zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: Who is the only woman to have held the post of British Foreign Secretary?
Answer: MARGARET BECKET
Question: What is the official currency of Easter Island?
Answer: CHILEAN PESO
Question: Danny Wilde and Brett Sinclair were the central characters in which 1970s TV Series?
Answer: THE PERSUADERS
Question: What name is given to the stomach lining of various domesticated animals prepared and used for food?
Answer: TRIPE
Question: Which country won the Eurovision Song Contest in May 2009?
Answer: NORWAY
Question: The first number 1 of the 1960s was called "Starry Eyed", who sang it?
Answer: MICHAEL HOLLIDAY
Question: Which British building celebrated its 900th anniversary in 1965?
Answer: WESTMINSTER ABBEY
Question: Which musical is based on the novel Kipps by H. G. Wells?
Answer: HALF A SIXPENCE
Question: The Summer Olympics of 1956 were held in Melbourne. However in which city were the equestrian events held?
Answer: STOCKHOLM
Question: What is the more common name for the shrub syringa?
Answer: Lilac
Question: Who composed the piano piece 'Fur Elise' in 1810?
Answer: Beethoven
Question: Haemotology is the study of which part of the body?
Answer: Blood
Question: Who composed the orchestral work 'The Carnival of the Animals' in 1886?
Answer: (Camille) Saint-Saens
Question: What nationality was the opera singer Kirsten Flagstad?
Answer: Norwegian
Question: Oscar Niemeyer was the chief architect of which capital city from 1956 until 1960?
Answer: Brasilia
Question: Which English city was called Clausentum by the Romans?
Answer: Southampton
Question: Which athlete won a gold medal for Great Britain in the 2009 World Championships in Berlin in the triple jump?
Answer: Phillips Idowu
Question: Who is the narrator for the majority of R L Stevenson's book Treasure Island?
Answer: Jim Hawkins
Question: The Kiel Canal links the North Sea with which other sea?
Answer: The Baltic
Question: Which actor provided the voice for Mr Magoo?
Answer: Jim Backus
Question: In which country was Grinling Gibbons born?
Answer: Holland
Question: Two of the water signs are Cancer and Scorpio, what is the third?
Answer: Pisces
Question: In the 1940 film Fantasia, who was the Sorcerer's Apprentice?
Answer: Mickey Mouse
Question: Rachel, a Hebrew name appears in the Old Testament, it means what?
Answer: Ewe
Question: Name the film in which Arnold Schwarznegger becomes pregnant?
Answer: Junior
Question: Name the dragon that guarded treasure in the Hobbit?
Answer: Smaug
Question: The Berlin Wall was breached in 1989, for how many complete years had it stood?
Answer: 28
Question: Which branch of physics is concerned with the study of low temperatures?
Answer: Cryogenics
Question: What is the name of the Edinburgh Cathedral to be found on the Royal Mile?
Answer: St.Giles
Question: Which musical contain the songs, 'Til There Was You and 76 Trombones?
Answer: The Music Man
Question: In Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew, who was the father of Bianca and Katrina?
Answer: Baptista
Question: Hever Castle in Kent was the childhood home of which English Queen?
Answer: Anne Boleyn
Question: The last line of which blockbuster film was "I used to hate the water, I can't imagine why"?
Answer: Jaws
Question: An excess of what in the bloodstream causes jaundice?
Answer: Bile
Question: What was the name of the first nuclear submarine, launched in 1954?
Answer: Nautilus
Question: Which Yorkshire headland is defended by the ancient Dane's Dyke?
Answer: Flamborough Head
Question: In which castle was Mary Queen of Scots executed?
Answer: Fotheringay
Question: Which singer was shot dead by his father in 1984?
Answer: Marvin Gaye
Question: Which famous soprano is married to the conductor Richard Bonynge?
Answer: Joan Sutherland
Question: Which 14th century slang term for going insane is derived from the name of an army camp near Mumbai?
Answer: Doolally
Question: In which mid west state is the first Primary of the US Presidential election traditionally held?
Answer: Iowa
Question: Which children's author created Tracey Beaker?
Answer: Jacqueline Wilson
Question: The Secret Garden and Little Lord Fauntleroy are works by which writer?
Answer: FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT
Question: Which five foot tall French artist famously produced posters for the Moulin Rouge?
Answer: HENRI TOULOUSE LAUTREC
Question: What is the Dewey Decimal System used to classify?
Answer: BOOKS
Question: The 1990 film The December Bride starring Donal McCann, Saskia Reeves and Ciaran Hinds, is set in which country?
Answer: IRELAND
Question: Born in 1977, who is the Queen's oldest grandchild?
Answer: PETER PHILLIPS
Question: What is the name of the railway company that operates services between St Pancras, the East Midlands and South Yorkshire?
Answer: MIDLAND MAINLINE
Question: In western astrology, to which element do Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces belong?
Answer: WATER
Question: Which 1937 film about boxing, starring Edward G Robinson, was remade in 1962, as a musical, starring Elvis Presley?
Answer: KID GALAHAD
Question: Which author wrote the lines, "Home is the sailor, home from the sea, and the hunter, home from the hill"?
Answer: R.L. STEVENSON
Question: Which instrument is played by the American classical musician, Carlo Curley?
Answer: THE ORGAN
Question: A plant described as etoliated has been grown lacking what?
Answer: LIGHT
Question: Which tree is also known as the Trembling Poplar?
Answer: THE ASPEN
Question: Hawkes Bay is a wine-growing region in which country?
Answer: NEW ZEALAND
Question: Etihad is the national airline of which Middle Eastern country?
Answer: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Question: Which horse, ridden by Kevin Manning, won the 2008 Epsom Derby?
Answer: NEW APPROACH
Question: The Cocos Islands in the Indian Ocean are a territory of which country?
Answer: AUSTRALIA
Question: Which actor played US President James Dale in the 1996 film "Mars Attacks!"?
Answer: Jack Nicholson
Question: Which actor played US President Andrew Shepherd in the 1995 film "The American President'?
Answer: Michael Douglas
Question: What variety of bean is used to produce beansprouts, popular in Oriental cuisine?
Answer: Mung
Question: Ruzyne airport serves which European capital city?
Answer: Prague
Question: How many pairs of chromosomes does a human have?
Answer: 23
Question: What name is given to a narrow strip of land which connects two larger land masses?
Answer: Isthmus
Question: On which river does St Petersburg stand?
Answer: Neva
Question: What was the Christian name of the character played by Tim Healy in 'Auf Wiedersehen Pet'?
Answer: Dennis
Question: What is the capital of Armenia?
Answer: Yerevan
Question: Who founded Britain's first University museum in 1683?
Answer: Elias Ashmole
Question: Who was Mohammed Reza Pahlavi?
Answer: (The last) Shah of Iran
Question: Which UK group's fourth and final number one was 'Beat Surrender' in 1982?
Answer: The Jam
Question: Who wrote the novels "Rosemary's Baby", "The Stepford Wives" and "The Boys from Brazil"?
Answer: Ira Levin
Question: Who is the youngest male actor to have won the Best Actor Oscar?
Answer: Adrien Brody
Question: In which city is the Roslin Institute, the location of the cloning of 'Dolly the Sheep'?
Answer: Edinburgh
Question: Since 1991, where has the annual Crufts Dog Show taken place?
Answer: NEC Birmingham
Question: Who starred in the TV series Tarzan between 1966 and 1969?
Answer: Ron Ely
Question: After which chemical element is Argentina named?
Answer: Silver
Question: In Egyptian mythology, who is the sun god?
Answer: Ra
Question: """The course of true love never did run smooth"" is a quotation from which Shakespeare play?"
Answer: A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM
Question: What is the nickname for New Orleans?
Answer: THE BIG EASY
Question: On which River does Newport, Isle of Wight stand?
Answer: MEDINA
Question: Which modem day comedian said, 'marriage is a wonderful invention but then again so is the bicycle repair kit'?
Answer: BILLY CONNOLLY
Question: What is the symbol for the chemical element Iron?
Answer: Fe
Question: From which country does the wine Tokay come?
Answer: HUNGARY
Question: If you suffered from gymnophobia what would your fear be?
Answer: NUDITY
Question: In which war was the Battle of Castillion fought?
Answer: HUNDRED YEAR WAR
Question: 'Neither a lender nor a borrower be' is a quotation from which Shakespeare play?
Answer: HAMLET
Question: What is the alternative name for the Gravelly Hill interchange?
Answer: SPAGHETTI JUNCTION
Question: Who was the Greek Goddess of the Moon, daughter of Hyperion and Thea?
Answer: SELENE
Question: Who was on the British throne in 1320?
Answer: EDWARD II
Question: Which Scottish League Football Team has the nickname 'The Jam Tarts'?
Answer: HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN
Question: If you suffered from peladophobia, what would be your fear?
Answer: BALD PEOPLE
Question: Who composed the opera Prince Igor?
Answer: BORODIN
Question: How many squares make up a standard Sudoku grid?
Answer: 81
Question: Which Scottish poet had the middle name 'Topaz'?
Answer: William McGonagall
Question: Which sea lies between European and Asian Turkey and between the Bosporus and the Dardanelles?
Answer: Marmara
Question: What was the name of the rocket launching site in Australia, used for early British space missions?
Answer: Woomera
Question: In which South American country is Europe's Spaceport, Kourou?
Answer: French Guiana
Question: Which is the longest London Underground line?
Answer: Northern
Question: Glenridding stands at the southern end and Pooley Bridge at the northern end of which Lake District lake?
Answer: Ullswater
Question: Name the 14 year old British girl who won the Wimbledon Girl's Championship in 2008.
Answer: Laura Robson
Question: From what is the Indian dish dhal made?
Answer: Lentils
Question: Name the 14 year old boy who dived for Britain at the 2008 Olympic games?
Answer: Tom Daley
Question: What is the hunting dog usually a cross between a collie and a greyhound called?
Answer: LURCHER
Question: The Battle of Sedgemoor took place in which English County?
Answer: SOMERSET
Question: What was the name of Mr Pickwick's servant?
Answer: SAM WELLER
Question: Who had a number 2 hit in the 60's with Speedy Gonzales?
Answer: PAT BOONE
Question: The European Football Championships in 2012 will be hosted again by two countries - name either.
Answer: POLAND/UKRAINE
Question: Who seized power from King Idris in a military coup in 1969?
Answer: GADDAFFI
Question: Who invented the safety pin?
Answer: WALTER HUNT
Question: The Venus de Milo is a statue of which Greek goddess?
Answer: APHRODITE
Question: Which Swiss town is at the foot of the Matterhorn?
Answer: ZERMATT
Question: How many players in a baseball team?
Answer: 9
Question: Kyudo is a Japanese form of which field sport?
Answer: ARCHERY
Question: Which bands two albums to date are 'Employment' and 'Yours Truly, Angry Mob'?
Answer: KAISER CHIEFS
Question: What is the family name of the Royal House of Sweden?
Answer: BERNADOTTE
Question: In which year were British women granted full voting rights?
Answer: 1928
Question: Elaine Bookbinder is the real name of which Mancunian singer?
Answer: ELKIE BROOKS
Question: Who wrote the Dream of Gerontius which Elgar later set to music?
Answer: CARDINAL NEWMAN
Question: There are three kingdoms in Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland are two. Which is the third?
Answer: MOROCCO
Question: Anthony Kiedis is the lead singer of which US alternative rock band?
Answer: RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS
Question: How old was Mozart when he died? (a year either way)
Answer: 35
Question: Who succeeded Jon Pertwee as Dr Who?
Answer: TOM BAKER
Question: What name is given to a straight line joining any two points on a curve')
Answer: CHORD
Question: A hectare is 10,000 square metres; approximately how many acres does it represent (to the nearest half acre)?
Answer: 2.5 ACRES
Question: In music what name is given to a note which is half the length of a crochet?
Answer: QUAVER
Question: Who was known as "The Father of Geometry"?
Answer: EUCLID
Question: To which family of birds does the jay belong?
Answer: CROW
Question: Gilian Anderson starred as Lady Dedlock in the 2005 BBC adaptation of which story by Charles Dickens?
Answer: BLEAK HOUSE
Question: The Kiwi fruit is native to which Asian country?
Answer: CHINA
Question: Who writes the books featuring detectives Dalziel and Pascoe?
Answer: REGINALD HILL
Question: Who is the oldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II?
Answer: PETER PHILLIPS
Question: For which cricket county does former England test batsman Mark Ramprakash play?
Answer: Surrey
Question: Grand-mal and petit-mal are terms used in connection with which medical condition?
Answer: Epilepsy
Question: """Christ in the House of his Parents"" is one of the best known paintings of which artist?"
Answer: Sir John Everett Millais
Question: During which monarch's reign did the Act of Union with Scotland take place?
Answer: Queen Anne
Question: Which element, atomic number 47, has the highest electrical thermal conductivity of any metal?
Answer: Silver
Question: What is the highest point in the Peak District?
Answer: Kinder Scout
Question: Which musical features the son's 'I'd Do Anything' and 'Be Back Soon'?
Answer: Oliver
Question: For which cricket county does England test cricketer Ian Bell play?
Answer: Warwickshire
Question: In the US sitcom 'Frasier' what was Frasier's surname?
Answer: Crane
Question: Who sang the theme tune to the James Bond film 'Goldeneye'?
Answer: Tina Turner
Question: Which group recorded the albums 'Gaze' and 'Painting It Red' and 'Blue is the colour'?
Answer: Beautiful South
Question: Who wrote the novel 'The Prodigal Daughter' in 1982?
Answer: Jeffery Archer
Question: Which horse ridden by Frankie Dettori won the 2007 Epsom Derby?
Answer: Authorized
Question: What is the highest mountain on the Isle of Man?
Answer: Snaefell
Question: Which comedian's real name is Michael Pennington?
Answer: Johnny Vegas
Question: Who composed the opera 'The Rake's Progress' in 1951?
Answer: Igor Stravinsky
Question: Who wrote the music for the 1948 film 'Scott of the Antarctic'?
Answer: Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Question: Which actor appeared in the first and the last episodes of 'Grange Hill'?
Answer: TODD CARTY
Question: Which TV cook is married to presenter Fern Britton?
Answer: PHIL VICKERY
Question: Who designed the Avro Vulcan Bomber?
Answer: ROY CHADWICK
Question: Who wrote the music for the films 'Dancing with Wolves' and 'Out of Africa'?
Answer: JOHN BARRY
Question: In science, what is the name given to a substance with characteristic reactions used as a chemical test?
Answer: REAGENT
Question: What name was given to the proletariat of the French Revolution?
Answer: SANS CULOTTES
Question: Of what institution was Sir John Houblon the first governor in 1694?
Answer: BANK of ENGLAND
Question: Which group had a hit in the 1970's with 'Love Grows Like My Rosemary Grows'?
Answer: EDISON LIGHTHOUSE
Question: Bavarian lederhosen are traditionally made from the hide of which animal?
Answer: DEER
Question: Who directed the 2008 film 'Burn after Reading'?
Answer: COEN BROTHERS
Question: What is sciophobia a fear of?
Answer: SHADOWS
Question: Which band had a top ten in 1996 with Cosmic Girl?
Answer: JAMIROQUAI
Question: Which author created the fictional detective C Auguste Dupin?
Answer: EDGAR ALLEN POE
Question: King Alexander I, assassinated in Marseilles in 1934, was king of which country?
Answer: YUGOSLAVIA
Question: Which English city has a Railway Station called Forster Square?
Answer: BRADFORD
Question: Which element discovered in 1782 has the symbol Te?
Answer: TELLURIUM
Question: Kummel is a Russian liqueur extracted from what?
Answer: CARAWAY SEEDS
Question: On which island is Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas?
Answer: NEW PROVIDENCE
Question: What was Spike Milligan's Christian name?
Answer: TERENCE
Question: Where is Rick Stein's famous seafood restaurant?
Answer: PADSTOW
Question: An urodele is another name for which reptile?
Answer: SALAMANDER
Question: Rothesay is the principal town of which island?
Answer: Bute
Question: Which dish is a confection of sugar, egg yolks and Marsala wine?
Answer: Zabaglione
Question: On which river does Hamburg stand?
Answer: Elbe
Question: Of what is brontophobia the fear?
Answer: Thunder
Question: Aurora was the Roman goddess of the dawn, who was her Greek counterpart?
Answer: Eos
Question: Who wrote 'She' and 'King Solomon's Mines'?
Answer: H Rider Haggard
Question: At which port do the rivers Rhine and Maas reach the sea?
Answer: Rotterdam
Question: Jenny Willott, Julie Morgan, Alun Michael and Kevin Brennan are MPs representing constituencies in which city?
Answer: Cardiff
Question: Which dish is a combination of pancakes re-heated in a sauce of sugar, oranges and Curacao or Grand Marnier?
Answer: Crepe Suzette
Question: Which radio station became BBC Radio Two in 1967?
Answer: Light Programme
Question: Which building stands at 350, Fifth Avenue, New York?
Answer: Empire State
Question: Name the British swimmer who took part in his fifth Olympic Games in Beijing?
Answer: Mark Foster
Question: Name the British equestrian who took part in her fifth Olympic Games in Beijing?
Answer: Mary King
Question: Who is the clown in Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night'?
Answer: Feste
Question: Which radio station became BBC Radio Four in 1967?
Answer: The Home Service
Question: By what name was the singer Ronnie Wycherley better known?
Answer: BILLY FURY
Question: Who wrote the book "The Brothers Karamazov"?
Answer: DOSTOYEVSKY
Question: What was the first name of the character "Rigsby" in the TV comedy "Rising Damp"?
Answer: RUPERT
Question: On a dartboard which number is between 18 and 13?
Answer: 4
Question: On what date is Burns Night celebrated?
Answer: 25th JANUARY
Question: Which famous jazz singer was known as "Lady Day"?
Answer: BILLIE HOLIDAY
Question: On which planet are the craters Brahms and Liszt?
Answer: MERCURY
Question: In computing, how many bytes are there in a kilobyte?
Answer: 1024
Question: In science, what is the S.I unit of energy?
Answer: JOULE
Question: On which island did the Dodo become extinct in about 1681?
Answer: MAURITIUS
Question: Which famous Englishman was born at Burnamthorpe in Norfolk in 1758?
Answer: LORD HORATIO NELSON
Question: What is the main ingredient in the Indian drink, "lassi"?
Answer: YOGHURT
Question: Which famous historical event was featured in the novel, "Lorna Doone"?
Answer: THE MONMOUTH REBELLION
Question: Which British city was once said to be famous for Jam, Jute and Journalism?
Answer: DUNDEE
Question: The author, George Orwell was shot in the throat whilst fighting in which war?
Answer: SPANISH CIVIL WAR
Question: Which heavyweight boxing World Champion was born in Brockton Massachusetts in 1923, and died in a plane crash in 1969?
Answer: ROCKY MARCIANO
Question: Which common spring flower has the Latin name Galanthus?
Answer: SNOWDROP
Question: Where in the UK are the towns of Sandown and Shanklin?
Answer: Isle of Wight
Question: Which sport is played for the Corbillon Cup?
Answer: Table Tennis
Question: What was the surname of Malcolm X?
Answer: Little
Question: What is the chemical symbol for arsenic?
Answer: As
Question: What is the SI unit of inductance?
Answer: The Henry
Question: Who composed the Clock Symphony?
Answer: Haydn
Question: What was the nickname of gangster George Nelson?
Answer: Babyface
Question: What is the currency of China?
Answer: Yuan
Question: In which city is the world's longest street?
Answer: Los Angeles
Question: Which cathedral has the tallest spire in England?
Answer: Salisbury
Question: Who sang the theme song for the 1974 Bond film, "The Man with the Golden Gun"?
Answer: LULU
Question: The film, "Bridget Jones's Diary" was based on the novel by which English authoress?
Answer: HELEN FIELDING
Question: At which location did Captain Matthew Webb die in 1883?
Answer: NIAGARA FALLS
Question: The TV detective series, "Cold Case" deals with unsolved murders in which American city?
Answer: PHILADELPHIA
Question: In which Canadian province is the city of Niagara Falls?
Answer: ONTARIO
Question: Which Ivy League university is situated in the city of Ithaca, in New York state?
Answer: CORNELL UNIVERSITY
Question: Elected to office in November 2008, who is currently the Prime Minister of New Zealand?
Answer: JOHN KEY
Question: What is the family name of the Duke of Northumberland, who resides in Alnwick Castle?
Answer: PERCY
Question: What is the name of the bakery, run by Wallace and Gromit in the 2008 film, "A Matter of Loaf and Death"?
Answer: TOP BUN
Question: Ben Macdui, at 1309m, is the highest mountain in which Scottish range?
Answer: THE CAIRNGORMS
Question: At which London railway station is there a statue of Sir John Betjeman?
Answer: ST PANCRAS
Question: What name is given to the cask, which holds a quarter of a barrel of beer?
Answer: A FIRKIN
Question: In which country are the archaeological sites of Tikal and Yaxha?
Answer: Guatemala
Question: In which cathedral is William the Conqueror buried?
Answer: Caen
Question: Iqaluit is the main town on which island?
Answer: Baffin Island
Question: In which country are the majority of the Tolpuddle Martyrs buried?
Answer: Canada
Question: Which British town was invaded by the French in 1797?
Answer: Fishguard
Question: Which island lies between, and is connected by causeways to, North Uist and South Uist?
Answer: Benbecula
Question: 'Carve her name with pride' is a book (and film) about which World War II heroine?
Answer: Violette Szabo
Question: Which supermodel wrote the book Swan?
Answer: Naomi Campbell
Question: Who rides the three day eventer, Toytown?
Answer: Zara Phillips
Question: What is the name of the highest point on the Isle of Man?
Answer: Snaefell
Question: Name the son of Charles and Carrie Pooter.
Answer: Lupin Pooter
Question: What type of animal is a coney?
Answer: Rabbit
Question: Who was the principal architect of Liverpool's St George's Hall?
Answer: Harvey Lonsdale Elmes
Question: What is the main ingredient of tofu?
Answer: Soya beans
Question: Which South American country's national airline is called Pluna?
Answer: Uruguay
Question: Give a year in the life of Bram Stoker.
Answer: 1847-1912
Question: In which year were women given the vote in the USA?
Answer: 1920
Question: What is the capital of the Yemeni Republic?
Answer: Sana
Question: What type of animal is a bongo?
Answer: Antelope
Question: Which freshwater fish has the Latin name Tinca Tinca?
Answer: Tench
Question: Which former British boxer is known as 'Champagne Charlie"?
Answer: Charlie Magri
Question: Give a year in the life of the Mexican artist Diego Rivera.
Answer: 1886-1957
Question: George de Mestral invented what type of fastener in 1948?
Answer: Velcro
Question: The Ainu are an aboriginal people from which country?
Answer: Japan
Question: What do you call the bat in a game of shuttlecock?
Answer: Battledore
Question: What is the state capital of New Mexico?
Answer: Santa Fe
Question: Who created the sculpture of a bird on a pole outside Liverpool Cathedral?
Answer: Tracey Emin
Question: In which year was NATO founded?
Answer: 1949
Question: What is the capital of the Sultanate of Oman?
Answer: Muscat
Question: Apiophobia is a morbid fear of what?
Answer: Bees
Question: A muster is a group of what?
Answer: Peacocks
Question: In which year was the International Garden Festival held in Liverpool?
Answer: 1984
Question: What is the alternative English name for the rowan tree?
Answer: Mountain Ash
Question: How many stars are there on the Australian flag?
Answer: 6
Question: On what river does Bristol (UK) stand?
Answer: River Avon
Question: Name the town in California where Clint Eastwood was elected mayor in 1986.
Answer: Carmel(-by-the-sea)
Question: Which is the largest species of tiger?
Answer: Siberian
Question: Which type of dolphin is most commonly seen in zoos and aquaria?
Answer: Bottlenose
Question: Queen Joan of Navarre was the wife of which English king?
Answer: Henry IV
Question: Who was the first female to be awarded the Order of Merit?
Answer: Florence Nightingale
Question: What breed of dog was the royal hunting dog in ancient Egypt?
Answer: Saluki
Question: Which Middle East state currently hosts a Formula One race?
Answer: Bahrain
Question: Which horse won the 2007 Cheltenham Gold Cup?
Answer: Kauto Star