zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: Sir Robert Chiltern, Viscount Goring and Mrs Marchmont are characters in which Oscar Wilde play?
Answer: The Ideal Husband
Question: Which US President had the nickname ‘Mr Nice Guy’, because of his clean-cut image?
Answer: Gerald Ford
Question: Which fashion designer re-designed the UK hospital gown in 2010?
Answer: Ben de Lisi
Question: In which mountain range is the 2000 film ‘Vertical Limit’ set?
Answer: Himalayas
Question: In paleontology, a coprolite is fossilised what?
Answer: Animal dung
Question: In 2003, which UK retailer won a legal battle to advertise for employees in jobcentres?
Answer: Ann Summers
Question: The Mackinac Bridge connects the Upper and Lower peninsulas of which US state?
Answer: Michigan
Question: In space, the ‘Big Bang Machine’ is another name for what?
Answer: The Large Hadron Collider
Question: Which US actress was born Edna Gillooly in 1932?
Answer: Ellen Burstyn
Question: Chionophobia is an irrational fear of which type of weather condition?
Answer: Snow
Question: Which US poet wrote the 1864 poem ‘Christmas Day’, after he had received news that his son had been seriously injured fighting in the American Civil War?
Answer: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Question: Which electronics company has the motto ‘make.believe’?
Answer: Sony
Question: In which US state is Cape Cod?
Answer: Massachusetts
Question: In Russia, what is a kazachok?
Answer: Folk dance
Question: Sabadell Airport is in which European country?
Answer: Spain
Question: In which country is the Aladag mountain range?
Answer: Turkey
Question: Which land animal is known as an urchin?
Answer: Hedgehog
Question: Which is the only letter of the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the states of America?
Answer: Q
Question: In the the tv cartoon series ‘The Simpsons’ what is Grandpa Simpson’s first name?
Answer: Abraham
Question: Which UK tv series set in a hospital, which first aired in 1979, had the theme tune ‘H.A.P.P.Y’?
Answer: Only When I Laugh
Question: Which is the only bird that can swim but can’t fly?
Answer: Penguin
Question: The Lady Lever Art Gallery is in which English city?
Answer: Liverpool
Question: What were the first names of English novelist R.D.Blackmore?
Answer: Richard Doddridge
Question: ‘Piapa’ is the alphabet of which US state?
Answer: Hawaii
Question: In 1954, who was the first Australian to win the British Open Golf Championship?
Answer: Peter Thomson
Question: The Solovetsky Islands lie in which body of water?
Answer: The White Sea
Question: What nationality is football referee Massimo Busacca?
Answer: Swiss
Question: What was the name of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s envoy, who was taken hostage in Lebanon in 1987?
Answer: Terry Waite
Question: What does ‘Na’ represent in the periodic table?
Answer: Sodium
Question: Which US actor is the voice of Mr Fox in the 2009 animated film ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’?
Answer: George Clooney
Question: London is a city in which Canadian province?
Answer: Ontario
Question: What is the name of the flag that has been seriously considered by some as an alternative to the Australian flag, because of its association with with democracy and nationalism?
Answer: The Eureka Flag
Question: The company Starbucks is reportedly named after a character in which novel?
Answer: Moby Dick
Question: The pudu is the world’s smallest species of which animal?
Answer: Deer
Question: Who founded the Habitat group of stores?
Answer: Terence Conran
Question: In the Irish language ‘Eanair’ is which month of the year?
Answer: January
Question: In 2004, the Pentagon budgeted $1 million to bring a modernised version of which Shakespeare play to military bases?
Answer: Othello
Question: Aurophobia is the irrational fear of which metal?
Answer: Gold
Question: The US city of Tombstone is in which state?
Answer: Arizona
Question: Who wrote the 1940 novel ‘Fanny By Gaslight’?
Answer: Michael Sadleir
Question: Who played Danny Ocean in the 1960 film ‘Ocean’s Eleven’?
Answer: Frank Sinatra
Question: What is the national flower of Persia?
Answer: Rose
Question: What is the capital of Estonia?
Answer: Tallinn
Question: The alcoholic drink Perry is made from the fermented juice of which fruit?
Answer: Pears
Question: What is Mr Rochester’s first name in the novel ‘Jane Eyre’ by Charlotte Bronte?
Answer: Edward
Question: Napier University is in which British city?
Answer: Edinburgh
Question: TAP is the chief airline of which European country?
Answer: Portugal
Question: What was the name of the cross-eyed lion in the tv series ‘Daktari’?
Answer: Clarence
Question: What does the Latin phrase ‘Tempus neminem manet’ translate to in English?
Answer: Time waits for no one
Question: Which country has the internet domain .es?
Answer: Spain
Question: US singer Aliane Thiam is better known by what name?
Answer: Akon
Question: Which playing card is known as ‘Helen of Troy’?
Answer: Queen of Hearts
Question: Danish Navigator, Vitus Bearing, discovered which US state in 1741?
Answer: Alaska
Question: Pitch and Putt is a form of which game?
Answer: Golf
Question: Which company’s name is short for Durability, Reliability and Excellence?
Answer: Durex
Question: What is the name of the land where ‘Puff the Magic Dragon’ lived?
Answer: Honalee
Question: Square, Irish and Line all are types of which activity?
Answer: Dancing
Question: A ‘Flying Mare’ is a term used in which sport?
Answer: Wrestling
Question: What is the square root of 196?
Answer: 14
Question: Sania Ramel Airport is in which North African country?
Answer: Morocco
Question: ‘The Dong With a Luminous Nose’ was written by which poet?
Answer: Edward Lear
Question: Which mobile phone company has the motto ‘Connecting people’?
Answer: Nokia
Question: According to the Guinness Book of Records, the heaviest baby born and survived at 22 pounds 8 ounces, was in which European country?
Answer: Italy
Question: What are the first names of David and Victoria Beckham’s daughter?
Answer: Harper Seven
Question: What is the profession of Tom Selleck in the 1987 film ‘Three Men and a Baby’?
Answer: Architect
Question: Which part of a baby’s body stays the same size from birth?
Answer: Eyes
Question: The name Wendy was made up by the author for which children’s book?
Answer: Peter Pan
Question: What was the top baby girl name in England in 2008?
Answer: Olivia
Question: What does a noctambulist do?
Answer: Sleepwalk
Question: A flitch is another name for a side of what?
Answer: Bacon
Question: Didymitis is the inflammation of which part of the human body?
Answer: Testicle
Question: Who played Christine Painter (a thinly disguised Cynthia Payne) in the 1987 film ‘Personal Services’?
Answer: Julie Walters
Question: The Democracy Monument is in which Asian city?
Answer: Bangkok
Question: Which jockey won the 2003 Epsom Derby on Kris Kin?
Answer: Kieran Fallon
Question: Actor Harris Glenn Milstead was better known by what name?
Answer: Divine
Question: In which US state is Lake Dillon?
Answer: Colorado
Question: Who were the runners-up in the 1978 FIFA World Cup?
Answer: Netherlands
Question: What does the Latin phrase ‘Scito te ipsum’ translate to in English?
Answer: Know yourself
Question: What is the first name of author Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple?
Answer: Jane
Question: In mathematics, what type of angle measures more than 180 degrees but less than 360 degrees?
Answer: Reflex angle
Question: The metical is the basic monetary unit of which African country?
Answer: Mozambique
Question: Which perfume was named after Coco Chanel’s birthday?
Answer: Chanel No. 19
Question: Who won the 2010 BRIT Award for British Male Solo Artist?
Answer: Dizzee Rascal
Question: Pomology is the study of what?
Answer: Fruit production
Question: A balcony named after which US President is on the second floor of the Whitehouse?
Answer: Harry Truman
Question: What type of car did Burt Reynolds drive in the 1977 film ‘Smokey and the Bandit’?
Answer: Pontiac Firebird
Question: Which Mediterranean island attained its independence from Britain in 1960?
Answer: Cyprus
Question: Florimania is a passion for what?
Answer: Flowers
Question: Curio is a character in which Shakespeare play?
Answer: Twelfth Night
Question: Which actor narrated the 1970’s UK tv documentary ‘The World At War’?
Answer: Laurence Olivier
Question: Which online bookstore was originally called Cadabra.com?
Answer: Amazon
Question: The National Motor Museum is in which English county?
Answer: Hampshire
Question: FILA is an international federation for which sport?
Answer: Wrestling
Question: Which country has the internet domain .is?
Answer: Iceland
Question: What type of creature is a pintail?
Answer: Duck
Question: British monarch Henry VIII married which of his wives in 1540?
Answer: Anne of Cleves
Question: Which US band released a 2002 album called ‘By The Way’?
Answer: Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Question: In humans, the medical condition aglutition is the inability to do what?
Answer: Swallow
Question: Which element is represented by the letters Hg in the periodic table?
Answer: Mercury
Question: Which playing card is known as ‘Lancelot’?
Answer: Jack of clubs
Question: Who played Vicky Pollard’s twin sister in the 2006 Comic Relief episode of ‘Little Britain’?
Answer: Kate Moss
Question: Deba, boning, sashimi and paring are all types of what?
Answer: Kitchen knife
Question: In the game of Bingo, ‘Jump and Jive’ is the nickname for which number?
Answer: 35
Question: Fratricide is the killing of one’s what?
Answer: Brother
Question: Dubris was the Roman name for which English port?
Answer: Dover
Question: Which real-life couple starred in the 1994 remake of the film ‘The Getaway’?
Answer: Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger
Question: In January 1986, George Younger took up which British cabinet post
Answer: Defence Secretary
Question: What type of animal is Sooty the Bear’s girlfriend Soo?
Answer: Panda
Question: Dydd Iau is Welsh for which day of the week?
Answer: Thursday
Question: In medicine, belonephobia is an irrational fear of what?
Answer: Needles
Question: A ‘Lace’ anniversary celebrates many years of marriage?
Answer: Thirteen
Question: How many coloured rings make up the Olympic Games symbol?
Answer: Five
Question: In which sport would a referee say ‘Crouch, Bind, Set’?
Answer: Rugby union
Question: Miss Gatsby and Miss Tibbs were two elderly residents in which UK tv sitcom?
Answer: Fawlty Towers
Question: What is the cube root of 729?
Answer: 9
Question: Cobweb and Toolroom are Secret Service codenames for whose US office?
Answer: The Vice President
Question: What is the US state capital of North Dakota?
Answer: Bismarck
Question: In which mountain range is the Scottish mountain Ben Nevis?
Answer: Grampians
Question: Galatasaray are a football team based in which European country?
Answer: Turkey
Question: What is the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet?
Answer: Sigma
Question: Halliwell’s Guide is a reference book relating to what?
Answer: Films
Question: Which was the first British football club to win the European Cup-Winners Cup?
Answer: Tottenham Hotspur
Question: Which is the only species of deer of which both male and female have antlers?
Answer: Caribou (Reindeer)
Question: Xerophagy is the eating of what?
Answer: Dry food
Question: What is the national flower of Cyprus?
Answer: Cyclamen
Question: Which element does ‘K’ represent in the Periodic Table?
Answer: Potassium
Question: Who played in the Men’s Singles Finals at Wimbledon in 1980?
Answer: Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe
Question: The Bay of Pomerania lies in which body of water?
Answer: Baltic Sea
Question: ‘Martes’ is Spanish for which day of the week?
Answer: Tuesday
Question: What was the name of the high school in the US tv series ‘Happy Days’?
Answer: Jefferson High School
Question: In medicine, what is the name for inflammation of the walls of a vein?
Answer: Phlebitis
Question: Cobalt, Cyan and Cerulean are shades of which colour?
Answer: Blue
Question: The song ‘Wandrin’ Star’ comes from which 1969 film?
Answer: Paint Your Wagon
Question: Which country has the internet domain .se?
Answer: Sweden
Question: Vermelho is Portuguese for which colour?
Answer: Red
Question: Which ‘crisis’ is also referred to as the ‘Tripartite Aggression’?
Answer: Suez Crisis
Question: Which animal is depicted on the logo of Peugeot cars?
Answer: Lion
Question: Igglepiggle and Makka Pakka are characters from which children’s tv programme?
Answer: In the Night Garden
Question: Part of the boundary between which two US states runs down the middle of of the main street of the town of Texarkana?
Answer: Texas and Arkansas
Question: The ‘Fringe Festival’, held in August each year, is hosted by which European city?
Answer: Edinburgh
Question: Which character did actress Susie Blake play in the British tv soap ‘Coronation Street’?
Answer: Bev Unwin
Question: In Greek mythology, one of the labours of Hercules was to procure the ‘what’ belonging to Zeus, which were guarded by the Hesperides?
Answer: Golden apples
Question: What is the main ingredient of the dish lutefisk?
Answer: Fish
Question: Which British comedian’s catchphrase was ‘Just like that’?
Answer: Tommy Cooper
Question: Ligustrum Ovalifolium is the Latin name for which shrub?
Answer: Privet
Question: What does the Latin phrase ‘Caveat emptor’ translate to in English?
Answer: Let the buyer beware
Question: In mathematics, acute, obtuse and reflex are all types of what?
Answer: Angles
Question: The River Lyn is in which English county?
Answer: Devon
Question: British singer Gaynor Hopkins is better known by what name?
Answer: Bonnie Tyler
Question: Vestiophobia is the irrational fear of which items?
Answer: Clothing
Question: Leukophobia is the irrational fear of which colour?
Answer: White
Question: Nosocomephobia is the irrational fear of which institutions?
Answer: Hospitals
Question: Uranophobia is the irrational fear of which place or state of bliss?
Answer: Heaven
Question: Who became the Royal Ballet’s youngest principal dancer in 1989, at the age of 20?
Answer: Darcey Bussell
Question: Which US state has borders with Kansas, Illinois, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Iowa, Nebraska and Oklahoma?
Answer: Missouri
Question: Which English poet died in 1915 from septicaemia after being bitten by a mosquito?
Answer: Rupert Brooke
Question: Asturias, Aragon and Murcia are regions in which European country?
Answer: Spain
Question: Who won the 2010 Brit Award for best British Female Solo Artist?
Answer: Lily Allen
Question: X Type, Open End, Two Way and Closed End are all types of what used in the fashion industry?
Answer: Zip
Question: Which racing circuit held the 2011 British Formula One Grand Prix?
Answer: Silverstone
Question: Which Scottish musician/songwriter died in January 2011?
Answer: Gerry Rafferty
Question: Which film won the 2011 Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film?
Answer: Toy Story 3
Question: The 2011 IAAF World Championships in Athletics took place in which country?
Answer: South Korea
Question: In September 2011, which two countries signed a pact to end a 40 year border demarcation dispute?
Answer: India and Bangladesh
Question: Which English football team won the 2011 FA Cup?
Answer: Manchester City
Question: Which British singer’s wife gave birth to their son Aiden on 16th February 2011?
Answer: Rod Stewart
Question: Which British model married Jamie Hince in July 2011?
Answer: Kate Moss
Question: Which team won the 2011 US Super Bowl?
Answer: Green Bay Packers
Question: Which Glasgow-based sculptor, whose works include artificial trees and a leaning litter bin, won the 2011 Turner Prize?
Answer: Martin Boyce
Question: Which US singer topped Forbes magazine’s annual Celebrity 100 List in May 2011?
Answer: Lady Gaga
Question: Which English rock band released and album in March 2011 entitled ‘Build a Rocket Boys’?
Answer: Elbow
Question: Which dictator returned to Haiti in January 2011, after an absence of two decades of self-imposed exile in France?
Answer: Jean-Claude ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier
Question: Who won the 2011 Formula One Grand Prix Championship?
Answer: Sebastian Vettel
Question: A third wedding anniversary is traditionally represented by which material?
Answer: Leather
Question: Which playing card is known as ‘Hector’?
Answer: Jack of Diamonds
Question: In which US state is the port of Galveston?
Answer: Texas
Question: Which fictional character has a 12-cylinder 1927 Daimler which he calls ‘Mrs Merdle’?
Answer: Lord Peter Wimsey
Question: BG is the international car registration for which country?
Answer: Bulgaria
Question: Roman numerals LXXXVII is what number?
Answer: 87
Question: What is the nickname of Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, the first Ghanian to compete in a Winter Olympic Games, in 2010?
Answer: The Snow Leopard
Question: What is the Hebrew name for the small round cap worn by Jewish men?
Answer: Kippah
Question: What is the US state capital of South Dakota?
Answer: Pierre
Question: In the UK, who was the first female speaker of The House of Commons?
Answer: Betty Boothroyd
Question: What is the tune hummed by David Brent during his infamous dance routine in the UK tv series ‘The Office’?
Answer: Disco Inferno
Question: Uxoricide is the killing of who?
Answer: One’s wife
Question: What is the length of a chukka in a game of polo?
Answer: Seven minutes
Question: In humans, what is the medical condition hypermetropia (or hyperopia) more commonly known as?
Answer: Long-sightedness
Question: Which English singer commissioned a painting of the cartoon character Spongebob Squarepants for his house in 2008?
Answer: Liam Gallagher
Question: What was the basic currency of Greece before the Euro?
Answer: Drachma
Question: What is the emblem of Canada?
Answer: Maple Leaf
Question: Which professional golfer is known as ‘The Big Easy’?
Answer: Ernie Els
Question: In which two US states does Monument Valley lie?
Answer: Arizona and Utah
Question: Edeomania is an abnormal interest in which part of the body?
Answer: Genitals
Question: Which British comedian was known as ‘The Cheeky Chappie’?
Answer: Max Miller
Question: In which year was live television coverage of the Olympic Games available internationally for the first time?
Answer: 1956
Question: Which is the smallest instrument in the flute family?
Answer: Piccolo
Question: Which spirit is traditionally used to make the cocktail Mint Julep?
Answer: Bourbon whiskey
Question: Which two creatures are supporting the shield on the Australian coat of arms?
Answer: Kangaroo and emu
Question: Which US First Lady had an English Springer Spaniel called Millie?
Answer: Barbara Bush
Question: Pumpernickel is what type of foodstuff?
Answer: Bread
Question: Which athlete became ‘The world’s fastest man’ at the 2008 Beijing Olympics?
Answer: Usain Bolt
Question: On which part of the body would a terai be worn?
Answer: Head
Question: Disney’s Magic Kingdom, near Orlando, Florida, opened in which year?
Answer: 1971
Question: Who directed the 1988 film ‘The Adventures of Baron Munchausen’?
Answer: Terry Gilliam
Question: How many metres are in a nautical mile?
Answer: 1852
Question: What is the world’s oldest currency still in use?
Answer: Pound sterling
Question: What is the area dialling code for Liverpool, England?
Answer: 0151
Question: What is the cube root of 512?
Answer: 8
Question: How many cards are dealt to each player in a game of contract rummy?
Answer: 11
Question: Which type of seeds are traditionally used in a recipe for seed cake?
Answer: Caraway seeds
Question: Scrumpy is a type of which alcoholic drink?
Answer: Cider
Question: At which temperature do Fahrenheit and Celsius meet?
Answer: -40 degrees
Question: Which late singer was known as the ‘Electric Poet’?
Answer: Jim Morrison
Question: An atoll is formed by which natural substance?
Answer: Coral
Question: What are the names of Peter Rabbit’s sisters in ‘The Tale of Peter Rabbit’ by Beatrix Potter?
Answer: Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail
Question: Bridgeport is the largest city by population in which US state?
Answer: Connecticut
Question: In which year were women first allowed to participate in the Olympic Games?
Answer: 1900
Question: Which two countries jointly hosted the 2002 FIFA World Cup?
Answer: South Korea and Japan
Question: Helminthology is the study of which creatures?
Answer: Worms
Question: What is the sediment at the bottom of a wine barrel called after fermentation?
Answer: Lees
Question: The Pieniny National Park is in which European country?
Answer: Poland
Question: Joseph Wiseman played which James Bond villain?
Answer: Dr Julius No
Question: In the children’s tv series, what is the name of Bob the Builder’s cat?
Answer: Pilchard
Question: Garter, Chevron, Pavilion and Windmill are all terms used in which handicraft?
Answer: Knitting
Question: What was the name of the restaurant opened by Lily Savage and Loyd Grossman in the UK tv soap ‘Brookside’?
Answer: Grants Restaurant
Question: ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf’ is the work of which American dramatist?
Answer: Edward Albee
Question: How many medals did Germany win in the 2002 Winter Olympic Games?
Answer: 36
Question: Split Mountain is in which US state?
Answer: California
Question: Which Mediterranean island do Kevin and Perry holiday on in the 2000 film ‘Kevin and Perry Go Large’?
Answer: Ibiza
Question: In the game ‘Doom’, which planet is the space marine posted to after assaulting his commanding officer?
Answer: Mars
Question: In the computer game ‘The Sims’, how many Simoleons does each family start the game with?
Answer: 20,000
Question: Launched in North America in 1998 Playstation game’s opening song is a Chemical Brothers remix of the Manic Street Preachers song ‘Everything Must Go’?
Answer: Gran Turismo
Question: In video games, what colour is Pac-Man?
Answer: Yellow
Question: ‘Black Ops’ is the subtitle of which game?
Answer: Call of Duty
Question: The Pitt Rivers Museum is in which English city?
Answer: Oxford
Question: Geel is Dutch for which colour?
Answer: Yellow
Question: What is the name of the sea which lies between the Philippines and Borneo?
Answer: The Sulu Sea
Question: Entomomania is a compulsive fascination with which type of creatures?
Answer: Insects
Question: What is the name of the absent-minded inventor in the 1968 film ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’?
Answer: Caractacus Potts
Question: Which chemical element does ‘Li’ represent in the Periodic Table?
Answer: Lithium
Question: Which country is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest and Cambodia to the southwest?
Answer: Vietnam
Question: Regicide is the killing of who?
Answer: A king
Question: Who captained the England rugby union team in the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand?
Answer: Lewis Moody
Question: How many days are in a Leap Year?
Answer: 366
Question: In England and Wales, what is the date of the legal birthday for someone born on 29th February?
Answer: 1st March
Question: What is it traditional for women to do on 29th February?
Answer: Propose to men
Question: Which Saint was said to have set aside 29th February as the day that women were allowed to propose to men?
Answer: St. Patrick
Question: The Leap Year Cocktail, which consists of gin, Grand Marnier, sweet vermouth and lemon juice, was invented at which London hotel on 29th February 1928?
Answer: Savoy Hotel
Question: In which European country is it considered unlucky to marry on a Leap Day?
Answer: Greece
Question: Who played the role of dance instructor, Mrs Wilkinson, in the 2000 film Billy Elliot?
Answer: Julie Walters
Question: Which English snooker player is nicknamed ‘The Rocket’?
Answer: Ronnie O’Sullivan
Question: Who was TV puppet Lenny the Lion’s human partner?
Answer: Terry Hall
Question: What is the name of the prospector in the 1999 animated film ‘Toy Story 2’?
Answer: Stinky Pete
Question: Purbeck Marble originates from which English county?
Answer: Dorset
Question: In June 1938, Dr Douglas Hyde was elected the first President of which European country?
Answer: Ireland
Question: On an Ordnance Survey map, what does ‘PA’ represent?
Answer: Path
Question: Who became Speaker of the House of Commons in June 2009?
Answer: John Bercow
Question: Which musical instrument does Kermit the Frog play?
Answer: Banjo
Question: How many inches are in an imperial mile?
Answer: 63360
Question: The legend of ‘Lohengrin’ comes from which European country?
Answer: Germany
Question: Butt, Barrel and Butterfly are all types of what?
Answer: Hinge