zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: What American boxer, who celebrated his birthday on Monday, is the first in history to win 5 world titles in 5 different weight classes, and was nicknamed The Motor City Cobra or The Hitman?
Answer: Thomas Hearns
Question: How many sides does a rhombus have?
Answer: 4
Question: What's missing: Woods, putters, chippers
Answer: Irons
Question: Sunday marks the anniversary of the introduction of the game-changing IPod. In what year was it introduced?
Answer: 2001
Question: Who, or what, would you typically find inside a Habitrail?
Answer: Mice or hamsters
Question: Richard Francis Burton, who died the 20th of Oct, 1890, first translated Mallanaga Vatsyayana's instructive work in 1884 from its' native Sanskrit. What was the title of this book?
Answer: Kama Sutra
Question: In basketball it's called a tip off, while football has a kick off. What do they call the method to begin play in ice hockey?
Answer: Face off
Question: What was the name of the legendary, and as of yet undiscovered, city of gold which inspired the Spanish conquest of half of the Americas?
Answer: El Dorado
Question: Which hands-free children's Halloween party game began as contest to see who would be the first to marry in a new year?
Answer: Bobbing for apples
Question: What band worried that “You Shook Me All Night Long” before offering themselves as “Guns For Hire” which resulted in a “Touch Too Much” but were finally satisfied with “Moneytalks”?
Answer: AC/DC
Question: Used in place of a net, what is the name for the pole with a sharp hook on the end of it used to boat large fish?
Answer: Gaff
Question: Name the 2004 movie from its’ IMDB plot summary: “A hardened trainer/manager works with a determined woman in her attempt to establish herself as a boxer.”
Answer: Million Dollar Baby
Question: The Pips where the backing singers for what “Empress of Soul”?
Answer: Gladys Knight
Question: Valance, fitted and flat are all types of what?
Answer: Sheets
Question: Book Stieg Larsson – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest
Answer: The Girl Who Played with Fire
Question: In the human body, what is the name for the muscle that covers the shoulder?
Answer: Deltoid
Question: From the Latin for Kalium, what element, with an atomic number of 19, uses the symbol K?
Answer: Potassium
Question: Now, I don't want to get off on a rant here, but which comedian, former SNL cast member, and MNF color man, was born on Nov 3, 1953? Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong.
Answer: Dennis Miller
Question: Also known as a fixed partial denture, what is the name for a dental restoration used to replace a missing tooth by permanently joining a missing tooth to adjacent teeth?
Answer: Bridge
Question: What can be a dental restoration, a Seattle hill, or headgear?
Answer: Crown
Question: For a point each, name the 7 countries surrounding the Republic of Hungary.
Answer: Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia
Question: With a name that translates as gorilla whale, what mythical creature, who had his debut on Nov 3, 1954, has battled such enemies as King Ghidorah, Gigan, and Motrha?
Answer: Godzilla
Question: What is the oldest, continuously published magazine in the United States, with its first issue hitting the stands on August 28, 1845?
Answer: Scientific American
Question: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a US federal agency, is headquartered in what U.S. city?
Answer: Atlanta
Question: What can be a dressing, a language, and a condiment company?
Answer: French
Question: As measured by a sphygmomanometer, what are the two components that make up a blood pressure measurement?
Answer: Systolic and diastolic
Question: Junior Achievement was founded in 1919 with the goal of preparing high school students for a future in what?
Answer: Business
Question: Now making a career as a pop singer and actress, who was the first African-American woman to win the Miss America crown, which she held for 10 months, before being forced to resign over the imminent publication of nude photos?
Answer: Vanessa Williams
Question: Born in November, 1431, Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia had a more common nickname, translating as Son of the Dragon, which inspired what Bram Stroker character?
Answer: Dracula
Question: What long running comic strip character, created by Chester Gould, is described as a hard-hitting, fast-shooting and intelligent police detective with a love of trench coats and fedoras?
Answer: Dick Tracy
Question: The bestselling novels The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, by the late Steig Larsson, are popularly known by what name, taken from the place of employment of the main protagonist?
Answer: Millennium series
Question: What was the name for the tax protest that ran from 1791-1794 staged by western Pennsylvanian farmers protesting a federal tax on liquor and distilled beverages?
Answer: Whiskey Rebellion
Question: What long running children's TV series, produced by The Children's Television Workshop, was first aired on Nov 10, 1969 and has broadcast 4212 shows to date?
Answer: Sesame Street
Question: According to the nursery rhyme, Monday's child is full of grace. Which child is loving and giving?
Answer: Fridays
Question: For what reason did Old West legend John Henry "Doc" Holliday, friends with Wyatt and Virgil Earp, get his nickname?
Answer: He was a dentist
Question: In the Parker Brothers game Pit, what type of items are featured on the cards that are traded during play?
Answer: Commodities
Question: I Can't Believe I Ate the Whole Thing was the advertising slogan for what company?
Answer: Alka-Seltzer
Question: Dogs have sweat glands in their nose and where else?
Answer: Paws
Question: Name the year: Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi of Iran is booted; the Hood Canal bridge sinks; Jimmy Carter is attacked by the infamous Swamp Rabbit; The Sonics won their only championship; Iran takes 53 members of the US Embassy hostage for 444 days; Star Trek: The Motion Picture is released
Answer: 1979
Question: The logo for Mack Trucks features what animal?
Answer: Bulldog
Question: Who is the current vice president of the United States?
Answer: Joe Biden
Question: How many herbs and spices make up the Colonels secret recipe?
Answer: 11
Question: According to the proverb, what is said to be the mother of invention?
Answer: Necessity
Question: Which animal answers the question "How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?"
Answer: Owl
Question: 1965 saw the debut of Poppin Fresh, who along with his extended family Poppie Fresh, GrandPopper and GranMommer, Biscuit, Flapjack, Popper, Bun-Bun, and Rollie, is the advertising mascot for what company?
Answer: Pillsbury
Question: Miso, tofu, and shoyu all come from what legume?
Answer: Soybean
Question: What candy company is responsible for M&Ms, Milky Way, Snickers, and Twix bars, among others?
Answer: Mars
Question: Known as The Gem State, what was the 43rd state to join the Union on Jul 3, 1890?
Answer: Idaho
Question: Operated jointly by the Army and Air Force, what is the name for the large military base just south of Tacoma?
Answer: Joint Base Lewis-McChord
Question: Hailing from Hannibal, Mo, and portrayed by Harry Morgan, who lead the company of screwball doctors for 7 seasons on the hit TV series M*A*S*H?
Answer: Col. Sherman T. Potter
Question: Nov 15, 1969 saw founder Dave Thomas open the first of what chain restaurants, now the world's third largest, in Columbus, OH?
Answer: Wendy's
Question: Which Hall of Fame is located in Cleveland, OH?
Answer: Rock and Roll
Question: With a top wind speed of 380 mph, the Fujita scale is used to measure what?
Answer: Tornados
Question: The Simpsons is the longest running animated series in TV history. What show that aired on Fox is the second longest?
Answer: King of the Hill
Question: What frozen food item is Mama Celeste associated with?
Answer: Pizza
Question: Portrayed in a Seinfeld episode and a John Travolta movie, what colloquialism is used to describe a person who must live in a microbiologically sterile environment for medical reasons?
Answer: Bubble Boy
Question: What can be a tool used in gold mining, a Greek god, and a prefix meaning all?
Answer: Pan
Question: "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds" is often, and erronously, thought to be the motto of what US government agency?
Answer: Post Office
Question: What is the longest mountain chain in North America?
Answer: Rockies
Question: Name the artist and the song title: We’re leaving together But still it’s farewell And maybe we’ll come back To earth, who can tell? I guess there is no one to blame We’re leaving ground Will things ever be the same again?
Answer: Europe, The Final Countdown
Question: The Caruncle, Snood, and Wattle can all be found where?
Answer: The head of a turkey
Question: First awarded on Feb 22, 1932, what military decoration is awarded to those who have been wounded or killed while serving on or after April 5, 1917 with the U.S. military?
Answer: Purple Heart
Question: Name the year: Pixar Animation opens it's doors; Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates 73 seconds after launch; Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's secret vault on TV; The Statue of Liberty is reopened; Fox Broadcasting is born;
Answer: 1986
Question: Boris Badenov, Natasha Fatale, and Fearless Leader are routinely thwarted in their various nefarious plots by what famous duo?
Answer: Rocky the Flying Squirrel and Bullwinkle the Moose
Question: What noted statesman once expressed a preference for the turkey instead of the bald eagle as the national bird of the U.S.?
Answer: Benjamin Franklin
Question: A tip-off starts a basketball game and a kickoff begins football. What action begins a hockey match?
Answer: Faceoff
Question: What drink consists of 5 parts Vodka, 2 parts Coffee liqueur, and 3 parts fresh cream?
Answer: White Russian
Question: Mario Batali, Cat Cora, Bobby Flay, Masaharu Morimoto and Micael Symon compete on what show?
Answer: Iron Chef: America
Question: What Washington city, incorporated on Nov 29, 1881, uses the motto Near Nature, Near Perfect?
Answer: Spokane
Question: By assets and market capitalization, what is the largest bank in the US?
Answer: JPMorgan Chase & Co
Question: On a traditional statue of the courtroom standard Lady Justice, she holds a set of scales in her left hand and what item in the other?
Answer: Sword
Question: Not counting hybrid clubs, a standard golf club bag includes Woods, wedges, chippers, putters, and what?
Answer: Irons
Question: Using the word correctly, if something is 'decimated', by what percentage is it reduced?
Answer: Ten percent
Question: According to the song, who left Kenny Rogers with four hungry children and crops in the field?
Answer: Lucille
Question: What is the most populous city in the great state of Alaska?
Answer: Anchorage
Question: What nursery rhyme concludes with Violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and so are you?
Answer: Roses are red
Question: By what name, shared by a Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman movie, do the sports teams from The University of Alabama play?
Answer: The Crimson Tide
Question: Name the year: The Euro becomes official currency; Mandalay Bay opens in Vegas; Columbine; SpongeBob SquarePants debuts; Lance Armstrong wins his first Tour de France; WTO riots paralyze Seattle;
Answer: 1999
Question: Currently the 3rd most popular search engine, what is the name of Microsoft's competitor to Google?
Answer: Bing
Question: What American actor, born on Dec 8, 1936, was equally famous for his role as Caine on TVs Kung Fu and for dying in a Bangkok hotel closet in a case of autoerotic asphyxiation gone awry?
Answer: David Carradine
Question: In the board game Operation, which ailment requires the removal of a small, plastic wrench?
Answer: Wrenched Ankle
Question: Born on Dec 9, 1886, which Brooklyn, NY resident invented the process of flash freezing food to prevent damage to the food?
Answer: Clarence Birdseye
Question: From the Greek for a district in Thessaly, what element, whit the atomic number of 12, uses the symbol Mg?
Answer: Magnesium
Question: December 7, 1863 saw the birth of what businessman, who along with business partner Alvah C Roebuck, opened their first store in Chicago in 1886?
Answer: Richard Warren Sears
Question: According to the modern NFL rules, what is the range of numbers that a quarterback can wear?
Answer: 1-19
Question: What youth groups motto is “Be Prepared”?
Answer: Boy Scouts
Question: On December 8th, 1941, FDR delivered his famous "a date that will live in infamy" speech. To what was he referring?
Answer: The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Question: What famous 1898 volunteer military unit was named after the members of Buffalo Bill's famous Wild West show?
Answer: Roosevelt's Rough Riders
Question: What company advertises its products with the tag line “Life’s Good”?
Answer: LG
Question: Barak Obama was 47 at the time of his inauguration. Who was the youngest president, aged 42 at the time of his swearing in?
Answer: Teddy Roosevelt
Question: Whom did Time Magazine tab as their Person of the Year for 2011?
Answer: The Protestor
Question: What had Grandma been drinking too much of in the song 'Grandma got run over by a reindeer'?
Answer: Egg nog
Question: On December 14, 1972, Eugene Cernan became the last man to do what, when he followed Harrison Schmitt into the ALM?
Answer: Set foot on the moon
Question: What were the two sides facing off against each other in the 70s video tape format wars?
Answer: Betamax and VHS
Question: According to the nursery rhyme, who “stole a pig and away did run”?
Answer: Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son
Question: With an accepted height of 11,249 feet, what is the tallest mountain in Oregon, and the 4th highest in the Cascades?
Answer: Mount Hood
Question: In the motion picture industry, what does a gaffer do?
Answer: Electrician
Question: What radio station do you find at 950 on your local AM dial?
Answer: KJR
Question: Stop, drop, and roll was drilled in your head in elementary school if you ever caught on fire. What did they expect you to do in the case of a nuclear attack?
Answer: Duck and Cover
Question: According to the classic 12 Days of Christmas song, what group were there 11 of?
Answer: Pipers Piping
Question: Which Gilligans Island character had the unique ability to construct just about anything necessary to survive from coconuts and bamboo (including a way to recharge batteries), but couldn't be arsed to fix a 2 foot hole in a boat?
Answer: The Professor
Question: Immortalized in an 1851 painting by Emmanuel Gottlieb Leutze, which river did George Washington cross on Christmas night in 1776 before attacking the Hessian forces during the Battle of Trenton?
Answer: The Delaware
Question: What cocktail consists of 1.5 oz Gin, .5oz Applejack, 4 dashes Grenadine, the juice of 1/2 Lemon, and 1 egg white?
Answer: Pink Lady
Question: Olive the Other what is a Christmas book by Vivian Walsh and J Otto Seibold?
Answer: Reindeer
Question: For a point each, name the 5 countries surrounding the place where Santa Klaus is both rumored to live and is known as Father Frost, Kazakhstan.
Answer: Russia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan
Question: According to the nursery rhyme, who couldnt put humpty back together again?
Answer: All the kings horses and all the kings men
Question: Which American-born Sinclair won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1930?
Answer: Sinclair Lewis
Question: Which city does David Soul come from?
Answer: Chicago
Question: Which William wrote the novel Lord Of The Flies?
Answer: Golding
Question: What are the international registration letters of a vehicle from Algeria?
Answer: DZ
Question: Who wrote the novel Evening Class?
Answer: Maeve Binchy
Question: In which branch of the arts does Allegra Kent work?
Answer: Ballet
Question: Who had a 70s No 1 hit with Billy, Don't Be A Hero?
Answer: Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods
Question: Who directed 2001: A Space Odyssey?
Answer: Stanley Kubrick
Question: Ezzard Charles was a world champion in which sport?
Answer: Boxing
Question: Who became US Vice President when Spiro Agnew resigned?
Answer: Gerald Ford
Question: Which series had the characters Felix Unger and Oscar Madison?
Answer: The Odd Couple
Question: Which actor had a Doberman Pinscher called Kirk?
Answer: William Shatner
Question: The US signed a treaty with which country to allow the construction of the Panama Canal?
Answer: Columbia
Question: Man In The Mirror first featured on which Michel Jackson album?
Answer: Bad
Question: The Queen Elizabeth liner was destroyed by fire in the 70s in which harbour?
Answer: Hong Kong
Question: Phil Collins appeared in which Spielberg film with Robin Williams?
Answer: Hook
Question: To the nearest million, what is the population of London, England?
Answer: 7 million
Question: In 1999 Anna Kournikova signed a lucrative contract to model what?
Answer: Bras
Question: In which country was Ursula Andrews born?
Answer: Switzerland
Question: In The Banana Splits what sort of animal was Snorky?
Answer: Elephant
Question: On a computer keyboard which letter is between A and D?
Answer: S
Question: Which branch of medicine is concerned with disorders of the blood?
Answer: Haematology
Question: What is the correct name of laughing gas?
Answer: Nitrous oxide
Question: Which country was called Upper Volta until 1984?
Answer: Burkina Faso
Question: On the border of which two countries is Victoria Falls?
Answer: Zambia and Zimbabwe
Question: Who wrote the novel Cry, the Beloved Country about South Africa?
Answer: Alan Paton
Question: What is the capital of Kenya?
Answer: Nairobi
Question: In which country are the towns of Gweru and Kwekwe?
Answer: Zimbabwe
Question: Which song say, "The words of the prophet are written on the subway walls?"
Answer: Sound of Silence
Question: Who sang the title song for the Bond film A View To A Kill?
Answer: Duran Duran
Question: In which year was CNN founded?
Answer: 1980
Question: In basketball where do the Celtics come from?
Answer: Boston
Question: Who was born first, Susan Sarandon or Glenn Close?
Answer: Susan Sarandon
Question: In which musical do the sweeps sing Chim Chim Cheree?
Answer: Mary Poppins
Question: In which decade did golfer Gary Player last win the British Open?
Answer: 70s
Question: Where was the peace treaty signed that brought World War I to an end?
Answer: Versailles
Question: Which company first manufactured the electric toothbrush?
Answer: Squibb
Question: Which actor bought the island of Tetiaroa?
Answer: Marlon Brando
Question: What was the main color of a Storm trooper in Star Wars?
Answer: White
Question: In which decade did the Jackson 5 sign to Motown?
Answer: 1960s
Question: Leslie Nielsen trained in which of the armed services in WWII?
Answer: Royal Canadian
Question: In which state is Camp David?
Answer: Maryland
Question: Who had an 80s No 1 with Don't You Want Me?
Answer: Human League
Question: Which star of Hannah And Her Sisters has a child called Free?
Answer: Barbara Hershey
Question: Who had 70s hits with Have You Seen Her and Oh Girl?
Answer: Chi-Lites
Question: Will Rogers airport was built in which US state?
Answer: Oklahoma
Question: Who was the Lone Ranger's great grand-nephew?
Answer: The Green Hornet
Question: How many husbands did the Wife of Bath have, as reported in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales?
Answer: Five
Question: What words did Lewis Carroll combine to come up with the term "chortle" in Through a Looking-Glass?
Answer: Chuckle and snort
Question: What was the maiden name of Blondie Bumstead, the comic-strip wife of hapless Dagwood Bumstead?
Answer: Boopadoop
Question: What did L. Fran Baum, author of the The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, call his home in Hollywood?
Answer: Ozcot
Question: Who were the parents of King Solomon?
Answer: David and Bathsheba
Question: What is the name of Dr. Seuss's egg-hatching elephant?
Answer: Horton
Question: What famous book begins: "Chug, chug, chug. Puff, puff, puff"?
Answer: The Little Engine that Could
Question: What was Scarlett O'Hara's real first name?
Answer: Katie
Question: Tess Trueheart is the wife of what comic strip character?
Answer: Dick Tracy
Question: On a computer keyboard, which letter is between G ad J?
Answer: H
Question: In which town or city was General Motors founded?
Answer: Flint, Michigan
Question: In which US state was Tennessee Williams born?
Answer: Mississippi
Question: What state had its bi-centenary of joining the Union a year after North Carolina?
Answer: Rhode Island
Question: With which instrument was Charlie Christian associated?
Answer: Guitar
Question: In which country is the Howrah bridge?
Answer: India
Question: What was Oliver Hardy's real first name?
Answer: Norvell
Question: Which famous actress was born on exactly the same day as gymnast Olga Korbut?
Answer: Debra Winger
Question: The Porcaro Brothers featured in which group?
Answer: Toto
Question: What was the first name of the original food manufacturer Mr. Heinz?
Answer: Henry
Question: Panama proclaimed independence in 1903 from which country?
Answer: Columbia
Question: How old was Ronald Reagan when he became US President?
Answer: 69
Question: Which pioneering aviator had a plane called Percival Gull?
Answer: Jean Batten
Question: Who signed the Pacific Security Treaty with the USA in 1951?
Answer: Australia & New Zealand
Question: How many miles long is the canal which links the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans?
Answer: 50 miles
Question: Who founded the off-Broadway theater where Hair had its premier?
Answer: Joseph Papp
Question: When was the Scrabble World championship first held?
Answer: 1991
Question: Which singer formed his own Berlee record label?
Answer: Del Shannon
Question: What was first published on 21st December 1913 in the New York World?
Answer: A crossword puzzle
Question: Which actor paid $93,500 for the baseball which rolled between Bill Buckner's legs in game six of the 1986 World Series?
Answer: Charlie Sheen
Question: Which brothers were Warner Bros' first major record success?
Answer: Everly
Question: Which artist created the Katzenjammer Kids?
Answer: Rudolph Dirks
Question: Who had a 60s No 1 hit with Johnny Angel?
Answer: Shelley Fabares
Question: Which country does the airline VIASA come from?
Answer: Venezuela
Question: Daryl Dragon used which name when he formed a 70s duo?
Answer: Captain
Question: Which country does the airline Sansa come from?
Answer: Costa Rica
Question: What was Elton John's first US No 1 hit?
Answer: Crocodile Rock
Question: In which English city is the Burrows Toy Museum?
Answer: Bath
Question: Where in the former Soviet Union was Yul Brynner born?
Answer: Siberia
Question: According to the modern Olympics founder Baron de Coubertin, "The essential thing is not conquering but..." what?
Answer: Fighting well
Question: Which country does the airline Ansett come from?
Answer: Australia
Question: According to Dateline figures, the highest percentage of male clients are in which profession?
Answer: Accountancy
Question: What is Uma Thurman's middle name?
Answer: Karuna
Question: In which country was Anjelica Huston born?
Answer: Ireland
Question: In the 70s George Lee was a world champion in which sport?
Answer: Gliding
Question: Who preceded Hosni Mubarak as President of Egypt?
Answer: Anwar El-Sadat
Question: What type of aid was developed my Miller Hutchinson in the early years of the 20th century?
Answer: Hearing Aid
Question: Who was Pope for the shortest length of time in the 20th century?
Answer: John Paul I
Question: Which gossip columnist was born in the same day as Sir Alexander Fleming who discovered penicillin?
Answer: Louella Parsons
Question: In which country was Sam Neill born?
Answer: N. Ireland
Question: Who was the second person to make a solo transatlantic flight?
Answer: Amelia Earhart
Question: In 1985 Terry Waite returned to Beirut after securing the release of four British hostages where?
Answer: Libya
Question: What was the autobiography of the first president of non-Apartheid South Africa called?
Answer: Long Walk To Freedom
Question: What was Mother Teresa's real first name?
Answer: Agnes
Question: Who was chairman of the Watergate hearings?
Answer: Sam Ervin