zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: Name the year. Churchill makes his famous 'Iron Curtain' speech in Fulton Missouri, Henry Fonda stars as Wyatt Earp in 'My Darling Clementine', and murderer Neville Heath is hanged at Pentonville Prison.
Answer: 1946
Question: Which poet wrote the line, "If winter comes, can spring be far behind"?
Answer: PERCY SHELLEY
Question: The independent girls' school, Roedean, is situated near which south coast town?
Answer: BRIGHTON
Question: Which famous public school is situated n the village of Street in Somerset?
Answer: MILLFIELD
Question: Which British politician became the tenth Secretary General of NATO in 1999?
Answer: GEORGE ROBERTSON
Question: Vancouver Island is a part of which Canadian Province?
Answer: BRITISH COLUMBIA
Question: Which TV producer and scriptwriter, created the TV series, 'Grange Hill'?
Answer: PHIL REDMOND
Question: Because of the outrage caused by the Popish Plot, which Archbishop of Armagh, was executed at Tyburn in 1681, the last Roman Catholic martyr to die in England? In 1975, he was canonised, and became the first new Irish saint for almost 700 years.
Answer: ST OLIVER PLUNKE'TT
Question: On which river is the 'Iron Gate'?
Answer: Danube
Question: Who wrote the opera 'Lakme'?
Answer: Delibes
Question: Who partnered Peter Gabriel on the 1986 hit 'Don't Give Up'?
Answer: Kate Bush
Question: God's Horse, Lamb Lady, Dowdy Cow and Red Cow of God are country names for which insect?
Answer: Ladybird
Question: Who was the first footballer to represent England at schoolboy, youth, amateur, under 23 and full international levels, he went on to have a distinguished managerial career?
Answer: Terry Venables
Question: Who wrote the 'Game, Set & Match' trilogy?
Answer: Len Deighton
Question: Who captained Great Britain's Davis Cup team in 2006 and 2007?
Answer: John Lloyd
Question: What is a loose, sloping mass of debris at the base of a cliff called?
Answer: Scree
Question: In the game Monopoly, which property completes the set with Trafalgar Square and the Strand?
Answer: Fleet Street
Question: Which item of clothing might be called a filibeg?
Answer: Kilt
Question: Which children's TV programme is set in 'Sunflower Valley'?
Answer: Bob the Builder
Question: Which very famous door cannot be opened from the outside?
Answer: 10 Downing Street
Question: What name would be given to a collector of postcards?
Answer: Deltiologist
Question: Which London landmark contains books and artefacts brought from Alexandria?
Answer: Cleopatra's Needle
Question: What is the date of Australia Day?
Answer: 26th January
Question: Whose first film was 'Intermezzo', starring with Leslie Howard, in 1939?
Answer: Ingrid Bergman
Question: Name the mediaeval siege weapon used for hurling missiles?
Answer: Mangonel or Trebuchet
Question: In TV's "Heartbeat" Geoffrey Hughes plays which character?
Answer: Vernon Scripps
Question: In Italian cuisine what type of foodstuff is cassata?
Answer: Ice cream
Question: Which Welsh town was granted city status as part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of 2002?
Answer: Newport
Question: Lord Wakeham resigned from which public body in January 2003?
Answer: Press Complaints Commission
Question: What nationality is tennis player Gustavo Kuerten?
Answer: Brazilian
Question: Which pop musician wrote the music for the 1984 film "The Killing Fields"?
Answer: Mike Oldfield
Question: Who (January 2008) is Director General of the CBI?
Answer: Richard Lambert
Question: The dabchick is an alternative name for which diving bird?
Answer: Little Grebe
Question: Who published his broadcasting memoirs entitled "Life on Air"?
Answer: David Attenborough
Question: In a mosque, the mirhab indicates what?
Answer: Direction of Mecca '
Question: Where is the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television?
Answer: Bradford
Question: Which of the UK armed forces has the motto "Per Mare Per Terram"?
Answer: Royal Marines
Question: What is a lion called in Swahili?
Answer: Simba
Question: Which comedian's real name is Jim Moir?
Answer: Vic Reeves
Question: Which Coronation Street character has the middle name Sibelius?
Answer: Ashley 'Sibelius' Peacock
Question: Which of the UK armed forces has the motto "Utrinque Paratus"?
Answer: Parachute Regiment
Question: Which comedian's real name is Chris Collins?
Answer: Frank Skinner
Question: In which Metropolitan borough are Middleton, Heywood, Littleborough, Milnrow and Wardle?
Answer: Rochdale
Question: Which animal's name is also a term for a junior member of the St. John Ambulance Brigade?
Answer: Badger
Question: Which Government department is responsible for the Meteorological Office?
Answer: Ministry of Defence
Question: As at November 2006, who is the coach of St Helens Rugby League team?
Answer: Daniel Anderson
Question: How many member states are there in the British Commonwealth of Nations?
Answer: Fifty-three
Question: How many Cinque Ports are there on the south coast of England?
Answer: Seven
Question: In which decade was Beatrix Potter born; Atlantic Cable completed; Seward purchases Alaska from Russia?
Answer: 1860's
Question: Which group had a 1982 No. 1 hit with "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me"?
Answer: Culture Club
Question: Who presents the 'graveyard shift', midnight to 3 pm, on BBC Radio 2?
Answer: Janice Long
Question: What is the name of Dangermouse's amphibious nemesis?
Answer: Baron Greenback
Question: Which bird is the symbol of the RSPB?
Answer: Avocet
Question: Which team defeated Manchester United in the 2006 Carling Cup?
Answer: Southend United
Question: An oenophilist is a connoisseur of what?
Answer: Wine
Question: What is the chief port of Iraq?
Answer: Basra
Question: What weapon is used the Japanese art of kendo?
Answer: Bamboo staves
Question: The adjective Cestrian is associated with which English city?
Answer: Chester
Question: How many countries now form the European Union?
Answer: Twenty-seven
Question: In which British city is the National Railway Museum?
Answer: York
Question: In the 1980's, which MP was known as "The Chingford Skinhead"?
Answer: NORMAN TEBBITT
Question: In the Simpson's TV cartoon series, what was Marge Simpson's maiden name?
Answer: BOUVIER
Question: Having been the M.P. for this constituency since 1970, Labour M.P. Dennis Skinner has acquired the nickname, "The Beast of ---- where?
Answer: BOLSOVER
Question: Who is the fictional pilot created by W. E. Johns?
Answer: BIGGLES
Question: Which Lawn Tennis player of the 1970's later had a brief acting career, appearing in the 1983 James Bond film, "Octopussy"?
Answer: VIJAY AMRITRAJ
Question: """Music of the Night"" and ""All I Ask of You"" are songs from which stage musical?"
Answer: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Question: Who was the first British athlete to win an Olympic medal in the 400 m since 1936, winning the silver medal in Atlanta in 1996?
Answer: ROGER BLACK
Question: In which West Yorkshire town is TV's "Last of the Summer Wine" set?
Answer: Holmfirth
Question: Reuben and Rose Mattus established which American ice cream in 1961?
Answer: Haagen-Dazs
Question: To which MP did Michael Portillo lose his Enfield Southgate seat in 1997?
Answer: Stephen Twigg
Question: Who played the title role in the 1997 film "The Saint"?
Answer: Val Kilmer
Question: Which designer (born 1952) was known as the 'enfant terrible of French fashion'?
Answer: Jean-Paul Gaultier
Question: Which Madrid born actress won the 2006 European Film Award, and the 2007 Goya Best Lead Actress Award for the film "Volver"?
Answer: Penelope Cruz
Question: Which designer, restaurateur, and retailer owns Habitat, etc?
Answer: Terence Conran
Question: Which conflict was fought between Gt. Britain and Spain from 1739-1748?
Answer: War of Jenkins' Ear
Question: Who is the Chief Executive Officer of Ryanair?
Answer: Michael O'Leary
Question: The statistical measure of the weight of a person, scaled according to height, is called what?
Answer: Body Mass Index
Question: Which stage musical features the songs "Easy Terms", and "Tell Me It's Not True"?
Answer: Blood Brothers
Question: Kate Moss currently advertises which brand of cosmetics?
Answer: Rimmel
Question: In which sport is there a knocking point location?
Answer: Archery
Question: Which country in the Americas is named after a line on the map?
Answer: Ecuador
Question: What is the name of the new Cunard liner launched by the Duchess of Cornwall in December 2007?
Answer: Queen Victoria
Question: Lundy Island is in which body of water?
Answer: Bristol Channel
Question: What, in the natural world, is 'earthstar'?
Answer: A fungus
Question: Which sport is played by the 'Cornish Pirates'?
Answer: Rugby Union
Question: Jamestown is the major seaport and capital of which island colony?
Answer: ST HELENA
Question: Which physical characteristic easily distinguishes weevils from other types of beetle?
Answer: A LONG SNOUT
Question: In the 1970's song "Daniel" by Elton John, to which country was Daniel travelling?
Answer: SPAIN
Question: What nationality was the pirate William 'Captain' Kidd who was hanged in 1701?
Answer: Scottish
Question: The Tan Hill Inn in North Yorkshire has what distinction?
Answer: The highest pub in Britain
Question: Who was shot by Mehmet Ali Agca in 1981?
Answer: Pope John Paul II
Question: Which language does the word Safari originate from?
Answer: Swahili
Question: After how many years marriage do you celebrate your Emerald Anniversary?
Answer: 55
Question: What does 3G mean in mobile phone advertisements?
Answer: Third Generation
Question: From which language do we get the word bungalow?
Answer: Hindi
Question: In which city are the headquarters of Greenpeace International?
Answer: Amsterdam
Question: According to the Bible who was the first Christian martyr?
Answer: Saint Stephen
Question: What is the last word in the New Testament?
Answer: Amen
Question: Which was the first X-rated film to have won the Oscar for Best Picture?
Answer: Midnight Cowboy
Question: In athletics which is always the first event in the Decathlon?
Answer: 100 metres
Question: Who was known as the Railway King?
Answer: George Hudson
Question: What does a deltiologist collect?
Answer: Picture postcards
Question: What would a French musician be playing if he was using a batterie?
Answer: A drum kit
Question: Which football league team's nickname is the (red) Imps?
Answer: Lincoln City
Question: What nickname is given to a 2 wood in golf?
Answer: Brassie
Question: What does 'Carpe diem' translate as?
Answer: Seize the Day
Question: Which Bombay-born former Daily Telegraph journalist is the BBC sports editor?
Answer: Mihir Bose
Question: Which English football league team's nickname is the Millers?
Answer: Rotherham
Question: K is the international registration plate of which Asian country?
Answer: Cambodia
Question: A 9 iron is the modem equivalent of which historical golf club?
Answer: Niblick
Question: What is the appropriate nickname of the New Zealand basketball team?
Answer: The Tall Blacks
Question: People hoping to follow which career are trained at Norland College?
Answer: NANNIES
Question: From which musical does the song 'Anything you can do' come?
Answer: ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
Question: Which French author wrote 'Nana', 'Germinal' and `J'Accuse'?
Answer: EMILE ZOLA
Question: A naevus is the medical term for what?
Answer: A BIRTHMARK
Question: Which newspaper became 'The Morning Star' in 1966?
Answer: The DAILY WORKER
Question: As a figure of speech, what is something hinted or implied without being definitely stated?
Answer: INNUENDO
Question: Which league football dub are nicknamed 'The Bantams'?
Answer: BRADFORD CITY
Question: The liqueur Cherry Heering is produced in which country?
Answer: Denmark
Question: Who directed the 1990 film "Dances With Wolves"?
Answer: Kevin Costner
Question: Which dish usually contains apple, nuts, celery, and a mayonnaise-based dressing?
Answer: Waldorf Salad
Question: Government by the military is called what?
Answer: Stratocracy
Question: Who was the father of King Richard the Second of England?
Answer: Edward the Black Prince,.
Question: Who was appointed as first President of the British Royal Academy?
Answer: Sir Joshua Reynolds
Question: The melon based drink midori is produced in which country?
Answer: Japan
Question: Which film featured the hit song "I've had the time of my life"?
Answer: Dirty Dancing
Question: Sunderland stands on which river?
Answer: Wear
Question: Which British Prime Minister was born in New Brunswick, Canada?
Answer: Bonar Law
Question: By what name was model Lesley Hornby better known?
Answer: Twiggy
Question: Which form of motor racing takes place on a straight 440 yard course?
Answer: Drag racing
Question: The alcoholic drink 'Mirabelle' is flavoured with which fruit?
Answer: Plums
Question: Norwich stands on which river?
Answer: Wensum
Question: Apart from London, in which other British city is there a place called Charing Cross?
Answer: Glasgow
Question: At which sport do Great Britain and USA play for the Westchester Cup?
Answer: Polo
Question: Which film featured the hit song "Take My Breath Away"?
Answer: Top Gun
Question: In the world of animals, what is meant by the word 'ungulate'?
Answer: Having hoofs
Question: Which is the longest muscle in the human body?
Answer: Sartorius
Question: How many pounds are there in one hundredweight?
Answer: 112
Question: What is the weight in pounds of a gallon of water?
Answer: 10
Question: Who was the first American to walk in space?
Answer: Ed White
Question: Who, born in Reading in 1903, called his autobiography "Life Among Antiques"?
Answer: Arthur Negus
Question: In which county is the National Nature Reserve of Barton Hills?
Answer: Bedfordshire
Question: Sanford Airport is located close to which US city?
Answer: Orlando
Question: A new 50p coin was issued in 2007 showing a fleur-de-lys embossed on a globe, it was issued to celebrate the anniversary of what?
Answer: Scouting
Question: The Pink Sea Fan is an endangered species found in the sea around the coast of Britain, what is it?
Answer: Coral
Question: Which car company make an SUV (sports utility vehicle) called the 'CRY'?
Answer: Honda
Question: Who was the actor, who died in July 2006, who starred as the TV detective 'Crane' and appeared in the advertising campaign for Barrett Homes?
Answer: Patrick Allen
Question: The Hedge-Sparrow is more properly known by which name?
Answer: Dunnock
Question: In which British city is the Traverse Theatre?
Answer: Edinburgh
Question: The Shuttleworth Collection, based in Bedfordshire, is an important National Museum; of what is it a collection?
Answer: Aeroplanes
Question: Who is the MP for Witney, Oxfordshire?
Answer: David Cameron
Question: Which river, the fifth longest in Europe, is Portugal's longest?
Answer: Tagus
Question: In which county is the preserved heritage steam railway the 'Watercress Line'?
Answer: Hampshire
Question: Which golfer was the first British winner of the US Masters, winning in 1988?
Answer: Sandy Lyle
Question: Who had a hit with 'What becomes of the broken hearted' in 1966 and again in 1974?
Answer: Jimmy Ruffin
Question: What product is made by the company 'Crocs Inc'?
Answer: Shoes
Question: What is the most southerly of the UK shipping forecast areas?
Answer: Trafalgar
Question: Who was the last Duchess of York before Sarah Ferguson?
Answer: Queen Mother
Question: Which London landmark was built to commemorate Lord Nelson's and the Duke of Wellington's victories?
Answer: Marble Arch
Question: What is the name of the main mountain system of Mexico?
Answer: Sierra Madre
Question: Which people of Kenya and Tanzania are particularly noted for their warriors?
Answer: MASAI
Question: What is the capital of Qatar?
Answer: DOHA
Question: From which Asian country did calico originally come?
Answer: INDIA
Question: Which acrobatic garden bird has the Latin name parus caeruleus?
Answer: BLUE TIT
Question: What is the largest cemetery in the United States?
Answer: ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
Question: Who wrote children's stories Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Secret Garden?
Answer: FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT
Question: To which genus of plants does the snapdragon belong?
Answer: ANTIRRHINUM
Question: What sort of creature is a whirligig?
Answer: A WATER BEETLE
Question: For which British contralto singer did Elgar write his Sea Pictures?
Answer: DAME CLARA BUTT
Question: In which county in Northern Ireland are the towns of Ballymena, Larne and Carrickfergus?
Answer: COUNTY ANTRIM
Question: Which popular British comedian had as his catch-phrase, "You Lucky People"?
Answer: TOMMY TRINDER
Question: What have Fawley, Stanlow and Milford Haven in common?
Answer: OIL REFINERIES
Question: What name is given to the official in the Roman Catholic Church, appointed to state the case for the opposition, when considering beatification or canonisation of a candidate?
Answer: DEVIL'S ADVOCATE
Question: Two European golfers won their first majors titles in 1985. Sandy Lyle won the Open Championship at Sandwich, but which man won the U.S. Masters that year?
Answer: BERNHARD LANGER
Question: What name is given to the Aboriginal device, which is used to propel a spear more forcibly and accurately?
Answer: A WOOMERA
Question: The signing of which treaty in 1902 ended the Second Boer War?
Answer: TREATY OF VEREENIGING
Question: In the Bible, who wiped the blood from the face of Jesus on his way to Calvary?
Answer: ST VERONICA
Question: Which Afro American super model, TV personality and singer hosts the TV show, "America's Next Top Model" and also has her own daytime TV chat show?
Answer: TYRA BANKS
Question: Who became the 100th Archbishop of Canterbury in 1961?
Answer: Dr Michael Ramsey
Question: What spirit drink is the base of a Tom Collins cocktail?
Answer: Gin
Question: Which is the only US state with just one bordering US state?
Answer: Maine
Question: Give a year in the life of composer Franz Josef Haydn.
Answer: 1732-1809
Question: Originating in 1956, what is the double-barrelled name of the US Antarctic research station situated at the South Pole?
Answer: Amundsen-Scott
Question: In French what is a bergere, as in Les Folies Bergere?
Answer: Shepherd(ess)
Question: Which Archbishop of Canterbury conducted the queen's coronation ceremony in 1953?
Answer: Geoffrey Fisher
Question: Which former children's laureate was Kirsty Young's first castaway on 'Desert Island Discs'?
Answer: Quentin Blake
Question: What is the last event of an Olympic decathlon?
Answer: 1500 metres
Question: Sentenced to 8 years in 2006 for crimes committed over 25 yrs earlier, by what name was John Humble known to the police?
Answer: Wearside Jack
Question: Who was the first person to be paid $1 million for appearing in a single movie?
Answer: Elizabeth Taylor
Question: In French what is a moulin, as in Moulin Rouge?
Answer: Windmill
Question: In the telecoms term 3G, for what does the letter G stand?
Answer: (Third) Generation
Question: The national anthem of which European country has the same tune as 'God Saves The Queen'?
Answer: Liechtenstein
Question: Under what name is bummalo fish served in a restaurant?
Answer: Bombay duck
Question: Which now defunct car company manufactured the models Hunter, Husky and Wizard?
Answer: Hillman
Question: Who was the only President of the Confederate States of the USA?
Answer: Jefferson Davis
Question: The adjective 'cervine' refers to which creatures?
Answer: Deer
Question: 'The World of Crinkley Bottom', a tourist attraction based on Noel Edmund's TV show opened and closed within 13 weeks in 1994, in which seaside resort?
Answer: Morecambe
Question: Which TV police series is set in Denton?
Answer: Frost
Question: Oxford and Cambridge were England's first two universities, which was the third founded in 1832?
Answer: Durham
Question: In a famous book who lived in Victory Mansions?
Answer: Winston Smith
Question: Who wrote the oratorio featuring the writing on the wall?
Answer: William Walton
Question: Which TV police series was set in Hartley?
Answer: Juliet Bravo
Question: Which mountain pass, from Innsbruck to Bolzano, is the lowest Alpine pass and is usually open all year?
Answer: Brenner Pass
Question: The adjective 'ophidian' refers to which creatures?
Answer: Snakes
Question: How many letters are there in the Greek alphabet?
Answer: 24
Question: Which TV screenwriter created the science fiction shows, "Survivors" and "Blake's Seven"?
Answer: TERRY NATION
Question: Which ship ran aground in 1846, on its maiden voyage, in Dundrum Bay, Co. Down?
Answer: SS GREAT BRITAIN
Question: """Sedgemoor"" and ""Frankley"" service areas can be found on which of Britain's motorways?"
Answer: M5
Question: Which sea, separated from the Black Sea by the Strait of Kerch, suffered an ecological disaster in November 2007, when a fierce storm wrecked numerous oil tankers?
Answer: SEA OF AZOV
Question: """The Buck Stops Here"" was the maxim of which US President?"
Answer: HARRY S TRUMAN
Question: The two major ingredients of Daiquiri cocktails are rum and the juice of which fruit?
Answer: LIME
Question: Which island is the setting for Bizet's opera, "The Pearl Fishers"?
Answer: CEYLON now SRI LANKA
Question: What is the traditional source of the dark brown pigment, sepia?
Answer: CUTTLEFISH INK
Question: What was destroyed at Bamiyan on the orders of the Taliban in 2001?
Answer: STATUES OF BUDDHA
Question: .North Yorkshire in terms of area is England's largest county. Which is the second largest?
Answer: CUMBRIA
Question: Which one of Harold Wilson's peers went to jail for fraud?
Answer: LORD KAGAN
Question: On which River does Pittsburgh stand?
Answer: OHIO
Question: What type of medical instrument is a plexor?
Answer: A RUBBER HEADED HAMMER
Question: Antietam and Fredericksburg were high casualty battles in which war?
Answer: AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
Question: In the song "Anything you can do", despite the many claims of their achievements, which task did both hero and heroine confess to be unable to do?
Answer: BAKE A PIE
Question: What is the full name of the Australian National Rugby League team from Melbourne?
Answer: (MELBOURNE) STORM
Question: Measuring over 26,000 square miles in area, which is Africa's largest lake?
Answer: LAKE VICTORIA
Question: To which family of birds does the brambling belong?
Answer: FINCHES
Question: Which woman, who died tragically in 1999 aged 43, was the first female to present the BBC sports programme, "Grandstand"?
Answer: HELEN ROLLASON
Question: What word is used to describe a small, square tile of stone or glass, used in mosaics?
Answer: TESSERA
Question: Lake Edward in Africa, was renamed after which tyrannical African leader in the 1970's, the lake reverting to its original name, after he was overthrown?
Answer: IDI AMIN
Question: In which U.S. city is the TV comedy series, "Frazier" set?
Answer: SEATTLE
Question: Which London-born novelist/journalist, of German parentage, wrote "Everything You Know" and "Notes on a Scandal"?
Answer: Zoe Heller
Question: Which non-SI unit of length is 1 x 10-10?
Answer: Angstrom
Question: Which Football League Two team play home games at Adams Park?
Answer: Wycombe Wanderers
Question: Which African city has the largest population (its inhabitants are called Masrawi)?
Answer: Cairo
Question: Who is the oldest actress ever to win a film Oscar?
Answer: Jessica Tandy
Question: How is the unit of length 1 x 10-9 expressed?
Answer: Nanometre
Question: Give a year in the life of Dutch painter Piet Mondrian.
Answer: 1872-1944
Question: The adjective oviform relates to which animal?
Answer: Sheep
Question: Which comic trio first appeared in radio's "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again"?
Answer: The Goodies
Question: The Prime Minister's Question Time is held on which weekday?
Answer: Wednesday
Question: How many years must a couple be married to celebrate their crystal wedding anniversary?
Answer: FIFTEEN
Question: The metallic element, Lutetium, is named after the Latin name of which European capital city?
Answer: PARIS
Question: If a couple have been married for thirty years, which wedding anniversary will they celebrate?
Answer: PEARL
Question: Which current cabinet minister is the Labour M.P. for Redditch?
Answer: JACQUI SMITH
Question: On winning the US Masters in 2003, which man became the only Canadian to win one of golf's major titles?
Answer: MIKE WEIR