zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: How are `Mistress Ford' and `Mistress Page' known in the title of a Shakespeare play?
Answer: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Question: In Bram Stoker's 'Dracula', in which English town was Dracula washed ashore?
Answer: Whitby
Question: Which British scientist, working at CERN in 1994, developed and launched the World Wide Web?
Answer: Tim Berners-Lee
Question: What was the name of the car that featured in the TV programme `The Dukes of Hazzard'?
Answer: The General Lee
Question: Whose song, Only Want To Be With You', was the first to be played on 'Top of the Pops'?
Answer: Dusty Springfield
Question: Which author's first work was 'Babbling April' and his last 'The Tenth Man'?
Answer: Graham Greene
Question: Whose wife was Queen Adelaide after whom the Australian city is named?
Answer: WILLIAM IV
Question: Who was the "quiet" man bass player with Queen?
Answer: JOHN DEACON
Question: What is the first name of the character Ironside played by Raymond Burr?
Answer: ROBERT
Question: Which chart topping band is made up of the Followill brothers Caleb, Nathan and Jared and their cousin Matthew?
Answer: KINGS OF LEON
Question: Who introduces the TV Quiz Show "Pointless"?
Answer: ALEXANDER ARMSTRONG
Question: Which breed of dog takes its name from the Russian word meaning fast or swift?
Answer: BORZOI
Question: In which year was construction of the Berlin Wall started?
Answer: 1961
Question: Bempton Cliffs in Yorkshire form the only British Mainland colony for which bird?
Answer: GANNET
Question: Whose portrait was painted by the fictional artist Basil Hallward?
Answer: DORIAN GRAY
Question: The 2009 film "Telstar" told the story of which record producer?
Answer: JOE MEEK
Question: In which US state is Fort Sumter where the first shots were fired in the American Civil War?
Answer: SOUTH CAROLINA
Question: Chris Haney who died in June 2010 aged 59 was co-creator of which board game?
Answer: TRIVIAL PURSUIT
Question: What unit of measurement is equivalent to nine gallons?
Answer: FIRKIN
Question: What is the name of the mausoleum near Windsor where Queen Victoria and Prince Albert are buried?
Answer: Frogmore
Question: Which of the British pre-decimalisation coins portrayed a portcullis on its reverse side?
Answer: Threepenny piece
Question: On which radio programme has Evan Davis been a regular presenter since April 2008?
Answer: Today
Question: On which river does the Kariba Dam stand?
Answer: Zambezi
Question: By what name is the medical condition Pertussis more commonly known?
Answer: Whooping Cough
Question: Bathsheba Everdene is the female protagonist of which Thomas Hardy novel?
Answer: Far From the Madding Crowd
Question: Which daughter of Minos of Crete gave Theseus the thread which enabled him to find his way out of the labyrinth?
Answer: Ariadne
Question: Who wrote the opera 'The Girl of the Golden West'?
Answer: Giacomo Puccini
Question: Which championship golf course has holes named 'Flowering Crab Apple', 'Firethorn' and 'Azalea'?
Answer: Augusta
Question: In the Bible, on the road to where did Cleopas encounter Jesus?
Answer: Emmaus
Question: Which author created the character Simon Templar?
Answer: Leslie Charteris
Question: Hydrargyrum is another name for which chemical element?
Answer: Mercury
Question: The Petronas Towers, the world's tallest twin towers, are in which Asian city?
Answer: Kuala Lumpur
Question: Name the former Metropolitan Police Commander convicted in 2010 of perverting the course of justice and sentenced to 4 years imprisonment.
Answer: Ali Dizaei
Question: Titus Oates was a ringleader of the Popish plot to kill which English King in 1678?
Answer: Charles II
Question: Film director Sam Mendes was married to which actress?
Answer: Kate Winslet
Question: Trade union leader Jack Dromey is married to which politician?
Answer: Harriet Harman
Question: What name is given to the tall slim, stemmed glasses in which sparkling wine should be served?
Answer: Flutes
Question: In which European country is Cascais Beach?
Answer: Portugal
Question: In which country, which has a coastline on the eastern Mediterranean, is the red wine Chateau Musar produced?
Answer: Lebanon
Question: In Greek mythology, Elektra was the daughter of which king?
Answer: Agamemnon
Question: In June 2010, Daniel Westling married Crown Princess Victoria of which country?
Answer: Sweden
Question: From which author's story was the opera 'The Barber of Seville' taken?
Answer: Beaumarchais
Question: Dave Lamb is a commentator on which food orientated TV programme?
Answer: Come Dine With Me
Question: What part of the body is affected by glossitis?
Answer: The Tongue
Question: Which river flows through Shrewsbury?
Answer: Severn
Question: Who first stated that patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel?
Answer: Samuel Johnson
Question: In the human body what is produced by the lachrymal glands?
Answer: Tears
Question: What do we call the point in the orbit of a planet at which the planet is nearest to the Sun?
Answer: Perihelion
Question: Who was the Spanish adventurer who conquered Peru in the 16th century?
Answer: (Francisco) Pizarro
Question: In which country does the Zambezi river empty into the Indian ocean?
Answer: Mozambique
Question: In which country is the confluence of the White Nile and the Blue Nile?
Answer: Sudan
Question: Name the only novel by Emily Bronte?
Answer: Wuthering Heights
Question: Give another name for Kaolin.
Answer: China Clay
Question: In which year was the dwarf planet Pluto discovered?
Answer: 1930
Question: In which sport are penalties awarded to the opposing team for clipping, holding and hooking?
Answer: Ice Hockey
Question: Who was Indira Gandhi's father?
Answer: (Pandit Jawaharlal) Nehru
Question: Stewart Island is the third largest island of which Commonwealth country?
Answer: New Zealand
Question: Which aircraft company manufactured the Spitfire?
Answer: Supermarine
Question: Whose first novel 'The Hunt for Red October' was published in 1984?
Answer: Tom Clancy
Question: At which resort did Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin meet in a major conference in February 1945?
Answer: Yalta
Question: Which was Shakespeare's shortest play?
Answer: The Comedy of Errors
Question: Which country is the largest producer of tungsten (75% of world's output)?
Answer: China
Question: Who in 1968 was the first cricketer to be officially recorded as scoring a six off every ball in a six ball over in first class cricket?
Answer: Gary Sobers
Question: Who was Lieutenant Gerard Chasing for four years in the TV series The Fugitive?
Answer: RICHARD KIMBLE
Question: Which Egyptian God had the head of a falcon?
Answer: HORUS
Question: What is the former name of Cape of Good Hope?
Answer: THE CAPE OF STORMS
Question: Which is the nearest British town to Beachy Head?
Answer: EASTBOURNE
Question: Who said guns will make us powerful but butter will make us fat?
Answer: HERMAN GOERING
Question: Which film classic was based around the Boxer Rebellion?
Answer: 55 DAYS AT PEKING
Question: Who had a mistress called Clara Petacci?
Answer: BENITO MUSSOLINI
Question: The former Labour Minister Gerald Kaufman has his constituency in which city?
Answer: MANCHESTER
Question: What is the Latin name for the star constellation known in English as 'The Flying Horse'?
Answer: PEGASUS
Question: What is the English name for the star constellation Aquila?
Answer: THE EAGLE
Question: Bigos, a form of sauerkraut, is a national dish from which country?
Answer: POLAND
Question: The tallest cathedral in France is to be found in which Northern city?
Answer: AMIENS
Question: Hilary Mantel won the 2009 Man Booker Prize with which novel?
Answer: WOLF HALL
Question: Stefani Germanotta is better known in the pop music world as whom?
Answer: LADY GAGA
Question: The grape variety `syrah' takes its name from which town in Iran?
Answer: SHIRAZ
Question: Which singer had a number one hit in 2003 with 'Slow'?
Answer: KYLIE MINOGUE
Question: Who was the trainer of the 2010 Grand National winning horse Don't Push It?
Answer: JONJO O'NEILL
Question: Held during the Boer War, what nickname was given to the UK General Election of 1900?
Answer: THE KHAKI ELECTION
Question: Which astronaut, on whose book the movie was based, was played by Tom Hanks in the 1995 film `Apollo 13'?
Answer: JIM LOVELL
Question: In which Welsh castle was the future King Henry VII born?
Answer: PEMBROKE
Question: In which of her palaces did Queen Elizabeth the First die?
Answer: RICHMOND
Question: Which theme park in North Yorkshire has the longest roller coaster in the UK, 'The Ultimate'?
Answer: LIGHTWATER VALLEY
Question: Which sub-region of Aquitaine in South West France is known for its brandy?
Answer: ARMAGNAC
Question: Who composed an opera about the Shakespeare character Sir John Falstaff?
Answer: VERDI
Question: Hashim Amla has played test cricket for which country?
Answer: SOUTH AFRICA
Question: Brer Rabbit stories originated as Cherokee myths but which author compiled the Brer Rabbit stories?
Answer: JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS
Question: Before Hilary Clinton became Secretary of State under Barack Obama for which state was she a US Senator?
Answer: NEW YORK STATE
Question: What breed of animal is a "Bluefaced Leicester"?
Answer: A SHEEP
Question: Which actress was born with the real name Hyena Vasilievna Mironov?
Answer: HELEN MIRREN
Question: Bernis Leadon and Randy Meisner were among the founder members of which American group?
Answer: The Eagles
Question: What was the Christian name of Winston Churchill's wife?
Answer: Clementine
Question: Which Scottish Loch is the deepest freshwater lake in the British Isles?
Answer: Loch Morar
Question: In which Alfred Hitchcock film of 1956 did Doris Day sing 'Que Sera, Sera'?
Answer: The Man Who Knew too Much
Question: Which was Alfred Hitchcock's last film made in 1976?
Answer: Family Plot
Question: Who was the first woman to run for the vice-presidency of the United States?
Answer: Geraldine Ferraro
Question: Who won the Oscar for Best Director at the 2010 awards?
Answer: Kathryn Bigelow
Question: What name is given to the French version of the Tote betting system?
Answer: Pari-Mutuel
Question: In which US state is the Big Sur coast?
Answer: California
Question: Brandon Flowers is the singer with which group?
Answer: The Killers
Question: Who hosts the BBC TV quiz show 'Pointless'?
Answer: Alexander Armstrong
Question: Eugene Onegin and The Queen of Spades were operas by which composer?
Answer: Tchaikovsky
Question: In 2010, Carlos Slim became the first non-American since 1994 to top Forbes list of billionaires, what is his nationality?
Answer: Mexican
Question: What is the name of the music website founded by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon and launched in 2008?
Answer: Spotify
Question: In the Stephen King book 'Christine', who or what is Christine?
Answer: A car
Question: According to Kenneth Graham (in Wind in the Willows) there is "nothing - absolutely nothing half so much worth doing as ..." what?
Answer: (simply) messing about in boats
Question: Who painted 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' in 1665?
Answer: Johannes Vermeer
Question: Who was Poet Laureate for the longest period (42 years from 1850 to 1892)?
Answer: Alfred Lord Tennyson
Question: Which South American country is bordered by Guyana to the west and French Guiana to the east?
Answer: Suriname
Question: Albert Einstein was appointed Professor of Theoretical Physics at which Ivy League University in 1933?
Answer: Princeton
Question: Which form of dementia is named after a German psychiatrist who first described it in 1906?
Answer: Alzheimer's Disease
Question: Prohibition in the USA was enacted into law by the 'National Prohibition Act'. By what name was this popularly known?
Answer: THE VOLSTEAD ACT
Question: Which substance contained by most other plants, do fungi lack?
Answer: CHLOROPHYLL
Question: What sort of creature is the axolotl?
Answer: THE SALAMANDER
Question: Which of the 'big cats' has the Latin name `Panthera Onca'?
Answer: THE JAGUAR
Question: In which Gilbert & Sullivan Operetta would you see Ralph Rackstraw and Sir Joseph Porter?
Answer: HMS PINAFORE
Question: Which French painter painted 'The Death of Socrates' in 1787 and 'Leonidas at Thermopylae in 1814?
Answer: JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID
Question: Which singer wrote the hit songs 'My Way' for Frank Sinatra and 'She's A Lady' for Tom Jones?
Answer: PAUL ANKA
Question: What is the capital of the island nation of Mauritius?
Answer: PORT LOUIS
Question: Symond's Yat is a prominent rock feature on the banks of which British river?
Answer: THE WYE
Question: What unit of measurement is equal to 1,852 meters or 6,076 feet?
Answer: A NAUTICAL MILE
Question: In the human body which bone runs parallel to the ulna?
Answer: Radius
Question: Which culinary vegetable has the Latin name "Allium Sativum"?
Answer: Garlic
Question: What method of transport is sometimes known by the initials ACV?
Answer: Hovercraft
Question: In 1963 what was the first chart success of the Rolling Stones which reached number 21 in the charts?
Answer: Come On
Question: What is the more common name of the disease pertussis?
Answer: Whooping cough
Question: Which musical performer made famous the song 'Burlington Bertie'?
Answer: Ella Shields
Question: Modelled on the Spanish bullfight, in which country did the Paso Doble dance originate?
Answer: France
Question: What was the first name of Stradivari, who lived 1644-1737, and is famous as a manufacturer of stringed musical instruments?
Answer: Antonio
Question: There are three types of muscle in the human body: Skeletal, Smooth and which other?
Answer: Cardiac
Question: With which type of wine did Hannibal Lecter say he was going to wash down his Liver and Fava beans?
Answer: (A nice) Chianti
Question: Which of the five New York boroughs has the largest population?
Answer: Brooklyn
Question: Which prize-winning series of books by Julia Donaldson tell the story of a mouse taking a walk in a dark wood?
Answer: The Gruffalo
Question: The Battle of Dungeness was fought in which century?
Answer: 17th
Question: Which 1968 film starring Jane Fonda was based on the French comics created by Jean-Claude Forest?
Answer: Barbarella
Question: According to the Bible who was the mother of Esau and Jacob?
Answer: Rebekah
Question: Before embarking on her solo career, Nicole Scherzinger was best known as the lead singer in which girl group?
Answer: Pussycat Dolls
Question: Which company manufactured the World War 2 `Stuka' dive- bomber?
Answer: Junkers
Question: Which is the only vertebrate animal, not a bird that is able to maintain flight for any duration?
Answer: Bat
Question: Which National Trust property contains the lake from which Colin Firth emerged in a BBC TV adaptation of 'Pride and Prejudice'?
Answer: Lyme Park
Question: Which city stands at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers?
Answer: Belgrade
Question: Before embarking on her solo career, Beyonce Knowles was best known as the lead singer in which girl group?
Answer: Destiny's Child
Question: Who is the founder of the Wikileaks website?
Answer: Julian Assange
Question: Which model of Ford car took its name from an Italian alpine resort?
Answer: Cortina
Question: Whose film roles include Terry Malloy, Stanley Kowalski and Vito Corleone?
Answer: Marlon Brando
Question: Used in cookery in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, what is `Jaggery'?
Answer: Sugar
Question: John Galliano was dismissed from his post as chief designer at which fashion house?
Answer: Dior
Question: Give a year in the life of author/poet Edgar Alan Poe?
Answer: 1809-1849
Question: Who composed the "Threepenny Opera"?
Answer: KURT WEILL
Question: What is the name of the strait separating Norway and Denmark?
Answer: SKAGERRAK
Question: Gordon Brown is MP for which constituency?
Answer: KIRKCALDY AND COWDENBEATH
Question: In the Bible who was the wife of Boaz?
Answer: RUTH
Question: What part of the brain is predominantly associated with memory?
Answer: HIPPOCAMPUS
Question: On which West Indian island was cricketer Gary Sobers born?
Answer: BARBADOS
Question: In which English building is the world's oldest working clock, dating back to 1386?
Answer: Salisbury Cathedral
Question: What name is given to the tail of a rabbit or hare?
Answer: Scut
Question: What is the popular name given to Beethoven's Piano Sonata number 23?
Answer: Appassionata
Question: A theme park about 22 miles north of Paris is named after which cartoon character?
Answer: Asterix
Question: In Greek myth who was the mother of Oedipus?
Answer: Jocasta
Question: Ant & Dec first appeared on TV together in which series?
Answer: Byker Grove
Question: How is Bristolian Robin Cunningham known in the art world?
Answer: Banksy
Question: In which country were the boxing Klitschko brothers born?
Answer: Ukraine
Question: Michael O'Rourke and Leonard Ryan established which satellite network?
Answer: Setanta
Question: What is the oldest named English cheese?
Answer: Cheshire
Question: Which 2009 Formula One Grand Prix was run at night time?
Answer: Singapore
Question: Which BBC Radio Lancashire presenter succeeded Tim Gudgin as reader of the sports results on Grandstand and Final Score?
Answer: Mike West
Question: The rivers Axe, Brue, Cary, Parrett, eta, are in which English county?
Answer: Somerset
Question: Which US president vetoed the Volstead Act in 1919?
Answer: Woodrow Wilson
Question: What name is given to a blood-filled balloon-like bulge in a blood vessel?
Answer: Aneurism
Question: Ringing Roger and Grindslow Knoll are features in which English National Park?
Answer: The Peak District
Question: Which Yorkshire crime writer created the character Chief Inspector Banks?
Answer: Peter Robinson
Question: Astana is the capital city of which former Soviet republic?
Answer: Kazakhstan
Question: The oldest film festival in the world awards the "Golden Lion" as its top prize. In which city is it held?
Answer: Venice
Question: To within 10 miles, how long is Alfred Wainwright's Coast to Coast walk, from St. Bees, Cumbria, to Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire?
Answer: 192 miles
Question: How many checkers (pieces) does each player start with in a game of backgammon?
Answer: Fifteen
Question: Which American state is nicknamed the Com Husker state?
Answer: Nebraska
Question: Who painted "Girl with a Pearl Earring" circa 1665?
Answer: Johannes Vermeer
Question: Which American state is nicknamed the Treasure state?
Answer: Montana
Question: Which disease of the central nervous system is named after the Englishman who wrote "An Essay on the Shaking Palsy" in 1817?
Answer: Parkinson's Disease
Question: Which Oscar-winning actress directed the film "Little Man Tate" in 1991?
Answer: Jodie Foster
Question: Which Australian partnered John Lloyd to three Grand Slam Mixed Doubles titles in the 1980s?
Answer: Wendy Turnbull
Question: What nationality was Formula 1 motor racing champion Juan Fangio?
Answer: Argentinian
Question: Which trees were the subject of paintings by Monet in 1891?
Answer: POPLAR
Question: Who is credited with the invention of bi-focal glasses?
Answer: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Question: """Building Better Worlds"" Weyland-Yutani Corp features in which sci-fi film series?"
Answer: ALIEN
Question: Which US President's portrait appears on the US $5 bill?
Answer: ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Question: Which town in Italy is the home of violin making?
Answer: CREMONA
Question: Who was the first Pope of the Roman Catholic Church?
Answer: St Peter
Question: Valentine, Glaskins Perpetual and Hawke's Champagne are varieties of which food plant?
Answer: Rhubarb
Question: What was ended by the Treaty of Vereeniging?
Answer: The (Second) Boer War
Question: What was the first name of the French artist Poussin (1594-1665)?
Answer: Nicolas
Question: For what product is the city of Carrara in Italy most famous?
Answer: Marble
Question: What was Michelangelo's family name?
Answer: Buonarroti
Question: What is the country of origin of the Falabella horse?
Answer: Argentina
Question: In Shakespeare's Macbeth which character speaks the last words of the play?
Answer: Malcolm
Question: Who composed the opera "Don Giovanni"?
Answer: Mozart
Question: Who plays the part of Charlie Fairhead in TV's "Casualty"?
Answer: Derek Thompson
Question: In which Shakespeare play will you find the servant 'Lancelot Gobbo'?
Answer: The Merchant of Venice
Question: Who composed the opera "Eugene Onegin"?
Answer: Tchaikovsky
Question: Which Roman road ran from Rome to Brindisi?
Answer: Appian Way
Question: Coulrophobia is the fear of what type of entertainers?
Answer: Clowns
Question: In "Alice in Wonderland", what type of pipe did the caterpillar smoke?
Answer: Hookah
Question: Teddy Bears with a trademark button in the ear are made by which company?
Answer: STEIFF
Question: Which power station building was adapted to become the Tate Modern Art Gallery?
Answer: BANKSIDE
Question: 'In truth I know not why I am so sad' is the first line of which Shakespeare play?
Answer: The MERCHANT OF VENICE
Question: Which group released the album 'Tango in the Night' in 1987?
Answer: FLEETWOOD MAC
Question: Which author writes about the Italian policeman Aurelio Zen?
Answer: Michael DIBDIN
Question: To which bird family does a puffin belong?
Answer: AUK
Question: 'Leave it to luck' or 'leave luck to heaven' is the translation from Japanese of which company's name?
Answer: NINTENDO
Question: Which element is the final result of the radioactive decay of uranium?
Answer: LEAD
Question: Londonderry stands on which river?
Answer: FOYLE
Question: Who, dying aged 61, in 2007, was the youngest member of the 1966 World Cup Squad?
Answer: ALAN BALL
Question: In 'Last of the Summer Wine' what character did Brian Wilde play?
Answer: FOGGY
Question: Who is the Chief of Police in Puccini's opera 'Tosca'?
Answer: BARON SCARPIA
Question: Which US state capital is only accessible by sea and air?
Answer: JUNEAU
Question: Who in 1912, after not being invited to perform in the first Royal Command Performance, staged a rival show advertised 'by command of the British public'?
Answer: MARIE LLOYD
Question: Which member of the Cabinet has been the MP for Maidenhead since 1997?
Answer: THERESA MAY
Question: Which group was Jimmy Page in immediately before forming Led Zeppelin?
Answer: The Yardbirds
Question: Who created the fictional TV Detective Inspector Frost?
Answer: R. D. Wingfield
Question: Which fashion designer opened a boutique with Malcolm McClaren, and was at the forefront of 'punk' fashion in 1971?
Answer: Vivienne Westwood
Question: George Cornell was shot by Ronnie Kray in which East End pub in 1966?
Answer: The Blind Beggar
Question: In the Harry Potter series, what is the name of the soul sucking guards from Azkaban?
Answer: Dementors
Question: Which saint, also known as Thaddeus, is the patron saint of lost causes?
Answer: St. Jude
Question: Who was guest drummer for Led Zeppelin at the Live Aid concert in 1985?
Answer: Phil Collins
Question: Which boxer, born 3rd May 1934, grew up on the Bellingham Estate in south east London?
Answer: Henry Cooper
Question: Chequers, the Prime Minister's country residence, is in which English county?
Answer: Buckinghamshire
Question: Which fashion designer, born 1940 in Chatham, Kent, is well known for her pink hair?
Answer: Zandra Rhodes
Question: In which early 90's TV series did scientists Dr. Sam Beckett and Admiral Al Calavicci appear?
Answer: Quantum Leap
Question: Who succeeded Richard Nixon as President of the USA in 1974?
Answer: Gerald Ford
Question: In which county is Camberwick Green?
Answer: Trumptonshire
Question: In fiction, who became Mayor of Casterbridge?
Answer: Michael Henchard
Question: Cusco (Cuzco) was the historical capital of which Empire?
Answer: Inca
Question: What is Jordan's only seaport?
Answer: Aqaba
Question: Which punctuation mark, used in computing, etc., is called the 'solidus'?
Answer: Forward slash
Question: Sal volatile (spirit of hartshorn) is a solution commonly known as what?
Answer: Smelling salts
Question: Who played the title role in the 1980 remake of 'The Jazz Singer"?
Answer: Neil Diamond
Question: Which Greek mythological giant had 100 eyes?
Answer: Argus
Question: Where was the painter, illustrator, etc, Marc Chagall born in 1887?
Answer: Russia
Question: What instrument was played by jazz musician (Edward) Kid Ory?
Answer: Trombone
Question: The new Boeing 787 jet is also known as what?
Answer: Dreamliner