zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: """The Haywain"" and ""Dedham Valley"" are paintings by Constable both feature which river that forms much of the border between Essex and Suffolk?"
Answer: STOUR
Question: Brittany ferries operate a direct service for Irish passengers from Cork to which French port in the Finisterre department?
Answer: ROSCOFF
Question: It is the Queen's Diamond Jubilee this year, having acceded to the throne on Feb 6th 1952. In which year will she become the longest reigning monarch, breaking the record set by Queen Victoria in 1901?
Answer: 2015
Question: What nationality was tennis player Yvon Petra? In 1946 he became the first man to win the Men's Singles Title at Wimbledon since World War II when he beat Geoff Brown of Australia.
Answer: FRENCH
Question: Which country's national flag consists of a large white crescent and smaller star, the crescent being offset left of centre, on a red background?
Answer: TURKEY
Question: Which country's national flag consists of a split flag of red on top and white below? On the left side of the red background appears a large white crescent with five small white stars to its right hand side.
Answer: SINGAPORE
Question: Maxwell Reed, born on April 2nd 1919, was a British actor who rose to fame for being the first husband of which famous woman?
Answer: JOAN COLLINS
Question: Which highly toxic protein was present on the tip of the umbrella that was used to kill Bulgarian dissident writer Georgi Markov in 1978?
Answer: RICIN
Question: What special infantry brigade was founded in the Far East by Orde Wingate in World war II?
Answer: CHINDITS
Question: What name was given to the fast, light ships famously used to transport tea from China in the 19th century?
Answer: CLIPPERS
Question: Saint-Ettienne is the capital of which French department that shares its name with the country's longest river?
Answer: LOIRE
Question: Which Roman Emperor was also known as Octavius?
Answer: AUGUSTUS
Question: Which calamity in Ireland was a major factor in Sir Robert Peel's decision to repeal the Corn Laws in 1846?
Answer: IRISH POTATO FAMINE
Question: Originally standing in front of Buckingham Palace, what was removed to Hyde Park in 1851?
Answer: MARBLE ARCH
Question: Which novelist, now aged 46, was responsible for the 2003 best selling book The Kite Runner?i
Answer: Khaled HOSSEINI
Question: Eleanor of Castille was the queen consort of which English king?
Answer: EDWARD I
Question: Born in Dublin in Ireland on July 6th 1936 what was the more famous name of the TV entertainer David Tynan O'Mahoney?
Answer: DAVE ALLEN
Question: Sticky Fingers and Goat's Head Soup were number one albums in the 1970's for which famous band?
Answer: ROLLING STONES
Question: Which ex make of car shares its name with an American Indian chief who led a rebellion against the British between 1763 and 1766?
Answer: PONTIAC
Question: Which famous battle that took place in Pennsylvania betwen 1st and 3rd of July 1863 produced the greatest number of casualties of the American Civil War?
Answer: GETTYSBURG
Question: Which famous battle that took place in Scotland on 23rd and 24th June 1314 was seen as one of the most spectacular of the Scottish wars of Independence?
Answer: BANNOCKBURN
Question: In the Roman army, what name was given to an overhead screen of overlapping shields, used by troops in close formation?
Answer: TESTUDO
Question: Originating in China, what invention, spreading to the west, made the Byzantine horse archers a potent battlefield force?
Answer: STIRRUPS
Question: Which novel is centred on certain "goings-on" at Wragley Hall, a country estate in the Midlands?
Answer: LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER
Question: The films The Spy with the Green Hat and The Spy with my Face were big-screen spin-offs from which popular TV series of the 1960s?
Answer: THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
Question: Lord Randolph Churchill suggested that Gladstone's nickname of GOM (Grand Old Man) should be changed to MOG - meaning what?
Answer: MURDERER OF GORDON
Question: What name for a short haircut came from its popularity among the rowing teams of Harvard and Yale in the 50s?
Answer: CREWCUT
Question: What phrase is derived from the promotion by the Prime-Minister, Lord Salisbury, of his nephew A.J.Balfour to the post of Chief Secretary for Ireland?
Answer: BOB'S YOUR UNCLE
Question: Which drug was first isolated in 1921, by Sir Frederick Banting and Dr C H Best, and first synthesised in 1964?
Answer: INSULIN
Question: Described in some versions of the myth as the daughter of Nyx, goddess of the night, who was the Greek goddess of divine retribution?
Answer: NEMESIS
Question: What service did both Iris and Hermes perform for the Gods of Olympus?
Answer: MESSENGERS
Question: Which mineral, whose principal use is for tobacco pipes, takes its popular name from the German for 'Sea Foam'?
Answer: MEERSCHAUM
Question: What service did Hebe and her successor, Ganymede, perform for Zeus on Mount Olympus?
Answer: CUPBEARER
Question: Which international relief agency, formed in 1863, has it's headquarters at 17, Avenue de la Paix, Geneva?
Answer: RED CROSS
Question: Which Greek mathematician is best remembered for his formulation of a hydrostatic principle?
Answer: ARCHIMEDES
Question: What role on film has been played by Colin Clive, Peter Cushing and Kenneth Branagh among others?
Answer: DR FRANKENSTEIN
Question: The third of her name of the annals of the Royal Navy, which aircraft carrier was sunk by a German U-Boat in the Mediterranean in November 1941?
Answer: ARK ROYAL
Question: What was the name of the tea-lady played by Julie Walters in Victoria Wood's spoof soap opera Acorn Antiques?
Answer: MRS OVERALL
Question: Which precious stone, currently housed at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in Washington DC, is beleived to be the second most-visited artwork in the world?
Answer: THE HOPE DIAMOND
Question: In which part of Europe was Rugby League football banned between 1940 and 1944?
Answer: (Vichy) FRANCE
Question: Which British composer was working on an operetta called The Emerald Isle at the time of his death in 1900?
Answer: ARTHUR SULLIVAN
Question: Louis IV and Louis V were Kings of France in which century?
Answer: 10th
Question: Which item, of particular use to London tourists, was designed in 1931 by a man named Harry Beck?
Answer: LONDON UNDERGROUND MAP
Question: Famous for its military marches, in which English county is the town of Wooton Bassett?
Answer: WILTSHIRE
Question: Taking place on September 7th 1812, the Battle of Borodino took place in which country?
Answer: RUSSIA
Question: Having held the position since 1992, Paul Dacre is the editor of which daily newspaper?
Answer: DAILY MAIL
Question: What was the name of the Manchester City international footballer who tragically died on the pitch on June 26th 2003 whilst playing for Cameroon against Columbia?
Answer: MARC VIVIEN FOE
Question: Specifically, what would a person have a fear of if they suffered from Gynophobia?
Answer: WOMEN
Question: On First Looking Into Chapman's House in 1816 and The Eve of St Agnes in 1820 are works by which British poet?
Answer: John KEATS
Question: I wondered lonely as a cloud (also known as 'Daffodils') in 1807 and 'Lucy Gray' in 1798 are works by which British poet?
Answer: William WORDSWORTH
Question: What was the name of the British Army officer who, in 1953, gained recognition as the leader of the successful British expedition to Mount Everest?
Answer: JOHN HUNT
Question: Which would-be hunter was the arch-enemy of the cartoon character, Bugs Bunny?
Answer: ELMER FUDD
Question: Which word, derived from the Latin for 'fire', is applied to volcanic rock formed from cooling magma or lava and solidifying from a molten state?
Answer: IGNEOUS
Question: A government paper setting out proposals and inviting consultation on a policy, before it is ever presented as a White Paper, is identified by what colour?
Answer: GREEN Paper
Question: In the endocrine system in the human body, what name is given to the pair of glands situated at the top of the kidneys?
Answer: ADRENAL GLANDS
Question: What is the generic name given to the sparkling wines produced in the Penedes region of north-eastern Spain?
Answer: CAVA
Question: What name, derived from the German 'to join', was given to the Nazi takeover of the Austrian Republic in 1938?
Answer: ANSCHLUSS
Question: Which river flows through what is known in English as 'The Iron Gate', the deepest gorge in Europe?
Answer: DANUBE
Question: Which Gilbert and Sullivan opera that premiered in 1889 has the alternative name "The king of Barataria"?
Answer: THE GONDOLIERS
Question: """Indian Camp"" in 1926, ""A farewell to arms"" in 1929 and ""The short, happy life of Franics Macomber"" in 1935 are all novels by which famous author?"
Answer: ERNEST HEMMINGWAY
Question: Which famous puppet character, introduced in 1965 and voiced by David Graham has the christian name Aloysius?
Answer: PARKER
Question: Which Gilbert and Sullivan opera that premiered in 1884 has the alternative name "Castle Adamant"?
Answer: PRINCESS IDA
Question: Which five letter word can be the name of a famous cricketer, to pray or the christian name of a famous actress who died on September 14th 1982 aged 52?
Answer: GRACE
Question: In the Harry Potter books by J K Rowling, what is the name of the character who is Hogwart's gamekeeper and keeper of keys? He is played in the film series by Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane.
Answer: RUBEUS HAGRID
Question: The organisation "Sons of the desert" is an official international appreciation society that is devoted to which film characters?
Answer: LAUREL AND HARDY
Question: Which group, on May 18th 1974, reached number one in the UK charts with the record "Sugar Baby Love", staying there for four weeks?
Answer: THE RUBETTES
Question: What was the name of the Nottinghamshire fast bowler appointed as the main bowler for England in the Bodyline series of 1932 and 1933?
Answer: HAROLD LARWOOD
Question: Taking office on September 5th 1939 until June 4th 1948, who was South African Prime Minister for the vast majority of World War Two?
Answer: JAN SMUTS
Question: Which English monarch who reigned from 1377 to 1399 met his death in Pontefract Castle in 1400, probably being starved?
Answer: RICHARD II
Question: Who, on January 31st 1606, was executed along with three other prisoners - Thomas Wintour, Ambrose Rookwood and Robert Keys?
Answer: GUY FAWKES
Question: Which band in November 1984 reached number one in the UK charts with the record entitled "I feel for you"?
Answer: CHAKA KHAN
Question: Usually held on the second Thursday in August, the annual carnival 'The Battle of the Flowers' takes place in which British dependency?
Answer: JERSEY
Question: Living from 1537 to 1608, Mary Arden (her maiden name) was the mother of which famous British playwright?
Answer: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Question: Which word is used to describe any rock or soil material that has remained below zero degrees centigrade continuously for more than two years?
Answer: PERMAFROST
Question: Famed for her role in politics and born in 1921, what is the much more famous name of Anne Francis Robbins?
Answer: NANCY REAGAN
Question: What five letter name was given to the implement of corporal punishment used mainly in Scottish schools that consisted of a strap of leather with one end split into a number of tails?
Answer: TAWSE
Question: On a standard Monopoly board, which property makes up the orange set along with Vine Street and Marlborough Street?
Answer: BOW STREET
Question: Which British Prime Minister was born on January 17th 1863 and is the only British Prime Minister to be born in Manchester?
Answer: David LLOYD GEORGE
Question: On a standard Monopoly board which property makes up the light blue set along with Euston Raod and Pentonville Road?
Answer: THE ANGEL ISLINGTON
Question: Which common four letter word takes its name from the Greek meaning 'sound returned'?
Answer: ECHO
Question: Although it can come in colourless varieties what is the usual colour of the drink Absinthe?
Answer: GREEN
Question: In Greek mythology what was the name of the winged creatures famous for stealing all the food from the blind man Phineas?
Answer: HARPIES
Question: Which Spanish romantic painter who lived from 1746 to 1828 was responsible for works such as 'The Parasol' in 1777, 'Duchess of Alba' in 1795 and 'Witches Sabbath' in 1789 amongst others?
Answer: Francisco GOYA
Question: Which famous animated character, first seen in 1932, is portrayed as having a glass jaw? On occasions he has been knocked out by his rival's girlfriend and on other occasions even by her infant son.
Answer: BLUTO
Question: Which British pop group reached number one in the UK charts for the only time in their career on July 2nd 1977 with the song 'So You Win Again'?
Answer: HOT CHOCOLATE
Question: Who was the only non-English person to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award during the 1980's, he was an Irishman and achieved the feat in 1985?
Answer: BARRY McGUIGAN
Question: What is the name of the National Lottery draw where players pick five main numbers which can be any number between 1 and 50, then the players selects two different lucky star numbers from a pool of eleven balls?
Answer: EUROMILLIONS
Question: """The Camels are Coming"" published in 1932 was the first book that featured which popular children's hero created by W.E.Johns?"
Answer: BIGGLES
Question: With a population of over 150,000 inhabitants, Trondheim is the third most highly populated city of which European country?
Answer: NORWAY
Question: Which famous novel of 1930 centres on the death of a character named Colonel Protheroe?
Answer: MURDER AT THE VICARAGE
Question: Which ex heavyweight boxing champion's last ever fight took place on November 22nd 1998 and ended in a defeat by American Shannon Briggs in Atlantic City?
Answer: GEORGE FOREMAN
Question: The results of the 2012 RSPB national survey of birds shows the House Sparrow to be the most common bird to be seen in the UK. What is the second most common bird to be seen in the UK overall?
Answer: STARLING
Question: Ian Huntley was convicted of the murders of two schoolgirls in 2002. In waht village did the murders take place?
Answer: SOHAM
Question: The film director Milos Foreman won 2 "Best Director" oscars. His first in 1976 was for "One flew over the Cuckoos Nest". His second, in 1985, was for what film?
Answer: AMADEUS
Question: Prime Minister Harold McMillan had what Christian name, although he preferred to be known by his middle name, Harold ?
Answer: MAURICE
Question: Which gland, secreting a hormone affecting circulation and muscular action, is situated above the kidneys ?
Answer: ADRENAL
Question: Which large insect, with transparent wings held roof-like over its back, and noted for the loud shrill chirping of the males, has a life-cycle of 13 to 17 years ?
Answer: CICADA
Question: Geology - what word is used to describe rocks formed from sand, mud or silt deposited by wind and water ?
Answer: SEDIMENTARY
Question: In December 2012, in yet another American mass murder, 26 people (including 20 children) were killed in Newtown, Conneticut. What was the name of the 20 year old killer, who also shot himself ?
Answer: ADAM LANZA
Question: Which Iain Banks novel has the name of a bird in the title? The book was also made into a television series.
Answer: THE CROW ROAD
Question: Composed as an elegy following the death of his friend John Keats, the poem "Adonais" was written in 1821 by which poet?
Answer: SHELLEY
Question: ANAGRAMS - Which sport is the link between the follwing anagrams of two famous Americans? "MERGE OF ORANGE" and "MONKEY SIT".
Answer: BOXING
Question: Who was the chief executive of RBS bank who resigned in 2009, a month before RBS announced a loss of £24 billion, the largest loss in UK corporate history ?
Answer: FRED GOODWIN
Question: On this day, February 19th. In 1906 , The Battle Creek company of Michigan introduced onto the market which well-known foodstuff ?
Answer: CORN FLAKES
Question: Tennis - What became the first brother and sister team to win the Wimbledon mixed doubles championship in 1981 ?
Answer: JOHN AND TRACY AUSTIN
Question: A Royal Society report of 1713 found in favour of Isaac Newton, in a long running dispute with which mathematician over the invention of Calculus ?
Answer: GOTTFRIED LIEBNITZ
Question: Which Italian composer who lived from 1678 to 1741 was nicknamed "The Red Priest" after taking holy orders in 1703 ?
Answer: VIVALDI
Question: Which unusually named bird fits the following description ? Found in Africa, this bird is 5 foot high, coloured grey and black with a distinctive crest above the head. It is long-legged and runs on the ground catching snakes and small mammals.
Answer: SECRETARY BIRD
Question: On this day in 1941 the reigning monarch, King George II and his government left which European country as German troops invaded ?
Answer: GREECE
Question: Who holds the record for the most Ladies Singles titles at Wimbledon, winning nine times between 1978 and 1990 ?
Answer: MARTINA NAVRATILOVA
Question: In which track from the 1975 album, Still crazy after all these years, are people advised to "slip out the back", "hop on the bus" and "drop off the key" ?
Answer: 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER
Question: How many Prime Ministers held office in the two World Wars in the 20th century ?
Answer: 5
Question: Born in 1913 and dying in 1994 who is the only person to be elected twice for the post of Vice President and also twice for the post of President of the USA ?
Answer: RICHARD NIXON
Question: Declared First Citizen of Athens, which statesman, orator and general was leader in its Golden Age, between the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars in the 5th Century BC ?
Answer: PERICLES
Question: The birthplace of Andy Murray, an event in which town gave rise to the Cullen Report followed by the Firearms Amendment Act in 1997 ?
Answer: DUNBLANE
Question: Which product was advertised by a giant red and white hot air balloon carrying a young lady, who was eating the product to the sound of "I Can't Let Maggie Go", in the 1970s ?
Answer: NIMBLE
Question: Which African country's flag is mainly light blue and has a large white star in the centre?
Answer: SOMALIA
Question: Which English city is the setting for the comic Viz character Sid the Sexist?
Answer: NEWCASTLE
Question: Which northern city shares it's name with the surname of the singer who reached number one in the UK pop charts on January 15th 1988?
Answer: CARLISLE
Question: Which famous stage musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Weber contains the numbers Rolling Stock and Call Me Rusty?
Answer: STARLIGHT EXPRESS
Question: Rabbinic and Sephardic are denominations of which religion?
Answer: JUDAISM
Question: An incident in the life of naval cadet George Archer-Shee was the main inspiration for which play by Terence Rattigan?
Answer: THE WINSLOW BOY
Question: Prior to his election as President, Barack Obama was a Senator for which US state ?
Answer: ILLINOIS
Question: Because of an uprising that began in France and quickly spread to Italy, the Austrian Empire and Germany, which year of the 19'th century became known as the ' Year of Revolutions ' ?
Answer: 1848
Question: What was the name of Oasis's first UK No. 1 hit single ?
Answer: SOME MIGHT SAY
Question: Andy Murray's victory over which sporting rival made him Britain's first male grand slam tennis champion for 76 years ?
Answer: (Novak) DJOKOVIC
Question: What is the rugby union equivalent of a throw-in in football ?
Answer: LINE OUT
Question: The title of the TV programme Torchwood is an anagram of which two words ?
Answer: DOCTOR WHO
Question: Alan Strang is the tortured hero of which award-winning 1973 stage play by Peter Shaffer ?
Answer: EQUUS
Question: Which British astronomer - a proponent of the steady state theory of the universe - is usually credited with having coined the term ' big bang ' ?
Answer: (Sir Fred) HOYLE
Question: Each September at Abbots Bromley in Staffordshire , men perform an ancient animal dance holding what ?
Answer: ANTLERS
Question: On which river does the city of Lisbon stand , just before it reaches the Atlantic Ocean ?
Answer: TAGUS
Question: Which German composer wrote the music of the overture Rienzi, often heard in the concert hall ?
Answer: WAGNER
Question: In which country was snooker invented ?
Answer: INDIA
Question: Whose first solo UK No. 1 single was ' I'm Still Waiting ' in 1971 ?
Answer: DIANA ROSS
Question: In which English couny are the towns of Grantham and Skegness ?
Answer: LINCOLNSHIRE
Question: 'The Little Nipper' is Britain's best selling brand of what ? They are seen in many houses throughout the country.
Answer: MOUSETRAP
Question: Along with blue and red which colour appears on the flag of Chad?
Answer: YELLOW
Question: What is added to steel (approx 11%) to make it stainless and gives properties that prevent it from corroding, rusting or staining with water ?
Answer: CHROMIUM
Question: What was the name of the boat belonging to the character Quinn that was used to hunt for the shark in the novel "Jaws" ?
Answer: THE ORCA
Question: Which popular four word named organisation, founded in 1844 in London has, as its main motto, 'Empowering Young People' and has its headquarters in Geneva ? It is normally known by its four initials.
Answer: YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
Question: Which science fiction novel of 1957 by John Wyndham tells the story of a mysterious object whcih appears in a village and then disappears again leaving all the women of the village pregnant ?
Answer: THE MIDWICH CUCKOOS
Question: Which American businesswoman, who died in 2002, is probably best remembered for her role in the creation of the popular toy Barbie doll in 1959 ?
Answer: Ruth HANDLER
Question: Which curry flavoured soup of Anglo-Indian origin has many variations on its recipe and takes its name from the Tamil for 'Fire Water' ?
Answer: MULLIGATAWNY
Question: Which Hungarian bon inventor, who diedin 2003, had the nickname 'The Father of the Hydrogen Bomb'?
Answer: Edward TELLER
Question: About which controversial Irish individual did Margaret Thatcher say, in 1981, "crime is crime, it is not political" shortly before his death ?
Answer: BOBBY SANDS
Question: Whcih trick-taking card game originating in France, shares its name with a famous military leader and emperor who was born in 1769, even though the game is usually referred to by a much shortened name ?
Answer: NAPOLEON
Question: The 2003 film remake 'Willard' starring Crispin Glover, tells the story of a young man who has a strange control over which type of creatures ?
Answer: RATS
Question: Which Carry On film was set in an establishment called Maudlin Street ?
Answer: TEACHER
Question: Who wrote the 1955 play 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' ?
Answer: TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
Question: Name the year - Anna Ford becomes the first female news reader on ITV, the charity Motability is founded, Bulgarian dissident Geogi Markov is killed with a poison tipped umbrella and Althea and Donna reach number 1 in the UK charts with 'Uptown Ranking' ?
Answer: 1978
Question: With an area of 1,438 square kilometres which is England's oldest National Park? It became established on April 17th, 1951.
Answer: PEAK DISTRICT
Question: What was the six letter name given to the clothes shop opened by Mary Quant on London's King's Road in 1955 ?
Answer: BAZAAR
Question: Which play, written by Arthur Miller in 1949 features the lead character named Willie Loman?
Answer: DEATH OF A SALESMAN
Question: Which female singer reached number one in the UK charts in October 1979 with a record entitles One Day At A Time?
Answer: LENA MARTELL
Question: The 'Thought Police' feature in whic famous novel of 1949?
Answer: 1984
Question: Which popular animated characters, first seen in 1996 include many different characters including ones called Ash Ketchum, Tracy Sketchit and Gar Oak?
Answer: POKEMON
Question: Which basalt tablet was famously rediscovered in 1799 by French Captain Pierre Francois Bouchard, bearing parallel inscriptions in Greek, Egyptian Hieroglyphic and demotic characters?
Answer: ROSETTA Stone
Question: Which fellow English team did Tottenham Hotspur defeat by an aggregate score of 3 - 2 to win the 1972 EUFA Cup Final?
Answer: WOLVES