zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: In which US city do the American Football team known as the 'Browns' play their home games?
Answer: CLEVELAND
Question: What is the medical name for the allergy of the skin known commonly as nettle rash or hives?
Answer: URTICARIA
Question: Which author's works feature 'Blandings Castle' and 'The Drones Club'?
Answer: P.G. WODEHOUSE
Question: 'One O'Clock Jump' was the theme song fro which jazz musician and his orchestra?
Answer: 'COUNT BASIE'
Question: Which band are photographed outside Salford Lads Club on the inside cover of their album 'The Queen Is Dead'?
Answer: THE SMITHS
Question: Which US Senator who ran for the White House in 2008 was born in the Panama Canal Zone in 1936?
Answer: JOHN McCAIN
Question: Who said in a 1981 speech "I grew up in the 30's with an unemployed father. He didn't riot. He got on his bike and looked for work"?
Answer: NORMAN TEBBIT
Question: Which river flows through Worcester and Gloucester?
Answer: RIVER SEVERN
Question: How many strings are there on a Viola?
Answer: FOUR
Question: Which sign of the zodiac comes between Leo and Libra?
Answer: VIRGO
Question: Which symbol on a musical score raises the pitch by one semitone?
Answer: SHARP
Question: French actress Catherine Deneuve was the second wife of which photographer?
Answer: DAVID BAILEY
Question: In which ITV comedy do Steve Pemberton and Siobhan Finneran play 'Mick' and 'Janice Garvey'?
Answer: 'BENIDORM'
Question: How are Oldham born comedy duo Thomas Derbyshire and Robert Harper known professionally?
Answer: 'CANNON & BALL'
Question: What is the one-word stage name of 16 year old singer Jasmine van den Bogaerde, who won ‘Open Mic UK’ in 2008 as a 12 year old?
Answer: BIRDY
Question: For which book did Margaret Mitchell win the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?
Answer: GONE WITH THE WIND
Question: Name the first Formula 1 driver to win his first three titles consecutively?
Answer: SEBASTIAN VETTEL
Question: In which sport did Sarah Storey win four gold medals at the 2012 Paralympics?
Answer: CYCLING
Question: In which year was the Prince of Wales born?
Answer: 1948
Question: The Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha are the two Houses of the Parliament of which country?
Answer: INDIA
Question: Which dynasty ruled China in the year 1AD?
Answer: HAN
Question: What name is given to the long pole used to propel a punt?
Answer: Quant
Question: Which European city lies on the river Aare?
Answer: Bern
Question: In World War Two, which aircraft company manufactured the Stuka?
Answer: Junkers
Question: Which Australian tennis player twice partnered Britain’s John Lloyd to win the mixed doubles at Wimbledon/
Answer: Wendy Turnbull
Question: Which carpet company’s advertising jingle proudly announced “This is luxury you can afford”?
Answer: Cyril Lord
Question: Seymour is the family name of which English duke?
Answer: Duke of Somerset
Question: Besides Sandy Lyle, which other European golfer won a first ever major in 1985?
Answer: Bernard Langer
Question: Containing the bright star Capella, which constellation is known as “The Charioteer”?
Answer: Auriga
Question: Which American instrumental group had top 20 hit singles in the 60’s with “Perfidia” and “Walk Don’t Run”?
Answer: The Ventures
Question: What name is given to the full moon after a Harvest Moon?
Answer: Hunter’s Moon
Question: Working for the Los Angeles Tribune, who played Lou Grant in the TV series of the same name?
Answer: Ed Asner
Question: The Scottish coastal town of Stranraer stands at the head of which loch?
Answer: Loch Ryan
Question: How many players are there on a Shinty team?
Answer: 12
Question: The Red Wings play in the National Hockey League at the Joe Louis Arena in which city?
Answer: DETROIT
Question: Titania is the largest moon of Uranus by diameter. Which is the second largest?
Answer: OBERON
Question: In which recent film does Benedict Cumberbatch play Alan Turing?
Answer: THE IMITATION GAME
Question: Which recent BBC TV drama set in Pagford opens with the death of a parish councillor?
Answer: THE CASUAL VACANCY
Question: Which supermarket issues the Match & More card?
Answer: MORRISONS
Question: In which novel did James Hilton describe the 'mystical, harmonious valley' of Shangri-La?
Answer: LOST HORIZON
Question: Wyndham Lewis was a major figure in which short-lived British avant-garde Art movement which had its only exhibition in 1915?
Answer: VORTICISM
Question: Which US state lies immediately to the north of North Carolina?
Answer: VIRGINIA
Question: Two twentieth century Prime Ministers were Home Secretary before they were Premier. One was Winston Churchill. Who was the other?
Answer: JAMES CALLAGHAN
Question: Three African countries have a shoreline on Lake Malawi - Tanzania, Malawi and which other?
Answer: MOZAMBIQUE
Question: Atomic Kitten's second Number One was Eternal Flame, a cover of the 1989 Number One by which band?
Answer: THE BANGLES
Question: Who was the manager of 'The Sex Pistols'?
Answer: MALCOLM MCLAREN
Question: Who won Best Actress 'Oscar' for the 1962 film "The Miracle Worker"?
Answer: ANNE BANCROFT
Question: Which athlete won Olympic gold medals in both the 5000 metres and 10000 metres in 1972 and 1976?
Answer: LASSE VIREN
Question: In the cartoon, what is the name of 'Calvin's' friend and confidante?
Answer: 'HOBBES'
Question: Which car manufacturer produces a model called then 'Forester'?
Answer: SUBARU
Question: The 'Lancaster' bomber of World War II was developed from which other aircraft?
Answer: AVRO MANCHESTER
Question: What was the nationality of the racing driver Mario Andretti, who was World Champion in 1978?
Answer: AMERICAN
Question: What was the name ofthe dinosaur in the Saturday morning TV show, 'Swap Shop'?
Answer: 'POSH PAWS'
Question: Which Seaseparates the islands of Corsica and Sicily from mainland Italy?
Answer: TYRRHENIAN SEA
Question: 'Billy Bigelow' is the name of the tragic hero in which film musical?
Answer: 'CAROUSEL'
Question: 'Andean' and 'Californian' are the only two species of which bird?
Answer: CONDOR
Question: 'Olfactophobia' is the morbid fear of what?
Answer: SMELLS
Question: In which 'New England' state is Harvard University situated?
Answer: MASSACHUSETTS
Question: Who was the 29th USPresident, assuming power in 1921?
Answer: WARREN G. HARDING
Question: What is the name of the alcoholic, chain-smoking robot in the television series 'Futurama'?
Answer: 'BENDER'
Question: In which African country does the majority of the Kalahari Desert lie?
Answer: BOTSWANA
Question: Which chemical element takes its name from the Swedish for'heavy stone'?
Answer: TUNGSTEN
Question: Which poem begins with the line "My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains my sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk"?
Answer: 'ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE' (by John Keats)
Question: Which Northampton-born actor will replace David Tennant as the eleventh 'Dr. Who', in 2010?
Answer: MATT SMITH
Question: What is the occupation of the video game character 'Super Mario'?
Answer: PLUMBER
Question: Which is the sixth book of the 'Old Testament'?
Answer: BOOK OF JOSHUA
Question: Which is the world's smallest bird?
Answer: BEE HUMMINGBIRD
Question: In April, the President of Poland was killed in a plane crash near which Russian city?
Answer: SMOLENSK
Question: Which was the only US state formed by seceding from a Confederate state during the American Civil War?
Answer: WEST VIRGINIA
Question: Which composer left his Third Symphony unfinished on his death in 1934? Anthony Payne completed the work in 1997?
Answer: EDWARD ELGAR
Question: How many electrons orbit the nucleus in one atom of Helium?
Answer: TWO
Question: Which city is the setting for the 'Dr. Who' spin-off series 'Torchwood'?
Answer: CARDIFF
Question: Which British airport has the IATA code, seen on luggage labels, LCY?
Answer: LONDON CITY
Question: Who played 'Marty McFly' in the 'Back To The Future' films?
Answer: MICHAEL J. FOX
Question: Which character in children's literature is "blown by the East Wind" to '17 Cherry Tree Lane, London'?
Answer: 'MARY POPPINS'
Question: In which English city can you drive on Maid Marian Way?
Answer: NOTTINGHAM
Question: To whom was Mike Todd married when he was killed in a plane crash in 1958?
Answer: ELIZABETH TAYLOR
Question: Which company is the tyre supplier for all teams in Formula One in 2011?
Answer: PIRELLI
Question: In Physics, momentum is the product of mass and which other quantity?
Answer: VELOCITY
Question: Which opticians, known in short as 'D&A', merged with Boots in 2009?
Answer: DOLLOND AND AITCHISON
Question: Musically, how are brothers Ron and Russell Mael known?
Answer: 'SPARKS'
Question: Founded in 1879, what is the official news publication of the Salvation Army?
Answer: 'WAR CRY'
Question: Which English county has districts called Blaby, Charnwood and Melton?
Answer: LEICESTERSHIRE
Question: Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, which 2011 American drama tells the story of an autistic boy coming to terms with his father's death in the 9/11 attacks?
Answer: 'EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE'
Question: Capturing light energy to conserve free energy in the form of ATP, which organelles found in plant cells conduct photosynthesis?
Answer: CHLOROPLASTS
Question: Born and raised in Honolulu, by what name is the American singer-songwriter Peter Gene Hernandez better known?
Answer: BRUNO MARS
Question: She is the mother of Morgan le Fay by her first husband Gorlois and mother of King Arthur by her second husband Uther Pendragon. What is her name?
Answer: IGRAINE
Question: Which American Vice-President killed his political rival, Alexander Hamilton. in a duel in 1804?
Answer: AARON BURR
Question: What was the name of the Royal Navy submarine responsible for the sinking of the General Belgrano during the Falklands War?
Answer: H.M.S. CONQUEROR
Question: Which castle is the official residence of the Duke of Northumberland?
Answer: ALNWICK CASTLE
Question: What is the name, after its chairman, of the ongoing public enquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the British press following the News International phone hacking scandal?
Answer: LEVESON ENQUIRY
Question: The periodontal ligaments are the supporting tissue for which parts of the human body?
Answer: TEETH
Question: Which actor and comedian played 'Phileas Fogg' in the 2004 film 'Around The World In Eighty Days'?
Answer: STEVE COOGAN
Question: The heist in the 2003 remake of “The Italian Job” takes place in which US City?
Answer: Los Angeles
Question: Which London underground station was gutted by fire in 1987?
Answer: Kings Cross
Question: Which book by Phillip Pullman was awarded the 2001 Whitbread Prize for Literature?
Answer: The Amber Spyglass
Question: What do we call the item the Germans call a “briefmarke”?
Answer: Postage Stamp
Question: Which 1998 film, starring Lynn Redgrave, Ian McKellan and Brendan Fraser centred on the life of film director James Whale?
Answer: Gods and Monsters
Question: In which classic book and film does the character Miss Trunchbull appear?
Answer: Matilda
Question: Which poet wrote “It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all”?
Answer: Alfred Lord Tennyson
Question: Who wrote “The Pied Piper of Hamelin”?
Answer: Robert Browning
Question: Which is the largest of the Italian lakes?
Answer: Lake Garda
Question: What was the name of the character played by Ade Edmondson in the 1990s sitcom ‘Bottom’?
Answer: EDWARD ELIZABETH HITLER
Question: Who created the artwork Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995 which was destroyed in the 2004 Momart London warehouse fire?
Answer: TRACEY EMIN
Question: Complete the title of one of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales – ‘The _________ of Bath’s Tale’.
Answer: WIFE
Question: Who wrote the plays The Sunshine Boys and The Odd Couple?
Answer: NEIL SIMON
Question: In which 1944 film does Felix Aylmer play the Archbishop of Canterbury, Max Adrian play the Dauphin and John Laurie play Jamy, a Scottish Captain in the English Army?
Answer: HENRY V
Question: Who had bought the Corner Shop from Elsie Lappin in the first episode of ‘Coronation Street’?
Answer: FLORRIE LINDLEY
Question: The Guardian Fiction Prize was replaced in 1999 by the Guardian First Book award. Whose novel White Teeth was the second winner?
Answer: ZADIE SMITH
Question: The Russian port of Murmansk lies on Kola Bay, an inlet of which sea?
Answer: BARENTS SEA
Question: Victoria Eugenie the daughter of Princess Beatrice married the King of which European country in 1906?
Answer: SPAIN
Question: In Greek myth who was the father of Hector?
Answer: PRIAM
Question: Whose oratorio The Creation was composed in the 1790s?
Answer: JOSEPH HAYDN
Question: Complete the title of the 2009 animated science fiction film Cloudy with a Chance of _______________.
Answer: MEATBALLS
Question: What is the minimum distance over which a 'steeplechase' is run, in British horse racing?
Answer: TWO MILES
Question: In which Australian state is one of the southern hemisphere's most remarkable sites, Ayers Rock?
Answer: NORTHERN TERRITORY
Question: Who played the leading roles in both 'Rebel Without A Cause' and 'West Side Story'?
Answer: NATALIE WOOD
Question: 'The Sea, The Sea' a 1978 novel about a theatre director and his childhood love, was by which authoress
Answer: IRIS MURDOCH
Question: Which of America's "Great Lakes" has the smallest surface area?
Answer: ONTARIO
Question: Which daughter of Laban and first wife of Jacob, bore him twelve sons?
Answer: LEAH
Question: How many lumber vertebrae are there in the human spine?
Answer: 5
Question: On her abortion, which American writer once said "It serves me right for putting all my eggs in one bastard"?
Answer: DOROTHY PARKER
Question: Which is the ninth sign of the Zodiac?
Answer: SAGITTARIUS
Question: What is the christian name of the classical composer Dvorak?
Answer: ANTONIN
Question: In the Bible, how many 'Tribes of Israel' are there?
Answer: TWELVE
Question: Which group had 1967 hits with 'Night Of Fear' and 'I Can HearThe Grass Grow'?
Answer: THE MOVE
Question: What is the correct way of addressing an Ambassador?
Answer: """YOUR EXCELLENCY"""
Question: In which Irish city doesthe 'Salmon Weir Bridge' span the River Corrib?
Answer: GALWAY
Question: In the Bible, who was the first born of Isaac?
Answer: ESAU
Question: Who did Kruschev replace to become Soviet Prime Minister in 1958?
Answer: BULGANIN
Question: Which range of mountains run down the western side of Southern India?
Answer: WESTERN GHATS
Question: Which is the largest internal organ in the human body?
Answer: LIVER
Question: Who composed the oratorio entitled, 'The Dream of Gerontius'?
Answer: EDWARD ELGAR
Question: Where in the human body is the Ethmoid bone?
Answer: SKULL
Question: Sold in 2004 for $104.2 million, the most expensive painting ever sold by Sotherby's was Garcon a la Pipe. Who painted it?
Answer: PABLO PICASSO
Question: Which e-commerce website was founded by Jeffrey Bezos in 1994?
Answer: AMAZON
Question: The notorious headmaster 'Thomas Gradgrind' appears in which Dickens novel?
Answer: 'HARD TIMES'
Question: The 'Adi Granth Sahib' is a sacred text of which religion?
Answer: SIKHISM
Question: What name was given to the unidentified serial killer who murdered three young girls in Rochester, New York during the 1970's – the name was given because each of the girls had a first and second name beginning with the same letter?
Answer: 'ALPHABET KILLER'
Question: Which Italian design company, best known for its jeans, was founded by Renzo Rosso in Molvena in 1978?
Answer: DIESEL
Question: In 'The Simsons', what is the name of Springfield's baseball team who play their home games at 'Duff Stadium'?
Answer: 'SPRINGFIELD ISOTOPES'
Question: Founded by Thomas Stemberg in Massachusetts in 1985, it now has over 2,000 stores in 27 countries. Which is the world's largest office supply company?
Answer: STAPLES
Question: The 'Haber Process' is a reaction of nitrogen and hydrogen in order to produce which gas?
Answer: AMMONIA
Question: Who was the legendary king of Greek mythology who changed all he touched into gold?
Answer: MIDAS
Question: Which 2010 3D computer-animated fantasy film follows a young teenager called 'Hiccup' in a mythical Viking world?
Answer: 'HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON'
Question: Caroline Lucas became which party's first MP when she won the Brighton Pavilion seat in last week's General Election?
Answer: GREEN PARTY
Question: What name is given to the traditional Welsh dish made from boiled seaweed rolled in oatmeal and fried in bacon fat?
Answer: LAVERBREAD
Question: Which British cyclist won the Men's Individual Pursuit at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing?
Answer: BRADLEY WIGGINS
Question: Charlotte is the largest city in the 'Tar Heel State'. Which state?
Answer: NORTH CAROLINA
Question: Which General and Commander-in Chief led the New Model Army at the Battle of Naseby in 1645?
Answer: THOMAS FAIRFAX
Question: What is defined in physics as "the increase in velocity per unit of time"?
Answer: ACCELERATION
Question: Which British heavyweight boxing champion died on 1st. May 2011 at the age of 76?
Answer: HENRY COOPER
Question: Which archaeological site at the mouth of the River Tiber served as the major port of the Roman Republic?
Answer: OSTIA ANTICA
Question: What is the name of the current President of Israel?
Answer: SHIMON PERES
Question: Also containing fish, meat or mushrooms, what is the name of the thick, spicy Russian soup, the primary ingredient of which is pickled cucumbers?
Answer: SOLYANKA
Question: The names of five of the six elements that make up the Nobel Gases end with which two letters?
Answer: -ON
Question: In Judaism, what name is given to the Jewish New Year?
Answer: ROSH HASHANAH
Question: Which television scriptwriter created the children's programmes 'The Clangers', 'Ivor the Engine' and 'Bagpuss'?
Answer: OLIVER POSTGATE
Question: What is the alternative name for the Tenor Tuba?
Answer: EUPHONIUM
Question: What word is used in betting slang for odds of 7/4 (seven to four)?
Answer: 'SHOULDER'
Question: Ian Gillan and David Coverdale have both provided lead vocals for 'Rock' group?
Answer: 'DEEP PURPLE'
Question: Who had hits with the songs, 'Lonely Boy' in 1976 and 'Never Let Her Slip Away' in 1978?
Answer: ANDREW GOLD
Question: Whose autobiography was entitled 'From Drags To Riches'?
Answer: DANNY LA RUE
Question: Assassinated by his nephew in 1975, of which country was Faisal the king?
Answer: SAUDI ARABIA
Question: Welsh leader Owen Glendower rebelled against which English king?
Answer: HENRY IV
Question: In which country is the HQ of the mobile phone company Nokia?
Answer: Finland
Question: In a statutory set of financial statements of a plc, for what does the I in the acronym EBIT stand?
Answer: Earnings before INTEREST and tax
Question: In which Cumbrian town was William Wordsworth born?
Answer: Cockermouth
Question: Which artist painted The Red Vineyard, the only painting he sold during his lifetime, in 1888 and The Potato Eaters in 1885?
Answer: Vincent van Gogh
Question: In film making what name is given to the chief technician who builds and arranges the film set?
Answer: Key Grip
Question: In which midlands city was Samuel Johnson born?
Answer: Lichfield
Question: Barrow Point is the northernmost point of which country?
Answer: USA
Question: In which Charles Dickens Novel does Esther Summerson appear?
Answer: Bleak house
Question: Of which African country is Dodoma the official capital city?
Answer: Tanzania
Question: Which monarch (1135-1141) preceded Henry II?
Answer: Stephen
Question: Which celebrated cook was born Isabella Mary Mayson?
Answer: Mrs Beeton
Question: During World War 2, the German Operation Hercules was a plan to invade which island?
Answer: Malta
Question: In which event did Chris Brasher win his gold medal in the 1956 Olympics?
Answer: Steeplechase
Question: Herpetology is the study of what?
Answer: Reptiles
Question: """We skipped the light fandango and turned cartwheels across the floor"" are the opening words of which song?"
Answer: A Whiter Shade of Pale.
Question: In food, from which country do 'Tapas' originate?
Answer: SPAIN
Question: Who resigned in July 2000 as leader of the Scottish National Party?
Answer: ALEX SALMOND
Question: Who married Graca Machel in 1998?
Answer: NELSON MANDELA
Question: Which musical instrument is known as a "gob-stick"?
Answer: CLARINET
Question: Who was the Archbishop of Canterbury at the time of Edward VIII's abdication?
Answer: COSMO GORDON LANG
Question: What was the name of the first million pound winner on 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire'?
Answer: JUDITH KEPPEL
Question: """The splendour falls on castle walls/And snowy summits old story"" is the beginning of a poem by whom?"
Answer: LORD TENNYSON
Question: """I remember, I remember,/ The house were I was born"", is the beginning of a poem by whom?"
Answer: THOMAS HOOD
Question: Conakry is the capital of which West African Republic?
Answer: THE REPUBLIC OF GUINEA
Question: Who in 1975 were the first ever winners of the Cricket World Cup?
Answer: WEST INDIES
Question: After Paris, which is the next largest French speaking city?
Answer: MONTREAL
Question: In the TV series 'Batman', who played the part of 'The Joker'?
Answer: CAESAR ROMERO
Question: Name the British racing driver who came third in his first ever Formula One race in Australia, this year (2007)?
Answer: LEWIS HAMILTON
Question: Which horse won this year's (2007) Grand National?
Answer: SILVER BIRCH
Question: Who was the master of 'Lancelot Gobbo'?
Answer: 'SHYLOCK'
Question: What would you be suffering from if you had 'hypermetropia'?
Answer: LONG-SIGHTEDNESS
Question: In the film 'Finding Nemo', what sort of fish was 'Nemo'?
Answer: CLOWNFISH
Question: How many inches are there in a 'Span'?
Answer: NINE
Question: In 1995 the group 'Secret Garden' won the Eurovision Song Contest with 'Nocturne'. Which country did they represent?
Answer: NORWAY
Question: Which English sculptor, engraver, writer, and typographer, who died in 1940, invented a classic typeface which was named after him?
Answer: ERIC GILL.
Question: How many miles is the generally accepted boundary of Territorial Waters?
Answer: TWELVE MILES
Question: Which apostle wrote 'The Acts of the Apostles'?
Answer: ST. LUKE
Question: Which gland produces a hormone that increases heart rate and blood pressure in times of stress?
Answer: ADRENAL GLAND
Question: In which television programme did Brian Conley play the part of 'Digby'?
Answer: 'THE GRIMLEYS'
Question: In the television programme 'A Year In Provence', which actress played the part of Peter Mayle's wife?
Answer: LINDSAY DUNCAN
Question: Who was shot by Andrew Cunanan in July 1997?
Answer: GIANNI VERSACE
Question: Who was the Roman goddess of chance and fate?
Answer: FORTUNA
Question: 'Mrs. Bedwin', 'Noah Claypoe' and 'Rose Maylie' are all characters in which Dickens novel?
Answer: 'OLIVER TWIST'
Question: Which book of the Bible describes the 'Four Horsemen of the Apocolypse' and gives the 'number of the beast' as 666?
Answer: REVELATIONS
Question: Who played the part of 'Clayton Farlow' in 'Dallas'?
Answer: HOWARD KEEL
Question: In which small Welsh village were over 100 children killed by a coal mine slag heap in 1966?
Answer: ABERFAN
Question: Which Latin phrase, that translates literally as "in a blazing wrong", means 'caught red-handed'?
Answer: IN FLAGRANTE DELICTO
Question: Which medical condition is caused by a lack of red blood cells or haemoglobin in the blood?
Answer: ANAEMIA
Question: Which meringue dessert, decorated with whipped cream and fresh fruit, originated in Australia and New Zealand, and was named after a famous early 20th century Russian ballet dancer?
Answer: PAVLOVA
Question: Which German footballer won the Golden Boot award for scoring the most goals at the finals of the 2006 Football World Cup?
Answer: MIROSLAV KLOSE
Question: Which architect designed the Monument to the Great Fire of London on Pudding Lane in London?
Answer: CHRISTOPHER WREN
Question: Which architect designed the Roman Catholic basilica known as La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona?
Answer: ANTONI GAUDI
Question: Which town in Hertfordshire was designated the UK's first 'New Town' in 1946?
Answer: STEVENAGE
Question: Which religious denomination was founded by John Thomas in 1848?
Answer: CHRISTADELPHIANS