zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: Established by Executive Order on March 1, 1961, the Peace Corps was originally headed up by what government department, before becoming independent in 1981?
Answer: Department of State
Question: March 3, 1923 saw the first issue of what weekly news magazine, the worlds largest with over 20 million domestic readers?
Answer: Time
Question: In music, what notation is used to indicate that the note is raised a half tone?
Answer: A sharp
Question: Home to Bank of America and the east coast operations of Wells Fargo, after they bought Wachovia, what Southern city is the second largest banking center in the US behind New York?
Answer: Charlotte, NC
Question: Born on March 16, 1959, what rap star, a member of Public Enemy, and reality tv star (The Surreal Life, Strange Love, and others) is probably best known for wearing large clock dangling from his neck?
Answer: Flavor Flav
Question: Know mostly for their extreme use of fart gags, Terrance and Phillip are popular Canadian celebrities on what animated TV show?
Answer: South Park
Question: Now known as the Dong Fang Ocean, what ship ran aground in Prince William Sound, dumping hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into the gulf of Alaska, the 54th largest spill in history?
Answer: Exxon Valdez
Question: By what name was the band of outlaws who accompanied Robin Hood on his many capers commonly known?
Answer: Merry Men
Question: March 31, 1917 saw the US take possession of the US Virgin Islands, after spending $25 million to buy them from what country?
Answer: Denmark
Question: Commonly called Seward's Folly, in honor of then Secretary of State William H. Seward, Alaska was purchased from what country in 1867?
Answer: Russia
Question: Comically treated with a cold steak, if someone is sporting a "shiner," what do they typically have?
Answer: a Black eye
Question: What one-eyed Oklahoma, who died in an crash outside Port Barrow, AK, was the first pilot to solo circumnavigate the world, in a mere 7 days and 19 hours?
Answer: Wiley Post
Question: April 6, 1930 saw the introduction of what Golden Sponge Cake with Creamy Filling, which was originally stuffed with banana?
Answer: Twinkie
Question: In honor of his passing on April 5, 2008, which actor made a career of starring in heroic roles such as Moses, Ben-Hur, and Colonel George Taylor, before spending 5 years heading up the NRA?
Answer: Charlton Heston
Question: Dr. Sam Beckett jumps from person to person to "put things right that once went wrong" in what 90s TV series that had a 5 year run on NBC?
Answer: Quantum Leap
Question: What is the common name of the military base in southern Nevada that is supposedly home to alien spacecraft and little green men?
Answer: Area 51
Question: On April 19, 1971, Judge Charles H Older sentenced Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel, Leslie Van Houten, and what major asshat to death for their roles in the deaths of Sharon Tate and 6 others in Los Angeles on the nights of August 8 and 9, 1969?
Answer: Charles Manson
Question: Although the younger of the two leagues by 25 years (and sometimes called the Junior Circuit), which league has won 62 of the 106 World Series games played since 1903? The National League? Or the American league?
Answer: American League
Question: What "important" day, started by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson (D-Wis), is celebrated in the U.S. on April 22, but by the U.N. on the day of the spring equinox?
Answer: Earth Day
Question: The oldest annual marathon in the world, what well known road race got its start on April 19, 1897 and attracts a world wide field of entrants each April?
Answer: Boston Marathon
Question: April 25, 1939 saw DC comics introduce what major super hero, their second major, who debuted in issue 27 of Detective Comics.
Answer: Batman
Question: What jewelry firm is perhaps best remembered for the exquisite jeweled eggs that were popular Easter time gifts at the turn of the 20th century?
Answer: House of Faberge
Question: On April 29, 1789, Lt William Bligh and 18 others were set adrift in a lifeboat as Fletcher Christian mutinied and took control of what famous ship?
Answer: HMS Bounty
Question: This year's honor goes to Tim Toone of Weber State, who earned what coveted title by being the last person chosen in the NFL draft?
Answer: Mr. Irrelevant
Question: April 30, 1803 saw Robert R. Livingston sign a treaty in Paris that allowed the United States to spend $15 million for what?
Answer: The Louisiana Purchase
Question: Accounting for approximately 84% of the earths mass, what is the layer that falls between the core and the crust?
Answer: Mantle
Question: April 25, 1939 saw the introduction by Bob Kane of what major comic book character, one of the most popular of all times, in issue #37 of Detective Comics?
Answer: Batman
Question: Which bruising 19th century American, the last of the bare knuckle boxing heavyweight champions, was the first athlete to earn over one million dollars?
Answer: John L. Sullivan
Question: May 7, 1945 saw which Axis member nation sign a treaty of unconditional surrender, ending their participation in WWII?
Answer: Germany
Question: What is the name given to the type of journalism created by Hunter Thompson in which reporters involve themselves in the action to such a degree that they become the central figures of their stories?
Answer: Gonzo
Question: May 14, 1804 saw what group break camp at Camp Dubois for 2 year expedition to the Pacific coast and back?
Answer: Corps of Discovery
Question: What state, known as Child of the Mississippi or the Pelican State, among others, joined the Union on April 30, 1812?
Answer: Louisiana
Question: Before scattering itself over Western Australia, May 14, 1973 saw the US launch what first ever space station, which orbited the earth for 6 years, even though it was only visited 3 times?
Answer: Skylab
Question: May 13, 1958 saw the trademark for what product, developed by Swiss engineer George de Mestral based on the hook and loop properties he observed on burrs on his dog following a hunt?
Answer: Velcro
Question: What can be a fictional president, a fruit cultivar, and a book of quotations?
Answer: Bartlett
Question: In Greek mythology, who was condemned to the eternal task of rolling a large stone up to the top of a hill each day, only to have it roll down again each night?
Answer: Sisyphus
Question: May 15, 1928 saw the introduction of what iconic character, when the 6 minute short Plane Crazy was publicly introduced, co starring Clarabelle Cow?
Answer: Mickey Mouse
Question: What famed Scottish author and physician, creator of Sherlock Holmes and The Lost World, had a birthday on the 22 May, 1859?
Answer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Question: What ancient Egyptian artifact, discovered by the French in 1799, was instrumental in deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics, before eventually giving its name to a brand of computer language training software?
Answer: Rosetta Stone
Question: Name the year: Paula Jones makes some unpleasant accusations against Bill Clinton; Monica Lewinsky affair broke; anti trust case is launched against Microsoft; Google is founded;
Answer: 1998
Question: What is the last name of the performer mauled by Montacore, one of his very special white tigers, in Las Vegas on October 3, 2003?
Answer: Horn
Question: Who took off from Roosevelt Field at 7:52 AM on May 20, 1927, in an attempt to pilot his Ryan NYP on the world's first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean?
Answer: Charles Lindbergh
Question: May 22, 1859 saw the birth, in Edinburgh, Scotland, of what famed writer, creator of the world's only consulting detective?
Answer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Question: During this week in 1940, the evacuation of 340,000 allied troops, known as Operation Dynamo, was accomplished from what French port city?
Answer: Dunkirk
Question: What 11 time Grammy award winner was born Robert Allen Zimmerman, in Duluth, MN, but took a stage name from a favorite Welsh poet?
Answer: Bob Dylan
Question: May 25, 1992 saw Jay Leno take the reins of the Tonight Show, following the retirement of what host, who had a 30 run behind the Burbank desk?
Answer: Johnny Carson
Question: May 26, 1868 saw the first impeachment trial in the US, when which US President, the 17th, was charged with illegally removing a cabinet member?
Answer: Andrew Johnson
Question: What English write, author of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and The Diamond Smugglers, plus dozens of others, lived on the Jamaican estate Goldeneye?
Answer: Ian Flemming
Question: In 1839, the estate of the late British scientist James Smithson made a large cash donation to the United States. After 8 years of congressional wrangling, what institution finally arose from the donation?
Answer: Smithsonian
Question: Which Latin phrase, which translates as 'this for that', is taken to mean a more-or-less equal exchange or substitution of goods or services?
Answer: Quid pro quo
Question: Designed to prevent sewer gas from passing back into your house, what is the name for the U-shaped pipe that connects below sink drains?
Answer: Trap
Question: Opening this week, the movie Prince of Persia: Sands of Time is the latest installment of the Prince of Persia franchise, which was originally created as a what:
Answer: Video Game
Question: What early Seattle grunge band, which shared a name with a CCR song, had former members who formed the nucleus of bands you might have heard of: Pearl Jam and Mudhoney?
Answer: Green River
Question: What name is given to the dessert consisting of ice cream on sponge cake covered with meringue and browned quickly in a hot oven?
Answer: Baked Alaska
Question: In what 1959 Peter Sellers movie does the Duchy of Grand Fenwick invade the US in an attempt to start a war so that the US will rebuild their nation following its victory?
Answer: The Mouse that Roared
Question: If I prank call a store asking if they have Prince Albert in a can, what type of product am I looking for?
Answer: Tobacco
Question: In the Peanuts comic strip, what titan of classical music, who spent his last years deaf, was idolized by the piano playing character Schroeder?
Answer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Question: June 8, 1955 saw the birth of Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, British engineer and computer scientist best known for inventing what modern convenience that nobody could get by without anymore?
Answer: World Wide Web
Question: The 1859 Pig War, which lasted until 1872, describes a conflict between the United States and Great Britain over what group of islands?
Answer: San Juan
Question: What real estate developer, casino owner, reality TV star, and potential 2012 presidential candidate celebrated his birthday on Tuesday?
Answer: Donald Trump
Question: On June 15, 1844, Charles Goodyear was granted a patent for the vulcanization of rubber, a process by which what element, represented by the symbol S, is added to rubber?
Answer: Sulfur
Question: Born on this day in 1971, what rapper, who was killed in a drive by shooting in Las Vegas in 1996, is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the highest-selling rap artist, with over 75 million albums sold worldwide, including 4 posthumous albums that have gone platinum or better?
Answer: Tupac Shakur
Question: It has long been thought that the Reverend Elijah Craig, of Georgetown, Ky, produce the first batch of what, on June 14, 1789?
Answer: Bourbon
Question: Founded on June 13, 1942, Wild Bill Donovan headed what wartime intelligence agency that eventually became the CIA?
Answer: O(ffice) of S(trategic) S(ervices)
Question: According to the moral of the Aesop fable The Milkmaid and The Pail, what should you never count before they're hatched?
Answer: Chickens
Question: June 23, 1941 saw the German army launch Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of what state?
Answer: The Soviet Union
Question: June 21, 1973, saw the US Supreme Court establish the Miller Test, which determines whether something is, or isnt, what?
Answer: Obscene
Question: Appearing on the big screen in July, what cartoon characters are the creation of Belgian cartoonist Peyo (Pieer Culliford), born on June 25, 1928?
Answer: The Smurfs
Question: Whom did Sitting Bull defeat at the battle of Little Bighorn on June 26, 1876, along with his brothers Thomas and Boston?
Answer: George Armstrong Custer
Question: Named for a famous Chicago bartender, what is the common name for a drink that has been spiked with a drug, usually chloral hydrate, given to someone in order to incapacitate them?
Answer: Mickey Finn
Question: First founded 182 years ago today, which organization requires a belief in the Great (or Grand) Architect of the Universe?
Answer: Freemasons
Question: Nero Wolfe, that famous detective created by Rex Stout, rarely leaves his house. What is the name of his able bodied assistant, who does all of Nero's legwork?
Answer: Archie Goodwin
Question: What moderately famous celebrity, who died on June 25, 2009, called the 2,800 acre Neverland ranch his home until 2006?
Answer: Michael Jackson
Question: Lead by total bad-ass Teddy Roosevelt, the Rough Rider charge up Kettle and San Juan hills happened on July 1, 1898 in what country?
Answer: Cuba
Question: Because we can never get enough vampires or werewolves, the 3rd installment of the Twilight saga is hit the big screen today. What is the name of the book on which it is based?
Answer: Eclipse
Question: The last contact coming from navigator Fred Noonan on July 2, 1937, who famously disappeared somewhere over the Central Pacific but was not declared dead until Jan 5, 1939?
Answer: Amelia Earhart
Question: What legendary guitarist, rock star (having released 31 albums over his career), radio and TV host is known as The Motor City Madman
Answer: Ted Nugent
Question: Ann Rules book The Stranger Beside Me, is about what serial killer, assumed to have murdered 35 people, before hitting the electric chair in Starke, Florida on January 24, 1989?
Answer: Ted Bundy
Question: June 27, 1963 saw the introduction of what no ubiquitous piece of technology, outside a Barclays Bank in Enfield, North London?
Answer: ATM
Question: What unit of area, named for the Old English word for "Open Field", was originally defined as the area that could be plowed by one man behind one ox in one day?
Answer: Acre
Question: The 2010 Tour de France kicked off on Saturday in what European city, with an 8.9 km prologue, followed by a 223.5 km sprint the following day?
Answer: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Question: Deriving its name from an old Icelandic word meaning erupt, what name is given to a natural hot spring that intermittently ejects steam and water into the air?
Answer: Geyser
Question: July 12th marks the anniversary of the first ever concert of the moderately famous band known as The Rolling Stones. In what year did this concert take place?
Answer: 1962
Question: Three musicians make a trio, while 4 comprise a quartet. How many musicians are there in a nonet?
Answer: 9
Question: What can be a medical condition caused by inadequate oxygen consumption, a suspension component, and a WNBA team?
Answer: Shock
Question: July 17, 1890 marked the death of what Scottish moral philosopher, considered the father of modern economics, who wrote such classics as An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations and The Theory of Moral Sentiments?
Answer: Adam Smith
Question: Commercial tuna fishing no longer uses nets, but mostly switched to using lines, due to public outcry over the accidental netting and subsequent killing of what marine animals?
Answer: Dolphins
Question: What famed fashion designer was gunned down outside his Miami home by certified asshat Andrew Cunanan on July 15, 1997?
Answer: Gianni Versace
Question: What kind of pet did Lord Byron supposedly keep in his rooms at Cambridge University because the rules clearly stated that dogs weren't permitted?
Answer: A bear
Question: Much to the dismay of Paul Simon, what Kodak product was recently retired after a 74 year run?
Answer: Kodachrome
Question: Seven years older, Mycroft is the more corpulent, more intelligent brother of whom?
Answer: Sherlock Holmes
Question: Although it was headquartered at Oak Ridge, TN, and the University of Chicago, what was the name of the WWII project that created the atomic bomb?
Answer: The Manhattan project
Question: The Oscar winning song "A Whole New World" accompanies Aladdin and Jasmine when they explore the world atop of what?
Answer: Magic Carpet
Question: July 18, 1969 saw the death of campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne, when a car driven by what famed politician went off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, MA, an accident from which he was the only survivor?
Answer: Ted Kennedy
Question: What comic strip, introduced by Aaron McGruder in 1999, features the characters Huey Freeman, a angry, cynical 10 year old boy, and his younger brother Riley, who is a fan of the thug life?
Answer: The Boondocks
Question: What famed martial artist, who died on July 20, 1970, is buried in Lakeview Cemetery up on Capitol Hill, next to his son, also a martial artist?
Answer: Bruce Lee
Question: A longtime resident of Jellystone National Park, what is the name of Yogi Bears long suffering girlfriend?
Answer: Cindy
Question: The movies Magnum Force, The Enforcer, Sudden Impact, and The Dead Pool, (plus an eponymous film), feature the exploits of what San Francisco police detective, played by none other than Clint Eastwood?
Answer: Dirty Harry Callahan
Question: For a point each, name the 2 countries surrounding the Oriental Republic of Uruguay.
Answer: Argentina, Brazil
Question: Said to be "nigh uncatchable", what ship, originally called the Wicked Wench, is captained by Jack Sparrow every chance he gets?
Answer: The Black Pearl
Question: Appearing on coins since 1864, and bills since its' official adoption, what became the official motto of the United States on July 30, 1956?
Answer: In God We Trust
Question: A widely debated topic in the halls of government these days, what is the current debt US ceiling, to the closest trillion dollars?
Answer: 14
Question: What daily comic strip, created by Jim Toomey in 1991, features an overweight, lazy shark, his wife Megan, a sea turtle named Fillmore, and crab named Hawthorne, among others?
Answer: Sherman's Lagoon
Question: Generally acknowledged as the father of role-playing games, Gary Gygax, along with Dave Arneson, was the mastermind behind what major game?
Answer: Dungeons & Dragons
Question: The phrase “If red touches yellow, you’re a dead fellow; if red touches black, you’re alright, Jack” is used to distinguish between different types of what?
Answer: Snakes
Question: In what Hasbro game do teams of players try and guess specific words from one of 5 categories, based upon their partners drawing ability?
Answer: Pictionary
Question: The FBI has recently announced that a "credible lead" has surfaced in the investigation of what famed hijacker, who commandeered a Northwest Orient flight in 1971?
Answer: D. B. Cooper
Question: What is the smallest denomination of bill available form our neighbors to the north, Canada?
Answer: $5
Question: Operation Desert Storm was the name given to the U.N. authorized attempt to oust Iraq from what country they illegally occupied?
Answer: Kuwait
Question: A follow up consequence of being banned from federal service for life, on August 5, 1981, President Ronald Reagan fired 11,345 members of what federal group were fired for illegally calling for a strike?
Answer: Air Traffic Controllers
Question: On August 9, 1944, The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring what iconic hat wearing, shovel carrying character for the first time?
Answer: Smokey the Bear
Question: August 8, 1908 saw which Wright brother, the one who didn't get to pilot the flyer the previous December at Kitty Hawk, make his first public flight in Le Mans, France?
Answer: Wilbur
Question: What now American tourist attraction that received its first visitor on August 11, 1934, was originally named by its’ Spanish discoverer as ‘The Island of the Pelicans’?
Answer: Alcatraz
Question: August 15th, 1969 saw the opening of 3 day music festival on Max Yasgurs farm that became known as Woodstock. In what state did the festival take place?
Answer: New York
Question: Tuesday marked the 48th birthday of what noted former Mariner, who has been an All-Star, a Gold Glove award winner, and a member of the Mariners Hall of Fame, and is nicknamed Bone?
Answer: Jay Buhner
Question: Known as North Star State, among several others, what was the 32nd state to join the Union on May 11, 1858?
Answer: Minnesota
Question: What noted comic book writer and former head of Marvel Comics, co-created such institutions as Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, and even had an appearance on The Simpsons?
Answer: Stan Lee
Question: What are persons who lack any sort of magical ability and are not born into the magical world called in the Harry Potter universe?
Answer: Muggles
Question: What branch of the US Armed Forces, founded in 1790, trains its officers at its academy in New London, Ct?
Answer: U.S. Coast Guard
Question: Based in Huntington, WV, what university, which lost a large portion of its football team in a 1970 airplane crash, calls its sports team the "Thundering Herd"?
Answer: Marshall
Question: Also known as the Genius Award, what is the name of the fellowship awarded annually to 20 to 40 US citizens, of any age and working in any field, who "show exceptional merit and promise for continued and enhanced creative work"?
Answer: MacArthur Fellows Program
Question: Held at Max Yasgur’s 600 acre diary farm, what event, which opened on Aug 15, 1969, was billed as “An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music”?
Answer: Woodstock
Question: What “church” has made millions selling its members “electro psychometer” like detectors?
Answer: Scientologists
Question: At what city did Bugs Bunny always belatedly realize, I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at?
Answer: Albuquerque
Question: During WWI, manufacturers of what product relabeled themselves as Liberty Cabbage to avoid anti-German sentiments?
Answer: Sauerkraut
Question: August 29, 1958 saw the birth of what "moderately famous" pop star, who married Lisa Marie Presley in 1994, Deborah Jeanne Rowe in 1996, and had a child with a yet unnamed surrogate mother in 2002?
Answer: Michael Jackson
Question: September 1, 1914 saw the last example of what species, which existed in enormous migratory flocks, sometimes containing more than two billion birds that could stretch one mile wide and 300 miles long, when Martha died at the Cincinnati Zoo?
Answer: Passenger Pigeon
Question: The 21st amendment to the US constitution, a happy occasion if ever there was one, officially repeals what previous constitutional amendment?
Answer: The 18th
Question: Castillo Del Morro is the recreated Spanish fort that stands over top of what Disney World ride?
Answer: Pirates of the Caribbean
Question: Known as an experiment in community, art, radical self-expression, and radical self-reliance, the Burning Man festival was held this year in the Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area in what US state?
Answer: Nevada
Question: At what Cuban battlefield did Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders attain fame, fortune, and glory during the Spanish American War?
Answer: Battle of San Juan Hill
Question: Including such improvements as the falling shuttle and a presser foot, what household item did Isaac Singer improve in 1851?
Answer: Sewing Machine
Question: What is the name for the raised portions on the neck of a stringed instrument, such as the guitar or banjo, which divide the neck into fixed segments?
Answer: Fret
Question: Name the 1989 Oscar winning movie from the IMDB plot summary: "An old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years."
Answer: Driving Miss Daisy
Question: What US government agency monitors investor fraud, insider trading scenarios, and other investment irregularities?
Answer: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Question: Novels in which genre are eligible for the Hugo award, with Robert J Sawyer's Wake having won this years award?
Answer: Science Fiction