zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: Born on June 20, 1924, what fifth grade dropout went on to become the most decorated American soldier of WWII, before launching a successful movie career?
Answer: Audie Murphy
Question: The 1947 novel "I, the Jury", which was the first to feature detective Mike Hammer, was written by what New York author?
Answer: Mickey Spillane
Question: Including the sacred law of the pack, cub scouting borrows many of it's themes from what Rudyard Kipling novel?
Answer: The Jungle Book
Question: If verso is the left side page of a book, what name is given to the right?
Answer: Recto
Question: What type of animal is the video game character Sonic, introduced by Sega on June 23, 1991?
Answer: Hedgehog
Question: What sort of animal is a Rhodesian ridgeback?
Answer: A dog
Question: What skateboarder has launched a 10 years series of video games that have dominated the genre?
Answer: Tony Hawk
Question: The first 10 amendments to the US Constitution are collectively known as what?
Answer: The Bill of Rights
Question: With what unfortunate name did Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin dub their first born daughter?
Answer: Apple
Question: What is the name of the medieval art that has a goal of turning base metals into gold?
Answer: Alchemy
Question: The United States launched Operation Desert Shield in 1990 to prevent Iraq from invading what country?
Answer: Saudi Arabia
Question: June 28, 1914 saw which Austrian Archduke assassinated, setting in motion a chain of events which started WWI just a month later?
Answer: Franz Ferdinand
Question: What famous fictional detective, created by Erle Stanley Gardner, had a famous secretary named Della Street?
Answer: Perry Mason
Question: With an atomic number of 80, what element takes its symbol from the Latin hydrargyrum, and was previously used in thermometers?
Answer: Mercury
Question: "Colonel Mustard in the Library with the Pipe" might be an example of winning what Parker Brothers game?
Answer: Clue
Question: The world's largest public corporation by revenue, what company had its first location opened in Rogers, Arkansas on July 2, 1962?
Answer: Walmart
Question: Hall-of-fame boxer Mike Tyson was disqualified from his June 27, 1997 fight against what World Heavyweight Champion, when Tyson bit off a portion of his ear?
Answer: Evander Holyfield
Question: “You’re traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind; a journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That’s the signpost up ahead your next stop” ?
Answer: The Twilight Zone
Question: In photography, what term is used to express the diameter of the entrance pupil in terms of the focal length of the lens?
Answer: f-stop
Question: According to the proverb, the road to hell is what?
Answer: Paved with good intentions
Question: As President of Congress, whose signature dominates the Declaration of Independence?
Answer: John Hancock
Question: If you ordered a dish containing saag in an Indian restaurant, what must it contain?
Answer: Spinach
Question: July 12, 1862 saw the creation of what decoration, the highest military medal able to be awarded?
Answer: Medal of Honor
Question: To prevent interference in an atomic test on the island of Moruroa, the French intelligence directorate sunk the ship Rainbow Warrior, operated by which non-governmental environmental organization, in Aukland harbor?
Answer: Greenpeace
Question: Choctaw, Lummi, and Otoe are all types of what?
Answer: Native American tribes
Question: With an atomic number of 11, what element gets its' from the Latin natrium?
Answer: Sodium
Question: July 15, 1951 marked the birth of what famed professional wrestler, known as The Body, who also spent 4 years as the governor of Minnesota?
Answer: Jesse Ventura
Question: What comic strip, introduced by Chester Gould in 1931, features the adventures of a hard hitting, fast-shooting, and intelligent police detective?
Answer: Dick Tracy
Question: According to the fictional sea shanty, were do we find 15 men, yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum?
Answer: a Dead Man's Chest
Question: “Following in his father’s footsteps as a naval aviator, Lieutenant Commander Harmon Rabb, Jr. suffered a crash while landing his Tomcat on a storm tossed carrier at sea. Diagnosed with night-blindness, Harm transferred to the Navy’s Judge Advocate General Corps which investigates, defends and prosecutes the law of the sea. There, with fellow JAG lawyer Major Sarah McKenzie, he now fights in and out of the courtroom with the same daring and tenacity that made him a Top Gun in the air.”
Answer: JAG
Question: What you are about to witness is real. The participants are not actors. They are the actual people who have already either filed suit or been served a summons to appear in a California municipal court. Both parties in the suit have agreed to dismiss their court cases and have their disputes settled here, in our forum: The People's Court.
Answer: The People's Court
Question: If a team at contract bridge wins a grand slam, how many tricks have they won?
Answer: 13
Question: On July 16, 1945, the nuclear age was ushered in with the explosion of a test bomb at the Trinity test site in what US state?
Answer: New Mexico
Question: The March of Dimes was originally started to raise money to combat what disease?
Answer: Polio
Question: At what address did fictional detective Sherlock Holmes live/work with Dr. Watson?
Answer: 221B Baker Street
Question: Michael Jackson’s number one hit “Ben” was an ode to what type of animal?
Answer: Rat
Question: Before being supposedly discovered at the counter of Schwab's Drug store, Marilyn Monroe was known as who?
Answer: Norma Jean Baker
Question: Which Mesoamerican culture worshipped the feathered serpent known as Quetzalcoatl?
Answer: Aztecs
Question: Durum, Spelt, and Einkorn are all types of what?
Answer: Wheat
Question: What is ursus arctos horribilis commonly known as?
Answer: Grizzly bear
Question: Gonzo journalism, a style in which reporters involve themselves in the action to such a degree that they become the central figures of their stories, was created by whom?
Answer: Hunter S. Thompson
Question: What famous outlaw committed the Wild West's first train robbery on July 21, 1873 in Adair, Iowa?
Answer: Jesse James
Question: Produced by the The Herman Goelitz Candy Company, Jelly Bellys, a favorite of Ronald Reagan, are what type of candy?
Answer: Jelly Beans
Question: The legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, who lured all but three of the children of Hamelin to their death, was originally hired by the townspeople to rid the town of what?
Answer: Rats
Question: What neighboring city is the chief rival of The Simpson's home town of Springfield?
Answer: Shelbyville
Question: The 18th of July, 1976 saw what Romanian athlete score the first ever perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics?
Answer: Nadia Comaneci
Question: Claiming to be the largest independent new and used bookstore in the world, what downtown Portland institution occupies over 68,000 sq feet of retail floor space?
Answer: Powell
Question: Note quite the Canyonero (or suburban, for that matter), what full sized SUV from Chevrolet is the companion to the GMC Yukon?
Answer: Tahoe
Question: As portrayed by Carl Weathers, and known as “The Master of Disaster”, “The King of Sting”, “The Dancing Destroyer”, or “The Count of Monte Fisto”, what was the name of the opponent Rocky faced for the Word Championship title in the first Rocky movie?
Answer: Apollo Creed
Question: How many different husbands has Elizabeth Taylor had?
Answer: 7
Question: What was the name of the paranoid android in The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy?
Answer: Marvin
Question: Irene Adler, known simply as "the woman", is the only woman ever to have bested who, in a battle of wits?
Answer: Sherlock Holmes
Question: What lake was formed by the construction of Hoover Dam?
Answer: Lake Mead
Question: What part of an insect's body joins its head to its abdomen?
Answer: Thorax
Question: In a 1794 poem by William Blake, which animal is described as burning bright?
Answer: The Tyger
Question: A Rhodes Scholarship allows a student to do postgraduate work at which school?
Answer: University of Oxford
Question: What opium addicted English poet, who died on July 25, 1834, wrote such works as The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Christabel, and Kubla Kahn?
Answer: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Question: Which 1950's legends backing band was known as The Comets (or His Comets)?
Answer: Bill Haley
Question: Anchored by the star Altair, what animal does the constellation Aquia represent?
Answer: The Eagle
Question: In bowling, what bird's name is given to three successive strikes?
Answer: Turkey
Question: What is the name of the dog in the primer books Dick and Jane?
Answer: Spot
Question: Founded 1250 years ago yesterday, the Iraqi city of Baghdad lies along which river?
Answer: Tigris
Question: What tough band of dense, white, fibrous tissues connects a muscle with another body part?
Answer: Tendon
Question: What famed and Nobel prize winning economist, born on July 31, 1912, wrote books such as Money Mischief: Episodes in Monetary History and The Tyranny of the Status Quo, and a series of Newsweek articles entitled “There’s No Such Thing as a Free Lunch”?
Answer: Milton Friedman
Question: What is the name of the NFL team that calls Philadelphia home?
Answer: Eagles
Question: Begining the end of July, what war was known as The War to End All Wars?
Answer: World War I
Question: What is the highest rank a boy scout can obtain, after earning a minimum of 21 badges and demonstrating Scout Spirit, service, and leadership?
Answer: Eagle Scout
Question: The Seattle Seahawks opened training camp on Saturday, starting a new season. In what year did they play their first ever game (a 27-20 preseason loss to San Francisco)?
Answer: 1976
Question: A female cat is known as a molly or queen. What name is given to an intact male cat?
Answer: Tom
Question: Now displayed at the National Air and Space Museum, what was the name of the B-29, piloted by Colonel Paul Tibbets, that dropped the first atomic bomb?
Answer: Enola Gay
Question: Margaretha Geertruida Zelle MacLeod, born on August 7, 1876, was executed by a French firing squad for passing secrets to the Germans while performing as an exotic dancer under what stage name?
Answer: Mata Hari
Question: What syndicated TV tabloid show, hosted by the former mayor of Cincinnati, focuses on troubled or dysfunctional families, and has been voted “the Worst TV Show Ever Made” by TV Guide?
Answer: The Jerry Springer Show
Question: What is the name of the evil puppeteer in the 1940s Disney movie Pinocchio
Answer: Stromboli
Question: What former basketball player and shoe salesman lends his signature to every pair of Converse All-Star sneakers?
Answer: Chuck Taylor
Question: August 9th is the anniversary of the resignation of one Richard Milhous Nixon from the office of the President of the United States of America. In what year did this happen?
Answer: 1974
Question: For a point each, name the 2 countries that share a physical border with the Republic of El Salvador.
Answer: Guatemala and Honduras
Question: Air Jordan, first introduced in 1985, are a brand of shoes made by what shoe company?
Answer: Nike
Question: Bengal, Sumatran, and Siberian are all types of what?
Answer: Tigers
Question: Construction began on 13 Aug 1961 on an 87 mile long barrier dividing what city?
Answer: Berlin
Question: On August 12, 1908, the first of over 15 million of what landmark automobile rolled off the assembly line?
Answer: Model T Ford
Question: What revolutionary war hero, leader of the Green Mountain Boys, lends his name to a furniture company?
Answer: Ethan Allen
Question: The B-29 Bockscar dropped the second atomic bomb on what Japanese city on August 9, 1945?
Answer: Nagasaki
Question: August 12, 1925 saw the birth of twins Norris and Ross McWhirter, who together compiled was famous set of books, originally conceived to help settle a bar bet?
Answer: Guinness World Records
Question: November 11, 1889 saw the great state of Washington formed from what territory?
Answer: Washington Territory
Question: Which celebrity was killed when their vehicle was involved in a collision when a car driven by Donald Turnupseed turned in front of their vehicle, totaling their Porsche?
Answer: James Dean
Question: August 9th marks the anniversary of the resignation of Richard M. Nixon as US President. In what year did it happen?
Answer: 1974
Question: Hiroshima was the first city to feel the effects of an atomic bomb. What Japanese city was next to be visited on Aug 9, 1945?
Answer: Nagasaki
Question: What was the pseudonym of the Far Eastern despot Saloth Sar?
Answer: Pol Pot
Question: May 10, 1869 Promontory Summit, Utah, saw the driving of what historic object, still celebrated on the back of the Utah state quarter?
Answer: Golden Spike
Question: What is the name for the active meteor shower that takes place each year between late July and late August?
Answer: Perseid
Question: From the French for Little Shoulder, what is the name for the ornamental shoulder piece or decoration used as insignia of rank by armed forces and other organizations?
Answer: Epaulette
Question: Roy Horn, of Siegfried and Roy fame, had his career cut short in 2003 when he was attacked by what?
Answer: Tiger
Question: The professional wrestling organization formerly known as the WWF is now known by what set of initials?
Answer: WWE
Question: What is the SI unit of measurement for capacitance (defined as the ability of a body to store an electrical charge)?
Answer: Farad
Question: August 14, 1951 saw the death of what newspaper magnate, whose life was the basis for the movie Citizen Kane?
Answer: William Randolph Hearst
Question: If a medical condition is pulmonary, what part of the body does it affect?
Answer: Lungs
Question: As part of a purification ritual, what do sumo wrestlers traditionally throw into the ring prior to a bout?
Answer: Salt
Question: An average shoe consists of the upper, tongue, heel, and what other part that gets walked on?
Answer: Sole
Question: Founded in 1777, what is paired with half a pint of Guinness to make a traditional black and tan?
Answer: Bass Ale
Question: Anchored by the star Aldebaran, the constellation Taurus represents what animal?
Answer: The Bull
Question: A butte is a type of what geologic feature?
Answer: Hill
Question: Who is the only American Idol judge that has been with the series since its 2002 inception?
Answer: Randy Jackson
Question: August 21, 1911, saw the theft of the painting known as La Gioconda from the Louvre. By what name is the painting more commonly known?
Answer: Mona Lisa
Question: The Mothers of Invention backed up eccentric singer?
Answer: Frank Zappa
Question: August 17 saw the opening of what Seattle institution, and major tourist attraction, in continuous operation since 1903?
Answer: Pike Place Market
Question: Name the book and the author: 'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.'
Answer: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Question: What was the name of the PDA produced by Apple, most famous for its handwriting recognition software turning Random House into Condom Nose during a major presentation?
Answer: Newton
Question: What letter must appear at the beginning of the registration number of all non-military aircraft in the U.S.?
Answer: N
Question: Commander of the Coalition forces during the First Gulf War, which general had the nickname Stormin' Norman?
Answer: H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Question: On August 21, 1911, Italian patriot Vincenzo Peruggia stolen what "moderately famous" painting from the Louvre, which was not recovered for 2 years?
Answer: Mona Lisa
Question: What can be a musical instrument, a type of brake, and a type of cylindrical container?
Answer: Drum
Question: After the invasion of Poland, which was the next country to be invaded by the Germans in World War II?
Answer: Denmark
Question: The birth, at Baekdu Mountain, of what Asian despot was foretold by a swallow, and heralded by the appearance of a double rainbow over the mountain and a new star in the heavens?
Answer: Kim Jong-Il
Question: Appaloosa, Tennessee Walking, and Arabian are all types of what?
Answer: Horses
Question: What country has the U.S. had a trade embargo on since 1962?
Answer: Cuba
Question: Who was the last vice president to be elected president?
Answer: George H. W. Bush
Question: Who was Captain Hooks first mate in Peter Pan?
Answer: Mr. Smee
Question: Standing for “the Memphis Group”, the M.G.’s back up what R&B singing legend?
Answer: Booker T. Jones
Question: Available in small quantities in tonic water, quinine, which comes from the bark of the cinchona [sin-koh-nuh] tree, was first used to treat what tropical disease?
Answer: Malaria
Question: Officially known as the Ryan NYP, with what name did Charles Lindberg bestow the aircraft that he soloed across the Atlantic?
Answer: Spirit of St. Louis
Question: According to the proverb, two heads are what?
Answer: better than one
Question: Although he's still holed up at an embassy in London, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was recently granted asylum in what country?
Answer: Ecuador
Question: Anchored by the star Antares, the constellation Scorpius represents what animal?
Answer: Scorpion
Question: Especially devastating in Seattle, what fast food chain was at the center of an E. Coli outbreak in 1993?
Answer: Jack in the Box
Question: “There’s a sucker born every minute” is a phrase erroneously attributed to what famous showman?
Answer: PT Barnum
Question: 44 years ago today, nerds everywhere found a new calling in life when what TV series debuted with the episode named “”The Man Trap””?
Answer: Star Trek
Question: Making but a single flight, what was the real name given to Howard Hughes' birch plywood plane, the Spruce Goose?
Answer: Hercules
Question: Recently voiced by Danny DeVito, which Dr. Seuss character claims to speak for the trees?
Answer: The Lorax
Question: According to Greek mythology, which group of men accompanied Jason on his quest for the golden fleece?
Answer: The Argonauts
Question: What synthetic material, developed by DuPont in 1965, is a high strength material used in bike tires and as the basis for modern bullet proof vests?
Answer: Kevlar
Question: In the world of pari-mutuel betting, what is it called when the bettor must pick the 3 horses that finish first, second, and third in the exact order?
Answer: Trifecta
Question: Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, and Davy Jones were the members of which band?
Answer: The Monkees
Question: Name the 1986 movie from the IMDB plot summary: "The macho students of an elite US Flying school for advanced fighter pilots compete to be best in the class, and one romances the teacher."
Answer: Top Gun
Question: The Shoguns were warlords that ruled in what country?
Answer: Japan
Question: Exxon, Mobil, Chevron, and Amoco were created from what company, broken up by the Sherman Antitrust act in 1911?
Answer: Standard Oil
Question: The morning of September 14, 1814 saw what Baltimore lawyer pen a poem he title “The Defence of Fort McHenry”?
Answer: Francis Scott Key
Question: According to Arthurian legend what did the lady of the lake give to Arthur?
Answer: Excalibur
Question: Often thought of as a desert phenomenon, what optical illusion happens when light rays are bent to produce a displaced image of a distant object?
Answer: Mirage
Question: The Sabin vaccine, developed by Albert Sabin, was created to combat what viral infectious disease?
Answer: Poliomyelitis
Question: Which U.S. president had a sign on his desk that stated "The buck stops here"?
Answer: Harry S Truman
Question: November 23, 1963 saw the BBC debut what classic series, which is still being shown today?
Answer: Doctor Who
Question: On Sept 14, 1901, the youngest president is sworn in following the assassination of William McKinley. Who is it?
Answer: Theodore Roosevelt
Question: What is the common, 3 letter name given to a mafia crime boss?
Answer: Don
Question: Which space shuttle disintegrated over Texas on Feb 1, 2003, resulting in the loss of all 7 crew members?
Answer: Columbia
Question: On Sept 14, 1814, during the war of 1812, the poem The Defence of Fort McHenry, later to be the lyrics of the Star Spangled Banner, was written by whom?
Answer: Francis Scott Key
Question: It is generally accepted that the game of golf originated in what country?
Answer: Scotland
Question: September 17 of what year saw the Constitutional Convention adopt the US Constitution?
Answer: 1787
Question: What marine organisms are responsible for creating the reefs that are such an important part of tropical islands?
Answer: Coral
Question: Who rules Narnia following the reign of High King Peter in the Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis?
Answer: Prince Caspian
Question: What TV series, which debuted in 1951, featured the weekly travails of, “Just the facts, ma’am”, Sgt Joe Friday?
Answer: Dragnet
Question: September 24, 1906 saw that Great American, Teddy Roosevelt, declare what Wyoming landmark the first ever National Monument?
Answer: Devils' Tower
Question: What English author, known as the Father of Science Fiction, was born on September 21, 1866, and wrote such stories as The Land Ironclads, The Invisible Man, and The Island of Doctor Moreau?
Answer: HG Wells
Question: Sept 21, 1937 saw the publishing of what classic J.R.R. Tolkien novel, subtitled “There and Back Again”?
Answer: The Hobbit
Question: Who's missing: Chico, Groucho, Gummo, Zeppo?
Answer: Harpo
Question: Whose record did the Simpsons surpass for the longest-running animated series?
Answer: The Flintstones
Question: Last week saw the demise of what CBS soap opera, having been the longest running soap opera ever?
Answer: Guiding Light
Question: What magazine, with its iconic yellow border, was first published on Sept 22, 1888?
Answer: National Geographic
Question: “From the halls of Montezuma…” is the opening lyric to the official hymn of what branch of the U.S. armed forces?
Answer: Marine Corps
Question: Located in Wyoming, what was the first National Monument, as declared by Teddy Roosevelt on Sept 24, 1906?
Answer: Devils Tower
Question: What type of geographical feature is the Little Bighorn, site of a famous 1876 battle?
Answer: River
Question: What famed American architect was the leader of the Prairie School movement?
Answer: Frank Lloyd Wright
Question: What poet lamented "Water, water, everywhere, Nor any a drop to drink" in a 1789 poem?
Answer: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Question: What bird breed was used by coal miners to detect the presence of toxic gases in the mines?
Answer: Canary
Question: Graphite is a form of which chemical element?
Answer: Carbon
Question: For a point each, name the 2 countries that share a physical border with Belize.
Answer: Guatemala and Mexico
Question: New York Yankees legend Lou Gehrig was known by what nickname?
Answer: The Iron Horse
Question: For a point each, name both of the countries that share a border with The Republic of Sierra Leone.
Answer: Guinea and Liberia
Question: What cookies are commonly used in making banana pudding?
Answer: Nilla Wafers
Question: What river does the Grand Coulee dam block?
Answer: Columbia
Question: The FBI operates under what federal department?
Answer: Department of Justice
Question: On Sept 30, 1955, which iconic film actor died when his Porosche 550 Spyder collided with a Ford coupe driven by Donald Turnupseed?
Answer: James Dean
Question: The first production Model T rolled off the assembly line on Sept 27, the first of over 15 million to be produced. In what year was it?
Answer: 1908
Question: With the ability to regenerate when death looms, which sci fi character has been played by 9 different actors in the 30 years the show has been on TV?
Answer: Doctor Who
Question: By what name is deer meat more commonly known?
Answer: Venison
Question: Producing her first painting while in her seventies, Anna Mary Moses is better known by what name?
Answer: Grandma Moses
Question: Which pain relieving drug was first discovered in the bark of the willow tree?
Answer: Aspirin