cabinet to spend more time with her family, has been an MP in which northern town since 1997?
Answer: BOLTON
Question: The adjective "cervine", is used when pertaining to which animal?
Answer: THE DEER
Question: Which Daily Mirror journalist wrote for many years under the pen name of Cassandra?
Answer: William Connor
Question: Which adjective means eagle like?
Answer: Aquiline
Question: In which decade did the Gordon Riots take place?
Answer: 1780s
Question: Which fictional Police Officer was created by M C Beaton?
Answer: Hamish Macbeth
Question: Who most famously had a horse named Copenhagen?
Answer: Duke of Wellington
Question: In Geography, one time zone usually represents how many degrees of longitude?
Answer: 15
Question: Which TV comic character worked for Radio Norwich?
Answer: Alan Partridge
Question: The SWALEC Stadium will become a Test cricket ground in 2009, in which town or city is it?
Answer: Cardiff
Question: Who wrote the sonnet 'How do I love thee'?
Answer: Elizabeth Barrett-Browning
Question: Who is MP for Hampstead and Highgate?
Answer: Glenda Jackson
Question: In which English county is Framlingham Castle?
Answer: Suffolk
Question: Celtic Crusaders join the Rugby League Superleague in 2009, in which town or city is the club based?
Answer: Bridgend
Question: To within 10 either way, how many seats are there in the US House of Representatives?
Answer: 435
Question: Who directed the film 'Good Morning Vietnam'?
Answer: Barry Levinson
Question: Robert the Bruce is buried in which town?
Answer: Dunfermline
Question: From which type of animal did the mythical Cornucopia, or Horn of Plenty come?
Answer: A GOAT
Question: Which American rock 'n' roll star is nicknamed 'The Killer'?
Answer: JERRY LEE LEWIS
Question: What was the Christian name of the Spanish painter Goya?
Answer: FRANCISCO
Question: Which comedian founded the satirical magazine "Private Eye"?
Answer: PETER COOK
Question: Who founded an airline in the 1930s in the USA, which developed into the modern company TWA (Trans-World Airlines)?
Answer: HOWARD HUGHES
Question: The largest department store in the world is in New York City, what is its name?
Answer: MACY'S
Question: Which sign of the zodiac is represented by a mythical centaur?
Answer: SAGITTARIUS
Question: In the film "The Absent-Minded professor" what substance was invented by Fred MacMurray?
Answer: FLUBBER
Question: Io is one of the moons of which planet?
Answer: JUPITER
Question: The Babington Plot was intended to dethrone which English monarch?
Answer: Elizabeth I
Question: John Torode and Gregg Wallace are the judges on which TV programme?
Answer: Masterchef
Question: Which English knight helped put Henry 4th on the throne but later rebelled and was killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403?
Answer: Sir Henry Percy
Question: Name the composer born in Germany in 1685, he settled in England in 1712, was naturalised English in 1727 and died in London in 1759?
Answer: Handel
Question: In mythology, which son of Zeus was immersed up to his neck in water which he could not drink and surrounded by fruits which were eternally out of reach?
Answer: Tantalus
Question: What are 'hairstreaks' and 'skippers'?
Answer: Butterflies
Question: What is the name of the famous cartoon strip drawn by Jim Davis?
Answer: Garfield
Question: On which island in the Thames was Magna Carta signed in 1215?
Answer: Runnymede
Question: Joan of Arc was burnt at the stake in which French city?
Answer: Rouen
Question: Which European country gave votes to woman for the first time as recently as 1976?
Answer: Portugal
Question: In mythology, who was condemned to eternally roll a boulder up to the top of a hill only to see it roll down the other side?
Answer: Sisyphus
Question: Clun Forest lies in which English county?
Answer: SHROPSHIRE
Question: In a Chinese restaurant, what does a diner get if he orders wonton?
Answer: DUMPLINGS
Question: Who played the part of Norman Bates in the 1998 version of the film,'Psycho'?
Answer: VINCE VAUGHAN
Question: What name is given to any of the six administrative districts of the Isle of Man?
Answer: A SHEADING
Question: Helen Clark is currently the Prime Minister of which Commonwealth country?
Answer: NEW ZEALAND
Question: The film musical, "Cabaret" was based on the short novel, "Goodbye to Berlin", written in the 1930's by which British author?
Answer: CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD
Question: What was the title of the TV series, which starred Jasper Carrott as Bob Louis and Robert Powell as Dave Briggs?
Answer: THE DETECTIVES
Question: Who described a second marriage as "The triumph of hope over experience"?
Answer: SAMUEL JOHNSON
Question: What is the name of the ground, in Belfast, on which the Ulster Rugby Union team play their home matches?
Answer: RAVENHILL
Question: What is the capital and largest city of the Fijian Islands?
Answer: SUVA
Question: What is the flavour of the Spanish soups Gazpacho and Salmorejo, which are traditionally served chilled?
Answer: TOMATO
Question: Who is currently the Prime Minister of Australia?
Answer: KEVIN RUDD
Question: Which moon of Jupiter is the most volcanic body in our Solar System?
Answer: IO
Question: Which part of the human body is referred to by the adjective, renal?
Answer: THE KIDNEYS
Question: Which word is used for the traditional Mafia code of silence in Sicily?
Answer: Omertà
Question: Who was the "Last King of Scotland" in the film of that name?
Answer: Idi Amin
Question: What are candle wicks most commonly made from?
Answer: Cotton
Question: Who designed London's Regents Park in 1811?
Answer: John Nash
Question: Who sang the theme song of the film High Noon?
Answer: Tex Ritter
Question: Who wrote the screenplay of Chariots of Fire?
Answer: Colin Welland
Question: Who has the nickname of the thinking man's crumpet?
Answer: JOAN BAKEWELL
Question: In which country will the 2010 FIFA World Cup be held?
Answer: South Africa
Question: From which Shakespeare play does the, line "I am a man more sinned against than sinning" come?
Answer: King Lear
Question: Which tree, common in Britain, has the Latin name Larix Decidua?
Answer: (European) Larch
Question: Who created The Office and Extras with Ricky Gervais?
Answer: Stephen Merchant
Question: Which director won his first Oscar in 2007, after five previous nominations in the best director category, for The Departed?
Answer: Martin Scorsese
Question: Which native British tree has the Latin name Taxus Baccata?
Answer: (Common) Yew
Question: The battle of Crecy was fought during which war?
Answer: Hundred Years' War
Question: Who created Are You Being Served and Allo Allo with David Croft?
Answer: Jeremy Lloyd
Question: The Claret Jug is awarded to the winner of which competition?
Answer: The Open Championship
Question: In which British city was composer Frederick Delius born?
Answer: Bradford
Question: How many lines are there on the London underground railway?
Answer: 12
Question: I Which ocean liner rescued the majority of the Titanic's survivors?
Answer: The Carpathia
Question: Which man-made material was first marketed in the USA in the 1950s as Dacron?
Answer: Terylene
Question: Who wrote the Irish classic play "Cock A Doodle Dandy"?
Answer: Sean O'Casey
Question: What name is given to the historical meeting site of King Henry VIII and King Francis I in 1520?
Answer: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
Question: Which TV family was created by Matt Groening?
Answer: The Simpsons
Question: Who is the patron saint of politicians?
Answer: Sir Thomas More
Question: Who originally illustrated A A Milne's Winnie the Pooh' stories?
Answer: E(rnest) H(oward) Shepard